That night Ron slept in the hallway for half of the night. Harry couldn't sleep. All he could think about was Ron and Hermione. Occasionally Harry saw Hermione look out in the hallway. After the fifth time Harry decide to say something.

"Hermione if you want him to come in so bad just go out and get him."

"I can't."

"Alright, but would you please just go to sleep."

"Ok"

Finally the room went quiet. About an hour later Ron came in and sat at Harry's wooden desk and started writing. Ten minutes later Ron got up and walked out in the hall and got his sleeping bag. He dragged it into the room and put it down next to Hermione's and went to sleep. When Harry was sure Ron was asleep he walked over to the desk, which now had an envelope lying on it. Harry picked it up and read the letter inside.

Ginny- I love staying at Harry's house! His cousin Riley is so cute! I really like her. I wonder if she has a boyfriend. But today Hermione and I got into a fight. Se called me poor and I said I didn't want to be friends with her any more. I never thought Hermione would say that. Tomorrow we are going to Diagon Alley to buy our supplies. The muggles have very different school supplies! What color owl should I get Riley for Christmas? Brown, gray, or white? Please Ginny don't show this letter to anyone else. See you at Hogwarts!- Ron

Harry put the letter back into the envelope and gave it to Pig. Pig flew out the window to deliver it to Ginny.

The morning seemed to come quickly and he was the first to wake up. Hermione woke up next and looked at Harry. He pointed to Ron and Hermione turned, then she looked back at him and smiled. Having Ron and Hermione fight was really stressing because you never knew if they would make up. Riley woke up and looked at Ron too. She got up and walked over to him and whispered in his ear "Wake up". Ron jumped and screamed. He looked around, then he got up and went to the desk. Once he saw the letter was gone he looked right at Harry. Harry walked over to him and whispered in his ear "you should give her a gray owl". Ron looked at him and smiled.

"Ron it's time to go to Diagon Alley. But how do we get there?" Riley asked. Once again they heard pecking at the window, it was pig.

"How did he get back so fast?" Ron asked looking puzzled. At that moment the door swung open and Hagrid walked through the door. Riley stepped back looking very scared. Hermione went up and hugged him and Ron started reading the letter.

"Hi Hagrid, what are you doing here?" Harry asked. Hagrid smiled at him and looked at Riley.

"I came to pick all of you up. Hello Riley, I'm Hagrid. Don't be frightened I'm not scary," Hagrid told them, "Now you all know that Riley here is Harry's cousin. Nobody except you must know. We have our reasons for keeping this a secret."

Ron had finished reading his letter and threw it in his bag. Harry picked up his bags and walked out the door, followed by Hagrid, Ron, Riley, and Hermione. They used floo powder to get to Diagon Alley and went to Gringotts first. They went to Hermione's vault first, and then they went to Riley's. Riley had not as much as Harry but a lot. Then they stopped at Ron's vault. He got out of the cart and opened the vault. When he got back in the cart he glared at Hermione and hid the few coins he had. The last stop was Harry's, and he got as much as he could afford. Once they were done getting their money, they all went out a shopped.

The Hogwarts Express took off down the track as Harry, Ron, Riley, and Hermione found seats. Harry and Ron sat on one end and Hermione and Riley sat on the other. Mean stares were being aimed between Ron and Hermione as the train blew past the trees. Harry had had enough of the fighting and decided to say something.

"You know you two can't keep fighting forever," Harry said to Ron. Ron looked at Hermione and got up.

"I'm going to find Fred and George," he said. He walked out and almost immediately Ginny walked in and sat down next to Harry.

"I heard about your fight," she said to Hermone.

"How? Is Ron spreading around that I said he was poor?" Hermione asked, looking serious. Ginny sighed and stared at Hermione, and then she took out Ron's letter and handed it to Hermione. A moment later she threw the paper down and stared out the window. Riley was watching Ginny closely.

"Are you related to Ron? You look alike," Riley said still looking at Ginny.

"Yeah I'm his younger sister Ginny, and you are?" Ginny asked.

"Riley Evans. I transferred from Durmstrang," Riley answered, "I have been friends with Hermione for a long time as well. Her and Ron are in a little fight right now though. It is really depressing because I consider both of them as being my friends. Hermione is so nice and smart and Ron is very kind, one of those joker types, and he is kind of cute." Harry thought he saw Hermione wince after she said that. Riley was saying that she hoped to become a Quidditch player on her house team.

"Which house are you in?" Riley asked Ginny.

"I'm in Gryffindor with everyone else." she answered. Suddenly, Harry heard noise outside the door of their compartment. Ron and Draco Malfoy were standing out there talking.

"I have to go to the bathroom," he said and stepped outside the door. He heard Malfoy's voice.

"So Weasley where's your girlfriend, heard you two got into a fight."

"Yeah we are in a fight, but she's not my girlfriend and it is none of your business Malfoy," Ron yelled at him. Malfoy smiled and turned away from Ron and looked at Harry.

"Well Potter, your friend has a problem with Granger. I suppose you are comforting her"

"No Malfoy I'm not," Harry answered. Malfoy then turned back to Ron.

"I can't blame you for being mad at Granger, after all she is a filthy mudblood," Malfoy said. Ron glared at him for a moment then punched Malfoy right in the stomach. Draco cried in pain and sunk to the floor. Harry's mouth dropped open as Ron kicked Malfoy in the shins.

"I might be in a fight with Hermione but I won't stand you calling her a mud blood!" Ron screamed and ran toward Harry. He grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him back into the compartment, where Ginny was sitting next to a frowning Hermione.

"I'm sure Ron didn't mean what he said Hermione," Ginny whispered to Hermione.

"Yeah," Riley added, " You two really seem like good friends."

"We fight all the time Riley," Hermione said.

"Well, if friends don't fight sometimes they aren't really good friends," Riley told her. Ron who had just walked in behind Harry hadn't heard any of this. He just sat down and flipped through "Quidditch: The One and Only Sport". Malfoy ran into the compartment a moment later and started yelling at Ron, still holding his stomach.

"You will pay for that Weasley! You will!"

"What did he do?" Ginny asked. Malfoy's face turned bright red.

"He punched me in the stomach! All you Weasley's are the same. Rude, ugly, poor…" but Malfoy didn't get to finish. Ron pushed him out the door and locked it.\

"I am sick and tired of hearing that," he screamed. Hermione, who was now looking away from the window, was staring at Ron in disbelief.

"What did Malfoy do to make you punch him," Hermione asked Ron. Ron didn't look up at her. He kept flipping through the pages of his book.

"Harry you saw him right? What made him so mad," she continued.

"I can't tell you. Also, Riley don't tell her either." Harry said. Riley nodded and started to talk about Hogwarts.

"Okay everyone, what is Hogwarts really like? I haven't had a chance to read all of Hogwarts A History, so I'm not really sure what is going to happen. How do they pick the houses? I heard they use an old hat?" Riley kept talking until it was time to get off the train.