Albus decided that this was one of the times when his presence would be needed.

He would need to see this potential student in person to weigh their intentions and he had already made the mistake of letting Tom Marvolo Riddle into Hogwarts when he already wasn't sure how he would turn out in the long run.

So he made the decision to go see Wilhelmina Keen in person a month before school began, and not on her birthday like most. But this time the Slytherin heiress lived in a nice muggle home that adopted her when she came out of limbo.

As far as he was concerned she grew up with a loving family, instead of in a cold orphanage. He hoped that she would not turn out as her brother had, but he could find out by simply going to visit her.

Albus apparated to the gates of the Keen mansion. He walked up the well kept driveway and knocked on the door using the golden knocker. Albus stood there and took in the grounds. The grass kept neat, the flowers well pruned, and the a light grey fountain with not a speck of dust on it. They kept everything clean and in order.

When the door opened, the Keens' didn't open the door, but their butler did. Who gave Albus a strange look and asked who and why he was here.

"I am Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, and I am here to see Wilhelmina Keen, may I step in?" A look of realization flashed across the thin butler's face.

Wilhelmina told him to let in an old man with that name. Soon enough the butler was shooing Albus into an ornate sitting room so he could go get Wilhelmina from her room.

"Hello, Dumbledore. Feel free to take a seat on any of the chairs here," Wilhelmina came through the door with a smile, and sat across from Albus when he chose a seat.

If Albus were to say he expected her to be this mature, he would be lying. He expected her to be childish and full of wonder when she first saw him. But none of that showed on her face, a face that looked a lot like her twin's. Wilhelmina looked a lot like her twin, but the only differences were that her eyes were a stormy grey instead of black. Her hair fell to the middle of her back, curled slightly, no doubt naturally.

Her smile was more real, and didn't hide anything from Albus. Unlike Tom's, his hid secrets and dark truths every time it showed.

"Hello Wilhelmina Keen, how are you?" Albus questioned to start out the conversation that would no doubt have pauses and silence interrupting every now and then. Wilhelmina uttered a few words underher breath, and as a result she had summoned a tray full of tea, cups, and biscuits then answered his question.

"I am doing well, would you like a cup of tea and a biscuit? And I'm sure you came here to do more than ask how I am." Wilhelmina poured two cups of tea, and offered Albus one, which he accepted. Along with a few biscuits.

"I did, it seems that you have mastered some wandless magic, how might you have accomplished that Wilhelmina?" Deeply intrigued by how she was able to accomplish something that very few adult wizards had been able to. Wilhelmina winced at being called by her first name.

"Please call me Mina if you are to address me by my first name. It's such a mouthful and takes too much time to get out. I will temporarily deny you access to my mind, as it holds more truth than you need or like." It discomforted Albus to know that she was aware he was prodding at her defenses.

"Would you like the long or short version Headmaster?" Mina asked.

"The long version please, I would prefer that I won't need to ask twice." Mina shifted into a more comfortable position to begin her tale.

"It all began with Merope Guant and Tom Riddle. Merope was a descendent of Salazar Slytherin, and Tom Riddle was just a wealthy muggle. Merope had fallen in love with the wealthy muggle that passed by her tiny home everyday and found a way to give him the love potion to give her his 'love'. I suspect that she found a way to acquire a job in the kitchens, and administered a love potion to Tom. My mother and father lived in a one sided relationship. This would continue until mother could not stand to live the lie any longer, and stopped administering the love potions to father, confident that he would love her by now or at least he would stay for his unborn children." A look of sadness flashed across her face before it was replaced with a calm facade.

"But he left her as soon as he could and went back to the town that began it all, while my mother was left with a broken heart and two unborn children. She eventually found her way to the orphanage where Tom and I would be born. The place that would be her grave." Mina paused to take a sip of her tea before it completely cooled off. Albus knew some of this, but Mina filled in the holes of what little he knew.

"Might I ask how you managed to be transported to this time Mina?" Albus asked.

