"Do you have everything?" Glinda's mother asked her.

"Yes, mom, I have everything. You can go now." They eleven-year-old urged. Her mother laughed.

"Alright, alright." Evrose Upland laughed. She gave her daughter a kiss on the check then walked back through the wall to Platform 9. Glinda smiled and got onto the train. She slid open the door the first empty compartment and sat down. A moment later the door slid open again. Glinda looked up.

"Can we sit here?" A girl with red hair asked, gesturing to the boy behind her. "Everywhere else is full."

"Of course."

The girl smiled. "Come, Sev," The girl put her bag on the shelf above them. The girl sat down in front of Glinda and smiled.

"I'm Lily Evans and this is Severus Snape."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Glinda Upland."

"Glinda? Like Glinda the Good from the Wizard of Oz?" Lily asked.

"What do you mean? And I'm the only Glinda in Oz, and I'm definitely not 'Glinda the Good'. What's this 'Wizard of Oz' you're talking about?"

"Your talking about Oz like it's a real place." Severus said.

"It is. I'm from Oz."

"You've never read 'The Wizard of Oz' by L. Frank Baum?" Lily asked.

"L. Frank Baum? He was my grandfather's secretary until he left in a hot air balloon one day."

"Okay…" Lily said, still unsure.

"Are you a pure-blood?" Severus asked, changing the subject.

"Sev!" Lily interrupted.

Glinda thought for a moment. "Yes, although my mom was muggle-born and my dad was half-blood. Why does it matter?"

"Oh, uh, it just matters to some people," Severus said nervously. He and Lily exchanged a glance.

"Hey, I think we're here."

In the Great Hall

Professor McGonagall was reading off names and students were getting sorted into their houses.

McGonagall read off the next name on the list, "Lily Evans."

Lily took a deep breath and walked up to the seat. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head.

"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled. McGonagall took the hat off Lily's head and Lily walked over to the Gryffindor table.

"Glinda Upland." McGonagall called a few minutes later. Glinda walked up to the chair and sat down. McGonagall placed the hat on Glinda's head. Gryffindor. Glinda crossed her fingers as she thought the word over and over in her head. For what seemed like forever the entire hall was silent.

"Gryffindor!" The hat finally yelled. Glinda sighed and went over to the Gryffindor table.

"I'm glad I know at least one person in this house." Lily said to her. "I hope Sev's in this house too."

Just as she said that McGonagall called him up to be sorted. "Severus Snape."

Severus walked up to the chair and sat down. The hat had barley touched his head when the hat yelled, "Slytherin!"

Lily frowned.

"We can still be friends." Glinda assured her.

"Yeah," Lily said, brightening up a little.

"Don't worry, Lily, the three of us will be friends forever."

So what do you think? Good? Bad? PleaseR&R!

~Kate