Cassiopeia Astoria Malfoy was born 6 years and two months after her older brother, Lucius, but they could be generations apart based on how they acted. Lucius was still stuck in the era where everything had to be so proper but Cassiopeia was a true wild child. She was rebellious, liked to talk back, and authority and her didn't exactly agree. So the second she was on the train and out of her parents grasp, she shot away from Lucius to go find someone better to hang out with. She poked her head in three carriages before she finally found one she wanted. It held four boys, three of them with dark hair and one of them a red head.
"Can I sit here?" She asked them, gesturing to one of the two empty seats. The one with the darkest hair gave her a distrusting look, but the others nodded amicably.
"Sure, if you want." The boy with the glasses and the messy hair said, so she chose a seat next to him, since he looked the nicest of the bunch.
"I'm Cassiopeia, but you can call me Cassi." She said, holding out a hand for Glasses to shake. He didn't hesitate to take it.
"I'm James, James Potter. Nice to meet you." He said, shaking it before turning to the rest of the group.
"I'm Sirius Black, you're Cassiopeia Malfoy aren't you?" The long haired shaggy one asked her.
"What gave it away? Was it the hair? It's always the hair. I'm thinking about dying it, so it's less conspicuous than this platinum blonde thing it's got going on. " Cassi said, scrunching up her nose as she ran her fingers threw her hair.
"Don't!" The red head said and everyone turned towards him, Cassi raising an eyebrow at the boy sitting across from her.
"I just mean...blonde suits you. I'm Remus Lupin." He said, blushing. Cassi smiled and winked at him.
"Thanks wolf boy, that's very sweet." Cassi said, starting to relax in her seat. Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
"What...what did you call me?" Remus stumbled a bit on his words and Cassi's eyebrow raised once more.
"What? Wolf boy? Oh...your name, Remus Lupin. Do you know the myth of how Rome started? Remus and his brother were raised by wolves? Also, your last name means moon and with the whole wolf theme of your first name wolf boy just seemed fitting. I dunno, I won't call you that if you don't want me too." Cassi said but Remus shook his head.
"It's fine...not many people know that myth though." Remus said, relaxing again. Cassi shrugged, as she started to crack her fingers. A bad habit she picked up from one of her cousins, that she does just to spite her parents and her brother.
"Well most muggle literature is banned in my house so I rebel where I can." Cassi laughed, as did the rest of the carriage, albeit not as sure in their laughter as she was.
"I guess I should introduce myself. I'm Peter Pettigrew." The last boy said quietly from where he was sitting.
"It is very nice to meet you Peter Pettigrew." Cassi said, with a sincere smile on her face. She was about to say more when the trolley showed up.
"Get whatever you'd like boys...I'm buying." She said, opening up her pouch.
They ended up buying at least five of everything off the trolley, and both James and Sirius pitched in, even though Cassi tried to stop them.
"I am so full...I won't have room for anything at the feast." Peter groaned from where he was slumped.
"You say that, but then you smell everything and magically, your stomach is completely empty." Cassi laughed and Sirius snorted.
"She does have a point mate." James agreed with me as he stuffed the last chocolate frog in his mouth.
"Cassiopeia! You're going to make yourself sick!" Lucius voice loomed in from the doorway and I looked up to see my brother standing there with Cissy. Narcissa was Lucius's girlfriend but what she saw in him, Cassi had no idea. Cissy, was however, the only reason Cassi ever voluntarily hung about with Lucius.
"I don't see how that is any concern of yours brother mine." Cassi said, popping a jelly bean in her mouth.
"May I speak with you, privately." Lucius asked her, casting a suspicious eye around the compartment. Cassi rolled her eyes and sighed, but ultimately got up.
"I'm giving you five minutes but then I have to go change." Cassi said, standing up and following him out into the hall.
"Cassiopeia Astoria Malfoy, what exactly are you doing?" Lucius asked her once they were in the hallway.
"I'm making friends. One of them is even a Black, and the other one is a Potter. Both purebloods if you remember." Cassi said, indignantly. Lucius snorted and rolled his eyes.
"The Potter's are a line of blood traitors if you remember, and Sirius Black is too!" Lucius said.
"Lucius stop, let her make friends if she wants too." Narcissa said, putting a hand on his arm.
"You should go get changed. We'll be at Hogwarts soon." Narcissa said, as she led Lucius away to wherever they were sitting. Cassi sighed and went to the bathroom in order to put on her robes. She fixed a smile on her face before she went back to the carriage where the boys were.
"Ready for the rest of our lives to begin boys?" She asked them as she sat down, sprawling her legs across James and Peter's lap.
"This is going to be our generation." Sirius said and they all nodded in agreement.
They soon got off the train and found themselves in a boat. They were only supposed to be four to a boat but Cassi snuck into the boys boat once Hagrid wasn't paying attention.
