"So Harry, what's your favorite quidditch team?" Ron asked. All three children were no eating candy that Harry had so graciously bought them with his own money. Though Emrys had to help him count it and give the right amount. Now they had begun talking about Quidditch though by the look of Harry's face he was confused at to what Quidditch was.

"Um, I don't know what Quidditch is." Harry replied, cheeks reddening in embarrassment.

"You don't know what it is? How can you not?" Ron exclaimed incredulously and received a punch in the arm. "Ow! Stop hitting me Emrys."

"Then stop being rude Ronald. It's obvious he was raised by muggles he didn't even know what candy he was eating." she said before looking at Harry and giving him a gentle smile. "Don't worry about it Harry, you're not the only wizard to be raised by muggles. It's quite normal for some muggles not to know about magical things. Quidditch is the sport of the wizarding world, think of it as a mixture of basketball, football, baseball, and soccer."

"All three?!" Harry asked in disbelief imagining basketball nets and a soccer ball being kicked in the hoop."

"Yes but it's not exactly what you're thinking." she said. "I'll let Ron explain that part."

So Ron spent the next half hour explaining the concept of Quidditch and Harry was able to understand some of the rules and functions of the team. Then they got to the concept of Magic and Ron took out his wand.

"Fred and George taught me a spell to turn Scabbers yellow. Want to see?" he asked and Harry nodded enthusiastically. Just as Ron was about to mutter the spell the compartment door slid open and a girl with big bushy brown hair walked in and looked around before sighing in frustration.

"Have you guys seen a toad? A boy named Neville lost it-oh you were about to do magic?"

She asked in curiosity as she took a seat across from Harry and next to Emrys.

"Well? Lets see then." she demanded. The other three glanced at each other before Ron cleared his throat again before pointing it at Scabbers.

"Butter, daisies, sunshine mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!" he said but after a second nothing happened. Emrys snorted and the girl frowned.

"Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good is it? I've tried a few simple ones but they've worked fine so far." she took out her wand and pointed it at Harry between the eyes of his glasses. "For example, oculus reparo."

There was the sound of a snap and Harry's glasses which had tape rolled around the bridge instantly repaired itself. Harry took them off and looked at them before putting them back on with contempt at his glasses being repaired.

"That's much better isn't it?" then gasped when she saw Harry's scar. "Jimminy cricket! You're Harry Potter! I'm Hermione Granger, and...you are?" she asked Ron with a slightly disgusted look as he answered with his mouth full.

"Um, Ron Weasley."

"Pleasure, and you?" she asked Emrys.

"Ambrose Lupin, but you can call me Emrys. Oh and this is my cat Merlin." she said, motioning to her cat who meowed again.

"Nice to meet you." Hermione replied politely. "You three better change I believe we'll be arriving soon." with that she stood up and excited the compartment.

"She's quite a character isn't she?" she huffed. "But I guess we really should go change, I'll go get my uniform." she left them alone for a few minutes and as she walked back to the compartment she heard a commotion. She rounded the corner only to be knocked back on to her back when someone crashed into her. Lights flashed around her eyes as she raised herself up on her elbows with a groan and looked up into a pair of stormy grey eyes.

"Draco?" she asked, slightly disoriented.

"Emrys! Sorry," she said and helped her get up. Then she realized his goons Crabbe and Goyle were behind him and one of them was holding his hand which was bleeding a bit from a bite...of a rat.

"Draco...you went to bully Ron didn't you." she scolded, placing her hands on her hips. Draco didn't meet her eye but stood up tall to look intimidating as his lackeys smirked.

"That's none of your business Lupin." he scoffed. "Besides I heard Potter was in that compartment. Such a shame he picked a loser whose family can't even support itself."

"That family has more honor and respect than your father, Malfoy." she hissed the last name in anger. Watching him flinch slightly before she pushed him away with her shoulder to walk away. It was always like this whenever those idiots and any stuck up pureblood. He would always act cruel, vicious at times and even bully those his family did not approve of. His father stuck to the old and cruel pure blood ways that thought anyone with even a drop of muggle blood was filth. He was raising Draco to be just like him and Emrys feared that one day Draco would really end up like that. She opened the door to the compartment and slammed it shut before turning around saw Harry and Ron looking at her wearily.

"Um, Emrys...are you ok?" Ron asked.

"Yes, why?"