"That will be covered very soon. After mother died, I soon followed her into the afterlife. But I didn't really die. My physical body stayed in the mortal realm and my soul was left to exist in the purgatory, also known as limbo. While I was there, I temporarily gained an older body and mind so I could observe and learn what my role would be in the future. It was Death himself, though he prefers Kevin, who raised and taught me while I was there. He taught me how to control my magic, gave me the ability to see the past, the present, and the future. One of the reasons why I will not allow you into my mind. It would drive you insane, and I do not want to be responsible for your early death." Mina gave Albus a pointed look when he started prodding again.

"My role is the opposite of my twin's, I am to keep Harry Potter and his friends alive and well so he can fullfil his prophecy. But my time will be limited. I will permanently die in battle, taking a death curse to my chest. Soon after learning everything from Kevin that I could, he brought me back to life and I was taken to an orphanage that had a wealthy family visiting at the time, hoping to adopt a child. The very family that I am living with now." Mina finished and brought the cup of tea to her lips once again. Albus sat silently, taking in what she said and started weighing it.

"How are you not insane now?" Albus asked curiously.

"The only reason I haven't gone insane is because Kevin granted me the ability to see without problem, but I can only see a few years before I was born and a few years after my death to know that all will be well. And if anything changes, I am aware of the changes beforehand. It is both a curse and a blessing." Mina said lightly while summoning more tea.

"Headmaster, may I make a request if I am able to attend Hogwarts." Mina sat up straighter and looked Albus in the eye, conveying the seriousness of her request.

"Have no worries Mina, here's your acceptance letter. What is your request?" Albus stated while handing Mina her letter. He prepared for an odd request, as it certainly would be.

"If I were to die before you, only move me to the hospital wing, and could you please tell the other teachers of this. But the reasoning for this is because I am visiting Kevin temporarily. There should be no worries until I am eighteen. And it is best that Harry does not know who I truly am until his fourth year. It is for his own safety." Mina finished on a lighter note, and opened her acceptance letter.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Ms. Keen,We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minera McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Mina wasn't about to lie and say that she wasn't looking forward to this while in limbo with Death.

Mina looked up at Albus quickly with a smile on her face and looked down to continue reading her letter.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Tremble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scale

Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS

ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK

Yours sincerely,

Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus

Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions

"Mina would you like an escort to go to Diagon Alley to pick up your school supplies, or would you like to go alone?" Albus asked as the last proof of her innocence.

"I'm probably going with my parents, they're a bit curious about the wizarding world, it's probably for the best since they worry about me too much." Mina said, reading the letter over and over again. Albus stood up.

"I look forward to seeing you at Hogwarts Mina, take care." Albus said quietly, and apparated to Hogsmede.

"C'mon Mom! Dad! I want to be on time to meet someone in person!" Mina was pulling her parents with her towards the Leaky Cauldron. Catherine and Theo, Mina's adoptive parents, were muggles and couldn't see the pub, so they depended on their daughter to get where they needed to go.

When they stepped through the door, the muggles confusion disappeared and they stared around in wonder while their daughter dragged them to the back of the pub and through the wall that concealed Diagon Alley. On the way they noticed a group of people jockeying to to greet one small boy, but paid it no mind.

Her parents stared at everything and everyone on the walk to Gringotts to trade currency so she could buy her school supplies. But before they could step inside the white fortress, they read the passage in the door.

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn.

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there.

Once they all read the warning, the doors opened and the family of three stepped through the doors and walked until they came across the counter where they could trade their currency. While they were there they set up a vault there for Mina so she could buy things that she needed when she needed to without having to go to her parents every time she needed money.

When they had more than enough galleons, sickles, and knuts, they set off to go buy Mina's supplies, and decided that her robes would be first. Madam Malkin was already ushering another boy to be fitted when they stepped inside.

