Chapter Four

The Hogwarts Express

Jenna walked along the train looking for a place sit down. Older students were catching up with each other after being away for a whole summer. Most of the new students were had already made friends. Jenna knew no one.

Most of the compartments were full, but towards the back of the train there was one that only had a girl sitting in it.

"Hello, can I sit here? Everywhere else is full." The girl smiled. Her curly red hair was pulled into a loose ponytail and her brown eyes looked over Jenna curiously.

"Of course you may. By the way, I'm Adina. But you can call me Addy." Jenna sat down next to Addy.

"Are you a first year?" Addy asked.

"Yes." She smiled.

"Good, so are we." Jenna stared at her, puzzled.

'We?" Before Addy could answer, the compartment door slid open, and an exact copy of Addy was standing in the doorway. The copy sat down across from Jenna.

"Twins?" Jenna asked.

"You got it." Addy declared. "This is my sister, Rhea. Rhea, this is—"

"Jenna."

"This is Jenna."

"So, Jenna." Rhea began. "What house do you think you'll be in?"

"House?"

"Yeah," interjected Addy. "You know, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. The four houses."

Jenna was still confused.

"Oh, I don't know, really."

"Oh, well Rhea and I probably going into Gryffindor. It's the best one." Then Rhea chimed in.

"Both our parents were in it."

Just then a cart filled with snacks rattled by the door. A young woman with chubby cheeks and bright blue eyes popped her head in.

"Would any of you dears like something to eat?"

Jenna stared at the food on the cart. "Pumpkin pasties? Cauldron cakes?" Jenna grimaced when she saw Chocolate Frogs. Addy noticed.

"They're not real frogs...just chocolate. But what you really want are the cards that come with them."

Jenna smiled.

"Good. I like chocolate." She said as she grabbed a bunch of chocolate Frogs, a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans and a few Pumpkin pasties, and paid the cart lady in a handful of silver sickles.

Jenna opened up a Chocolate Frog and stared at the card. "Merlin."

Rhea looked over her card. "Oh, I have about a hundred of those." Jenna shrugged her shoulders and looked over at Addy. She was reading a rather large book that seemed so have seen much better days.

"What are you reading?" Jenna asked as she opened the box of Bertie Botts Every Flavored Beans.

"It's called Hogwarts: A History. Our mother used to read it to us at night, and I thought it was boring, until we got our letters. Now, I find it fascinating." Addy smiled and went back to her book as Rhea rolled her eyes. Jenna giggled.

"I would watch out for those if I were you." Rhea said pointing to the box in Jenna's hand. "When they say every flavor, they mean every flavor. My dad said he once got one that tasted like soggy newspaper."

Jenna smiled a popped a red one into her mouth and immediately spit it out. "Eww. That tasted like lipstick!" Rhea grinned.

"I told you."

The compartment door slid open and a short blond girl with large eyes poked her head in. A shiny silver badge was just visible beneath a fold in her robe. "We're almost there. You three better get your robes on."

They had just finished changing when they felt the train slow down and come to a stop. There was a rush of noise as the students hurried to get off the train. The three girls stepped onto the platform. It was dark and slight breeze whistled through the trees, barely heard among the confusion.

"Firs' years! Firs' years follow me!" The call came from a man. But this couldn't be a man. He must have been 10 feet tall and as wide as three men standing shoulder to shoulder. His face was covered by a big grey beard and long grey hair. The only part visible was his beetle black eyes and his cheeks.

The girls stared at him in shock.

"C'mon now. Firs' years into the boats! Four to a boat, now." Jenna, Addy, and Rhea timidly went over to the edge of the lake and sat in one of the small boats.

"Can I sit here?" They looked up to see a small boy with jet black hair and dark almond-shaped eyes.

"Sure." The boy smiled and sat down in the boat. The boat began to glide gracefully through the water. The boy coughed.

"My name is Lee Chang."

"I'm Rhea. This is my sister Addy, and our friend, Jenna." Lee smile and the boat ride continued in silence.