Chapter 3
1 September, king cross station
Tom eyed the young girl next to him on the platform, ticket in her hand as she looked around the station.
Tom had kept a close eye on her after Dumbledore's visit. After all she was a fellow magical person, also different. Not just because of the fact that the girl interested him, she seemed to the rest as an emotionless mute girl. But he knew that was not true, he had noticed the glint in her eyes sometimes as she saw him hurt others, he knew she was smarter then she let on and could detect a lie easily enough. But still he felt that he didn't know her at all, she always surprised him with something different and he knew she knew, merlin he didn't even know her name.
Tom's attention returned to the girl next to him as she tugged at his sleeve to get his attention and motioned with her head towards a family who had trolley's with them and on one of those trolley's was also a cage with an owl in it. They kept an eye on the family and noticed them pass through the wall. The brown haired mystery took his sleeve again, never his hand he had noticed, and tugged him to the wall while pushing their stuff with her other hand. They passed through the barrier and immediately went to put their stuff on the train, the girl easily lifting their stuff on it all by herself. This was not the only time the girl had showed more strength than other girls, or even boys at their age, but Tom didn't comment on it. They eventually found an empty compartment and sat down, both immediately pulling out their books and began to read in comfortable silence. It reminded tom of how they first met, but he quickly shoved that thought away as he continued reading the potions book while the girl kept reading the defence against the dark arts book.
Not even before they had reach the first chapter the door to their compartment was opened.
Tom and the girl looked up to see a blond male standing all high and mighty in front of the compartment.
"This is our compartment" The boy sneered at them, making the girl simply scoff at them and return to her book. Tom didn't even react to her reaction and glared at the boy. "Isn't it polite to first introduce yourselves before threatening other students" He said with an obvious fake polite smile as the compartment grew colder and colder as tom let some of his magic roam free. The boy paled a little but held his head high, realising this may be a pureblood as well with those powers and features. "My name is Abraxas Malfoy, heir of the pureblood Malfoy family" Malfoy said in a proud voice and went over to sit opposite Tom when he noticed the girl sitting there in the corner. The girl looked up at him as she noticed Malfoy and Tom watching her, but turned her full attention back to the book zoning out the conversation that was now starting between the males in the compartment. After some time, Tom pulled her book away and she realised it was maybe time to go change into her robes in the bathroom so with a small sigh she stood up and headed towards the bathrooms leaving the boys be.
