The way to Platform 9¾ was really easy to get to, mostly because the books tell you were to go. I saw Harry a few times and I'm pretty sure he saw me, but never waved. I can't blame him. I did make a huge impression on him in Diagon Alley a month back.

Aglaia chirped, I assumed to Hegwig who was sitting in her cage on the other side of the platform. Harry stared at me, who was originally staring at him, and walked over to me.

"Hey." He started. "Nice to see you again."

"Yep. Let's find the platform." I say as I begin to push my cart.

"How do you know where it is?" He asks confused, just like I thought he would.

"Just follow me." I say. I hear a woman's voice coming up on us.

"- packed with Muggles, of course, -" Mrs. Weasley. I think as I hear her voice. Harry and I decided to follow her.

"Uh, excuse us miss, but do you know how to get to Platform 9¾?" I ask sweetly.

"First time at Hogwarts? Ron's new too." She said, pointing to the young boy next to her. "Don't worry, dear. We'll show you." She turns around and starts walking toward the portal to the platform.

"Katie," Harry says next to me.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine." I say reassuringly.

"Now, all you have to do is get a running start. You first Percy." A tall boy that looked like the oldest ran through the brick wall. I heard Harry gasp in surprise. "You next, Fred, or George." Then the twins ran through. "Next you dears."

"You go first." I say. "I'll meet you on the train." Harry nods and runs at the barrier. When he's gone, I take a turn running at the barrier and I emerge on a platform with a steam engine and a sign that said Hogwarts Express. I saw Harry unloading his stuff onto the train and I followed him.

"Not as bad as I though." Harry said. He looked as if he were out of breath.

"Eh, you looked pretty scared."

"Want a hand?" We hear from behind. It's one of the twins. Fred or George. You can never tell them apart.

"Yes please!" Harry says. I just nod.

The first twin calls the other twin over and they started helping us with our stuff. "What's that?" said one, pointing at the scar.

"Are you-" the other one said.

"Harry Potter?" I ask, and the twins nod.

"Uh, yes. I am." Harry responds.

The boys mother calls them and the twins head off to see her. We can hear them as they talk to their mother about seeing Harry Potter. "Come on. Let's find a seat. I don't want to be here when this thing starts moving." I say. He nods.

We sat there in awkward silence for a minute when the door slid open and the youngest boy, Ron, poked his head in. "Is anyone else sitting here? The rest are full." We both nodded.

The twins opened the door and told Ron that they were going to the middle of the train. "Harry," one of them said, "did we introduce ourselves? Fred and George Weasley. And this is Ron, our Brother. See you later, then."

"Are you really Harry Potter?" Ron says. He more surprised than uncertain. Harry nods and I laugh. "Oh-well, I thought it might be one of Fred and George's jokes. And have you really got-you know…" Harry nodded at the question of his scar. He went on to tell us of his family and life. I thought it was rather boring but Harry clung to every word.

A lady who was pushing a cart of goodies stopped by our door at that moment and said, "Anything off the cart, dears?"

"No thanks. I'm set." Ron said, pulling out squished sandwiches.

When the lady stepped out of sight, Harry ran out into the corridor. I assumed he was going to buy candy. When he came back in, his arms were full of Licorice Wands, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Pumpkin Pasties, and much, much more. I can't help but let out a laugh.

"Go ahead," Harry says when he sees us staring at his mound of candy. I grab a box of the Every Flavor Beans because I am feeling brave. Ron goes for the Chocolate Frogs because of the cards inside. Harry just eats a Pumpkin Pasty.

Later on the ride, a girl and a boy come up and opens the door. "Sorry, but have you seen a toad at all." Says the girl. We all shake our heads. They leave.

"If I had a toad, I'd lose it as soon as I could., but I got stuck with Scabbers." Ron pointed to the rat on his lap. "I tried to turn him yellow yesterday. Want to see?" we both nod.

When he pulls out his wand, another girl comes in, "Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one." She says.

"We've already told him, we haven't seen it." Ron says. The girl catches sight of the wand in his hand.

"Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then."

"Oh, alright…

Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow,

Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow."

Then the girl went on a rant on how she memorized her textbooks and how the spell wasn't very good. I didn't pay attention, partially because I knew what she was talking about and I didn't care for it. "-I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?"

"Ron Weasley." Said Ron.

"Katie Smith." I said.

"Harry Potter." Harry said. Hermione's face instantly contorted to look surprised.

"You are?" She said. "I know all about you, you're in 3 of my textbooks!"

"Seems everybody knows more about me than I do." Harry says sullen.

"That may not necessarily be a good thing Harry." I say, remembering the story.

"What do you mean?" Ron asks.

"You will figure out soon enough." I reply.

"I'd better go and find Neville's toad." She says, leaving the room. Then she turns around and adds, "You three might want to get changed. We'll be there soon."

Instead of changing, we sat there and talked. We talked about Quidditch teams, what Ron's brothers are doing and what houses we expect to be in. Harry didn't know what he expected to be in. Ron hoped for Gryffindor. I didn't care as long as I didn't get Slytherin. Then three boys came into the compartment.

"Geez, can we at least get some privacy for the rest of the trip?" Ron asked, clearly annoyed. The boys ignored him.

"Is it true?" The pale boy from Diagon Alley, Draco for those of you who forgot, said. It was more of a comment than a question. "They're saying all down the train that Harry Potter's in this compartment. So it's you, is it?" Harry nodded.

"What does it matter that he's Harry Potter; the boy who lived?" I ask coolly. Draco glared at me.

"I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. And this is Crabbe and Goyle." He says, pointing to the rather plump boys next to him. Ron let out a small cough. Do I even have to say Malfoy and his crew took it the wrong way? "Think my name's funny do you? No need to ask who you are. My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford.

"You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort." He nodded his head to Ron, then me. He held out his hand and said, "I can help you there."

"Get out!" I say through clenched teeth. "Harry doesn't need Slytherin scum like you." I realized too late that I had said too much, about Slytherin. He doesn't even know that he is going to be in Slytherin, but he expects to, doesn't he?

"You're the girl from Madam Malkin's." Malfoy says glaring at me. "You stay out of this."

"She's right." Harry says standing up. "I can make decisions for myself, especially about who to be with."

"Fine! But if you need help, don't come crying to me." Malfoy spits as he walks out the compartment.

"Who ever said we would need help?" Ron says just as the door closes.

"We should put on the robes now." He says, and then turns to me. "Uh, we can step outside, uh, or close our eyes."

"Just turn around and close your eyes." I say nearly laughing. I changed into the robe, my eyes always on them incase they peeked, then said, "Alright, do you want me to step outside?"

"Just turn around." Harry says, his face in his hands.

The boys finish changing as the train is pulling into the station. When Harry and I step onto the platform, we turn our heads to see a familiar figure standing in front of us.

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there you two?" Hagrid says, his large body looming over us. We nod and he continues to speak. "C'mon, follow me – any more firs' years? Min yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!"

We all follow Hagrid to see Hogwarts, and mind you it is no ordinary castle. It was magnificent. Also, a set of boats awaited us and we hopped in. The boats were magic, obviously, and started moving once they were full.

We reached a cliff and students bent their head down under the tunnel we now entered. We landed at a harbor that seemed to be underground. We all jumped onto the dock.

"You there, is this your toad?" Hagrid said. His voice was quickly followed by a boy's happy shout, "Trevor!"

"Alright, Everybody here? Yes? Okay then." Hagrid said. He turned around and knocked on the large door ahead three booming times.

Well, here I am. I thought. I might as well enjoy my year here.

Then the door opened.

Readers! Thank you for reading another one of my chapters. This one happened to turn out longer than most of my other chapters, so I hope this makes up for the lack of length in the last one. I kinda copied some things from the book, but remember that I do not own anything. I couldn't decide the wording so I just decided to take from the book. I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! This one was fluff, kinda. I'm not sure how to describe it. