A Letter 2 Years Late

Chapter 1 - The Train Ride

I sat in a compartment alone staring out the window at the passing fields and land. I didn't know if I was excited or scared. Suddenly showing up in my supposedly 3rd year? Everyone would already be friends. I never even went to a wizarding school before. In fact, I wasn't told that I was a wizard until recently. I twirled my long chestnut hair nervously around my finger, only unwinding it when the tip of my finger turned purple. I then heard the compartment door slide open taking me out of my train of thought.

"Hi, is it okay if we sit with you? Every where else is full." said a sweet voice with a perfect British accent. I turned to look at her and saw she had amazing hair, a chocolate brown with a slight hint of red, that fell in loose waves down her back. She had light hazel eyes, glasses framing them. She was quite petite, the same height as me, with a slender body, small waist and had an adorable little face with raspberry pink lips and dimpled chubby cheeks. Now that I think of it, she looked a lot like Hermione Granger from the movies....

"Sure..." I said slowly, not sure whether I trusted her or not.This girl was obviously very pretty, and in novels, the only time popular and pretty girls notice you are when they're there to taunt and tease you.Two girls walked in behind the first one, and while they were settling in, I quickly checked my reflection in the window, inspecting my straight hair pulled into a high cheerleader-esque ponytail, and checking to see if I had any food on my face or in my teeth. I didn't bother to see if my makeup smudged because I wasn't wearing any. The one with the wavy hair spoke up once she had her stuff safely packed away.

"Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Rose Granger." She smiled at me charmingly and held her hand out. I shook it and smiled back timidly.

"I'm Tressa Bae." I said in a small and sweet voice, cringing when I realized my Canadian accent stood out painfully obviously. I turned to the other girls.

"My name is Stellar Lovegood." Said the girl with beautiful jet-black hair. It was curled seemingly naturally into huge corkscrews and had dark magenta streaks. She was skinny but not like a twig.

Her oval face had soft features but there wasn't any baby fat present. Her silvery eyes stood out against her ivory-pale skin instead of simply blending in. Her outfit consisted of dark and flowy clothing, and I decided her outfit was a lot like a Tim Burton Alice style.

"And I'm Lilith Emrys." Said the last girl in a bored tone. She had tousled black hair, flowing down her back in soft waves, a fair skin tone and pretty electric green eyes. She wasn't as short as Rose but she was definitely shorter than Stellar, with a willowy figure and long legs for her height.

"So why haven't I seen you around before? Are you new?" Stellar asked curiously.

I froze. That was my most dreaded question. I wished she asked me something else. Anything else. I had to think quick., there was no way that I was going to tell the the whole story. Apparently the discomfort was apparent on my face since Rose slaps Stellar on the arm.

"Stellar! That was so rude! We just met the poor girl, you can't be so blunt!" Rose exclaims."I'm so sorry, she didn't mean to pry into your personal business. You don't have to answer if you don't want to, right?!" The last word she says comes out in a hiss, and Stellar mumbles out a quick "right".

I smile at the antics, remembering nostalgically how this was how I had acted around my friends in Canada.

"Um well, that's okay...I don't really mind..... yeah... I used to go to another school back in Canada before I moved here. My parents thought this school is better." Technically true, I did go to school in Canada, I just didn't specify whether it was a muggle school or not. And besides, I couldn't go back to my old school knowing I was a un-trained witch, and completely ignoring the sweet little owl who sent me my acceptance letter.