Saphire was lying on her bed, waiting on her mother to scream that they had to leave to Hogwarts. It had been two months since she had seen her best friend, Lily Evans. Two months she had to miss that sweet girl everybody loved. Lily always knew what to say in which situation. She always made everyone else happy, without making herself miserable. She was a walking miracle. She had missed her all summer. "Saphire! When are you coming? Everybody's ready to leave!" Saphire's mom yelled. Saphire jumped off her bed and ran of the stairs. She put her shoes on, quickly and ran through the door. She jumped in the car and they left, on their way to the train. Saphire sat next to her twin sister Saphira and her little brother, Joey. "Saphira, are you getting your N.E.W.T.s this year?" Druella asked. "No, mother," Saphira answered, "next year." Saphire coughed and her mother looked at her annoyed. "Kevin, you can skip Divination. You won't need it," their mother said. Joey was in Slytherin too, so she didn't ignore him either. The car stopped and they got out. They walked through the barrier to platform nine and three-quarters. Saphire knew that her mother wasn't going to say goodbye and kissed her father's cheek. She walked toward the train and saw Lily. She ran to her best friend and hugged her. "It's been long," she explained to Lily. "I know, but let's get on the train. We'll have plenty of time to talk," Lily said. "Go, I'll be right there," she said when she saw Saphire hesitate. Saphire climbed into the train and searched a coupe. "Fire, searching a coup? Why won't you join us?" she recognized that voice before she turned around. Saphire looked into two brown eyes. James. After him stood Sirius, Remus and Peter. "Why would I even want to?" she sneered at James. His grin disappeared. "Come on, Fire, won't you join us?" Sirius begged. "No, I hate bully's!" she yelled at them and walked away. She opened a coup and saw it was empty. "Dite!" Saphire turned around when she heard Lily shout her nickname. Aphrodite was her second name. "Here's a coupe," she said. They changed clothes. "So, what are we going to do now?" Saphire asked. "I want to tell you some things about my vacation," Lily answered, "I met this guy and we're a couple now. But he doesn't know I'm a witch, of course. Don't you have someone special?" Yes, she had, but she wasn't going to tell Lily. If Lily knew, she would never talk to her again. "No," she answered. "You'll find someone," Lily answered simply.
The train stopped and everyone got out. Lily and Saphire went to the carriages with the others students. The freshmen went to the lake. Saphire and Lily were in a carriage with Saphira, Loise and Nora. As usual, Loise kept talking about whatever she thought. Nora was reading, Saphira was listening to Loise, Lily was looking at the Forbidden Forest and Saphire was thinking. The carriage stopped and they entered the castle. Saphire felt home. People where pushing to get inside, to sit at the tables and wait. When everyone had a place, McGonagall entered with the stool and the sorters hat. The freshmen followed her in al long row. The Sorting took a long time. Aloth of students were staring at something no one else saw. The last freshmen were sorted and Dumbledore started his speech. "Welcome to the freshmen and welcome back to the others. Mr. Filch has put his list on his door, for the ones who want to check it. The Forbidden Forest is still forbidden, some off you still don't know. But let's eat now," he said and suddenly the tables were full with all the food you can imagine. "Evans," someone shouted, "why does your friend ignores us?" Saphire looked and saw Sirius Black, her cousin. Lily ignored him. "You're not gonna start too, Evans?" James said. "Do you hear something?" Saphire asked Lily. "No," Lily answered. James rolled his eyes. The food disappeared and Dumbledore said it was time to go to bed. Lily and Remus helped the freshmen to the Gryffindor room. Saphire and Nora followed them. They went straight to bed.