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Serena sat down at an empty table in the parlor of the Leaky Cauldron and pulled out her new book of advanced potions. She was in the middle of reading an invisibility potion when she heard a voice from behind her. “Excuse me, but what are you reading?” Serena turned and saw a girl with curly brown hair. Serena lifted the book to reveal the cover and replied, “Advanced Potions.”
The girl’s eyes widened with curiosity as she sat down at the table. “My name’s Hermione Granger, you must be the new exchange student I’ve heard about,”
“Heard about? What do you mean?”
“Well, A friend of ours works at Hogwarts and he told us about a new student in our grade from France, he wasn’t kidding,”
“Oh, well, my name is Serena,”
“Pleasure, would you like to come sit with us? I could use someone to talk to about school work,” she said pointing over to a booth with two boys, one with red hair, and the other with black hair and glasses. “Sure,” Serena smiled and gathered her book and her belongings and followed Hermione.
“Hey you two, this is Serena. Serena, this is Ron and Harry. Ron, the red head, put down his chocolate frog card and nodded. “Pleased to meet you, has Hermione tortured you with her talk of school subjects yet?” he grinned. Hermione turned and glared at him. “She’s the exchange student, and she should know about the school.” Ron interrupted Hermione’s speech, “Really! Can you speak any French to us?” Serena laughed. “What would you like me to say?” Ron thought for a moment. “How do you say…Hermione studies to much?” he said finally. “Hermione aime etudier,” Ron laughed and Serena leaned over and whispered to Hermione. “I actually said, ‘Hermione likes to study,’” she smiled and sat down beside Harry, who seemed quiet. Serena sat beside Ron and almost immediately Hermione started talking about school. “So, Serena, you haven’t been sorted yet have you?” she asked. “No, they said they would sort me when I got to Hogwarts,” she said. “That would be embarrassing, being sorted with all the first years,” Ron muttered. “Not really, I don’t embarrass easy,” she smiled.
They sat there talking for a while, and she learned a lot about her new friends. She learned that Ron had a younger sister, and 5 older brothers, one of which he doesn’t claim. Serena asked him why but he said it was a long story. Harry and Hermione are the only children in their family. “Are your parents here too?” she asked the three of them. “My parents are over at Gringotts, trying to figure out how much money we’ve got.” Ron looked down and sighed. Serena had also learned of Ron’s financial situation. “My parents are over there,” Hermione said pointing over at the table by the door. Hermione’s parents were Muggles, but Serena held nothing against her. She looked over at Harry expecting him to answer, but he didn’t. “My parents are in France,” she said. “Then are you here by yourself?” Harry said. She smiled slightly at the fact that he was trying to talk to her. “No, I’m here with my uncle,” she then remembered that she was supposed to meet him here at 6:30. She looked over at the front door and sure enough, in walked her uncle. “Wonder what Snape’s doing here, he never goes into town unless he has to,” Harry said. “Don’t know, he looks like he’s looking for something though,” Ron said. Serena recalled the look on Draco’s face when he found out she was related to their Potion’s teacher. “Um, it was nice meeting you all! I have to be going now,” Serena stood up and grabbed her things. “Oh, nice meeting you as well, look for us tomorrow at the King’s Cross station, okay?” Hermione said. “All right, goodbye!” Serena turned and headed towards her uncle. He spotted her and nodded, heading towards the stairs. She followed him and then dropped her stuff in the room she was staying in. “Well, looks like you’ve finished your supply list,” Severus said. “Yes, I got this too,” she held up her book of Advanced Potions. “Impressive. Let’s hope you can handle my class, Serena.” She smiled. “I’m sure I can.”
“I’ll be next door if you need anything,” he turned and shut the door behind him.
Serena collpased in a heap on the bed with her new book and started to read about the history of potions. At around 8:30 she had almost dozed off when she heard a knock at the door. She got up and opened the door to find her uncle. “Serena, I’ve been told that I have to get to the school early tomorrow, so you will need to go without me to Hogwarts. I’ve told one of my students to go with you to the station tomorrow morning, his name is Draco Malfoy,” he said. Serena rolled her eyes. “Now, Serena, you can handle yourself, I know, but I just don’t want you traveling alone. You will need to meet him in the parlor at eight in the morning,” he said. “Okay, uncle, but where do I go once I get to Hogwarts?” she asked. “Wait outside the Great Hall until you are called, you’ll know how to get there, everyone goes there once they have arrived,” her uncle sighed, “It’s late, get ready for bed soon,” he said. “Goodnight, Uncle,” she smiled. Severus stood there for a moment then replied, “Goodnight, Serena,” and shut the door. Serena smiled sympathetically. She knew that her uncle had some joy inside of him somewhere in his heart, but he was too ashamed and afraid to show it. Maybe even that horrible Draco had a soul.
She pulled back the blankets and curled up and blew out the candle that was beside her bed. She instantly fell asleep, dreaming of the days to come at Hogwarts.
Serena awoke slowly the next day and heard voices from down the hall of students getting ready. She rolled out of bed and got dressed in her new robes. She picked up her trunk full of things and headed downstairs to meet up with Draco. He was standing down by the door with his belongings and looking around. He then spotted Serena and scowled. “Don’t look so disappointed,” she said. He just turned and headed out the door.
