Swati sat in his compartment. They were still in London, but about to leave. He has already missed his family. He sighed when somebody opened the door to his compartment.

"Hey, sorry to bother you, but do you have any free spots?" asked the boy with black hair.

"Yeah, they are empty," Swati answered and smiled at the boy.

Maybe a new friend, he said to himself. The boy smiled and turned to alley.

"Let's get in," he said to someone as he entered the compartment and fitted himself against Swati. After him came in girl and sat next to the boy.

"I'm Neville, Neville Longbottom by the way and this is my childhood friend Teri Noeter," the boy introduced himself and his friend.

"I'm Swati Stenran, nice to meet you," smiled at them and they nodded in agreement.

"Swati? A bit weird name, don't you think?" said Teri with interest in her voice.

"Yeah, but I like it, it is weird and I am the only one with it and that part is awesome about it," answered Swati as he chuckled. Neville laughed while Teri grinned.

"You must get that a lot, don't you, about your name," Neville asked.

"Yeah, but I don't really care, I like it, that is what is important, right?" Duo nodded and smiled at him.

"So you guys are looking forward to learning about magic?" he asked the duo.

"Yeah, I can't wait for classes to start, it will be good to be finally able to do some magic, being the youngest is hard," answered Teri.

"Yeah, being the youngest in the family is hard, but being the only one that can't cast some curses sucks," added Neville.

"So I take it you guys are from those pure-blooded families?"

"Yeah, but pure-blood stuffs sucks, only those so called 'elites' care about it, but rest is ok with it," Swati nodded that he understood.

"The reason is, that most of the best wizards and witches have ties to Muggle families," continued Neville.

"Totally, which is kinda sad. One would think when you came from a long line of wizards and witches you will be quite powerful, but mostly the opposite is true," Teri agreed and gave Swati small smile and he returned it.

"Yeah, so just stay away from those 'elites' and your life will be much more happier," said Neville and closed the small discussion about this topic.

"Cool, I guess I will stick to you guys like glue, cause you are damn cool," Swati gave them a big smile. Duo beamed at him. Swati asked a bit more about Hogwarts and magic. He knew a lot of stuff from his Sensei, but it was always good to have someone to talk to about this topic. Teri explained what Quidditch was and how to play it. He was interested in this, cause he didn't think that magic world had its own sports. Teri named few of professional teams and told him bit about them. He decided to cheer for same team as Teri and Neville. They lent him a magazine about the team and another one about Quidditch in general. He decided to read them later.

Time has passed and a trolley with snack arrived. They bought Pumpkin Pasties, Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. They spent another hour comparing what kind of flavour they got. Teri tasted clay, bread, sprouts and to her biggest disgust, a slime. Neville was lucky. He got asphalt, butter, yogurt and apple. Swati snickered at Teri who, if she could, would strangled him, cause he kept saying that she got luck of a troll. Swati was interested in what he would get. To his disappointment, he only got normal flavours such as strawberries, lemon, etc. He pouted for few moments, while Teri and Neville laughed at him. They ate the rest of their snacks and continued their talks.

Their next discussion was about houses. Each of them stated, that they would like to be in Gryffindor. Swati said he would like to be there, cause he thinks he is kind of brave. He told them how he once broke into a shop during one cold fall night so he could hide himself and get something to eat. Though he didn't state the last half of the sentence. It worked well, until he woke up owner's dog. So he got busted. Neville himself wasn't quite sure why, but he was also thinking about Ravenclaw, cause his parents came from those two houses. Teri didn't really care where she would end up, as long as it is not Slytherin. They also wondered how they would be sorted. It appears their families didn't tell them how it is done, which scared Neville a bit. Teri came up with Troll Wrestling. Both boys laughed at this and she gave them a warm smile. Swati though about some kind of quiz or test in magic. Neville said he really didn´t care, as long there was no Troll Wrestling.

As hours passed, Swati started to feel attracted to the duo. He knew them for only few hours, but he was happy. He liked them a lot. He could see Neville becoming his best friend. But he decided not to hurry anything. Take it nice and slow.
Don't blow this up, Swati! he thought for himself.

Suddenly doors to their compartment opened.

"Hey did you see a boy with the same red hair as mine, but much younger?" asked boy with red hair and with badge on his chest with letter P, as in prefect.

"Sorry, but I didn't," answered Swati. Duo nodded in agreement and the prefect sighed.

"It's ok, but you guys should get changed into robes, we will arrive at Hogwarts in an hour or so," said prefect and left.

"So, how do you guys want to do it?" asked Neville.

"Do what?"

"Changing clothes," Neville blushed a bit.

"Me and Neville will step out of compartment, and you can change, curtains will be retracted," said Swati and Neville nodded in agreement. So they left and leaned against wall.

"So how long do you two know each other?" asked Swati, while Neville was playing with a tie.

"Since four, I think, we kinda don't care about it," answered Neville while he was trying to tie a tie around his neck.

"Wau, that is a long time for sure," Swati smiled in amazement.

"I don't really know, I find it normal," shrugged.

"Hmm, well, still it is kinda cool," smiled Swati.

Neville beamed at him. "Thanks."

After a while the door has opened, and Teri let them in, while she stepped out. They changed quickly and found them self sitting once again. This time Teri forced Neville to sit next to Swati. They were literally confused, until she has taken her shoes off and put her legs on the seats and leaned against the window. She turned her head and she noticed the boys looking at her, their faces full of confusion.

"What?" she asked. They looked at each other. And started laughing for no reason.

"I am glad I met you guys," Swati told them after awhile.

"Why?"

"I was partly expecting this trip to be boring, but you made it awesome," Swati said with a big smile on his face. They smiled back.

"Also I wanted to thank you."

"What for?" asked Neville and looked at Teri.

"For thinking my name is weird but not my hair," added and pointed to his light blue hair. (! )

"I hope there is some kind of story behind the colour?" Teri pleaded secretively.

"Yup, there is," Swati looked at Teri, who was focusing her eyes at his hair.

"They are quite cool," she added and Neville agreed, for the same reason. Train started to slow down. Trio smiled at each other. They were told to leave their luggage in the train, that it would be taken to the castle.

Swati, Teri and Neville were one of the first to get off the train. They looked around amazed. When the rest of the students got off, somebody screamed.

"First years! First years! Gather here!" Trio shrugged and moved to the origins of the voice. They found a huge man, almost as big as a giant.

"You all?" asked the giant and looked around.

"Now listen you lot, you will move in a group towards the docks and get on, four people in one boat, no more no less, got it? If anyone does something stupid, I will personally kick you of the grounds!" they all gulped and silently followed the giant. They arrived and got on the boats. Luckily they were together, with another kid, who had blond hair and was a bit pale.

"Who the hell he thinks he is? Ordering use around as he pleases," muttered the boy.

"I guess he was instructed by professors to do so," answered Swati.

"Don't care, he is just some random servant after all," Swati rolled his eyes and looked up as they were coming closer to the castle. His eyes widened and his mouth hanged open, in a perfect O. They started to changed into a big smile as he got better view at the castle. It was big. That was Swati´s first impression. He just couldn't keep take his eyes off it out of fear, that the castle would just disappear and he would wake up from a dream. This was something new, and so far, the best choice he has ever made.

And here we go, chapter 2. Hope you will enjoy it.

And yes. I added another OC.

Teri Noeter. It is read like this: Teri Nouiter. And I quite like her character, she will get a bit more screen time in next chapters.

So, I would be thankful for some review, I would like to know, what you guys think about this setting and story.

Yours truly
Nariem