A/N: Oh, Kate Anne, how I've missed you! Anyways, while my pen name may have changed (formerly AmeliaandGobby, now amylase126), I am still the same author! I've found myself with far too much free time on my hands and am attempting to resurrect this story. I'm in the process of tweaking what's already written, to make it far better, and (hopefully) easier to follow. If any fans of the story are still out there, I am sorry for vanishing for so long, and hopefully you enjoy the newly improved version!

Disclaimer: I sadly only own Kate Anne, Ana Maria, and Adrianna.

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Kate Anne stood staring at the barrier between platforms nine and ten at King's Cross Station in London. It was five minutes to eleven. Suddenly she heard a loud commotion behind her and spun around to see a nervous looking blonde girl around her age struggling to haul her trunk back onto her cart after having rammed said cart into a brick wall.

'Wrong barrier!" she shouted to herself attracting a lot of muggle stares.

Kate Anne cautiously approached the girl with a confused stare on her face. "Are you lost?" she asked in a quiet voice, tucking a strand of ebony hair behind her ear.

"No. I'm perfectly fine thank you very much," the girl said, the sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Alright, but if you happen to be looking for platform nine and three quarters it's over there." Kate Anne replied, pointing in towards the correct barrier.

Suddenly, the girl burst out in tears. "I'm sorry, it's just that I can't find this stupid platform and I only have five minutes left and my brother already went home and I've never been to this school and I've only been in this stupid country for three we-"

"Wait, wait, wait," Kate Anne held up her hands to cut her off. "I've never technically taken this train before either. I'm Katelyn Anne by the way, but you can call me Kate Anne or just Kate. One of the two, it doesn't really matter."

"Oh. I'm Ana Maria Armande. Sorry for being so rude. I'm just completely panicking."

"It's okay. So, have you ever actually been through a platform like this before?" asked Kate.

"Well, not exactly," admitted Ana Maria, biting on her fingernails.

"Okay, Let's go together then."

"Hey Harry, look at those two girls over there. They look about our age, but I've never seen them before. They both seem to be in Gryffindor though," said Hermione.

"That's odd. I suppose we could ask them to sit with us on the train so we could get to know them," said Harry.

"Great idea Harry!" agreed Hermione, and she rushed off to deliver the invitation.

"Was that really such a good idea Harry?" asked Ron. "Do we really need more girls hanging around with us? Remember how Parvati and Padma were at the Yule Ball last year?"

"I thought maybe if we did Hermione would have someone to talk girl talk with. You know, things she can't tell us."

"What couldn't Hermione tell us?' asked Ron, surprised at the thought that she couldn't tell them something. "Hey, that ones pretty cute though," said Ron.

"Which one?"

"The blonde one you git," replied Ron as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "Besides, the dark-haired one reminds me of someone I don't like, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

"Oh well, let's just go say hi already," said Harry, rolling his eyes at Ron's ridiculous reasoning based solely on the girl's appearance.

"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger!" a bushy-haired girl exclaimed, waving her hand in greeting.

"Hello, I'm Ana Maria, and this is Kate Anne. Pleased to meet you," Ana Maria offered back with no hesitation, a giant smile spreading across her face. Kate however, gave merely a small smile and slight wave.

Before Hermione could get another word in, Harry and Ron appeared alongside her. "Come on, 'Mione. We need to get on the train now if we want any chance of being able to get a compartment together," Harry complained.

"Where did you two come from?" Ana Maria's smile only grew when she noticed Ron.

"Well, let's see, shall we? My mum's name is Molly and my dad's name is Arthur…" he started to explain until Harry nudged him. Hermione shook her head, and Ana Maria giggled. Ron sent her a handsome smile.

"Let's just get on the train," Hermione grumbled.

As everyone searched for a compartment, Ana Maria whispered into Kate Anne's ear, "That red-haired boy is adorable."

"Whatever you say," was Kate's response.

They all somehow managed to cram themselves into one compartment. After they sat down, Ana Maria inquired, "We never got the names of you," pointing at Ron and Harry.

"I'm Ron Weasley," Ron piped up. "What's your name?"

"I'm Ana Maria Armande," she said and then nudged Kate Anne.

"Huh? Wha…oh I'm Kate Anne," she replied, offhandedly. She wasn't really paying too much attention to the conversation anyway.

"What about you?" Ana Maria asked Harry. He lifted his bangs, which he had convinced his aunt to let grow out over the summer, to reveal the scar for them. "You're Harry Potter!" she squealed.

"Yup, that's me," replied Harry.

"Wow," said an exasperated Ana Maria.

"And I'm Ron Weasley, his best friend," repeated Ron, desperately trying to earn Ana Maria's attention back.

Hermione decided to interject before Ron and the Ana Maria girl could completely take over the conversation. "So, hat kind of families are you from? My parents are both muggles."

