I didn't remember much from the following days after losing my parents. We were being placed from house to house to house. Drew and I stayed together, our belongings were being sold, the house, cars and furniture. We got to keep anything we wanted and could bring to England. We were being shipped to England, where our great grandfather lived. We had to leave everything we knew and start all over again. But at least we had each other.
I gave one last look around my room and saw nothing else that I might want or need that would remind me of my life when I was safe and secure. I took the basics with me of course, my clothes, some books, make up, and anything else that I thought that I might need. I left my room and walked over to my parents room. It was bare except for a few boxes that sat in the middle. I did not know what was contained inside of those boxes and I could not bare to look. I was too scared to let the tears start streaming again.
We sat next to each other on the train to school. It was our fifth year. I glanced out the window at the rolling meadows that we were passing. We had a compartment to ourselves. We haven't talked about anything that has happened. We barely talked at all now.
"Drew?" I asked. He looked up from his book. He never was the book worm type but lately he has been escaping into other worlds. Escaping from our world. Just like I was doing. It just seemed easier to jump into the lives of those who were happier than us.
"Yeah?" He asked looking up at me with very sad eyes.
"I miss clock work." I whispered so quietly that I was afraid that he had not heard me at all, but he nodded and I sat closer to him. Lately I could not stop being to close to him, I was scared that if I turned around then I would lose him just like I lost mom and dad. We both had tears in our eyes and he put his book away getting my attention.
"Lets make a pact. You and me, till the end. We will never leave each others' side. You're all I have. And vice versa." He said. I nodded and we pinkie swore as if we were little kids once again. As if we were making a pact to never tell mom and dad about the mischief that we used to get into all of the time.
Just then 4 guys walked into our compartment. One had bright blue eyes and dark black hair. His eyes were piercing and they were the very first thing that I had noticed. The second thing that I noticed was the very broad shoulders and muscular arms under his tight shirt. The other one had messy black hair and hazel eyes that just fit behind the glasses. The third guy to walk in had sandy blonde hair and worn out eyes. He looked tired. Maybe he had a long night. And the forth was a chubby little guy with brown mousy hair and brown eyes.
"I'm sorry but can we come in here? Someone kind of kicked us out of the compartment we were in." Said the guy with messy hair and glasses. He looked kind of hurt as he dragged his fingers through his messy hair. I looked at Drew and he gave a slight nod.
"Yeah." I said. Three guys piled in the seat across from us and the guy who looked tired sat next to me. We sat there in awkward silence until the guy with blue eyes broke it.
"I'm Sirius." He said.
"About what?" I asked confused. All four of them laughed and Drew glared at them. He was being protective of me as always. They saw the look and stopped laughing.
"No, no. That's my name. I'm Sirius Black. And this is James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin" Sirius said pointing to each boy as he said their name. I said a small sheepish hi.
"I'm Ashleigh, and this is Andrew." I said smiling slightly. The boy named James was staring at me curiously.
"Where are you from?" He asked me.
"The US." I said.
"I thought I recognized your accent. Which part?" He asked me.
"We're from California." I said.
"We? Are you brother and sister?" Sirius asked. I nodded.
"Twins." Drew said. It was the first time he had talked since they came in. He went back to his book when they all stared at him. Then they turned their attention to me.
"Twins? How brilliant!" Remus said. They talked amongst themselves and I started to get bored.
"Drew? Can I sit next to the window?" I asked him. He nodded and got up to trade me places. As I stood up the train jerked and I fell on top of Sirius. He caught me and helped me back to my feet. He smiled and my heart gave a small leap. He was very attractive.
"Are you ok?" Drew asked helping me before Sirius could say anything. I nodded and sat down watching the scenery go by. I felt embarrassed and I didn't want them to see my crimson color. Before we left to go to school I had changed my hair to shoulder length brown hair with blonde highlights. My hair used to be my main worry and I always kept up with the trends but lately I just choose one that I have liked for a while. I didn't care what the trends were. I didn't want people at our new school to know about my special additions.
"You guys are new to Hogwarts?" Remus asked. I nodded.
"What brings you to Hogwarts now? You guys can not be in your first year." Sirius said.
"No, its our fifth year. We came here so late because we just moved and we had to change schools." I said. I didn't want to tell them why we had to change schools. I hated it when I told someone something and they say, "oh, im sorry".
"That's great! We are in 5th year too!" Sirius said with a smile on his face. His smile suited him well. It lit up his entire face and seemed to reach his eyes making him even more attractive.
"It's almost time to change Ash." Drew said looking at his watch. I nodded and got up to get to my luggage. Before, I would have hated to have to wear a uniform especially in the shape of robes. They did absolutely nothing for the figure. But now, I could care less.
"Yeah we should change also." Peter said in a small voice. Everyone was getting their school robes out of their luggage when the door burst open. I screamed because it reminded me of that night. I looked toward the door and a guy with slick white hair was standing in the doorway. Behind him was a guy with greasy hair and a hooked nose. The second I screamed, I saw Drew out of the corner of my eye pull out his wand and aim it straight at the intruder. He was standing in front of me blocking most of my view and my body from the guy standing in the doorway.
"Hey Malfoy, what's you problem?" James asked, his wand was raised and ready for a fight. He wasn't the only on in the compartment who had out their wands. Lupin and Sirius were ready to jump into a fight at any moment.
"We came to check on you guys. Make sure you were staying away from our girls." Malfoy said, a slight smirk on his face. Sirius and James turned beet red, not from embarrassment but from anger. I could tell by the way their bodies tensed and they held onto their wands tighter as if that would prevent any misuse of magic happening. They honestly looked as if smoke was about to come out of their ears.
"They aren't your girls. So stuff it Malfoy!" James said through gritted teeth. Malfoy glanced over at me. I felt like a deer in headlights. He smiled a cocky smile that I wanted to erase from his face immediately. Drew who was in front of me blocked my completely at the slightest glance my way. He saw and recognized the look in Malfoy's eyes and he didn't like it.
"Who are the new kids?" He asked, sizing Drew up obviously wondering if he could take him.
"None of your business!" Remus said speaking up.
"Get out of here or you will regret having ever met us!" Sirius said.
"Oooo." Malfoy said pretending to be scared. He looked toward me one more time and left laughing. I whispered something under my breath and pointed my wand at him. He became bald. The whole compartment laughed and looked at me. I shrugged.
"I didn't like the way he looked at me. It will wear off soon." I said. I grabbed my robes and slid them on over my clothes. I pulled them straight down and looked at them with disguist. Drew knew what I was thinking and we just gave each other a knowing smile. Uniforms sucked.
"I think we are going to like you!" Remus said. I was sitting next to him again and let Drew take the seat next to the window.
"Who was that guy?" I asked all of them.
"Just the biggest slimy git alive." Sirius growled.
"So its safe to say that you don't like him?" I said laughing at Sirius' comment. They all shook their head no including Drew.
"You don't even know him! There could be more to him!" I said facing him.
"No, I don't know him. But I didn't like the way he acted or looked." Drew said placing his book in his luggage.
"Yeah but you never know what is beneath the surface. Like mom always…" I stopped when I realized that I had mentioned mom. Drew gave me a small sideways hug. It was a reassuring hug, he knew what I meant and it stopped the tears from flowing when I knew that I wasn't alone. We were in this together.