"Mommy do I have to go"? Asked Oliver. "Sweetheart you will have so much fun and make many new friends. I will miss you so much and so will your baby sister, now get on board before you miss the train." Moira said with tears in her eyes. She pushed him forward and standing next to Tommy Merlyns father, Malcolm, who was also sending his son away for the fist time, waved goodbye.

Oliver watched as his mother vanished from site and leaned back against the chair of the train. Tommy sat himself next to him and handed him a chocolate frog. Oliver thanked him and they ate their frogs in peace until a group of noisy girls walked by. He saw Laurel and Nyssa, both of whom he had known for ages but the others were new. As soon as Laurel and Nyssa noticed them they slipped into the car with Oliver and Tommy.

Laurel sighed. " Those girls could talk forever if they were allowed too" she said with no sense of laughter in her voice. Nyssa shook her head in agreement and looked toward Oliver and Tommy. "Are you two going to offer us chocolate as well" she said in a playful tone. Laurel laughed as Tommy hurriedly handed both girls a treat.

As the four of them ate they noticed three other first years in the car across from them. They were gabbing away, especially the girl. Nyssa smiled at the brown haired girl and Laurel couldn't help but laugh. "Now Nyssa, you promised Sara that you would still be available when she got to the school our third year" Laurel said patting her on the knee. Nyssa turned a bright red and hid her face in the book she had on her lap. The others laughed.

At that point none of them on that train would know the next seven years of their lives would be hellish and magical.

Oliver stood next to his friends. There was this cocky young lad who kept staring at Laurel. She ignored him. She was too busy trying to figure out what tower she would like to be in. The three from the train were standing right next to them. Of course everyone was talking about the wonderful Harry Potter. Oliver scrunched his nose, leaned in near Tommy and said "I will be as famous as him one day". Tommy snickered and patted his friend on the shoulder. He was about to say something when the head master called for the first years to be brought in.

Oliver tried to pay attention to what the headmaster was saying but his eyes were on the pitch outside. He wanted to play since his parents took him to the World Cup for the first time.

"Nyssa Al Ghul please come to the shorting hat" called professor McGonagall. This shook Oliver back to reality. Especially the whispers from around him. Everyone knew her last name, it was infamous with the blacks and malfoys. Some say it's a branch of the Gaunt family, making her a relative of the dark lord. All she was to him was his friend Nyssa.

Nyssa sat down looking more nervous than she ever had. McGonagall put the hat on her head. Nyssa listened as the hat debated her fate and before she could actually comprehend everything she heard "Slytherin". She looked over and half the Slytherin table was ecstatic and the other half looked scared to death. Smiling to herself she patted her friends on their backs and headed for the Slytherin table.

Laurel was the next victim. She sat down. "Ah I see your very wise and very smart but your also very brave and fast to be there for your friends" the hat said as Laurel just relaxed like her father told her too. The hat screamed Ravenclaw and Laurel took it off, hugged her friends and headed off towards the Ravenclaw table.

More names went by and then they came to the snarky boy that had been staring at Laurel. He pushed by Oliver and Tommy and as he got near the hat it screamed "Slytherin" and smirking Draco Malfoy as the teacher had called him headed towards Slytherin table, making sure to strut by Laurel like some lion after a kill and sitting on the other end of the Slytherin table away from Nyssa as though she was going to bite.

"Tommy Merlyn" said the teacher. Tommy walked slowly towards the hat. His father had been a very well known Slytherin but his mother was a hufflepuff. There was silence. Tommy didn't talk, the hat didn't talk, they just sat there. After about 5min the hat shifted and shouted "Gryffindor" and that was that. Tommy got up, gave Oliver the thumbs up and headed towards Gryffindor table.

After a whole bunch more names It was finally Oliver's turn. He got up and sat down on the chair. The hat itched on his head. He waited as the hat sang some stupid song he hadn't heard since he was three. When it stopped Oliver felt something in his hands. He looked down and in them he saw an arrow with a bright green tip, like the color his wand glows, and the hat just said one word "protect" and then screamed Gryffindor. He looked down at his hands and the arrow was gone. Had he imagined it? Professor McGonagal patted him on the back and sent him off to Gryffindor table to sit with Tommy.

After the dinner celebration the four friends met up, gave each other a big hug and headed for their new dorms and a new chapter in their lives.