"Um...you're eyes, they're red." Harry said in curiosity. Emrys closed her eyes and took a deep breath before exhaling, opening her eyes to show they were back to normal.

"Sorry about that." she said with a small smile as she took her seat and crossed her legs. Her uniform consisted of a grey skirt, black leggings, black shoes, white blouse, a cardigan with the school emblem and a tie that also had the school crest. She had put her hair in a high ponytail with a few curly wisps of hair framing her face.

"How did your eyes do that?" Harry asked.

"Oh I'm a metamorphmagus. I have certain abilities to change my appearance anyway I desire. But there's always something about us that we cannot change and that is placed in the records of the ministry." With a tiny crinkle of her nose her hair changed color into a soft pastel blue, then into a hair the same shade as Ron before turning back to black. Then she changed the hair color of her eyes until they settled into a pastel lavender and stayed that way.

"I like this eye color better." she smiled before blinking and her hazel eyes came back.

"Can you change anything else?" Harry asked as he looked at her in wonder.

"I could but that takes more training that will be taught by another person like me, but not until I'm older according to my mum."

"I thinks that really amazing." Harry said and she smiled.

"Thank you Harry."


"Firs' years! Firs' years over 'ere!" Harry walked towards the voice and looked up to see Hagrid carrying a lamp making him look slightly intimidating. "Heya 'Arry."

"Hello Hagrid." Harry smiled up at him while Emrys and Ron looked at Hagrid in surprise.

"Woah."

"Alright now follow me." Hagrid called out and they were taken to a small pier where a lot of little boats were docked. "Alright no more than four to a boat."

Harry, Ron, and Emrys went to a boat followed by a boy with a round face and slightly large ears with green eyes. Once everyone was in the boats Hagrid tapped his and all the boats moved as one into a cave.

"What yer heads!"

They ducked down slightly for a minute or two before they exited the cave and a beautiful sight stood upon them. Emrys gasped and looked in awe at the large castle castle in front, it was unbelievable how every single window shined bright and gave the castle a welcoming glow. She could even tell, without being inside yet that spending time in the castle was going to be an amazing adventure. They arrived at a small pier and carefully climbed out.

"Oi, kid! This yer toad?"

"Trevor!" the rounded faced boy called out in relief who Emrys now remembered to be Neville. They then followed Hagrid up the stairs and into a room where they were told to wait. There was a moment of silence followed by a scream as ghost appeared around them.

"Well, look at that! This must be the first years yes?" a ghost asked and Emrys could just see the line of where his head had been chopped with an axe.

"Yes sir...and you must be Sir Nicolas." Emrys said and Sir Nick bowed though grabbed his head so it wouldn't fall off.

"A pleasure of course, I am the Gryffindor ghost."

"And I am in Hufflepuff a fat fraire greeted with a smile. Don't worry I'm sure the sorting will be fine."

"Sorted?" Harry asked Emrys.

"Yes there are four houses and we are placed in one though mum refused to tell me how. Said it was part of the surprise and she didn't want to spoil it."

"George said we might have to battle a troll." Ron added and Emrys scoffed.

"Honestly Ronald you really need to stop believing a word those two say."

"The door behind them opened and in walked a woman in green emerald robes, a pointed hat the same color, glasses, her hair pulled back tightly in a bun and a stern look that told Harry she was not a woman to be messed with.

"Thank you Hagrid I'll take it from here." Hagrid nodded before leaving and after she dismissed the ghost she turned to the children. "My name is Professor McGonagall, welcome to Hogwarts. Before we begin I'll tell you the rules. You will be sorted into either of the four Houses. These houses will be like your second home. These houses are...Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Certain task here in school will earn you points, breaking the rules will lose you those points. At the end of the year the house with the most points wins the house cup. Now, if you would all follow me." She took them out of the room and down the hall to a set of huge double doors and knocked. A second later the doors opened and once again the children were left in awe as they entered the grand hall. The ceiling could not be seen due to the night sky and stars along with floating candles high above. There were four bench tables with a middle walkway to pass through. At the front a long table was placed and it seemed it was the staff table with the headmaster in the middle. in between the teachers and the students there was a small set of stairs like a platform where a hat was placed in a stool. McGonagall walked up and stood next to the stool, then proceeding to open up a long scroll.

"When I call you name please come up and I shall place the Sorting Hat atop your head to be sorted in you house."

