Okay, find Platform 9¾. I just have to run at a pillar. No big deal. Maddie thought to herself. She looked over at her parents who seemed very nervous. They were still uncertain about everything, but they understood that this was best for her. She was worried that they weren't going to let her go, but they were the ones that urged her that this would be good for her.

Her father ran a hand through his hair. "Are you sure that you have everything that you need, Madelyne?" He asked her for the third time since they had left. She had already made and checked her mental list twice. "We can send you anything that you forget. Though, you'd have to write first, because we don't know how the owl system works."

She had everything packed accordingly. She knew she was going to have to change into her uniform on the train, so she had a bag that had her uniform in it, as well as some things to take up her time, in case the trip was long. Kettleburn had given her some information about everything, but he wasn't extremely specific.

Maddie smiled and hugged her father. "Yes, dad," she said. "I'm pretty sure that I have everything, and I promise that I'll write to you guys."

He let her go and nodded. "Do you want us to come onto the platform with you or just to leave you here?" Her mother looked concerned. Maddie knew that she wanted to come onto the platform to see her off. Any good mother would.

"Of course I want you guys to come with me," Maddie told them. "Kettleburn said that it would be okay, but we have to be inconspicuous, and you have to run with me. Don't be nervous or scared because the platform might kick you out, considering you're muggles."

Her mother smiled and nodded. "Okay, we're with you every step of the way, honey." She put a hand on her trolley. "Just lead the way."

Maddie started walking the trolley to where she was told the platform was. She didn't know what she was going to do once she was on the platform. She would be away from her parents, and the only other kids that she knew were probably not going to ever associate with her ever again. She was usually the odd kid out, and she didn't think that it would change in a place where all the odd kids were together.

When they got to the appropriate place, she stopped so that they could all hold onto the cart and run. Once they did, it was only a matter of seconds before the scenery around them changed. Everything was completely different. It was only until her mother started talking that she was pulled out of her admiration.

"Where's your father?"

Maddie looked around. "I guess he was nervous or something. Kettleburn says it happens sometimes." She started pushing the cart towards where the cases were being loaded onto the train. "Maybe he can come when I come home."

Her father wasn't ever one to support her endeavors off the beaten path. Her mother usually gave her a chance, but if she wasn't completely successful at the start, her father would put an end to it. It was why she only had one piano lesson, one dance practice, or one band class. She knew if she wasn't wildly successful in the wizarding world that he's probably find a way to pull her out of it.

"Hey, isn't that your little girlfriend Maddie?" A familiar voice said from the distance.

Maddie looked up and saw the mother of the boys that she ran into at the bookstore. Her question was met by two whining complaints that she assumed were by the boys. She smiled and waved before helping her mother unload her cart.

"Madelyne, I hope your year goes well," her mother told her. "Be sure to write often and let us know how it's going for you. You know your father wants to know."

She nodded slowly. "Yeah, but for the wrong reasons." She gave her mother a hug and took a deep breath before letting go. "It's okay though. I'll be more successful than he ever thought I would be here. It's more than being top of the class there."

She smiled. "Yeah, sock it to 'em." She ruffled her hair. "Now go get on that train before it departs."

Maddie chuckled. "Okay, love you, Mom," she laughed before running off to the nearest entrance to the train.

On her way, she passed the twins who flagged her down and told her to wait. She stopped for them and smiled. They were both taller than her, but they weren't as tall as their other brothers. They all had bright orange-red hair and freckles. It was remarkable that everyone in their family was obviously related to the others. Everyone saw her with her parents and thought that she was adopted. She was a clear mix of the two, but they looked nothing like each other.

"Are you excited to get sorted into a house?" One of them asked. She hadn't quite gotten to know which was which yet, but that was one of her goals for the year.

Maddie shrugged. "I don't know what that means. I know you've told me the houses before, and some things about them, but I haven't really gotten to know much about them. Kettleburn gave me a copy of Hogwarts, A History, but I only got around to reading the first section. It's about the geography around the castle." She grabbed the rail to step up into the train. "It's all my father would let me read. Why is the forest forbidden? Or is that just a name?"

