Chapter 2
"Lets find a carriage" said Lily happily to her friend, Jessica beamed
"I'm so excited I want to burst out singing…oh look here's empty one" she said sliding open a door
"Please don't sing Jess…people will think your weird" Lil' sat down on the cushy read seats "Oh I've waited so long to sit on this train"
"A whole year without my parents!" said Jessica raising her arms in a cheering, Lily laughed but then cocked her head to one side
"What do you have against your parents?" she asked
"The difference between you and me Lil' is that you live for the day…and I live for the future"
"What sort of bloody answer is that?" Lily laughed
"Well Lil' think about it" said Jess leaning forwards towards her friend "When I'm older, I want to be respected in society, I want to be famous and rich! I have the looks…well I will when I'm older, but my heritage is against me. My Dad's family are kind of poor! My Mother's are ALL muggles, now how will that look when my boy friend introduces me to his wealthy parents…so I will have to push my parents away from me, why get too attached to them now? It will only make it harder when I really need to"
"Yeh, but Jess… you're only eleven…you've got loads of time to work out that"
"As I said, I live for the future" Jessica replied airily. "So what house do you want to be in?"
"I don't know…all of mum's family have been in Gryffindor and I know my Dad's parents were too…so I'll probably be in there" said Lil' "I don't think I've got much choice, the sorting hat will put me in Gryffindor because of my parents. I bet you'll be in there to"
Jessica sighed, "Yeah I guess so…I actually would like to be in Ravenclaw though…everyone likes them…think about it. Everyone hates the Slytherin, apart from other Slytherins, Slytherins hate Gryffindors, and everyone thinks Hufflepuffs are stupid. But, EVERYONE respects the Ravenclaws!"
"Who told you this?" asked Lil'
"My Mum did…she should have been in Ravenclaw…she's so clever"
"Yeh but she did really brave stuff with Dad and Uncle Ron when they were was at Hogwarts"
"True" she said, but before either could say another word the door slid open. Lily and Jessica looked up, two students of their age had entered. Both were thin and pale, with silky blonde hair, a boy and a girl. The girl was a long braid with fluffy blue hair toggle. The boy had slicked back hair. Both had steely grey eyes. Clearly they were twins.
"Hello" they said, slightly creepily in perfect unison
"Are you starting this year too?" asked the girl
"Yes" said Lily
"Octavias" said the boy holding his hand out, shaking Lily's and Jessica's
"Venus" said the girl doing the same thing "Can we sit down?" they said together
"Sure" said Lily.
"What are your names?" asked the Octavias sitting next to Jessica. Venus sat next to Lily
"Jessica Weasley"
"Lily Potter…or Lil' I prefer"
"Did you say Potter?" asked Octavias "As in Harry Potter"
"Yeah…he's my Dad" said Lil' smiling..
Octavias and Venus smirked at each other
"Moment of truth" said Venus
"May the best twin win" said Octavias. They shook hands.
Jessica and Lil' exchanged glances
"What do you mean?" asked Lil'
Venus turned in her seat to face Lily full on.
"OK. Do you mind just moving your fringe off your forehead?"
"What?" asked Lil "Why?"
"Please" asked Venus firmly.
Lil' pushed her hear back revealing her forehead. Venus groaned and Octavias let out a short bark like laugh:
'Ha! Cough up Fly Trap!" he said holding his palm out to Venus. Venus rolled her eyes and put her hand in her pocket. She took out a bag of money and counted six gold galleons.
"What was all that about?" asked Lil' dropping her hand and her fringe
"Venus and I have had a bet, ever since Mum said that Harry Potter's daughter would be starting Hogwarts the same year as us-"
"-Mum turned around as said that everyone will be gawping at a scar on her head probably-"
"-Mumbled it is more what she did-"
"-Well I was certain Mum was right…well you've just proven that you don't have a scar and I lost the bet" finished Venus grumpily
"So you were betting if I had my Dad's scar?" asked Lily laughing
Venus nodded.
"And I won I won I won!" chanted Octavias
"Shut up Squid" moaned Venus "Don't rub it in"
"In your face Fly Trap!" yelled Octavias
"Whats that you call each other?"
"She's called Venus. So I call her Fly Trap"
"Only you would be able to ruin a glamorous name like mine, Squid."
"And only you would be able to make a regal name like Octavias into a type of deranged Octopus."
"I call him Squid because it is similar to octopus, which is not that insulting enough so I call him squid. Place he looks like one!"
Octavias scowled
"How much age difference is there between you?" asked Jessica
"About ten minutes!" said Octavious, "Venus is older"
"I wish I had a sibling" said Lil'. "Mum said she couldn't take childbirth again…apparently I was a rather grumpy new born baby!"
"Having a sibling and having a twin are different. Venus and me can read each other's mind…if we concentrate" said Octavious placing two fingers on his temples and hummed.
"Yeah and its damned annoying…still can't complain, its nice to have a friend all the time" said Venus
"What's your surname?" asked Jessica interestedly
"Malfoy" said Venus sweetly
Jessica and Lily gasped.