Harry Potter lugged his heavy trunk down to platform 9 ¾. He walked slowly up to the barrier, trying not to cause any attention to the packs of Muggles passing by. He had become accustomed to going through the barrier, so he could walk through it now, but it was still a bit of a surprise when all of a sudden your in a different world. He reached the barrier, looked left, and then right, then left again, and ran quickly and noiselessly through the barrier. He stopped his trunk at the sight of the scarlet train, and smiled. He looked over the huge crowds of students, some in black robes, others not. He advanced towards the train.

Harry walked aimlessly, dragging his trunk under him, trying to catch sight of his friends. Harry walked towards the back of the train, where he had sat every year since, well, year one.

"Harry!" Harry spun around to see his girlfriend, Hermione Granger, running towards him.

"Hermione!" Harry hugged her, and kissed her quickly.

"Oh, Harry, I missed you! You barely ever wrote to me. You should really get e-mail, it's much faster then owls." Hermione smiled.

"If I could, I would, but not at the Dursleys. They kept Hedwig shut up in her cage for most of the summer." Harry smiled grimly.

"Come on. Have you seen Ron? I thought I saw Ginny earlier, but she didn't see me." Hermione said.

"Nope, I just got here. Come on, he might be waiting for us in our compartment." Harry put his arm around Hermione, and carried her trunk along with his.

Sure enough, when they reached the compartment, there was Ron, talking with Parvati Patil. Everyone knew that Parvati had a major crush on Ron, and Ron was a bit uncomfortable with her. Ron looked relieved when Hermione and Harry came in.

"Oh, hi Harry! Have a good summer?" Ron smiled.

"Yeah really." Harry laughed.

"Hey Hermione." Parvati said. "So, Ron, how was your summer?" she pronounced his name like a god.

"Um, fine. Hey Harry, did I tell you my dad got a raise at the ministry?"

"Oh, that's wonderful!" Hermione said.

"Wow! So, has it been a big change for you?" Harry asked.

"Yeah. Now that there are only four of us, there's less people to take care of, more money for luxury. But the house is rather lonely without Fred and George."

The compartment door slid open, and in walked Ginny with a strange girl.

"Hi everyone!" Ginny said cheerfully. "This is my new friend Morganna. Isn't that name just keen? She's a new transfer student; she'll be a 6th year. That's my year!"

"Hi, everyone." Morganna had a slightly Romanian accent, but it was mostly Irish.

"Hi, Morganna." Harry said, extending his hand.

"Are you really?" she asked, eyes widening, "Oh, It's an honor, Mr. Potter!"

"Oh god, it's really nothing, it's not like I did anything special." Harry said, slightly blushing.

"Oh, but you did! You saved us all from the dark lord! And my whole family is very grateful for that!" Morganna said, amazed.

"I didn't mean to." Harry muttered and blushed deep scarlet as he sat back down.

"I'm Ron Weasley. Nice to meet you." Ron said, smiling at her. "Ginny found an awfully pretty girl to be friends with." Ron remarked, blushing as soon as the words left his mouth.

"Thank you." Morganna said, laughing. She had shining, long brown hair, silver eyes, and pink lips. She was about 2 inches taller then Ginny, and was fairly thin.

"Hermione Granger. Pleased to be of your acquaintance." Hermione shook her hand.

Ron sighed. "Oh, give it up, Hermione! You're not impressing anyone!"

"I'm not trying to!" said Hermione stiffly.

Parvati coughed slightly.

"Oh, um, this is Parvati Patil." Rom said hurriedly. Morganna smiled.

"Nice to meet you all. It's really a pleasure. I somehow feel so honored, knowing how little transfer students Hogwarts lets in, especially in the later years. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't let transfer students in at all! But, luckily for me, they do."

"So, um, shall we, start a conversation?" Harry asked, a bit nervously.

"About what?" Hermione asked.

"How about Quidditch?" Ron suggested, "Morganna, do you play?"

Morganna's face brightened. "Do I play? Of course! I absolutely love Quidditch! They do have Quidditch at Hogwarts, right?"

Harry brightened up. This was his best subject. "Of course they do! What position do you play? I'm seeker."

"Are you really?" Morganna asked, amused, "That's funny, so am I! I do hope I'll be good enough to go on my house team. Are there any open positions in your house?"

"Hmm, in my house?" Harry asked, thinking, "Why, yes, I believe there is. Oh, I remember. Angelina and Alicia graduated last year, so we need two chasers. Katie Bell graduated the year before."