The other laughed. "Both. Recently, it's been renamed to the Dark Forest, but that book is really old." They followed her into an empty booth on the train. "I don't know anyone that would read that book for fun. Maybe Percy would, but he's mister perfect."

She sat down and kept her small bag in her lap. The boys sat across from her. She still had no idea what was going to happen once they got off of this train. She had some knowledge from Kettleburn, but there was no telling how she was going to perceive it.

"It's kind of a given that we'll be in Gryffindor, right, George?" Fred said. "Our family has been sorted into it for generations and generations. We'd be the black sheep of the family if it was to be different."

"Yeah, kind of like Sirius in the Black family, but look what happened to him. He went crazy and evil anyway," George replied.

Maddie raised an eyebrow. "Who?"

"Sirius Black," Fred said. "He was a massive supporter of the Dark Lord He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. He killed a lot of people in the meantime. The most well-known, well, not well-known to you, were the Potter family, except for little Harry. He's in Azkaban now. That's the wizard's prison."

She nodded. Kettleburn told her a little about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named before to prepare her. "Well, that's good. Makes me feel a little bit safer about going to a world that I know pretty much nothing about."

"Don't worry about it, Maddie," George said. "There's really no concern. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named hasn't been seen or heard from since the Potter incident. Also, Hogwarts is one of the safest places in the Wizarding World. Dumbledore makes sure of that."

Fred nudged him. "Don't scare her, man. The only thing that you have to worry about really is us," he laughed. "Percy and Charlie think that we might kill ourselves with our jokes before we get expelled for them."

Maddie chuckled. "I got a taste of your jokes back in the shop. I saw what you did to your younger brother."

"Oh, it's his fault for eating the Ton-Tongue Toffee," George smiled. "He should know better by now."

All of the sudden, there was a knock on the door to the booth. It slid open, and there was a small girl, small for eleven, standing in the door. She had chocolate brown hair and eyes to match. She was pale, but you could still see the scar that ran over her cheek. She looked a little frightened.

"Can I sit with you guys?" She asked. "I don't know anybody else on the train and all of the other booths are full."

Maddie smiled. "Are you a muggle-born, too?" She waved her to come sit down next to her.

The girl shook her head. "No," she said. "Both of my parents are wizards. They are just very secluded from the rest of the world. They have a whole hidden bunker in case of the return of You-Know-Who. They try to keep off the radar."

Fred laughed. "Ah, they are survivalists."

"Yeah," she shrugged. "My name is Colin Chesapeake."

"Of the Chesapeake Cheapskates?" George asked. "No wonder your parents are crazy. It's in their genes."

Colin frowned. "Those were my grandparents. My parents know better." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Who are you to talk anyway?"

Fred stuck out his hand to her. "My name is Fred Weasley. This is my twin George, and our triplet in crime, Maddie."

"I wouldn't call me that," Maddie laughed. "I'm also not related to them. My last name is Shire. I'm a muggle-born wizard, I guess."

Colin rejected Fred's hand and leaned over towards Maddie. "How did you end up with these losers?"

Maddie laughed. "They aren't losers, but also, they are the first ones I met. I met them when Kettleburn was helping me do my school shopping."

"My aunt had to take me shopping because my parents didn't want to leave the house. I saved a fortune though," she said. "And before you say anything, yes, they did get that gene."

There was an awkward silence that filled the trolley after she said that. After a moment, Fred moved his foot and deliberately hit Maddie's foot with it. When she looked his way, he winked at her. She was confused, but when did he not confuse her?

"What class are you looking forward to?" Colin asked.

"I'm not entirely sure what each class has for me to look forward to," Maddie said as she kicked Fred's foot in return. "I think the fantastic beast book seems interesting, though, I know I won't be taking that class for a while."

Colin smiled, "Ooh, yeah." She moved her hands so she was sitting on them. "Newt Scamander has always been someone that I have looked up to. He worked in a time that people didn't really do what he did. Some of his creatures were near extinction when he wrote the book."

Maddie nodded. "That's pretty cool. Diving into a field for the benefit of everyone's education is like my dream."

"Is that what you were planning on doing in the Muggle world?" George asked.

