A/N: Ok, then!! That's my first Harry Potter fic and I hope I can do a good job. That's the least the oh-so-magnificent JK Rowling deserves. I hope I don't screw up her characters and her story. If I do… I beg you to forgive my incompetence and so help me God! For the record, I'm pretty aware that Katie Bell is supposed to be in 5th year, but I needed to put her on the 7th, 'cause it fits the plot better that way. I hope everyone can forgive me for that. Without further ado, I present you: my fic! *bows*

Disclaimer: Though the main plot is mine and I created a few of the characters (Like Charlotte and Jennifer) everything else belongs to the one and only JK Rowling and Rowling only! All I can do is thank her brilliant self for gifting us with Harry Potter and "allowing" me to use some of the magic world she created in my humble story.

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I stood there, staring at the wall between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross for what probably would be the last time... last time until I had to bring my children once they started Hogwarts, that is. But that's not going to happen anytime soon. In fact, I can't even be sure if I will have kids (though I really want to) so I don't suppose that really counts. Yeah, I guess I can say it WAS the last time then... oh, fine, fine! Last time as a student! I chuckled lightly, my tendency to ramble and argue with myself often amused me.

"Excuse our rudeness…"

"But do you mind us asking you what's so funny my fair lady?"

"Fred! George!" – I said hugging the redheaded Weasley twins, my teammates "How are you?"

"We're fine…" – George said

"Would be better if mum hadn't stopped us from shutting Percy inside that pyramid, but… I suppose having his new badge reading Bighead Boy is the next best thing." – Fred added with a wink.

"Oh yeah! I saw you two on the Daily Prophet, how was Egypt?"

"Sunny…"

"And sandy!"

I sighed heavily, "You guys never change, do you?!"

"So far we haven't had many complaints, so why bother?!" It was George's turn to wink.

"But you still haven't answered our question, what was our dear Katie laughing at?"

"No biggie. Just laughing at myself" – I said smiling at them.

"And they accuse US of being crazy! Can you believe that, Georgie?"

"Mental, they are, Freddy, mental!" – and they both put their arms around me as we walked towards the platform.

 I sighed once again and muttered to myself, "7th year, here I go! Who'd have thought time would go by so fast…" before walking through the solid-looking-yet-not-that-solid wall.

As we stepped in Platform 9 and ¾, my parents came in my direction looking a bit worried while  the twins ran off to talk to their friend and partner in crime, Lee Jordan.

"Katie, dear, what took you so long? We were beginning to worry!"

"Nothing, mum! I was just chatting with Fred and George Weasley for a bit." - My parents could be so over-protective sometimes. I thought it was cute, though, I must admit, it could also be very annoying. – "So, where's my trunk?"

"I've already put it in the train for you, sweetheart."

"Thanks, Dad! And where's Luth?" – Luth was my owl.

"I've put her with your trunk. You'll find everything in the last compartment to the right."

"Thanks again." – I said smiling.

"Well then, if everything is set, your mum and I will be going now…"

"Alright, dad! I'll miss you" – I told him while giving him a big hug.

"I'll miss you too, sugar" – dad said kissing my forehead.

"Please, don't forget to owl us, dear." – mum asked me and hugged me tight.

"Of course I won't, mum. I'll miss you too!" – she held me for a little longer then said:

"Goodbye, sweetheart! Take care…"

"I will!" – my dad waved at me and with that, they left for the muggle world. As I was watching them disappear through the platform, I heard someone calling me from behind.

"Kit-Kat!" I didn't have to turn around to find out who that was. There was only one person in the entire world who called me "Kit Kat"

"Ollie-Wood!" – I said turning to see Oliver Wood, my quidditch captain and best friend, coming towards me.

"I missed you, Kit-Kat!" – he told me and held me tight.

"I missed you too, Ollie-Wood!"

"So, Kats, how was Denmark?" – Oliver asked me as we let go of each other.

"Just fabulous!! Copenhagen is absolutely wonderful! How about you, did you have fun in Luxembourg with your aunt?"

"Loads! I got to see one of Luxembourg's quidditch teams, the Bigonville Bombers play against Puddlemere United, it was smashing! Puddlemere won, 320 to 110…" - as Oliver kept telling me all the details of the game, we linked arms and got into the train.

