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Lily stood outside the platform 9 and ¾, Ty had told her how witches and wizards crossed the barrier to get on the Hogwarts express. Muggles were not allowed past the barrier so she had to say a quick goodbye to her parents as the train was going to leave in 15 minutes. Petunia had put up a fight, and was adamant about not coming to witness the freak's departure. Lily kissed her parents before dragging her trunk through the barrier with her eyes squeezed shut.
The scarlet steam engine glimmered in the sunlight that passed through the glass panels of the roof. Smoke blew in puffs near the front of the train. Lily watched as students said their good byes to parents and climbed aboard. The whistle let out a shrill whistle, Lily picked up her trunk and went to look for an empty compartment. She neared the back of the train before she found one, but it was already occupied by a girl with smooth blonde hair.
Lily slid open the door and asked the girl, " Can I sit here?"
"Sure," came the reply. Lily wheeled her trunk to the luggage rack before settling down on the opposite seat. The blonde hair girl eyed Lily up and down, before speaking, " My name is Lucy, what's yours?"
"Lily," said Lily easily.
" Are you a muggleborn?" Lucy asked. Lily had heard the term from Ty, who had mentioned that some wizards and witches thought they were better than others. Lily didn't see why they had to be so prejudice, they all had magical powers, didn't they?
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?" Lily asked spitefully.
" No," Lucy answered quickly, " I thought you might be one of those pig-headed purebloods," she said the last word with disdain.
" Aren't you a pureblood?" asked Lily, confused.
" Yes, but I don't believe in the whole Purebloods-are-better-than-everyone-else attitude."
" Oh," said Lily, understanding. " So, are you a first year?" asked Lily.
" Yeah, are you?"
And the conversation continued like that, Lily and Lucy became fast friends. The more they talked the easier they found conversation to be. Then, about thirty minutes after the train had left the station, another girl had joined their compartment. She was very slender and had scraggly-brown hair. Her name was Jennifer, or Jenn as she preferred, and she was a pureblood like Lucy. She was shy at first, but quickly joined in the conversation with some prompting from Lily.
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A few hours later, after the cart-lady had already stopped by, the door to their compartment slammed open and four boys stepped into the compartment. The first boy was tall for his age and had hazel eyes that you could barely make out because of his thin, wired framed glasses. His hair looked messy, almost like he had just been through a tornado. The second boy had shocking gray eyes and was about the same height as the first intruder. He had longish, black hair that fell gracefully to frame his face. The third boy was shorter, average height for a boy his age. He had dark-blonde hair and pale, clear blue eyes. His pale complexion contrasted to those of the first two boys, almost to the extent that he looked sickly. The last boy was short and pudgy, and was breathing roughly. He had weak eyes that blinked nervously about the compartment.
" Oh no," Lucy said loudly. The first boy swept her in a hug, " Cousin," he called gleefully, pulling back. The second boy was right behind him, engulfing the poor girl in his own hug. She made a disgusted face before pushing him off of her roughly.
"Omph…" he had fallen to the floor. " Sirius," began Lucy, " When will you ever learn?" she asked the boy who resided on the floor. The boy, who we may now call Sirius, just smiled happily before situating himself on the seat next to her. She recoiled and moved to the opposite side with the other girls. The other four boys followed Sirius's example an took a seat opposite them.
Lily looked quizzically over at Lucy for an explanation, Lucy sighed, then pointed her finger at each boy in turn as she introduced them.
" Lily, Jenn, this is my cousin James," she pointed to the boy with the glasses and messy hair, " He can be a bit of a show off." The one called James opened his mouth to reply, but she continued before he had a chance to take a breath.
"Sirius is the one next to him," she then pointed to the boy with long black hair. Next to them is Remus, he is the nicest one," she informed the girls as she pointed to the pale boy.
"Hey," shouted James and Sirius together, " We're nice too!
" Yea, and my mom is a hippo," she shot back sarcastically. " Anyway, the last one is Peter," she pointed to the last boy. " Guys, this is Lily, and Jenn."
The boy named James winked at Lily from behind his glasses. Sirius swooned in front of Lucy, who mimicked throwing up. She wasn't into boys, especially Sirius, whom she had known practically her whole life because he was friends with her cousin. Jenn caught the eye of Remus, who blushed and turned to join in on the boy's conversation.