The last month with the Dursley's was not fun. Now that the cat was out of the bag, neither Aunt Petunia or Uncle Vernon spoke a word about them. Dudley would scream and run out of the room whenever Harry or Selena entered the room.
Selena tried to make it seem funny and often joked about it with Harry saying: "Look on the bright side, at least we're giving him the motivation he needs to exercise."
Most of the time, the twins hung out in their room, reading through their new school books and bonding with their new pets. Harry and Selena decided to name their owls; Hedwig and Elvis. Most nights the window would be left open so both owls could be let out to go flying and hunting. It was a relief that Aunt Petunia didn't come in to snoop anymore as Hedwig and Elvis kept bringing back dead mice.
Eventually September 1strolled around, they were quick to figure out they had no idea how they were going to get to the train station that Hagrid explained they need to be at by 11 o'clock AM. Before they parted ways with Hagrid that day at Diagon Alley, he had given them a train ticket that was labelled for Platform 9 ¾, wherever that was. The next thing they realised was how they were going to get to Kings Cross on time.
The night before term started, Harry and Selena had a talk. "So, any ideas on how we can get to Kings Cross Station on time?" Harry asked from under the doona and sheets. "I doubt Uncle Vernon or Aunt Petunia would take us."
"Maybe if we sneak out before dawn we could walk there or catch public transport." Selena suggested.
Harry rolled over in his bed so he was facing her. "There's no way we can walk that far and arrive on time, and what public transport is going to let two eleven-year-old kids with owls on board?"
Harry explained the logical side of things. Selena sighed, laying her head on the pillow. "Guess we've got some bribing to do tomorrow. Goodnight Harry,"
"Goodnight Selena,"
"All we're asking is for a lift to Kings Cross!" Harry argued.
"Get away from me, boy." Uncle Vernon grunted, half-walking, half-running away from his niece and nephew.
"But Uncle Vernon, we have to be there by eleven. Please can you take us to the train station?"
"No!"
Selena and Harry looked at each other. This wasn't going as they had planned. "We've got to do something, it's almost 9AM." Selena said to Harry.
"I'm open for suggestions, any ideas?"
Selena thought for a bit and brightened as the perfect plan came to her head. "But if you don't take us to the train station, you'll be stuck with us for a year. Think about it, an entire year without Harry and I, we won't even come back for Christmas." she said with a grin.
Uncle Vernon paused, sighed and Selena could tell he was convinced. "Alright, fine…I'll give you and your brother a ride to Kings Cross, just a drop off, then you're on your own, is that clear?"
"Clear," the twins said.
The ride to the station was like an interrogation. No one said a word and the only noise was from the owls, communicating with each other in hoots and screeches. When the car pulled up in the car park of Kings Cross, Uncle Vernon was all too relieved to get rid of the twins.
Once they got their luggage out of the car and onto a trolley each, Uncle Vernon had driven off without a goodbye. Neither of the twins were surprised.
"Come on, let's find our Platform." Selena said, rolling her trolley into the station. The twins walked around looking for the Platform 9 ¾. They had an idea that it might be somewhere between Platforms 9 and 10, however when they found the latter, there was no Platform 9 ¾ in sight.
"Crap," Selena swore under her breath. "I don't think it's been built yet."
"Maybe we should ask a conductor or something?" Harry suggested.
"Harry a highly doubt a normal looking conductor is going to know about a wizard train platform?"
"Okay, well. What else have we got?"
"I don't know, but I don't think Hagrid would lie about the Platform, would he?"
"I suppose not,"
"And there's bound to be someone else looking for the same Platform, only problem is we can't tell anymore who's a Muggle and who has magic."
"We are so screwed right now," Harry muttered.
"…packed with Muggles of course, hurry up now!" chimed a nearby voice.
Selena looked up and saw a large family of red-heads marching in between Platforms 9 and 10.
"Harry, that lady over there just mentioned Muggles!" Selena cried, excitedly.
Harry hadn't heard the lady but Selena was already ahead of him.
"Lena!" he hissed.
"Excuse me, ma'am?" Selena called out to the woman. The woman turned and smiled when she saw the girl.
