Chapter 3

"Did you say…Malfoy?" asked Lily

"Yeah! Oh I know why you're so shocked," said Venus smirking, a smirk which greatly reminded Lily of someone she had met recently. Of course! How could she have been so stupid they even looked like him…or a younger version of him at least.

"Your Dad went to school with our Dad, Draco Malfoy" said Octavias "They were in the same year…different houses though"

"They hated each other" mumbled Lily

"My Mum and Dad didn't like him either" admitted Jessica. The Malfoy twins continued to smirk. They did not seem slighted by the information at all. They just nodded.

"I asked my Father if I he would be angry if I were friends with either of you" said Venus

"And what did he say" asked Lily. Octavias answered

"Dad does anything for her. She's his little precious" Octavias chimed falsely

"I'm a Daddy's girl," said Venus grinning "So he just said that he'd rather I didn't but its up to me to make my own choices"

"I'm a Daddy's girl too" said Lily, happy that she would not also make enemies of the Malfoys like her parents did.

Jessica blushed

"I don't like my parents" she mumbled. Lily kicked her "Ow!" she yelled. Octavias laughed. Suddenly the door slid opened to reveal a very old witch, pushing a trolley, slid open the door.

"Would you like anything of the trolley dears?" she asked hoarsely

Octavias pulled out a moneybag silently

"3 chocolate frogs, a packet of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and a cockroach cluster please" Lily looked at him shocked at the sound of a cockroach cluster "I like them" he shrugged "Hey Venus do you want anything?"

Venus, who was looking in the opposite direction shook her head and closed her eyes arrogantly. Octavias rolled his eyes and bought his sweets. Jessica and Lil' then bought a selection of sweets as well.

"Don't you like sweets Venus?" asked Lil' biting the head off of her chocolate frog.

"I watch my figure" said Venus smoothly. Lil' looked at her. The girl was a skinny as a rake. Why in Merlin's name was she dieting?

Venus took out her purse and took out a few small carrot sticks wrapped in cellophane. She unwrapped them and munched on them silently.

As the Hogwarts' Express shot through the countryside, the Malfoy twins, Lil' and Jessica continued to converse happily. If only their parents could see it. The conversation turned to houses.

"Well Me, Mum and Dad live in this nice house in Cambridge. Its got a garden and stuff…yeah it could be worse. It's not huge, but Dad said he wanted a simple quiet life. He said he's had enough adventure" Lil' laughed

"My parents and me live in this apartment in London. Mum loves the city, its full of huge library's and museums. Dad said he was fed up with the countryside. He lived in a village as a kid" said Jessica.

"Well we live in a Manor" said Octavias slightly pompously "That's our Mother, Father and Grandmother"

"Ahhh you live with your Grandmother? That's so sweet"

"Yeah, Father said that because our Grandfather is in Azkaban he inherited the Manor when he was seventeen. Well that's the way the inheritance works. Father said he couldn't just evict his own Mother so she lives with us…I love her" said Venus brightly "I inherited name first name for my middle name; Venus Narcissa"

"I got my Grandmother's name too but its my first name. Lily. She died when my Dad was a baby. Same as my Grandfather. I saw their picture though"

"I know, that's how your Dad got his scar…from You-Know-Who" said Venus

"Shut up Fly Trap, everyone knows that" Octavias snapped

Venus pouted. She then looked at her watch

"Crap, we need to get changed into our Robes, come on Squid! Nice talking to you Lily, Jessica" Venus said getting up. Octavias and Venus left the carriage.

Jessica and Lily exchanged glances.

"What would our Mums and Dads say huh Lil'" said Jessica grinning

"Well I don't care. I think they're nice," said Lily reaching up and taking down her new robes.

"Yeah, but their Dad's a bastard" said Jessica sighing "He seems to like Venus though"

"How can you not like Venus? She's so nice!" said Lily, Jessica nodded.

"So's Octavias" said Jessica

"Well we'll just need to write to our parents and explain that we have made friends with Malfoy twins called Fly Trap and Squid." Said Lily

The two girls burst out laughing.