The Black Sheep

Chapter 2

"why do we have to take her with us?" I heard Percy whine once again, he had whined about me the entire time "now be nice Percy" "yeah we wouldn't want her to hear how much you hate her" the twins joked which made a small smile creep onto my face "be nice to her Percy" the oldest of the brothers William or Bill as he asked me to call him warned his younger brother, "I truly am the black sheep here huh?" I joked with the twins, "I just think we need to dye your hair then you can be our third" George said while walking up to my left "maybe some freckles as well" Fred spoke and we all laughed, I had gotten close to the twins who were starting their first year together with me, we had been joking around driving their mom Molly, very sweet woman by the way, insane to the point where she just gave up, I already missed Regulus but I wouldn't admit it "okay now here we are" we arrived at a pillar and I knew we had to run through it to get to the Hogwarts express "now (Y/N) you-" "just have to run through it" I interrupted Molly and smirked slightly "you really have taken after Regulus" she heartily laughed and told me to go.

the steam from the train was hard to see through first but soon cleared up, "a simple spell really" George spoke to his brother while running through the pillar "you're not turning my hair red, then I would have to change my name too" I half warned and half-joked with a smirk plastered on my face "oh come on sis" Fred says while throwing one of his arms around my shoulders "you would be the sister we never got" I guess they haven't seen their mom coming up behind us "you have a sister!" she spoke in her scolding voice while holding Ginny close and Ron on the other side of her "yeah but our twin sister we never got" "George count heads" it took him a while to understand and just did as I said and started to count as many heads as possible "triplets you idiot your triplet sister not twin" I interrupted and everyone who heard me started laughing, both the twins looked dumbfounded as the train whistle could be heard by everyone, the older students started to walk into the train and suddenly was I dragged unto the train by bill and Charlie, they sat me down in a Gryffindor kupé and the twins followed while percy went on his mary way somewhere else.

as I looked around I saw the redwood with gold decorations "would you guys hate me if I end up in Slytherin" I looked at the twins as they both shook their heads "why would we?" "yeah you're still yourself, as long as you don't turn evil" we all talked and laughed on the way to the station in Hogsmead. "first years this way!" I looked up at the enormous human, I knew it was Hagrid I had met him in Ollivander's, no idea what he did in there but he was there talking to the old man, "oh (Y/N) you have to go with the older students and Mcgonnagall is going to see if you're alright" yep I knew this was coming so I did as I was told, sat in a carriage with Thestrales, nobody could see them of course, but I could I had read about them, only someone who had seen and remembered death could see them, I sat with some Slytherin students I didn't know and just stared at the Thestrals "fascinating isn't it? they drive by themselves" I turned to a brown-haired boy seemed like he was in his second year "they don't" I simply said and turned back to studying the creatures as I heard the boys stifle some laughs "oh yeah? is there maybe something out in the front that you can see? imaginary friends maybe?" with a heavy sigh and rolling my eyes I turned to him "no but there is Thestrales out in the front, what's your name?" he looked confused and the other boys tried to see the creatures, "Flint, Ares Flint" he said proudly "so like the greek god?" I smiled not wanting to create enemies just yet "exactly the god of war" "I'm Andromeda" I didn't know where that name came from but it reminded me of something he looked at me weird for a moment "you're a Black aren't you? so it would be Andromeda the 2nd" I was taken aback from him seeing through me so easily and I simply just nodded "that explains why you are here even though you're a first-year, they probably want to check if you're like your father, it's Sirius isn't it?" again I just nodded and looked down, "I hope you go into Slytherin despite your father not going there, but he came around I guess, just a cover-up, he is smart of what I've heard" the boys kept talking as if I wasn't there and we reached Hogwarts and an older witch came over to us and asked me to follow her, I nodded to the boys as a farewell and followed her up some stairs and into a small room where people from the ministry were waiting they immediately took my wand to see if I had used it, of course, I hadn't been that stupid, they were looking for a reason to say I couldn't attend Hogwarts like everyone else my age, but finally they stopped deemed me safe and alowed me to go out and join the rest of the first-years, "where were you?" George asked when I joined them "I'm safe" I replied and they had to stifle their laughs at how casual I said it.