The Muggle and The Pureblood

It was time to go she though as she forced herself out of bed. Today was the day that she would be heading to King's Cross Train Station to start her fifth year at a new school called Hogwarts.

Just the thought of the school made her cringe and she quickly found herself rolling back over into bed; only to be woken up by her old brother Matt, who would be going into his seventh year at the same school.

'Nessa! Nessa wake up!'he yelled, getting more annoying every second.

'Matty I'm not going!' Vanessa yelled, throwing a pillow at him.

Matt and Vanessa had only known each other for a few months, since their parents had gotten married at the beginning of the summer. But already the two got along great. Although the same could not be said about the relationship between Vanessa and her new step-father Steve, because it was because of him that Vanessa now had to go to this new school.

'Ness...Nessa please get up!' Matt said, continuing to beg.

Suddenly there was a loud crack, which caused Vanessa and Matt to look in the direction of the sound. Only to Vanessa's dismay was Steve; who had just apparated in to her room.

'GET-'she began to yell angrily-she hated when he did that-

'UP!' Steve finished, 'NOW!

Or you'll make yourself and Matt late' he said sternly walking out of the room with Matt close behind him leaving Vanessa alone.

'I don't wanna go to the stupid school.' she muttered to herself, but still began to get ready.

When Vanessa entered the kitchen downstairs she was fully ready. Her hair was how it usually was; long, dark, loose ringlets and her make up was simple. In her mind she had no one to impress so why bother?

But she was quickly rushed into the car. Catching the odd word from either Steve or her mother Angela like 'late' and 'train tickets'.

A lot had changed since Steve and Angela had gotten married. The school Vanessa and Matt were going to for instance was no ordinary school. It was in fact a school for Witchcraft and Wizardry because Steve and his son Matt were both wizards. So, it had been decided by Steve and Angela that Vanessa attend too. Of course Matt had tried as hard as he could to teach her all the basic magic she'd need to know before heading into year five and even taken her to a place called Diagon Alley to purchase school supplies. While Steve had spoken to Albus Dumbledore-the head master-to allow her to attend.

As Vanessa walked through King's Cross she began to regret not bringing her best friend Paul along with her to say goodbye.

'So which platform are we going to?'Vanessa asked.

"Nine and Three-quarters.' Matt answered with a smile.

Taking it as a joke Vanessa laughed and continued to walk.

'Here we are!'exclaimed Steve.

'And where is here?'Angela questioned, a skeptical look on her face.

'Well through that wall is Platform Nine and Three-quarters' Steve explained casually

'Through the what? I-I thought that was a joke!' the teenager gasped, looking frantically from Matt to Steve; wanting on e of them to say it was just a joke.

'No joke Ness' Matt assured.

'Now your mother and I can't accompany you; lots to do at home. But don't worry Vanessa , Matt will make sure you get settled.' Steve said 'Matt you go first.'

Matt nodded and lined himself and his trolley up facing the wall dividing platforms nine and ten and began to walk towards it. But to Vanessa and Angela's amazement instead of crashing into the wall Matt went right through.

'That's unbelievable.' Vanessa heard her mother say in awe.

'Ok Nessa, it's your turn. Have a good term dear.' her mother said.

Without realizing it Vanessa found herself running full force towards the brick wall.

'Oh...my...god' she thought, 'and this is how I die.'

But before she could slow down she had gone through the barrier and crashed into a dark haired boy who was talking to Matt.

'Oh my gosh! I am so sorry!' Vanessa apologized while helping the boy pick up his belongings that had fallen.

'It's fine. Are you okay though?' the boy questioned once all his things had been picked up.

'Yeah, I'm fine, thank-you.' Vanessa replied

The boy gave her a small smile then turned back to Matt.

'So did you hear what happened to Angelina?' Matt asked then other boy

'No, What happened?'

'Her parents transferred her to Beauxbatons.'

'What! So now we have to hold tryouts for a new chaser?! Oh man.'

'Hey Nessa. You should tryout for Quidditch. It's a lot like soccer.' Matt said

'Yeah except on broomsticks and killer balls' the other boy laughed, referring to the bludgers

'Quidditch?' the girl asked

'It's a wizard sport.' he said to Vanessa

'Oh by the way Harry this is my step sister Vanessa. Nessa, this is Harry Potter.

'Hi Vanessa smile shyly

'Hi' Harry said back, relived to meet someone who wasn't star-struck when they first met him.

'All seventh year prefects please report to the front of the train, thank you.' a loud voice boomed, the sound filling the whole station.

'Oh that's me! Better run. Have a nice ride you two. Harry, say hi to Ron for me will you?' Matt yelled as he made his way to the front of the train.

'Great, now what am I suppose to do?' Vanessa though.

As if reading her mind Harry said, 'You can sit with me and my friends.' and with that he led Vanessa onto the Hogwarts Express, where Harry's friends were saving him a seat.