This is my first fan-fiction though I've been reading them for a while. I really like Perfict Imperfections (please update soon!) and pretty much anything by Connie Welsh. And I wanna give a shout out to Kelci because she's like my BEST friend! r&r...no flamers please.

What Now?

Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express

"Harry!" called a familiar voice from platform 93/4. "Oh Harry! I missed you so much over the summer!" Hermione squealed hugging him so hard he could barely breathe.

"I missed you too," Harry managed to cough out as Hermione finally released him from her bear-hold.

"Forgetting somebody?" a tall gangly boy. He had fiery, red hair and freckles spilling all over his face and arms.

"Ron?" Hermione asked questioningly not quite knowing if it was him or not. He was so tall.

"Who else?" he said reaching his arms around her shoulders in a friendly embrace.

"Wow," she remarked starring at him. It was all she could say.

"What?" Rom implied when he noticed her awkward stare.

"Huh? Oh nothing. It's just you look so …" Hermione paused as if trying to figure out what to say next. "Different."

"21/2 inches." He replied knowing exactly what she meant. He got this from people all the time.

"And I thought you couldn't possibly get any taller." Harry teased. Ron's face became a deep shade of red as Harry chuckled.

Just then a loud whistle sounded and they made their way onto the train.

They had just settled into an empty compartment when a girl they had never seen before opened the door. "Hi," she said nervously. "um…can I sit with you? Everywhere else is full."

Harry and Ron just stared at her for a while, making her fidget. Hermione broke the odd silence, "of course you can sit with us. Right Ron?" She stated nudging both boys in the ribs. "Harry?"

"Harry?" the girl asked. "Harry Potter?"

"Not another one," Hermione whined under her breath.

"Yes." Harry stated sounding pleased that this girl knew who he was. "Come, sit down."

"Hi" the girl said again. She had long, straight, brown hair with natural streaks of blonde and golden intertwined with it. Harry noticed that it fell around her face and shoulders and made her look very elegant and graceful.

Ron was still starring at her and only stopped when Hermione asked the girl her name. "Oh I'm Serena." She replied. "But everyone calls me Sari."

"Well Sari" Hermione said cheerfully, "I'm Hermione, this is Ron, and this…"

"Is Harry," Sari cut in letting the sound of his name linger in the air. Hermione already didn't like her. Who was she to steal her Harry? The boy who lived? The boy she'd always loved.

Harry blushed a bit as he looked at her. She was beautiful and the way she was smiling made him think she liked him back. Then looking at Hermione's cold face said, "'Mione, she just said my name."

Sari smirked slightly at Hermione as if to say 'I won.'

Hermione looked around seeming quite panicked, but in an instant she was back to normal. "So um…"

"Where do you live?" Ron asked cutting off Hermione. She hated when he did that. It made him seem so unsophisticated.

"Well I actually live in Cali, but I'm staying with my Aunt in London for 2 years." Sari said almost braggingly. Apparently she happy with where she was from.

Harry smiled but Ron just looked at her blankly. "Where are you from?" Ron inquired.

"California." Sari replied with an odd look on her face.

"Huh?" Ron asked again. "Is that in England?"

"No," Sari said slowly with her eyebrows slightly furrowed. "It's in the USA… you have heard that haven't you? It's in North America-."

"Sari!" Hermione scolded.

'She is beautiful.' Harry thought. 'Even when she was talking to his best mate like he was mentally challenged…but it was strange that he didn't know where California was.'

There was another silence as Ron's face became a disturbing shade of scarlet. But this time the silence was broken by a loud knock on the door. With a loud bang, the door swung open. A boy with silvery, blonde and a smirk on his perfectly shaped face walked in.

Sari looked around at Harry, Ron, and Hermione who all had somewhat disgusted looks on there face.

The boy also looked around the compartment his eyes resting on Sari for more than a moment. "Well, well, well." He said at last. "If it isn't Serena Montgomery."

"Get lost Malfoy." Harry said irritated.

"Do I know you?" Sari asked. Her eyebrows furrowed up again.

"Don't you remember me?" He inquired. Everybody always remembered a Malfoy; but Sari just shook her head. "We met at your 15th birthday." He said looking confused, then he smirked and looked around as if remembering there were other people around. He saw the way Ron and Harry looked at Sari then his half smile became bigger. He would play a little game with them. "Then you led me up to your room." He continued. "You were scared remember? You kept telling me that it was your first time?" His smirk kept getting bigger.

Harry's and Ron's faces became twisted and they looked shocked and confused. This only made Draco get more into it. "You screamed when it happened, kept saying no…" Sari was looking at him confused but no one seemed to take notice.

He kept going on and on until Sari cut him off. "Oh! Now I remember you." Sari smiled back at him catching on to his game. "Draco Malfoy, right?" When he nodded she continued. "Yes I remember that night! It was at my father's friends' house. He is a muggle" she informed everyone. "Draco was trying to rape my Aunt Kay. When she screamed, my uncle called the authorities. The next thin I knew they were taking you to a muggle jail," she finished smirking at Malfoy.

Draco smile faded long before and was now replaced with a frightening frown. "That is not true." He argued, his eyes burning into Sari's. She did not look away, however, which made him more angry.

"Then what were you doing?" she challenged.

"Fucking you!" he shouted. When Sari shook her head, Malfoy stormed out of their compartment and slammed the door so hard that it cracked.

There was another long, uncomfortable pause. This one was ceased when Harry asked, "Did he really rape you?"

"No," Sari said flatly.

"Then how did you know each other's names?" Ron inquired.

"Do people have to have sex to know each other's names?" Sari teased.

Ron shrugged and blushed again.

Sari smiled. "We did meet at my 15th birthday. It was at his father's mansion," she looked at their somewhat questioning faces and continued. Great place for a birthday I know." she said sarcastically. "Our parents are old friends. They introduced us and expected us to get along. His father wanted us to marry because we're both purebloods. I did NOT want to marry him because, well, I think you could guess why.'

"Draco didn't think it was a bad idea, and when I told them that I didn't want to marry their son they cursed my mother for bringing me up improperly, and they murdered my father and younger brother. Luckily I still have Jared though."

When Harry and Ron both had a sad look on her face she guessed why. " He's my older brother. We lived by ourselves and he protected me and took care of me for 2 years. That was going great until about 3 weeks ago; the muggle court said that we needed to live with an older more experienced family member. That's why I'm here; I'm living with my Aunt, remember?"

"Wow," Harry said quietly. Then he said "I still don't think he's over you." Then turning to Ron and Hermione said "Did you see the way he looked at her?"

They nodded. When everyone was at another loss for words Hermione said, "We should really be changing into our robes now." When no one moved right away she said, "You won't to get into trouble before you even get in the school do you?"

Without wanting to everyone slowly dragged themselves up and changed into their school robes.

Just as they were getting back to their compartment they heard another loud whistle. Sari could see Hogwarts in front of them but what she took most notice in was a giant pool of water. The lake was spectacular, especially surrounded by a large magical forest and rolling hills.

A rather small looking boy in the hall was being scolded for not being dressed properly.

"See?" Hermione asked. "If we'd waited any longer we would have get a detention for sure; just look at Neville."

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I hope that wasn't to bad. Let me know if I should keep going.