Happy new year! Sorry it's taken so long, but I'm working on another fanfic.. "The Life of a Lily", it's Lily Evan's life story basically... from around the time she got her letter up until the night she died. I love her and James... I'm definitely obsessed with the Potter parentals! :D

So here's the second chapter... I figured out how to add a new chapter!

Hope you like it :)

A/N: As much as I wish I could say I own it, I don't. Dan Schnieder (you brilliant man) own Victorious and Ms JK Rowling, you own the fantabulous Harry Potter. Plot's mine though :)

I rolled over and opened my eyes to look at the clock next to me. It was 5am on September 1st. My family and I had been staying at the Leaky Cauldron in London for the past two weeks; I had left everyone behind at Hollywood Arts to go to a prestigious magic school. I rolled onto my back and stared at the ceiling. What if I wasn't good enough? What if they had got it wrong again and I wasn't really a witch? I sighed and decided that with these thoughts running through my head, I'd never get back to sleep, so I sat up and shoved my legs out of my bed, grabbed clothes that I'd be wearing and shuffled my way to the bathroom for a long shower, blearily blinking the sleep out of my eyes.

After a long, steamy bath, I wrote a note to my parents saying I was going for a last walk around Diagon Alley and that I'd meet them in the Leaky Cauldron for breakfast at about 7am. I had already packed the previous night, so that was taken care of.

I walked downstairs and out the back to the brick wall and tapped the bricks in the correct order. The bricks sprang apart to reveal Diagon Alley and I walked forwards; even though I had spent a majority of the past 2 weeks here, I was still awe-struck with the place. Everything was so unusual; bats hanging from outside some shops, owls hooting out the front of another store. One store which I really liked was the Quidditch Supplies store, I read about Quidditch in one of the many books I bought from Flourish and Blotts and was interested instantly. I really wanted to try out a broomstick and had managed to con my parents into letting me buy one. I couldn't wait to try it out.

At 6am, the stores started opening and I decided to go into Flourish and Blotts again, to see what books I could find. I found some really good books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them (even though it was a prerequisite for school, it was still pretty cool), Quidditch through the ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I decided that the story book would be good to read on the train to Hogwarts as I assumed that no-one would want to sit next to the new girl, I really did not know what to expect. After the escapade in the book store, I decided that it was about time I headed back to the Leaky Cauldron for breakfast so that we could get everything ready and head off to King's Cross Station early and get a good seat. Unfortunately, the barrier to platform 9 and 3 quarters would not allow my family through as they were not magic, the letter had instructed.

At 10.45am, I was seated in a compartment alone and my family were on their way back home to the US. I had my feet propped up on the seat across from me and was reading The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I quickly whipped out my PearPhone and sent off a quick message to my mum; muggle instruments such as a mobile would not work at Hogwarts. I had read that in Hogwarts: A History.

Just then there was a tap at the compartment door. I looked up to see 4 boys smiling goofily and 2 of them winking; I nodded at them and they opened the door.

"Can we join you?" asked the shabby brunette.

I nodded. "I guess so. Hi, I'm Tori Vega."

One of the boys who had winked at me smiled. "I'm Sirius Black. This is Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and James Potter." He pointed to the boys in turn.

"It's nice to meet you all." I smiled.

"What house are you in, Vega?" James asked, assuming we were on such good terms.

I shrugged. "I don't know yet, I'm new. I haven't been sorted yet."

"B-But... you c-can't just t-transfer to H-Hogwarts." Stammered Peter.

I smirked and gestured from head-to-tail. "I'm on the train aren't I?"

James laughed. "Just ignore him."

I smiled, James was really good looking. "So, is everyone taken in here?"

Remus smiled. "Well Sirius is taken by a new girl each week..."

"Man-whore." James laughed.

"... James has just given up on his 3 year quest, Peter is... well, is afraid of girls and I am not interesting enough."

I smiled kindly. "You're plenty interesting Remus. And what's this 4 year quest? May I ask?"

James sighed and put his arm around my shoulders. Waving his left hand in front of our faces dramatically and said: "Well I had a thing for this girl Lily Evans for 3 years and now she's dating a filthy Slytherin called Severus, appropriately nicknamed by us as Snivellus. So I gave up."

I smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry to hear."

