And so it begins! This is my first fan fiction, so I thought I'd pick a character like Roxanne to start with since she is a bit more obscure to the potter world. I'm starting on the next chapter right away, I don't do much writing (I don't know if you can tell) but I really enjoyed writing this. this looks a lot shorter than I first thought, oh well. Please review, keep in mind I'm new at this. I'm sure there are some mistakes in there, but I tried my best to find 'em all. Okay well thanks for your time! p.s. I don't own these characters they all belong to miss Rowling!

Roxanne sat thoughtfully on her bed trying to ignore the butterflies fluttering in her stomach. The early morning sun reached delicate fingers through her window, draping the walls in a soft glow. Her room was newly painted a soft yellow color, and still held the slight aroma of drying paint which was the only clue left to credit the new color. Over the wall were layers of posters featuring her favorite Quidditch players zooming in and out of sight. On top of this layer a few pictures were tucked into places where any paint had been left uncovered. Roxanne always smiled when she saw these pictures. Most were of her family (she had a very large family), though a few held pictures of her muggle and non-muggle friends. The pictures all smiled excitedly down at her, giving her thumbs up or waving. and pinned next to these was her acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

She hugged herself for a moment to calm the butterflies. She heard a squeak from the hallway outside her door. She smiled slyly and tipped toed over to her door. For a half second there was silence then BANG! The door whipped open and her brother came running through with a bucket of water-

"IT'S YOUR FIRST DAAAY! " He sang happily preparing to upend the bucket onto her sleeping self. He stopped suddenly seeing that the bed was empty. "What the-?" He turned and saw her standing by the door with her arms crossed. "Merlin's pants!" he said clutching his heart, "trying to give me a heart attack?!"

She snickered "A bucket of water? Really? There's a whole joke shop downstairs and this is the best you could come up with? You're losing your touch."

He frowned for a moment then-

"FRED IM GUNNA KILL YOU!" she screeched through the water dripping down her face.

"Who's losing their touch, now?" he yelled back cheekily as he ran back to his room with the empty bucket still in hand.

Her father appeared in the doorway "who's lost their touch?" he said fixing his pink striped tie for work. His eyes widened at the sight of her dripping from head to toe. "Now sweetheart we've been through this! You've got to undress before you shower!"

She groaned. "Dad, it's not funny!"

"Well it's a little funny…"

"Go yell at Fred okay? I've got to get dressed." she shoved him out and began to close the door.

"Alright well hurry! We've got to stop at the Burrow before we go to meet up with every-"

The door closed with a snap and cut off his the end of his sentence. She heard him march off towards Fred's room to chastise him. She rolled her eyes and smiled as she changed out of her sopping wet pajamas and into her First Day outfit which had been specially chosen and freshly laundered for the occasion.

The burrow was full of Potter, and Weasley cousins along with aunts and uncles, and family in general. Roxanna dumped her school trunk on top of a huge pile that had been stacked at the front door. She was promptly surrounded by her family and nearly deafened with cries of "Oh darling aren't you exited? Your first year! I can hardly believe! Oh you've grown so much I remember when you were this big!" and other such pleasantries.

She managed to extract herself from the crowd which had now zoned in on Fred. She scanned the room until she alighted upon her a few of her cousins sitting in a circle on the living room floor. She walked over to where they were sitting. Lucy was doodling on a napkin, her hand possessed by a slight tremor, Lily and Hugo had their heads together, whispering. She could tell by the looks on their faces that they all shared her nervous excitement. "Hey guys." She greeted.

They all looked up at once looking a like they'd seen a ghost. Then let out their breath after seeing who it was. She sat down in-between Hugo and Lucy.

Lily smiled and squeezed her hand comfortingly, "it's our first day can you believe it? I'm so nervous!"

Roxanne smiled "oh gosh I know! I hope were in the same house!"

Hugo's shoulders slumped at the mention of houses. Lily patted his shoulder "Hugo's a little nervous about the sorting" she confided.

He ran a hand through his curly brown hair, "my dad will never speak to me again if I'm in Slytherin!" Lily looked as if she was trying very hard not to roll her eyes.

"Oh come on Hugo, you know that that's not true!"

"It is! It's true! He'll disown me! My whole family's been in Gryffindor! Even Rose!"

Lucy, who had been quiet until this point, snorted. "So? Who cares? You're not rose! You don't even look like rose! No offence, but she is a lot prettier than you."

Hugo glared at her as Roxanne tried to hide a laugh behind her hand.

Lily smiled. "Aw Hugo she doesn't mean it, you're just as pretty as Rose!"

"Okay that's it, I shouldn't have to take this." Hugo grumbled as he began to stand up.

"Oh come on Hugo we were just joking!" Lily called to his retreating form. She grinned. "He'll be fine." Roxanne smiled as the butterflies in her stomach ceased their fluttering just a tad.

"Oh that reminds me you'll never believe what Fred tried to do to me this morning…."