-Ephemeral- [Hermione Granger]

Chapter one

Astrid ran until she was breathless and tired. "Astrid!" the girl's brother shouted worriedly from the train. "Coming!" she shouted back as she ran towards the train. She quickly slid through the train doors as she bumped into her brother.

Her clothes stuck to her skin due to the sweat that was developing on her skin with the passing time. The girl groaned as she leaned up against a wall. "Merlin. I ran for like 10 minutes," Caelum scoffed with a smile as he urged his sister to follow him. "Hurry up, we have to find Draco's annoying ass."

"Hold on- Let me just-" She took a deep breath while crouching down and holding onto her knees for support before continuing. "Catch my breath."

Astrid shuffled behind her brother, as he can be seen hurriedly strolling down the train as the train started to move. The train was full of kids. Each compartment had at least five or six kids inside it, and it made Astrid feel nostalgic due to the stories Draco would talk about when he came back from Hogwarts.

The tall girl couldn't get that huge grin off her face since it was her and Caelum's first time going to Hogwarts. For their first and second years, due to some issues, they had to get home-schooled by their aunt Narcissa, but it wasn't like Astrid hated it. She liked it, but she also wanted to experience school; she wanted to experience Hogwarts.

Every time Draco came back from Hogwarts during break, he would talk about how cool and nice Hogwarts is. There wasn't a time when he didn't mention the subject. Astrid was happy for him but also envied it.

The twins continued their stroll down the compartment as they finally found the platinum-haired boy. He was sitting inside the compartment with his legs and arms crossed as he looked out the window. Caelum grinned beside his sister as he slid the compartment door roughly open. "Hey, dear cousin,"

"Finally, I thought you guys didn't make it to the train," Draco said smugly but the hint of worry was hinted in his voice as he took his eyes off the window and focused on his cousins. Astrid scoffed as she and her sibling got comfortable inside the compartment.

They took off their extra layers and placed them beside themselves. The compartment was silent until something came into Astrid's mind as she crossed her legs and started a conversation with Draco. "You play Quidditch, right?" she asked her cousin curiously as Caelum perked up at the word Quidditch.

"Yeah, what about it? You plan on joining?" Draco asked as he uncrossed his long legs and focused on his cousin. "Of course! Who wouldn't? I plan on being a chaser with Caelum," Astrid brought up her sibling, who only hummed. Astrid had thought about joining the team ever since she started playing back at the Malfoy manor's small quidditch field, and it made her more eager to join and actually experience a real match. Sometimes the two siblings would stay awake and talk about different kinds of things they would do at the big Quidditch field at Hogwarts.

"Good luck. If you end up being Slytherin, of course," Draco took a pause. "They're quite fierce if you ask me," the boy commented on his house while he thought about the different kids that might sign up to be Chasers. 

"By the way, can we go somewhere else? I'm bored," Caelum insisted as he yawned and slumped back into his seat. "I know where we can head." Draco smirked, and God knew he was up to no good.

~

The three pure-bloods walked further down the train as Draco kept alert, looking for some kids to mess with. "Where are we going again?" Caelum asked curiously, looking around the train. "You guys know the three kids I used to talk about?" Draco asked. Of course, the twins knew. When Draco talked about Hogwarts, he would talk about the famous Harry Potter and his friends. He talked about how much trouble they caused around the school and the way they thought that they were the most superior in the school, and Astrid hated people like that. Draco always warned the twins to not get close to or approach them anyhow or anyway, and Astrid took a mental note of that.