"Yes dear, how can I help you?"
"My brother and I were wondering how t-to, well…"
"How to get onto the Platform?" The woman answered with a kind smile.
"Yes, ma'am," Harry said when he caught up.
In total, Selena counted about four boys and one girl. Two of the boys appeared to be twins themselves. All of them had flaming red hair and freckles. Selena also noted that the girl, who looked like the youngest wasn't pushing a trolley.
"Not to worry dears, it's Ronald's first time at Hogwarts too."
A young boy around the same age as them, waved shyly. "Now all you have to do, is run straight at the wall between Platform 9 and 10."
This surprised Selena and Harry, as they stared at the wall that looked solid and hard. "Okay," Selena gulped. "Thank you,"
Selena looked over at Harry and both shared the same thoughts. "I'm right behind you,"
They started running straight at the wall. Selena closed her eyes bracing herself for the crash, but…there was no crash. Her legs continued to run and when she opened her eyes, she was standing on a different platform, in front of a scarlet engine that read; Hogwarts Express; on the front. All around them were students saying goodbye to their parents and hoisting their luggage onto the train.
Harry came out from behind her and the twins gawked in shock. "We've done it!" Selena squealed, hugging Harry around the neck.
"Lena, don't tell me your excited for school." Harry teased.
"We're going to a school for magic, Harry. But if I get another science lesson I'm gonna kill myself."
"Come on Selena, we're going to a school or magic, I doubt there's going to be any science involved. Let's just get our stuff on board."
The Platform was astounding to say the least. The first few carriages were already packed with students, some hanging out of the window to talk to their families, some fighting over seats. The twins pushed their carts off down the platform in search of an empty seat.
They passed a round-faced boy who was saying, "Gran, I've lost my toad again."
"Oh, Neville," Harry heard the old woman sigh. A boy with dreadlocks was surrounded by a small crowd.
"Give us a look, Lee, go on." The boy lifted the of a box in his arms, and the people around him shrieked and yelled as something inside poked out a long, hairy leg. They pressed on through the crowd until they found the storage compartment down the back of the train.
They put Hedwig and Elvis inside first and then started to shift and heave their heavy trunks on board. Even after they worked together to lift the trunks up the steps, they could only raise one end and twice it accidently got dropped painfully onto Harry's foot. "Want a hand?"
It was one of the red-haired twins they'd followed through the barrier. "Yes, please," Harry panted.
Selena nodding instead of speaking, due to being out of breath. "Oi, Fred! C'mere and help!"
With the twins' help, both Harry and Selena's trunks were at last tucked away in a corner of the compartment.
"Thanks," said Harry, pushing his sweaty hair out of his eyes.
"Greatly appreciated." Selena added, politely as her wavy hair moved away from her forehead.
"What are those?" said one of the twins suddenly, pointing at the twins' lightning scars.
"Blimey," said the other twin. "Are you -?"
"They are," said the first twin. "Aren't you?" he added to the twins.
"What?" said Selena.
"Harry Potter and Selena Potter." chorused the twins.
"Oh, them," said Harry. "I mean, yes, we are."
The two boys gawked at them, and both Harry and Selena felt themselves becoming red. Then, to their relief, a voice came floating in through the crowded platform. "Fred, George? Are you there?"
"Coming, Mum." With a last look at Harry and Selena, the twins hopped off the train. Harry and Selena could faintly hear what was going on outside.
"Have either of you seen Percy?" said the red-haired woman.
"He's coming now." The oldest red-haired boy came striding into view. He was already changed into his billowing black Hogwarts robes, and both twins acknowledged a shiny silver badged on his chest with the letter P on it.
"Can't stay long, Mother," he said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-"
"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?' said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea."
"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-"
"Or twice-"
"A minute-"
"All summer-"
"Oh, shut up," said Percy the Prefect.
"How come Percy gets new robes, anyway?" said one of the twins.
"Because he's a prefect," said their mother fondly. "All right, dear, well, have a good term – send me an owl when you get there." She kissed Percy on the cheek and he left.
Then she turned to the twins. "Now, you two – this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling you've – blown up a toilet or-"
"Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet."
"Great idea though, thanks, Mum."
