Cheezy: Hey guys! Our first story! Yays!

Ninjas: I know! *squeal* I'm so excited!

TOK: *Sigh* I'm just glad we finally got it posted.

Cheezy: Um..... yeah. -_-" Sorry it took so long, but here it is! Enjoy!

It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a disclaimer!: Ok, we don't own Hogwarts, or the professors, or Voldemort. J. K. Rowling does. *waves at Rowling* Anyways.... Cheezy writes from Harlin's POV, Ninja's is Coby, TOK's is Abel, and Pixie's is Natalie. Any questions? Good. On with the show!

Chapter 1; Ready for School

A year at Hogwarts is about to begin! Professors are getting ready for class, and students are receiving their supply lists through owl mail. Hogwarts, as you may or may not know, is a boarding school for wizards. This year, though, Dumbledore, the dean of the school, has something on his mind. Whatever it is, it can't be good.

~Abel's POV~

Vincent Abel stretched out on his bed, eyeing his half filled trunk. He looked longingly outside where his owl, Onyx, was taking a midnight flight. He stared at his broomstick leaning against the wall, he desperately wanted to go outside, but the muggles would be watching and he was still underage.

He started folding his Quidditch robes and hastily chucked them into the trunk. He was excited for the coming year, ready to see his friends again. Abel had gotten a lot of mail, mostly from girls, but he just wanted to get back to the school.

He turned on his stereo, and quiet music filled the room. He smiled. If only his friends knew about his music, his status would be dropped like a hot poptart on a cold kitchen floor. He turned off the stereo without a second thought.

~Harlin's POV~

"Harlin, ter's about time we went ter der stores. Dumbledore just sent out der supply lists," Hagrid announced, sternly yet playfully at the same time. He was such a good step-in dad.

"Not now, Uncle Hagrid," Harlin mumbled through her pillow. She just needed a few more minutes of sleep, but before she could argue further, Hagrid picked her up out of bed and slid a robe over her red nightgown.

She stumbled into the kitchen where the ever-growing baby dragon, Valcone, was waiting for her. Harlin put a piece of bread in front of his face, which he toasted using his breath of fire. She patted his head and munched on the slightly burned toast.

A piece of paper was lying on the table. Harlin picked it up and read it over. All of her textbooks and supplies were written in order of the stores in Diagon Alley. She sighed, heavily disappointed that she couldn't sleep in again, and pulled her wand out of her robe pocket. She chanted a few words and with a poof of dust, she disappeared.

A few moments later, Harlin appeared in the busy streets of Diagon Alley, filled with Hogwarts students doing their shopping.

This was the first year that her uncle had let her go shopping alone.

With the list in her hand, Harlin went from store to store, getting everything she needed and more. She didn't see any of her friends; they were last-minute shoppers.

At the final store she visited, Harlin looked in the window to see owls of all sorts perched in cages. She decided that she finally deserved one. After all, most first years had them, so she went inside to buy a gorgeous golden brown female owl that she declared Snicket while in the store. The bird kept trying to eat her dark brown curls of hair that hung down her shoulders. Harlin couldn't help but giggle a bit. Immaturity was her specialty.

Once she was sure that everything was bought, she flicked her wrist to head back home. It was five in the evening when she arrived. She had been buying things for over eight hours.

Now all that needed to be done was pack everything to head back to the school itself. It was required that all students lived in the dormitories.

~Natalie's POV~

Natalie Brown stared out the window of the train, stroking her owl absentmindedly. In a few days, school would start again, which meant that she wouldn't need to see her parents for almost a year.

She looked out the window, and saw that the 9 3/4 was almost at the station. She sighed and gently picked up her owl.

"Off you go, Andromeda. I'll see you at the Leaky Cauldron." Her owl gave a happy hoot and flew off to London.

The only thing she hated about leaving her home and coming to Hogwarts was that it attracted far too much attention to have an owl perched on her shoulder in the streets of London. She probably wouldn't have as much trouble if she had purchased a bird cage, but when her parents suggested it, well ordered it really, Natalie had put up enough a fuss that they had to back down. Andromeda hated being confined almost as much as Natalie did.

The train pulled into the station, and shuddered to a halt. She picked up her trunk and walked out, eager to stretch her legs. Natalie stepped into the mass of people awaiting loved ones, and quickly navigated through the crowd. Finally, she could be just another girl instead of a daughter.

~Harlin's POV~

Once everything was packed away, Harlin looked back up at the oak wood clock hung on the wall above her bed. It rang eight times, signaling it was eight o' clock.

She sighed; she hated leaving her uncle for school, even though she would see him for an hour everyday. She set out to find Hagrid. He was in the kitchen, getting dinner ready for his huge dog, Goliath.

Harlin petted Goliath on the head; she was going to miss him too, as well as Valcone. Hogwarts limited the creatures that could be kept by pupils.

She walked up to her uncle and gave him a huge hug. It felt good to be embedded in his arms.

"Goodbye, I'm leaving for school tonight," Harlin said with a frown on her face.

Hagrid smiled, "It'll be the same as usual, don't worry. What could go wrong?"

As she was walking out the door with her trunk and Snicket, her uncle called, "And this time, don't blow up the toilets!"

~Coby's POV~

Coby hurried on the train, trying to find an empty compartment. So far she hadn't had the best of luck. The first one she opened had six 4th year boys in it, and unfortunately one of them was her brother.

Blake just stood there unsure if he should push her away, or welcome her in. He decided quickly to push her out. That was how she ended up on the floor right outside this girls' compartment.

The door was half open and so she peaked in and saw her friend Jenna. She quickly grabbed a seat, and immersed in conversation about the school year.

~Abel's POV~

Abel settled down into an empty compartment, one of the farthest from the front of the train.

He looked very proper in his school robes, all crisp lines and perfect folds. He looked at his Slytherin tie and he smiled. He wondered who he would meet this year. Suddenly, a bunch of girls walked past him, giggling. He silently prayed that they wouldn't see him. One of his close friends swung around the door and sat down next to him.

Alexander Goldhart, Xander for short, was one of the boys who could challenge himself for popularity. Xander has gold hair that never seemed to fall right, with one teal eye and one hazel one. This was normally an odd sight for the average wizard, but Abel and Xander have been inseparable since their first year at Hogwarts.

"So, what's been shakin', my man?" Xander quipped.

Abel laughed."You are so weird."

Cheezy: Whew! Glad that's over.

Pixies: What is?

TOK: The first-writing-jitters! Duh!

Ninjas: TOK, did you have a RedBull?

TOK: *Bounces up and down*

Cheezy: *headdesk*

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