"We won't sink will we?" Peter asked nervously, peering over the edge.
"We are moving by magical enchantments. I'm pretty sure they can compensate for an extra 40 kilo's or so. The only reason there is a limit to how many people is because there isn't enough seats." Cassi informed him, shaking her head. She was currently sitting on Sirius's lap, much to her chagrin.
"Really? Only 40 kilo's?" Sirius asked and Cassi turned around to slap him upside the head.
"Yes, now shut up. We're almost there." Cassi said, as the boats docked themselves on the shore. She scrambled out before any rats could see her and possibly tell on her, although Hagrid seemed like a pretty good guy. He probably wouldn't do anything about it, but no one saw her so she walked up the steps with Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter. They waited until Professor McGonagall came out.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. Now, in a few moments you will pass through these doors and join your classmates, but before you take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Now while you're here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points. Any rule breaking, and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup. Now, the sorting ceremony will begin shortly." Professor McGonagall said, opening the doors. They walked inside, and everyone was awed. Cassi had seen pictures of it, and heard it described by her brother, but the room was magnificent. The ceiling was the night sky, and the room was glowing by candlelight. The Sorting Hat gave it's opening speech but Cassi didn't pay much attention until the sorting started. The first person sorted was an Abbott but Sirius was next. The hat was on his head for all of five seconds before he was sorted into Gryffindor. The room was silent for about five seconds before the Gryffindor table erupted into cheers. For the first time a Black was sorted into Gryffindor. The next person of their little group to be sorted was Remus. Cassi personally thought he might be sorted into Ravenclaw based on his desire to obtain knowledge but he was sorted into Gryffindor as well. It was her turn next, and she nervously walked up and sat on the stool. The sorting hat was placed on her head as it started it's deliberations.
"Hmm...you are definitely not a Hufflepuff, to much cunning in you for that. Ravenclaw might do you good, but you might use that potential for your nefarious deeds. However, you're utmost desire is to help people, to protect the weak. You would never reach your full potential in Slytherin. That is why I must break yet another family's standard and place you in GRYFFINDOR!" The sorting hat yelled the last word. Cassi took the hat off her head, handing it to McGonagall before running down to sit besides Sirius and across from Remus.
"Welcome to Gryffindor, the best house in the school." A red head, possibly in his six or seventh year said, shaking Cassi's hand.
"I'm Malcolm McGonagall, and yes Professor McGonagall is my aunt. No that doesn't mean I get special treatment." He said so indignantly that Cassi had to laugh.
"I wasn't thinking the slightest." She said, and Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Do you flirt with everyone you meet?" Sirius asked her, before Peter came and sat by them.
"No! I only flirt with the cute ones. Which is why I haven't flirted with you yet." Cassi laughed as she watched James get sorted. As he sat down, she felt a vision come on. Except she saw the same exact thing, but James was a bit different, and McGonagall was older. Also Professor Slughorn wasn't in the background. It was then she realized she was seeing James's son on his first day at Hogwarts when he was being sorted. She grinned and cheered when the Sorting Hat declared them both in Gryffindor. James ran over to join them, forgetting he had the Hat on until about halfway down the aisle. He brought it back up to McGonagall before joining them at the table.
"Welcome to Gryffindor, James." Cassi smiled as the last person got sorted.
"Glad to be here Cassi." He smiled back.
After the feast, when Cassi could barely move and actually did lean on Remus to help her up the stairs and too the Gryffindor Common Room.
"This is our commons. Girl's dorms are up the stairs and to the right, boy's up and to the left. You should probably get settled in, it's a bit hard navigating the school so you're going to want to start early." Malcolm said, and most everybody dispensed except for James, Sirius, Cassi, Remus, and Peter.
"I'll meet you down here at six okay?" Cassi asked them, as she readjusted her robes which were just a tiny bit to big(since she'd be growing into them) and kept falling down one arm.
"Yeah, six." James agreed before Cassi went upstairs to her room. She shared a room with Lily Evens, Samantha Prewett, and Jeanne Weasley.
"You must be Cassiopeia." Lily said when Cassi came in the door.
"Yup, but you can call me Cassi, most everyone else does." Cassi said, as she jumped onto the last remaining bed.
"Nice to meet you Cassi. I'm Lily Evens." Lily said and I nodded.
"James talked about you a bit on the train." I said, remembering him pointing her out to me when we were getting sorted.
"James Potter?" She asked, her face darkening and I realized that probably wasn't the best conversation to be bringing up.
"Well...yes." Cassi said, not sure what else to say to that. She didn't want to make an enemy out of one of her roommates so soon in the year.
"I'm going to go to bed. I'll see you guys in the morning." Lily said, and Cassi nodded. Sleeping did sound good. She grabbed a sleep set from out of her trunk before setting an alarm charm to wake her up the next morning. She closed the curtains on her bed before she fell into a dreamless sleep.