"It's not funny. And look after Ron."
"Don't worry, ickle Ronniekins is safe with us."
"Shut up!" said Ron. He was almost as tall as the twins already.
"Hey, Mum, guess what? Guess who we just met on the train?" The twins leaned back quickly so they couldn't see them peeking. "You know that black-haired boy and that red-haired girl with the green ribbon who were near us in the station? Know who they are?"
"Who?"
"Harry Potter and Selena Potter!"
Harry heard the little girl's voice. "Oh, Mum, can I go on the train and see them, Mum, please…"
"No, Ginny, the poor children aren't something you goggle at in a zoo. Was it really them, Fred? How do you know?"
"Asked them. Saw their scars. They're really there – like lightening."
"Poor dears – no wonder they were alone, I wondered. Selena was ever so polite when she asked how to get onto the platform."
"Never mind that, do you think they remember what You-Know-Who looks like?"
Their mother suddenly became very stern. "I forbid you to ask either of them, Fred. No, don't you dare. As though they need reminding of that on their first day at school."
"All right, keep your hair on." Harry and Selena didn't hear anything else from the conversation as a whistle sounded and the train began to move.
Harry and Selena quickly realised that they were one of the later people to arrive as there were virtually no vacancies in the compartments throughout the train. However, to their luck, they ended up finding one empty compartment toward the back of the train. It was a good thing too, as the train started to pick up speed, leaving the station behind.
Not long after they took their seats, the youngest red-haired boy was looking in with a hopeful glance.
"Hello," he said. "I was wondering if I could sit with you…everywhere else is full."
"No problem," Selena said cheerfully. The boy walked over and sat in the seat opposite the twins.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Ron Weasley, by the way."
"Nice to meet you too Ron," Selena said. "I'm Selena,"
"And I'm Harry, her twin brother." Harry said.
Ron's mouth dropped, and the twins realized that they didn't have to tell Ron their last names has he immediately recognized them. He looked from both Harry to Selena in complete bewilderment.
"You're the Potter Twins," Ron said with his face going a little red. "I heard that you two were coming this year. Do you really have the…er…scars?" he asked, his eyes scanning the twin's foreheads.
Both Harry and Selena pushed aside the hair that covered the scars and Ron's face lightened up when he saw them.
"Wicked," he uttered.
Ron talked with the twins for a while as the train continued its journey to Hogwarts. They learned a lot about his family and some new things about Hogwarts – including what Houses and Quidditch were. There was a knock on the compartment door and there stood a plump woman pushing a trolley of sweets. "Anything off the trolley dears?"
"No thanks," Ron mumbled, holding up two lumpy sandwiches wrapped in plastic. "I'm all set."
Harry and Selena however, hadn't had any breakfast and were up and ready with pockets rattling with wizard money and they were ready to buy as many Mars Bars as they could carry. But the woman didn't have Mars Bars. What she did have was Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Drooples Best Blowing Gum, Chocolate Frogs, Cauldron Cakes, Liquorice Wands, Pumpkin Pasties, and lots of strange and unusual sweets that Harry and Selena had never heard off.
Not wanting to miss out on anything and maybe wanting to try these new sweets, they got something of everything and paid the woman with seven Galleons and three Sickles. "Hungry, are you?" Ron uttered.
"Starving!" Harry cried, setting the pile of sugar on the empty seat.
"You have no idea, if our cousin Dudley was here, all of this would be gone before we get to Hogwarts." Selena giggled, trying to decide on what to try first. "Come on Ron, have some," she offered.
Pretty soon, they were all eating through different types of wizard candy. Selena noticed the sandwiches that Ron had bought with him were lying abandoned in the corner. "What's in those?"
"Corned beef," Ron said with disgust. "Mum made them, she always forgets I don't like corned beef."
"I do, I'll trade you." Selena offered, holding out a Cauldron Cake.
"You don't want that stuff, it's all dry."
"Believe me, I've had worse. I've had enough sugar already." Selena continued. She had already eaten two Cauldron Cakes, a Pumpkin Pasty and several smaller sweets that looked like gummy dragons. "Fine, knock yourself out." Ron said, not caring as he traded the healthy option for the unhealthy.
