Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting casually in a compartment in the Hogwarts Express, waiting for the train to move.
Suddenly, there was a soft knock at the door, making them all jump, and spin round to see who was at the door.
A small-ish girl stood patiently at the door. She had long, wavy brown hair, about waist length. She was wearing a pink logo t-shirt, and a pair of white trousers with a flower drawn up the side of the right leg. She was wearing a pair of yellow converses, where she had painted a rose on the small white bit at the front.
"Hi," The girl said, grinning at the three friends.
"Um, hi," Harry said, looking at her as if she was some kind of freak.
"Can I sit with you? All the other cabins are full up" The girl asked politely, clutching her green leather bag as if someone was going to snatch it off her.
"I guess," Hermione said, moving closer to the window so the girl had space to sit down next to her.
The girl smiled at perched on the seat next to Hermione.
"What's your name?" Ron asked, leaning forward slightly, studying her clothes.
"I'm Maya McKenzie" Maya replied, eyes wide staring at Harry and Ron. They just sat there silently, wondering what to say next.
"Well, I'm Hermione, this is Ron and Harry," Hermione said finally, pointing to each boy as she said their name.
Maya smiled and looked around the small cabin.
She felt her stomach rumble, so pulled out a packet of sweets from a pocket of her brown bag. She bit on a jelly snake, and offered the sweets around, but not one person accepted the sweet, as if they thought it was poisoned or something.
The train jerked forward and the journey began. It jiggled and bumped its way across bridges and roads and eventually it stopped outside the platform.
Hagrid was there to greet the first years and say 'hello' to the upper years. It was a sunny, bright day. The birds were flying around in the air, and the clouds soared past in the sky.
Every pupil boarded a carriage, and it pulled itself along, as usual.
Soon, all the pupils were arriving at Hogwarts in the carriages and all were led into the Great Hall.
Dumbledore stood up from the table and made his way round to the front. The Hall was silent.
"It is so nice to see everyone again for another fantastic year at Hogwarts!" Dumbledore spoke. "Firstly, I would like to introduce to you the new teacher of the Defence Against The Dark Arts teacher, Professor Madill Shrewish!"
Of which everyone clapped.
"And, we have a new student in the Gryffindor House in 6th Year, Maya McKenzie," Dumbledore smiled. "Now, I am sure you are all very hungry after your long journey to Hogwarts, so, let the feast, begin!" Dumbledore clapped his hands and glorious food appeared on the table. The food was soon decreasing and eventually there were only a few scraps left on the table. Some pupils clutched their stomachs as having eaten too much and feeling sick. Others talked to one another, mainly about what they might do in the coming year. Draco was laughing loudly and giving Harry nasty glares. Draco punched Harry in the back, of which Harry turned around sharply and grabbed his fist.
"Leave me alone, Malfoy!" Harry said calmly.
"Temper, temper," Malfoy sniggered, his friends smiling evilly.
"Just leave him, Harry, he's not worth it," Hermione whispered in Harry's ear.
"Oh, god, can't you ever keep your fucking nose out of other peoples bloody business, you fucking mudblood!" Draco sneered.
Hermione, very offended by that, turned back round, feeling her eyes water and tears drip down her red face.
Ron, who was on the other side of her, put his arm round her shoulders. Maya, who was opposite Ron, leaned over the table and offered her a crumpled tissue. Hermione smiled and took it, blowing her nose quietly. She wiped her tears away on the back of her hand, and sat up straight. Other houses started to dismiss themselves from their tables, so the Gryffindor house stood up and walked silently out of the Great Hall. Once all out, they all rushed to common rooms or dormitories to unpack their stuff. Hermione walked casually to her dorm, biting her nails on the way there. Ron followed behind Hermione, holding her hands behind her (to stop her biting her nails, I guess). He nuzzled her neck when she paused for a moment.
"This is the girls dorm," Hermione said to Ron when they entered.
"I don't care who's it is," Ron grinned at Hermione and kissed her deeply on the lips. It was a loving (wet) kiss, of which Hermione draped her arms around Ron soft-skinned neck. Ron held her face tenderly in his hands, stroking her cheek now and again. Hermione sensed someone in the room, so stopped Ron, and peered over his shoulder. Maya was unpacking her big green suitcase, not looking once at Hermione and Ron.
"Library, 9pm," Hermione whispered in his ear. Ron nodded and kissed her once more before running out of the room, giving Maya a little wave.
Hermione smiled and walked over to the bed next to Maya's.
"Sorry about that," Hermione said nervously.
Maya smiled at Hermione as if it was a completely normal thing to do and she had seen it so occasionally. She continued to unpack all her clothes.
Hermione smiled as well.
"So, how old are you?"
"16," Maya said confidently.
"Me too" Hermione said.
Maya smiled again at Hermione with wide eyes. There was something about Maya, that made her look so kind and nice, which I suppose is a good thing.
"You have lovely clothes," Hermione said, trying to find something to talk about instead of listen to silence.
"Thank you, you have, uh, nice robes," She said.
"Thanks," Hermione giggled.
Hermione opened her own suitcase and folding up her clothes to put in her chest and wardrobe.
Maya smiled a little smile and closed her chest lid and stuffed her suitcase under her bed. She sat on her bed looking through the window next to her bed. Birds flew through the grey sky, the trees on the hills swayed softly in the wind.
"Are you ok?" Hermione asked Maya.
"Oh, yes," She replied quietly.
Hermione quickly finished packing and sat next to Maya on her bed.
"I'm going to the Common Room, you coming?" Hermione asked her again.
"No thanks, you go ahead, I'll stay here for a while,"
Hermione raised her eyebrows and made her way out of the dormitory.