"Is she faking it?" a voice of a boy asked.
"Don't be silly, can't you tell? She's completely exhausted!" a girl shrilled out.
"Are you all right?" The boy named Oliver said in a whisper as he looked at me with complete concern.
"What happened?" I managed to squeak out. I had completely forgotten that i was on the other side of the continent, going to a new school, knowing absolutely no one along with my sister Patricia.
"You... fainted i think." The boy said silently. He smiled." The nurse told us you were just exhausted. Don't worry, you'll be alright. Would you like some chocolate frogs?" He asked holding up a small green package.
"Hey, that's mine!" one of the twins yelled. Oliver just shot him a glance and he quickly shutted up.
"A chocolate what?" I asked with a confused expression. I immediately sat up and scooted far away from the boy named Oliver. I pulled myself up and looked out the window, the sky was already dark outside.
"A chocolate frog. Didn't you have them in the states?"
" I've never heard of them." I said absentmindedly trying to figure out what time it was, still staring out the window.
"It's so cool Raina!" My sister Patricia exclaimed. "It hops as soon as you open the package so you have to be quick right when you open it." She took the package out of Oliver's hand and immediately opened it. As soon as she did, a small dark frog-like creature jumped out and away from Patricia's grasp. One of the twins immediately opened his mouth widely and chomped the whole thing in one bite.
Patricia Began to giggle."Aren't they amazing?" She asked. I wasn't sure if she was talking about the chocolate frog or the twins but i didn't really care.
"You mean you've never had a chocolate frog before in your life?" Oliver asked
I shook my head "No. In America I guess we just do things differently." I glanced around the compartment and noticed that everyone was already in their school uniform.
"Oh no. Is it time to change already?" I asked frantically as i got up.
"Oh yes. We forgot to tell you, we're almost there." Patricia said. I quickly slide open the doors and stepped out without hearing another word from anyone. As soon as i did i quickly took a look at the outside, then slid the door open again and stepped back inside.
"Can anyone point me in the direction of the changing areas?" I asked embarrassed.
"Sure." The girl named Angelina quickly got up and pulled my arms gesturing for me to come with her."Why don't we go together?" As she closed the doors, I could hear one of the twins mumble "What is it with girls and having to go everywhere in pairs?"
Don't mind them, here, come with me." She said gesturing for me to follow her. "so tell me your life story."
"Excuse me?" I said confused.
"Tell me about yourself." She repeated using different words."
"Well what's there to tell?"
"How about your last name for starters."
"Well, I'm Raina Walters. My sister had mentioned that we're Americans... or you can probably tell."
"Well nice to meet you Raina Walters. I'm Angelina Johnson." She held out her hand and i shook it.
"So why did your family decide to transfer you to Hogwarts?" Angelina asked trying to keep the conversation flowing
"Well, my mother's job tranferred her to London. She writes for a paper column and she just got a promotion to write worldwide news for the daily bugle here in britain."
"you don't sound very excited for your mum."
"Yeah, well my mom and i don't exactly always see eye to eye." I replied.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Angelina said as we approached the changing rooms."Well here we are. I'll wait for you outside."
"Thank You." I said
As soon as we got back to the compartments, there it as already filled with noise.
"Mother is going to hurt you when she finds out you bloody ditched me when we boarded!" A young red-haired girl shouted with her hands on her hips.
"Honest Ginny. We thought you were with Ron and Harry!" One of the twins replied.
"No one's seen Harry and Ron? I thought they were with you guys." Another girl with brown frizzy hair said calmly.
"What's all the ruckus in 'ere?" Angelina asked as we entered the compartment. I noticed Oliver sat straight up as he saw us entering.
Harry and Ron are missing." The red-haired girl named Ginny answered.
"That;s impossible. They were right behind us as we entered the platform." Said one of the twins. It was so difficult to tell them apart.
"Whose Harry and Ron?" Patricia asked curiously. Patricia had always been boy-crazy and at the mention of a boy's name she sat straight up. The sad part is, most guys shiver t the sound of her name.
"Well, Ron's our brother..."One twin started to say.
"And Harry is... THE Harry Potter!" The other twin finished his brother's statement while the rest of them started giggling. He said Harry Potter's name as if he were speaking the name of god.
"Whose Harry Potter?" I asked curiously. Everyone's attention was now on me.
"Are you joking? You've never heard of Harry Potter?" Angelina asked with her mouth wide opened. "Are you from muggle parents?"
"No, I know what you mean by muggles. Except in my country they call it Normie's."I said wondering who in the world was Harry Potter and why had his name sounded so familiar.
"Both our parents are pure bloods." Patricia said proudly.
"Oh, well then you'll be perfect in slytherin." One of the twins said sarcastically. Oliver gave him an annoyed look.
"So whose Harry Potter?"I asked again trying to get some answers.
"You've never heard of the person who defeated...well... you-know-who?" Angelina asked, still with that shocked look.
"Who do i know?" I asked more confused than ever.
"Don't make me say it... you know... the dark lord." Angelina said in a whisper at the end of the sentence. She was getting fustrated.
"Oh!" I exclaimed finally understanding who they were talking about. "You mean the dark lord?" Instantly, as soon as i said the name, everyone in the room flinched as if i had just scratched my nails on a chalkboard."Why can't you guys just say that name?" I was starting to get frustrated that none of my questions are getting answered.
"We never speak his name hear. Some say the name itself is cursed." Oliver finally spoke after a while of silence.
"That's silly, names can't be cursed.In America we learned that to fear a name... well that's just silly. We speak his name all the time." I said.
"Things are certainly different in America. And yet you've never heard the name Harry Potter?"
"It sounds familiar, but it's not ringing a bell."
"He's the one they say defeated the dark lord" Angelina barged in. "I still can't believe you've never heard of him. I mean, how did you think the dark times ended?"
Before i was able to answer,the train came to a sudden stop.
"Come with me." Angelina said pulling both me and Patricia by the hand. "I'll show you two around. You'll both have to get sorted into a house. I hope you get into Gryfindor. That's where the rest of us are." Before she had the chance to pull me away, i glanced back towards the compartments and saw Oliver and noticed him giving me a small secretive smile.
TO BE CONTINUED...LOOK FOR THE UPCOMING 3RD PART