Night was falling fast as the procession of boats passed across the glassy surface of the lake. Pairs of eyes gazed up at the looming castle which glowed ethereal silver in the moonlight. There wasn't a single jaw that wasn't hanging open, save for that of Hagrid, keeper of keys at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Katie Bell was among the gawking first years who were now getting out of the enchanted wooden boats and were being ferried toward the humongous wooden doors leading to the entrance hall. The brown haired girl felt overwhelmed by all the conflicting feelings she was experiencing. She could feel herself being jostled about by the rest of the eleven year olds.

Suddenly she felt an elbow slam into her side and she was sent flying to the side. Her feet skittered over the loose rocks and pebbles on the path and she was unable to regain her footing. With a final unceremonious wobble she collapsed half in and half out of a bush, nearly hitting the wall. Katie's cheeks flushed pink in embarrassment.

After the initial shock wore off, the startled girl cracked open an eye. She realised that she was alone. Relief washed over her as she realised that no one had seen her ungraceful topple into the bush. That would have been a terrible initial idea to give people of her, that she was a clumsy idiot. She quickly pushed herself to her knees and began to brush little bits of shrubbery off of her robes. Something sparkling caught her attention. It was half hidden but now that she had destroyed half of the bush it was easy to see. It seemed to be some sort of jewel.

Reaching down Katie realised that there was a thin, gold chain attached to the stone. She lifted the necklace to her eyes and inspected the dark green stone which seemed to be emitting a soft grass green glow all by itself. It made Katie feel happy for some unknown reason.

Voices drifted out of the now open doors of the school.

'How could you lose one of the first years already Hagrid, honestly you only have them for about 5 minutes.'

'I'm sorry professor but she must have slipped off, please don't tell Dumbledore he'll kick me out for sure and there ain't no where else I will be welcome.'

'Just find her,' Came the weary response.

Katie realised that between the fall and the discovery of the necklace a fairly worrying amount of time had passed. She certainly didn't want to be 'the loser who got lost on a 10 meter path' any more than she wanted to be 'the clumsy girl who fell in a bush' so she stuffed the necklace in her pocket and ran towards the gruff voice muttering about being fired.

Hope you liked the first chapter, I have already written the next one so I just need to type it up and update so hopefully it will be with you soon. Please review because it makes me so happy, but if you don't want to I hope you will keep reading anyway!

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