Chapter One:

I find my friend Albus Potter quickly in the crowd as soon as I make it onto Platform nine and three quarters for my fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, my name is Stella Miller a Gryffindor, seeker on the Gryffindor qudditich team, decent at charms and potions, whereas Albus is best at Defense and transfiguration, I can never beat the boy in a duel to save my life. I'm also an orphan, but Albus doesn't know that, I have neglected to tell him that and make up stories about awesome summers I wish I could have with wizard parents I wish I had.

I became friends with Albus on the very first train ride to Hogwarts after a run in with the infamous Scorpius Malfoy who does his best to torture me and Albus even though he dates Albus' cousin Rose Weasley, I remember being at that announcement Christmas morning last year during our fourth year when Scorpius came through the Weasley's floo and Rose's dad just lost it.

Albus brings me out of my thoughts by picking me up in a hug he was nearly a foot taller than me already. "Hey Stella, have a good summer?" he asks after sitting me down, I nod "Yeah, I can't wait to tell you all about it Al, what about you?" he grins and nods "Can't wait to tell you either, let's get your stuff on the train." He takes my trunk and my cat carrier and puts them on the train and the already saved train car he had reserved when he got here.

I take this time to say hello to Al's dad and mom "Hey Stella, have a good summer?" Al's dad, the famous Harry Potter, asks me as I walk over to their family "Yes sir I did, thank you for asking." I say as Al's mom hugs me "Good to see you again dear, we missed you this summer." I smile at her as Albus returns and puts an arm around my shoulder "We miss you ever summer Stel, you should try and stay this summer." He says with a smile, I smile back but don't say anything as the train's warning whistle blows.

"Have a good year you two, and see you at Christmas." Al's mom says hugging the two of us again before we got on the train, he pulls me into the compartment and shuts the door "I didn't want to ask in front of dad because he would freak, but I can tell you haven't been eating well." He says eyeing me, I hated when he did that "If you're implying that I'm being abused I'm not, I just lost a little weight Al." I say huffing a bit, even if I was lying through my teeth, because the orphanage I was living in did make me skip meals in order for the smaller kids to get food.

Although he didn't look like he believed a word I said, he let it slide, but I knew I would have to gain a bit of weight back if I was going to survive qudditich in a few months. "Oh be prepared, Rose will be on our asses all year about us doing revision, until our butts are in the seat that day." I sigh shaking my head, I didn't care about what Rose was talking about, I had become friends with another Gryffindor in our first year named Emilie Thomas and Rose and I n ever really hit it off, she got on my nerves with all the studying.

"Should be a fun year though, I heard they were doing something new this year." That couldn't be good I thought as I looked out the window at the landscape speeding by, then I heard the door open and hear the unwanted voice of Scorpius Malfoy, it was too early to deal with him, the school year hadn't even started "Well if it isn't Potter and Miller, are you two a couple now." I frown and shake my head "One, I probably wouldn't date Albus, he's more like my brother and two I'd like you to leave before I beat the crap out of you myself Malfoy." I say drawing my wand quickly "Oh someone's being touchy already." He says with a smirk that I heard was a trademark of the Malfoy's, I wanted to punch that smirk right off his face.

"Why don't you just leave Malfoy, Rose won't be in here." Albus says, Malfoy raises an eyebrow and just walks off without another word, I wanted to send a hex at the back of his head but I knew better so I sit back down and put my wand back up. "Why is he such a prick?" I ask, Al shrugs "Don't worry about him Stella." Is all he says before getting out a muggle comic book; I smile and go back to looking out of the window.

"Stella wake up it's time to get your uniform on." I hear Albus say, I sigh waking up from the best nap ever. "Hey Stella," I jump at the voice of Emilie next to me "When did you get here?" I ask "About an hour ago, I was sitting with August and his sister for a while though, let's go get changed." I get my robes out of my trunk and follow Emilie to the bathrooms where we change in the stalls. When we walk out I'm so in my thoughts that I run into Malfoy "Miller, watch where you're going." He hisses under his breath before shoving his way by, I see Rose waiting for him just down the way and Emilie pulls me the opposite direction back towards Albus.

We arrive at Hogsmead station an hour after Emilie and I change and we make our way to the carriages where I smile at the skeleton horses that pull them, I still didn't know why Albus or Emilie couldn't see them. Albus pulls Emilie and then me up into the carriage we've chosen and once we are sitting it jerks forward and we make our way to the castle "What do you think this big announcement is your dad told you about Al?" Emilie asks, Albus shrugs "I'm not sure, he told me he didn't know much about it but that it would change the way Hogwarts worked forever." I frown at the thought but say nothing.

When we get to the castle Albus helps me and Emilie out and we walk into the castle and to the great hall, we sit down as everyone that isn't a first year floods in and takes a seat at their tables, Rose joins us after giving Scorpius a kiss. "How's the mistake?" Emilie asks frowning at Rose as if she were a traitor. "Scorpius is actually really nice; I don't see why you guys can't get along." Rose says "Because he's a slytherin and he makes fun of Stella, and me and Emilie all the time." Albus says.

I hush him as the first years file in behind Professor Longbottom, keeping Rose from continuing the argument. After the sorting where Gryffindor earns eight new members Slytherin earns nine, Hufflepuff earns five and Ravenclaw earns ten headmistress McGonagall stands up and starts her new year speech "Good evening students, first I would like to say welcome to all the new first years and I hope that the older students will set a good example for them." She looks pointedly at Albus brother James and his friends before continuing "Now I'm sure, you've all been hearing the rumors that have been going around about us doing something a little new this year." She begins.

Everyone starts whispering to each other wondering what it could be "This year we will be doing a student exchange between the houses, we've discussed how we would choose who would go to a different house for this school year, we've already picked the four students we feel should experience the change in house scenery but you will not change houses until the end of the week."

I feel numb, what if they put Malfoy in Gryffindor, or Albus in Slytherin, or move me or Emilie, I could handle Rose being out of the dorms if I'm being honest about it but I couldn't handle Albus or Emilie being put somewhere else, I feel a nudge and look up at Albus "You alright?" he asks in a whisper, I nod giving a reassuring smile "Fine, just nervous, what if it's one of us that gets put in a different house." I say as the food appears "I'm sure it won't be Stella; don't worry so much, you have to stay positive." Albus says, yeah that was easy for him to say.

After dinner we make our way to the common room where chatter about the new exchange has already begun among the Gryffindor house, I sigh, sitting on the couch next to Albus as his brother joins with his cousin Fred the second "Hey Al, hope you aren't the one they picked to move houses." He says ruffling the boys hair, Al frowns at James "Well I hope you get put into Hufflepuff." He mutters trying to fix the mess of hair "Al stop trying, your hairs always going to be a mess." I say with a smile, he just grins back and puts his hands down as I yawn.

"Come on, I think it's time for bed, it's going to be a long week for all of us anyway." Albus says, I nod and make my way up to the fifth year girls' bedroom with Emilie after saying goodnight to Albus. I grab my night gown and pet Leo on the way by, Leo has been with me since before Hogwarts the orphanage doesn't know I take care of him because he roams around it and I feed him during my breakfast, lunch and dinner breaks.

I brush my teeth and pull my hair into a pony tail after slipping into my nightgown and walk back inside crawl in bed, I shut the curtains after a goodnight to Emilie and Leo and I curl up together and I fall asleep in my safe haven for the year.