James shrugged and removed his arm from my narrow shoulders. "You win some, you lose some. Anyway tell us about where you came from."

"Well, I just left my old school, Hollywood Arts. It's a prestigious performance school for students with a creative talent." I said.

"So what were you there for, Tori?" Remus asked, genuinely interested.

"Singing, acting and dancing. It was a great school, so Hogwarts has a lot to live up to!" I laughed.

Sirius smirked. "You should give us a demo of your singing talent, Vega."

"I might if you join in... And my name is Tori, not Vega." I retorted.

"What song?" Peter asked.

"What about Thin Lizzy?" Sirius asked. "Dancing in the Moonlight?"

Everyone seemed to like the idea of singing together so we sang for ages on the way to Hogwarts while swapping storied of pranks we'd pulled on people lately. They seemed like they were pretty mischeivous.

"So, Tori, sit down and we'll find out what house you'll be in." Said Professor Dumbledore.

I smiled nervously and sat down. Professor McGonagall placed a shabby witch's hat on my head and I heard its voice speaking to my mind.

"Very brainy, very talented... Makes me think you're a Ravenclaw. But there is plenty of courage and bravery... Difficult but I think..."

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled. I smiled as Professor McGonagall removed the hat from my head and the tie under my robe magically changed to red and gold stripes.

"You may go and join your house at the feast now Miss Vega." Professor Dumbledore smiled.

Professor McGonagall placed a hand on my shoulder as I left. "Miss Vega, I will hand you your schedules tomorrow. One will be for normal classes with your house; the other will be your remedial lessons. Please try hard to catch up."

I smiled. "I'll do my best."

Professor McGonagall smiled. "Now run along, our other late comer should be here soon."

I walked into the Great Hall where everyone was already seated and waiting for the first years. I found James, Sirius and Remus in the middle section of the table, Remus talking to a pretty girl with flaming red hair and beautiful emerald green eyes. He looked up as he saw me approach and smiled, so did the girl across from him. I sat next to the girl and introduced myself, she told me her name was Lily Evans and smiled. She informed me that Remus had told her about where I had come from and the train ride to Hogwarts.

"Be careful of that Potter and Black, they are serious trouble makers." Lily warned.

I smiled. "Back in the US, some of my friends were too. Like this one time, my friend Robbie became like the paparazzi of the school and caused so much trouble so we stole his clothes and recorded it all for payback."

Lily laughed. "You'll definitely fit in here. Would you like to join my friends Alice, Penny and Amber tomorrow morning for breakfast?"

I nodded. "That'd be great. Thanks Lily."

She smiled and we turned to watch the first-years get sorted. As I turned I saw the doors open again and a new Gryffindor walked in. I smiled so wide because it was –

"CAT!" I called. She looked up and ran towards me, smiling widely. She sat on the other side of me and I introduced her to Lily.

"Cat, this is Lily. Lily, this is Cat."

"Nice to meet you, Cat." Smiled Lily.

"Hi! Last night I dreamt of tiny pink bubbles and when they popped, they sounded like little kids giggling. Can you believe that?" Cat responded.

"Cat..." I started. She looked at me. "Why don't you eat something?"

"Kk." Cat smiled. She turned to an empty plate. "But there's no food."

"I know."

"Ohh... Fooey." Cat frowned and decided to watch the first-years get sorted.

I turned to a laughing Lily. "Sorry. You get used to it."

I noticed that James, Sirius and Remus were smiling, making me think that they had listened in on the conversation. "What are you guys smiling at?"

James smiled. "Who's your friend? Remus wants to know."

Remus nudged him. "Sirius asked first!"

I giggled. "Her name is Cat."

Cat turned around at the sound of her name. "You guys want to hear a joke?"

Remus nodded politely. "Sure."

"Ok. What did the young shrimp say when his mum asked him why he wouldn't share his toys?"

James, Sirius and Remus all looked at each other, confused.

"I'm a little shellfish! Get it?" Cat giggled so hard that tears leaked out of her chocolate eyes. The boys looked at each other awkwardly.

"It's ok Cat, just listen to Professor Dumbledore." I smiled.

"Kk." Cat turned back around and we all smiled.

This year was going to be interesting...

Hehehe! I finally figured out how to add a new chapter.. I really need to learn how to do things properly before just playing around and almost deleting the story.