She shook her head. "No, I wish. My parents pretty much set me on the neurosurgeon track since I was a kid. I was hoping I could turn it into something similar. Get enough experience and do some intense research and write a mind-breaking article."

"What's a neurosurgeon?"

Maddie sighed and pointed at her temple. "Basically a person that fixes whatever is wrong in your brain. Do you not have those in the wizarding world? What is the medical field like?"

Fred shrugged. "I don't really know all that much about it. My parents could probably tell you. Or you could always take a trip to Madam Pomfrey in the medical ward."

George nodded. "Yeah, I only know like one healing spell, and that's because Fred broke my nose when I was around eight or nine. Mum had to balance that and Ron gave Ginny a deck of exploding snap cards that caught her hair on fire, Percy complaining that he didn't have the quiet to study, and Bill and Charlie wrestling like they always did."

Maddie shook her head. "I can't imagine have you guys as brothers, much less having six siblings that I'd have to deal with. It was hard enough being just me growing up in my house."

"I've got a brother," Colin chimed in. "He's pretty cool. He's a fourth year Slytherin. He's pretty nice, though. Don't let him get you up. He's one of the nicer ones."

Maddie raised her eyebrows. "Are people in Slytherin usually mean?"

Fred laughed. "That's an understatement."

George elbowed him. "No, well… Not everyone in Slytherin is evil, but a lot of evil people come out of Slytherin. You just have to be careful."

Maddie nodded. "Oh, okay. I see." She crossed her arms over her chest and looked out the window. The scenery along the way was a lot nicer than she thought it was going to be. There weren't a lot of hills and grass in the town where she grew up.

It was a few moments before anyone spoke again. The twins obviously weren't fans of Colin and vice versa. Maddie was just thankful to have people that wanted her company, especially since she didn't really know anyone to begin with.

"Hey, do you guys want to see a magic trick?" Fred asked, pulling his wand out of his sleeve.

Colin shook her head. "No, we really shouldn't be doing magic that we don't know the outcome. If anything, we need to start getting changed into our robes. We should be there soon."

Maddie looked over at Fred and then at Colin. "Whatever we do, can we please be civil? I don't want to spend my first time legitimately in the Wizarding World in the middle of some bickering between two families."

Fred nodded and returned his wand back to his sleeve. "Okay, then let's start to get ready."

All of the first years were led in to a big hallway by a tall lady with black hair. She stopped them in a small room off of the hallway. All of the children were looking around like they were confused. Some looked more confused than others. Maddie was one of them. Everything in the castle was startling to her.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," the professor said. "The start-of-the-year banquet will start soon, but I must tell you something before we enter the Great Hall. Before you take your seats, there will be a sorting ceremony where you will be placed into your houses. This is very important because your house will become like your family while you are here. You will be in classes with your house, sleep in the same dorms as your house, and spend your time with them. This doesn't limit your friendships, but eventually, this is how it all goes."

She cleared her throat. "As I'm sure most of you know, the four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own great and noble history and each has produced amazing and talented witches and wizards. While you are here, your achievements will earn your house points, while breaking the rules will make you lose points. At the end of the year, the house that has the most points will be awarded the house cup. I hope each of you will benefit the house that you claim as your own. The ceremony will take place soon. Be sure that you behave yourselves, seeing as you'll be in front of the entire school."

Maddie looked over at Fred and George and noticed that they were straightening up their collars. She knew that the comment was towards everyone, but deep down, she felt like it was specifically for the twins. She was her their older brothers have talked about them to their professors.

Colin leaned over to Maddie and whispered, "What happens in the ceremony? My parents didn't tell me."

She shrugged. "I have no idea. We'll just have to see, I guess."

There was a moment of silence before Fred bumped into Maddie. He smiled at her, almost in a reassuring way. Maddie smiled back. It returned to silence before the professor came back inside.

"Form a line, and follow me," she said.

All the first-years scuffled around to make a line. Maddie got shoved in between Colin and a boy who was a few inches taller than her. He had brown hair that stuck up in random places, and he was skinnier than she was. He turned around after he accidentally stepped on her foot.

