Chapter 1

The sun had began to set, causing an orange hue to lighten the castle walls as the Hogwarts Express began to slow down on the rusty, littered rail tracks,

"So this is it, our new home for the next two years" spoke a girl with short, honey blonde hair as she glanced at the country fields roll by, and an old, run down, yet pleasant village to come into view

"way better than my place" sighed one of the boys as he carelessly ran a hand through his light brown hair, swinging his leg as he sat on the compartment sofa

"you haven't even looked at it Finn" 'Anna laughed, her brown eyes sparkling in amusement

"dont need too" Finn shrugged "Anything is better than that hell hold"

"you have your own quidditch pitch, swimming pool, gymnasium and your bedroom is the size of our old school, stop being ungrateful" Lorelai smirked, leaving her spot from the window, and moving the legs of the last boy in the compartment to make room to sit

"hey! I was lying down" he protested

"zip it Marcus, you were hogging the whole seat" Lorelai snapped, smacking him lightly

"remind me why I keep you around?" he glared, kicking her with his foot lightly

"I am the best damn thing that ever happened to you Haywood" Lorelai replied, wrapping her knitted black cardigan tightly around her slim frame

"I f-cking hate Englands weather.' Finn grumbled, rubbing his hands together in a failed attempt to warm them

"I dont think we are still in England" Anna pointed out, glancing at her watch

"what is it about this place and being so fricken secretive, Ilvermorny was never like this, at least we knew how to get there and didn't need a fricken train" Lorelai grumbled

"do you think we will fit in with everyone?" Anna suddenly questioned, a worried look gracing her features

"we dont ''fit in' with people Annie, others fit in with us" Finn smirked

"yeah, but that was in Ilvermony, we were there from the beginning, it was different, here, we are the newbies" Anna responded, nervously picking at her white over sized sweater

"Dont worry An, we will only be the newbies for a couple of days, we wont take long to establish ourselves, trust me" Lorelai assured her.

All further conversations, however, came to a halt as the train halted and the students began to get off the train.

"woah" Anna breathed, amazed at the castles size and mysterious appeal

"its definitely bigger than Ilvermorny" Marcus agreed, helping Anna and Lorelai with their night bags

"still smaller than Finns ego" Lorelai muttered under her breath, amazed, as she glanced up at the top of the castle

"ha, funny" Finn replied sarcastically

"FIRST 'EARS! O'ER H'RE" The four Americans jumped at the sound of a loud voice, that sounded as if it was being magnified by a loud speaker

"who-" Lorelai began

"is that?" Anna finished, pointed quite rudely at the giant bearded man in front of her

"the names Hagrid, yer lot aren't first 'ears" He responded gruffly, yet there was a edge of kindness and warmth that mellowed out his voice, and made one feel welcome

"no Sir, we are sixth year transfer students" Marcus spoke up

"oh, P'ofessor McGonagall warned me about yer. Told me to make sure yer found a carriage okay. Now, go to the carriages over there, and it will take yer to the castle, don't worry about the luggage, it will go to yer rooms" Hagrid explained

as the four sixteen year olds set off towards the carriages, they remained silent, all absorbed in their own thoughts, and how their previous conversation might be very false

"come on guys, this ones free" Marcus spoke, breaking the silence, he helped the girls into the carriage before stepping in himself, Finn following him

"raise your hands if you are seriously worried" Anna whispered, toying with her nails nervously, a habit she did quite often in difficult situations.

The carriage was silent, as no one moved for a few seconds, and then, like lightening in the storm, all three remaining students hands shot up

"Thank Merlin I am not alone" Anna muttered, staring out the carriage window

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"You must be the new students from Ilvermorny" spoke a short man, with blonde hair and a kind, warming face

"yes Sir" Anna replied quietly, from her spot closest to him

"My name is Neville Longbottom, and I am the Head of Gryffindor House as well as the Herbology teacher" Neville smiled, stretching his hand for Finn and Marcus to shake

"there are four houses, similar to the ones in your previous school, if I am correct. Gryffindor is for the brave, Ravenclaw is for those who are smart and use their knowledge to enhance their understanding, Slytherin takes those who are most cunning, and only those who are dedicated will find their way into Hufflepuff" Neville explained "as you are all joining the sixth years, we have decided to have you all sorted privately, to avoid any ruckus, you will be sorted in my office, and then, join the rest of the students in your respected houses, the prefect of your house will continue to show you around the castle and help you in any way you may need, follow me, please"

nervously, they followed Neville to his office, where they sat on an old red couch

"this is the sorting hat, you will put it on your head and it will determine your house" Neville explained as he took a dusty looking hat out from his cupboard

"who would like to go first?"

