Aphrodite, with her family walked through the stone arch of Platform 9 and ¾ to find all the students from their first year to their 7th gathered there. Seeing this caused her eyes to become blurred with tears as the memories of her now past flood her mind. Finding out why she was so different from the other kids in her class at eleven when Professor McGonagall visited her home to explain that she was a witch. Meeting Neville on the train and helping find his disappearing toad, while on the hunt finding Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. To second year where she sat with Neville because she couldn't find Harry or Ron on the train, when she later found out that they where blocked from getting to the platform and flew a flying car to school. Mrs. Weasley made sure that she and Author where the last to pass through the barricade their third year not wanting a repeat of the one before, having the train boarded by Dementors and Harry passing out was a high light of that ride.
"Let them flow, them put them back in the box glykia mou." Sophia whispered to her.
Breathing deeply she let her memories pass though her mind before placing them back into her Pandora's box and locking it. She continued to walk further onto the platform, she could feel others eyes on her. Sure Sophia helped dick out an outfit suitable for the ride to Hogwarts this morning. A red turtle neck sweater with a black high wasted pleated skirt that hit 4 inches above her knees. Molly had knitted a pair of soaks for her which she decided went with the outfit under the boots that she was wearing. All muggle clothing that was on the higher end of the rack, once when Dite tried to protest Sophia gave her a stern talking to saying that as her parents they where taking care of her and to let them. After that she let them buy what they wanted for her.
For instance, her room now consisted of a wall full of bookcases with books ranging from Greek lore to present day history, to transfiguration and potions. They also suggested a three-compartment trunk, one for clothes, and another for school supplies and the third for books and other things that she picked up from Hogsmead. The trio also set up an account at Gringolts for her to draw from while on those outing to the village by the school. Finding an empty compartment at the back of the train, Fabian and Gideon loaded her trunk into the luggage area where all the other students loaded theirs. Fabian took the cat carrier from Dite and place the carrier with the gray longhaired kitten on the seat bench. While shopping she planned on getting an owl, but seeing the blue eyes of the kitten made her melt and she decided to buy the kitten as her familiar. She also gave him a name that would go with her's in either time, Hermes.
"Now glykia mou, don't forget to write us here, have fun, don't worry about having that arketa nose to the grind in those books." Sophia spoke fondly as she fixed the cloak that the girl was wearing over her outfit.
"It's true, have fun Dite lov, and make some friends." Fabian pulled her into a hug and kissed the top of her head.
"Please let us know if any boys ask you out, yeah. That way we can dissuade them away from you." Gideon stated teasingly repeating the same that Fabian had done.
"Baba, I'll to busy for vlakas boys anyways, so no worries." She smiled at them as Sophi laughed at her use of the Greek word for idiot.
The sound of the whistle rand through the platform, signaling the students to board the train so it can leave the station, Dite gave Sophia one more hug with a promise to write and then to be home for the Holidays. She boarded the train and sat down, waving as the train left the station. It was a nostalgic feeling seeing as she was repeating her 5th year since O.W.L.S where important for anytime line. Taking the Cloak off and draping it beside her, she let the Kitten out of the carrier so she wasn't cooped up for the long ride. Something she used to do for Cookshanks as well. With the Kitten settled, Dite pulled out the new copy of Hogwarts; A History and began to read it. It wasn't long before her comfortable silence in her compartment was broken by vlakas being loud. She was just not expecting those vlakas to be the marauders.
"We must have an over abundance of firsties this year." The boy she recalled was James said as he opened her quiet compartment.
"True James, that and the traitor Remus being a Prefect this year. The betrayal." Sirius said dramatically behind him.
"When do you think the trolley lady will be by James? Sirius took the sugar quill I had out of my pocket and ate it." Peter complained.
"Xerete oit einai agenes na beite choris na rotate?" Dite spoke not looking from her book in her hands.
"Um, what?" James asked stopping before completely entering the compartment.
"Sorry, I said, you know it's rude to enter with out asking?" She looked at them.
"Aww look boys, we found the schools Aphrodite." Sirius said excitedly as he sat down on the bench infront of her.
"I'm not the schools anything." She said hiding her red cheeks in the book.
"May we sit here, every where else if full?" James asked sheepishly looking between the girl and Sirius.
"That's fine." She agreed.