"Good. I wouldn't dream of replacing you though, Harry." She blushed at saying his name. "I do hope I'm in your house. Oh, I'm so silly!" she suddenly laughed, "Here I am, wishing I was in your house, and I don't even know what house you're in!"

"Gryffindor." Harry said, "And proud of it."

"All of you?" Morganna asked with amusement.

Harry nodded. "Yeah."

"Ahem!" Hermione said, slightly annoyed, "Did you notice your no the only ones here?"

Harry snapped out of his trance. "Oh yeah, sorry hon."

Ron sighed. "I'm bored. What can we do? There's no games around here. Did anyone bring a chess set? Fred borrowed mine, but supposedly 'forgot' to give it back before I went back to school." Ron looked sour at the very thought. Just then, Ginny stood up and walked away from where she had been leaning on the wall.

"Yeah, Ron's right, this is bor-ing!" Ginny said, sitting down.

"I second that! Or did I third it? Oh, it doesn't matter!" Harry said, throwing up his arms.

"I agree. I hope this isn't how you guys normally spend your time, cuz it's awfully boring." Parvati said, looking very uninterested.

"Well, instead of agreeing that we're bored, why don't we do something?" Hermione said, bewildered at their mindless ways.

"The girls got some sense!" Harry said, throwing his arm around Hermione's shoulder and squeezing her.

Morganna laughed. "All of you are quite a group. You seem like a lot of fun. I do hope I'll be in the same house, then we'll be able to hang out more."

The group searched the train for a chess set, and finally found one, and played the rest of the train ride. When they finally got to Hogsmeade station, they were instructed to leave their bags on the train, and they got into those little boat guys and rowed across the lake.

The Sorting Ceremony began, and when all the first years were sorted, Dumbledore went through the transfer students. There was only one 4th year, and Morganna. He introduced them both, and then had them sorted. The 4th year became a Hufflepuff, and it was Morganna's turn. She put the hat on, and after a minute, the hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!" the gang cheered, and Morganna came to site next to Harry and Ginny.

"So, what did the hat say to you?" Harry asked, while helping himself to a baked potato (he always seems to be eating a baked potato in the books. It's rather strange, don't you think?)

Morganna smiled. "Oh, it asked me what I wanted to be in, and I told it Gryffindor, then it says, "You'd be great in Slytherin!" and a bunch of junk. I have a hunch it wanted to put me in Slytherin. Whatever."

"Yeah, it tried to put me in Slytherin too." Harry said reassuringly. Still, Hermione had an odd feeling about this girl, but she shook it off. 'Hey, this is Ginny's friend!' she thought to herself. 'This girl is absolutely normal.' But Hermione still wasn't quite convinced.

But all worries were forgotten as the deserts came. Almost everything was, except the sweets before them. Any sweet you could think of lay in heaps on the golden platters and plates. A plate never stayed empty. It was constantly refilling itself.

When at last all the students had eaten enough to serve them nicely for 3 days, they slowly went up to bed. The Gryffindor common room, which was usually noisy, was very quiet. The feast seemed to be the biggest feast they had had. Everyone walked slowly up their dormitories, and climbed into bed. The 7th year boys talked for a while before falling asleep.

"Oh, I don't think I'll be able to eat another bite until next week!" Seamus Finnigan said, groaning.

"I'm not even going to think about food right now." Harry said, rolling over.

"Me neither. So, did you guys see the new girl?" Ron asked.

"Which one, the 4th year, or the 6th year?" Dean Thomas asked.

"The 6th year." Answered Ron.

"Oh yeah, her. She's pretty. What's her name? I forgot." Seamus said.

"Yeah, she's really pretty. I don't remember her name. Did Dumbledore even tell us?" Dean said.

"I think he did." Harry said.

"She's gorgeous, I agree. Her name's Morganna, she's my sisters friend." Ron said.

"Which sister?" Seamus asked, stupidly.

"You know, Seamus, I think all that food has gotten to your head." Harry said, laughing slightly, causing him to have to hold his stomach.

"Which sister do you think I mean? Fred?" Ron said, smiling.

"Really? I mean, oh." Seamus said.

"You know, I think Seamus here is a little too tired to be talking. Now that I think of it, I'm pretty tired. See you tomorrow." Dean said, yawning.

"Yeah. G'night!" Harry said.

"Night." Said Ron, and they went to sleep.