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Hey! So this chapter was really fun! I'm excited for it but I don't have a lot to say so just enjoy!
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Chapter Two
Around half past twelve, a dimpled woman with a warm smile opened their compartment door.
"Anything off the cart, dears?"
Adeline jumped up, expecting to find Mars Bars, but found no such thing. Instead there was Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties, Licorice Wands, and many more stuff that she had never heard before so she bought some of everything along with two bottles of something called Pumpkin Juice. When she sat back down, Neville looked surprised.
"Do you want some?" Adeline asked and he looked shocked next.
"Really?"
"Yeah, that's what friends do. At least, I think they do." She held out a Cauldron Cake and a bottle of Pumpkin Juice. He smiled and took it.
"We're friends?"
"Only if you want to be." Adeline looked nervous and he nodded so she looked relieved. "I've never had a friend."
"Me neither." Adeline wanted to ask why but held her tongue, figuring it was private. So instead, they dug into the candy.
"These aren't real frogs, are they?" She asked as she held up a pack of a treat called Chocolate Frogs.
"No, it's just a spell. They come with trading cards too."
Adeline nodded and opened the pack. She took a bite before taking out the card. The man on the card had a long flowing white beard with matching hair, half-moon spectacles, and a crooked nose. Under the picture it read Albus Dumbledore. She canted her head and turned the card over to read what it said.
Albus Dumbledore
Currently Headmaster of Hogwarts
Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the Dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragons blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicolas Flamel. Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
"Dumbledore sounds like a strange man." Adeline said and Neville shrugged.
"People say he's the wisest wizard in the Wizarding World."
"He's gone!" Adeline said as she flipped the card over.
"Yeah, he wouldn't stay all the time. It could get boring." Adeline gaped at him. "I'm guessing pictures don't move in the muggle world."
"No, they don't." She shook her head and he nodded.
Just then a girl with bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth. She was already in her Hogwarts uniform and looked rather annoyed.
"Can I sit with you all? I was stuck with some girls who couldn't stop gossiping. It was rather irritating." Her voice was kind of bossy but also sounded hopeful. Adeline looked at Neville who shrugged so they agreed. "I'm Hermione Granger."
"Neville Longbottom."
"Adeline Potter."
"Are you really? Well I've read all about you. You're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Events of the Twentieth Century." Hermione said this all in one breath, leaving the two other eleven year olds with bemused expressions. Adeline had gotten an extra book when she went to Diagon Alley with Hagrid, The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts, and found the whole section about her ridiculous. She was just an average witch, nothing special.
"You know, I don't even remember what happened when Voldemort came-" Neville shivered at the name "-so the book that stated an 'interview' with me was not real."
"Oh." Hermione looked upset, considering how her face fell.
"But, just because it's not true doesn't mean all books are like that." Her face brightened at those words.
"Do you want some candy?" Neville asked and Hermione bit her lip before nodding hesitantly.
"My parents are dentists so they can't know." Hermione said as she grabbed a licorice wand and took a bite.
"Our lips are sealed. Right Neville?"
"What's a dentist?" He asked and Adeline giggled as Hermione explained. He nodded before taking a bite of a Cauldron Cake.
"Hey Neville, have you tried any spells yet?" Hermione asked after listening to Adeline and Neville talk about Quidditch.
"No, I haven't." His face fell and Adeline frowned.
"What's wrong Neville?" He looked indecisive at his friends question before sighing.
"Well my family thought I was a squib until my Great Uncle Algie, accidently dropped me out a window."
"What's a squib?" Adeline asked and Neville frowned.
"It's someone who was born to magical parents but have no magic themselves. The only difference they have from muggles is that they can see magical creatures and muggle repellant charms don't work on them."
"So your great uncle dropped you from a window?" Hermione sounded scandalized and Neville shrugged.
"Don't worry Neville, I bet you'll do fine." Adeline said with a smile and he returned it.
About half an hour later, the door slid open to reveal three boys. She recognized one as the boy from the robe store that reminded her of her bully cousin, Dudley. He was looking at her with interest.
"Is it true? They're saying all down the train that Adeline Potter is in this compartment. So it's you is it?"
"Yeah." She said curtly, noticing Neville's look at the sight of the kid. She glanced quickly at the other boys who looked mean and like they were the blonde kids body guards.
"Oh this is Crabbe and Goyle. And I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Hermione snorted and he looked at her. "Find my name funny?"
"No, it's just how you introduced yourself. Sounded like James Bond, right Adeline?" The girl nodded at her new friend's words, a smile on her face.
"James Bond? You're muggleborn." How he said it was like he was insulted by the very fact and Adeline frowned. Then Malfoy turned to Neville. "And you're a Longbottom, I'd recognize a squib anywhere."
Neville looked down and Adeline glared at Malfoy though he didn't seem to notice it.
"You'll find some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." He held out his hand to her and she stared at it before raising an eyebrow at him.
"I think I can figure out the wrong sort for myself, thanks." Adeline said in a positively icy voice.
"I'd be careful if I were you, Potter. Unless you're a bit politer you'll go the same way as your parents. They didn't know what was good for them either." Instead of angry, Adeline was sad. She looked at him blankly but inside she was screaming as she had just been thinking about her mum and dad so they were at the forefront of her mind. It was silent and then a trembling voice spoke.
"Get out of here Malfoy." It was Hermione who seemed very upset as she glared at him. "Get out before I make you get out."
"I'm not afraid of you." He scoffed but Adeline finally internally calmed down so she and Neville stood too. His arrogant expression wavered when he realized it was an even fight. He gestured to Crabbe and Goyle and they left.
"Well that was fun." Adeline said and they all laughed.
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Awesome! I like how different Hermione is introduced! Read and Review!