Harry brought out a box of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Ron gave him a nervous look. "You wanna be careful with those," he warned.
"Why?" Selena asked after taking a bite of a sandwich. It wasn't too bad actually, a little dry, but she didn't care.
"When they say every flavour, they mean business. I mean, you can get all the normal flavours like strawberry, chocolate and vanilla, but then there's also spinach, liver and tripe. My brother George swears he had a bogey flavoured one once."
"Gross," Selena uttered.
"Come on Selena, just try a couple." Harry convinced.
They all had good fun with Every Flavour Beans. Harry got toast, coconut, grass, coffee and baked beans. Selena got peach, dog food, rotten eggs, blueberry, mouldy cheese and even tried her luck a bright red one, thinking it was cherry, but it turned out to be blood.
"Not fair," she uttered to Harry, as she spat out the Blood flavoured one. "You got all the delicious ones and I got the gross stuff." she groaned in disgust. "Ugh, it just stays there, it's so disgusting!" she whined, picking at her teeth.
"It's not my fault." Harry protested, while laughing.
Selena glared at her twin, reaching for a Chocolate Frog. "I need to rinse my mouth with something other than those beans." She opened it up and jumped as the Chocolate Frog moved and leapt from the packet onto the glass, startling everyone in the compartment.
The chocolate frog climbed up the window glass and leapt from the top part of the window, which was opened. Ron shook his head. "Don't worry about it Selena, besides it's the card you want, I've got about 500 myself."
"Card?" Selena and Harry asked at the same time.
"Oh right, Chocolate Frogs have cards in them, you know to collect. They're pictures of famous witches and wizards, but I haven't got Merlin or Circe."
Selena picked up the card and flipped it over, showing a picture of an old wizard with a long silver beard. The name plague above read: Albus Dumbledore. "I've got Dumbledore!" Selena chimed.
"I've got about six of him." Ron said.
"That's so cool, the pictures moving!" Harry cried.
Selena flipped the card over and saw a biography printed on the back. When she flipped it over again, the man in the picture was gone.
"He's gone!" the twins cried, startled.
"Well you can't expect him to hang around all day, can you?"
"No…I suppose not…"
They were interrupted by the sound of something snoring in Ron's pocket. A worm-like tail curled out of said pocket. "What the hell is in your pocket Ron?!" Selena shrieked in surprise.
Ron snorted and pulled out a fat, grey rat, lightly snoring. "It's just my rat Scabbers, useless, isn't he?" Selena raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"But I thought the letter said that we're only allowed to bring an owl, cat or toad. How did you get to bring a rat?"
"Scabbers used to belong to my brother Percy, until my parents gave him an owl for becoming a Prefect. But that's the thing when you have five older brothers. Bill and Charlie have already left. Bill's in Egypt working for Gringotts and Charlie's over in Romania studying dragons."
"Working with dragons? That doesn't exactly sound like the easiest job in the world." Selena uttered.
Ron chuckled. "You're right about that, the way Charlie goes on about it, you'd think it was easier than tying your shoelaces."
Scabbers continued to snore like a mini foghorn. Ron frowned in disgust. "Pathetic, he hardly ever wakes up. My brother Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow, wanna see?"
Selena and Harry both shrugged. "Sure," Harry said. Ron pulled out his wand, which looked like a hand-me-down. Just as he started waving his wand, the compartment door opened, revealing a girl with bushy, brown hair and hazel eyes, already wearing her Hogwarts Robes.
"Has anyone seen a toad, a boy named Neville's lost one."
All three heads shook.
The girl then noticed Ron, holding his wand.
"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then," Ron cleared his throat and chanted the 'spell'.
Sunny shine daisies,
Butter mellow,
Turn this stupid, fat, rat yellow,
It didn't so much as tint a whisker as the girl smirked at Ron. "Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it? I've only tried out a few simple spells, and they all worked perfectly for me. Which is quite a surprise, no one in my family's magic at all."
Selena raised her hand to catch the girl's attention. "I'm sorry, but I don't think you've told us your name yet."
"Oh, right. I'm Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasley," Ron said, with his mouth full of Pumpkin Pasty.
