"I can't believe you actually tried to send Harry a toilet seat," Ella said as she glanced at Fred and George over the copy of Hogwarts, A History that she had borrowed from Hermione.

"We wanted to make him feel better! He could have died down there, you know!" George said defensively.

"Yeah, and we would have successfully sent him a toilet seat if Madam Pomfrey hadn't have deemed it 'unsanitary.'" Fred grumbled from next to George and sulked in his seat.

Ella chuckled and rolled her eyes, pushing her glasses further up on the bridge of her nose. "You two are so weird."

"Speaking of weird," Lee Jordan said, "what are you doing in our train compartment?"

"Your train compartment?" Ella asked with raised eyebrows. "I'm sorry, I don't recall seeing your names on the door." Fred and George stifled their laughter.

"I just mean why are you here with us? You're usually with all of your other friends. What about Katie?"

"She's with Angelina and Alicia in another car," Ella said, hardly even paying attention anymore, she was more interested in her book.

"And what about Cho?"

"She's with her friends from Ravenclaw." Ella thumbed to the next page.

"Okay, fine. But, what about Juni? The two of you are inseparable."

"I'm sure he'll be along soon. He said he was just going to find the trolley and buy something before all the good things have gone."

"Alright," Fred said, "about that. What's this whole 'he' thing about? You've been referring to Juni as a boy for like, six months now. Why?"

Before the winter holidays had even ended, Ella had convinced Juni to tell his parents about being transgender. Like Ella had suspected, it went swimmingly. Juni's parents were very liberal and very suspecting people, all they wanted was for their daughter, now their son, to be happy. And if being a boy is what made Juni happy, then so be it. They had even gone as far to let him cut his hair and had gotten him some "boy" clothes of his own. Until then, he had been using Jackson's old ones.

Ella shrugged. "Because Juni's a boy. Simple as that."

"But what does that mean ?" George asked her. Just like Ella hadn't before, they didn't understand.

"I really don't think that I'm the person to tell you that." Ella pulled out the connected journals that she and Juni had exchanged at the beginning of their first year. When a message was sent through it, it became very hot. So, she was sure Juni would know that she had written to him if he had it on him. Which, of course, she knew he did.

Would you be okay with telling Fred, George, and Lee about your situation? They keep asking me questions.

Only moments passed before she saw Juni's handwriting appear on the page in front of her.

I guess. You just have to promise them that they won't make fun of me.

Ella scribbled furiously in reply.

Of course. If you don't want to you don't have to. I just don't really know how to answer all their questions without outting you.

Juni got back to her within the minute.

Nah, it's fine. I can tell them, I just don't feel like getting made fun of more than I already do.

Ella felt her heart clench at that. Juni has been getting made fun of ever since they got to school because he was Muggle-born, being trans only added to that. Not everyone knew that he was transgendered, most people just thought he was a really masculine girl. Juni was fine with that for now, though. The people who really mattered knew that he was a boy, and that was all he really cared about.

"Fine," Ella said, snapping her book shut, "Juni's going to come in here and he's going to explain why I call him a boy. But all three of you have to promise that you'll be mature and that you'll tell absolutely no jokes. This is serious." She fixed them all with a look that told her she was not taking this lightly.

"Okay," George said skeptically. "We won't do anything, right boys?" Fred and Lee nodded in agreement.

At just the perfect moment Juni opened the door and casually strode in to sit down next to Ella. If you didn't know him before, you wouldn't even be able to tell that he looked completely different six months ago. His dark hair was cropped short and he looked no different from any other boy in his school robes. Juni was completely passable as a boy, because in all reality he was.

"So," Juni said, his voice still incredibly feminine and soft, "I hear you have some questions that you want answers to."

"Well, I mean," Lee Jordan said hesitantly, "if that's alright."

Juni shrugged. He might as well get used to telling people, he'd have to do it eventually. "Yeah, it's fine. You guys just have to promise that you'll take it well."

"That depends on what there is to take," Fred said, crossing his arms. And if looks could kill, the look that Ella shot him would have had him six feet under before he could say "Quidditch."

"Fred, you promised —" Ella said menacingly.

"El, it's fine," Juni said and held his hands up to her, like he was trying to calm down Ella's aura. "They have a right to be a little confused." He took a deep breath like he had done that day in Ella's room, except there were no tears this time. In only a short amount of time, he had become way more comfortable with himself. "I am transgender," Juni said very clearly. He was met with three blank stares.

"And what does that mean?" George said, leaning forward like he did when he was interested in something. Ella's heart warmed a bit. He didn't seem put off, just curious. And if she cared about anyone accepting Juni, it was Fred and George, and she couldn't put her finger on why.

"Well," Juni said, trying to find a good way to word it, "it definitely means that I'm a boy. And before you say that I'm not, I can assure that I am. Just not on the outside yet. But up here," he tapped on his head, "and in here," he placed his hand over his heart, "I am. I cannot begin to express how trapped I have felt in my body until now." He was met by the blank stares again, they seemed to be sifting through all the information and trying to grasp the concept.

"So," Lee said, "basically what you're trying to say is that you're not a girl anymore? And that you're a guy now?"

"Brilliant observation, Lee," Ella piped up, but quieted back down when Juni gave her a look as if to say, "Calm down, please."

"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying," Juni said coolly. He was far more composed than when he had come out to Ella and his parents.

"Oh," Fred said and sank back, tension melting away from his shoulders. "That's it? That's all you had to tell us?"

"Yes…" Juni said skeptically.

"Well, that's fine. If you're a dude then you're a dude. We don't have a problem with that, do we, George?"

George shook his head. "I don't see an issue with it. I mean, at this point, if I had just walked passed you on the street I would just think you're a guy anyways. So, what's the harm?"

Juni couldn't believe what he was hearing, he had not expected to be received this well. All of the articles and books that he had read had led him to believe that all of his friends would abandon him and his parents would kick him out, that was the case for a lot of people and it disgusted him. But he was truly blessed to be in the company of such accepting people. "Wait, you're serious? You don't care?"

"Nah," Lee said and clapped Juni on the shoulder, "you're fine, man."

"Well — I mean, okay," Juni said, it was his turn to be befuddled. They were being so nonchalant as if he had just told them about the weather.

"Yeah, it's fine," Fred said. "Can I have one of your Chocolate Frogs, man?"

Juni smiled and handed over one of his Chocolate Frogs to Fred. Being called "dude" and "man" was something that Juni revelled in, and to hear people so openly call him those things made him so incredibly happy that he couldn't even put it into words. This had been such an incredible second year, he wouldn't trade it for the world.