"PLEASE mum? PLEASE?" Collin begged. "COLLIN, NO! JUST BECAUSE YOU GREW UP AROUND WIZARDS DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GIVING YOU PERMISSION TO GO TO THAT PLACE!" "You went there!" Collin whined. "NO, AND THAT'S THE END OF IT!" An 11 year old Collin Smith stomped up to her room, vowing to never speak to her parents again. "Mum.. please!" A 17 year old Collin Smith begged. "We've gone over this EVERY year since you were 11-NO!" Collin stomped up to her room-this time, of course, she was prepared. She waited until her parents were asleep that night and climbed out her bedroom window with a trunk [it was hard work, since she was on the second floor!] As soon as she got her trunk on the ground, she climbed back into her room and pulled out two evolves- on she had had for 6 years, the one that she had gotten when she had turned 11 form Hogwartz- the other held the wizarding address of the Weasleys, her parents had gotten her to start writing letters to Ron, one of the Weasely boys when she became depressed without other wizarding children to have contact with. She also grabbed her mothers wand, she had heard about a night bus that could take you anywhere. After she was shur she had everything, she climbed out her window and muttered, god what was it, "Luminous". The end of the wand began to glow, and she held it out above her head. Collin had to dodge as a large bus came out of nowhere start at her. The door opened and a boy of about 21 came out and helped her up, "where to?" he asked on a high voice the seemed as if it had never changed. "Uhmm," she looked at the address, "the...Burrow?" "Alrighty!" he said, and she stepped on the bus. Before she could even take her seat the bus jerked forward and she fell. "AH! GODDAMN!" she got up and rubbed her wrists, which she had landed on. In moments the bus stopped again, "What the bloody hell?!" she exclaimed. "We're hear, miss." the guy said. She shoved money into his hand and jumped off the bus. She approached the house and set her trunk down. Just after she knocked she realized she didn't even know what Ron looked like. A girl with red hair answered the door, "Uh, hi?" she said. Collin just stood there for a moment, "ummm, is Ron there- or is this even the right place?". The red headed girl just giggled and called "Ronny, your girl friends here!" Collin could feel her face turning red. Before Collin could protest Ron came to the door with a dumb look on his face, "Who're you?" "Who're YOU?" she countered. "...Ron." he said, raising an eyebrow. "Oh hi! God, you must think I'm crazy. I'm Collin.. Long story why I'm here.". Before Collin could even start, another boy came running down the stairs, he was tall, with messy black hair and glasses, then she noticed a scar shaped like a lightning bolt and she knew who it was, Harry Potter. She just stood, awestruck. She had always imagined him as this huge, stuck up jock-type guy who bragged all the time. By his appearance she was way off. He was a bit short for his age, and really scrawny. She fell for him immediately. "We'll go to my room," Ron said. Ginny raised an eyebrow. "Wh-at?? Hermione's there!" Ginny shrugged, and with a final smile at Harry, left the room. "That's Ginny? The one you said is hopelessly in love with-" she stopped. "Yep, that's her." Ron led the way up the stairs to his room, where a girl with pretty brown hair was sitting. "Hermione, Collin. Collin, Hermione." Ron said. The girls smiled at eachother and exchanged hellos. 'So whats the story?" Harry asked smiling at her, and Collin felt her knees go week at the sight of his smile. "well, ok I got my Hogwarts letter the same time as everyone else.. but my parents, they had this bad experience or something, so they like forbid me from going. Tonight, I got SICK of this, and I just ran away. I'm planning on going. I know all the material I was home schooled...so that's pretty much it." Over the next few weeks they all got along pretty well... Except Ginny and Collin. They could sense eachother's crushes on Harry-and this caused them to fight whenever they crossed paths.

Collin woke up the morning school was to start. She looked around, Hermione, too was awake. "Hey," she said. "School's today." Hermione replied. Hermione, too was wearing a tank top and shorts, but hers weren't as tight as Collin's, but when they got downstairs both Harry and Ron had their breath taken away. "Ready?" Mrs. Weasley asked, taking a moment to raise her eyebrows at Collin. She only giggled. They drove to King's Cross and stood by Platform 9 3/4. "Uhhh, what're we supposed to do?" Collin said, giving everyone a funny look. "Just walk straight at the wall," Hermione said. Collin stared at her. "Just do it. And walk quickly." "ok.." Collin decided to go last, so if it didn't work she wouldn't make a fool of herself. After everyone had gone she pushed her cart at the wall and squeezed her eyes shut. After a moment she collided with something. She opened her eyes. She was in a whole other room, and had bumped into a girl.