I felt nice today, so here's a chapter ahead of time:)
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I jumped up and stretched out my hand to the girl, who was rubbing her head, making her light, long, shiny blonde hair shake. When she looked up and noticed my hand, she took it and stood up, smoothing out her skinny jeans.
"Sorry, didn't mean to bump into you." I apologized once I had let go.
She didn't look at me at first. She was looking at the window, fixing her hair. When she turned around, I noticed she was really pretty, and that she had nice light blue eyes, almost gray.
"It's totally fine. I, like, wasn't looking where I was going either, 'cause I was checking out my reflection in the windows." She stopped and began to to look in the glass "It's like a mirror, but it's not. It's a window."
The impression I immediately got from her was 'dumb blonde'. I didn't necessarily mean to judge, but it was an easy conclusion to come to. The girl didn't seem that bad though. Slow, but nice. Clever, but not bright.
She turned back around to face me and her eyes widened, letting the lock of her hair she had in her fingers fall.
"Wow. You're like, totally pretty. No joke. Maybe even in my level of pretty. Or higher. So I'm OK with us being friends. And your hair! Oh my Merlin, it's so dark and silky!" She exclaimed, grabbing some of my hair and bringing it closer to my face
In efforts of not laughing at her outbursts, I stuck my hand out again and smiled.
"I'm Vanice Crypton." I said when she shook my hand.
"Lydia Serpance." She replied, returning the smile.
Serpance? Serpance, Serpance... That name seemed really familiar, and come to think of it, my Father might have mentioned it to me in several occasions...
She let go off my hand and tilted her head at my sudden silence. Then it clicked.
"Are you related to Reverend Serpance?" I asked her.
"He's like, my Daddy. My Mummy is Adelaide Serpance."
"I know you Father! He works with mine at the Ministry of Magic!" I exclaimed happily.
"Oh! Is your Daddy, um...Xavier Crypton?" She asked me, putting her finger to her chin.
I nodded my head, smiling. I knew that Reverend had a daughter, but I had never met her. Mother mentioned her once, and that was when she was telling me the Pureblood family trees. She was related to the Malfoy's, on Lucius' side and her line of family was almost as powerful as mine.
"Hey, do you like, have somewhere to sit?" Lydia asked me, bringing me back to reality.
"Not really. That's why I was walking around." I admitted, putting my hands in my sweater pockets.
"Oh my Merlin, you can totally sit with us!" She exclaimed, jumping up and clapping her hands.
She snatched my hand and began to pull me deeper into the train, humming a song and grinning ear to ear.
"Us?" I managed to say, trying to keep up with her pace.
Abruptly, she stopped and giggled.
"Oh," she giggled again, "By us, I like, mean me, my cousin and his two friends."
I nodded slowly, and before I could respond, she pulled me again, eventually stopping at a door in the middle of the train. Letting go off my hand, she hastily began to knock on it.
"Dracey! Let us in! Goyle! Crabbe!" She called out, cupping her hand over her mouth.
"Dracey...?" I mumbled in question.
The door slid open and a boy with light blonde hair and gray eyes stood on the other side, wearing an annoyed expression.
"Lydia, I told you not to call me Dracey, and the lady with the cart already passed, so you missed-"
He stopped talking and glanced at me, blinked twice, turned back to Lydia, then back again to me.
"Vanice?" He said, tilting his head.
"Hey! How do you know that was her name? That's like, totally freaky." Lydia whispered, walking into the cabin and giving us a confused glare.
"Because we've met before." Draco and I answered, smirking.
Lydia nodded absently and sat down across from Crabbe and Goyle, who were happily munching on some Cauldron Cakes. Lydia helped herself to some Chocolate Frogs and leaned against the window, watching the parents pack and the rest of the students get onboard.
"I guess you were right about the goodbye thing." Draco chuckled, closing the door.
"Yeah, I just get that feeling." I said, giving Crabbe and Goyle a smile.
They smiled back, then quickly began to shift through their pockets. Surprisingly, the sound of a croak was heard. The boys snickered and pulled out a green toad from Goyle's jeans, putting it on the table and giving us triumphant grins.
Before we could question it, the train lurched forward and began to chug. I looked out the window and saw my Mother standing next to Narcissa and a woman who seemed to have the same hair, eyes and facial features as Lydia. Joyfully, I waved to Mother and she waved back. Then she tapped the necklace she had and mouthed the words, 'Don't Forget'. I nodded obediently, and waved to Narcissa and the woman. They politely waved back, then waved at Draco and Lydia, who were looking out the window on either sides of me.
"Well, what wands did you get?" Asked Draco, falling down in the seat next to me.
"Ten Inches, Yew, Dragon Heartstring." I answered, taking it out of my sweater pocket. "You?"
"Ten Inches, Hawthorne and Unicorn." He said nonchalantly.
The conversations we had were idle, and most of the time, we were snacking on the gigantic stack of sweets Draco bought. At one point, I had stuffed so many Chocolate Frogs in my mouth, I had partly choked.
"That was gross." Lydia mumbled, brushing her hair with her fingers.
I wa about to reply when a loud knocking came from the door, and it slid open. A chubby boy who looked like was crying for some time was standing next to a girl with obnoxiously unruly and curly honey hair. Her hands were at her hips and she had a determined look in her eye. She peeked her head inside the cabin and glanced around, than gave a loud sigh and looked at us.
"By any chance, have you seen a toad? Neville's lost his." She said in a bossy tone.
My eyes flickered to Goyle and Crabbe, who were trying to stuff the toad they had back into their pocket.
"Neville?" Lydia and I repeated, sitting up and eyeing her.
She thrust he thumb at the boy next to her, then came into the cabin, sticking her hand out to me.
"I'm Hermione. Hermione Granger. I like your Muggle clothes." She complimented, giving me a warm smile.
I stared at her hand, then at her.
"Vanice Crypton. Now, I haven't seen any toad, but if I do, I'll be sure to...inform you. Have a good ride." I said, ignoring her hand and giving both of them a wave.
She was really arrogant. I knew it, no need to judge. Honestly, she thought she could just barge in here and pretend to be at my level of stature? Her surname didn't even ring a bell.
I could hear Draco, Goyle, Lydia and Crabbe trying to stifle laughs, but Hermione apparently didn't because she gave me a confused smile then walked out, closing the door.
As soon as the door clicked, we all burst into laughter.
"What a sap!" Goyle exclaimed slapping his knee.
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One of the new OC's has been introduced! She is in fact Draco's cousin, and is on Lucius' side of the family. Think I mentioned that already... Oh well.
•Q for the chapter...
-What would your boggart be?
See you guys next chapter! :D