A/N I hope that you like this chap^_^. To all of you rereading this I have to give all the credit for the amazing changes to my beta, obsessivebookworm14.

Chapter Two

The Train

Lily had recognized the familiar feeling of going through the barrier of platform nine and three quarters. Every other time she had felt upset about this because she wasn't actually going to Hogwarts. Now she was buzzing with enthusiasm and could barely stay in one place without hopping up and down on the cloudy platform where she would say goodbye to her family. All of the different sounds and the people crowding the place; it was music to Lily's ears.

"Dad can you see them?" Lily asked, peering through the exhaust. The only problem with the smoky platform was it completely ruins your vision.

"Well I don't know where they are but I'm going to go find Scorp. See yeah." Albus started walking away to look for his best friend Scorpius Malfoy before turning back around and adding, " Oh and could you tell Rose where I am? Thanks!" before he disappeared into the mist.

"I've got to go too. I have to go find Fred." Was James' message before departing.

Now it was only Lily and her parents. Lily turned around still searching the platform for her cousin and best friend Hugo Weasley. It only took about five seconds before three red heads and a brunet could be seen through the smoke. Once he caught sight of her, Hugo came running to greet Lily.

"Hey Lil. I can't believe it we're finally going!" Hugo was so excited; he was talking faster than normal as he quickly hugged her. His cheeks had a faint flush in them and his eyes sparkled with excitement

"I know! The secret passage ways, the great hall, and the theastrals we've heard so much about, it's so exciting!" Lily ended with a little girly squeal.

Hugo was looking at her like she had gone mental or something, but Lily know he was only acting like a complete idiot because he wanted to seem macho and all that other guy stuff. Like talking about Quidditch. Not that Lily had anything against Quidditch; she always snuck into the shed at Nana's when no one was around to fly James' broom. When her mother caught her, all Ginny did was laugh. Lily still didn't quite understand her mother's strange behavior that day.

Just then Rose came over. She was glancing around in a searching manner, obviously irritated. "Have you seen your brother?" she asked impatiently.

"Which one?" Lily retorted "You do know I have two?"

"Ha ha." Rose said sarcastically, "And I thought that James and Fred were the comedians in the family." Apparently this was not the time for games, or a conversation. Rose tended to have a one-track mind.

"He went that way to go find Scorpius." Lily answered, pointing in the direction Albus had just left.

"Thank you," She started to walk off and then turned around and added "and Lily?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm glad you and Hug are finally going to Hogwarts. I just know that you're going to love it."

"Thanks Rose."

Rose went off to go find her two best Slytherin friends; her ginger hair bouncing behind her. The two first years returned to their earlier conversation. "Do you think we'll learn anything exciting in Defense Against the Dark Arts this year?" Hugo asked with a grin. Lily should have known that class would be the only one to excite Hugo.

"Probably not, we're only first years, remember?" Lily said a little sadly.

"All Rose has been doing lately is telling me to read my school books, and it's rather annoying." Hugo said irritably.

"I've already read all our books already." Lily said. Hugo looked amazed that someone could actually read in their spare time.

"All of them?" he asked. "Even the boring potions?"

"Potions isn't boring. In fact I thought it sounded interesting." Lily answered.

"You sound like Rose!" Hugo looked even more shocked that someone could actually be interested in school.

"Honestly, is there anything important you care about?" Lily's arms were folded giving her a disapproving posture that would make their Uncle Percy proud.

"Well, yes. I care about Quidditch and food. That's all I need."

Aunt Hermione, who had been overhearing the conversation, came over with an exasperated, yet amused look on her face, "I don't think I say this enough Hugo, but you remind me so much of your dad."

"Yeah and I'm so proud." Lily's Uncle Ron said from over by her father. Ron's sarcastic comment has Lily laughing hysterically, while Hugo obviously didn't get it. Lily's mum hunted down her brothers while her father and uncle lifted their trunks onto the train along with Holly, and Beltran (Hugo's reddish screech owl). When that task was finished, the family said their last goodbyes.

"Be careful." Ginny said worry lacing her voice as she hugged Lily.

"Of cores mum." Lily said tightening her arms around her mother's neck. She then hugged her dad while her brothers tried to free themselves from their mother's grip. She boarded the train and waved her parents goodbye while it started to leave the platform. The train turned a corner and she couldn't see her parents anymore.

Back on the platform Ginny had tears in her eyes as Harry tried to comfort her. It did no good though. When Ron came over and put his hand on Ginny's shoulder, she looked up at him; hoping that her brother would tell her something to make her feel better.

"Don't worry Gin, she'll be fine. She can't have a worse first year then you did." he said giving her a small smile.