"Sorry," he said. "I'm Roger Davies."

Maddie was unsure how him apologizing turned into him introducing himself. She nodded slowly. "It's fine," she told him. "I'm Madelyne Shire."

The line started moving out of the room and back into the hall towards the large doors that she assumed led to the Great Hall. The professor opened the door and led the kids through the door. Maddie looked around the Great Hall in awe. The ceiling was decorated like the night sky. There were people sitting at 4 large tables, obviously sorted by their houses. There were banners above the different tables with the crests of the houses on it.

She looked back at Colin with a shocked expression on her face. There was a lot that the Muggle world had thought about magic and wizards, but it was nothing like this. She was totally in awe.

She looked up to where the professor was leading them and saw a pointed witches hat on a stool. It looked extremely old and dirty. Once all of the kids had walked in and stopped, the hat twitched, and it opened up like a mouth.

"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find

A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,

Your top hats sleek and tall,

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you

Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindow,

Where dwell the brave at heart,

Their daring, nerve, and chivalry

Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff,

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true

And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

If you're a ready mind,

Where those of wit and learning,

Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any means

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

Roger turned around to Maddie and chuckled, "I was afraid that we were going to have to pull a dove out of the hat or something."

She smiled. "I honestly had no idea what to expect."

Roger was going to reply, but he was interrupted by the professor that had led them in here. Maddie looked around and saw Professor Kettleburn sitting up at a long table at the front of the room. He made eye contact with her and smiled.

"When I call your name, you will put the hat on and be sorted," she said. "Adams, Justine!"

A small girl with stringy blonde hair walked up and put the hat on before sitting down. The hat sat crooked on her head in silence for a moment before it shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"

"Ahers, Bryan!"

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted.

"Chesapeake, Colin!"

Colin moved from behind Maddie and walked up to the stool. She put the hat on, and it slid down past her eyes. As she went to fix it, it spoke, "HUFFLEPUFF!" Colin climbed down and walked over to the Hufflepuff table with a smile on her face.

"Davies, Roger."

He smiled back at Maddie before going up to the front. He stumbled a little bit over his pants leg, but he recovered quickly. He walked up and sat down, putting the Sorting Hat on his head.

"RAVENCLAW!"

Maddie knew it would be a while before she was called, considering she was near the end of the alphabet. The twins had a longer wait. She assumed they were either going to be the last ones or really close to the end.

She looked around at the people that had already been sorted and the older students. They all seemed so happy being where they were. She hoped that no matter where she was that she would be happy. Hearing what she had heard about the four houses, she didn't exactly know where she was going.

All the sudden she heard her name called. "Shire, Madelyne!"

Maddie walked up to the stool and took a deep breath. She sat down and put the hat over her head. It barely touched her head before it shouted, "RAVENCLAW!"

The whole Ravenclaw table were loud as they rejoiced. She smiled and when she got up, she placed the hat back on the stool. She walked over to the table and sat in between Roger and another girl that got sorted into Ravenclaw. She thought her name was Erica Lilywhite or something like that.

Maddie looked over at the twins. Fred was looking over at her and looked away when they made eye contact. Before long, they were both called up and sorted into Gryffindor, along with their brothers.

Roger nudged Maddie's arm and leaned over. "Looks like your small little band of friends were broken up."

Maddie shrugged. "Just because we're in different houses doesn't mean we can't be friends." She looked over at the twins and waved. "I don't have anything over their house."

Erica, who went by Ricky, chuckled. "Yeah, that's what my sister said when she started dating the Head Boy last year, but houses really make things super competitive."

The whole hall got quiet as one of the professors stood up from the table. He was tall and had a long white beard. He cleared his throat to speak.

"Welcome, new students and returning students, to a new year at Hogwarts!" He said. "Before we begin the banquet, I would just like to tell you all that all of us professors here are extremely excited for the new year. I think that it will be filled with fun and amazing times, just like your stomachs after you eat this food."

The whole room clapped. Maddie leaned over to Roger and asked, "Who is he?"

"He's the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore. The one that led us in was Professor McGonagall. You'll meet the rest of the professors in our classes. I don't know all of their names and what they teach."

