Chapter 3

Fred and George left the four first years in Harry's compartment and headed to another compartment to see their friend Lee who had a large spider that they wanted to see.

"What class are you looking forward to the most?" Harry asked the group.

Hermione started bouncing in her seat, "I can't wait for any of them." she told them.

Ron looked at her like she was crazy. "It's school, just something that has to be done." he said, stuffing some candy into his mouth.

Neville looked down at his hands, "Herbology,I don't think that I'll be good at anything else." he stated. "I was surprised to get a letter at all."

Harry patted Neville on the arm, "Don't worry about it Neville, I'll help you with anything you're having trouble with. My Uncle Remus covered all of the first and second year work because Sam and I were trying to keep up with Dean."

Hermione huffed, "It's not fair that you had someone that already knew what you were going to learn."

Harry laughed, "Ron has older brothers that knew what he was going to learn, how is it not fair for me to know?"

"What about muggleborn witches and wizards, we don't have the chance to get ahead." she told them.

"Why not?" Harry asked.

Hermione stood up and started pacing the compartment, "We don't get our letters until our 11th birthdays, and then we have to wait until someone comes and takes us to Diagon Alley before we can even get any books."

Harry looked at each of them, "I didn't know that, Salem has been hoping that I would come there since I was 6. My best friend Dean was scouted by Salem because he is awesome with runes, and his brother Sam is starting his first year there and he's only 9. They bring students in when they're capable of controlling their magic or have some special talent in one of the classes. Sam is going for potions and arithmancy." Harry told them. "You don't have to wait in the states, your parents are contacted as soon as you do your first accidental magic."

Hermione threw herself down next to Ron and huffed. "I'm going to have to work even harder so that I can keep up."

Harry reached over and patted her arm, "Don't worry about it Hermione, I have a mirror that connects me to my Uncle Remus. If we need help, I'll call him."

Twenty minutes later...

The group was talking when the door to the compartment flew open and three boys stepped in. "They're saying all down the train that Harry Potter's in this compartment." the blonde said. "Is it you?" he asked, looking at Harry.

Harry stood up, "You do realize that it was rude of you to come in and interrupt a group of people that you don't know. Did your parents not teach you about manners?"

One of the larger boys standing behind the blonde snickered, while the blonde turned red.

"I'll show you how it's done." Harry said. He walked up to the largest boy. "Hello, my name is Harry." he stated, holding his hand out.

The boy shook his hand, "Gregory Goyle, you can call me Greg."

Harry smiled, "It's very nice to meet you Gregory, would you like to sit down?"

The blonde pushed Greg out of the way. "I'm Draco Malfoy." he said, looking at the rest of the group. "You obviously don't know any better than to make friends with the wrong sort."

Harry laughed. "Hello Draco, I'm afraid that you are mistaken. There is no wrong sort, friends are friends. Would you like to join us?"

Draco sneered, "Consort with mudbloods and blood traitors, I'm better than that."

Harry stepped right up to Draco. "Draco, I do not appreciate you speaking that way. I make friends with anyone, blood status has nothing to do with it. My best friend is a muggle with an affinity for runes that goes to The Salem Institute and studies with the Rune Master there. My Uncles are a muggle, a wizard and a wizard/werewolf, I do not choose my friends by their magical background." Harry said in growl. "If you can't accept that, you can leave." He turned around and looked at Greg and the other boy. "You two are welcome to stay, as long as you don't use those foul words."

Greg looked from Harry to Draco and sat down next to Hermione. He held out his hand, "Hello, I'm Greg."

Hermione took his hand, "Hermione Granger, we were just talking about how Harry is going to start a study group. Would you like to join?"

"Goyle, let's go!" Draco shouted.

Greg looked over at him, "I think that I'll stay here. How about you Vince?" he asked the other boy. He shook his head and followed Draco out of the compartment.

Arthur and Molly Weasley left The Leaky Cauldron with smiles on their faces, heading to pick up their daughter and pack their clothes. They were heading to South Dakota to meet with Remus Lupin and a man from the DME. Things were looking up for the Weasley family.

Sam Winchester packed his backpack for the sixth time since he had been accepted to Salem. He was excited to go to school early, but he missed Harry and he had only been gone for a day. He looked at his alarm clock and let out a loud sigh, he still had hours before Harry would contact them and let them know where he was sorted. He wished that he could have gone to Hogwarts with him, but Travis had said that Hogwarts wouldn't have accepted him, especially not two years early. Maybe he could get Uncle Siri to try and teach him some spells. He had a wand, and maybe he could be a full fledged wizard one day.