"Pleasure." Hermione said in disgust.
Selena waved shyly. "I'm Selena Potter,"
"And I'm Harry Potter,"
Hermione's eyes widened. "You're the Potter Twins! I've read all about the two of you!"
Selena looked up at her in surprise.
"You have?" she asked. "Of course, don't you know. You're in all these different books." The twins looked at each other, then turned back to Hermione. "No, we didn't." Harry said, shaking his head. Selena shook hers too.
"Well I better go now, I just spoke with the driver and he say's we're almost there, so you three better get into your Hogwarts Robes."
Hermione turned back to Ron, giving him a stern look. "You've got dirt, on your nose by the way. Right here," she finished, pointing to the bridge of her own nose.
Ron gave a snort and hastily rubbed at the dark patch on his nose. "Don't let it bother you Ron," Selena said, sympathetically.
The compartment doors opened again and there stood three boys, all wearing their Hogwarts robes. Selena immediately recognised one of the boys as Draco. "Is it true what people are saying on the train? The Potter Twins are coming to Hogwarts." He said, standing between the other two boys who seemed to act like bodyguards.
Draco got a better look and saw Selena sitting next to her brother. "Oh, I remember you from Diagon Alley – what was your name? Selena, wasn't it?"
Selena nodded. "That's right, and this is Harry, my brother." She said, introducing Harry for him.
Draco's eyes widened. "I thought you looked familiar back in the shop! You're Selena Potter, and that means you," he said, turning to Harry. "are Harry Potter."
Selena's eyes fell upon the two other boys standing either side of Draco. She frowned slightly, they reminded her of Dudley's gang.
Harry and Ron just looked at Draco confused. "Who are you?" Harry asked.
"Oh, where are my manners, this is Crabbe and Goyle. I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."
Ron snickered a little bit and Selena glared at him. "Ron!" she scolded.
Draco glared as well. "Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask who you are; red hair, second-hand everything. You must be a Weasley. Father told me all about the Weasley's. They all have red hair, freckles and more children than they can afford."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Selena demanded, growing increasing angry at Draco.
He seemed so different back in the shop and she prayed that boy she met in Diagon Alley was the real Draco.
Draco smirked at the twins. "You'll soon realise Potters, that some wizarding families are better than the others. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort," he added, flashing Ron a dirty look.
"I can help you with that." He said, holding out his hand for Harry. Harry looked at his hand, then at Draco himself.
"I think," he snarled. "I can tell the wrong sort for myself thanks."
Selena gawked at Harry in shock. Malfoy sneered at him, "Your loss, Potter. I'd watch it if I were you. You may realize this fact too late, Potter, but this choice of yours has made you an idiot."
Finally, Selena had had enough, "Hey!" she snapped as she jolted to her feet and marched over to Malfoy. He was a head taller than her, but she glared at him dead in the eyes.
Harry and Ron laughed at her sudden attitude. "Nobody," she whispered dangerously. "and I mean nobody talks to my brother like that. Talk to him like that again and I'll throw you off the train."
"Aww, how cute. Lil Miss Potter is sticking up for her brother." Goyle sneered.
"I warned you, I didn't get this scar because of a small cut." She snarled, pushing aside her bangs, revealing the lightening shaped scar.
Goyle shut himself up.
Draco sneered at the red-haired girl, but deep down, he was impressed. Not many girls had stood up to him in the past.
"You may be new to the wizarding world Selena, but you must learn to never, ever touch a Malfoy. I'll see you at school then, Moonlight." He finished with a wink.
Selena just stood there, completely bewildered at Draco's reaction. First, he threatens her and then he practically flirts with her. Not knowing what else to do she sat back down next to Harry. Ron was staring at her in surprise. "That was bloody brilliant, you owned him Selena!"
"I've never seen you act like that before Selena," Harry commented. "Where did that savage, hard-core personality come from anyway? How do you even know Draco in the first place?"
"We meet at Madam Malkins, back in Diagon Alley. He seemed so different then, what changed?"
Ron let out a dramatic gasp. "Don't tell us you think he's cute?" he exclaimed.
