"Can you believe it Dean!? You're going to Hogwarts! You're really going!" Piped an excited boy to his friend.

"Yes, Sammy, I can believe it. Dad trained us for this. Remember?" Dean replied to Sammy.

"Yeah I remember. But COME ON DEAN! IT"S HOGWARTS! You're with me right Lydia?" Sammy turned to the me. I was walking behind them, pushing a cart full of my school stuff.

"Yes! I mean. Yeah, Hogwarts does seem pretty cool. But don't you worry that we won't fit in? I mean, we aren't going to the American school like we're supposed to. We're going to the brit's school." I said. Dean smiled at me.

"Right. But I don't care if we don't fit in. I've got you two and that's all that matters!" Dean said and he hugged both Sam and I.

"I don't mean to alarm anyone, but, how do we get onto the platform?" I asked. Sam and Dean looked at each other. I always thought it was funny when they did that. They looked back at me.

"Maybe we could ask someone?" Sam volunteered.

"Yeah, let's go ask a bunch of muggles how to get onto the magic train!" Dean yelled in exasperation. A bunch of people we were passing right then turned to look at us with weird expressions. vague

"-Packed with muggles, of course-" I heard a lady say.

"Hey! Look, that lady with the red hair said muggles! Do you think she knows how to get to the train?" I asked Sam and Dean. They looked at each other again. Brothers!

"Yeah, I think so." Sam replied, turning away from Dean. "How about we ask her." He suggested.

"Yeah okay." We made our way over to her. She and her red headed kids were standing in front of a brick post. One of them ran straight into it! She was talking to a boy with a mop of black hair, and when she was done, I walked up to her. "Excuse me, Ma'am?" She turned around to greet me.

"Yes dear?"

"Um, my friends and I were wondering, um, if you knew how to get to the Hogwarts express?" I was blushing a little bit. Sam and Dean were behind me nodding. She smiled.

"Of course, dear. All you have to do is walk strait into the post, and you'll get onto the platform. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous." She smiled at me and walked into the wall. SHE DISAPEARED!

"Alright. Uh, well, let's go splat on the wall, shall we?" Dean asked. He rushed the wall, his cart in front of him, and just when I was expecting him to hit the wall, he went right through!

"I guess it's my turn." Sam said and he copied his brother. Then it was my turn. You can do this Lydia! You can do this. I thought to myself. I ran at the wall and closed my eyes before I reached it. When I didn't stop and just kept running, I opened my eyes. WOW! There was a massive, scarlet train with the words Hogwarts Express on the sides. The platform was crowded with people. Sam and Dean were standing of to the side waving me over. "This place is SO COOL!" I said as I reached them. Sam and Dean were smiling like oafs.

"I'm sorry you won't get to go for another three years Sammy." Dean said to his brother. But that fact didn't waver Sam's excitement. He still had a massive grin on his face.

"I DON'T CARE!" Sam was four years younger than Dean and I, so he couldn't go just yet. Dean and I were eleven, making Sam only seven years old. He was hopping up and down with excitement. Dean grabbed ahold of his brother's shoulders and knelt down in front of him.

"Now, Sammy. You remember your way home, right?" Sam nodded, the grin was still on his face. "And you remember how to send an owl if anything goes wrong right?" He nodded again. Dean pulled him into a hug. "Alright then. You be good Sammy. Be good for dad. Lydia and I will be home for the holidays. I love you man." He planted a kiss on Sam's head. When they were done, Sam came over to me and hugged me tight. I gave him a tight squeeze and he let go.

"Bye Sam."

"I love you guys. Be safe." Sam said. Dean and I laughed.

"We will buddy. You be safe too." Dean replied. At that Sam ran back off of the platform and disappeared. Dean sighed.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"Nothing. I'm just going to miss having him around that's all." The train whistled. "We should get on before it leaves us here." He said, and walked off. I followed him to the spot where they were keeping the luggage.

"I'm keeping Angel and Starship with us." I said and I grabbed a cage off of my cart and his. The one from my cart had a puppy in it, and the one on Dean's had an owl.

"I'll take starship." He said and grabbed the cage with the owl. We got on board and found a compartment that was empty. After we closed the door, Dean let Starship out. Starship was a barn owl with one blind eye and a green feather sticking out of his head. He perched on Dean's leg and stayed there, eye's closed.

"Come here Angel." I called as I took out my puppy. She was pitch black other than a white mark on her chest that looked like a pair of Angel wings. She was a Labrador/Boxer mix. "What house do you think we'll be in?"

"I don't know. I just hope I'm not in Gryffindor." I laughed at him.

"What! Why!? I thought that you always wanted to be a Gryffindor!" I prodded. He laughed.

"Yeah, but that was when I realized that Sam was probably going to be in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff." I smiled at him and shook my head. "What?" I just shook my head some more. "What?!" He nudged my arm a bit.

"Nothing. I just realized what a big Mama Bear you are." He pretended to be hurt. "Ya, well."

"I know, I know. I just don't want him to get hurt."

"Yeah, I know." I looked out the window and saw rolling hills zoom by. "When do you think we'll get there?" I asked him. Before he could answer our door opened. A girl with crazy, curly brown hair and big front teeth stood in the door way.