"Told you George lied." Emrys whispered while Ron sent her a small glare. The list kept going with the names in alphabetical order. Hermione Granger, the girl who had fixed Harry's glasses was Emrys name was called.

"Ambrose Lupin." She confidently walked up though her eyes changed to a lighter hazel for her nervousness as the hat was placed on her head and it covered her eyes.

Hmmm, quite an interesting mind...yes, smart enough for a Ravenclaw. Loyal enough for a Hufflepuff. Cunning and resourceful for a Slytherin...ah, and brave enough for a Gryffindor. Where to put you, Slytherin and Gryffindor being a close tie...hmmm...where where where would you belong?

Gryffindor please.

Really? Being in Slytherin would be great for you, you have the connections...you could go far...but then again...you will be able to make a change...break school traditions...start a revolution, just like your father.

At these words Emrys froze and clenched her fists.

My father?!

Ooops, said too much already.

Wait a second-

"GRYFFINDOR!" Don't let the lies of others cloud your judgement. Be strong and never be ashamed of who you are.

The hat was pulled from her head and McGonagall gave her a curious look before calling out the next name as Emrys jumped off the stool. The Gryffindors cheering as she sat down next to the twins who put their arms around her.

"What was going on in your head dear Lady?"

"Hat took quite a while to shout."

"Oh you know, just talking about what hair product would be better for my hair." she teased and the twins chuckled. She looked back at the hat with a confused expression before her eyes caught Draco's. He looked disappointed and she mouthed 'I'm sorry' but he rolled his eyes and looked forward.

"Draco Malfoy." Draco walked confidently to the stool and the hat had barely touched his hair when it shouted

"SLYTHERIN!"

"No surprise there." Emrys mumbled.

"Aw are you disappointed your boyfriend didn't make it here?" Fred teased.

"I would have tossed him to the Slytherins if that had happened." George replied in disgust.

"Be nice you two." she giggled. "And he's not my boyfriend ew."

"At least she agrees he's disgusting."

"Fred!" she poked his side making him squirm away.

"Harry Potter." At his name the entire hall went silent, whispers about Harry continuing as he walked up to the stool and the hat placed over his head.

"This is ridiculous." Emrys huffed. "They're looking like an animal in a zoo."

"Feeling protective Emrys?" George winked. "Already having a crush on him?"

"Oh please, he's clearly never heard nor has knowledge that he was famous until now. He's clearly uncomfortable with all the attention."

"Hmm, you have a point there." Fred nodded.

"Course I do. Three galleons he ends up in Gryffindor." Emrys smirks while the twin nod. The hat was silent for almost two whole minutes and everyone was getting anxious.

"He's almost taking longer than you Emrys." Fred whispered. "Do you think they're talking about hair products like with you?"

"Probably not." she laughed quietly.

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat suddenly shouted and McGonagall removed the hat as wild screams erupted from the Gryffindor table.

"WE GOT POTTER WE GOT POTTER!" The twins hollered in glee as Harry joined them and sat next to Percy, the older brother of the twins and Ron.

"Congratulations Harry." Emrys said with a smile before looking over to the twins and placing her hand out to them.

"What?" they asked and she smirked before they remembered and a sour look passed their faces as they each handed her three galleons that she smugly pocketed in her robes. She caught Harry's confused look and she merely winked before turning back to the names being called.

"Ron Weasley." McGonagall called after a while and Ron walked up with a scared look. The hat was barely on his head when it shouted.

"GRYFFINDOR!" There was a loud applause from the Gryffindors as another Weasley joined their house. Once all the names have been read McGonagall closed the scroll, collected the hat and stool and left. The Headmaster stood up and silence quickly fell upon the Great Hall. The headmaster wore a unique blue robe littered with starts and moons along with his pointed hat. His hair was a snowy white and reached his waist while his bear was so long it almost reached his knees. He regarded the students with twinkling blue eyes behind half moon spectacles before a smile graced his lips.

"To all the new students, welcome. To those returning, welcome back. We have a few announcements to make. Mr. Filch the caretaker would like to remind you all that magic is not to be used in the halls, certain items have been banned and can be looked up outside his office. The forbidden forest is out of bounds to all students," he sent a twinkling look at the twins who looked back at him with innocent smiles. "I would also like to add a new warning, this year the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to students who do not wish to suffer a slow painful death."

