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-sigh- I love Lee and the Weasley twins.

Disclaimer: JKR's got the beautifully intelligent mind that created HP, not me. I do own my OC (Sarah) and a few other things in this fic.

Chapter Three

About five minutes later, my compartment door slid open. I looked up from my book to see three boys, two of which were red-haired twins. They were all staring at me, making me slightly uncomfortable. They continued this for five or so seconds longer, until one of the twins seemed to find his voice and asked,
"Can we sit here? Everywhere else is full."
"Sure," I replied with a smile, glad they stopped looking at me so. I moved Bili carefully to the seat in front of me.
"Thanks," he said, sitting down beside a boy with dreadlocks. His brother sat across from them. "I'm George Weasley, by the way, this here's Lee Jordan," George told me, pointing to the boy with dreadlocks, "and this is my brother Fred," nodding to the boy ahead of him.
"I'm Sarah Strilchuk," I replied. Silence followed for a few seconds after that, and I gazed out the window, watching the trees and mountains go by and thinking of my book.
"You're not from around here, are you?" blurted George's twin, Fred.
"Well, no. I'm from Canada," I answered.
"They have wizard schools in Canada, don't they?" Lee Jordan asked, and I nodded fiercely. "So why are you going to Hogwarts? I mean, why wouldn't you finish your years there?" Lee questioned, genuinely curious.
"Well," I paused, thinking about which way to put it. "A couple of months ago, I got an owl from your headmaster, requesting me to learn at Hogwarts for a year. I'm not exactly sure why he wanted me at Hogwarts yet, but I'm supposed to have a talk with him after the Welcome Feast in his office." Fred and George shared a look. "I suppose that'll be when I'll find our why I'm here," I finished. I didn't want to tell them that Dumbledore hinted that it was because of my marks that I came...what if they thought I was bigheaded and snotty? No, I couldn't tell them that.
"Oh. What year will you be in?" Fred asked.
"We're in seventh," George added.
"I'm going into fifth. You guys are so lucky to be almost done school. I really like school, but I hate it when the summer's here and there's nothing to do, since you can't do magic. I'm afraid the Ministry'll catch me or something. It blows!"
"Yeah, we know what you mean. George and I keep hoping they'll forget to give us the notes warning us not to use magic over the holidays. But," Fred said sadly, "it hasn't happened yet."
I laughed and said, "There's a whole lot I don't get about Hogwarts right now...like what are Houses? What are they supposed to be there for?"
"Ok. There are four Houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin," Fred explained. "Gryffindor's the best House by far – most people wish they were in it. Ravenclaw's full of smart ones who like school and Hufflepuffs aren't too bad. It's Slytherin you don't want to get into. All the bad wizards and witches come from that House – and all of the people there are mean gits. They're really just for what dormitory you'll stay in for the rest of your years at Hogwarts. You have classes with your House and eat with your House."
"You also can get your House points by doing a good deed or getting answers right in class. You can lose them by breaking the rules – but only if you get caught," Lee told me and grinned mischievously. "At the end of the school year, whichever House has the most points wins the House Cup – which everyone wants, so it's usually a pretty close thing, with the points and everything."
"Oh," I said, finally understanding. "So what Houses are you guys in?"
"We're all in the same House – Gryffindor. Do you know which House you'll be in? Or which one you want to be in?" asked George.
"I don't know which House I'll be in yet – I have to get Sorted in Professor McGonagall's office. I'd like to be in Gryffindor, especially since I already know people who are in it," I said with a smile, "But Ravenclaw seems better suited for me, since I love school. Either one would be fine."
At that moment, a large noise was heard outside and our door slid open. A smiling, dimpled woman was standing there, with a cart holding several kinds of wizard treats. She had Liquorice Wands, Pumpkin Pasties, Ice Mice, Peppermint Imps, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, Cauldron Cakes, Chocolate Frogs, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum and more.
"Would any of you dears like anything off the trolley?" she asked nicely.
Since I had already eaten, I wasn't all that hungry. I just bought a couple of Cauldron Cakes (my favourite) and some Chocolate Frogs for the cards (I have about 270 of them), paying my 5 sickles and 21 knuts. The Weasleys and Lee, on the other hand bought at least ten Ice Mice each (I wondered what they were going to do with those, since they just stuffed them into their backpacks) and a bunch of other desserts, which they ate as we went further into the country. Suddenly I remembered something I meant to ask Professor McGonagall.
"Do you guys have Quidditch at Hogwarts?" I asked hopefully.
"Are you kidding?" Fred practically shouted. "Each of the Houses has a team – it's more intramural than playing other schools, though. George and I are on the House team – Beaters," Fred said excitedly, "and Lee's commentator." Lee beamed proudly. "What's your position?"
"I was Keeper at the Academy. I'm so glad that Hogwarts has Quidditch. It'll be a good way to start off the year. I absolutely adore Quidditch – it must be the best game in the universe! I follow the nationals, even though Canada only makes it to the first round of semi-finals. But I bet all positions are taken in the Houses, right?" I asked, gloom trying to take over me.
"Well, I don't know about the other Houses, but I suppose most Gryffindor positions are taken. I know Keeper is taken on Gryffindor's team," Lee said, and I almost cried (but hid my tears well). "But you guys, what about Katie Bell – didn't she graduate last year?"
"Oh yeah, she did! Great player, and rather attractive too. You should try for her position – she was a chaser," Fred told me. "There'll probably be loads of people trying out for it –" (my heart skipped a beat) "– but you could make it I bet." I blushed. "However, I'm warning you, Oliver Wood – our captain – is brutal with candidates for our team," he said jokingly.
I gave a small smile, secretly worrying. 'It may not by my dream position," I thought, 'but I want to play Quidditch so much. I hope this Oliver Wood isn't too tough.'
Fred, George, Lee and I talked for the rest of the trip. We talked about everything. They told me about the teachers and subjects and I told them about Canada. We spoke about our families (both the Weasleys and Lee were pure bloods). They told me about their many adventures in Hogwarts, and where all the secret passages were. By the end of the trip, we were all really good friends.
The train came to a stop. I remembered to leave everything in the train, just like Professor McGonagall said, and we all left the compartment. When we got off the Hogwarts Express, some friends called out to Lee and the Weasley twins. As they ran after them, Fred called back,
"Hope to see you in Gryffindor!"

So, that's the end of the third chapter. Come on people out there, please R&R! I'll love you forever!!! Hehehe, hope you had fun - later dayz!