Time flew by for Shaula and before she knew it the first of September had arrived. The Black family could be seen standing on the platform of Nine and three-quarters early the Wednesday morning.

Sirius was looking slightly green, nervous about joining Slytherin but also nervous about the consequences of not becoming a Slytherin as well. Regulus looked ready to cry, losing both his siblings at the same time and not being able to go to Hogwarts with them was going to be tough on the young boy who had known nothing but being with the pair his whole life. Shaula however was in a turmoil of emotions. She didn't want to join Slytherin, in fear of the blatant pureblood brainwashing. However it may seem selfish of her, but she didn't want terrible summers to come home too if she doesn't make Slytherin. She also thought of how she was going to start meeting people that would later play a large role in the future Wars.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the whistle blowing in the train. She felt a push in her back and looked behind. Her mother looked disgustedly at the muggle parents on the platform, she seemed ready to either hex them or kill them.

"In the train now, the pair of you. Can't have you both missing it." She snarled at them. Sirius scoffed before turning to Regulus to say goodbye. Shaula turned to her parents whilst the brothers said goodbye.

"Goodbye mother, father. I'll write you once I arrive." said Shaula, wishing she didn't have to act in a prestigious manner around her parents and instead wishing they were instead friendly. How she wished she had loving parents that would hug her goodbye. Walburga merely gave a nod whilst Orion squeezes her shoulder. The twins switched places, much to Sirius disappointment.

Regulus and Shaula wrapper their arms around each other tightly. They had a strong bond between them, their love of books strength of it. Sirius always rolled his eyes fondly at the pair when he found them sharing one of the large soft sofa chairs, reading a book together.

"I'll be sure to write to you weekly. Tell you all the exciting stories that happen. It'll be like your at Hogwarts with us!" She whispered in his ear, his arms tightening at the last part. He nodded and sniffled. "Cheer up Reg, I'll see you at Christmas. Now see me off with a smile little brother."

He smiled at her, albeit slightly forced but a smile none the less. She kissed his forehead before heading for the train with Sirius. With a final goodbye to their parents, the twins helped each other lifting their trunks into the train and then they were on.

They walked down the slightly crowded corridor, dragging their trunks behind them as they both held a cage in one of their hands, before they entered a carriage that only had one person inside it. It was obviously a nervous first year, a boy covered in scars and a book on his lap. Sirius turns to leave before Shaula pushes him in and closes the door. Giving her a strange look, he stores his trunk along with hers before sitting down and staring out the window. Shaula sits next to the nervous boy.

"Hi, what book are you holding?"

The boy looks up startled at her before looking at the book again and mumbles, "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde..."

"That's the muggle book by... Robert something... Stevens... Stevens... Stevenson! Right?" Shaula exclaims excitedly and turns to the boy, hoping she was right. He nods at her slowly.

"I'm Shaula, Shaula Black. That's my twin idiot over there, Sirius. What's your name?" She introduced, a small 'Oi' resounding from Sirius but it grabs his attention. He focused on the boy who begins to shake slightly and gulps.

"Re-Remus Lupin."

He must be terrified the poor thing. He desperately doesn't want to be discovered. Shaula thought before slowly grabbing his hand and giving a gentle, reassuring smile to him.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Remus. If you read as much as me I'm sure that we'll become great friends." Remus' shaking stops at this as he takes a deep breath and calms himself. He smiles back slightly but startles when Sirius barks out a laugh.

"Great, I'm going to be surrounded by book lovers no-" Sirius was interrupted by the door slamming open and a boy with messy black hair enters with a grin.

"Oh no you won't! Troublemaker extraordinaire JAMES POTTER is now here!" His loud voice echoed in the carriage causing Remus to wince slightly and Shaula to sigh.

"YES!" Sirius exclaims before the boys begin talking rapidly to each other, going so fast that Shaula and Remus were unable to understand what they were saying.

