Angie Weasley

On the Train

I walk into the train after saying goodby to Mum. It is huge. It has this long hallway with a couple dozen compartments to either side. How am I supposed to choose who to sit next to? I see all sorts of people. Some my age and some older. I don't know who to sit with. My brain is a flurry of excitement and confusion. I see a blond girl sitting by herself in the compartment to my right. She looked awfully lonely. I slide into the seat across from her.
"Hi I am Angie what's your name?" I say. She is suddenly alert, she must not have noticed me sitting down.
"Uh. Hi. I'm Daisy, Daisy Parkinson," she says. The train starts moving. We are silent for the about next thirty seconds and then she asks, "What house do you think you'll get into?"
"Gryffindor. My whole family has been in Gryffindor since the very first Weasley."
"Oh, so you're a Weasley? I've heard of them. But my mum has always told me to stay away from Gryffindors. I am Slytherin bound."
"My mum has always told me to say away from Slytherins, but you seem ok." I say, matter-of-factly The sweets cart pulls up to our compartment. There are tons and tons of sweets piled high. I select a chocolate frog and a box of every flavored jelly beans. I think it would be a good game to play on the train ride. When I sit down, I open the box of beans and take one out. It is a yellowish-orangish color so I think it's toffe. I eat it and wrinkle my nose. It's earwax. Gross.
Daisy sits down across from me with piles of sweets that I can't even name. "Are you going to eat all that?" I ask.
          "Of course I am! I ordered it, spent three Galleons on it, why wouldn't I eat it all!"
          "All that was only three galleons! Wow maybe I should've gotten more," I say looking down at my selection of sweets. The trusts was that I didn't have three gallons and I have never even seen that much money in any one of my family members hands. The rest of the train ride we took turns tasting the beans and eating the sweets. Was I scared that she was a Slytherin? No, in fact I was not. I had no paranoia about anyone, pure bloods, half bloods, muggle borns, Slytherins or Gryffindor. When I looked at a person all I saw was a person. After we had changed into our robes (I chose ones without the Gryffindor label because it was sorting day) and ate all of the sweets, the train slowed and stopped. We were there!
          "Firs' years this way!" I hear a deep, gruff voice call from the crowd. I follow the sound of the voice to this tall man. Ok, he isn't just tall, he was giant. He led us down this small hill to a lake with boats resting atop the water. "Alrigh' everyone get in a bou' now. Pick one person to ride with."
          "Angie! Can I ride with you?" I see Daisy approaching me with a hopeful look on her face. I don't really want to disappoint her, I mean we did have a fun time on the train... but I am supposed to be a Gryffindor and Gryffindors are not supposed to ride in boats with enemy Slytherins. Oh what the heck, she is my friend... or at least I think she is. I have heard that Slytherins are supposed to be cunning and mean was she just trying to manipulate me? Or was she actually trying to make friends with one of us Muggle-Loving Weasley's?
"Sure, I'll ride with you, let's get in this one," I finally made up my mind. We choose a boat and sit down in it.
"Alrigh' let's get on with it then. I spect' most of yeh know how to ride a bou' already, eh?"
"Of course we know how to ride a boat," I hear a mutter behind me. "That stupid old oaf," I look behind me to find that the source of that voice was a pudgy platinum-blond boy. He was nudging the tall boy in the boat with him, whispering, and pointing at me. I turn back around. They don't concern me, there's going to be bullies wherever you go. Especially for me because I am a Weasley and, even though I am a pure-blood, we are associated with muggles, so most pure-bloods hate us.
Bobbing up and down, we row along silently for the rest of the ride. We had talked enough on the train.

*****************************
Thanks for reading! Please comment and tell me what you think. 😄
Also comment in which house you are in! I am in Huffelpuff!