Chapter 1:

Madison Wing stood at Platform 9 ¾, trying to look casual as she leaned against her trunk and looked around. But being the first transfer to Hogwarts in more then a hundred years, made her stand out. If she were two years, just two years younger, she would just be another first year, waiting at the platform to begin her training as a young witch. Instead, she was thirteen, and being stared at more then that time her friend Grace had bewitched her hair to change colors every few seconds. And she didn't just do streaks of color. No, Grace never did anything halfway. No, this was full on color hair. Madison had borrowed the spell for her AP Charms final, and it had gotten her an O. It also didn't help that she was from America, so even her freaking voice stood out here.

Madison sighed and looked at her watch. It was around eleven forty-five. She'd better get on the train. She grabbed her trunk and ignoring the burly fifth-year's offer to get it onto the train for her, (Madison didn't like help, ever) heaved it into the luggage compartment. She then found an empty compartment, and sat down. Only then did she let her thoughts wander. She thought about the time she had first heard the name " Hogwarts".

"What do you mean, we're moving to BRITAIN?" Madison yelled at her father. Madison couldn't even think straight. She kept trying to yell some more, but couldn't. " Why? What could you possibly want with that country of tea-drinking, pompous, pot-bellied fools?" she finally burst out. Her dad spread his hands helplessly. " I've been offered a job." He said simply spreading his hands out in front of him. " Oh yeah, of course Dad, I understand now. You just want me to pack up, leave behind my school, my friends, my whole entire freaking LIFE, and you expect me to be okay with it?" she spat at he father, tears now streaming down her face. She collapsed onto her bed. " Maddie" her dad said, using the pet name he had made up when she was a little girl. " Look I've made arrangements. You'll take a test and if you pass, you'll be admitted to one of the most prestigious schools in all of the United Kingdom."

" And that school would be?" Madison asked, hating herself for caving in.

" It's called Hogwarts" her dad responded.

" Hello? Hello?" A voice jerked Madison out of her daydream. A girl with wavy blonde hair stood in the doorway of the compartment.

" Oh, hey" Madison replied. " Do you need something?"

" Um, well I was kind of wondering if I could sit in this compartment? Everywhere else is full."

" Yeah, sure no problem. Does it look like I care?" Madison replied sarcastically.

" Um, is that a yes?" the girl asked. Madison gave her a withering glare.

" Okay okay!" the girl said throwing her hands in the air as she sat down across from Madison. " My named Emily, and I'm in Gryffindor and my twin brother, Peter is in Ravenclaw. Its kind of awkward, but all the houses usually get along, except for Slytherin, but nobody get along with the Slytherin's except the Slytherins."

Madison must have been looking at her funny, because a look of surprise came over Emily's face.

" Good Godric, you're the new transfer student from America!" Emily exclaimed. " People have been talking about you up and down the train. I can't believe it!"

Just as she said that, there was a knock on the compartment door. An elderly lady appeared in the doorway with a tray of sweets.

" Would you like any sweets girls?" the lady asked.

" Um, no thanks." Emily said.

"I'll take some" Madison said, and grabbed two pieces of everything and paid with one gold Galleon.

" Want some?" she asked Emily softening her tough exterior.

" Well, I wouldn't mind a Pumpkin Pasty, if that's all right with you." Emily said, gratefully accepting a pasty.

As they talked, Madison got more and more comfortable talking to Emily, though she was careful not to tell her anything about her dad, she did tell her about her old school, Hagatha's School of Magic. About her teachers, her friends, her classmates. They talked until it was time to but on their robes, Emily's with a lion crest, and Madison's with none.