"Merlin, the way they're going at it you'd think they've been friends for years and that they haven't just met." Shaula says exasperatedly. Remus chuckles at this and nods in agreement. Shaula attempted to draw Remus into a conversation, successfully managing to when she began discussing the differences between muggle and wizardry stories. Their conversation lasted up until the sweet cart arrived.

"What would you all like?" The lady pushing the cart asked the four. Remus got a couple frogs, James a box of Berties Beans and some frogs, Sirius the same along with a pumpkin pastie and Shaula bought herself multiple blood pops and a bag of fizzing whizbees. Remus turned and looked at her sweet stash.

"Do you want a chocolate frog? You didn't buy one." He asked, his obvious love of chocolate showing through his concern of Shaula's lack of chocolate. She giggled and shook her head.

"Thank you Remus, but I actually don't like chocolate." replies Shaula, only to receive a shocked gasp from both Remus and James. Sirius chuckles at their response, having known about her dislike of chocolate for years.

"Yeah mate. She's an odd one, never liking chocolate. Finds it too sickly she does, yet eats tons of those blood pops of hers though." Sirius pauses, pretending to look out the window of the carriage door to check for people before comically leaning forward and whispering jokingly, "I think she's secretly a vampire." This sets them off laughing, Shaula whacking Sirius on the arm playfully before responding.

"Well I'll have you know Sirius that I think beings like Vampires and Werewolves are positively fascinating." She makes sure to look away from Remus as she mentions the werewolves, fully aware of how he freezes and pales.

"Werewolves are monsters..."

James, Sirius and Shaula all turn to Remus, the former two shocked, whilst Shaula merely rolls her eyes. She was not at all surprised by Remus' response, only irritated.

"Honestly Remus, werewolves aren't monsters. They are misunderstood creatures. It's the person behind the werewolf who makes the monster." She says, holding all three boys attention. She continues, "for example, the werewolf Fenrir Greyback is a monster. He has murdered multiple people and turned even more. Yet the werewolf Jenson Green in America was seen as a hero in the 1800's. He protected a village from the slaughter of a hoard of acromantula. However, the muggle human Adolf Hitler is viewed as a monster as he had thousands of people slaughtered for not fitting his ideological Aryan race. Hitler was a human and is viewed as a monster, Jenson Green was a werewolf yet hailed a hero."

All three boys stared at her in shock. Their eyes wide at the knowledge she held. Shaula gave an awkward cough before leaning back in her seat and sticking a blood pop in her mouth, not having realized that during her explanation, she had slowly been moving forward in her seat.

"You are definitely going into Ravenclaw." James eventually broke the silence, and earned a small 'shut up' from Shaula, who had retreated into a small ball. The heels of her feet on the edge of the cushioned seat and her arms wrapped around her legs, her body pressed into the far corner of the cabin near the door. Sirius gave a laugh before turning to James to resume their conversation from earlier, acting like what Shaula had just said hadn't happened. Remus stared at Shaula, mouth agape and clearly shocked by her knowledge and her passion on the discussion. Shaula gave him a shrug before looking away, the conversation clearly over. Remus turned back to his book and began reading it, looking up at Shaula every so often.

Shaula however, had retreated into her mind. Her gaze unfocused on the wall of the cabin opposite her as her tongue lazily played with the blood pop. Her thoughts ran wild, why had she spoken so much? She knew that she was meant to hold back for at least a year or two, not release everything immediately. She inhaled deeply, before letting it out through her nose. There was no point in worrying about it now, it had already happened.

When her gaze once more refocused, it was only due to Sirius lightly tapping her shoulder and telling her to put her uniform on as they had nearly arrived. She hadn't even realized that she had dazed for so long and that she had eaten her pop hours before. Her stomach growled in hunger at the thought of her blood pop and her lack of eating through the day.

Slowly unbending her stiff legs and standing up with a groan, she grabbed her uniform and left to change in the girls toilets. Upon returning to the carriage, for the last part of the journey she played exploding snap with the three boys. Finally, the train came to a halt. All three looked up at each in both excitement and nerves.

"I guess this is it." Shaula said and then stood up to head out of the carriage. Here came her first task, getting sorted.