"Andrea, you ready to go?" mum called to me.

"Yes mum" I said coming down the stairs with my case in my hand.

Mum took my owl for me and dad took my case.

"Mum, when are you going to show yourself as Lily Potter again?" I asked as she put the glamour over herself like she always did before we went outside the house.

"I can't Andrea, you know this, everyone thinks me to be dead like James" she said kissing the top of my head.

I nodded and we went out to the car. My things were put in the boot and I got in the back seat with Shiver.

"Now remember what I told you, your real father is the potions professor and he'll know who you are just by looking at you because you look like I did when I was younger" mum told me as we drove to Kings Cross.

"Yes mum" I sighed.

We soon pulled up and I got out the car. We put my case on a trolley with Shiver on top and walked through the station until we came between platforms nine and ten. Mum took me through the gateway and dad followed. There weren't many people there but there was still some. I found a carrage near the front and got in. I put my case away and Shiver next to me on the seat.

"We have to go darling, will you be okay here?" mum asked.

"Yes mum, what if I see my brother, what do I do then?" I asked.

"Do nothing darling, I suspspect Professor Dumbledore and Professor Mcgonagall will tell him in due time" dad said.

I nodded and gave them both a kiss before they left. I sat back in my seat and opened my book, Tales of Beedle the Bard and started reading. Mum had given it to me when I was younger. Some more students came onto the platform and got onto the train.

A platnum haired boy and his friends came into my carrage and stopped when they saw me.

"You can sit if you want, I won't bother you" I offered as I moved Shiver to the floor.

They all nodded and sat down. I went back to reading and ignored them. As I was waiting for the train to leave, a red headed family ambled onto the platform in a rush with a bushy haired girl and a boy with black hair and glasses. They got on the train as it was about to leave. I shook my head disaprovingly and the others in the carrage with me laughed.

"You don't look like a first year" the girl sitting opposite me said.

"I'm joining in fourth year, I went to Beauxbattons for a few years before me and my mum moved here with my stepfather" I said.

"You'll be sorted as soon as we get to the Great Hall then" she nodded.

"What's your name anyway?" the platnum haired boy asked.

"Andrea Lily Snape" I said.

"I'm Draco Malfoy" he said holding out his hand.

I shook it and the others introduced themselves as Pansy, Crab and Goyel.

"You're Professor Snape's daughter?" Pansy asked.

"Yes. I have never met him before though" I nodded.

"He's our head of house. We're in Slytherin. You do not want to go into Gryffindor or Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw is okay but Professor Snape would be most proud if you went into Slytherin" Draco informed me.

"My mum was a Gryffindor" I pointed out.

"What about your stepfather?" Pansy asked.

"Ravenclaw" I shrugged.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Draco questioned.

"A half brother as well as a squib half sister" I said.

"And you all live together?" Crab asked.

"My half brother lives with muggels, my sister is in a muggel college studying law" I explained.

They all nodded and we carried on chatting for most of the journey.

"Anything from the trolley dears?" a lady asked coming round with a trolly full of food. We all shook our heads apart from Crab and Goyel.

Shiver hooted at me so I let her out the cage and opened the winodw for her. She flew along side the carrage for a while before coming back in and getting back in her cage. I closed the window and cage door.

"She didn't fly off" Pansy pointed out.

"She never does unless dilevering a letter for me" I shrugged.

"What's her name?"

"Shiver" I smiled as she nibbled on my finger.

We all chatted the rest of the way to Hogsmead Station. As it started to get dark, we all got changed into our uniforms. When the train pulled up, we all got off and our animals and luggage was taken seperatly up to the castle. We all got into a carrage and sat down. It started to pull its self up to the castle and when it got there, we all got out and went inside.

When we entered the castle, everyone made their way to the Great Hall and I was taken to a seperate room by a teacher.

"I shall do your sorting in here instead of before everyone as per request of your mother" the teacher said.

I nodded and a hat was placed on my head.

"Slytherin" it called out.

The teacher nodded once before putting the snake on my uniform and showing me where to sit. I sat next to Draco and he smiled at me. I could feel the eyes of a teacher on me and I looked up at the head table and saw a black haired man staring intently at me. I looked in his eye and heard his voice in my head.

