Something that Neville Longbottom had learned throughout his admittedly short life of eleven years was that a lot of people who were raised in the Wizarding World more often than not had at least a few quirks. And the individual known as Hailey Potter was no exception in that particular regard. The rather odd, even by Wizarding World-standards, girl was certainly a breath of fresh air, especially her pet. An animal-shaped plant-thing that ate other plants for nutrition, which was evidenced when Jenkins spotted the salad in the sandwich Hermione Granger had apparently brought with her for lunch and stole said salad from said sandwich. Another thing that was definitely odd about Hailey, besides her unusual eyes and ears, was her apparent interest in books, if the one she was reading (titled 'Over a Thousand Mundane and Magical Ways to Create Amusing Chaos, Mayhem and Anarchy', written by a 'Stanley Pickman') was any indication, which probably meant that the seven years that the three people in the compartment would be students at Hogwarts wouldn't be boring at least… for better or worse.
As the occupants of the compartment chatted with each other during the train ride, quite a few people passed by the compartment, most of whom just dismissed the group inside as, in the words of the boy who could only be a Malfoy, 'a mudblood, a practical squib and an oddball'. It wasn't particularly hard to figure out which title referred to who. While Neville himself and Hermione had actually paid attention and therefore picked up on the implied insults, Hailey on the other hand hadn't. Having been more interested in either watching the landscape outside pass by or reading a book about a secret international bureau protecting the world from paranormal threats, the main character ironically being a demon himself, or rather a compilation of some of the best stories from that particular series of what Hermione called comic books.
The only time that Hailey did actually acknowledge someone at the door of the compartment, even if it was only to ask (read: practically order) them to leave, was when the second youngest member of the Weasley-family, Ronald Weasley, showed up and didn't do much except glaring and apparently insult her. Based on what could be seen, the apparent animosity between Hailey Potter and Ronald Weasley was one sided with the girl who the ginger haired boy called 'a fake heiress' merely finding said ginger haired boy more of an annoyance than anything else. When the other two asked the offspring of Nyarlathotep what Weasley meant when he called Hailey a fake heiress, the Child of the Crawling Chaos simply shrugged.
"I'm adopted. Mom and Dad couldn't have children of their own, so they resorted to adoption and became my parents as a result when I was still an infant." Answered Hailey rather nonchalantly.
"Ah. That explains it. I'm pretty sure adoption is rather rare in the Wizarding World in the first place and an adopted child being named as heir to a family name is therefore practically unheard of." Replied Neville, nodding his head in understanding. "At least, that's what grandma said once. Now I understand what or rather who she was referring to. You."
"I'm sort of famous?"
"I'm so lost right now." Stated Hermione, who was looking quite confused.
"In a word, Hermione, politics. So much politics."