I was bored, ladies and gentlemen. And thus, a crossover was born! *O*

Half the characters in here are OC's (okay, maybe they're HPCers...), and this is my first fanfic on here. SO DON'T JUDGE MEH. D:

~Max

Max's POV

I sat in Muggle Studies, bored as per usual, staring at the front of the classroom. Why had I chosen this, again? Oh, right. Because Divination, the subject that I wanted to take, was at the same time as Care of Magical Creatures. And no way was I gonna leave Hagrid to the mercy of the Slytherins.

Professor Meriodoc was going on and on about muggle schools and such. Most of the stuff that muggles apparently learned seemed fairly useless to me. Around the room, some of the kids, mostly half-bloods and muggle-borns, were nodding along. They must've attended schools like that before they came to Hogwarts.

Quite frankly, I don't think I'll ever understand muggles.

Not that I don't like them. I'm not a Slytherin or an ex-Death Eater's kid or anything like that. It's just… well, they go to incredible measures to fit every little thing into their own picture of reality. Like this summer. I'd been talking to some randoms, and my hair accidentally went to blue, its default color. They decided that I had some sort of delayed hair-dye condition thing. Idiots.

I guess that Professor Meriodoc must've said something, because everyone else in the class started whispering to each other. I elbowed the person next to me, who happened to be Maggie, one of my best friends.

"What's going on?" I asked, confused.

She looked at me strangely. "Honestly, don't you ever pay attention in class? We're taking a field trip to some sort of American muggle boarding-school for about a month."

I blinked. Muggle boarding-school? American? Professor Meriodoc finally managed to get the rest of the class to quiet down.

"Yes, yes, a muggle school. For a month. Don't worry, you won't have to catch up on all of your missed homework…" That last remark earned several sighs of relief.

"But we're going to go over some ground rules first. First of all… use of magic will be kept to a strict minimum. The same rules as summer holidays apply." This caused a few groans. "Now, now, it's not the end of the world. You'll still be able to carry your wand just in case. Secondly, giving out personal information should also be kept to a minimum."

A Ravenclaw girl, Jonni, in the back raised her hand. "Professor, exactly which school will we be going to? There's a school in New York that one of my cousins go to…"

Professor Meriodoc shook her head. "You won't be going to New York. You'll be going to a different school in California, outside a small town called Perdido Beach. It's called Coates Academy, I believe."

Coates? What kind of a name for a school was that? Then again, 'Hogwarts' could be considered odd, too…

"Anyway, a few things you should know about the school. It is not a school for normal kids. The reason we have chosen it is because it may be easier for you lot to blend in. Anyway, the kids there might not be the nicest… but please. No matter how much you want to strangle them, refrain from doing so. It gives me extra paper work that I don't want."

I received a pointed look, which I shrugged off. I was sort of known for getting into fights. Especially on the quidditch pitch. Me and Maggie both.

"Anyway, you'll be leaving in a fortnight. Letters have been sent to your parents, and we are awaiting permission." The bell rang. "Class dismissed!"

The next two weeks were complete turmoil. I was sort of excited, but at the same time… no magic or exploding potions? Where's the fun in that?

And for another thing, I was going to be missing quidditch. Quidditch. Our captain, James Potter, who was not in Muggle Studies, was not particularly happy with me. Or Maggie, for that matter.

"How on earth do you expect Gryffindor to win the cup if both our Seeker and our best Chaser are gone? For a month?"

"C'mon, James…" Maggie replied, rolling her eyes. "We've already played Slytherin last week. We'll be back for the match against Ravenclaw."

"But not Hufflepuff," argued James. "And they have a good team this year."

"Don't worry," I said groggily. Because we were leaving, we got extra Potions homework, and I'd been up all night trying to finish it. "Even if we lose one match, we can still get the cup."

James didn't look convinced. But he shrugged, seeing as arguing against both of us was useless, and turned to Maggie. "Just promise me one thing, okay? Don't go leaving me for some American muggle."

Maggie giggled and said something in reply, but I didn't hear it, as I was already walking away. A huge Maggie/James snog fest was not something I wanted to see.

On the bright side of the whole thing, we spent our remaining Muggle Studies classes (and a few History of Magic classes) coming up with creative cover stories. On how we ended up in Coates, which, after doing a bit of research, seemed more like a prison than a school. Maggie's story included shoplifting and constantly framing people… stuff like that. Mine, of course, included some kind of massive explosion. In a police station. Using this muggle explosive stuff called gunpowder.

Eventually, the big day came, though. We packed up a few things, but we couldn't bring our owls (which worried Maggie and James, and caused me to eye-roll), or potion ingredients, which I'd packed anyway. The train was going to take us from Hogsmeade to King's Cross, and then we were going to board a plane, and separate from there, arriving at the school at different times. Me and Maggie, who had decided that she had 'helped' me with my mass explosion thing, were going first, at the same time.

I stared out the window, watching Hogwarts disappear in the distance. I'd done the same thing many times, as I went home for Christmas and summer holidays. But it was different this time, somehow. Don't worry, I thought to myself. You'll be back in only a month.

How very wrong I was.

And that's chapter one, guys.

I would be a VERY happy person if you could R&R. ^_^