(A/N): Hey guys! We did Sex Ed in school today, boy was that awkward. Anyway, here's the next chapter, hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Delphi, John and Delphi's mother, Anne.
September 1st, 1971
Delphi
Delphi was the only one from her orphanage going to Hogwarts this year. Last weak, one of the women at the orphanage had accompanied her to Diagon Alley, taking her to Gringott's Wizarding Bank to get money from her deceased parents vault, only to find that she was pretty much the heir to a whole lot of money. Stuffing her pockets, wallet and bag with every kind of coin she could see, especially the gold ones while the woman wasn't looking was easy enough, but lugging it around with all through Diagon Alley was tough. They got all the supplies she needed for the school year, and she even bought a Quidditch book while her nanny's back was turned. So, this morning, the morning of September the first, 1971, she was headed to Hogwarts. At the station the woman left her at the entrance to the platform, but Delphi decided to wait. After waiting for a while, she caught sight of a girl her age with a large trolley containing a trunk, a cat and a rucksack big enough to hold some books. The girls parents kissed her goodbye, while a girl that could only be her sister stood by bitterly. As soon as they were gone, she made her way over there.
"Hey." The girl looked around, searching the crowd for a second before seeing her.
"Hi." She replied quietly, but not shyly. "Can you um…do you know how to get onto the platform?" Ah, a muggleborn. It's kind of refreshing seeing as everyone in the orphanage is at least half-blood or more.
"Yup. Right this way." She led her over to the barrier and they stood in front of it, the other girl looking confused.
"It's a wall." She stated the obvious, glancing over at her sceptically.
"Think about it. You're a witch, yes?" The girl nodded. "So why would you think that wall, is just a wall?" The girl looked at her understandingly, then turned back to the wall.
"So what do we do?" Delphi smiled before walking through the barrier at a steady walk.
"Now you try." She yelled back, knowing the girl would be able to hear her. Seconds later, she appeared next to her in the bustling crowd, and they both went to deposit their luggage on the train.
"I'm Lily Evans by the way." The girl informed her as she heaved her trunk onto the train, taking her cat as carry-on.
"Adelphia Duke, but just call me Delphi." A boy their age with long, greasy black hair and a rather large nose joined them, and Lily introduced him as Severus Snape. Of course, Delphi already knew this through her 'gift'.
"I'm Adelphia Duke." This time, she didn't invite him to call her Delphi. She knew that he was bad news, and even after only knowing her for five minutes, she already was concerned about Lily's safety. Once on the train, the only compartment they could find with any seats left was that containing two boys, one with unruly black hair and blue eyes that were caged behind some rectangular framed glasses, and the second with long black hair and stormy grey eyes. They were both rather handsome for their age, and let them all sit in their upon their asking.
"You'd better be in Slytherin." Snape tells Lily, who looks skeptic.
"Slytherin?" She asks confusedly.
"Slytherin?" The boy with the unruly hair and glasses asked sarcastically. "Who'd want to be in Slytherin?" I smiled slightly as Snape rolled his eyes in disgust. "I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" He asked the room, though mostly to his friend.
"My whole family has been in Slytherin." The other boy said, his friend soon realizing his mistake.
"Blimey, and I thought you seemed alright!" He joked, causing his friend to smile.
"Maybe I'll break the tradition. Where are you heading, if you've got the choice?"
"Gryffindor, where the brave dwell at heart. Like my dad." The bespectacled boy replied, his hand in the air like he was holding an invisible sword.
"Heh." Snape said, rolling his eyes.
"Got a problem with that?" The boy asked, glaring at him.
"No. Unless you'd rather be brawny than brainy." Snape replied with a slimy smirk on his face that was really more of a grimace.
"Where are you hoping to go, being as you're neither?" The longer haired boy retorted, earning himself a glare from both Snape and Lily.
"Come on Severus, let's find another compartment." Lily said and was out of the door with Snape before I could even stand up. I looked over at the other two, who were staring after them. I cleared my throat nervously and took to looking around the compartment.
"So uh…that was Lily." I informed them.
"Shouldn't you be going after your friends?" The boys asked curiously, to which I replied with a scoff.
"Please, we met on the platform. I mean, she's nice and all, but I get a bad feeling from that Snape guy." The two boys grinned at me as soon as I said this, and I knew immediately that we would be friends, even without my 'gift'.
"I'm James Potter." The boy with the unruly black hair and glasses said with a smirk I would soon become accustomed to.
"Sirius Black." The other boy, with his long black hair and stormy grey eyes introduced himself with a mile and a polite nod, leaving me pondering as to how a boy that seems this nice could be a part of the Black family.
"Adelphia Duke is my name, but you can call me Delphi." I said with a bright smile from my place on the same seat as Sirius, but closer to the door than the wall he leaned against lazily across from James. A knock came on the door before it slid open steadily, revealing two boys our age, one plump with dull blonde hair and watery blue eyes, the other a tall thin boy with shabby clothes and sandy colored hair. You could tell that it had originally been blonde, but had naturally begun turning brown, his eyes a warm shade of brown that made him look caring and knowledgeable, if you didn't notice the many faint scars dotting his face.
"Can we sit with you? All the other compartments are full." For a split second a vision popped into my head of a boy with unruly jet black hair and bright green eyes slightly masked by round-rimmed glasses, the outline of a scar just visible on his forehead, being asked this very same question by a red-headed boy with well-worn clothes, freckles dotting his face.
"Sure." James and Sirius said together, letting the two boys in. I scooted over on the seat to give the boys room, ending up close to Sirius as the boy with the sandy hair sat next to me on the other side.
"I'm Sirius Black." Sirius said with a lazy grin over my head to the boy next to me.
"And I'm James Potter."
"I'm Remus Lupin." The boy next to me replied with a polite smile, his eyes shining with happiness of having met new people who could be his friend.
"I'm Peter Pettigrew." The small plump boy with the blonde hair said with an elated grin, probably happy that anyone was talking to him.
"My name's Adelphia Duke, but you can both call me Delphi." They grinned at me.
"So, what house does everyone want to be in?" James asked curiously, looking around the carriage, rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
"Anything but Slytherin." Sirius answered with a shudder.
"Okay, how about you Peter?" James asked, everyone's eyes turning to him, making him rather nervous by the look on his face.
"Um…Hufflepuff or Gryffindor." I grinned at him and he gave me a weak smile back.
"Remus?" Sirius asked, taking the attention away from Peter and putting it on Remus.
"Gryffindor or Ravenclaw." I glanced over at him and smiled understandingly.
"What about you, Delphi?" James asked, and I responded with the answer I had had ready ever since I found out about the houses of Hogwarts.
"Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, just like my mom and dad." I answered with a smile, leaning back into the chair to relax.
"And I want to be a Gryffindor, so one of everyone's wishes is to be in Gryffindor." I smirked at him, glad that he could add up.
"To Hogwarts!" Sirius suddenly declared as he stood bolt upright before slumping back into his seat, pretending it had never happened.
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