"Are you Hogwarts as well? If you are c'mon, might as well get you all in one go," Madam Malkins called over her shoulder, Mina rushed to catch up with the two. Mina's parents waited at the front of the shop

There was a blonde boy with a pointed face and the one from earlier, both she recognized Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter.

"Hello, are you both Hogwarts?" Draco asked from his stool. Harry was put on the other stool, while she stood off to the side waiting to be fitted.

"Yes," Harry and Mina answered simultaneously, and shared an amused glance.

"My father's next door buying my books and my mother's up the street looking at wands. Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow," Draco droned on.

"First years can't have their own brooms because most of the time they'll cause more trouble than their worth. But it would be nice to own one." Mina piped up, she was staring at the other robes on the racks trying to find something remotely interesting. Draco's attentions was brought to her long enough to see that she could be a pure-blood from the way she held herself and because of her aristocratic features.

"Have you got your own broom?" Draco asked Harry, she had already answered his question beforehand.

"No."

"Play Quidditch at all?" Now Draco was focusing on Harry and less on her. A third seamstress came from the front and directed her to a stool

"No." After that Draco droned on about everything that he thought was interesting. Mina didn't bother to pay attention anymore, favoring staying still so she didn't get stabbed with a needle.

She tuned in when she realized that Harry was talking about his parents.

"They're dead," Harry said shortly, he didn't seem to want to talk to Draco anymore, and she couldn't blame him.

"Oh, sorry, but they were our kind, weren't they?" Draco's apology wasn't genuine, but he continued on to ask about Harry's lineage.

"They were a witch and wizard, if that's what you mean."

"I really just don't think they should let the other sort in, do you? They're just not the same, they've never been brought up to know our ways. Some of them haven't even heard of Hogwarts until they get their letter, imagine. I think we should just keep it in the old wizarding families. What's your surname anyways?"

Before Harry could respond, Madam Malkin came in.

"That's you done, my dear," As soon as his robes were in his hands, Harry left.

"Well, I'll see you at Hogwarts, I suppose," Draco drawled.

"Might I ask who you are, for future reference," Mina questioned from her stool, Draco turned away from Harry's retreating figure to look at her.

"I'm Draco Malfoy, who are you?"

"Wilhelmina Keen, but I prefer Mina," Mina said calmly with a small smile on her face.

"I don't recognize your last name, what are you, Pureblood, Halfblood, or Mudblood?" Draco quired.

"Oh I'm a Halfblood, but I was raised in a muggle family," Mina hummed and ignored the sneer from Draco.

"How is that possible?" Draco said with a full on sneer.

"My real parents are dead, but I was adopted by a nice muggle family. They're not that bad once you get to know them you know. Try not to hold onto prejudices for too long, it isn't really all that attractive Draco," Mina hopped off the stool when her seamstress prompted her to, and payed for her robes and name tags.

"I hope we can become friends, but that depends entirely on you. See you at Hogwarts!" Mina said in a cheery tone and left the shop with her adoptive parents. Draco was left quite confused by the girl.

They walked until the came across Ollivanders. They stepped in the small shop and were immediately greeted by Ollivander.

"Hello there, nice day isn't it?" Ollivander said without expecting a response.

"Very nice indeed," Mina responded, not the least bit bothered by his odd behavior.

"What is your name little one? Hold out your wand arm please," Ollivander snapped his fingers and a tape measure immediately started measuring everything when she held out her right arm.

"Wilhelmina Keen," She stated while watching the tape measure run about.

"Nice name... That will do," the tape measure went limp. Ollivander ran over to one of the shelves and began sorting through the boxes and pulled out an ordinary box.

"Yew wood, unicorn hair core, ten inches, quite whippy. Give it a wave," As soon as the wand was in her hands she knew it wasn't the one for her, but gave it a wave regardless. The floor caught on fire as a result, and the wand was snatched out of her hand. Quite a few wands came and went the very same way, some causing minimal damage, while others would transfigure stools into giant spiders.