Finn raised his hand, shrugging as if to say, 'better get this over and done with'

the sorting hat was placed on his head and after two minutes of silence it shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"

causing the rest of us to jump

"congratulations, I am sure you will make an excellent Gryffindor"

the same was done for the remaining group of teenagers, and then Neville spoke up

"you all are in my house, while means you are my responsibility. Now, I have heard some... facts, about your behaviour in your previous school, and let me warn you now, Hogwarts will not tolerate such blatant disrespect for the rules, you will all been severely punished if any of you step out the line, keep this in mind" his warm and welcoming appearance changed in 0.7 seconds as he raised this issue, scaring us silently and making the scar below his ear become more prominent, however once he finished, the smile returned as he spoke

"the prefects of your house are Selena Winston, and Lucas Bishop. The schools head girl is Molly Weasley, and Frank Longbottom is Hogwarts head boy, they are all also Gryffindor, and I assure you, will be extremely welcome. Now, you all must hungry, so lets go to the Great Hall'

"Thoughts?" Ann muttered, walking along with her friends

"we're probably screwed, I mean the guys kid is the fricken headboy!" Finn sighed

"I am just glad we are all in the same house" Marcus shrugged

"yeah, full of pretentious over achievers" Finn grumbled

"oh for f-kes sake, you haven't met them yet, shut up Finn" Lorelai replied

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"This is the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, where you shall spend the majority of your time for the next two years. The password is 'Hippogriff' it changes every two weeks, and you can receive the new password from your prefects or heads. I hope you all settle in well" Neville smiled warmly as he dropped them off outside the common room, waving, he left the four Americans.

"this is our last time to run" Marcus joked, although there was a hint of seriousness in his voice

"Come on guys, we are supposed to be Gryffindor's. Whatever the f-ck that means" Finn spoke, rocking on the heels of his feet

"for some reason, that doesnt make me wanna stay any more" Ann replied sarcastically

"come on guys, it cant be that bad. We are the cool ones, remember? We own schools" Lorelai pep talked her friends,

"I have a feeling this is going to be different" Anna answered, braiding the ends of her hair

"well, we will just have to find out for ourselves" was all Lorelai responded with before speaking the password and entering the colourful and warm Gryffindor common room.

Their home for the next two years.

The interior of the common room was breathtaking. Red and gold invaded their eyes as they looked around, the room was full, and loud. Students of all ages were scattered around in groups, catching up with each other.

However,the most prominent group were the ones in the centre, right in front of the fireplace. There sat seventeen students, all seated on various sofas and armchairs

"they look like a bigger version of us" Marcus spoke up, after analyzing the room

"yeah, you're the blonde chick in the corner" smirked Lorelai, sitting on the chair near the window

"well, you and I seem to get on well" Marcus replied smoothly, pointing at the boy who was currently talking to the blonde under discussion, a muscular, blond, with an aristocrat look and defining features.

"oh piss off" Lorelai grumbled half heartedly, watching as Finn sat on the floor in front of her arm chair, Ann lay on the floor, resting her head on Finns legs and Marcus sat on the arm of Lorelai's seat.

"everyone here is too British" Finn whined

".. and you were confused when you failed all your fourth year tests?" Lorelai replied, sticking her tongue out at her brother in all but blood

"why do I keep you around?" Finn grumbled

'Oh I am the best damn thing that happened to you and you know it, West' snapped Lorelai, lightly kicking his shoulder. Being ever so grown up, Finn resorted to sticking his tongue out at his red headed friend.

"where are we going to sleep?" Anna asked, glancing around the room

"the dorms are probably up the stairs, we can wait and see where everyone else goes" Marcus assured her

"this place looks full of prestigious show offs" Finn sighed, glancing around

"thats because of the accents. Stop judging a book by its cover Finn" Anna commanded

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"we should probably head up" Lorelai commented, rubbing her grey eyes tiredly as she watched the common room slowly empty

"its only 11 though" Finn said, glancing up at the huge grandfather clock near the window

"you do realise school has started, right?" Anna asked, staring at Finn incredulously

"oh really? I was wondering why I suddenly felt like my soul was being sucked out of my body, and what the sudden breeze that was chilling my bones was" Finn replied sarcastically, playfully glaring at his friend

"stop being a drama queen Finn" Lorelai spoke lazily, dangling her feet over the side of the chair

"i prefer the term drama king, thank you very much' responded Finn

"oh shut up guys, lets go up, its almost empty" Marcus spoke, successfully ending any further fights or conversations

"night" the four friends parted ways to go to their dorms waving at each other as they went

"6th year dorm.. this must be it" Lorelai spoke up as they reached the second landing and began looking around

"do we knock...?" Anna asked, she didnt complete her sentence, though, as Lorelai had already opened the dorm door and walked in the room

"well.. thats one way to do it" she muttered under her breath
"hey, my names is Anna, and this is Lorelai.. umm.. we are sixth years." Anna began nervously

"hello, I am Selena, this is Dominique, and this is Roxanne, where are you from?' the difference in accent was obvious, you could hear the difference between the sharp british words and the softer, laid back American pronunciation.