She followed him outside and found a tall woman who looked like Draco standing next to a carriage pulled by two black horses. “Well, isn’t this Miss Snape, the Professor’s niece?” she asked looking down at her. “Yes, mother, Professor Snape asked me to give her a ride, so I did. Maybe I can get a head start in potions now,” Draco smirked, as the driver put their things in the back. “Nice thinking,” Draco’s mother rolled his eyes and got into the carriage. Draco got in, and then Serena followed. She sat opposite Draco and his mother, which made it seem like they were observing her. “My name is Narcissa Malfoy, and you apparently already know my son, so I won’t bother with more introductions,” he said. “I’m Serena,” she muttered loud enough for her to hear. She didn’t like being in the carriage at all, especially with two Malfoys staring her down the whole way to King’s Cross station.
Serena sighed with relief when the arrived and quickly got her things. “This way,” Draco murmured as they walked past a large group of muggles. “This is the muggle train, why are we here?” she asked. “Yes, we have to get to Platform 9 ¾, you’ll see,” he said. She almost laughed and looked up at platform nine and, and then at ten. She was about to ask about it, but Draco had already walked into the wall between the two platforms. She immediately got the point and disappeared into the barrier as well. She turned and saw the Hogwarts Express right before her eyes.
Draco had already met up with his friends, so Serena looked around for Hermione. She spotted a large family, all with red hair, and immediately saw Ron. She pushed her trolley over so they could load her things and went to greet him. “Ron!” she called over to him. He turned and waved her over. “I see you’ve made it here okay,” he said. “Yes, it was a terrible time getting here though,” she sighed thinking of Draco’s mother and her cold stare. Serena’s black curly hair was down and now frizzy from the slight humidity in the air. “Oh, is this the exchange student you told us about from Beaxbatons?” the older woman said. “Oui, it’s nice to meet you,” Serena smiled up at her, and assumed she was Ron’s mother. “Oh and so kind too, she can speak English so well,” she laughed. “Now you four, get on the train before it leaves,” the father was talking to the four redheads, one of which was Ron. The other was a girl, who she assumed to be his younger sister, and two tall twin boys. “Sure thing, Pop, ‘tis our last year anyway,” one said. “Again, you two should never have left like you did last year, now you have to do it all over again!” their mother said. “At least we can try out our new tricks on the new first years,” the other said. “Now, you two behave,” the mother said as they boarded the train. “Come on, Serena, We’ve got to find Harry and Hermione,” Ron said, after waving goodbye to his parents.
Serena followed Ron towards the back of the train. “We usually sit in here,” he opened up a compartment door, but it wasn’t Harry or Hermione. It was Draco and his friends. “Well look who it is! The weasel and the frenchie,” Draco said. The two that were with him laughed, one of which was Goyle, and the other was just as pudgy and stuffing his face with a crumpet. “Do you laugh at his remarks because they’re funny? Or because you don’t have brains of your own?” Serena commented. Now it was Ron’s turn to laugh. “That was good,”
Serena slammed the door before they could answer her back. “I take it they’re rude to you too,” she said. “Yea, but I’ve had a few good come backs,” he smiled proudly.
They came to the next compartment and Serena opened it. They found Harry and Hermione. “Hello you two! We were looking for you,” Ron said coming in a sitting beside Hermione. Serena sat down beside Harry, and they talked for a while. Ron told them about their run in with Draco. “You should have seen the look on Malfoy’s face!” Ron laughed. Soon a trolley with candy on it came by. “Would you like anything off the trolley, dears?” the small witch asked. “Chocolate Frog for me, thanks,” Harry said. She handed one to him. “Anthing else?” she asked. No one answered, then suddenly Harry said, “I’ll have three more I suppose.” She handed him three more then smiled and shut the door and kept moving. “Here you all, take it, I know you must be hungry,” he said. “Thanks loads Harry,” Ron said opening the box. “I don’t see how you haven’t run out of money yet,” Hermione laughed taking her share. “Thanks,” she smiled. “Here, Serena,” Harry said. “Thanks, but I’m allergic,” she sighed. “Allergic to chocolate! How can you stand it!” Ron said in surprise. “Sorry you had to waste you money, Harry,” Serena said. “Don’t worry, Ron will eat it,” Harry smiled, tossing him the chocolate frog. Suddenly the doors opened. “Ron, can we stay in here, since there’s no room any place else?” his sister was standing there with a rather frightened looking boy. He was looking at Serena. “Sure, but don’t bother me,” Ron sighed. The two sat down on the other side of Hermione. “Oh, Serena, this is my sister, Ginny, and Neville Longbottom,” he said. “Pleased to meet you,” Serena said. “Wow, you speak pretty good English for an exchange student. Better than that Fleur girl back two years ago,” Ginny said. “She got on my nerves,” Hermione said. “Yes, I do believe she was a bad speaker when it came to English, I tried talking to her in English but her accent was so strong I couldn’t understand much,” Serena said. “Your accent isn’t that heavy,” Harry said. “That’s because I’ve been speaking English for a while now, almost three years,” she said. “That’s impressive,” Hermione said. “Thanks,” she smiled.
For the rest of the ride to Hogwarts the party of six broke into different conversations. Serena looked out the window, listing to everyone talk about school. “I can’t wait to go into Hogsmede again,” she heard Ginny say. Serena was to focused on the scenery to ask about Hogsmede. She knew it was a village close to Hogwarts, and the students got to visit it every once in a while. She wondered if Hogwarts would be better than her old school. It was so far, considering the friends she had already made.
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