Hay, this is my new story. It's the first Harry Potter fic I've ever written, so yay please review!

I have always been a really big fan of Harry Potter (and I mean a really big fan!) and I hope I've done all you other HP fans justice with this story!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter though I wish I did. The plot is mine as are any characters that you don't recognise from the books!

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How Hogwarts is now!

Chapter one- A brand new start

Professor McGonagall sighed as the doors to the great hall banged open allowing the tide of students to come flooding towards the four house tables. Another year is about to begin, she thought sadly. There had once been a time when the start of the new school year at Hogwarts School of witch craft and wizardry was an exciting prospect for McGonagall, now however, with her best friend and confidence long gone, the job she had once enjoyed so much felt like a rather irksome chore.

As she stood there, waiting for the students to all be seated and for Hagrid to arrive with the first years, she though back over her years at the school. She remembered her first day as if it was yesterday, the sadness of kissing her parents good bye, the surge of excitement as she scrabbled onto the train after her big sister, the awe inspiring feeling as she looked up at the castle while sitting in one of those little boats gliding across the smooth surface of the lake and the utmost thrill as the sorting hat immediately declared her a Gryffindor. But what she remembered most was the fourth year boy she met in the common room that night. He was a tall boy with bright blue eyes and a small sad looking smile, his name was Albus, Albus Percival Wolfed Brian Dumbledore and he was her best friend.

Minerva McGonagall was suddenly pulled from her musings but the sound of large footfalls. She looked up as Hagrid and a long line of first years entered the great hall. She nodded to Hagrid who smiled in return, then turned and took her seat at the head of the top table passing professor Flitwick carrying the sorting hat and a stool as she did so.

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'Hugo, look!' Lilly Potter cried pointing out of the window of a fast moving scarlet school train.

Her cousin looked up and sighed. 'Lilly it's just a sheep.' He said,' there are loads near your house.'

'Yes,' Lilly retorted 'but that one was really cute.'

Hugo shook his head. Lilly had always been like this, happy and enthusiastic about everything, even when she first heard the story of the great battle with Voldemort, in which they had lost and uncle and many family friends, Lilly had stayed positive. She reminded him of her mother, his aunt Ginny red headed and cheerful. Although the last time he had seen his aunt she had not looked all that cheerful, Hugo saddened at the thought. He was used to his mother crying, she was quite emotional at times like weddings and even at Christmas, but Ginny, she always smiled her way through everything, just like Lilly. However just hours ago he had witnessed both is mother and his aunt succumb to tears as the hugged their youngest children and sent them onto the school train.

Lilly drew her attention away from the window and the countryside flying by and looked instead at her favourite cousin and best friends' expression. 'Hugo, are you ok?' she asked.

Hugo shook his head. 'No' he answered, 'I think I'm homesick.'

Lilly laughed at that. 'Hugo, you survived two weeks at that muggle summer camp, but a few hours on a train and you're a depressed wreck!'

'Don't laugh!' he replied, 'I just miss my family that's all.'

'Honestly Hugo, half your family is here. There's Victoria, Olivia, Robert, James, Daphne, Ruby, Albus, Rose, Phoebe, and me! What more could you want?' as if to prove this point, there was a bang in the corridor and their compartment door was whipped open, in rushed identical twins Daphne and Ruby just as Hugo shrugged and said. 'My mum and Dad would be nice, but your right half our family is here and I can always ...'

'Oh my gosh!' the twins gushed hugging both Lilly and Hugo. 'You're both here. Isn't it awesome?'

They nodded huge grins on their faces. 'It's great.' Said Lilly over the twins squeals. 'How long is it until we get there?'

'About ten minutes or so.' Ruby replied

'Yeh, you had probably get changed' Daphne said gesturing to her own and Ruby's plain black robes.

The twins said goodbye with lots of overly dramatic, 'Love ya,'s and 'See ya later,'s. Hugo closed the carriage blind and they quickly pulled on their robes just as the train was pulling in to Hogsmead station.