Suddenly, all of the dishes in front of them were filled with food. There were potatoes, chicken, steak, pudding, gravy, and everything one could ever want to eat. She grabbed a lot of potatoes and chicken and filled in the rest of her plate with a random assortment of everything. She knew there was no way that she'd be hungry after this meal.

Ricky leaned over. "I think I'm most excited for Potions and Astronomy. I don't know if I'll be okay with staying up until midnight for the class, but it's only once a week, so I think I'll be okay."

Maddie nodded as she took a bite of potatoes. "I think I'm excited for Transfigurations and Potions. I haven't looked over a lot of the curriculum, but those books seemed pretty cool from the first few pages."

Ricky nodded. "Professor Snape, the one with the long black hair, he's the potions professor. My sister was one of his favorites, so I'm hoping to keep that up."

"Is your sister still here?" Roger asked.

She nodded. "Yeah, she's over there sitting next to her boyfriend, the Gryffindor prefect."

Maddie looked over at where she was pointing. "She's dating Charlie Weasley?"

Ricky smiled. "Yeah. He's pretty nice. They both are interested in the same thing, otherwise, I don't think that they ever would have become friends."

She chuckled. "I met them all at the book shop. The twins are pretty nice. Though, I do have on question. What is a prefect?"

"They are sort of people in authority positions. They are glorified hall monitors basically," she said.

All of the sudden, there was a white shadowy figure in front of her. It was a lady in a long dress, who looked almost like she was sad. She was looking around the table while moving along.

"Hello, Helena," an older Ravenclaw said. "How's it going? We haven't seen you in a while."

She smiled. "Well, I wanted to see the new students. My corridor was starting to get a little old. Oh, and Robert, expect to see me more. I will be dropping in on your Transfigurations class this year. There's nothing like some good learning."

Maddie must have had some huge confused look on her face because Roger leaned over and whispered in her ear. "That's Helena Ravenclaw. The daughter of Rowena, who founded the house."

"She's a ghost?" She whispered in return.

He nodded and turned his attention back to Helena, who was talking to Robert about how excited she was to be in an advanced class again.

"So, you're a muggle-born, right, Maddie?" Ricky asked. "It's kind of obvious since you don't know a lot about the school or the wizarding world." She shoved a break roll in her mouth. "What professor brought you here?" The last question was hardly discernable.

Maddie pointed to Professor Kettleburn. "Kettleburn. I'm a little disappointed that I won't be having his class until third year, though. He seemed really nice. What are you?"

"Pureblood," she said. "Both of my parents work within the Ministry. They work in the Department of Magical Transportation. My mum is in the in the Apparition Test Centre, and my dad is part of the Floo Network Authority. What about you, Roger?"

He cleared his throat as he swallowed a mouthful of potatoes. "I'm a half-blood. My mom is a muggle-born and is currently a librarian. My father is a half-blood and is an obliviator for the ministry."

"I can tell by what you're saying that I have a lot to learn," Maddie laughed.

Roger nodded and smiled. "Yeah, my mom prepared me for a lot so that I wouldn't be as clueless as she was when she came here. My father wanted to just kind of throw me to the dogs."

"I grew up with the stuff, so I had no choice. Especially since both of my parents are in the ministry, I've grown up knowing probably more than the two of you know now combined by the age of five," she giggled.

The hall got silent again as Professor Dumbledore stood up again. "Now that everyone has had something to eat and something to drink," he started, "I have a few announcements to make.

"First years should note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils, and our older students should remember that as well." He looked around the room, and his eyes landed on the twins, like he already knew what they were capable of. "Also, no magic in between classes in the corridors.

"Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone of age that is interested in playing should speak to Madam Hooch as soon as possible. Let's hope that we can have some good games this year."

Ricky leaned over to Maddie and whispered. "Last year, apparently all of the games between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw ended in a fight. Slytherin apparently egged it all on, according to my sister."

"Is she on the team?"

She nodded. "Yeah, she's a chaser."

Maddie had no idea what that meant. She had never heard of Quidditch before so she was interested to know how the game worked. She assumed it was a wizard game.

