The voice spooked her so much she almost dropped her bunny, Violet.
"Hello!"
A girl with dyed white hair waved at Casper. Her pure white locks had rainbow streaks on the bangs, and her hair reached her waist. The eccentric girl's freckles covered her face and arms, and she had deep blue eyes.
"Well, are you going to say anything? Or are you just a quiet one?" Her voice had a country tang to it, and she acted like nothing was wrong or different.
After being startled into silence, Casper was finally able to speak.
"Um, hello? Do you always startle people like that?"
The girl didn't skip a beat.
"Daddy always says I have that affect on people. I like to think of myself as chatty. My name is Ambrosia, but you can call me Ambrosia."
Her smile creeped out Casper. "I, um, well, I gotta go." She quickly rushed off before Ambrosia could say anything else.
After escaping that compartment, Casper rushed off to find one that might hold true friends, ones for the rest of her life. Wow, this was harder than she thought.
Casper peered into many compartments, one with a kissing couple (gross), and she only had a few left in her section.
The second to last compartment greeted her with a round of laughter, and that of girls. She peeked in, and saw four girls laughing and talking together. The perfect group of girls.
She tapped on the door, and the girls quickly quieted. The door slid open, and there stood an obvious first year. She had jet black hair, and light-brown skin. Her brown eyes swept over Casper as she examined her, from her shoes to her nervous smile.
"Hello?" The dark-skinned girl asked with a questioning tone.
Trying to sound as cool as possible, Casper answered with an answer she hoped would work.
"Sorry, the compartment I entered was occupied by Rainbow-Hair, so I was looking around for a place to sit."
The girls around her broke into laughter. A red-haired girl closest to the window spoke up.
"Yea, Ambrosia can be I bit weird. I know her from where I live."
Glad she had said the right thing, Casper sagged and sat down, as the black girl had stepped away from the door.
"You don't know how nervous I was asking you guys. I didn't want to be a freak!"
They fell into another burst of giggles.
"We aren't THAT mean. Well, Kamaria can be a bit cross sometimes, but the rest of us are ok," said a brunette in the corner.
The black girl punched her in the arm. "Willow!"
Casper mentally noted that the black girl was named Kameria, and the brunette was Willow.
"Willow, that's a pretty name." Casper smiled.
"Speaking of names, what's yours? I never heard you say it," Willow said.
"Oh, sorry, I'm Casper."
The two other girls introduced themselves as Charlotte and Lily. When Casper heard this she laughed.
"Like Lily Potter!"
"Uh, I am Lily Potter." When she saw Casper's jaw drop, she sighed. "Yes, I know, It's hard to see, but I am Lily Potter."
Casper shook her head. "No its not that, I just didn't know you were in my year. Wow, I actually know Lily Potter!"
Lily laughed. "So, do you have-"
She was interrupted by the lady with the food cart knocking on the door. "Food, anyone?"
Casper's stomach rumbled just looking at all the snacks on the cart. She bought everything and shared it with Charlotte and Willow. Kameria had gone to find her older sister, who was a prefect. Lily was pulling on her school robes.
The five girls talked for the rest of the ride, and they discussed what houses they wanted to be in. "Well," said Charlotte, "I'm bound to be in Hufflepuff, but I'm hoping for Ravenclaw."
"Oh, you won't be in Hufflepuff," Casper assured her. "I'm sure you'll be in Ravenclaw. Myself, however, well, I'm hoping for Ravenclaw or Gryfindor."
Kameria nodded. "Me too. The brave or the brainy!"
"Well, I know I'll ONLY be in Ravenclaw. My parents were both in Ravenclaw, and they won't expect anything less from me," Willow added.
Lily frowned. "I'm going to be in Gryfindor, though. We're going to be split up!"
The girls stopped talking and laughing when they heard her.
"Oh no, you're right!" Kameria said, "We won't be together."
Right before they all processed what this meant, the train lurched to a stop, and all the compartment doors opened. They had arrived at Hogwarts.
Author's Note
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Thank you all so much for reading this story. It's my first and I really enjoy writing it. I'm not able to tell who's reading this, so could you reply even if it's a bad review. Check out BigBadWolfTardis. They inspired me to write this story, and I can say they are much better at writing than me. :) Check them out! Also, I want all the girls to be in the same house, so should I make them Ravens or Lions? PLEASE R&R