Severus smiled at Lily as she came to a stop with her trolley. She looked remarkably at ease considering she was about to enter a world entirely different from the one she knew. Little did he know that it was his presence that was extinguishing all fears.

"Yes," he nodded in response to her question as he reached out towards her own.

"Move it move it!" shouted a boy with wild dark hair and round glasses. The boy pushed his way between the two of them, vanishing through the barrier. Severus sneered at the faceless boy. He had made an enemy already.