The intruder had long shiny dark brown, almost black, hair that went past her shoulders. Her hair was in small waves, making it look between straight and wavy. Her eyes were a clear ocean of blue with a twinkle similar to Dumbledore's. Her smooth radiant skin was soft to the touch and had a nice tan that added a glow. She was dressed in tight low-rise jeans with a green and black v-neck tank top. Her blue crystal necklace brought out her eyes. There was only one word that could describe her: HOT. Harry gaped in awe at the angel in front of him and didn't seem to notice that he was literally drooling.
Hermione took control of the situation and gave the girl her wand back. She proceeded with the introductions.
"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger and this is Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Sorry about the…er…attack. We mistook you for a prick we know. But that doesn't mean you're one." She added hastily.
To everyone's surprise, this caused the girl to burst out laughing. He laughter rang out beautifully. Hermione took advantage of this moment to close Harry's mouth while the girl wasn't paying attention.
"Oh, that's okay. By the way, I'm Cassandra Ariadne Razalas. I'm a transfer here at Hogwarts and I was just wondering if I could join you guys, all the other compartments are full."
"Uh…uh. Y-yeah. Sure. C-come in." Harry stuttered.
Ron chuckled at this and Hermione tried her best to suppress a giggle. They both realized that someone was already developing a crush on the new student.
The four talked for a while, mainly Cassandra telling them about her life before Hogwarts, since she already knew about the Golden Trio. Cassandra had gone to Beauxbaxtons before transferring to Hogwarts for her seventh year, where she was to be under the guardianship of Dumbledore.
At a young age, she had witnessed her parents' and relatives' murders by Voldemort first hand at a family reunion and since then, Cassandra was under the care of one of the professors at Beauxbaxtons, Artemis Gregg, a family friend. Unfortunately, the school had recently been under the attack of death-eaters and her guardian was killed also. That left Dumbledore, who was stated in the death will to be the next guardian in case something should happen the Gregg.
Her story stunned the Golden Trio. They couldn't understand how Cassandra could be so strong after having to witness so many deaths. From her attitude, they knew that she wasn't the kind of person to go moping around about her life and feeling sorry for herself.
Hermione, being a person who took notice of every little detail, suddenly realized that their new friend had not told them how she managed to create a force field earlier without her wand. Hermione's curiosity managed to take a hold on her and she found herself blurting out, "Where did learn to do wandless magic like that?"
This peaked Harry's and Ron's interest also. They all leaned forward to hear her answer. Cassandra gave them a mischievous grin.
"I'm a mage."
"Once upon a time there was a girlYou wouldn't really call her typical
She likes to make everyone curious
One day, she's gonna be famous."
-"Sharada" by Skye Sweetnam