A flash of light shot through the small compartment of the train. Olivia threw her hands over her face shielding the bright light. Alyson tightly closed her eyes, holding onto her newly acquired wand with a very firm grasp. She had uttered a spell she had recently read about and decided that the train ride to Hogwarts was where she would experiment. The bright blinding light only lasted a few seconds before retreating back into the wand. Olivia slowly moved her hands away from her face. She stared blankly at her sister.

"That was strange." She muttered.

Alyson nodded still a little dumbfounded. "Ya."

Olivia Pruitt looked to her own wand resting beside her on the compartment seat. The wand maker, Mr. Ollivander, had said the eleven inch, cherry and dragon heartstring had come to take a liking to her. It made her curious as to what exactly he meant, until her mother explained how the wand chooses the wizard. Bizarre. Olivia thought rolling it now between her fingers, twisting and twirling it around like a baton. No matter how much more interesting the train ride became, Olivia sat impatient waiting for it to end. She wanted so badly to be sorted already, to know her house, and too see this Hogwarts.

Large spiky red flowers began growing out of the window opposite Olivia. She jumped back a bit startled

"Sorry." Alyson apologized guiltily.

"Ok seriously put that thing away before I break it, Aly. Now." Olivia threatened.

Alyson raised her brows shakily putting down her wand which incidentally dropped to the seat with a loud bang with the large flowers exploding spraying the sisters with crimson colored petals.

"WHAT THE FU..-" Olivia was cut off by the sound of numerous people in the surrounding compartments screaming, and cursing.

There were a few seconds of laughter and confusion coming from outside the sisters' compartment which had abruptly stopped when they could both heard clearly the running of someone towards them inaudibly growling softly. Olivia anticipated some sort of large security man bursting in through the door wielding a gun and shouting, 'Get to the ground!'. Who they encountered was much different.

A girl who looked to be about their age stood in the compartment doorway fuming, her red hair seemingly matching her mood. Her almond shaped, green eyes surveyed the sisters warily, sizing them up and down until she was satisfied that she could handle the situation.

Lily Evans was the newly appointed Gryffindor prefect ,and with her new shiny badge resting daintily on her robes, she decided to make use of her powers. When she heard the loud bang coming from a few good compartments ahead of hers she'd figure she'd find four unlucky boys who were not on her good side already. Instead she found two wide eyed girls her year whom she had never laid eyes on before.

"Um…Is everything alright in here?" Lily asked cautiously, hoping to ease the fear in both girls equally dark lavender eyes.

Alyson opened her mouth to speak but was beat by Olivia, "My idiot of a sister was just trying out her wand. Really, she is quite stupid. Forgive her." Her tone was curt and her eyes had began to size up Lily, making her out to be nothing more then a girl with a shiny badge.

"Hey!" Alyson squeaked. "That's totally not cool, Liv."

Americans? They must be the new girls this year. Lily thought before replying to Olivia. "Right, well, you caused quite a disturbance. I was just checking on it to make sure it wasn't something too serious." Lily sighed and held out her hand to Olivia. "My name's Lily…Lily Evans."

Olivia shook her hand lightly and watched her as she held out her hand to Alyson. "My name is Olivia Pruitt and this-" She pointed to Alyson, "Is..-"

"Alyson. You can call me Aly, though." Alyson smiled and scooted over patting the seat next to her. "So, Lil, sit with us and tell us all about Hogwarts."

There was a slight tension in the air as Olivia and Lily locked eyes momentarily. Lily smiled and shook her head.

"I wouldn't want to intrude."

Olivia scoffed. "You people are so polite. Don't worry it's fine."

Lily nodded. She's not very inviting, but well, what can I do? Trying her best to be polite, Lily took the seat next to Alyson and began babbling on and on about everything and anything on Hogwarts. Olivia sat eyes transfixed on Lily, trying her best to be 'polite'. Nothing really caught her attention seeing as her mother had already pretty much explained everything to her. Still, Olivia would nod and ask unimportant questions so that Lily thought she was actually listening.

"Wow. That's really neat, Lil. Do you mind if I call you, Lil?" Alyson asked excitedly.

"No, not at all." Lily replied, smiling.

Olivia focused her attention on the door of the compartment again. Her concentration being broken by a question from Lily, that Olivia had obviously not been paying attention too.

"Sorry what?" She replied lazily.

Lily blinked. "I asked you how old you were."

"Sixteen."

"Oh! Me too! Maybe we'll be in the same house!"

Alyson snorted. "Unless you're in Slytherin I doubt she'll want to be in any other house."

Olivia rolled her eyes.

"Why is that?" Lily asked, very intrigued.

"Our father was in Slytherin. He passed away last year." Alyson responded, shrugging.

"Oh."

The tension in the air had returned when Olivia sighed and stood up, opened the compartment door, and walked out into the hallway. Lily watched her with the utmost curiosity, immediately taking back the assumption she had made before about her being not very inviting. She's just a bit saddened. That's all. Lily made it a point to befriend her, Slytherin or not.

The hallway was deserted for the most part. A few people flitted by here and there rushing with their friends to no doubt meet other friends in their compartments. She wandered down to the end of the hall encountering a little old lady who was idly pushing a cart full of sweets Olivia had never seen. The old lady smiled up at Olivia, stopping the cart and gesturing to the candies.

"Like one, deary?" The old women asked, still smiling sweetly.

Olivia shook her head. "No thank you ma'm." She returned the smile.

"Two chocolate frogs for the beaut with the pretty smile."

Olivia looked beside her to find a tall boy with dark shaggy hair, that seemed to almost completely cover his equally dark gray eyes. If she weren't stunned by his immediate presence and his haughty demeanor, his extreme good looks would have done the trick. The old lady pulled two strange small boxes from the cart and handed them to Olivia.

"Uh…No, I don't…-"

Before Olivia could reply to the old lady, the boy had scooped up the boxes and thanked her. He looked to Olivia who was looking back with a glint of annoyance.

"So, Sweetheart where exactly did you come from with that accent?" His voice was smooth with just a bit of arrogance.

"Excuse me?" She replied curtly.

He chuckled. "Name's Sirius, love. Yours?"

Olivia rolled her eyes. Love? She thought crossing her arms. "Look, thanks for the frogs but really you didn't have to. Really. I don't like chocolate."

She began to walk back towards her compartment. Sirius took a few quick steps and found his way in front of Olivia.

"Look, beautiful I didn't mean to come off so…-"

"Cliché?" Olivia finished his sentence, arms still crossed.

He smirked, a smirk that hid an ulterior meaning. "Right." He chuckled, "So with that said, how about you come with me to my compartment and we can get to know each other…better."

Is this guy for real? Olivia shook her head in disbelief.

"Oy! Padfoot, come 'ere!" A voice shouted from an open compartment.

"I'm busy here, Prongs." He gestured slightly to Olivia.

Olivia furrowed her brows. "The only thing you're gonna be busy with is yourself." She held out a hand of protest as Sirius opened his mouth for a response.

With that Olivia stepped around Sirius, leaving him with his jaw dropped and the unmistakable sound of sniggering.

I'm pretty sure guys like that are all pigs…no matter what country. Olivia thought disgusted as she quickly found her way back to her own compartment.

(Panda: Forgive me if I get a few things wrong or backwards. I'm not very good when it comes to the marauders and I haven't read harry potter in so long. I'm researching everything to make sure I get it somewhat right! :D also I'm trying not to make this too fluffy…but I can't promise anything! Thanks R&R please.)