Did you ever wonder what it felt like to be a single drop of rain amidst a thunderstorm? Well, I can now officially say that I can relate. I was walking through the crowd of people, all hurrying from one place to another, from platform 1 to 5, trying to make connections. It was so different from the quiet town in Denmark I was used too, and I felt so lost as I stood between platform nine and ten. I took another look at my ticket… yes, it says right there, Platform 9 ¾. Looking above my head I saw the sign for platform nine, the sign for platform ten, and the barrier in-between. But I defiantly didn't see any platform 9 ¾. I only had 15 more minutes to find my train, or I would be left here in London while I was supposed to be in school… Great… just great. I sighed and leaned on the barrier between nine and ten, hoping that maybe the Hogwarts express would just appear in front of my very eyes. But to my surprise, the barrier on which I leaned wasn't solid, I fell through, and not expecting for the barrier to disappear behind me, landed flat on my back, my trunk landing next to me with a loud 'Oomph.' I could hear laughter in the background. Great, now not only would I be the new kid, but I would also be the girl that fell flat on her back… wonderful. I closed my eyes and groaned.

"Uhm… are you ok?" A voice asked above me and I snapped my eyes open. A dark-haired, soft-faced boy, with cute dimples stood over me, concern masking the laughter in his eyes.

"Wha- oh, yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry a thing about me." I said picking myself up off the ground and brushing the dirt off of my back. "I'm only at risk of dying of embarrassment." The boy laughed, he seemed about my age, and was nice enough, maybe I could get him to show me around a little. Before I could ask, he stuck out his hand.

"Remus Lupin, sixth year Gryffindor. And I'll assume you're Adleena, our new transfer student." He introduced himself, and I only had to nod my head. "Good thing I found you, Lilly was having a heart attack, was sure you were lost in some way or another." He explained and gestured for me to follow him.

"Uh, If you don't mind me asking… Who's Lilly?"

"Oh, right." He seemed to pull himself out of his little world. "Lilly's the other Gryffindor prefect, and is training for head girl, so she's supposed to show you around and everything." We had walked a few feet towards the train when he turned to face a group of three boys, all looking around my age. They were withholding their laughter. Remus sighed. "Adleena Eldridge, this are my idiot best friends, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew." James and Sirius were both stunningly handsome, but Peter paled in comparison. James was the first to swallow his laughter and extend his hand. He had shaggy brown hair, and brown eyes.

"Nice to meet you Adleena, I hope you join us Gryffindors, we're the coolest house." He said with a wink.

"Addy, please. And I don't really know anything about the Hogwarts houses, so I'll trust your word." I never really liked the name Adleena, it sounded too formal. So I had started asking people to call me Addy in 3rd grade. Sirius was next to extend his hand, although he still giggling a bit, I wasn't sure what at but I defiantly had a feeling.

"Trust him, we are the coolest." I unconsciously rubbed my back, it was still a little sore. His eyes showed he wanted to say something so I paused to allow him to say it. "Is you're back ok?" He spit out, receiving a sharp slap on the head from my pall Remus.

"Well…" I said jokingly, "I always have been one for big entrances." The entire group, which seemed to have been holding back giggles roared into laughter. Remus looked at the clock hanging on the barrier I had fallen through and excused us.

"Sorry guys, but I've got to go find Lilly, she's supposed to show Addy here around." They all nodded except James who shouted,

"Tell Lil I send my love ok?" To which Remus rolled his eyes, but nodded.

"C'mon," He said to me and raced off across the stone floor. He lead me across the platform, weaving in between students, greeting friends, or hugging family members. Remus came to a stop in front of a brilliantly red headed girl. She had a frantic look in her green eyes, and seemed very disheveled.

"Oh, Remus… Thank God! Gwen left me here to go make out with her boyfriend, and I can't seem to get anything done right. Some head girl she is!" Lilly huffed speed walking over to Remus. She looked up from her list and finally noticed me. "Oh, my." She jumped slightly, "You gave me a little bit of a freight there. Let me see, Adleena?" I nodded,

"You can call me Addy though." She looked down at her paper and checked something off. I was a little worried, she seemed a little cold, but my perspective changed when she looked up at me, smiling warmly and said,

"Sorry, today's a little hectic. But it just got a lot better not that you are no longer AWOL" She grinned, and I giggled nervously. "Right, well. I'm Lilly Evans, Gryffindor Prefect and Head-girl in training. You can leave you're trunk here, and they'll get it to your dorm, but take anything you want for the train ride. I'm sorry I won't be able to sit with you, I have prefect duty, but I'll find you about halfway through the trip so I can show you around once we get to Hogwarts. Now if you'll excuse me, I really have to run." She flashed me a quick smile before going back to her list, and sprinting off in the opposite direction.

"That's Lilly for you…" Remus said grinning.

"So…" I turned to him, "Any guesses who I should sit with?" I gave him an innocent smile, giving the puppy dog eyes, to add extra effect. He sighed,

"I'll take you back to James and Sirius, but I'll have to warn you about a few things first." I rolled my eyes, but nodded my head for him to continue, "Firstly, hitting on James will get you nowhere. He has been head-over-heals, in love with Lilly ever since 1st year. He's captain of the Quiddich team, and often lets that get to his head, you'll have to excuse him when he does that. Now, this is the important part, his best mate, Sirius? He's a player, but has a good heart. He'll most likely hit on you, but you have to earn his respect, just because he flirts with you doesn't mean he likes you, he'd flirt with anything with boobs" I nodded and laughed, "And also, Sirius is a major trouble maker. I mean it, big time prankster, watch your back." I just smiled, appreciating the warning.

