A/N: I am adding a few more characters. Ashley and Nicole are mine too.

Chapter 3-Journey From King's Cross

Andilynne had left for King's Cross at 10:00. After ten minutes of pushing and shoving, trying to get her trunk into the back of the car. Once her owl and trunk were safely in the car, they pulled out of driveway.

The drive to the station was uneventful. When Andilynne bid her parents goodbye at the platform, she started looking for her friends Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ashley, and Nicole. Ashley and Nicole had just transferred from an American school, and Nicole was Harry's new girlfriend. They had met in Diagon Alley and hit it off instantly.

Andilynne was still looking for her friends when she heard, "Andilynne! Over here!" She turned around and saw all of them but Hermione. Harry and Nicole were in their own little corner and looked "busy", so she left them alone. Hermione came running up. "Hello, Andilynne! Ron, Ashley, Harry-" She broke off. "Who's this?" Harry and Nicole still looked very busy, so Ron explained.

"She's Harry's new girlfriend. They met in Diagon Alley, and er, hit it off quite well." Ron said.

"Very well." Hermione muttered. She shot Nicole an evil glare and turned to talk to her friends. "So how were your summers?" she asked to the rest of the group.

Andilynne didn't know how to answer that. Should she tell them? Everyone else was going into great detail, but Andilynne was confused. None of her friends knew her mother had been a Death Eater. What would they think? You know they'd be angry. Andilynne thought to herself. Would they abandon me? Would they never talk to me again? I cant-

"Andilynne! How was your summer?" Ashley asked. Andilynne could only stare. You knew they would ask. Why didn't you come up with an answer before now?

"Fine." It was a lie, and she knew it, but she couldn't tell them. Not yet.

Just then, Draco Malfoy came up to their group.

"What do YOU want?" Hermione asked.

"Manners Granger." He turned to Ashley. "Well hello. Don't think I've seen you at school before. You look hott- I mean smart. So anyway…" Ashley just stared. Why was he acting like this to HER? It made absolutely no sense. She just said, "I'm new. By the way- who the heck are you?"

"I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy. You know, I was thinking-"

"From what I've heard, that's a change. I'm going to go save us a seat on the train. I'll see you all later." Ashley hurried unto the train. Malfoy flushed and hurried away.

"What was THAT about?" Andilynne asked. Hermione just shrugged. Harry and Nicole had finally unglued and were walking toward the group.

"Hello everyone." Nicole and Harry said as they entered the group. Hermione just glared at Nicole.

"Hello Harry." She said coolly. How could he have picked HER?

"We'd better go get on the train." Nicole said, sensing the discomfort between Hermione and herself.

Harry, now seeing why she said this, nodded. "Ya, that's a good idea."

Harry grabbed Nicole's hand as they walked onto the train.

Once the train started moving, Nicole left to go to the bathroom. Hermione said to Harry, "What do you SEE in her??"

Harry glared at her and said, "She's pretty, smart, friendly, talented…Need I go on?" Harry gave her a smug look. Hermione was shocked. Harry had never been like this about a girl. For once, she didn't answer.

When Nicole came back, Harry took her hand. Nicole smiled at him, put her head on his shoulder, and fell asleep.

Ashley looked up from her book and said to Hermione, "Just leave them alone. You know he really likes her and you're his best friend. Give him a break." At that moment, Malfoy came back. He went over and sat by Ashley. He leaned over and whispered something in her ear. Ashley jumped up and-WHACK-smacked him hard upside the head. Taking the point, he left the compartment massaging his head.

Andilynne had been staring out the window the entire time, thinking about what to tell her friends. As the train rounded a corner, Nicole woke up. From the looks on Ashley and Andilynne's faces, she knew something was wrong. She decided to tackle Ashley first. "What's wrong with you?"

Ashley shook her head. "That idiot Malfoy. He came in here, sat beside me, and whispered, 'The barn door's always open' HONESTLY! LIKE I'D EVER GO OUT WITH HIM---OR DO THAT!!!"

By that time, everyone was staring. Ron, who had been asleep, was wide awake. He looked over at Andilynne. The look on her face told him instantly that something was wrong. He got up and went to sit by her. "What's wrong?" he asked.

Andilynne looked up. She fought with herself about whether to tell him or not. She took a deep breath and said, "Nothing. It's nothing."

He knew that something WAS wrong, but let it go. Maybe she just didn't want to talk about it.

The train had pulled in and while finding a carriage, the group heard the all too familiar call of, "Firs' years! Firs' this way!" Once the group clamored into an empty carriage, they started towards Hogwarts. As they passed through the gates, Andilynne looked up. The lights of the castle illuminated the grounds. I'm home.

A/N: Ok. I know some things need explaining. Ashley and Nicole are new students. They moved from America to London for various reasons that will be explained later. They aren't sorted yet, so that's why Malfoy is hitting on Ashley- she's not a Gryffindor. So on to chapter 4!