She was slightly bewildered to the boldness that a young Sirius showed everyone. She remembered from the stories she heard from Remus, other members of the order, and Sirius himself that the man was a young Casanova in school. Seeing it in action was bewildering. From other stories, mainly the snide comments that Snape gave when around the man in questing, where anything but positive. Snape always sneered at him about if egotistical, moronic behavior if he heard Sirius talking to Harry, Ron, and the others about his glory days.
"The other day, it seemed like you where skittish kitten." Sirius spoke pulling her from her thoughts.
"I.. um… London is new to me." She said quietly not looking them in the eye.
"Why is that? Why where you speaking another language?" The blond Peter asked her.
She looked at Peter Pettigrew; he wasn't as lanky or tall as Sirius, James or Remus. His eyes had sown curiosity and wonder. Which she realized that in all the stories she heard from the other two, that none had ever mentioned Peter in them. He was supposedly their other best friend. Maybe something happens in the next few years to make him want to join the Dark Lord; maybe this was something she could change this time around. Maybe she could keep him from going to the dark lords side and betraying his friends.
"I a, I grew up in Kithnos in Greece." She said looking away and out the window.
"Oh so our Aphrodite is really from Greece." Sirius smirked.
Before she could rebuff and tell the boy she preferred being called Dite vs. her full name. The door to the compartment opened and there stood another boy, with long oily hair and a sneer on his face.
"Are you now bothering and bulling girls now Potter?" The boy drawled our eyeing Dite.
"No, just having a polite conversation with a pretty bird, Snivellius." Sirius sneered back at the boy.
"No need for name calling Black." The girl behind the boy said hotly.
"Oh my Lily-flower! Fancy being my date to the first Hogsmead weekend?" James asked the red head.
"Not if you where the last boy on earth, and then I would still date the squid in the Black Lake." She glared at James.
Dite caught a glimpse of the sadness James experienced from the rude rejection that Lily had just given him, before it was replaced with cheer. Sirius and Peter chuckled at the rejection like this was how they always reacted to James's rejection.
"Ilithia agoria." She said rolling her eyes.
Sure she knew that James was rejected by Lily up until they where head boy and girl their 7th year of Hogwarts. Sirius told Harry that he lost track of how many dates, marriage proposals, that James had given Lily over the years since it all began their second year. Sure boys where immature longer then girls where, and in the muggle world there were a saying that when a boy tugs your braids he likes you.
"What did you say?" The girls asked Dite with curiosity.
"I said, idiot boys." Dite spoke not realizing that the others caught her comment.
"Prongs, did you hear that, Aphrodite called us idiots!" Sirius threw an arm around his friend and pretended to faint. She was getting the distinct impression that Sirius like being dramatic.
"Rightfully so Black, you are one of the outrageous idiots in this school." Snape sneered.
"I don't think my comment was towards just them." Dite looked at Snape.
Lily pushed Snape back and came to sit next to Dite with a smile. Like the girl knew that all boys can be idiots, not just the Marauders.
"I'm Lily Evens, 5th year prefect and Gryffindor. That is Severus Snape also a 5th year prefect but a Slytherin." Lily introduced them selves to her.
"I'm Aphrodite Prewett but I prefer Dite, I'm also a 5th year Gryffindor too." She said feeling her cheeks redden realizing all eyes are on her in the compartment.
"That means we'll be sharing a dorm!" Lily said as Snape informed her that they still had rounds to finish.
"I'll see you at the feast, don't let these Marauders intimidate you. Not everyone is like them at school." Lily smiled as protests from the three where heard.
" That was uncalled for!"
"We wouldn't do anything to her!"
Dite watched as Lily and Snape lefted and the marauders mutter about how Lily could be insensitive when it came to them. She gave them a soft smile before turning back to her book. She decided to with draw from the conversation with the feeling that they where still watching her even after Remus joined them, saying that it took way to long to find their compartment. The boys got sweets from the trolley women as she read not interested in having any sweets. She missed Harry and Ron as she listened to the boys play exploding snaps and talk about the pranks they where gong to pull on the Slytherin's this year. Remus reminding them that it was OWLS this year and that they needed to study, with groans from the others about how its to early to be thinking about OWLS. Dite knew that this was going to be an interesting year for her, especially with out Harry and Ron.
***************************************************************Hello reader!
So I know that I forgot to give you the translations in the last chapter. So I'll give them to you in this chapter. Hopefully you all are enjoying this story.**************
***************************************************************Translations:
Hello-Chairete
Idiots-ilithioi
Idiot-vlakas
Sweetling- glykia mou
Pretty-arketa
Idiot Boys- Ilithia agoria