I felt…ignored, forgotten, and thrown out in the trash cans with last week's pizza box! Amber and I were just in the back of a grand hall filled with tables and chairs and food and hot British teenagers!!! And why were we there? So that the head master could introduce us to the school. We had to be "sorted" he said…what are we? Dirty socks? But, no. we weren't sorted. We were upstaged by Frenchies and big guys with boom-boom sticks. Amber had begun her usual zoning out so I was all alone.

"UGH! What is this?!?! I'm missing my first year of high school so that I can be put in the back of a giant room filled with crazy Europeans?! I don't think so. And Amber? Amber…..AMBER!!!!!! Stop looking at the old man with the big nose. He's too old for you. Anyways do you see all the gingers over at that table? There's enough red over there as it is, with their robes and such. I mean every ginger in here is wearing red. Why not put them in a different color? Like green. But no, than it would look like Christmas!" If you can't tell, I was in a bad mood.

"W-were you saying something?" Amber, my spacey companion, just missed my whole ginger rant. UGH!

"No, no I wasn't saying a damn thing. I was just commenting on the weather, looking up at the ceiling, which is see-though, if you hadn't noticed, got me wondering, what happens when it rains? I mean, those poor candles, they are awfully close to the ceiling and they would get rained on, cause their flame to go out. Do you know why that is? Because water and fire don't mix well. I mean, why did Katara end up with Aang? Why couldn't she get with the cooler Zuko? Because he's a fire bender and she's a water bender, and of course she had to choose the pansy air bender! Why it is that this world is full of pansies?!?!"

"So you did say something." Amber said after about a minute of thinking to herself. By this time almost all eyes were on the two of us so I did what any normal person would do and I stared to dance.

Kate was ranting, again, so I did what I normally do and just started zoning out. Kate and I stuck out and it probably wasn't just because Kate was now yelling at the top of her lungs. Her neon socks didn't help either. As I looked around the room we were standing my eyes fell upon one of most gorgeous guys I have ever seen in my life. He was sitting in a sea of green robes. He had blonde hair and beautiful grey eyes. Then he was forgotten in about two seconds when I saw him. He was sitting up at table in the back of the room. He was dressed in all black, and had long black hair. When I saw him I forgot how to breathe for a second. Luckily this happened often, so I was able to get my breathing in check. I prayed that this man would be one of my teachers.

"W-were you saying something?" I had just noticed Kate was looking at me. She responded by going into another rant. "So you did say something." Looking around I noticed that almost everyone was staring at us.

"Oh, I had almost forgotten." Dumbledore called for the attention of all the students. "Everyone I have another announcement! This year we will be welcoming in two new students to our school. Yes they are four years late but…"

"Hey! Have you ever tried to get here from America? Ya, didn't think so. And do we look like were made of money? I mean its bad enough trying to get money for a plane to the UK, but to Hogwarts? The people laughed at us, and we almost got sent to the insane asylum. So we decided to just save up enough money for the school supplies. We decided that we would try walking." I was able to finish in one breath.

"So we thought we dig to China cause China is closer to Europe then America then America. We end up falling down some Rabbit Hole. That place was like a drug experiment gone very VERY bad. First of, the flowers were very rude! They kept calling us weeds! Then we went to this tea party with a dormouse that couldn't stay awake, some rabbit that was named after a month, and some crazy guy with a hat!" Kate explained as we made our way where the man with the beard was standing.

"So we were able to climb back up the rabbit hole and we found out selves in Forks, where their vampires sparkle and the werewolves are in love with babies. We got out of there ASAP and ended up on the Black Pearl." I said.

"The whole crew was drunk and I almost got raped by a monkey with a sword!" Kate said.

"They took us to pirate cove at Neverland where we met some kids who didn't want to grow up and a guy with a hook for a hand. He was hot," I said with a smile, think about the pirate captain. "While we were there we were offered a chance to see Atlantis, but we were late enough as it was so we had to say no. We then took a boat that took us to Narnia, but a war was going on so we left as soon as we could."

"We followed the Yellow Brick Road out of Narnia into the magical land of Oz. That was not fun; what with the Munchkins and gay Tin-Man…" Kate shuddered when she thought of the flamboyant Tin-Man.

"So once we got to the Emerald City, we hopped on the Polar Express. And that sucked. I mean there were little kids everywhere! Not to mention Kate and weren't even in our pajamas so we stood out. The train was going to Santa's Workshop and on the train singing, dancing, crazy people gave us hot chocolate…"

"But," Kate continued, "They took it away from us before we were able to drink it. I mean, sorry I didn't down my steaming beverage right away. I was a little distracted by the song and dance."

"Oh, yeah. And they didn't even give us marshmallows! I mean that was almost as bad as the Christmas the Grinch stole."

