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Chapter 4

Kelsey threw himself in an empty seat at the window. "So what's up?" he asked looking curiously.

There were 4 other students in the compartment with them. Next to the boy with the freckles, who had introduced himself as Ron, sat a girl with bushy brown hair and a pretty smile holding a huge ginger cat on her lap. On Ron's other side sat a boy with black, messy hair and a big scar on his forehead. In the opposite window seat he recognized a girl with spiked blond and red hair who was reading in a very strange looking book.

He leaned forward trying to figure out the title when he recognized that the book cover was enchanted.

Kelsey moved a little closer and was stunned when he acknowledged that there were waves rolling across the book. Suddenly he heard a whisper and when he slowly lifted his head, he looked in a pretty face with the most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen. Deep blue with long eye lashes and all he wanted was losing himself in these eyes.

A fit of giggles brought him back to reality. He shot a fury glance in his sister's direction, who was the source of the laughter. "I see you like my book", said the girl in front of him, smiling. "And you haven't even seen my mermaids yet. Let me see if I can call them".

The girl closed her eyes and made a wonderful sound a little bit like a whistle and all of a sudden a little head, about the size of the tip of her thumb, with long blond hair rose from one of the waves followed by a mermaid body.

"You called me, Zara?" said the little mermaid. "May I introduce you to my new friend.... Um what's your name?" the girl said looking at Kelsey. "My name's Kelsey"

"So let me introduce you to Kelsey. This is Gabriella. She's one of the mermaids who are protecting my journal here from ... let's say... uninvited visitors."

"How is this possible" replied Kelsey totally baffled.

"Ever heard of magic, dear brother?" Kayla made her way through the compartment and kneeled down next to her brother who still stared totally amazed at the little mermaid. She seemed to be very pleased with his admiration and started playing with her fin.

"Um Zara... this is my sister Kayla".

"Hello Kayla. My name's Zara and I'm a 5th year Ravenclaw", said Zara with a very friendly smile.

"Oh yeah! Ravenclaw is one of the 4 houses at Hogwarts, right?" said Kelsey eagerly, obviously trying to impress Zara.

"Yes there are four houses: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin. Harry, Ron and Hermione here", Zara pointed at the other three students "are in Gryffindor. I'm in Ravenclaw and I assume you've met nasty Malfoy already? Yeah, he and his two shadows are in Slytherin." "I think we will find out in what houses we will be when we get to Hogwarts", said Kayla and turned around to her brother.

"Let's get back to our compartment. I don't want to leave Odin and Thor too long unattended. See you all later then."

The twins left the compartment and made their way to their own.

"I didn't want to leave yet", Kelsey pouted. "I know you are very interested in Zara.....s book. We can surely catch up with them later when we leave the train", Kayla replied and she seemed very amused about her brother's interest in the fellow student.

Kayla had found a comfortable seat right next to the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room this evening and was waiting for Hermione.

Her cat Odin jumped on her lap and made himself comfortable. While she looked at the crackling fire, she thought about what had happened since the day of their arrival. Both of the twins had been sorted into Gryffindor and had started their 5th year.

They were a little behind in Transfiguration and History of Magic but quite advanced in Defence against the Dark Arts and potions.

Kelsey was very talented in Defence against the dark Arts and Professor Stone had been deeply impressed by his abilities during their first lesson last week. But what had happened afterwards had been very unpleasant.

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