"I have my doubts about this one, but, a mixture of both Elder and Cypress wood, Phoenix feather core, thirteen and a half inches. Give it a wave," Mina knew it was the wand for her when it landed in her hand, and gave it a confident wave. When wonderful multicolored bubbles came out, she wasn't going to let the wand go as long as she lived.

"The tree that wood came from was actually two trees that happened to grow inside one another. Cypress is for the brave and self-sacrificing, and the elder is for those of a special destiny. I'm quite surprised that are able to hold it comfortably at all. wands like these aren't usually this stable, but I guess it depends on the wizard," Ollivander finished quietly. Mina's parents paid for the wand and they set off for Eeylops Owl Emporium.

While there they bought a gorgeous, fluffy grey and white cat, with blue eyes. Which she promptly renamed Callisto.

From there on they bought her books, a pewter cauldron, and other necessary items then returned to their home.

Mina had no trouble finding the platform in which she was to go through to get to Hogwarts Express, but she had one obstacle to get through first. The Weasley family.

She liked them plenty, but it was kind of hard not to feel irritated with people when they were crowding the only way to the train. She wasn't even that far away from the entrance, and there weren't too many of the family members left to go through to the platform. At that time Harry showed up looking immensely confused as to where to go to get to the train.

"So crowded, packed with muggles of course." Molly Weasley said her children, and Harry seemed to have caught the part of the phrase that said, 'Look at me! I''m a witch Harry!', not that it troubled Mina. It made it easier to follow the path laid out before her, the one that told her when and where things would happen and occur.

Mina decided that she would hang back and not let herself be seen, so she could properly introduce herself later. Mina didn't bother to listen to the conversation going on between the Weasleys' and Harry, she knew exactly how to get to the platform nine and three quarters.

Soon enough the Weasley children disappeared through the wall and Mina was able to go through with little more problem. Once she was on the other side she casted two spells, one to make her trunk feather light, and the other shrunk it down so she could put it in her sweatshirt pocket. Callisto could be trusted to walk beside her the whole time. She stepped onto the train and decided not long after, that she would see if she could find Draco, and maybe cause him some trouble. But mostly she wanted to talk to him.

It took a bit of walking, but she found him quick enough. Draco was sitting with Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise.

"Nice to see you made it safely, Draco. Do any of you happen to know if the candy cart has gone around yet?" Mina asked with a small smile on her face, looking back towards the aisle to try to find the cart.

"Why would a mudblood like you want me to be safe?" Draco sneered at Mina who still stood in the entrance to the compartment. The others in the compartment shared similar beliefs and started sneering at Mina too.

"I'm not a muggle-born Draco, I'm a half-blood. In the end, you'll play an important role in the years to come, don't let it get to your head now, and besides, it is only decent to wish that someone has a safe journey." During the important roles part, Mina's eyes glazed over meaning that she was checking that the future was still as it was when she last checked.

"Oh I've got to get going, take care all of you!" Mina left the compartment full of confused wizards and and a witch with her cat, and set off to get to Harry's compartment before the candy cart came around.

Mina managed to get to the compartment in a short amount of time. Ron Weasley was already sitting with Harry when she knocked on the wall to let them know she was here before she said anything.

"May I sit here? Callisto made me run about trying to find her, so I wasn't able to find another open seat." When she said Callisto's name, the cat meowed indignantly. Ron and Harry shared a look, and Harry was the one to speak.

"Yeah, go ahead. Haven't I seen you before?" Harry asked after he realized that he recognized her. Mina nodded and sat down next to Harry, Callisto leapt into her lap.

"We saw each other at Madam Malkins, I'm Wilhelmina Keen, but please call me Mina. Who are you two?" Mina asked politely while stroking Callisto.

"I'm Ronald Weasley, but call me Ron." Ron said while staring at her cat with a cautious look on his face.

"I'm Harry Potter." Harry said shyly, hoping that she wouldn't make a big deal about him. Harry saw recognition flash through her eyes, but she didn't ask any questions. Harry was grateful for that.