Selena's eyes widened in shock. "NO! I mean…I just…" she let out a sigh. "Forget it, I'm gonna go change into my school robes."
"Goyle!" Malfoy hissed, insulted. "What were you thinking? Speaking to her in that way!"
"You weren't any better, mate." Goyle argued.
"Yeah, why are you defending her in the first place?" Crabbe added.
He then smirked at the blonde boy. "You think she's pretty?"
Draco stopped in his tracks and whirled around with an angry expression. "I do not!"
"Yes, you do,"
"Do not,"
"Do to,"
"Do not,"
"Do to,"
"Do not,"
"Do until the end of time,"
"DAMMIT!"
"HA! You do think she's pretty."
Goyle snorted in distaste. "Really Malfoy, what do you see in her? She's a prat, just like her twin."
"I've told you already, don't talk about her like that!" Draco sneered.
Crabbe continued to tease. "See, you keep defending her. Come on Draco, what part is it that you like? Her ember red hair, her bright green eyes, her pale English skin? You want that Potter girl; don't you deny it?"
Draco was growing fed up. "Just leave it be fellas, go back to the compartment. I need some time alone." He hissed.
Crabbe and Goyle chuckled to themselves like idiots as they walked back to their compartment. Draco stood there in the hallway, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Idiots," he muttered.
He looked up and saw Selena walking down the other end of the hallway, towards the changing rooms. Grinning, he started to follow her. "Speak of the devil, if it isn't Moonlight?"
Selena jumped and whirled around with a sour expression. "What do you want, Malfoy?" she asked, annoyed.
"I want a chance to be your friend."
Selena stared at him with a cocked eyebrow. "Seriously? After what happened back in the compartment." she snapped.
"Listen, Selena," he started, grabbing her wrist. "I'm sorry for how I acted back in the compartment. It was a stupid, but I really do want to be your friend. Can you give me a second chance?"
Selena looked at him. His usually colourless cheeks had hints of pink on them. "Is he blushing?" she wondered to herself.
Sighing, she looked down at the floor. "I think we were both at fault Draco. I tend to get agitated when people pick on my brother, since he's the only true family I have left. I wasn't thinking straight. So, I'll give you another chance, but you must never offend my brother again, or there will be trouble."
Draco chuckled. "Shake on it?"
Selena didn't hesitate as she grabbed his hand, shaking on it. "That incident in the compartment never happened," she said, cheerfully.
She looked around and noticed that he was alone. "Hey, where are Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum?"
"Who?"
"Crabbe and Goyle,"
"Oh, they've gone back to our compartment. Probably eating halfway through all my lunch, well, half each anyway. Nice nicknames for them by the way."
"Thanks, I think it really suits them."
They chuckled for a bit.
"You going to change into your robes?"
"Yes."
"Cool. I'm bored, so I'll keep you company."
Selena frowned slightly. "Stalker much?"
"I won't peek," Draco said, offering his arm. "Shall we,"
"We…shall," Selena uttered, relieved that she was talking to the Draco she met back in Diagon Alley.
Selena went into the changing rooms, with Draco standing outside the curtain. She was nearly ready, when her elbow got stuck inside her Hogwarts jumper and she couldn't move. Hearing the fidgeting, Draco tapped on the wall next to the curtain. "You alright in there?"
"No, my jumpers stuck."
"Do you need some help?"
"Yes please,"
Draco didn't waste a minute, pulling the curtain back and almost laughing at the scene. Selena was already wearing her skirt, shoes, socks and shirt. However, somehow her school jumper had twisted and she had gotten her head wedged between her elbow that was sticking out of the head pocket. Her ember coloured hair was all messy and tangled from the struggle. Selena glared through her frizzed-up hair, her blazing green eyes glowing from underneath the tangles. "It's not funny,"
"I know," Draco said, pulling the stuck jumper off her body. "You were putting it on the wrong way – arms up, there you go. Now we just need your tie."
Selena gulped. At her old school, the girls never wore ties, only one-piece dresses that stopped at the knees. "I've…never worn a tie before." She stuttered aloud, embarrassed.
Draco raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You've never worn a tie?"
She nodded. "At my old school, the girls never wore ties, only the boys did."
