Chapter 1

An hour later, the friends had managed to eat there way through all of the snacks Elle, Al and Peach had bought. Suddenly, their compartment door slid open and the kids looked up to see 3 kids standing in the doorway, sneering. The middle one, obviously the leader, had slick blond hair, a pale pointed face and clear grey eyes. The strange thing was he didn't look like he wanted to sneer. He was actually quite handsome. On his left was a boy with thick black hair gelled into spikes, and slightly Indian features. On the pale boy's right was a girl with an ugly face. Her skin was a pasty colour and her eyes were a cold, hard black. Dark black hair scratched back into a pony tail completed the look. She looked the nastiest out of the three.

"Well, well, well, look who it is! " The ugly girl spoke with a high, nasal voice. "Potty, Weasel, the Unnaturals and – Well, who do we have here then?" She pointed to Elle, who was looking at the girl with an expression of upmost distaste. When Elle didn't reply, the ugly girl pointed her wand at Elle and said menacingly, "I said, what's your name, bitch?" Sighing, Elle pulled out her own wand, and with a flick, sent Ugly's wand zooming into her open palm. Ugly's face contorted with rage and she was about to start forward and grab her wand from Elle, before stopping when four wands pointed at her head. Al, David, Peach and Elle had drawn their wands as soon as Ugly had advanced.

"Give my wand back, bitch." growled Ugly. Her two cronies stood hovering in the doorway, seemingly reluctant to help her. Elle raised an eyebrow, and said reproachfully,

"Now, now, that's no way to speak to people, is it? Especially since you've got four wands pointing at your head and you are defenceless. Now, please tell us your name." Ugly growled through her teeth and said nothing. Elle sighed.

"Do you really want me to hex you? I've been learning, so don't expect it to go wrong."

"Her name's Pansy. Pansy Nott." Everyone looked in surprise at the pale boy by the door. He wasn't sneering any more; he just looked tired and irritated. He sighed and continued. "I'm Scorpius Malfoy and this is Blaise Zabini II. Pansy, let it go, she doesn't have to tell you her name. Besides, I don't want to have to explain to Madam Pomfrey why you were hexed so early in the school year." Smiling, Elle sent Pansy's wand flying zooming to Scorpius. He caught it in surprise. When everyone looked at Elle, she said,

"He was the only one willing to cooperate. He also seems the smartest out of these three." Pansy grabbed for her wand, but Scorpius held it up high so that she couldn't reach it. She stared at him in shock, and he said, sighing,

"You can have it back when we are in our own compartment. I don't want you to do anything foolish, like trying to hex them." Blaise Zabini II interrupted Pansy before she could snap back.

"C'mon, then, lets go. You can argue with Scorp when we're back in our compartment." With one last glance at Elle and the others, Pansy swept from the compartment and disappeared down the corridor. Blaise followed her, leaving Scorpius standing in the doorway. He gave them an apologetic shrug before following his friends.

There was a stunned silence. Al was the first one to talk.

"Well, that was....different." Peach piped up.

"Yeah...Elle, you handled that really well. I'm in awe of you now. They really have to watch themselves now." Everyone looked over at Elle, expecting an answer, but instead she was frowning at the doorway. She sighed and looked at them.

"Scorpius Malfoy.... He's not what I expected. I think...I think he's lost. I'm not certain, but I don't think he wanted to be with them. He looked...sad. I'm worried for him." The others stared at her in shock. First to recover was David, who shook his head before speaking.

"No. No way. The Malfoy family are EVIL. Just coz that boy stops you hexing his girlfriend, doesn't make him good."

"Just because his family is crap doesn't mean he is." Elle snapped. "He might be different. And I don't think she's his girlfriend. He didn't seem to like her very much."

"I agree with Elle." Everyone turned to Rose.

"His family's reputation might tarnish his, but I don't think he deserves it. At least not until he does something bad." Everyone nodded, even David. Suddenly, their compartment door slid open again. They looked up to see a handsome boy with messy black hair and hazel eyes standing in the doorway grinning.

"Well, Al, I came here to tell you that we're nearly at Hogwarts and you should change into your robes, but it looks like all of you have. Oh," James said, noticing Elle. "Who are you?" She smiled, and said shyly,

"I'm Elle Turner. It's a pleasure to meet you. You must be Al's brother, James." If possible, his grin got even wider.

"Very observant friend you've got here, Al. Anyway, I think we'll be there in 5 minutes, so get ready!" He waved and left. Rose jumped up and down.

"Oh my God, I'm so excited! We're nearly at Hogwarts!" Elle's eyes sparkled with electricity and excitement. They chattered excitedly for a while until the train slowed to a stop. They looked out of the window and saw Hogwarts for the first time. They were all rendered speechless. It was magnificent. The stars shined above it like tiny pinpricks of gold. They clambered off the train, when suddenly they heard a gruff, friendly voice call out,

"Firs'-years! Firs-years over here!" Laughing, they walked towards the massive figure calling for them, who they knew was one of Ablus' Dad's best friends, Hagrid.

A/N: So... Yeah. Review please! It get more interesting soon, I promise ^.^ M'kay, bye!

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