A/N: I do not own any of the characters except for the Cæla family.
Hogwarts. Finally she got to see it. She had been raised on stories of Hogwarts and waited desperately for her letter. The castle was even more magnificent that she had originally pictured. The turrets soared high into the sky, and the firelight in the windows was reflected in the lake. As the boats sailed over the lake, she cast her thoughts back to the train station and what had happened.
The day had started out normally enough, for the Cæla family. They had gotten everything packed the week before, with a few last minute additions of the new books Lucine had bought for herself in Diagon Alley. Then they had put Lucine's trunk in Mum's shoulder bag, the one with an undetectable extension charm on it, grabbed her owl, Flick, and apparated to Platform 9 ¾ at King's Cross station. Once on the train, after saying good-bye to Mum and Dad, she looked for a compartment on the train where she could sit and read and think about which house she would possibly be in. She eventually found an empty compartment and sat down. It was near the middle of the train and she didn't think anyone would bother her, as she had the distinctive features—light blonde curly hair, emerald green eyes, high cheekbones, and pale skin—that marked the pure-blood family Cæla. Right after the train started moving, two red-headed and freckled boys that were practically mirror images of each other came in and sat right down, without even asking if there was anyone else there!
Lucine tried to ignore them, continuing to read her book, but as they tried and tried to get her attention, she finally gave up on reading and looked directly at them. Taking in their general state of disarray and their physical appearance as well, she put two and two together. "You are the Weasley twins, aren't you?"
"Well, well, she does notice us." The one sitting on the right said.
"Yes, she does," that was the one on the left.
"To answer your question, yes, we are the Weasley twins. I'm Fred, by the way."
"And I'm George."
Yes, that definitely cleared up who was who…at least right now, until she could study the two of them and figure out for sure which twin was which whenever she looked at them.
"And we shouldn't really bother asking who you are, because we know who you are. You are a Cæla, aren't you?" The one on the right said. What did he say his name was? Right, Fred.
"Well, yes I am. I am Lucine Cæla. And I really hope you aren't lying to me about your names. I have ways of finding out who people are."
"We didn't lie to you about what our names are. I really am Fred, and he really is George." Fred, who was sitting on the right, said, pointing to his brother, George, who was sitting on the left. Good, Fred's got guts. That'll serve him well. Lucine thought.
"Good. I'm going to go back to my book," Lucine said, gesturing to the open book on the seat next to her. She picked up her book and seemed to return to reading it. However, in reality, she studied the Weasley twins. Fred had a scar on his chin that was imperceptible, unless you studied him and knew it was there. I'll have to ask him about that, she thought to herself. George did not, but he had a freckle right next to the outside corner of his left eye that Fred didn't have.
"I think she may be trying to figure out how to tell us apart, George," Fred whispered to his twin.
"I think you may be right. But she will have a nearly impossible time trying to figure it out." His twin replied.
"Well, I agree with you about the whole telling us apart thing. She would have to know our life stories to be able to tell us apart with any sort of accuracy." Fred agreed.
Satisfied that she could tell the twins apart every time she saw them, Lucine began to read her book again. The twins put their heads together and started whispering. Lucine didn't know about what, but resolved to ask them when the trolley came by.
The hours passed with nothing of interest happening, except the changing countryside out the windows of the Hogwarts Express. Soon enough, the trolley came by.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" The witch behind it asked.
"I would love some!" Lucine answered. "Did you boys want anything?" she asked Fred and George.
"No, we're okay." They responded in unison. Although Lucine did notice them looking wistfully at the Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, pumpkin pasties, and chocolate frogs.
"I'll have some of the Every Flavour Beans, pumpkin pasties, chocolate frogs, and licorice wands." She told the trolley lady.
"That'll be 3 Sickles."
Lucine handed over 3 Sickles from her stash of coins inside her purse, and received the treats in return. She handed some of the sweets to the twins, saying, "Here, I know you want some. Just take it."
"Thanks, Lucine." Fred and George chorused, taking the offered sweets.
"You're welcome." She opened a chocolate frog and bit into it, looking at the card. It was a Bertie Bott card. Fitting, she thought. We only have 3 boxes of his candy.
Silence fell, with the three happily munching on sweets. Finally, when most of the candy was gone, Lucine asked, "Fred, how did you get that scar on your chin?"
Fred looked taken aback at her question, and turning to his brother, whispered, "How on earth did she know that was there?" He answered her and said, "Well, we were playing a prank on our older brother, Charlie, when we were 4 and it kind of backfired."
"What prank was it?"
He and George looked kind of sheepish. "We were trying to hide his models of dragons."
"Ah." Lucine nodded in understanding. Model dragons had temperaments that were notoriously similar to their real-life counterparts. He probably startled a particularly nasty one and got scratched for his pains. "See, I was quite the prankster at my house and amongst my family. My younger cousin would used to get so mad at some of the pranks I pulled on him."
"Who was that?" George asked.
"Draco Malfoy."
"Really? You're close with him?" they asked.
"Yeah, my parents and theirs would get together all the time and throw the two of us together. We didn't have much of a choice, though. It was hang out with each other, or be bored out of our minds for the next several hours, while Mum and Dad would make small talk with other famous people that we didn't really care about."
The three talked about the pranks they all pulled as younger children for the next couple hours.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS. ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS. WE WILL BE PULLING INTO THE HOGSMEADE STATION IN 30 MINUTES. PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL YOUR THINGS ARE TOGETHER AND BE READY TO DISEMBARK. THANK YOU.
"Well, guess we better get ready to go. Would you two mind stepping out while I change into my robes? Thank you." Lucine said, shooing the twins out the door. The twins obliged and stepped out into the corridor. Lucine got changed and stepped out, letting the twins go in to change.
The train pulled into the station soon after they were changed, and they all disembarked.
"Firs' years over here! Firs' years over here!" They heard someone call. They looked toward the sound of the deep, gravelly voice, and saw a huge man, towering above everyone else.
"I wonder who he is." Fred whispered.
"I don't know." Lucine whispered back.
"Alrigh' everyone into the boats. No more'n 4 to a boat." the man said. Lucine piled into a boat with Fred, George, and another boy who was named Lee Jordan. The boats started sailing across the surface of the lake. The lake was gilded with the firelight from the castle windows. Soon the boats reached the castle and the first years got out. "Follow me," the man said, turning away and walking toward the big double doors that led into the Hogwarts.
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