The small girl slowly stepped off the Hogwarts Express, her green eyes glittering with excitement. Behind her a boy closely resembling the girl walked with his nose buried deep in a book.
"First years this way!" A man on the far end of the platform yelled.
"Come on Braiden," the girl said as she took a deep breath in.
"Where are Cammie and Ashton?" Braiden asked as he pulled his nose from out of his book.
"They're probably with their friends or something. Now come on before we get left behind!" the girl complained as she grabbed the boy's shirt and pulled him through the crowd.
"Heather! You may be my sister, but that doesn't mean you can boss me around!" Braiden informed as he pulled his shirt free.
"Well, I am older than you."
"We're twins."
"So, I'm a minute older so that makes me older than you."
"Whatever."
Braiden pushed past Heather as he headed towards the man. Heather too began to walk towards the man, until a small girl came running into Heather, knocking them both to the ground. A few laughs were exhcanged through the crowd as the small girl quickly stood up, pulling Heather up with her.
"Watch it!" Heather yelled as she dusted off her robes.
"I'm sorry, these three seventh years pushed me into you," the small girl apologized.
Heather looked over at the boys. The first one was a tall blonde with dark brown eyes. The second, was a brunette with matching brown eyes. The last, was a tall muscular boy with dark brown hair and green eyes.
"Ashton," Heather sighed.
"Pardon?" the small girl wondered.
"That's just my big brother Ashton," Heather explained, "My name's Heather, Heather Mackrell, first year."
"My name's Charn, Charn Lee. I'm a first year also," Charn smiled widely, "So, Ashton's your brother?"
"Actually, he's my half brother. His dad is different than mine," Heather explained.
"Oh," Charn whispered.
"Oh it's fine though, he's still my brother you know."
"Of course."
"Well we better get over to that guy, he's been yelling at us for the past 10 minutes!"
"I think, if I'm not mistaken, that's Hagrid. I've always wanted to go to Hogwarts, it's kind of been a dream of mine. I mean, my," Charn began.
"Can you walk and talk at the same time?" Heather asked as she began walking towards Hagrid.
"Oh yes of course. Anyways, my parents are both muggles, so when I found out about my being a witch, I wanted to be the best I could be. I'd grown up being so different that I really never fit in. So, I guess this is where it starts over, where no one knows me and I can be whoever I want," Charn explicated.
"Alright, alright first years!" Hagrid interrupted, "Everyone board one of the carriages! Four to a carriage! The carriages will then take you to the river where you will load one of the boats and be transported over to the school."
Immediately the students began pushing and shoving to board a carriage. Heather grabbed Charn's sleeve and pulled her through the crowd, looking anxiously for her brother.
"Heather!" Braiden yelled loudly as Heather quickly turned around to see her brother reserving her a spot on the first carriage.
"Come on," Heather instructed as she pushed and shoved her way through the crowd and over to the carriage.
Heather and Charn boarded the carriage.
"Finally, and you talk about me being slow!" Braiden growled as he pushed his nose back into his book.
"Charn, that's my geeky brother Braiden," Heather laughed, "Braiden, this is Charn Mackrell. She's a first year."
"Pleasure," Charn smiled.
"Uh-huh," Braiden agreed, not even looking up from his book.
"Are you two twins?" Charn wondered.
"Yeah, but I'm older," Heather answered as Braiden shot her an evil look.
"That's so cool," Charn giggled.
"Not really," Braiden interrupted, "I have my twin sister here, my thrid year sister Cammie here and my seventh year brother Ashton here."
"Wow," Charn whispered.
Just then a large boy came sitting down next to Braiden. The three were silent as the boy pulled a sandwich from his pocket. Charn and Heather looked back and forth at one another.
"Want a bite?" the boy offered, noticing how everyone was starring at him.
"No thanks," Braiden coughed off, attempting not to laugh.
"I just ate," Heather lied.
"Sure, thank you for offering," Charn smiled as the boy handed her a small piece of the sandwich.
"My name's Courage Manyon," Courage introduced.
"Charn Lee," Charn smiled.