Red in their Ledger

Chapter Two

It was finally the day to head to the train. Natasha and I got up at our usual time of 4:30 and trained for 3 hours before getting ready for the day and making sure we had everything packed.

~~~9:00~~~
We were called to the front of the building. Knowing who it was, we grabbed our things and started making our way over there.
When we got there, we saw Snape along with a man that had long blond hair.
"Hey Professor, it's nice seeing you again. Who is this beside you?" I questioned
"It's nice seeing you two girls as well. This is my friend Lucius Malfoy." Snape replied
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Malfoy. I'm Amara, and this is my sister Natasha," I spoke politely to the man.
"It's nice to meet you as well, Amara, and please call me Lucius." He stated
"Okay. Shall we get going, so we aren't late for the train?" Natasha piped up
"Yes, we shall. First, let me shrink your trunks, so it easier to lug around." Lucius said before shrinking them and handing them to us, "One of you grab either of our arms and hold on tightly and make sure your familiars are in some way touching you as well so they may travel with us."
"Okay." Natasha and I stated before doing as we are told, making sure we held tightly onto the cages that held our smaller ones while the others were pressed up against us.

~~~on the platform~~~
"This is where I leave you in the capable hands of Lucius. I will see you girls later at school."
"Bye, Professor." Tasha and I chorused
"Bye, Severus." Malfoy said before turning to us, "let us go find my family now. My son is a first-year as well, so you can sit with him on the train if you want."
"What is your son's name?" I questioned
"His name is Draco." He replied
"Oh, we actually met him at Madame Wilkins," I said
"So you're the two he was talking about." He mused
"He talked about us?" Natasha asked
"Of course he did. I mean, first off, you two are the first redheads he has seen that aren't the Weasleys and also mentioned something that involved you and your parents, Amara."
"Oh yeah, that. Yeah, let's just say that that I don't go by that last name. I go by her last name, Romanoff." I noted
"Good to know." He said, "Hello, Narcissa, Draco."
"Hello Lucius/Dad," they chorused
"Narcissa, I would like for you to meet Natasha and Amara Romanoff," Lucius stated
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Malfoy. Nice to see you again, Draco." Natasha said
"Nice to see you again as well, Natasha, Amara," Draco replied
"It's nice to meet you as well, dears, and please call me Narcissa or Cissa." Narcissa voiced

We had talked for a few more minutes before we said our goodbyes to the adults and got on the train to get a good compartment in the back.

~~~
"Is it okay if I sit here? Everywhere else is full." I heard a voice say
"Yes, you can if you can find the room with the animals in here," Draco replied
"I'm Blaise Zabini. What are your names?"
"Draco Malfoy"
"Natasha Romanoff"
"Amara Romanoff," I said without even looking up from my book, "Nice to meet you, Blaise."
"What houses do you think you will be in?" Blaise asked
"Slytherin without a doubt because all my family has been in Slytherin."
"Me and Amara don't know for sure, but most likely Slytherin." Natasha answered for us too, "What about you?"
"Probably Slytherin as well."
~~~
"My fucking god, you are so stupid! How the fuck could you not see that it was a fucking trap!" I shouted at the book
"Mara, you gotta calm down; it's just a book, and you yelling at it won't change anything," Natasha stated
"Buts it's so much fun to yell at it, plus the people are foolish in it." I pointed out.
"What language are you guys speaking in?" Blaise asked
"Russian. We can teach you a little bit of it if you want." Natasha replied
"Not me... I don't really do the whole teaching thing. Don't you remember the last time that happened?" I pointed out
"Oh, shist, right. Nevermind, she won't be teaching you, but I still will if you want to learn." Natasha corrected
"What happened last time?" Draco asked
"Someone ended up with a stab wound to their shoulder," I replied, stroking Major's head.
"What the heck were you teaching! And how freaking old were you!" The boys exclaimed
"Self defense and eight." We stated nonchalantly
"What the heck!" the boys chorused.
We were abruptly interrupted by the door being yanked open.
"Have you guys seen a toad? My friend lost his." A girl questioned
"No, we haven't. Why don't you ask one of the older students to accio it to you." I said, not looking up from petting Major and Haidee
"Thanks for giving me the tip." The girl stated before walking away
"Why did you tell the mud blood that?" Blaise asked
"Because she walked away. Got rid of her faster than it would have to insult her." I replied, looking up, " can't always solve things by insulting everyone or dropping them off at an orphanage, sometimes you gotta tell them what they want or tell them something that would help them even the slightest bit to get them to go away."
"When did you become so insightful, and what do you mean by 'dropping them off at an orphanage'?" Blaise questioned
"Always been insightful. Parents gave me to an old man to be dropped off at an orphanage." I answered
"I'm sorry that happened," Blaise said with a sad look on his face.
"It's honestly fine because if they hadn't done that, then I wouldn't have met my true family. A family doesn't end in blood." I noted
"What do you mean by that?" Draco asked
"It means that family isn't just those that you are related to by blood; it means that family is those that stick by you through everything by choice because they want to because they love and care about you." I answered, "well, I am tired. Wake me up when we need to change into our school robes."
~~~
"Mara, wake up. We gotta get changed," Nat said, shaking me awake.
"But I don't wanna get up," I whined.
"Too bad, sister, you got to get up otherwise, you will be in trouble," Nat stated
"Fine, I'm up, I'm up." I said, "where do we go to get changed?"
"The boys are standing outside, waiting for us to finish changing before we switch with them so they can change," Natasha said
"Okay," I said before changing.
Once we were done, we switched with the boys so they could change. Once they finished, we went back in and were chatting for the rest of the ride to Hogwarts.
~~~
"First years over here!" A giant man repeatedly called out
After all the first years were over by the man, he started walking down a path that leads to the lake.
"Four to a boat." He said before climbing into one
Blaise, Draco, Natasha, and I climbed into a boat together.
The boats started gliding across the lake towards the castle. The group of four chatted away until they heard Hagrid shouting at them to duck as they came close to a low-hanging cliff. A few minutes later, the boats made it to the dock by the school. After everyone clambered out of the boats, the man led us up to the castle to the stairs outside where everyone else was, if I had to guess.