"Mother, darling, why can't I tell anyone I'm a vampire? It hardly shows," I asked my mother carefully and quietly to make sure Petunia couldn't over hear. Petunia doesn't know that our father is a vampire and our mother is a witch. She just thinks we're all so bloody normal. It's hilarious really. She was born without magic, she was never told of the magic, so she believes our father is a dentist, and our mother is a scientist and botanist. She would flip if she knew the truth. She can't possibly believe that she got perfectly unblemished ivory skin from our father's side without good reason, can she? I had the same ivory skin, but unlike her, I had inherited his blood red hair as well. I got green eyes from my mother, and canines like my father's, but not quite as long as my father's. "Lily, you can't tell because that might make your peers ostracize you," she said gently as she pushed a strand of loose hair out of my face.

"If they were my friends." "You already said that James Potter boy annoys you every waking minute with those pranks of his, how would you like it if the whole school did that?" she broke in. "I wouldn't like it at all," I said slowly. She was right. What is different is not accepted. Anywhere. "You're right, Mother. I'll tell no one," I said as she dropped me off at the station. At first I thought it was silly, Platform 9 ¾ . Who in the right mind would make a platform such as that one? Dumbledore, of course, I thought with a smile as I crossed through the barrier. As soon as the dark doors opened, a bucket of worms fell on my head, and I screamed. "Lily Evans, you ruined it," James said to me with a scowl as Remus and Sirius came out behind him. "Lavein,' he said still scowling. The worms were off of me in seconds. "What my friend is trying to say is, sorry Lily. The trap wasn't set for you," Remus said quickly. I felt my eyes flash silver for a moment and I calmed down before my dark secrets were revealed. "It. Is. All. Right," I said through clenched teeth. "We're very sorry, and I suppose James will apologize any minute now," Sirius said as he meaningfully jabbed James in the rib cage. "Uh, yeah, sorry, we're very sorry," James said as he snapped back into reality. He bowed and left with his friends behind him. "Freaks," I muttered, and I went in search of Kylie, one of my best friends. She was waiting in our usually compartment. "Hey, girl. What's shaking?" she asked in her normally peppy manner. "Nothing, I just got in and got covered in worms, and then the three musketeers, I have no clue where their little friend Peter is, apologized and left," I said coolly. "James Potter apologized? That's a first," Kylie noted. "I agree, but we aren't so bored and stupid we have to talk about him, do we?" I asked. "You must admit he is cute." she drifted. I threw a pillow at her. "You like him?" I accused more then asking angrily. "Not him Remus, but they are on the good looking side," Kylie said looking at me. "Chill out." "Whatever you say," I said as I pulled out a book and began to read. I noticed Kylie looking reading over my shoulder, and I let her, which is not normal for me. I jumped when I heard a crash outside of our compartment, and luckily for me, Kylie wasn't right behind my head or I would have hit her in the jaw. "What was THAT?" we asked together. I shrugged, and we went outside together. Sevillin Longbottom was head over heels, literally. "What is with people and ruining my pranks for Severus Snape today?" James muttered. "Well, I'm sorry Sev. Didn't mean to. You just, kinda stepped in," James said quickly. "Ritiren," he said. A minute later Sevillin was back on his feet. "Remus, Sirius, let's take our pranks elsewhere. They aren't appreciated here," he said as he turned on the balls of his heels and disappeared. Right then I wanted the damned and uncaring James Potter to dissolve in flames. I wanted that as Kylie and I helped Sevillin up. The klutz of our grade thanked us profusely and we went back to our cabin.