Roma Carlson had a BIG secret ... a nine month secret to be precise. Big jumpers and fake illnesses might have been enough if it weren't for one thing: her highly conservative Father had just become Defence against the Dark Arts teacher and planned...
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Getting away from their parents and onto the train proved to be easy. The De Galleterios weren't overly sentimental and the Carlsons had so many children to worry about, letting the capable Roma go quickly wasn't a hardship. The corridors were still somewhat empty as they found a secluded carriage right at the end and took a seat.
"So ... how does this work?" Roma asked, gesturing towards Antonia's coat pocket.
"You have to pee on it."
"Oh," She leant against the window, staring out dreamily at the station wall, "I'm not vile so I guess we can't do it in the carriage."
"No," Antonia laughed, "I should hope not. Maybe during the start of term feast? We can sneak off easy peasy, nobody will notice us unless they decide to miss Hogwarts' stupidly good food. It should only take a few minutes or so, nobody will care anyway."
Roma didn't fully take in anything her friend said, too distracted by the shifting mess of conflicts that was her mind right now. Wanting to be distracted from the situation, Roma decided to ask her friend about her holidays. It appeared Antonia had been busy, her parents taking her to Switzerland then being whisked off by her grandparents a few days to their house in France for the remainder. The two girls hadn't exchanged as many letters that year so there was a lot to talk about. By the time Antonia was finished, the train had set off, the countryside whizzing past them in a beautiful flurry of colours.
"Okay, Roma, I've told you my - " Antonia began but was cut off by the carriage door being flung open by an excitable girl.
"Hi, sorry about this but has anyone seen this git called Charlie? Red hair, kind of stocky and always smiling?" The girl asked, "He's currently loose but he bites so we really need him back."
Roma's chin remained resting on her palm but she swivelled her head to face the girl. She looked normal enough although her hair was a brilliant shade of bright blue, messily falling around her shoulders.
"No, we haven't," Antonia replied.
"He bites?" Roma asked softly.
"Just kidding, he doesn't," The girl grinned a toothy smile, "Nah, we're playing hide and seek on the train."
"Why?" The two girls asked in time.
"Why not? I'm the best at it so they put me as the seeker every time," She laughed. Roma nodded, assuming it was an in joke until something bizarre happened. The blue hair that fell around the interrupter's shoulders suddenly became shorter as if it were being pulled back from the roots. The colour changed too, from bubblegum to a bright crimson. The shocked looks on Roma and Antonia's faces only seemed to amuse the girl even more.
For a moment, she hovered in the doorway before her hair changed back to it's former style, "Anyway, cheers! If you see him, tell him Tonks is looking for him because it's been half an hour and she's getting pretty bored, okay?"