"Before we go off to sleep, let us sing the school song! Pick your favorite tune and begin!" Dumbledore declared.

He flicked his wand and a large golden ribbon flew out of it, which floated above the tables and formed itself into words. Maddie just continued to be amazed.

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,

Teach us something please,

Whether we be old and bald

Or young with scabby knees,

Our heads could do with filling

With some interesting stuff,

For now they're bare and full of air,

Dead flies and bits of fluff,

So teach us things worth knowing,

Bring back what we've forgot,

Just do your best, we'll do the rest,

And learn until our brains all rot."

The hall slowly came to a stop after everyone finished the song. The twins were the last to finish singing. They made sure that they finished the last two words after everyone else. Maddie gave Fred a look, and he stopped, leaving George singing by himself.

"Such beautiful voices," Dumbledore said. "Alright, prefects, lead your house to their common rooms and dormitories. I'm sure the first years all await their beds."

Robert stood up and bellowed to the first years. "Follow me, everyone. You will need to keep up. It's easy to get lost."

Maddie stood up, and Ricky looped her arm in hers. They all followed Robert out of the Great Hall. He was taller than all of them, so it was really easy to keep up with him.

"Follow me to the stairs," Robert said.

They all followed him to the room with a large staircase. The Gryffindors were ahead walking up the stairs. Once they reached the next set of stairs, they stopped. He turned to them all. "It is important that you pay attention to the path we take because this is the only way that you can reach the staircase according to common knowledge. You may learn more ways later, but this is the easiest."

There was a tapestry that was on the wall in the middle of the next set of stairs that he disappeared behind. The hall in front of them was long and dark. There weren't as many portraits on these walls compared to the halls that they were just in. They were all moving around and talking, some to Robert, but mostly to themselves.

"I hope our common room is nice," Ricky said. "My sister says the Gryffindor common room is nice."

Robert disappeared behind another tapestry before going up a small set of stairs leading down another hall. There was a hole in the wall that he disappeared into. When Maddie followed him in, she saw a small spiral staircase that went up for at least four floors.

"Up we go," he said and began to climb up the stairs.

Ricky had to let Maddie's arm go, since the staircase barely had enough room for two people to be walking next to each other. Roger was in front of her.

"We have Charms first tomorrow," he said. "It's exciting that this is all actually happening now."

"Yeah," Ricky replied. "We have Charms, Herbology, Potions, and Defence Against the Dark Arts tomorrow. All of them should be good classes."

When they finally reached the top of the staircase, there was a large door with a bronze eagle knocker on it. Robert reached up and tapped it three times.

"You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?" The door knocker asked.

Robert turned to the sea of first-years for answers. "This is how you all will be getting in to the common room every day. The riddles change every so often, so it will do you good to remember the answer. Each riddle can have multiple answers, but it is up to the eagle to decide."

A girl in front of Maddie raised her hands. "Is it politicians?"

There was a large break of silence before another person answered. There were a few more answers scattered about, but none were able to open the door. Maddie thought about it while everyone was guessing. What was created in the present but found in the past? The past was history, but was is considered to be created in the present?

"History?" Maddie chimed in.

Then, the door swung open. Robert led everyone in. The carpet was midnight blue and had stars covering it that projected up onto the domed ceiling. The room was wide and circular and was decorated with blue and bronze curtains. There were tables and bookshelves all over the room.

"The dormitories are behind this door next to the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. At the bottom of the stairs is a private library. The stairs to the left lead to the girl's dorms, and the right lead to the boys. The rooms are interlocking, so boys please be nice and quiet at night, and same goes for the girls."

The group broke up into smaller groups of friends and people going to bed. Ricky looked over at Maddie. "I hope our beds are near each other. Let's go look."

She started to drag her towards the door, but Maddie pulled her arm out of hers. She turned to Roger and smiled. "It was nice to meet you. I'll see you in class tomorrow!"

Roger smiled and waved. "See you then."

Maddie continued to follow Ricky to the stair case to the left and headed up the stairs. They found their stuff in the last dorms up at the top. She walked over and collapsed on her bed. Ricky's bed was next to hers.

"Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of my life," Maddie whispered to herself.