I met Fred and George Weasley at King's Cross the day I was supposed to be going to Hogwarts. I was walking around like a total idiot when I felt someone take my hand in theirs. As a natural reaction I jumped and whirled around to face who was behind me.

It was a tall boy with red hair and a sprinkling of freckles along the bridge of his nose. His forest green eyes were twinkling when he looked at me with a large smile that split his face.

"I'm Fred Weasley and you look like you're lost," he said, not dropping my hand. "Are you looking for Platform 9 ¾?"

I looked at him and figured that I could trust him so I nodded my head. "Yes, I'm Ariel by the way. How did you know that I was looking for that Platform?"

He winked and started walking. He dropped my hand and explained, "You had that lost puppy look and I thought that I should help you. If you'll come with me, I'll show you where to go."

I nodded and pushed my cart as I followed behind the redhead. I had books, a cauldron, a wand, I even had an owl. He was completely beautiful, with his silver body and his purple eyes, quite exquisite if I do say so myself.

We ended up walking up to a group of other redheads. The plump woman in the center shrieked, "George! There you are I was so worried. Who is this? She's a cute little thing, she is."

I felt my cheeks catch on fire when she said this. "I'm Ariel Walker, I'm a muggleborn. My mother didn't come with me and my father told me that I would be fine on my own. He lied."

"And by the way mother, I'm Fred, not George," Fred said, the freckles on his cheeks standing out as he blushed.

"Oh, well same difference," She said. Then she turned to me and said, "I'm Molly Weasley and these are my boys. This is Percy, he's a fourth year, this is Bill he's a sixth year, and this is George, he's a first year like you. You've already met Fred."

A boy with curly hair stepped forward and stuck out a hand, "I'm Percy, and it's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you love Hogwarts."

I nodded and shook his hand in mine. Then a boy with long red hair walked up and held out his hand, "Bill, it's nice to meet you Ariel."

I smiled and shook his hand; I liked him better than Percy. He seemed like one of those really laid back kind of guys, it was lovely.

"Well, it's time to get going. Bill you first, through the wall you go," Molly said, gesturing to the wall between Platform 9 and 10.

I turned to Fred and whispered, "What's she talking about? That's a wall, there's no way he's going to get through it."

Fred took my hand in his again and whispered, "Don't worry about it; Bill's an old pro at it now. Just watch him go!"

I did and right when he was about to hit the wall he just… went through it. I stood with my mouth agape as Percy did the same. Soon it was George going and then it was just Fred and I left.

"Let's go together, yeah?" Fred asked. "On the count of three."

I nodded and squeezed his hand. I gripped my cart tightly and said, "One."

He smiled and said, "Two!"

I took a deep breath and shouted with him, "Three!" Then we ran at the wall and it swallowed us up.

I opened my eyes and saw a scarlet train chugging in front of me. I looked over and saw Fred looking at me with a dazed expression. I smirked and said, "What?"

He shook his head and said, "Nothing, let's get on the train. We need to find George."

When he said this, I saw George take a running start and jump on Fred's back. He pitched forward and dropped my hand from his. I frowned slightly and watched as they wrestled on the ground.

When peopled started staring I said, "You guys, come on let's get on the train. People are staring at us! Come on!"

They looked up at me and jumped up. We walked to the train and got on, looking for an empty compartment. When we found one we piled in and sat down; Fred and I on one side with George on the other.

"So Ariel why didn't your parents stay with you?" George asked. "Or is that rude to ask you? If it is I'm sorry."

I smiled and said, "It's not rude. My father is a muggle and all of these wizard things make him uncomfortable. My mother had a meeting with the Order of the Phoenix so she couldn't be here."

"Your mother's in the Order?" Percy asked as he walked into our compartment followed by Bill. "That's awesome. Does she ever tell you what they talk about in there?"

I looked at him and saw that Bill was trying to restrain him. "I'm sorry about him; he's rather rambunctious about some things."

I nodded and scooted closer to Fred so they could sit down with us. "She doesn't really talk about things with me. She says that when the time is right everything will be revealed to me. Whatever that means."

Percy looked disappointed but he nodded his head at me. "Well if she ever let's anything slip, will you tell me about it?"

I nodded my head and scooted a little bit closer to Fred, anything to get away from his creepy brother. That and I just needed to be close to Fred. He seemed to realize it because he took my hand in his and rubbed his thumb over my knuckles soothingly.

I smiled and said, "I'll keep you posted, I guess. I'm going to go change into my robes."

I stood up and walked into the changing compartment. I pulled on my robes and made sure that I looked okay before I walked back to the compartment full of Weasleys.

When I got there I saw that I had left the door cracked open. I heard them talking and when I got closer I heard them talking.

"You love her, Fred! Just admit it."

"I do not, I just met her, how could I love her? You're daft."

"I agree with George, you haven't let go of her hand the whole time we've been around you."

I figured I would put him out of his misery so I pushed open the doors and sat back in my spot. They all looked at me with big eyes but didn't ask if I had heard them or not. I just sat there, smiling slightly.

I had a friend, maybe even a friend that would love me. This could be a good year.

This is a trial run of sorts, I guess. If I should continue, tell me.