"Those are nice names, much easier to say than mine. My parents gave me the name when they adopted me, so I can't be too bitter about it. That's a lovely owl! So pretty and intelligent looking!" Mina said in a calm tone until she saw Hedwig. Hedwig seemed to puff up at Mina's compliments.

"Anything off the cart dears?" They all looked up to see the candy cart lady standing there.

Mina got licorice wands, chocolate frogs, and cauldron cakes, and a few other thinks that she knew that she would snack on it later.

"Want any Ron? I noticed that you didn't get anything." Mina pointed to the pile in her lap, which Callisto was glaring at with all her might. Ron shook his head and brought out some sandwiches for himself.

Eventually Harry persuaded Ron to eat some of his pile.

"Sorry, but have you seen a toad at all?" Neville Longbottom came into the cart looking teary eyed. They all shook their heads.

"Wait, what is your toad's name?" Mina asked suddenly, and pulled out her wand. Neville told her his toad's name and Mina pulled her wand all the way out of her pocket.

"Accio Trevor." Trevor came zooming into her hands after a few seconds. Neville left the compartment thanking Mina.

"You already know that spell? And if I lost rat, I wouldn't be too bothered. He could be dead right now and you wouldn't even know it." Ron said while poking his rat, Scabbers.

"I tried to turn him yellow the other day to make him more interesting, but the spell didn't work. I'll show you, look..." Ron began to look around in his bag for his wand, and pulled out a battered looking one that had something white poking out of it.

"The unicorn hair's nearly poking out. Anyways-" He had just lifted his wand when a girl came in.

"Have you seen Neville's toad, he lost it." Hermione Granger asked in a bossy sort of tone.

"I accioed his toad to him just a few minutes ago, did he lose it again?" Mina asked after the other two said no.

"Never mind then. Are you about to do magic. Let's see it then." Hermione sat down on one of the other seats and watched patiently. They all exchanged looks before Ron continued on.

"Er- all right." He cleared his throat and pointed his wand at Scabbers.

"Sunshine, daises, butter mellow,

Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."

Nothing happened, Scabbers stayed his grey color and was still asleep.

"Is that even a real spell?" Mina asked.

"If it is, it's not a very good one. I've tried a few simple spells for practice and they've all worked fine for me. Nobody in my family is magical, so I was very pleased when I received a letter from Hogwarts. It's the bast school of witchcraft there ever is. I've heard- I've learned all the course books by heart of course, I just hope it will be enough- I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?" Hermione said really fast, Ron and Harry didn't seem to catch a lot of that.

"I'm Ron Weasley."

"Wilhelmina Keen, but call me Mina."

"Harry Potter."

"Are you really? I know all about you, course- I got a few extra books for background reading-" Mina tuned out on the books and started listening again when Harry talked.

"Am I?"

"Goodness, didn't you know, I'd have found out everything I could if it was me." Hermione dropped the topic when she realized that Harry wasn't like her, and wasn't really listening.

"Do any of you know what house you're going to be in? I've been asking around, and I hope I'm in Gryffindor, It sounds by far the best; I hear Dumbledore himself was in it, but I suppose Ravenclaw wouldn't be too bad... Anyways I better get going." Hermione left abruptly.

"Whatever house I'm in, I hope she isn't in it." After that Mina tuned Ron and Harry's conversation out while she transfigured her clothes into her uniform and took her trunk out so she could bring it back to normal size. Once it was back to normal, she got out her robes and put them on over her uniform. After she finished, she levitated the trunk to the rack above their heads. That was when Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle showed up.

"Is it true? They're saying that Harry Potter is in this compartment. Is it you?" Draco asked while staring at Harry.

"Yes." Harry said while staring at Crabbe and Goyle, who were standing next to Draco like bodyguards.

"Oh, this is Crabbe and this is Goyle. And my name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Draco said carelessly.

Ron decided to cover up his snigger with a cough, and Draco noticed.