"And you do NOT want to know what we had to go though in Whoville. So once we got off the Polar Express, we were at King's Crossing Station. So we thought we were almost here! We hopped on the train going to the castle! But this isn't the only castle in the area. We ended up in a castle with Cinderella, Snow White, Rupenzel, and Sleeping Beauty. And I'm not sure if you realize this but all of them end up with the same dude!!!!! So after breaking up the dozens of cat fight, we climbed Mount Olympus, and had my home-boy Hermes drop us here." Kate finished the story of our epic journey here. We knew everyone in the hall was listening so we just sat down; I sat next to a hot guy in yellow (he looked like a good boy, so not my type), and Kate sat next to a girl who looked around our age in blue.

"Hey, yellow-man. How's it going?" I like to think I was making a friend.

"Hey," I heard Kate say to the blue girl. Kate picked up the girls cup, "Can I have a drink? Oh wait, eew, it's Squirt. I think I'll just stay dehydrated."

The only sound in the hall was now coming from two tall redheads who looked exactly alike. They were standing giving Kate and I a round of applause.

"Thank you, Ginger Twins! We'll be here all year!" Kate shouted at them.

After our glorious speech, we had to be sorted.

"Katharine Evans," called out a mellow looking woman called over a roll of parchment, looking over her glasses at me. I walked over to a stool and sat down to look out into the faces of students who didn't look to pleased that I was there. I sat there waiting for them to go get the Sorting Hat that they put away. It was taking forever!!! So I pulled the hair-tie off my wrist and pulled my wavy dark brown hair into a ponytail. By the time I took my heads away from my hair, a hat was plopped on my head.

"Hmmm…," the hat said (talking hat?) "An American, 'ey? Hmmm…let's see. You're very smart, Miss Evans; an honors student back home, impressive. You are also a very loyal friend. You would do well in Ravenclaw or Huffelpuff. But, wait!" everyone seemed to stop breathing at the point. "You have to be very brave to sing, alone, in front of thousands of people."

"Wait," I told the hat, "It was not thousands of people. And why are you announcing my e-harmony profile to the whole school? Am I missing something, 'cause I just don't get how this works."

"Aah, Miss Evans, you are being modest. I can see into your past, and you did perform for thousands of people. That takes bravery. And I can also see that you have formed many bonds though that performance, one of those bonds of friendship being between you and Miss Royal over there. You are one of the bravest students I have ever sorted. Therefore…GRYFFINDOR!!!" Everyone at the red table groan so I walked over and sat down.

"Amber Royal," I walked up to the stool and found everyone staring at me. I was used to it. I was an actress after all. If the audience wasn't staring at me then I wasn't doing my job right. Not like I was a professional actress, but I had been in all the shows my school had but on, landing a couple of lead roles.

The talking hat was placed on my head. "Hmmm what do we have here? Smart, much like Miss Evans. Loyal, strong willed, never goes down without a fight, and doesn't give up. Looks like Gryffindor would be a good house for you. But looking deeper I see a want for power, a need to have everything play out the way you want it to… perhaps Slytherin…"

I shrugged. "Look, put me where ever, I really don't care. I just wanna eat and get some sleep. Today has been a long day.

"Well! No wonder you are an actress! With an attitude like that," I smirked as the hat huffed. "Looks like you have a real talent for acting. You have been acting ever since you could talk. And even though there is a darker side in you, there is much good as well. I HAVE DECIDED!" The hat yelled making me jump. "You shall be in… GRYFFINDOR!!" I got up and pulled the hat off my head, handing it to the stern woman.

"Alright," I said as I made my way over to the table and took a seat next to Kate who gave me a high five. At least we were in the same house.

A boy with messy hair and glasses leaned over and extended his hand to me and Kate. "Hello, I'm Harry, Harry Potter," I shook his hand.

"Hello Harry, my name's Amber and this is Kate,"

"It's nice to meet you. This is Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. They are my best friends,"

"It's nice to meet you,"

"So did you guys really do all that stuff?" The red headed boy named Ron asked.

"No," Kate said.

"But it made a funny story," I said with a grin.

We spent the rest of dinner talking with the three friends, and then we went to the Gryffindor common room, found our beds, and went to sleep.

The start of the school year was like any other. We were handed our schedules and were off to a fun year of learning. Amber and I had the same schedules exactly but so did every other four-year Gryffindor. Our first night was a blur; full of people looking at us like we were some freaky circus attraction and people firing rapid questions for us to answer. Amber loved the spotlight but I loathed every minute of it. After answering what felt like a million questions, I decided to go for a walk and leave Amber to her fan club. Unbelievable, we haven't been here for even a day and she already had a million people in love with her. I walked out of the common room to find two boys in my year talking about me and Amber.

