Okay sorry about the title but as far as titles go, I really suck
On the Hogwarts train, Katie made a beeline for a red headed girl, enthusiastic to make new friends. Ryan walked slowly around before settling himself down between two boys who were obviously brothers with sandy coloured hair. Claire tried to clear the hair out of her face to no avail and peered into each carriage interestedly. Not seeing the blonde boy, Draco, she settled herself into a carriage by herself and tried to practice the levitating charm she'd been taught by Chrestomanci last night. It required a lot of concentration and a few words but was pretty easy. She pulled out her wand, it felt uncomfortable and bulky in her hand and she looked at it in distaste, seeing no real purpose to it. A boy of about her age suddenly opened the carriage door. He had messy black hair and green eyes. Another boy with flaming red hair followed him. When he saw her there he asked if he could sit in the carriage. She told him he could a little carelessly, lost in her own thoughts. The boys sat down and started chatting away about moves in a sports game. After awhile the black haired boy looked up and addressed her,
" Are you an exchange student?" he asked friendly. Claire had to thin about this, she had been told not to tell everyone she was an enchanter but could not really think of any other excuse for starting in first year so old. " Actually I'm an enchanter with nine lives that's just arrived in this world," she said quickly in a one breath. She wondered whether she'd got it right or whether she was actually in a new series. Either way she shrugged to herself. The two boys gave a half shrug and half laugh like they didn't quite know how to react to this announcement. " How old are you? 14,15? The red head asked.
"Actually I'm 16" Claire answered coldly, all too tired of people not knowing her age. Although she was average height her face had a childish tint to it. "Excuse us for being rude, I'm Harry Potter and this is Ron."
"I'm Claire" Claire said and gave them a nod. Ron opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by the compartment door being slid open again. In to the door stepped to broad shouldered boys who looked thick in more ways than one. Behind them stood Draco, his pale skin seemingly glowing and his hair arranged neatly on his head.
"Hullo" Claire said cheerfully. Draco didn't seem to hear that, instead he addressed Harry and Ron sounding cold, "Hello Potter and Weasel, where's your little mudblood friend?"
Ron lurched forward only to be grabbed by Harry. "She's not a mudblood you filthy git" Ron said through clenched angry teeth. "What the frizzed haired wonder, Claire" he said "mudblood or pure?"
Ron and Harry looked at her, taken aback at the fact that Draco knew her name. "I'm O positive," Claire said proudly. Harry snickered. A slight sneer came into Draco's lips, Claire had the distinct feeling that he was trying to be, in some psychotic way, nice.
"No, mudblood or pureblood?" he said through clenched teeth. Claire thought this sounded utterly ridiculous and made no sense at all. Having mud in you r blood sounded really stupid but she couldn't think it could mean anything else so she went for pureblood. "Uh pureblood" she said hesitantly.
Draco's slights sneer turned into a charming smile "then trust me, you don't want the wrong friends around here and those muggle lovers are definitely that".
Claire didn't understand half of what he said and was so confused that she allowed herself to be dragged out of the carriage by Draco. She looked back at Harry and Ron who were looking at her mutinously and tried to smile but Draco jerked her back and then they were out of sight.
Katie jumped up and down excitedly "I just have to get in Gryffindor" she said longingly. Claire shot her a disgusted look and Ryan just shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't know what to think. Claire was hunching down trying to hide hr age from all the first years but Ryan fit right in as he was only two years older than them and rather short for her age. "I'm supposed to be a 6th year" Claire hissed "and I'm standing with the second years." Katie laughed and jumped up and down some more. They filed onstage. Claire's last name was Bannet, on her turn she marched out her face as red as a beetroot and stuffed the hat on as quickly as she could. Ryan laughed his head off and Katie smiled happily.
Katie was so surprised when the hat talked to her that she nearly threw it off. " Hmm definitely not a Hufflepuff, you have alright knowledge but you wouldn't fit in with the Ravenclaws so it has to be Gryffindor or Slytherin" It said. Katie didn't know what to say she wasn't very good at making decisions. "Not good at making decisions eh? Well that's not too cunning so you better be GRYFFINDOR" it yelled. Claire yanked the hat off and ran to the right table her hair sticking out wildly. When she got to a chair, a girl with bushy brown hair leaned forward " Hullo, I'm Hermione" she said cheerfully. At that point both Ron and Harry shot her death looks and she promptly shut up. Claire looked up, Ryan had just got to be Gryffindor, at the end of the table Katie was chatting with the red head again. She craned her neck round to look at Draco but all she saw was the sneering dumb looks of Crabbe and Goyle and Draco's cold back.
Everything belongs to J.K Rowling and Diana Wynne Jones who is the creator of Chrestomanci and his nine lives. Please R/R