"Do you mind if we sit here? All the other compartments are full." The oldest smiled at the soon-to-be first year.

Kelsey tried to find her voice to answer him, but when that failed she shook her head, red lightly coloring her cheeks.

"Thank you," the oldest smiled. "I'm Charlie, Charlie Weasley. 6th year." he held out her his hand. "And you, love?"

Kelsey hesitantly took his hand. "K-Kelsey Scott." she said, quietly.

He shook her hand. "Good to meet you, Kelsey. Are you going into your first year?" he asked as the other three redheads got settled. The two older boys sat opposite her, and the two closest to her age—twins, Kelsey soon discovered—sat down next to her.

Kelsey nodded.

"Brilliant, hope you like it. Maybe you'll be in Gryffindor, my whole family has been so far."

"We'll be too!" the twins said in unison.

Charlie rolled his eyes. "I guess I should introduce my blokes of brothers. This is Percy," he put his hand on the shoulder of the boy next to him, and he nodded towards Kelsey. "And the two to the right of you are Fred and George."

Kelsey wasn't sure what to say, so she didn't say anything. Suddenly, the door to the compartment opened again; a tall dirty-blonde haired boy now in the doorway smiling at Charlie.

"Charlie! Been looking all over for you!"

"Well you found me, Tim."

"Come on mate, we have a spot open in our compartment."

"Well," Charlie said as he stood up, looking at his brothers. "Looks like I'm being summoned, boys." Kelsey didn't miss the look of relief he was trying to hide on his face. He grabbed his belongings before he turned back towards Kelsey.

"Good to meet you, Kelsey. You ever need help, feel free to come and find me. Well, bye all." Charlie smiled as he followed his friend out of the compartment.

Not even a minute after Charlie left, a young girl with long, curly brown hair was in the doorway looking at Percy.

"Hi Percy." she said.

"Penelope." Percy smiled.

"Um, we have extra room in our compartment. James is there too."

"Brilliant." he stood up, gathering his things as Charlie did, except the look on his face was clear that he was relieved to get away from his family. He looked over at Kelsey. "Good luck this year. Well, goodbye."

And then it was just the twins and Kelsey. She bit her lip, the air in the room suddenly making it hard for her to breathe.

The first thing the twins did was move to the opposite side of the compartment, giving themselves and Kelsey more room. She felt it was quiet for a very long time.

"I'm Fred, by the way." One of the twins finally said.

Kelsey looked up, glancing between the both of them.

"George." the other introduced himself, smiling slightly.

Okay…so the one on the left is Fred, the right is George. She tried to spot little differences so she could tell them apart in the future before she realized: would they even talk to each other after they got to Hogwarts?

"Do you have any more family members in the school?" Kelsey asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

"Nope." they said in unison.

"We have an older brother, Bill." Fred said.

"Already left the school though." George continued. "And then there's Ron and Ginny."

"They won't be here for a few more years."

Kelsey nodded slowly. 1.. 2….. 7 children? Kelsey blinked a few times, she had never heard of a family so large.

"So, um…" the boys fidgeted.

"Any more of your family in the school?" George asked, making conversation.

Kelsey shook her head. "I'm an only child. My family went here though."

"What houses were they in?" Fred asked.

"Well, my dad was in Gryffindor and my mum was in Ravenclaw."

"Gryffindor." They smirked at each other. "That's where we'll be."

"Why do you want to be in Gryffindor?"

They rolled their eyes. "We wouldn't be a Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin."

"Not smart," Fred shrugged.

"Not…evil." George shuttered.

"And certainly not a Hufflepuff." They finished in unison like they started.

Kelsey fidgeted, moving to look out the window. What if she wasn't sorted into Gryffindor? Then she'd really have no friends.

Wait—was she friends with these boys? She barely knew them…

As she watched the scenery pass by, she thought of Uncle Moony. Aunt Beth. Her mother.

The boys had started talking to each other, which Kelsey was thankful for. Her mum was a very touchy subject. She rustled around her bad until she finally found the picture of her and her mother. Kelsey had just turned five back then and she remembered going to her Aunt Beth's to have a mini-party. It was the last picture that was taken of her mother before she disappeared.

"What house do you think you'll be in?"

Kelsey blinked as the world slowly faded in around her. How long had she been staring at the picture?

She gave the question some thought. Her dad and her godfather were both in Gryffindor, her mother ended up in Ravenclaw, and her godmother a Hufflepuff. The way Kelsey saw it, she would end up in any of the houses but Slytherin. However, her father's family was all in Slytherin…
"…I don't know." she finally answered. "I don't know much about the houses myself, actually. And based on my family history, it's hard to tell."

The twins shrugged. "It would be great if you were in Gryffindor, though."

"Why do you guys keep saying that? Why does it matter so much?" Kelsey was getting to be a bit irritated, though she tried not to show it.

"The people in your house become like…your family." Fred started. "You're always with them.

"'Course you have other classes with other houses," George also said. "but you're still not with them as much as your house."

Kelsey tried to fully take in what Fred and George were saying, but it didn't make any sense to her. They were stating facts about the houses, not why they wanted her to be in Gryffindor.

"I still don't understand why being in Gryffindor is so important."

"Well, that's where we'll be." Fred said.

"And?"

"…well, it'd be nice to have a friend in our house." George looked down, smiling, embarrassed. Fred looked out the window, trying to hide his face as well.

Then everything clicked inside Kelsey's head.

"Oh. So…we're friends?" she questioned herself.

The twins looked up at her and laughed. She moved back in her seat, looking at the floor, herself now the embarrassed one.

"Of course." They said, a smile etched on each of their faces.

"And, for a special offer," George started.

"Presented by yours truly," Fred continued.

"We promise not to prank you,"

"Like we will with the rest of Hogwarts."

"Especially Slytherin." They finished together, a look of excitement and evilness in their eyes.

Kelsey blinked and then let out a giggle. She stopped as soon as it started though.

When was the last time she had laughed?

Fred and George were very confused with the girl who had abruptly laughed, then stopped.

"Were you laughing at us?" George asked.

Kelsey, once again, shook her head back into reality. "Sorry? Oh yeah." She smiled. "I find you guys to be very…interesting." She let out a small giggle again, liking how it felt.

The twins looked at each other for a moment, then shrugged.

"I guess that's alright with us." They smiled.

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