After the train left the station, we sat in our compartment, just the two of us, with Luth and Pip (Oliver's owl) catching up. It was weird that we had so much to talk about even though we owled each other the whole summer… we just never ran out of things to say! But it was definitely weird in a good way.

" I missed talking to you face-to-face, Kats!"

"I missed it too, Ollie! Though, I must admit I will sort of miss your owls from now on." – I said. – "But I do like it better this way." – I added smiling and Oliver simply rolled his eyes, grinning.

"So, excited about coming back?" – he asked me

"Of course!! Especially 'cause it's our LAST year, can you believe that? But, at the same time, it makes me a bit upset, thinking that it's coming to and end…"

"I know what you mean… but for now, I'm just focused on the quidditch season. It's my last chance, Kats, OUR last chance, I HAVE to win that cup!" – I saw that fire he always had in his eyes whenever talking about quidditch.

"I know, Ollie! And I also know that we ARE going to win. We could have… we SHOULD have won it for the last two years already. It was just bad luck we didn't! But this year, I'm sure that cup will be ours." – that finally made Wood smile slightly.

"How can you be so sure?"

"I just can feel it!!" – Oliver still looked a bit worried and not convinced, so I added with wink – "I mean, the fact that we have the best team by far in the entire school doesn't leave me many options left, does it?!"

"Thanks, Kats! You always know just what to say, don't you?"

"What can I do?! I can't help being my great self…" – Oliver had opened his mouth to say something back at me when the door of our compartment burst opened.

"Kates!!! I've been looking for you on the entire train!"

"Jenny, so good to see you!" – I said standing up and giving Jennifer Fawkson, one of my closest friends and roommate, a hug. "Why did you stop writing?"

"I'm so sorry, Kates! But the last 2 weeks of the summer were just crazy, I was doing so much stuff I barely had time to breathe!"

"Alright, I'll forgive you… as long as you tell me everything!"

"Did you have to ask?"

I grinned and said "So, I'm guessing you had a good time in Australia, then?"

"Good time?! I had THE best time! There's so much I want to tell you…"

"So what are you waiting for? Sit down, I'm dying to hear it."

Jenny got into our compartment and greeted Oliver while I hugged Charlotte Clearwater, Penelope's twin (but not identical twin) sister, another roommate and good friend of mine.

"What about you, Charlie? Had a good time?"

"Great time! Canada is just lovely at summer. And you? How was Denmark?"

We spent the next two hours talking about our vacation. The twins stopped by eventually, but didn't stay for long. The left after a while, saying something about "Bugging Bighead Boy" At one point, Charlie and Jenny went to look for some other mates, leaving Oliver and me sharing our last box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. It was a few minutes after they left that the train came to an unexpected stop. I instinctively looked out of the window but couldn't spot anything for it was really dark outside.

"What happened? We can't possibly have arrived." – Oliver asked.

"I don't know, I can't see a thing outside… do you think there's something wrong with the train?"

"Doubtful… very doubtful."

We stayed silent for a few, then the light suddenly went off and I couldn't help a little scream.

"Kats, are you all right?" – came Oliver's worried voice from the dark.

'Yeah, I'm fine…" – I assured him.

However, a while later I started feeling anything BUT fine! It seemed like it was getting even darker and I felt everything going cold. I started feeling empty, alone and scared…

"Ollie…?" – I whispered

"I'm here, Kit Kat… don't worry, I'm right here!" – I heard Oliver saying with a rather faint voice.

Through the darkness I could feel him sliding one arm around my shoulder, pulling me closer to him protectively, and grabbing my hand with his, which I squeezed tightly, feeling a bit warmer and much safer already.

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A/N: Taadaa! So, that's it! I can't believe I've finished my first chapter. The first one is always the hardest one! So, what do you think: Too long? Too short? Too boring? Too mushy? Too much?! I need to know how it is, so I'll know how to go from here. Liked it? Disliked it? Any suggestions? Let me know, review! If it's just a piece of crap, please let me know so I won't waste my time with this. And don't worry about hurting my feelings, I'm my worst critic and I hardly ever like anything I write, so… anyway, until next chapter!