.:Prologue:.

They say that first impressions are ones that last, but they are not always true. Take for example a simple group of people, timid and scared all awaiting what would be, in a way, their future. Standing in that long line of people were seven very different people, who all had a very different view of what was going on.

Sirius Black was thinking about how his family would react to whatever house he was in. If he wasn't in Slytherin what would they think? So when the hat said "Gryffindor!" Sirius was not only surprised, but he felt a surge of pride.

Lily Evans was also thinking about her family at the moment, except in a very different way. She was thinking about how very different this new life would be compared to her last one. So when the hat had come to its decision about "Gryffindor!" She could only think about what's to come.

Remus Lupin had very different problems. He was thinking about what would happen if anyone happened to find out his secret. One he was very afraid to tell. When "Gryffindor!' Came out of the hat's mouth he was thinking about what would happen if anyone ever found out his secret.

Peter Pettigrew, well, he wasn't really thinking. He felt shy and timid about going up in front of all those people and when the hat shouted "Gryffindor!" he was surprised to say the least.

James Potter wasn't at all worried about the business of sorting he knew where he wanted to be and he knew he'd get there, and so when the house shouted "Gryffindor!" he wasn't the least bit surprised.

Amelia Williams really didn't want to have to get up in front of hundreds of people and have them all look at her. Getting up in front of people hadn't worked out well for her before, and she did not want a repeat of her old life. So when the hat shouted "Gryffindor!" she was hoping for better days.

Jade Willows, well, what she was thinking about was whether she would be separated from her best friend, Amelia. So when she heard the hat shout "Gryffindor!" she was relived she was with her best friend, and was hoping for a way to escape the past.

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With the last names called and everyone seated in the seats that would follow them till the end of their years in Hogwarts the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, stood and addressed the hall laid before him.

" Students! Welcome to another year at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardly. I hope that you all have had a very good summer and I would like to welcome the first year students to their first year in Hogwarts. With that being said I hope you will enjoy the meal in front of you!"

And with those magic words the gold plates in front of all the students filled with many wondrous foods. From where Amelia and Jade sat and the very end of the table, closet to the teachers table , they could see two boys ( for one that's all they were and the two they would appear to be James Potter and Sirius Black) piling their plates a mile high with all different kinds of food. Amelia and Jade could only look at each other in shock at how much food they could hold.

And as they say speak of the devil, both boys lifted their head up and looked in their direction. Both Amelia and Jade turned their head away from them and right back to their food that it seemed that their necks may have snapped. Both girls slowly put a decently fair amount of food on their golden plate.

Finally, the girl in front of them with red haired pig tails and big emerald greens eyes spoke to them.

"Hi! I'm Lily Evans. It's so great to meet you. I mean being here is like stepping into some fantasy book. The idea that all those creatures our parents told us about to put us to sleep could be real. I don't know what to think!"

Amelia and Jade blinked twice in the direction of Lily.

"Ummm hi… I'm Jade Willows…Nice to meet you too…and I get what you were saying, about walking into some fairytale. Never really we thought we would be here. You see both Amelia and me just moved here a year ago to England . So we were just settling in when we got our letters." Answered Jade. Her blue/grey speckled green eyes looked straight into Lily's.

"Wow! So, that's why you have a different accent. Where did you move from?" Lily asked curiosity shined in her eyes.

"We're from America…" Strangely Amelia answered in a quiet voice barely being heard in the Great Hall. Her honey eyes peered through her brown bangs.

"Oh! And you're???" Lily asked to Amelia since she just spoke.

"I'm Amelia Williams." Was Amelia's short answer to Lily's question.

"El and I have been friends for awhile now. I think we've known each other since at least 1st grade. So, we were around the age of 5 or 6. You see I'm the older one." Jade told Lily seeing her curiosity rise to even higher levels.

"Oh well that's… nice…" Lily responded to Jade's little talk of the past.

And at this exact moment two objects thought it would be fun to join in the merry conversation of the three little girls.

"Well 'ello. I'm Sirius Black. Nice to meet ya." This was practically yelled to the three girls by the storm grey eyed boy with black hair that fell to his shoulders.

"And I'm the dashingly handsome James Potter!" This was also practically yelled to the three very scared girls from the very crazy person with uncontrollable blackish brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses that covered his hazel eyes that twinkled with mischief.

"Really I never would have thought that if you hadn't brought it up." Amelia replied in a sarcastic tone, but it was only caught by Jade since no one else knew about Amelia's sarcastic moments.

"And who might you be" James asked Amelia in a very 'princy' tone.

"I'm not your Cinderella so please try the shoe on another girl." Amelia dissed James

Now you must understand that James has never meet a girl like Amelia (and no they do not fall in love we Harry to live so James Lily now and again) who hasn't fallen for his boyish charm even though he is only 11 years old. And James was very confused with what just happened so as he sat there in complete shock and his whole world changed in the matter of only one sentence Sirius took control of the conversation.

"Good day to all you pretty ladies and may you three tell me your names?" Sirius inquired.

"Lily Evans."

"Jade Willows."

"And Amelia Williams."

"OH MY GOD!! That book totally rocks…well the first chapter, but still great!" Jade randomly screamed at the poor unsuspecting victim.

After the poor boy recovered from the shock of Jade's scream he slowly looked at the weird bunch of people in their little corner.

"Hello." Was the only word he uttered to them.

" What's your name?" Lily asked him kindly so she didn't scare him to much after that rather loud shriek.

"Remus Lupin." Again the sandy brown haired boy with the deadly amber eyes answered in only short answer form.

"Well it's nice to meet ya. Sorry about the screaming though. I can be really random at moments. Keeps everything exciting. You don't know what I'll say next." Jade told him while smiling at him kindly. For some reason this made Remus seem even more lost than before. His hand tightened their hold the book he was holding; which happened to be "The Hobbit".

"I can tell you that it's true about her random moments." Amelia told him. For even stranger reasons than before Remus seemed to almost calm down and relaxed a little.

"Wait, that's true and not true." Jade complained to Amelia.

"How's that?" Amelia challenged

"Well we established that years ago. I'm the leader of the rock candy and you're the leader of the random people. So beat that." Jade meet the challenge head on.

Amelia only sighed in annoyance and gave her a silent, but deadly glare of doom. Jade looked away quickly. Remus only raised an eyebrow as he followed the tennis match between the two. And as the dinner almost came to a close a small, but chubby blonde boy worked up the courage to talk to the group.

"Hi-" Was all the small boy could squeak out before he fainted from all the nerves.

And with that all of the friends had meet and the truly real magic was only just to come. This is a story of common courtesies.