"Well, it's kind of a long story," began Ana Maria. "My mum died giving birth to me, and my dad committed suicide a year later. I have a sister, my twin, Adrianna who's twelve minutes older than me. She had to stay in France for a few more weeks for some personal business. Right now, the only ones living in our new manor are my brother Nicolas and I. He's twenty. After my dad died, we lived with my Aunt Amelie and my Uncle Louie, except last year my Aunt was killed by a few of Voldemort's followers," everyone flinched at the use of the name except for Harry and Kate, "Oh, sorry. Anyway, when we moved here, they put my uncle in Saint Mungos. They were both great Aurors. I've been in England for three weeks now. My sister and I used to go to Beauxbatons."

"Wow that must be really horrible. I hope things get better," sympathized Ron, reaching across the compartment to pat her hand. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, it must be," agreed Harry, "Well, what about you Kate?"

"Well," said Kate Anne, "My dad's a wizard, but I don't know anything about my mum. I've never met her and my dad won't talk about her. He gets really aggravated if I bring her up. I tried to find something in the manor about her, but he'd thrown everything about her out by the time I was old enough to think about it."

"That's really interesting," Harry said. "So why haven't we seen you around Hogwarts before? Did you just transfer from another school, too?"

Kate shook her head. "No, I've always gone to Hogwarts. But up until this year I had private lessons with all the teachers. My dad's idea. I told him I wanted to be in regular classes with other students this year."

Suddenly the compartment door slid open and in stepped Malfoy and his cronies. "Look, it's Weasel, Potty, and the Mudblood. I see you guys have found some new morons to hang around with."

"Beat it Malfoy," snapped Ron.

"Touchy, touchy Weasley, and you, Granger…." Draco's voice trailed off as he noticed Kate Anne in the corner. She was quite pretty, with long black hair and dark green eyes. The only thing Draco could not wrap his mind around was the fact that her robes stated she was in Gryffindor.

The train abruptly came to a stop, causing Draco to lose his footing. He toppled over and landed right on top of Kate Anne. "Draco Malfoy. Pleased to meet you," Draco awkwardly introduced himself, completely flustered.

"I'm K…Kate A…Anne. N…Nice to meet you t…too…" she stuttered. Draco climbed off her, swept her a bow, sneered at the others, and swiftly left the compartment with Crabbe and Goyle trailing behind.

"Bloody Hell! That guy is a jerk!" shouted Ana Maria, hoping the Slytherin trio heard her.

"You guys should stay clear of him," warned Harry, "He's bad news, same goes for his pals, Crabbe and Goyle."

"He certainly seemed like it," agreed Ana Maria.

Kate Anne, unsure of what to think, didn't say anything. She simply straightened her robes and follow the group of Gryffindors off the train.

As they entered the Great Hall, Kate Anne scanned the head table. Upon making eye contact with the correct staff member, she sent him a small wave.

Of course, the action didn't go unnoticed by Ana Maria. "Who are you waving to?" she pried.

"Uh…no one," said Kate, hurriedly dropping her hand to her side. "Involuntary muscle spasm."

Ana Maria didn't have time to continue harassing her about it though, as Ron smiled at her again, completely distracting her.

They all sat down together at the Gryffindor table. Ron made a point of grabbing a seat next to Ana Maria. "Where the bloody hell is all the food?" Ron began complaining after a few minutes. "Will they get on with it already? I'm starving."

"Oh can it, Ron. They're sorting the first years," said Hermione.

"I know what they're doing, Hermione. Oh look it's the ferret," laughed Ron, as he caught sight of Malfoy. Everyone at the Gryffindor table started laughing hysterically, except for Ana Maria, who was sporting a confused smile, and Kate Anne, who was slowly rubbing her temples as if she had a headache. Malfoy glared across the room at them.

Once the sorting was finished, Dumbledore went his usual beginning-of-the-year announcements. Towards the end, however, he announced that there would be a ball for all of the major holidays for years three through seven.

Once Dumbledore had finished his welcome-back speech, the food began to appear on the table. "Finally!" exhaled Ron and began stuffing his face as if there was no tomorrow.

Once everyone had had their fill of dinner, they began to make their way upstairs to the Gryffindor common room. They talked about anything and everything. "I'm really glad I met you Ron, you're a really great guy," confessed Ana Maria just before they said the password to the Fat Lady. "You, Harry, and Hermione have really made my first day at a new school go so smoothly."

Ron gave her a crooked smile. "It's what we do."

Ana Maria smiled back before giving the Fat Lady the password and heading up to the girls' dormitory.

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Hope you enjoyed this little beginning snippet! There are about 10 more chapters already written, but obviously need tweaking! Reviews are always welcome! :)