"Think my name's funny don't you? No need to ask who you are. Father has told me that all Weasels have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford." Draco said with a sneer on his pointy face.

"You'll soon find some wizarding families to be better than others. You won't want to go making friends with the wrong sort, Potter. I can help you there." When he finished, Draco held out a hand to Harry.

"I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks." Harry said coolly. Draco's cheeks turned pink.

"I'd be careful if I were you, Potter. If you're not, you'll end up just like your parents. I see you're already mixing around with a mudblood. She's probably already rubbing off on you." Draco sneered at Mina. Ron and Harry both stood up.

"Say that again." Ron said with his face turning as red as his hair. Mina silently cast a domed shield around both Ron and Harry.

"You're going to fight us, are you?" Draco glanced back at Crabbe and Goyle.

"Unless you get out now." Harry said glancing at Draco's minions.

"But we don't feel like leaving, do we boys? We've eaten all our food, and you still have some." Goyle was reaching for the chocolate frogs next to Ron, Ron was getting ready to leap at him. But Scabbers got to him before Ron could. Goyle was waving his hand where Scabbers was hanging off of his knuckle. When Scabbers let go he hit the window, and all three disappeared.

"What is going on here?" Hermione Granger was back.

"I think he is knocked out, Ron." Ron was picking up Scabbers by the tail.

"No, I don't believe it- He's gone back to sleep." Ron said while staring at Scabbers closely. He put the grey rat on the the seat next to him

"Do you know what mudblood means, Mina?" Ron asked once he was no longer focused on Scabbers.

"Oh I know what it means, and I know that my mother was a witch. The only reason he calls me mudblood is because he found out that I was adopted by a nice muggle family, he does it in hopes of getting a reaction out of me. I'm not really all that bothered." Mina said calmly instead focusing on petting Callisto. To be truthful when she first learned that would be her nickname coined by Draco, she was angry, but years spent in limbo had wizened her and toughened her skin.

"So you've both met Malfoy before?" Ron asked both Mina and Harry. Harry started off the story and Mina finished it when she got to her part.

"I've heard of his family, they were some of the first to come back to our side after You-Know-Who disappeared. Said they'd been bewitched. My dad didn't believe it. He says Malfoy's father didn't need an excuse to go over to the Dark Side." Ron finished darkly, and turned to Hermione.

"Can we help you with something?"

"You better hurry up and put your robes on, I've just up front to ask the conductor, he says we're nearly there. You haven't been fighting, have you? You'll be in trouble before we even get there!" Hermione said looking slightly panicked.

"Scabbers has been fighting, not us!" Ron scowled at her.

"Would you both mind leaving, we need to get into our robes." Ron said gentler now that he was addressing both Mina and Hermione. Mina left without another word, taking Callisto with her and decided to walk through the carriages while she waited for the train to stop.

"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave the luggage on the train, it will be taken up to the school separately." A voice rang out through the aisles of the compartments.

When the train stopped she was one of the first to get off, and headed over to where Hagrid stood waiting for first years.

"You a firs' year?" Hagrid asked Mina when she reached him, Mina nodded and Hagrid turned his focus to calling the other first years.

Once all of the students that were first years had gathered around Hagrid, they set off down a steep, narrow path.

"Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec. Jus' round this bend here." Hagrid called over his shoulder when Mina spotted a patch of light ahead.

Most made a sound of admiration when they saw the school perched upon a mountain with many turrets and dazzling lights.

"No more'n four to a boat!"

Soon the first years spotted the fleet of boats lining the shore, and piled into them. Mina decided to pick her own boat before she would have to be forced to sit with someone she did not agree with. Crabbe and Goyle for example.

She was lucky enough to get Luna Lovegood, Seamus Finnigan, and Dean Thomas in her boat. They were quite nice, but they didn't talk much in favor of admiring the castle.

They eventually arrived to a underground harbor, and they all got off and followed Hagrid up to door where he knocked three times.