"I just don't think have them here feels right." One of the boys said. He was talk and lengthy with bright red hair. I bet he was Ginger Twins' little brother. "I mean, why them? Why now?" he asked the other boy.

"I don't know, Ron." The other boy said, shrugging. He was a little short than the red-head, Ron. He had jet black hair and round glasses that kind of hid his bright green eyes. This must be the famous Harry Potter.

"Well I don't like them. They seem fake, dishonest, and kind of crazy." I know I should've just gone back in the common room and not be bothered by it but I was feeling reckless.

"I prefer to be called insane, not crazy." I said, coming out of my hiding spot in the door way. "It has more of a ring to it, don't you think?" Ron and Harry were staring at me, looking shocked that I actually heard what they said.

"Sorry," Harry said after staring at me a moment longer. "Ron didn't mean what he said. He's just a little upset about summer being over." He gave Ron an uneasy glance.

"Um…okay?" Harry was really good at covering for people.

"I'm Harry and this is Ron."

"I kinda figured that out. Just because I'm American, it doesn't mean I'm stupid." Harry seemed to ignore my comment, but I could tell my present's was pissing Ron off.

"You're Amber, right?" Ron asked suddenly.

"I'm Kate, actually. Kate Evans." I said looking him dead in the eye.

"Well, Kate Evans," Ron stared, "Where are you from?"

"Swahili." I sarcastically stated. "Where do you think?"

"I meant what part of America are you from?" his voice was rising. This guy had a short temper.

"Why do you want to know? You gonna stalk me now?" I grinned at him. Harry looked like he was going to puke; apparently, our bickering made him uneasy. Ron stared to insult me, but than his was cut off with what looked like a jinx or curse or something.

"Now, now, Ickle-Ronny-kins," one of the twins stared, "Is that any way to talk to a lady?"

"Let alone a guest of our great school?" the other twin said. Ron looked even more pissed off than before. The twins both turned to me. "Please excuse our little brother, Miss Evans. We don't want your first night here to be bad." One of the twins said.

"If you like, to make up for his horrible manners," said the other one, pointing at Ron, "my brother and I would be honored if you would come on a tour of the grounds with us."

"And bring Miss Royal along as well. I'm Fred by the way. Fred Weasley. And this is my brother, George." Fred and his brother each gave me a grand bow.

"I'm Kate. I know you know that but everyone keeps calling me Miss Evans and its kinda pissing me off so Kate is fine." Fred and George were staring at me. "Sorry. I tend to ramble."

"Really? From the way you and Amber came into the Grand Hall-," Fred began.

"-we would have never guessed." George finished for him. I smiled and went to go get Amber, leaving Ron, Harry, and the Weasley twins staring after me.

You would think that the first day at a wizarding school would be fun but it turns out it's exactly the same as the first day at any other high school; full of rules, drama, and the awkward "this will be a great year" speech. Amber and I had all of our classes together…but we also had them all with the other Gryffindor fourth year, including the golden trio who are started to piss me off after only 24 hours for knowing each other. We stared our day in Herbology class with Professor Sprout and the Hufflepuffs. We started toward the green houses when we were met by the most annoying sound every; Hermione Granger's rumbling.

"…if you would just read Hogwarts, A History, Ronald, you would know that…." And on and on she went.

"And these people think our rambling is bad." I said dryly.

"But at least we are entertaining. Besides its way too early for this bull shi-"

"Good morning class!" Professor Sprout cut Amber off. "I would first like to welcome Miss Evans and Miss Royal. Ladies, please stand." When we did, we were met with glares, both of hate and wonder. "Now today, we will be learning about how to properly collect the puss of a bubotuber. Now please pull on your dragon-hide gloves and began." So maybe this isn't like every other first day.

Finally, when we were done with Herbology we had to walk down this steep hill to get to Care of Magical Creatures. We had it with the Slytherins. The other Gryffindors seemed really pissed about this, but the Slytherins hadn't done anything to me, so why should I care? Anyways, our teacher was named Hagrid. He was the biggest man I had ever seen in my life! Not to mention his dog looked like it could eat a little kid in one bite…. Hmmm…. A kid eating dog…. Gotta get me one of those.

"Mornin'." Hagrid said, smiling at the golden trio. I got the feeling that ever teacher was gonna put those three on a freekin pedestal. "Be'er wait fer the Slytherins, they won' want ter miss this- Blast Ended Skrewts!"

It looked like some sort of Joe's Crab Shack entrée gone terribly, terribly wrong. Turns out they had just hatched, and we got to raise them like our own little mutant babies.

