I heard my mother call "Abby, dear time to get up!".

It was the first day of my sixth year at Hogwarts. The last six years were uneventful. Next to me my rare ashy faced owl, Aoife (pronounced ee-fya), was softly cooing to wake me up. I slowly rolled out of my bed and got dressed. I looked around my room, scanning it to see if I was forgetting anything. I noticed my Hufflepuff tie hanging on my desk chair. I grabbed it and quickly stuffed it into my trunk and headed down the stairs. Hurrying down the stairs I ran into my eleven-year-old brother JJ.

"Oow!" he yelped

"Oops, sorry kid didn't see you!" I said as I ruffled his hair

As I walked down the hall I heard him mumble "I'm not a kid anymore"

I walked into the kitchen, my mom cooking breakfast and my step-father was reading the newspaper. Charlotte and Austin sat in their highchairs and both were tossing food at each other.

One thing that makes my family a little different is that my parents are divorced and my mother has remarried. From her first married she and my father had three kids my older Damien, me and my younger sister Olive. From her seconds married to another wizard she had three other kids. First came John Junior, who we called JJ for short, then seven years after JJ was born the twins came into our lives, there is Charlotte, who we call Charlie, and Austin.

My sister Olive choose to live with our father when our parents split. She is in Slytherin and will be starting her fourth year. We rarely see her and Damien and I rarely see our father.

As I passed the fridge I saw a picture of me and my three closest friends from the summer. Smiling to myself, I remembered how much I missed them and that I couldn't wait to see them.

"Good Morning, Sweetie" my mother said

"Morning" I replied

We ate breakfast and decided it was time to go to Platform 9 and ¾. We gathered up mine and JJ's stuff and headed out. Mom and John wished us luck in our upcoming year. I hugged my parents and grab JJ and pulled him towards the train.

I first spotted Jane who was towing her own eleven year old brother behind her.

"Hello Jane, Tyson you remember JJ right?" I said. Both mumbled a greeting to each other.

"Why don't you two go make friends?" Jane said as she herded our brothers away.

"PLAY NICE!" she shouted so that all of that platform heard. Both boys blushed and acted as if it wasn't directed at them.

"I think I'm going to find a compartment for us" Jane stated as she wondered onto the train.

As I was walking towards the train I spotted my friend Tiffany. Although she was short her golden blonde hair really stood out. I put my hands over her eyes and said "Guess who?"

She giggled and said "Oliver?"

"Really? Tiff, I mean come on" I replied. It was classic Tiffany to always have boys on her mind. She smiled her 'I was just kidding smile'. I hugged her and told her how much I missed her.

"We should go find the other girls" She nodded in agreement.

Once we where on the train it didn't take us long to find our little group. The four of us sat in the compartment chatting about our summers.

After awhile we all started to do our own thing some read while others slept. I sat there thinking about how lucky I was to have my friends. Next to me sat Jane, who was snoring lightly as she slept. She is the jokester of our group. She can make us laugh even when we are down in the dumps. She came from a family of all boys so she knew how to stand her ground. This made her an amazing beater on the Ravenclaw team. Directly across from me was Tiffany, who we all call Tiff. Tiff was painting her nails some shade of pink and flipping through Witch Weekly looking at the lastly witch fashions. She had an American accent because that is where she has lived the most of her life . Tiff's parents are divorced, her father is British and her mother is American. Living with her mom till she was eleven where her parents decided to send her to Hogwarts. The fourth and final person in our little group was Rhea and she had to leave to go to the Prefect's meeting. She is the smartest person I know. Her parents are both experts in the history of magic. She is also in Ravenclaw with Jane.

I could help to think to myself that this year was going to be our year and something special was going to happen. Later once all the girls were wake again I told the girls about my encounter with Fred Weasley.

"Oh Abby! Your such a fox!" squealed Tiff

"Yah I mean Abby such a man-eater." Rhea replied sarcastically

"Why would you say that to him he is such twat sometimes" Jane voiced. She hasn't really like the Weasley twins since they pranked her in fourth year. She wouldn't like to admit it but she is still a little embarrassed.

I told them "I'm not really sure why I said it, it was a spur of the moment type of

thing" After a few more comments from all three of the girls and we dropped the subject.

"I'm going to find the trolley lady anyone want anything?" I asked

I was told to get licorice wands for Tiff, a chocolate frog for Rhea and some Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Beans for Jane.

Walking into the hall searching for the Trolley Lady I waved to some people in compartments. I saw my cousin Cedric and stopped in for a minutes to catch up with him and some of his friends, soon after I continued on my way. When finally found the Trolley Lady I also found my sister Olive. It's hard not having your sister around. When the divorce was fresh Olive wrote to me almost everyday but as the years went on the letter grew far and few between now I rarely get letters. Usually only around the holidays with a small update.

As she finished making her purchase, she looked up and saw me. Olive gave me a small smile and a curt nod, which I returned quickly.

"Anything from the trolley, dear?" the kind old lady asked

"Bertie Bott's Every Flavoured Bean, two chocolate frogs and some licorice wands please" I replied

She handed me the goodies and I was on my way back to the compartment.