~*~© Kitty~*~

Author: Kitty

Disclaimer: Everything you recognise belongs to J.K. Rowling; everything you don't, belongs to me!BR

A/N: It seems really slow at the moment, but it will speed up and they'll whiz through their first year, k? Then on with the Show…BR

Interesting … Friends?

Gemini slowly made her way through to the back of the train.  She thought she should start at the back and work her forward, that way she could make sure she'd met everyone before they'd got to Hogsmeade and gotten all muddled up in confusion.

Thinking exciting thoughts and not looking where she was going, Gemini almost walked into four shifty looking first-year boys.  Gemini had a rather bad habit of instantly putting people into one of the four Hogwarts' houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. And 'Slytherins' was the instant impression.  Two of the boys looked like body guards, the greasy-haired boy behind them being their subject.  The last boy Gem noticed, (possibly because all he did was sneer and make no noise at all), was pale all over, from a pale face to white-blonde hair.

The greasy-haired boy was the first to speak, "Watch where you're going, girl. I'm Snape, and these are my friends, Crabbe, Goyle,(the 'bodyguards'), and Malfoy, ( 'the white mouse', Gem thought, rather wickedly),"  Gem had no problem with introductions, but it sounded as though he was introducing himself as King of England.

"Oh, I'm so sorry-are these your only friends? Or maybe you spotted them on the train and they were just scared you were going to turn their hair pink or something," she had to bite her lip to stop herself from giggling as her own touch of magic turned Malfoy the Mouse's white hair a strong shade of hot pink, "and by the way, please don't add me to your incredibly short list of pals, I've got enough friends as is,"  Gem hated to brag, but she had been pretty popular at her previous school, "One last thing … you need to wash your hair." 

The last remark had left an odd group in the corridor, including a rather humiliated looking Snape and a confused, pink-haired Malfoy.

Standing at the very back of the train, Gemini walked into the first compartment she came across, sat down, and used her well practiced introduction.

"Hi there! I'm Gemini, who are you?"

The boy sitting opposite her looked pale and sickly.  Gemini recognised this instantly and new who, or rather what this boy was.

"I'm Remus Lupin, why did you just walk in."

"Because… stop asking difficult questions, anyway, why are you so boring-looking and grumpy?"

"No reason."

Gem's mother, Penny, had taught her daughter well.  Gem could easily read anyone's mind, especially her mother's.

"Full moon.  Two nights," she said quietly.  With that she walked off without another word.

~*~

Walking further towards the front, Gemini came along some girls her age, they would have looked very alike if it wasn't for their hair.  One girl had long red locks, nearly down to her waist, they reminded gem of the dying embers of a fire.  The other girl had deep black hair, the same as Gem's, except that this girl's was dead straight and fell just past her shoulders.

"I'm Embers," the read-head spoke up before gem had a chance to open her mouth.

"Cinders."

"We're the Hooch twins," unison, 'I hate it when twins speak in unison!' Gem felt like screaming.

"Don't laugh at our names," Cinders seemed pretty quiet, Embers was obviously nothing like her sister:

"Our mum is Madame Hooch, she does Quidditch and broomstick lessons. We're not that good right now, but Mum says we'll get the hang of it some day and we can become Quidditch stars or something.  I doubt it, 'cause every time I get on a broomstick I fall off,"  Gem almost felt sorry for her, remembering the first time she had hopped onto a broomstick.  She had fallen off and broken her ankle.  But it was hard to feel sorry for someone who spoke so fast and seemed as though they were full of it.

"Okay… I guess I'll see you then."

Gemini was about to meet more people but someone was walking towards her, saying that they would be stopping in five minutes and she thought that she should get back to her own compartment.

As she walked in, Lily looked up, "Find anything interesting?"

"Four Slytherins, two Gyrffindors, and a … don't worry."

As the train slowly pulled to a stop, Gemini was quietly thinking to herself, not usual thoughts of what prank to pull on the neighbours next but serious thoughts; ' I wonder what house Remus Lupin would be put into, I don't know if there is a house for werewolves…'