On the Hogwart's Express

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Ryou slips into an empty compartment and stares out the window at the bustling platform. She twirls her wand absently between her fingers, getting used to it's weight and texture.

A few minutes later, her compartment door opens.

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Gwen walks past compartment after compartment of kids laughing, talking, and grinning. The only problem is that each and every one is completley full. Finally, Gwen peers into one of the last compartments and sees only one girl. She opens the door and pokes her head in, "Is this seat taken?" she asks.

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"No, you can come in."

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"Cool, thanks" Gwen sits down on the bench opposite the girl and gives her a tentative smile. "Hey," she says "I'm Gwen, what's your name?"

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"I'm Ryou. Are you a first year?"

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Gwen grinned, " Yea, I am. What about you?"

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"I am too. What house do you think you'll be in?"

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"Well, I'm not really sure. You see, I'm still pretty new to all of this and besides, I'll make friends and learn magic no matter what house I'm in."

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"Are you muggleborn?"

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Gwen grins "yep, my parents were convinced it was a load of rubbish at first, but when Professer McGonagall showed up in the middle of the dining room, my parents were convinced pretty quickly!" Gwen laughs before turning back to Ryou. "What about you? Are you muggle born too?"

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"No, I grew up with magic. You should avoid Slytherin. They're prejudiced against anyone with muggle blood."

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"Oh, but why's that? Besides, how can I avoid them if I get sorted into Slytherin?"

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"Try not to get sorted there, the hat usually takes your opinion into account. And I don't know why. It's an old belief."

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"Ok then, thanks for the heads up! Anyway, which house do you think you'll be in?"

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"Slytherin."

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"You don't seem very prejudiced to me though."

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"Not everyone in Slytherin is prejudiced, but everyone truly prejudiced goes to Slytherin."

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"Ah, I see. Well I'm sure you'll do great there anyway!" Gwen smiles reassuringly at her, "What classes are you looking forward to?"

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"Transfiguration and herbology. You?"

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Gwen laughs, "Considering I'm a muggle born and all that, I don't really have a great grasp on all of this quite yet."

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"What was it like to find out you're a witch?"

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"Considering this is a long train ride, I guess you don't mind me telling you the whole story then?"

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"Go ahead, I'm curious."

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"Ok then," Gwen grins "It was personaly one of the greatest days of my life, even though my dad might disagree. So my mum, dad, brother, and I were all eating dinner like anyother day. Then, out of nowhere, this lady wearing black robes and a tall black hat just appears in the dining room with a bang! She walks over to me and says, 'You are Gwen I assume?' So I just nod, scared out of my wits, and she hands me an envelope and says, 'I am Professer McGonagall, I am headmistriss at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I apologize for the fright of my apparation, but I'm currently out of floo powder.' Anyway, she goes on to explain about Hogwarts, houses, classes, magic, Diagon Alley, and finally asks me to please open the envelope and read it aloud so my family will know whats going on. At this point my dad stood up and demanded her to dop the act and get out of our house, but Professer McGonagall just walked up to him and pointed her wand at his water glass. It turned into a mouse which she promptley gave to my brother, he's 5 by the way, and after that my whole family believed her. as for me, I was just in shock but really excited!"

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Ryou laughs, "That sounds like fun. I'm more than ready to learn how to do magic."

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"I know right! I think it'll be awesome to be able to threaten my brother into doing my chores!"