AN: Dun, da da duuuuuun! Sequel time! I recommend you read the original 'Hogwarts of 0's and 1's' before you read this, you can find it on my profile. Just so we know, I intend to set this during the 3rd book. Now that we have characters established, and I get to skip a couple books into the future, I can do some more delicious character development. Please comment/review!

Chapter 1

"Rin, this thing doesn't look safe."

"Len, you say that every year, coming and going. Now get on the train."

"But-" Len was cut short by Rin, who roughly shoved him onto the Hogwarts Express, then entered herself; followed by Miku, Kaito, and Kim.

"Has anybody seen Cam yet?" Miku looked around, and Kim bit her lip, which Miku noticed. "Kim, you need to make up with him some time."

"Don't wanna." Rin decided that her input would be valuable at this point, but she was mistaken.

"Maybe if you told us what you fought about, we could help-"

"No!" The conversation would've turned into an argument here, but they were saved by Mary yelling to the small group from the open door of a cabin –

"Hey! Kim, Ka'to, we're up here!" Kaito lead them to the cabin, with Kim lagging behind. "Ah thought you'd nev'a get here." Sitting next to Mary (a 'southern belle' Ravenclaw with multicoloured hair, dyed to perfection) was John – a freckly Ravenclaw with a two megabyte brain, as Kim would've put it. "Ah haven't seen George yet, ah think he's with Harry an' tha' crowd." Shoving their luggage under their seats and into overhead bins, everyone sat and prepared for the ride. "By th' way, Miku, ah love your hair."

"Thanks!" Miku smiled and patted her two pigtails, recently cut short. "Do you know where they are? I'd like to say hi to George."

"I think I saw them in that carriage, over there." John leaned over and pointed to a door a little way down the train.

"Right." Miku stood and left the cabin, but waited outside to listen to what was going on within it. Kaito began to make small talk, and Len started nagging Rin about her messy hair – which was met with a loud rebuke from Rin, followed by a pause where Kim was expected to intervene, but didn't. Miku sighed, spun 'round to the direction of George's cabin, and instantly bumped into someone. "S-sorry…" She looked up, and smiled – it was only Cam. "Oh, Cam. I didn't know you were already here."

"Well – uh – yeah." He smiled and blushed a little. The pudgy blonde boy hesitated for a second, before going to open the cabin door. "I guess they're in here…?"

"Uh-huh. I'll be in that one." She pointed to her destination. "See you!" She continued down the carriage, opened the door, and side-stepped in (without invitation). "Hi, everyone!" The inhabitants all looked towards the door (except for the man sleeping at the far end), and George, who was very short and possessed the curliest hair known to man, sighed.

"Hello, Miku." His voice was totally devoid of enthusiasm. For as long as he'd known her, he'd found Miku's endless supply of cheerfulness grating. Hermione, who wasn't that fond of her either, smiled as little as is humanly possible and prepared for the long and infinitely naïve conversation ahead. Harry and Ron didn't mind her; Harry appreciated that she had to spend most of her time in Gryffindor, away from her real friends (much like he had to spend the summer with the Dursleys, instead of with Ron and Hermione), and Ron respected her flying talents. No-one knew why she'd come to their cabin voluntarily, though. Fiddling with her hair, which she was unaccustomed to having cut short, Miku sat and looked around absent-mindedly. A few awkward minutes of silence passed, and she was about to speak, when the cabin was plunged into darkness.

Cam brushed his hair behind his ears and entered the cabin – as he'd expected, Mary, George, Kaito, Rin and Len were there – and in the corner, Kim was looking sheepishly at the floor.

"Cam! Fin'lly, ev'ryone's here!"

"Hey, Cam, haven't seen you in ages."

"Hi."

"Hi, everybody." Cam smiled and replied cheerfully to each greeting.

"Cam, help me get Len off my hair!"

"I still have to put the barrette back in!"

"I don't care, Len…" The scuffle faded into the background as Cam glanced at Kim, who still hadn't spoken and was still fascinated with the floor. When Rin's barrette had been returned to its rightful place, Rin loudly addressed the elephant in the room. "So, Kim, are you gonna apologise for being a dumbass now?"A few awkward seconds passed before Kim responded.

"I wasn't the one being a dumbass." Kim didn't budge from her position.

"Excuse me?" Cam's normally mellow face grew stormy. "If you remember, Kim, I was-"

"You were sabotaging the project!" Kim stood and came face-to-face with Cam. Her accusation rendered everyone in the cabin speechless, except for Cam.

"Sabotage!? I was just testing it out, like you told me to!"

"Until I left the room!"

"I wasn't doing anything different, I already told you!"

"Yes you were, the source files were open, and you were trying to delete them!"

"The application did that by itself!"

"The bloody thing wasn't even capable of reading yet, it couldn't do that by itself! And why on earth would it delete its own source files!?"

"I'm telling you, it did! Kim, we've known each other for years now, you have to believe me…" Kim stopped in her tracks, made a small, sad noise, and sat down again. The cabin was plunged into darkness.