"Thanks Ron, now I feel much better knowing that my daughter isn't going to be possessed by a Horcrux!" Ginny said sarcastically as she wiped her eyes, but obviously Ron didn't get the humor.

Lily was sitting in a compartment thinking about what she was going to do when the sorting hat was placed atop her head. The sorting hat decided which house you would be put in for the duration of your stay at Hogwarts.

She might just let the hat decide. She could also just tell the hat to place her in Gryffindor and have that whole mess settled. She was also thinking about what it would be like to be placed somewhere else. Hufflepuff didn't seem too bad, and she knew she wasn't Ravenclaw material, at least she didn't think she was. It made her skin crawl every time she thought of Slytherin house even though her brother was in it, so she just gave up. She decided she would have the hat choose her fate. After all, it had been doing its job for centuries. As soon as a person puts on the sorting hat it knows everything about that person. More than even the wearer knows about themselves. She wondered what the Hat would see in her.

Just then someone knocked on the compartment door before letting themselves in. A boy with long curly hair entered the compartment. "Hi, I was wondering if I could maybe sit with you?" He seemed a little shy, and Lily didn't want to be rude and kick him out so she just nodded and replied.

"Hi I'm Lily and I think I would actually like the company."

"Thanks." He said and placed his trunk in the storage bin before sitting across from her. " My name is Eric Roberts, nice to meet you Lily."

Lily just looked up and gave him a little smile before looking down at the floor. She didn't want to be rude, but she wasn't good at talking to people she hadn't known for most of her life and the silence was awkward. After a while Eric finally spoke again.

"So do you have a last name Lily?" It was a simple question but one that Lily loathed more than anything. Sure, there were some perks about being the children of war heroes, but after a while all the staring and pointing gets on her nerves.

"Hum." She mumbled trying to think of a way to get to another subject. Luckily the compartment door slid open and Hugo's red hair could be seen poking through the door.

"Hi Lil." He greeted, "me, Lysander, and Lorcan have been looking everywhere for you." At the sound of their names the twins appeared behind Hugo.

"Hey guys, how was your summer? I didn't get to talk to you two that much." The three boys stepped into the compartment and took their seats.

"It was fine. We thought we found a pipen, but it was only a lizard." Lysander answered; his features changing into his mother's pleasant yet slightly odd smile.

Eric looked confused as he mumbled, "Pipen?" under his breath. Lily's attention went back to the three boys that had just entered the compartment. Hugo looked at Eric who he was sitting right next to with a confused look before silently asking Lily for an explanation. Lily didn't comprehend for a few moments.

"Oh Hugo this is Eric Roberts, Eric this is my cousin Hugo Weasley." Lily said introducing the two of them.

"Weasley, you mean the Weasley family?" Eric asked wide eyed.

"Y.. yes" Hugo answered looking at Eric as though he were crazy. Eric then looked back at Lily.

"So that means that you're a Weasley too?"

"Actually no she's a Potter." Hugo answered for Lily. Lily wanted to run from the compartment but she knew that eventually Eric and everyone else had to find out. She just stayed to face all the questions and the shocked look on Eric's face.

"So your dad is 'the Harry Potter'? The boy-who-lived, the chosen one, the man who defeated He-who-must-not-be-named?" Lily nodded as he listed all of her father's titles. Eric looked thrilled to actually be in the same compartment with two people who had actually met and were related to Lily's dad. To Lily, that's all that he was. He was her father not some famous hero.

"Yes. I know it must sound like he's amazing and all, which he is," Lily put in quickly," but he's just my father." Lily hoped that the boy in front of her would understand, but sadly didn't expect him to. Why should he? He would probably give anything to live in her life for a day, but it really wasn't that fantastic. To her knowledge she had a fairly normal family except for the fact there were about fifty of them.

"You must know some amazing stories though?" Eric asked eagerly.

"I don't think she actually wants to talk about it." Lily breathed a quiet sigh of relief as her always-faithful cousin came to her rescue.

"Oh well," He looked slightly embarrassed and quickly changed the subject. "Who do you think will win in the Quidditch finals this year?" he asked Hugo.

"Obviously the Canons are going to dominate." Hugo answered without a single hint of doubt.

"So you're a Canons fan too?" Eric asked with a small smile. "There aren't that many, but I think that anyone who is a harpies fan has lost it." That really offended Lily considering she has been a harpies fan for longer than she could remember.

"I was dressed up in Harpies colors when I was just a baby. My mom used to be a chaser for the Holy Head Harpies before my brother was born, and I am a full hearted Harpy." Lily stated calmly but Eric looked a little sorry for what he had said.