"Ilvermorny, in America" Anna responded

"oh wow! Thats so cool!" Roxanne exclaimed "how come you're here though?"

"ohh" at this, the two girls stared at each other, uneased

"change of scenery" Lorelai shrugged finally, busying herself by looking through her trunk for pajamas

"which bed is ours?" Anna asked

"oh well Dom normally takes the one next to the window, Sel takes the one closest to the door, she needs to see James" Rox teased, "and I crash on the one near the bathroom"

that left two beds, one underneath the window, and the other in between Dominique and Selena. Lorelai and Anna silently picked up their trunks and dragged them to their beds. Lorelai taking the one under the window, they didnt even discuss it, it was common knowledge in the group of four that Lorelai loved waking up to the sun shining bright

"do we usually have lessons on the first day back?" Lorelai asked, changing into a pair of black pajama pants and grey top

"umm, not usually, they normally let students relax on the first day and sort out their time tables" Selena replied, brushing her long ombre hair

"thats great, tomorrow Finn, Mark, you and I should definitely check out the village we saw!" Lorelai grinned, looking at her best friends, grey eyes dancing in amusement

"Hogsmede? We aren't allowed there, only on weekends that the school decides on. We aren't allowed outside the castle at all, unless we get permission from Professor McGonagall, thats the rule"

"I prefer the word 'guidelines' " Lorelai stated matter of factly, nodding her head as she turned to sort out the belongings of her trunk

"I like her" Dominique snorted from her place laying lazily on her bed, tossing a paper ball in the air

"Lore, maybe they are right, do you seriously want to get in trouble on your first day back?" Anna reasoned, walking up to her friend

"remember when you were fun?" Lorelai pouted,

"sorry darling, I hope you still love me" Anna mocked, pinching her friends inflated cheeks

"finee, we wont go" Lorelai finally gave in

"okay, lets just agree that if our roommates turn out to be cannibals and demand that one dies for the other to survive, you die' Finn said, standing in front of the door marked 'Sixth Year Dormitory: Boys' underneath, was the carved names of four boys: Jordan, Benjamin, James, and Fred

"what?! When the hell did we decide that?" Marcus yelped, momentarily forgetting that the scenario under discussion was very unlikely to occur

"just now, duh" stated Finn, grinning at the exasperated look on Marcus's face

"stop being a douche and get your arse in the dorm" Marcus sighed, gesturing to the wooden door

"you're a meanie" pouted Finn, finally opening the big shiny, brown door

"greeting all, we come in peace" Finn joked, making the alien sign with his fingers

"ignore him, we are waiting on test results" Marcus apologised, flicking the back of his best friends head

"hey!" Finn protested, following Marcus towards the other boys

"I am Marcus, this is Finn, whats your names?" Marcus asked politely, sticking his hand out

'I am James, this is Fred, and thats Ben" replied a boy with spiky raven black hair and big brown eyes. As he addressed the other two boys he pointed towards a broad shouldered, red headed boy with blue eyes and freckles and a shorter, skinny boy with blonde hair and dark blue eyes, respectively

"well, we are going to be bunking here for the next two years, so lets lay down the laws, don't ever touch my pudding" Finn piped up from his spot next to Marcus

"I apologize for... that" Marcus sighed, gesturing to the green eyed American standing next to him

"Don't worry about it, we have one of them here too, his names Fred" James smirked

"aww, you know you love me Jimmy boy" Fred grinned, ruffling his cousins hair

and that was how the group of four spent their first day in Hogwarts

Authors Note:

woah, 2600 words! Thats so much for me... anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this, and want more. I just wanna tell everyone from the get go, that there will not be any major plot twists, well, its not planned. I dunno what goes on in brain though.

Anyways, sorry about the language thingy. I wanted to try and make it as American as possible, but I am British, so like, it wasn't easy. I literally had my American friend on the phone, asking her to translate for me!

Anyways, as usual, PLEASE REVIEW!