"Old school, you mean a Muggle school?"
Selena shrugged. "You could say that, what about you. What school did you attend before Hogwarts?"
Draco started to untie his own tie. "Mother and Father had me home schooled. Now, about that tie of yours. I'll show you how to tie it the proper way."
He then demonstrated by tying his own tie back around the collar of his shirt. "See, it's easy."
Selena blinked and picked up her own tie and wrapped it around her neck like it was a scarf. "Maybe if I do this," she said, using her own special power.
Draco's eyes widened in shock as the tie started to move on its own, tying up by itself. Selena looked up and frowned at his shocked expression. "What?" she questioned.
"You're a telekinetic!" Draco exclaimed.
"I'm a what?"
"A Telekinetic, you can move objects without the use of magic. Both Muggles and Magic-folk can get be telekinetic, so I've heard."
"So, I'm gifted then, I just thought it was just something I could do because I'm a witch. I haven't even mentioned it to Harry yet."
"Selena, it's extremely rare for a Muggle to have telekinesis, but it's rarer for a witch or wizard. You must be the first witch I've ever met who has telekinesis."
"How do you know that Muggles can get it too?" Selena asked, growing curious.
Draco sighed. "Mother once told me about an incident she heard about when she was visiting America. Apparently in 1984, a group of Muggle scientists were experimenting on a little girl who had telekinesis. I think her name was Jane – yes, Jane Hopper. They kept her as a sort of guinea pig her whole life and those stupid scientists accidently made her open up a Gate into a parallel dimension and a monster from that same dimension was unleashed onto the town."
"A monster!" Selena squeaked.
Draco nodded. "Yeah, it was nicknamed the Demogorgon, after a monster from a Muggle board game. Those Muggles shouldn't have been tampering with things they don't understand. It'll eventually get them killed. The Muggle World is a messy place, better stick to the Wizarding World Selena."
"What happened to Jane?"
Draco shrugged. "I don't know, Mother wouldn't tell me, only that the Demogorgon was killed and the doorway was closed forever. I just hope that those Muggles learned their lesson over playing with things they can't handle. That's a job for the Wizards and Witches, not them. But I must warn you Selena, Telekinesis is a very rare and valuable gift to have. There are Wizards and Witches out there who are like those stupid Muggles,"
"I know, Hagrid told me. I'm guessing you mean people like Voldemort."
Draco flinched slightly. "Exactly, but why would you say his name?"
"Draco, to fear the name, only increases fear of the thing itself. Yes, he killed my mother and father, but he was stopped right? This right here," she said, pointing to her scar. "is proof that he couldn't kill two little babies. Bit embarrassing right?"
Draco laughed. "When you put it like that, I suppose it is embarrassing. But I just want you to be careful, people like Voldemort will try to use your gift for their own. I think it'll be better if you keep this power a secret between yourself and those you trust with your life." He explained.
Selena nodded. "I understand Draco, I understand…"
"Good girl, do you need me to walk you back?"
"I think I can walk back on my own. Thanks anyway," she declined. Draco just smirked, lifted her right hand and planted a quick kiss onto her knuckles, causing the girl to blush as red as her hair. "I'll see you at Hogwarts then, Moonlight." The boy said, smirking.
Selena packed up her Muggle clothes into her bag and walked back to the compartment. Ron and Harry had already finished half the food and were talking. They both looked up when Selena entered the compartment and sat down, the blush still there. "Where have you been?" Ron asked.
"And why are you blushing?" Harry asked, noticing the redness on his sister's cheeks.
"Draco kissed my hand," she said in a nutshell.
The boys stared at her in shock. "And you let him?!" they hollered.
"Yes, I did. It was actually rather sweet…" Selena finished.
For the rest of the train ride, they just talked, laughed, ate sweets and both Harry and Selena learned more and more about the Wizard World. Yet throughout the train ride, Selena couldn't keep her mind off of Draco, how he had kissed her hand. Little did she know, that Draco was thinking the same thing.
Ooooh, Draco and Selena ;)
Yes...I did include a Stranger Things Reference, just because I love that show to bits! Eleven, Dustin and Mike are my favourite characters.
