Author's Note:
Hey all, this is my newest story Starbound. I hope you like it!

Austin's POV:

I got onto the Hogwarts Express taking a deep breath in at the relief of finally going to my favorite place to be starting my third year at Hogwarts. But this year I had another problem. My little sister Heather was starting her first year. I sighed as I led her through the hall of the train as she nearly hyperventilated through her excitement and anxiousness. I looked around for a compartment for her to sit in, as I obviously wasn't going to allow her to sit with me and my friends. I found one with two boys, one I instantly knew as the Weasley twins' little brother Ron and the other with messy black hair and broken glasses. I knocked gently and opened the compartment door and stuck my head in and said, "Hello, I was wondering if you two wouldn't mind having my little sister sit in here too? It's her first year as well and I hope I can get her to communicate with some other first years."

They both smiled politely and said she could join them and I sighed with relief and went to where my Quidditch friends were. As I opened the door and sighed and slumped down next to Wood he looked at me in suspicion.

"What's up?" he asked.

"I had to help Heather find a seat." I sighed and messed with the zipper on my jacket.

Fred and George looked ecstatic like they were about to shoot through the roof with excitement.

"What's with you two?" I asked suspiciously raising an eyebrow.

"Guess who we met!" They both said in unison.

"Who?" I said perking up.

"Harry Potter!" They both said with large smiles and I just stared at them.

"Who?" I asked raising an eyebrow. Heather and I are muggleborn so we didn't know many of the wizard terms yet.

"He's the only wizard," Fred began.

"Who's ever survived the killing curse!" George finished.

"Oh," was all I could say.

After a while the trolley came with the sweets I'd missed so much since the train ride home the year before. Somewhere through all the excitement and fun we started a game of bets. So far Wood had to go the rest of the night without speaking a word of Quidditch and if he obeyed, he'd get three galleons, if not he'd have to tell Flint that Slytherin was better. The Weasley twins had to yell out in the first day of class that the answer was magic for two galleons each or go wearing the words "Slytherin rocks," on their faces. And lastly it was my turn. I took a deep breath of air and braced myself for what they'd come up with.

"Okay, so you have to spend one week with Catherine Lights and then go to Hogsmeade with her for six galleons, or you have to run around the grounds clothes-less and then dive into the Black Lake."

"What?" I exclaimed. "Catherine Lights, the Ravenclaw quidditch player?"

"The same one," the twins said with a devious smile.

"Why Catherine Lights?" I thought to myself.

You see, I hadn't had a very good past with Catherine. In first year I don't know how many times I'd accidently ran into her and created a big mess. Then last year I'd made the huge mistake of pushing her into the Black Lake, on accident of course, and saved her life. I still remember that day like yesterday.

~Flashback~

I was running around like a maniac, laughing like an idiot, running from Fred and George determined not to get pelted by their snowballs. I turned around to see if they were close behind, not paying attention to where I was going. When I turned back around seeing the distance between us I slammed into a girl who was standing by the Black Lake looking quietly over its surface and in we fell. I remember hitting the water with a sharp splash and then surfacing quickly afterward.

I started to pull myself up onto the shore but then I realized she hadn't surfaced yet. I looked around for her in the freezing cold water and saw a flash of something dark and which I recognized as her hair not too far below me. I took a deep breath and dove under until I felt her hand and I pulled her up with me and onto the snowy grounds next to the lake. Her lips were blue and she was shivering violently and I gently shook her asking if she was okay. She then responded by leaning over away from me and vomiting up mostly water and she looked back to me looking confused but had a spark in her grey eyes as she sat up.

"'What happened?'" she asked me but I never got to answer as Fred and George ran up and rushed us to the Hospital Wing, there Madam Pomfrey had a fit. She put us behind two separate curtains and ordered Fred and George to rip the clothing off of me as quick as possible to prevent hypothermia as she did the same to Catherine.

Afterwards they threw us into heavy set bath robes and plunged us into two separate beds with loads of blankets. Afterwards she send Fred and George away and gave us some Pepperup Potion to help us fight the symptoms we'd probably get afterwards.

We were ordered to stay the rest of the day and if needed, overnight. After she had left Catherine looked over to me and sighed.

"'I'm so sorry,'" I'd apologized.

She shrugged in response and said "'Hey, accidents happen.'"

"'What's your name?'" I'd asked after a few moments of silence.

"'Catherine Lights, Ravenclaw, what about yourself?"'

"'Austin, Austin Casey, Gryffindor.'" I'd replied, and we hadn't talked since.

~End of Flashback~

Afterwards we all got into our robes and just as I was tightening my Gryffindor tie, I saw the castle appear over the horizon and I took in a deep breath and exhaled. I was finally where I wanted to be, with the slight problem of the bet. Well, this was going to be a fun year.

Author's Note:
Okay so what did you think? Next will be in Catherine's POV. I'll try to update ASAP, maybe even later today since I'm home sick with a virus. Anyways, just review if you'd like, favorite, story alert, anything you want! :)