Beginning of Part 2
The recently revealed girl lowered her head in shame. Whether it was to hide her eyes or to cover them in shame was not known. Her bangs had covered her face too well. Lily was about to go over to that blond boy and give her a piece of her mind when a large hand had grabbed her arm. It was the large boy that was kicked into the compartment.
"Listen," he began saying to Lily. "It was nice an all to come and 'elp me, but I can stick up fer mself."
He walked over towards the blond boy.
"I don' know who you think yeh are, but you should've known better! Now ah see why me pap didn' want me to come. It's cause there's scumbags like you. Now git outta here! Look, you even made er cry."
Everyone looked downward to see the sunglasses-less girl was now on her knees, staring blankly at the blond boys shoes.
"Heh, you don't know who I am, do you?" the blond boy said, too arrogant for Lily's taste. "My name is Lucius Malfoy and you better remember it! No mudblood will be welcomed in this school as long as I'm here!"
Lucius advanced towards the boy, putting his hand in his inside pocket as though he was going to take something out. A fight would have taken place if one of the boys from the back hadn't placed his hand on Luciuss shoulder. He just came from the back of the crowd, and nobody would stand in his way, making the crowd part just for him. He had short, black hair and was quite tall for his age. Lily thought he was handsome.
"Enough," he said, "There's no need to do such things."
"But Sirius," Lucius said, "Mudbloods like these shouldn't be allowed to coexist with us!"
"Sure, then. Go ahead and fight. Get expelled before you even go to school. That will surely make your father impressed. We don't need to fight with them at the moment. We're too good for that. Let's just make them too ashamed to have the pleasure of meeting us before we even learn anything worth mentioning."
A staring match took place. Lucius's blue eyes and Sirius's brown eyes glared at each other. Both eyes were extremely sharp and intense. However, the competition was too much for Lucius. So, he looked away. He gave a quick glance at Lily who had no desire to be looked upon by such a person. Silently the crowd scattered as Sirius and Lucius began to depart to their part of the train.
But alas! Bad karma wouldn't allow such good to happen to people. Lucius tripped awkwardly out of the train cart. Lily began looking down towards his shoes laces. Surprisingly, they were tied together! The few people that remained laughed at the incident. When he realized what had happened, a fearsome look of rage appeared on his face.
He fiercely looked upon the forgotten girl in her knees. Her head shot up so quickly that lightning couldn't do better. There, on the corners of her mouth, Lily swore she saw a hint of a smirk.
"Be careful when acting upon your own discretion. What goes around comes around. Remember that. You just triggered the war."
"No," Lucius replied hastily. "I've only announced it. You better watch it, freak."
And so, the boy then left. His shoes had somehow untangled themselves, surprising Lily. The others seemed too preoccupied trying to figure out who the bigger boy was. The Asian girl and Lily rushed over to check up on him.
"Damn runt," the boy said, "If that other Sirius-feller hadn't interfered, I woulda shown him a thing or two!"
"Don't be stupid," the Asian girl, retorted. "Sirius saved you both from expulsion."
"Hmmph!" the big boy grunted, "Yer tellin' me what to do, and you 'aven't even introduced yerself. I don't like you already. He crossed his arms; the Asain girl looked insulted.
"You haven't introduced yourself either," she retorted. "And just for all of you to know, my name is none of your business."
Any patience that Lily had left for that girl suddenly dissolved into a pitcher of anger. How dare she be so rude! Sure, she got back at the guy harassing them, but surely there was no need to be so rude! She advanced on rage at the girl, feeling that she should rip Ms. Anti-social's throat out. She probably would, if it wasn't for her civilized sense of morals.
"That wasn't nice at all!" she cried with pure rage in her voice, "You better apologize quickly!"
The Asian girl's head slowly turned towards the enraged girl and smiled softly.
"With an attitude like that, you're sure to survive. Just be careful you don't get expelled." With that, the mysterious girl took her place at the seat by the window. She put her glasses right back on her face and began to read her book just like before.
Lily was too shocked at what Ms. Anti-social had said to her. She glanced at her horrifically. What did she mean by survive? Does she know she was not born knowing of the wizarding world? If she did, how would she have known? Then again, does it matter now? She would have to face it eventually.
"Well," the large, black-haired boy said, "'Better introduce myself to you. The name's Rubeus Hagrid."
"Well then," Remus said, "You can stay here and sit with us if you like."
Rubeus just smiled in a welcoming way to the other boy. "Nah, its okay. Gotta find my pup an all."
And so, he left, checking both ways to see if the walkway was clear, probably so he wouldn't walk into someone.