"And Peter?" I asked.

"Well… Peter is pretty much James and Sirius' shadow. If they like you, he will too." Remus said.

"And what about a certain Remus?" I asked, and he grinned.

"Well, first of all, no more Remus, you can call me Lupin or Moony." I raised an eyebrow, a look I had perfected. "All of the gang has nicknames for each other, you'll have to figure it out!" He cleared his throat, "Any way, I like school, and studying, and reading, but I'm up for a little mischief every now and then… The rest you'll just have to find out." I grinned, Remus, um, I mean Lupin, seemed really cool. Maybe I had made my first new friend? I just smiled as Lupin pulled me off towards the compartment where his friends sat.

Sirius' POV:

(Backtracking a little ways) I wondered onto Platform 9 ¾, after casually walking through the barrier. I looked through the crowd until I spotted a head of messy black hair peaking out from a circle of girls… Prongs, was already at it. I walked into the center of the group, being let through by many squealing girls, and I could hear them giggle excitedly if I happened to touch their arms. Hey, it's not my fault they love me! I wrapped an arm around James, "Mind if I steal my mate for a minute ladies?" They swooned, so I took the opportunity to escape with James. "Prongs!" I called out, giving him a one-armed hug fist-pound that guys were so famous for. James was like a brother to me, better then the brother I actually had anyway. We stood behind a barrier, and caught up. James explained his summer abroad with his parents, as I recapped my mother's horrendous yelling and my brother's endless whining. That was when Peter found us. I never really knew why he hung out with us so much. We didn't really have a lot in common. I guess we just got into a rhythm when we were younger, and it seemed pointless to break it now. "Wormtail!" I called to him, and he scurried over, very much like a rat.

"Padfoot, Prongs, Good to see you." He was always so formal with us. We laughed about it, and he begun loosening up. Moony came up to us a few seconds later, and we stood there catching up, just like all the other people around us. I looked up to see the barrier flash, a warning someone was coming through, and nearly died of laughter when a short brunette came tumbling through, landing on her back, her trunk landing next to her. To my surprise, I didn't recognize her. She looked too old to be a first year, and although she wasn't all that tall, far too tall to be one. I watched as she lay there, not feeling the need to move apparently as my classmates sniggered around her. I heard her groan.

"Mate," I said to Moony, "Go make sure she's ok." He looked at me.

"Why don't you?"

"Can't ruin my rep now can I?" I joked, elbowing him in the ribs, maybe Moony would finally find the girl of his dreams. He sighed and walked over to her. I saw him talking to her, and then his face broke into a smile as he laughed. 'Atta boy! He was leading her off, but I signaled to him to bring her over here, and I noticed her rubbing her back. Lupin walked over with a sigh,

"Adleena Eldridge, this are my idiot best friends, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew." He said pointing to each of us. She had warm brown eyes that were barely visible through her fringe of dark bangs. Her look appraised each of us. James finally spoke up.

"Nice to meet you Adleena, I hope you join us Gryffindor's, we're the coolest house." He said with a smirk, that she barely seemed to notice. Yeah, James was in love with Lilly, but that didn't stop him from being almost as big of a flirt as me. Almost.

"Addy, please. And I don't really know anything about the Hogwarts houses, so I'll trust your word." She smiled warmly, she was beautiful, and looked just right for Moony. He needed a girl, I don't think he's gotten over his last… crush?? Lust?? I don't really know what you would call it.

"Trust him, we are the coolest." I said, but I itched to ask another question, as she was still rubbing her back. I think she somehow sensed my want to ask a question because she paused, allowing me an opening. "Is you're back ok?" I spit out, earning a slap on the back of the head from Moony.

"Well…" she said jokingly, "I always have been one for big entrances." My entire group, which seemed to have been on the edge of laughter already, burst out in spews of laughter. Myself included. Of course Lupin had to ruin it though.

"Sorry guys, but I've got to go find Lilly, she's supposed to show Addy here around." He said, and we all nodded except James who shouted,

"Tell Lil I send my love ok?" To which Remus rolled his eyes, but nodded. I heard James whisper in my ear, "This year's the one. I just know it. Evans is going to go out with me if it's the last thing I do." I just nodded.

"Uhm- hmm. When pigs fly." James got a mischievous look in his eyes and conjured a flying pig, which nestled itself in Severous Snape's hair, who just happened to be walking by. It was hilarious, he had so much gel in it, he didn't even feel the pig. "Nice!" I said doing the fist pound, "But you do know it's a figure of speech right?" James just gave me a confused look. "Never mind… So, what do you think of Addy? I think she's Moony's type." I said wiggling my eyebrows.

"Nah… too outgoing. Moony likes the shy type. Plus, looks more like your type." I snorted.

"Mate, girl is my type." James laughed but continued anyway.

"You know Moony, he likes the fair girls, light skin and hair. Blue eyes. She's just not his type." I sighed,

"I guess, man! I was hoping to get him together with someone this year." I looked down at the floor. "C'mon. Lets go find a compartment. You never know, maybe Evans will join us later." James brightened at the thought. I watched his face, "You really like her don't you?" I asked.

"No… bloody hell mate, you make it sound like I'm in love!" But as he said this, he blushed crimson.