"Why would we want to raise them?" A cold voice asked. Kate and I turned to see a group of student arrive at the hut. From the glares they were getting I could only assume they were the Slytherins. The boy who had talked was in front of them all. He was very pale with blond hair. He was one of the hottest guys I had ever seen! Wish I was a Slytherin…

We spent the class trying to work with the Skrewts. Kate and I got burned a few times, our little creature kept blowing up on us.

"Nice going… um… what's your name?" The blonde boy was staring at me and I forgot how to speak.

"Well," Kate said in an out of place Jamaican accent, "I am Lola, and this is my companion Snowflake," I turned to look at her, and she just smirked. "No Snowflake, bad girl," Damn those TV commercials…

"No," Hermione said, coming out of nowhere. "You're Kate Evans, and you're Amber Royal," God she was such an annoying little know it all.

"Really? Since when?" Kate asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Well I would assume that those are the names your parents"

"No shit Sherlock," I said cutting her off. "We're using sarcasm. Don't sweat it, it's new." I rolled my eyes and glanced at the blonde boy who was now smirking. I got the vibe he wasn't Hermione's biggest fan either. I learned that his name was Draco Malfoy, and I soon made it my goal to get to know more about him.

Lunch was amazing. I just could not get over how it was impossible to run out of food! The lamb chops and potatoes were so good! Kate and I tried to sit as far away from the other kids as possible. The two ginger twins ended up sitting next to us, but we were ok with that. They were quickly becoming the first people we could call friends at this school of hocus pocus. We made small talk throughout the meal, and laughed at how dumb some of the people in this school were. Like Ronald Weasley, what a loser.

We got through Care of Magical Creatures (where I think Amber fell in love…again) and the lunch with the twins. Now it was off to Divination…a double period of it. Oh joy of joys. The teacher, Professor Trelawney, was ranting and raving about how Harry Potter nearing his own doom or something stupid like that. But then, after Amber fell asleep and I was about to join her, the teacher decided to change victims, from Harry to us.

"You two will overcome many challenges as a team this year. The Inner-Eye is strong in both of you and you will learn to conquer it." She went on for the rest of the class and it was a bit on the ridiculous side.

"Well that was fun." Amber said as we walked down stairs toward the Great Hall, where we said we'd meet the twins and their friends. On the way down, I heard voices raising and I felt the tense air all around me. "Keep your mouth shut about my mother, Potter." Malfoy spat. Great, the golden trio at it with the three stooges. I walked toward them and BANG! Amber was hit by a curse by Malfoy, aiming for Harry, and I was hit by Ron aiming for Malfoy. Amber and I were a bit stunned. We looked at each other. We both walked up to our attracters and punched them both square in the face. I hit Ron in the nose and once I hit it, it stared bleeding…oops. Mad-Eye Moody showed up, pulling the boys off the floor and telling us to follow. We were in trouble so off we go to Professor McGonagall's office.

"What happened this time?" McGonagall looked upset, like always.

"You see Professor, I punched someone. I decided that I needed to assert my dominance in the pack by displaying…." Enter Snape. He was the creepy-ish teacher the Amber now had a thing for and he was able to make her forget how to talk….and how not to drool for that matter. Everyone was staring at her staring at him staring at her…this staring contest ends now!

"Okay, so here's what really happened. Amber and I were walking down the hall, when we heard Ron and Draco having a spat, as you people would say…or do you have rows over here? I don't even know anymore. Anyhoo, so we are just walking and then we get hit by a curse, so we punched our attackers. I mean, I was afraid for my life. What if a crazy man tried to kill me so he could wear my skin as a hat or something? I know Amber was thinking the same thing and poof! Now you've got two punch victims on your hands." I looked over at Ron who probably now had a broken nose and then I looked at Malfoy who had an eye swelling up….yup, that thing was gonna be a shiner!

"Um… yeah," Amber said with a blush, looking away from our potions teacher.

"Well. I must say I am very disappointed in you two. It's the first day of school and you have already gotten your selves into trouble. I admit I could expect this sort of thing from Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, or Mr. Malfoy, but from you? Two brand new students!"

"Well Professor," Amber said looking up at Professor McGonagall, "I'm not gonna lie, your probably gonna be seeing us in hear a lot."

"That or in Dumbledore's office," I said with a shrug, "whichever is easier for you."

"We don't really care either way," Amber smiled.

"Well I think that we could let you by with a warning"

"Minerva," Snape said, his cold voice cutting her off. "Mr. Malfoy is going to have a black eye, and Mr. Weasley's nose is most likely broken. I do not think a warning will work for this situation."

"I suppose you are right. In that case twenty house points from each of you. Now off you go! You will be late to dinner!"

It was the first day of school, and we already had Gryffindor in negative house points. This year was gonna be very interesting.