Chapter One: A New Year

Another school year had started at Hogwarts and everything seemed to be going well. Well, besides the Dark Lord trying to come back and take over the world, the girl you had a crush on doesn't like you and won't like you. "Everything's just peachy," the black haired boy sighs as the words escape his lips.

"Harry," a female voice says with an irritated sigh followed.

"What's up?" the familiar orange haired Ron asks, "You seem out of it,"

"Hu, no I do?" Harry replies clueless blinking looking around there train car.

"Harry what's wrong?" Hermione asks.

"I already asked you can't ask too!" Ron says pointing his finger at the girl.

"Really now?" she asks crossing her arms, "And who decided this?"

Raising his hand, "I did!" the orange haired Ron replies with a grin that said, 'Oh yea I'm smart,'

Shaking her head, "Honestly Ron," she mumbles, "Is that the best you can do?"

Pouting now from the insult Ron said nothing else with only the sound of the train tracks rushing clacking with the moving metal.

Zoning out once again Harry forgets his surroundings, along with everything familiar. His thoughts kept coming back to Voldemort, as disturbing as that was to him.

It wasn't as if he wanted to think of that sick demented man, but it was how the muggles would call it, random and in his case wrong. 'What am I doing?' the black haired boy thinks shaking his head from side to side. Glancing out the window it was useless to see anything, nightfall was already there.

Watching the moonlight light up certain area's as to others the water stuck out the most in Harry's mind. It's translucent form, something you could never capture in its current form. Unless of course you tried with magic.

"Harry!" Hermione whines shaking his shoulder.

"What!" the black haired boy yells confused looking out the window again.

"In the sky Harry!" Hermione says upset, "In the sky!"

Glancing up as the train rounded a corner the three were in awe at the site. "Is that a-," Ron starts swallowing, "That can't be him can it?" turning towards Harry with a frightened look.

Shaking his head, "It can't be … who?" Harry asks shocked looking to see if it was who he thought it was.

"Well let's think," Hermione says trying to calm everyone down as she looks at Harry, "It could be a shadow,"

"WHAT!" Ron yells eyes bulging, "THERE'S NO WAY THAT WAS A SHADOW!"

"Hey everyone what's up?" Luna pops in throwing off the mood as she asks, "What's with the yelling?"

"Um, we were just looking at-," Harry points to the window his eyes wandering back to his

"Oh? Something interesting?" She states moving through the three over to see for herself, "What are you talking about there's nothing here," she sighs upset about the false information.

"What do you mean," Ron gapes, "I swore I saw His mark in the sky!"

Blinking, "Ron, are you sure?" Harry asks.

"Positive!"

Looking again the night sky never seemed clearer, "I think you were seeing things," Hermione states shaking her head, "Did you get enough sleep?"

"I'm not joking!"

"Well," Luna proposes, "Maybe he did," Eyes falling closed on her she shrugs, "And then maybe he didn't,"

Sighing, "Thanks for your help Luna," Ron states sarcastically.

"You're quite welcome Rono," she states with an accent plopping into a seat next to him.

"Are we there yet," Ron whines there concern for Harry lost in distraction.

Leaning on the window seal Harry glazes out the window again, what was he going to do?

Sounds of the screeching train reveal its age as its speed slowly decreases yawning and stretching as the orange haired boy stood up, "finally,"

"I wonder what this years songs going to be," Luna randomly thinks out loud.

All staring at her as they slowly got up, "I don't know," Hermione comments back looking at Ron then Harry to see if they would add something before she moved on, "Well we better head up there,"

"Yea, the sooner we get there the sooner we can eat!" Ron states excited, "Then we can go to bed,"

Hurrying off mixed in the crowds of kids all in black cloaks all rushing off the train towards the dark dim lit castle. "First years this way," a deep voice yells out with a lantern to his side.

Cold air rushes past the black haired boys' face as his feet step down to the cold ground, his friends directly behind him, 'I wonder what's going to happen this year?' Harry thinks slowly becoming depressed at the thought, 'Maybe I shouldn't think about that now,'

Following the trail away from the first years the four of them seem to make it to a black carriage pulled by nothing, or only seemed like nothing. Though those aware new of these mystical creatures new there beauty in an all new perspective. There ride up there hadn't been long, as they relaxed in the silence enjoying the scenery of there new year at school. Just as the silence seemed to slightly get awkward the carriage jolts coming to a stop, the door opening Hermione stands getting out first, followed by Luna then Ron and finally Harry.

Trying to stay focused he still zoned out to things that never related to each other, "Hey scar face," a familiar boy's voice taunts with the sound of two others chuckling in the background.

Eyes dulling, 'You've got to be kidding me,' Harry thinks sighing, 'Ignore him,' he thinks repeating himself continuing to walk; his friends checking him before moving on with him.

"Hey don't you walk away from me," the voice states annoyed his feet heard taking off after the black haired boy.

"Malfoy what do you want?" Harry asks not turning around only pissing off the other boy more.

Growling the pale boy's fists clench but he doesn't reply, 'fine you'll mess up sometime and when you do I'll be there,'

"Wonder what he wanted?" Luna asks pondering on the manner.

Waving, "Don't bother it's Malfoy you're talking about," Ron states, "Probably another plan to take over the world taking Harry with him,"

"Ron don't you mean he would kill Harry," Hermione corrects, "I mean you two are enemies," she comments continuing seeing the look on the black haired boys face, "Well it's true isn't it?"

Sighing as they entered the Great Hall they all flocked to the center of the table where familiar faces had also flocked too. "Hey," Harry waves getting happy smiles and waves back from his housemates.

"How was you're summer Harry?" Neville asks another laughing at another brown haired skinny boy.

"Nothing new," he shrugs nothing really interesting happened, well nothing he wanted to talk about. Other then his progressing thoughts about you know who, which made no since to him.

Conversations progress only to die down as the doors to the entrance opened young faces filling the room as they walked forward through the narrow pathway to the front of the entrance hall. Not long after would those very students be placed into houses, where they would make friends and enemies for life, before being sent to there houses for the night.

And thus this New Year has just begun.