"Have any of you seen a toad? A boy named Nevile has lost his." Dean looked at her like she was crazy. She looked at Angel and she sighed. "You must be the American students. Yes?" Dean and I looked at each other.

"Yes." I answered. "And No, we haven't seen a toad anywhere."

"But if we do we'll call for you." Dean added.

"My name's Hermione Granger. And, you are?"

"I'm Dean, Dean Winchester." He held out his hand as he stood up. They shook hands and she turned to me.

"And you?"

"I'm Lydia Speed. It's nice to meet you Hermione." I shook hands with her as well.

"Well, if you see it, ask around for me." She left and closed the door behind her. Dean burst out laughing.

"Oh, this is going to be a good year." He said and sat back down. I sat back down across from him. We sat there in silence for a while before I heard Dean snoring. It wasn't very loud. After a while of me listening to Dean's snoring, two boys opened the door. I couldn't tell them apart. They both sported flaming red hair and freckles and they were identical.

"Hey, have you heard?" The one on the left asked me.

"Heard what?"

"About Harry Potter?"

"Who?" They both gasped.

"What?" Dean woke up to their gasps. "Who are you?" He asked.

"I'm Fred." Said the right one.

"And I'm George." Said the left one.

"Hi, I'm Dean and this is Lydia."

"Well, have you heard?" Asked Fred.

"Heard what?" They both sighed.

"About Harry Potter?" They both said.

"Who?" Dean and I both looked at each other. What were they talking about? I asked silently. No idea. He answered without uttering a word.

"You two must be the American students." George offered.

"Yeah, we are. Who's Harry Potter?" I asked.

"You'll just have to ask him. He's the one with the moppy black hair and the lightning scar. Bye now." Fred said and they both left, leaving the door open. I got up and closed the door.

"They were weird." I admitted.

"Yeah, they were, but I liked them. They were weird in a good way." As I sat back down and Dean leaned back in his seat, another person opened the door.

"Anything from the trolley dears?" Asked the little old lady. Dean looked at me with a confused look on his face.

"Trolley? What's a trolley?" He asked.

"Do you wish to buy some sweets?" She asked. His face lit up. He turned to me and mouthed I wonder if they have pie! Ask! I mouthed back. He got up and looked at the cart she was pushing.

"Um, do you have anything like a pie?" He asked her. She smiled and handed him a mini wrapped pie.

"That'll be two Sickles." She said.

"Can I have four, and I'll give you eight?"

"Yes dear." She handed him three more pies and he gave her the sickles. When she left, Dean shut the door and sat next to me. He handed me two pies.

"I know you didn't bring anything." He said as he gave them to me. I gave him a hug.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." We both sat there and ate one of our pies. "They're really good!" He said as he put the last piece in his mouth. I smiled at him and he laughed.

"What?" He laughed some more. "What? What is it, tell me!" I shoved his arm.

"You have some cherry pie on your cheek." He said and he wiped it off.

"Thanks." We sat there next to each other without saying a word. The next thing I knew, I was gently being shook awake.

"Lydia, Lydia wake up!" Whispered a voice. "We'll be there soon, you need to change into your robes!" I sat up to see Dean already in his black robes. "I'll wait out there, but you need to hurry!" He left the compartment and closed the door behind him. I pulled down the visor and got undressed. As I pulled up my robes the train began to slow down very fast and I lost my footing.

"AAAHHH!" I yelled as I stumbled onto the floor. There was a knock at the door.

"Lydia? Are you all right?" Came Dean's voice. I got back up and pulled my robes the rest of the way up.

"Yeah, I just fell over. Can you come button this for me?" Dean opened the door and I turned away from him, pulling my blonde hair out of the way. He buttoned up my robes and we sat down.

"We should be arriving soon." He said to me. He was looking at the ground.

"What's wrong?" I nudged his shoulder. He shook his head.

"Nothing." He rubbed his face. "I don't know if I'm ready for this." He confessed.

"That's okay. Can I tell you a secret? I don't think I am either." I nudged him again and he smiled. The train slowed down again. "We should get ready." I said and I picked up Angel. "You should put Starship in his cage." I told him as I stuffed the sleeping mass of puppy into her cage.

"Yeah, okay." He replied and gently grabbed the owl perched on one of the seats and put him in the cage. The train slowed to a stop and a low buzz came about as kids started coming out of their compartments and talking. We joined them and were immediately swept away by the moving people. I had exited the compartment first so when I looked back I couldn't see Dean.

"DEAN!" I called over the crowd. I held Angel with both my hand as I made my way to the front. When I made it outside, I almost screamed with fright when I saw a ten-foot-tall man standing above the crowd.

"First years with me!" He called. I looked around for Dean but I didn't see him.

"LYDIA!" I heard Dean call. I looked in the direction of the voice. It's a good thing he's tall! I thought. I saw his head above the crowd. I raised my hand and waved in his direction. We met in the middle. "Hey, are we supposed to go with the giant?" He asked me.

"I guess. We should go." I said and we followed the giant and a bunch of other kids to boats. We rode them up to the castle and were herded into a hall. We waited there patiently, waiting. A pair of double doors opened.

"Good evening students."