Prologue

*~~~~Flashback~~~~*

"Hey, who's that new girl?" A young girl with light brown hair asked her friends.

"I don't know. Why don't you go find out?" A stocky blonde with pigtails responded.

The girl with the light brown hair stood up from the table and grabbed her lunch tray. She made her way through the traffic of the cafeteria over to another young girl, with dark brown hair who was wearing a peasant blouse. She was sitting alone and looking depressed over her P.B and J sandwich.

"Excuse me? Could I sit here?"

"If you want to" The new girl shrugged her shoulders.

She sat down across from the new girl "I'm Emmi. What's your name?"

The new girl paused and looked at Emmi curiously, but then saw the sincerity in her eye.

"Deborah. Umm…I guess you could call me Debbie."

"Ok, Debbie. Are you new here? I could show you around" Emmi points at one of the tables " Those guys are mean." Points at another table " Those people are weird." Points at another table "Those guys are smart" and points to the table she came from " and those are my friends."

Debbie merely cocks an eyebrow.

"Hehe, you're funny. Wanna be friends?" Emmi smiled cheerfully.

"Sure" Debbie smiled, a very becoming smile compared to the morbid look that was previously written on her face.

Debbie and Emmi were inseparable for the next two years until Debbie moved away.

*~~~Four Years Later Aboard The Hogwarts Express~~~*

It was, three minutes to eleven.  Emmi rushed down the stone platform and hopped onto the scarlet train, just as the whistle blew, announcing its departure.  She slammed the door shut behind her and hobbled towards the end of the train, looking for a compartment.

She opened the door of the last compartment, and saw an older boy and a girl about her own age sitting there already.

"Excuse me, may I sit here?"  Emmi asked them.  She looked at the girl and saw something familiar about her.  "Do I know you?"

The girl opened her mouth to say something, but slowly closed it again.  She looked like a fish doing that many times.  Then she stood up.

"Emmi?" she said slowly with a tone of disbelief. 

"Debbie?!"

Emmi dropped her trunk in the doorway and ran towards Debbie.  They embraced, jumping up and down.  Debbie began crying, and Emmi could say nothing but: "Oh my God!!"

The older boy just watched the two and shook his head.

"Do you two know each other?"

The girls broke apart and Debbie looked at the boy.  "Of course we do Adrian!!  Emmi, this is my older brother Adrian.  Adrian, this is my best friend Emmi."

Adrian stands up awkwardly and offers his hand to Emmi.  Emmi awkwardly takes it and shakes his hand.  Debbie wipes away the remaining tears on her face.

Emmi and Debbie sit down and start catching up.  Adrian, knowing that the girls will probably talk the whole trip to Hogwarts, goes to the doorway and picks up one end of Emmi's trunk.

"Stupid girls." He mutters as he drags the trunk into the compartment.

*~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~*