"Huh. Why?"

"My parents were killed when I was about a year old. I was sent to live with my aunt and uncle, who are muggles."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"I don't really remember my parents. You can be sorry about the aunt and uncle; they're awful people. But it turns out emancipation is a lot easier when you're a wizard trying to get emancipated from muggles."

She nods, fidgeting. "Wizard CPS is a lot nicer than the muggle one I think, too..."

"Yeah."

She shuffles a bit in her seat, twisting her fingers in slightly odd ways.

Somewhat hesitantly: "They were pretty nice to me."

"That's good."

She nods, starting to fidget with the edges of her book and biting her lip.

Hm?

She opens her mouth... (The train begins to move, finally...)

And she changes the subject.

"So. Uh. I heard Hogwarts has Houses kids get sorted into?"

"Yeah. Four; Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff."

She nods. "Any you're excited about?"

"Mmm... maybe Ravenclaw? I was gonna let the hat decide."

She nods. "Ravenclaw sounds nice. I mostly don't wanna be in Slytherin, though..." A weird, conflicted look passes over her face.

"Fair."

She shrugs and swings her legs a bit. "I'm mostly excited about classes, though. Learning magic's gonna be fun."

"Have you tried any spells yet?"

"Yeah!" she says, grinning again. "The Knockback Jinx, and the Fire Making Spell, and the Unlocking Spell, and the Wand Lightning Spell..."

"Cool. I can do the Hover Charm, the Repair Charm, the Alarm Clock Spell..."

"We've got a good base between the two of us, then."

"Sounds like it. Professor Reynolds said I should wait for the school year to start for the traditional combat spells. She didn't want me practicing in her apartment for some reason."

She giggles. "I had the CPS lady, Tonks... She likes playing tag with jinxes. You were staying with a professor? That's cool..."

"Oh, I met her. Yeah, the muggles didn't want to give me my letter, so Professor Reynolds eventually came to deliver it in person. She took me to Diagon Alley and set up a meeting with CPS and agreed to let me stay until school started."

"Huh. Mine just came to me, and I figured out how to get to the ministry myself..."