A deep quietness suddenly settled in the cart as Rubeus left. During this tune, Lily pondered about what Lucius had said. What did he mean by calling them misfits? The letter she received a long time ago had mentioned she was the first of her kind going there, but didn't they want her there? Or perhaps, there was a reason that this particular group of individuals was at the same cart. Of course, her pondering didn't last since Andrew had the nerve to break the silence.
"That was interesting. Best fight I've seen for awhile." Andrew said, actually showing a hint of emotion. This was strange, since Lily had come to the conclusion that this boy couldn't show emotion. Even when he complained about the unnamed girl sitting in the corner, he didn't show much annoyance. Perhaps he was only interested in things that involved fighting. Either way, it seemed as though his one statement brought life back to the train cart again.
Remus began talking again. "Say, Lily, what had our friend meant went she said survive?" To be honest, Lily didn't know what that Asian girl meant. In fact, she really didn't want to know. Maybe learning to become a witch was harder than she thought. Maybe that's why the school years lasted for seven years instead of one. Before she could answer, however, the Asian girl interrupted with another one of her friendly statements.
"Ha! Don't assume I am your friend, because I'm not! I'm far from being your friend. If anything else, you can call me an ally." What she said sounded like a joke. However, the way she said it and the apathy painted on her face screamed to the world that she was serious. "If you expect to live, trust no one. There is no such thing as friends."
Whether this girl had been through something horrible or if she had always been this cruel was uncertain. But now, what matter most to Lily was that she made friends and tired to live like she did before.
"Hey," Peter said suddenly, "I heard Hogwarts had a forest!"
Lily cracked her head towards her companion. He had been very quiet this whole time, possible due to the whole incident of the fight. How did she know where the school was located? Lily couldn't even remember the name well, but he seems to know it like the back of his hand. But before Lily could ponder further, the others seemed to want to discuss this, excluding, of course, the Asian girl in the corner.
"Yeah," said Andrew, "I heard that, too. Hmm. This path looks like its moving away from the forest."
"The weather doesn't match with a forests during this time of year." Remus said. "Could it be the magic of the forbidden forest?"
"I hope not!" Peter replied, seemingly quite shaken up with the thought.
The second Lily caught hold of the words, more thoughts rushed into her head. Was this going to be some kind of survival test? What of they had to unlock some magic that can only be unlocked by life-or-death circumstances? What of you were supposed to know some kind of magic before you went? Lily shuddered at the horrible questions her own mind had made up. Sweat began to firm at her widow's peak. Her whole body tensed, and her fists tightened into a locked clench.
"Idiots," came the voice from a familiar corner. It was the anti-social, Asian girl with another one of her jeers. A thread of words began forming. "Don't you ever pay attention to anything? Haven't you ever done your research on current events? For the first time ever, this train which will brings us to school will have two stops. They even mentioned it earlier some time ago. You need to read the Daily Prophet more."
"But, why?" Peter said, obviously pretending to sound ignorant. "What is so important that we need to go out, all the way over to another part of England and stop?"
The Asian swung her head lazily, so that Peter could get a good look at her face and obvious annoyance.
"You still haven't heard of the Integration Act? They're actually allowing different types of people to the school. If you know what I mean, that is." She smiled a smile that was usually worn on a devils face.
She seemed like the kind of person who knew what words to say to make you feel horrible inside. Lily thought this because all the boys around her were now cringing and color began to leave their face. "It seems that you do know. Well, if you paid more attention to what was going on, they you would have known that there is a special case that needs to be taken care of. The train has to go to them, rather than they come to it."
"What do you mean special case?" Peter cried out angrily. He must have been sick of the girl's know-it-all attitude. (Everyone else was probably sick of it, too) Why would the Hogwarts Express have two stops for the first time ever? What student is so important that we have to go all the way out in who-knows where?"
As everyone in the group outside the feuding allies glared at them, the Asian girl went back to reading her book. The words had no effect on her.
"In case you're wondering, we're going to the quay."
Authors Note: It's about time I got my lazy butt into getting this up! I don't own Harry Potter and don't ever plan to. Also, I don't want anyone to think that I'm a racist or love stereotypes or something like that. I might be, but I'm not telling. :P
Actually, I just want to remind you people that the characters are their own selves and do not reflect me in any way. The story reflects me somehow, though. Also, if anyone notices better quality on the last two chapters, it's because I had a beta-reader for them. Sadly, she is unable to do anymore. So, lets pray that I'll do a good job on my own. Also, please thank the beta-reader who I shall remain anonymous if you choose to review. Thank you readers for reading, and thank you reviewers for showing me that people are interested. And constructive criticizers please criticize. I'm waiting.