At this Emrys raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Now, without further ado; let the feast...begin." he smiled at when Emrys blinked piles of food appeared on the table. Her stomach grumbled and with eagerness she began to pile her plate with food. As she ate she heard Harry talking to Percy asking about a professor sitting beside professor Quirrell.

"Oh that's professor Snape."

"What does he teach?"

"Potions, but everyone knows he's after Quirrell's job of Defence Against the Dark Arts."

Emrys stopped eating and looked to her left and down the teacher's table where Quirrell was and to the professor next to him. He had greasy black hair down to his shoulders, a beaked nose, dark eyes-that were glaring at her. She blinked and looked at the professor again and realized that yes, he was in fact glaring at her. Emrys raised an eyebrow in curiosity and stared back at Snape without a single slice of fear. She didn't know how long the staring continued until the conversations next to her stopped.

"Uh, Emry...please don't tell me you're having a staring contest with Snape." Fred said. Emrys responded by raising her hand curled her index finger in a yes motion. "Well stop it."

"Why?"

"Don't tell her Fred this is actually quite fun." chuckled George.

"This is no laughing matter she shouldn't be doing that." this time it was Percy. "Class hasn't even started and she's already on his black list. Fred make her stop!"

"I don't think I want to now.."

"Emrys, Dumbledore is watching you now so stop it!" Percy snapped.

At the mention of the Headmaster Emrys's eyes snapped to the headmaster and he was looking at her with an amused twinkle in his eyes. Her cheeks flushed red, while her hair began to turn a pastel pink at the tips. She turned too fast she didn't notice when Dumbledore's gaze went to Snape in the same amused fashion; making Snape look at his plate with a scowl. A few minutes later Dumbledore stood up and with a wave of his hand the plates and the food disappeared.

"Now that we have been well fed and watered it's time for bed. Chop Chop!"

"First years please follow me!" Percy called and we all followed in line through the castle. Knowing she would no doubt get lost tomorrow she tried to look at every painting and marker that would help her find her way back to the great hall in the morning. As they climbed the stairs she looked up and saw with wonder as the stairs higher up began to change.

"As a warning please be mindful of the stairs. The like to change once in a while." Percy warned. Many of the paintings moved and greeted the students with enthusiasm while others even offered pieces of advice in case they ever got lost. After a few minutes they arrived at a large portrait of a fat lady with a silk gown.

"Password."

"Caput Draconis." Percy said and the portrait swung open revealing a whole in which they all climbed through into the most homiest common room. There was a cozy fire place, a few tables, two sofas and a head chair surrounding the fireplace. In front of the portrait hole was a single staircase that spiraled up and ended with door on the left and another on the right.

"The password is only to be known by those in your own house. You must never say it to someone from a different house. Also, if you forget the password then you will have to wait for someone to show up and give the password. Now; the girl dorms are on the left, boys to the right. You will also find your belongings as well as your pets in your dorms. Also please be on time tomorrow morning to be given the schedule of your classes for the week."

The first years began to separate to go up to their dorms, after Emrys bid Ron and Harry good-bye she went up the stairs to the girls dorms. She went up another set of stairs and into a door that had the plaque saying First Years. When she opened it there she was greeted by three girls. She remembered Hermione, then Parvati Patil whose sister was in Ravenclaw and Lavender Brown. They were getting into their pajamas. Hermione looked up to Emrys and gave her a small smile.

"Hello Emrys. Did you enjoy the feast? I've never seen so many different types of foods or desserts!"

"I think you had one too many desserts Hermione." Emrys smirked then looked to the bed next to Hermione to see her kitten walking around the bed. "Merlin!"

Said kitten looked up at her and meowed gently. The other girls cooed at his cuteness as Emrys went up to her bed and flopped down across the mattress, making her kitten jump in the air and flop on his side. Looking up at the red draped curtains she thought of how her mother would be giving her a goodnight kiss and her uncle Remus would be getting home from work. She hadn't even been gone a full day yet and she was already missing her mother. Sensing her homesickness her kitten padded up to her face and gently pawed her cheek making her giggle. She sat up in her bed, getting her trunk open and taking her pajamas and other toiletries to change in the bathroom. Once she was done she came back out, placing her clothes in a basket next to her bed before plopping in her bed. She closed the curtains around her and snuggled inside the blankets. Merlin curled up in a ball next to her face with his own head leaning against hers and purred. A small smile curled her lips as the eventful day finally caught up to her and she fell into a peaceful sleep.