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Hogwarts Express

The next few days went by quickly. I spent most of my time in my room or in Diagon Alley. Before I knew it dad was waking me up telling me that we had to go to King's Cross Station to get onto The Hogwarts Express. I had my suitcase and such on a trolley and dad showed me how to get onto Platform 9 3/4. At first I was very skeptical but after he did it, I did the same thing and ended up in front of a big steam engine labeled The Hogwarts Express. Dad told me to go and find a compartment to sit in and try to make friends. I took Missy, as I had nicknamed Mystique, with me and dad loaded my luggage onto the train.
I managed to find an empty compartment and sat down with Missy and just looked out the window as she sat quietly.

"Hey! Guys, I found one, over here!" Someone yelled down the hall.
I wondered what they were talking about.

"Oh, I'm sorry," said a boy with sort of long red hair, "I thought this was empty, you know, no noise or anything. You mind if me and my friends sit in here with you?" He asked.

"Nope, not at all." I replied politely.

"Guys, sorry it's not empty but she said we could stay here."

"She, you say Fred?" someone said as a boy identical to the other one walked in, followed by a boy with dread locks in his hair.

"Yes, she." I said back.

"Hi, I'm George Weasley." he said holding out his hand and I shook it.

" This is my brother Fred, but you know him, you've met him already," he continued as I rolled my eyes,

"And this is our friend Lee Jordan. You're new aren't you? We're all 7th years. What year will you be?"

"It's nice to meet you all," I said nicely. "My name is Krista Kincaid um, er, I mean Krista Snape. Sorry it's still new to me. Yes, I'm new and I'll be a 7th year as well."

"Woah, woah, woah, wait. Did you just say Snape? You last name is Snape. As in Severus Snape?" he asked.

All three of them were looking at me in disbelief.

"Um, yeah, he's my dad. Why? You know him?"

"Um yeah, he's our Potions professor."

"P-Professor? As in teaches at Hogwarts?" I asked slightly nervous of their answer.

"Yeah, you're his daughter and he didn't tell you? Nice father he is." Smirked Fred.

"Hey shut it!" I said defensively.

He may not have told me but he was still me dad.

"I barely know him. I've been living in Massachusetts with my mom forever. He wanted me to go to Hogwarts so I moved here with him so I could go. He must have just forgot to tell me. I mean it was a sorta weird week." I answered trying to come up with an excuse as to why he wouldn't have told me.

"Yeah, um, I guess that makes since." replied George. "You want a snack?" he asked.

"Um, sure." I answered and took a small yellow cream thing from him.
As soon as I ate it I turned into a canary and started flying around, squealing. After it wore off I joined the rest of them and couldn't stop laughing.

"That was good. I wish we had that sort of thing back home." I reached into my pocket and grabbed out a breath mint.

"Anyone want one?" I asked.
The three of them grabbed one. A couple seconds later the all noticed that they were sporting neon pink hair.

"I gutta . . . go talk to . . . someone. . . .See you guys . . . in a few." I spit out, laughing the whole time.
I was walking around looking for the teacher's compartment, when I ran into a couple prefects on hall patrol or something.

"Can we help you?" asked a girl with big brown hair. She was standing next a boy with red hair, like the twins.

"Um, yes actually. I'm looking for the teacher's compartment." I answered.

"Why?" asked the boy.

"I need to talk to my dad. So could you tell me which way it is please?"

"Who's -?" started the boy.

"Yes, just keep going down all the way to the end." interrupted the girl.

"Ok, thank you." I said and smiled at the girl.
I kept walking and finally came to the last two compartments. I saw my dad sitting inside of one, talking to some people I've never seen before.

"Um, excuse me," I started, looking at my dad, "Can I talk to you for a sec?" I asked quietly.

"Of course, if you'll excuse me," he said to one of the other teachers.

"What is it?"

"Why didn't you tell me you were a teacher at Hogwarts?" I asked.

"Well I knew you'd find out once you got there, and we didn't really talk all that much while we were at the Leaky Cauldron, so I figured you'd just find out anyway. You're not mad are you?" he asked.

"No, I was just wondering I guess."

"How did you find out anyway?" he wondered.

"Oh, some of the people that I was sitting with introduced themselves and so I told them who I was and that's what happened."

I was hoping he wouldn't ask if I'd said I was a Snape. I didn't think he would mind, but it's just easier with no questions.

"Ok, was that all?"

"Um, yeah, I'll head back now. Bye." I said and started to walk back toward my compartment.

"Wait, I'm also Head of one of the Houses at Hogwarts. It's Slytherin." he said.

"Oh, um, k. later." I said and walked off.
When I got back to my compartment, there were three girls there. I walked over and opened the door slowly. The girls stood up and started to talk to me.

"You must be Krista" one said.

"It's so nice to have another girl to talk to." said another.

"I hope you get into Griffendor with us." said the last one.

"I'm Alicia,"

"I'm Angelina,"

"And I'm Katie."

"It's nice to meet all of you." I said to them, then turned to the boys,

"Did you already tell them about me?"

"Yeah"

"Yup." said the twins at the same time.

"Come and sit down," said Angelina,

"You'll have to sit next to George. Hope you don't mind."

"I'll manage." I said and sat down next to George.

"So she's your owl? She's so cute. What's her name?" asked Alicia.

"Yeah she's mine. Her names Mystique, but I call her Missy."

"Oh that's a pretty name." said Katie.

"So what are the houses? I know about Slytherin and Griffendor, are there others?"

"How do you know about Slytherin?" George asked.

"Oh, my dad told me he was Head of Slytherin House." I answered.
Just then, the brown haired prefect girl that I had met earlier came over and said we should get changed into our robes because we'd be there soon.

"Ok Hermione," said Fred.

"The houses are Griffendor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin." Katie finally answered.

"I hope I get into Griffendor with you guys. That way I'll know someone."

"Are you being sorted with the first years?" Lee asked.

"Yeah, that's what dad said would happen. How do you get sorted?" I asked nervously.

"Well you gutta wrestle -" George began.

"You put on a hat." Katie said, while she and the other girls glared at George.

"I think I should be able to manage that." I said, still sort of nervous.
The six of them started talking about how bad the people from Slytherin were, how smart the people from Ravenclaw were, how nice those from Hufflepuff were. And how all around awesome those from Griffendor were. I was silently praying I got into Griffendor, or at least, not Slytherin. I knew that dad probably wanted me to be in Slytherin, but I think that I may have already made friends in the six Griffendors I was sitting with, and I really liked them. Just then my dad was at our compartment door.

"Can I speak with you for a moment?" he asked.

"Sure," I answered. "I'll be right back."

"What's up?"

"When the train stops, go along with the 7th years, but wait at the entrance to the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall will then bring you to be sorted with the first years." he said calmly.

"Ok, was that all?" I asked, since he wasn't leaving.

"If you don't get into Slytherin, which I doubt you will, I just don't want you to think that I'll be upset or anything. I really don't think that you are the type of person that will get into Slytherin, and I don't know what your new friends have told you about me, I just don't want you to think that I want you in a certain house. I want whatever is best for you."

"Thanks dad," I said. "Out of curiosity, what house do you think I'll get into?"

"Probably Griffendor or Ravenclaw. I know you're really smart. Your mother has been sending me copies of your grades and such, but you also seem to show qualities for Griffendor. Just don't be nervous. It isn't difficult and it will be over and settled before you know it."

"Ok, sounds good. Thanks again dad."
He left just as the train came to a stop. I followed everyone out of the train, went with the twins, Lee and the girls to the entrance and paused.