MADI'S POV: As I boarded the train at Platform 9 3/4 , I kept searching the crowd for my friends. I had been emailing. texting, calling, IMing, mailing letters to them and every other mean of communication all summer long. We had arranged to sit on the train together; since it would be one of the few times we knew of we'd get to talk face-to-face. We were all in different houses so it was hard to arrange times to hang out. I was starting to get a bit discouraged as I boarded but as I went down the aisle, I was suddenly pushed to the ground. AS I rubbed my head everybody in the aisle turned to look. As I looked up to find out exactly who the hell just gave me a concussion I looked up only to scream in delight. There, sitting on top of me was AJ. I got up and hugged my friend then looked to see the rest of them sitting in the car. I joined them inside and put my trunk overhead. I then sat down but leaned across the car to hug all my friends hello. All six of us were third years received high marks and played instruments. Elli was the only Hufflepuff out of us six and we would always tease her about it but we all loved us. She was the shyest of us and the most innocent. She played the saxophone and had hip length wavy brown hair she refused to cut. She also sang and read. Her parents were both wizards so she was a pureblood. Camille was a mudblood and Slytherin with long black hair. She played clarinet and also sang. She always made us laugh with her paso faces and humor. Then there was Sarah. She had to be the most musically talented of us. She played flute, clarinet, and piano, AND she sang. She was a mudblood with short blonde curly hair and had the highest marks of the group. She was a Ravenclaw like me. Tiny was the shortest of us so we called her Tiny. That wasn't her real name but she enjoyed Tiny over her real name. She was a Slytherin like Camille. Tiny was the tomboy of the group and we couldn't see her any other way. Her almost black hair was cut to look like an anime character. She played trumpet and loved anime and manga. Tiny was a pureblood. AJ was a Gryffindor and half blood. She played violin and sang and along with Tiny, enjoyed anime and manga. She had shoulder length almost black hair she always kept up and glasses. Then there was me. I considered myself a theatre geek. I did theatre back home and sang as well as played flute. I had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes. I did have glasses but I preferred not to wear them. I couldn't wait to spend he next 8 months with my best friends.