"Lily?"

"Lily is my mother, I am her daughterAndrea Lily"

"I shall come and collect you from the common room after dinner so we can talk more"

He broke eye contact as the first years came in. They all looked nervous and out of place. They all looked small and annoying as well like they would easily get in the way of you in the corridors. Their names were called out one by one by the teacher who had quickly sorted me before. When the sorting was eventually over, the food appeared on the table and we all helped ourselves. I only got a small amount of food and Draco looked at me curiously.

"I have a muggle illness called anorexia" I explained.

He nodded and ate his own dinner. I picked at mine slightly but ate all that was on my plate. When dinner was over, the headmaster stood up and gave a speech about a triwizard tounament and how old you have to be to enter. I didn't listen properly though. And neither, by the looks of it, did the rest of Slytherin. When his speech was finally over, did we get to go down to the common room. I sat down with Draco and the others in a corner of the room.

We hadn't been chatting for long when Professor Snape came in. He said a few words for the benifit of the first years before calling Draco and me into his office.

"Have a seat" he told us.

We both sat down on the straight back chairs and waited for him to start.

"What's this about Uncle Sev?" Draco asked.

"We're cousins?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.

"No. Draco is my godson, therefore, he is your godbrother" he sighed at me.

I held up my hands as a sign to not get angry at me for no reason.

"What are you doing here anyway Andrea, you are supposed to be in Beauxbattons" he asked.

"Mum sent me here when she moved in with her new boyfriend and his squib daughter" I sneered the last part.

"Your mother is alive?" he asked looking up at me.

"Yes, you can't tell anyone else though, especially not the Potter brat or Dumblbore" I told him.

"I know I can't. You have to be super careful thouggh because you look like her in everyway" he told me.

"Why wouldn't I be careful?" I questioned.

"What are you talking about?" Draco asked.

"Should we tell him?" I asked looking at Professor Snape.

"Lily Potter is Andrea's mother. That's why I called you in here actually, yu need to help protect her from Dumbledore and the others, they'll tell Potter for sure that they are sibblings and then they'll try to win her over to the order, but it is her choice weather she wants to join the order or get the dark mark when she is sixteen" he explained quietly.

"You and Potter are brother and sister?" Draco asked in disbelief.

"You can't tell anyone. I am advanced in the dark arts, defending myself against dark spells, transfiguration and potions. I could easily whip something up that could keep your toung glued to the top of your mouth for months on end if you even try to tell anyone" I threatened.

"Andrea! Don't even think about it, I wouldn't hear the end of it from his father if you did that!" Snape exclaimed.

"I'll have to protect myself if he even so much as lets slip" I reasoned.

"You won't have to, I trust Draco" he warned me.

I held up my hands in surrender.

"Did you get your Hogsmead forms signed?" he asked us.

Draco handed his over and I raised an eyebrow at him.

"I'm your father so I can sign one for you now" he told me.

"Thank you father. Should I write to mother or will you?" I asked as we both stood up to leave.

"I will. I suggest you two get to bed, you start lessons tomorrow and I have you both for double potions first thing and I hate when people are late, no exeptions" he said.

We both bid him goodnight before going back to the common room. We sat down for a while longer until the bed bell went. Everyone went to bed and I went down to the bedroom with Pansy. We were sharing with two other girls and they all seemed interested in me. They kept asking me questions and telling me things. I eventually got boared and so did they.

"You won't tell if I do something will you?" I asked them.

They all shook their heads and I transfigured into a falcon-hawk. They all stared at me as I flew around the room a couple of times and out the window for a few minutes bafore landing back on my bed. I transfigured back into a human and sighed happily.

"I haven't done that in a long time" I smiled.

"You know how to transfigure?" Lucy asked.

"I've been transfiguring for six years now but only sometimes" I shrugged.

"Is it hard?" Sarah asked.

"It is really hard to perfect but when you get it just right, then it's easy. My patronis is a falcon-hawk so I turn into a falcon-hawk" I explained.

They all smiled and got into bed.