Hoping to add a little humor in this one, hope you like it.

I DO NOT OWN THIS SERIES ONLY THE HALF OF THIS PLOT THAT I MADE UP, MY CHARACTER TANYA (Whom I love so much) AND THE CRAZY THINGS HER, DEAN, SEAMUS AND NEVILLE GET UP TO.

Chapter Two

Welcome To Your New Home

I squeaked as I struggled to change into my robes in the small stall of the girls' bathroom. Dammit, I shouldn't have left it this late. I felt the train starting to slow down as I slipped on my shiny black Mary janes, the sensible kind, not the one with high heels mind you, because I can't walk in high heels yet. I bolted out of the empty bathroom and raced back to the carriage knocking furiously on the window. Someone pulled the door open and I hurtled inside as the train rolled to a stop. I followed the boys through the door. We threaded through the encroaching crowd and out the already opened door to the station. I breathed in, relieved to finally be breathing in fresh air. My stomach rumbled loudly and I glanced around to see if anyone heard it, but the only evidence I could find that someone had heard was the fact Seamus was grinning at me.

"Don't worry, me mam said somethin' about a feast." I beamed back at him, relieved that soon, I would be able to eat everything I desired. God, even the word 'feast' sounded edible. After a few minutes of walking we reached the edge of a lake. I gulped when I saw the small dinghy's we had to go across the lake in and I saw Seamus's grin widen out of the corner of my eye. Hagrid, the man who had come to collect me, separated Neville and Dean into a dinghy with Harry and one of the Weasley boys from earlier. When he came back to me and Seamus he put us in a boat with two girls, a red head, whose name I later learned was Susan Bones, and a blond girl by the name of Hannah Abbott. Seamus and me took the backbench and the girls took the front, probably eager to see Hogwarts Castle. I wasn't fussed. One, I don't like water. Two, why would you want to see the place you're going to be spending the next seven years? I mean, wouldn't I be seeing it enough soon?

My god, I can see why they wanted the wanted the front bench, this place is breath taking. The ancient architecture brought an elegant charm to the educational environment. In other words, they succeeded in getting attention from the fact that we would soon be too tired out from studying that we would be staring at the walls for a pretty long time. I gasped as Professor Mcgonagall opened the massive doors to the Great Hall. Never had I seen such a big room! And what was up with the ceiling? I heard a girl in front say it was the sky outside and I thought what a stupid idea it was. I mean, sure, it was pretty, but what would happen if it started hailing? I looked around and saw the four main tables and the banners above them. Apparently we were walking between the Gryffindor table and the Hufflepuff table up to… holy crap! We're about to be sorted! Wait a minute, why are Seamus, Dean and Neville shaking me?

"I said, Tanya Decker." Holy hell! I walked quickly up to where the professor was and sat down on the stool there. I felt her place the hat on my head and immediately there was another voice in my head.

'I dare say, you're very bold! A lot of…enthusiasm…too. And when you make friends you're stupendously loyal! You have your pride, but you don't flaunt it, you've proven yourself even stronger than your sisters! You're smart like Rowena, though you don't show it too often, you're as kind and caring as Helga, you can be hateful, but only if something really offends you…you fight fiercely for the things and people, that you care for. You, my dear, belong in…'

"Gryffindor!" I beamed at my sisters, both at their separate tables, at Pat, who was applauding me from my new house table, and my new friends in the crowd, Dean, Seamus and Neville. I settled down on the end of the bench, next to Harry, the Weasley, and the girl who had talked about the ceiling. I turned my attention back to the front when Dean was called up to be sorted.

"Gryffindor!" I cheered loudly along with the rest, waiting for Dean sit down across from me.

"Neville Longbottom?" Neville edged his way towards the front and climbed the short set of stairs up to the platform where Mcgonagall and the hat were. We waited patiently while the hat deliberated, though it still made me jump when it delivered its verdict.

"Gryffindor!" As I saw Neville face fill with surprise and happiness I thought about what he had said earlier about his parents. 'They were both magical before…' what did it mean? What had happened to Neville's parents? I wasn't able to linger on these thoughts for long as Seamus was called up to be sorted. I snorted quietly in amusement as I saw him roll his eyes up in the direction of the hat. I saw him smile at something the hat had said.

"Gryffindor!" The hat cried, almost drowned out by the roar of cheers that had erupted from Dean, Neville and I. Neville had slid in beside me so Seamus sat across the table next to Dean. We waited for the last of us to be sorted when Professor Dumbledore stood up.

"Let the feast begin." With this, all sorts of food showed up and I heaped whatever was on front of me onto my plate. Mhmm, macaroni and cheese.

Turns out, I shared a dorm with Hermione Granger, the girl who talked about the ceiling, Parvarti Patil, Lavender Brown and Fay Dunbar. Seamus, Dean and Neville were sharing a dorm with Harry and Ron (The Weasley, I just found out his name from Hermione). We also found out that boys can't go into the girls dormitories the next morning when apparently Seamus, Dean and Neville were going to wake me up early. They tried to climb the stairs and ended up on their ass at the bottom again, causing a crash loud enough to wake me up, being the light sleeper that I am. So, naturally, thinking it was a burglar (don't ask, I think I still thought I was at home), I crept downstairs without my wand and pounced on one of the 'burglars', causing them to land face down on the floor. Hard. I guess they weren't expecting an eleven-year-old girl to land on their back mid step. Next thing I know someone lit their wand and illuminated the whole scene. Dean and Neville staring at me while obviously trying not to burst out laughing, me sitting on the back of the burglar, which was actually Seamus, and Professor Mcgonagall standing in the portrait hole, lips pressed together tightly, her hair in an unusually loose bun and a dressing gown. Needless to say, we were all reprimanded despite Seamus, Dean and Neville's protests and my insistent cries of "I thought they were burglars!" Also, Seamus had to have some ice for his face that now had a slight bruise from where I had smacked it into the ground. When we got back to the common room it was well passed the time when most people started to wake up. When we got inside I turned and glared at them.

"What exactly were you three trying to do?" They grinned at me sheepishly and shied away.

"Well, we were going to wake you up early, but apparently boys aren't allowed into the girls dormitories so when we tried to go up the stairs turned into a slide and we landed on our arses. Of course, we wouldn't have made as much noise but somebody had to smack into a table." Dean, who had been saying this turned and glared at Seamus who grinned back at him. "Then, when we get up and manage to shake ourselves off, somebody else jumps on the other somebody and gets us caught by professor Mcgonagall."

"Hey, I thought you were all burglars, it's not my fault! Besides, why were you trying to wake me up early anyway?" The boys cracked up laughing for a while before answering me.

"We wanted to see if it made a difference." Okay, can I get a side of vague with that vague?

"Made a difference to what?" I asked, hoping to get a straight answer.

"Your being hypo."