There was no time to apologize though because just as she was finishing a boy with black hair that went almost down to his eyes stepped into the room. He had two friends that walked in after him. They looked like siblings, both redheads and the girl looked really stuck up, will the other was probably the boy's bodyguard.

"Hi my name's Jason Cromwell," the boy in the middle introduced himself with an air of self coincident that gave Lily the urge to punch him before she really even knew him, "and this is Alyssa and Wyatt Griffith." he motioned to his two companions. Hugo had a confused look on his face and the girl answered his unspoken question.

"Non identical twins." she said, looking as if she dared him to say anything against her or her brother. "I thought even a clearly incompetent bozo like yourself could figure that out." That got Lily angry. No one ever insulted her cousin like that and got away with it.

"You better watch who your calling an incompetent bozo." Lily said coolly while she stood and reached her hand in her pocket where her wand was safely stored. She knew it probably wasn't the most intelligent move. Lily didn't even know if she could take the girl but she did know that she couldn't stand by as Hugo got put down like that.

"Or what Potter?" It didn't shock Lily that she knew her name. A lot of people did but it was the way that she said it, as if it were scum that made Lily's anger flare up with rage. The two other boys went wide eyed when they heard though.

"Hey, what's going on in here?" Lily looked over to see her brother at the doorway looking like he was ready to kill whomever answered his question.

"It's nothing Albus. Just some annoying little princess who doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut." Lily answered still glaring at Alyssa.

Albus already had his school robes on and Alyssa was staring at the Slytherin insignia with a look of admiration in her eyes. "What are you staring at?" Albus asked in a voice that was low, but Lily could tell that he was angry, for he only used that low voice when he was really steamed.

"Nothing." she answered with one last look at Albus. "Come on guys lets go." Alyssa was already halfway out the door motioning for the two boys to follow her. When they were gone Albus looked back at Lily.

"What was that?" He said calmly with a look almost like fear in his eyes, if you knew how to read through his almost perfect mask.

"I could handle it without your help Al." she said coolly, still not over her sour mood. "You just didn't give me the chance." Lily was flattered to have her older brother actually care about her safety, but it didn't outweigh the fact that she was also annoyed at him for sticking his nose where it wasn't wanted.

"Well I'll remember that the next time you're in a jam." Albus replied, sounding a little hurt and angry at Lily for not thanking him for standing up for her.

Hearing his words, she suddenly felt ashamed. Albus was always there for her when James and Fred would annoy her and when she got hurt. Lily used to climb into his bed when she had nightmares and he would never make fun of her for it like James did. "Sorry Al, I'm just not in a good mood right now." she said quietly, looking at her shoes.

"It's ok," Al said shrugging. He went and patted her on the back to show that there was no harm done as he looked around the compartment. "Oh who is this?" he asked. Lily turned around to see where Albus was looking to find Eric in his eye site.

"Oh, Al, this is Eric Roberts. Eric this is my brother, Albus."

"Roberts. Any relation to Bill Roberts?" Albus asked.

"Yeah he's my brother." Eric looked a little scared but he hid it well for someone meeting the Slytherin of the family. Not that Lily had any problem with Al being in Slytherin. In fact Lily didn't know why everyone hated Slytherins. Al was alright and in Lily's opinion James was more suited for the stereotypical Slytherin.

"Yeah he's one year ahead of me. Do you think you'll be in Hufflepuff like Bill?" Albus asked actually looking interested in the subject.

"I guess so, but I really have no idea." Eric was relaxing a bit at the fact that Albus seemed to approve of him. Al looked over at Hugo.

"Your sister told me to tell you to find her as soon as you can after the feast to tell her how the train ride went." Albus spoke in a dull voice and looked like he didn't find telling Hugo what the bookworm control freak Rose Weasley wanted her younger brother to do interesting at all.

Hugo gave a little defiant huh before answering, "I guess I can do that." mimicking Albus' tone.

"Good, because if you don't you know she'll go after me." and with that Al was gone. The rest of the journey was uneventful except for the twins rambling on and on about their mother's newest article in The Quibbler.

When the trolley went by the five children were amazed by all the sweets and sugary delights that they could hardly decide on what to buy. They put all of their candy on one seat and picked out their favorites joyfully. Once they noticed that it was getting dark they put on their robes and waited for the train to reach Hogshead station. When the train came to a stop the conductor's voice could be heard all throughout the train.

"Please leave your luggage on the train and leave in a calm and orderly fashion and have a great year at Hogwarts." Lily said goodbye to Holly, a little upset that she had to leave her there and not bring her with them. When they opened the door she noticed that not many children were following the rules. Some older students were pushing first years out of the way while the younger students tried desperately to get out of their path. The five friends pushed their way through the train to the nearest exit. They had finally arrived at Hogwarts.

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