Chapter 2

As soon as the train went behind the corner, kids stopped waving to their parents and went searching the train for an empty compartment. Alastair quickly found his baby sister and had her follow him to the compartment his friends and girlfriend had gotten.

Kaila (his girlfriend) got up from her seat and went to greet her boyfriend, but noticing Esme there, she backed off. "We should get going to the prefect's compartment." She gave Esme a look. "Why don't you run along and find your friends."

"Can I, Alastair? I want to find Cassara and tell her about my summer! Pretty please?" she gave him puppy dog eyes and a little pout. He opened the door and let her out. She smiled and gave him a hug before running off in search of her best friend, Cassara Malfoy.

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Draco guided his sister to his friends Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle and ordered Crabbe and Goyle to watch his "precious" little sister and said that if anything was to happen to her he would personally put them under the Curatious Curse and left to meet the other prefects. Little did he know, Cassara was already formulating a plan to escape the two thick headed idiots.

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Hermione and Ron had just left Ginny, Harry, Neville, and Luna. While the others went in search of a compartment, Ron and Hermione went to the prefect's car hoping to get the meeting over fast and get back to their friends.

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Prefect's Car

Alastair had been chosen as Head Boy for some unknown reason. He hadn't cared when he was a prefect, but now he had to actually do stuff. He also wasn't looking forward working with Miss. Ravenclaw Goody-Goody. Alexia Castico just got on his nerves. Sure, she was ok to look at, but it was all covered up by school robes. What a waste.

The two of them stood in front of the prefects reminding or telling them of their duties during the next term. At the end Alastair and Alexia's speech and a lot of eye rolling for Alexia's part, they handed out papers that told them who they would be patrolling with during the school year. Right now they just had the schedules until Christmas holidays. Dumbledore decided that it was important now of all times to work on inter-house unity. Some of the prefects were in for a big surprise.

Draco looked over the list. During the weekends he and Pansy would be patrolling the dungeons together. At least he only had to put up with her whining for 2 hours a week. Then he looked at his partner for the rest of the week. No way!

"Now if you have any problems with you're partners…" Alastair started. Several people started talking at once. It seemed Draco wasn't the only one with the problem. He even saw Weasel red in the face about something. "SHUT UP! As I was saying if you have a problem with your partners don't whine to me about them it was Dumbledore's decision and I can't change them, so get used to it! Now go find your friends and enjoy the train ride."

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Alastair and Kaila made their way to their compartment hoping for some alone time. But as soon as they opened the door, they found Kerry and Damien making out on one of the benches. Shrugging their shoulders, they sat down on the other side of the compartment and started to talk. After the tenth time Alastair had zoned out, Kaila noticed something up.

"What's with you?" She asked annoyed his attention wasn't on her.

"I found out something this summer," he sighed and turned to look out the window. Then he turned back to face Kaila again. "I found out I have a sister."

"Sweetie," she said trying not to laugh, "You know you have a sister. You've had one for almost 12 years."

He sighed in frustration again and noticed Kerry and Damien were listening too. Kerry was also trying to stifle her giggles. They probably thought he was losing it. "Not Esme. Another sister. A different one. My mother apparently had an affair with Esme's father before Father went to Azkaban. They had a baby girl and she was put up for adoption before my father even found out.

"Mum thinks that it's safe enough to find her now. She'd be a fifth year here and I'm supposed to help mum find her. I just can't believe mum went against dad's back like that. After he was sent to Azkaban with a life sentence I can understand, but not right under his nose."

"Stop brooding. We're almost to Hogwarts, get your robes on."

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Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Luna, Neville, and Ron's Compartment

The better part of the rest of the ride was used to explain to Hermione what the Order was. They told her the members and how they weren't even allowed in the meetings. Even so, Hermione was jealous. Soon the conversation shifted.

"So who's this Sarai Snape?" asked Hermione.

"Well actually it's Sarai Lestrange but she uses her maiden name. She's Snape's younger sister but they're total opposites. She actually has a heart! It kind of makes me feel bad for her," Ron answered her stuffing a chocolate frog in his mouth.

"Why's that?"

Harry answered for Ron who was still chewing, "Her parents wanted to keep her from this boy she was seeing who wasn't pureblood so they made an agreement for her to marry Rabastan Lestrange. She was forced to marry someone she hated and went against everything she stood for. She had a son, Alastair. But when the Lestranges were sent to Azkaban, she was able to fall in love with her-"

Ginny interrupted him, "-true love! It was such a sweet story! She and Remus were very happy together and no one could stop them! Then they had a daughter, Esmeralda. And she is the cutest thing ever!"

"You mean that woman was Alastair Lestrange's mother? And Esme is his sister? I feel bad for having to be related to that." If only she knew…

"Yeah, they're related, but Alastair takes after his father," Harry answered yet again. Then he came up with an interesting question. "Hermione was I imagining it or did Sarai stare at you funny?"

"Maybe she was staring at you; after all you are the boy who lived."

"Nah she's over that."

"Well maybe… you know what, we should get our uniforms on, were almost there."