Prologue:
Long ago, there were four very powerful witches and wizards. They were so named Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw were all comrades. However, Slytherin was an outcast. He was powerful beyond most wizards' imaginations. For this reason alone, he was allowed to stay with the other three. These four soon banded together to form a school for witches and wizards. They created several guidelines the school would follow. The school would have seven years worth of material. It would go from first year at age eleven to seventh year at age seventeen. The four friends soon built a school with many defenses from invasion. After their work was completed, they decided to split the school into four sections, called houses, named after each of them; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. They also decided to name the school Hogwarts, because during construction, it was home to a particularly warty hog. After living in harmony for a while, Slytherin got in an argument with the other three about purebloods versus muggleborns. Slytherin left the school, vowing never to return again…
Sam Henderson walked through the barrier on onto platform nine and three-quarters in King's Cross station. He looked up at the big red train waiting to take him to another land with magic and new adventures. Sam looked at himself in the reflection of one of the train's windows. He was short, with recently cut blond hair. He sighed. He really wished that he had a friend to share this experience with. With muggle parents it made it sort of hard to have wizard friends. He was even going to lose his few muggle friends, because of his long excursion at Hogwarts every year for the next seven years. Sam slowly climbed the stairs of the train and sat down in a compartment devoid of people. Soon another boy walked in. He had brown hair, was about average height, and seemed to be singing a very high-pitched song under his breath.
"Hi! I'm Edward Fones," he said while holding out his hand.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Sam Henderson," Sam replied. Edward sat down next to Sam. A couple of minutes later, another boy walked up. This boy was also medium height, had brownish hair, and glasses. He looked intelligent.
"Hi," he said.
"Hello, what is your name?" asked Edward.
"My name is David O'Brian," he answered.
"Cool," replied Sam. "You can sit in our compartment if you want."
"Thanks," David replied.
"So, are your parents wizards?" Sam asked David and Edward, once he and Edward had introduced themselves to David.
"Oh, both my parents are muggles," David replied.
"Hahahahaha," Edward replied, "my parents are wizards and so much better than yours," he said jokingly. David laughed. Then another boy walked through the door of their compartment. This boy had black, curly hair matted down on his head. Two girls shuffled in behind him.
"Who are you?" asked the boy. "Are you pureblood?" He motioned to David.
"No!" David replied indignantly. "Who are your friends?" David asked, pointing to the two girls.
"They are Susan and Jessica. And I'm Andrew, the best wizard you will ever meet, you filthy mudblood." He turned and strode out the door. Susan and Jessica followed.
"Well, that was interesting," Sam said.
"He insulted my parents, that little worm! I'll kill him!" David screamed, and had to be restrained by Edward and Sam.
"We hate him too," replied a girl from outside the door. "We need to come in. There are no other compartments."
"Okay," Sam said. Three girls filed in and sat down.
One girl said, "Hi, I'm Starr Abbot." She was a sort of short girl with tanned skin and jet-black hair. Another girl with brown hair and medium height introduced herself as Brittney Cooke. The final girl, Helen Garcia, was tall. They all sat down and made introductions. By the time the candy trolley rolled around they were all becoming friends. Four long hours later, all six of them got off the train and climbed into the boats (four at the most to a boat). Edward (now Ed), David, and Sam got into one boat and Starr, Helen, and Brittney got into the other. While the boats took them further into the lake the six friends watched in awe at the approaching castle. It loomed out of the surrounding landscape like a giant out of some hedges. They reached dry land and jumped out of the boats, and were led by an old wizard to the castle gates.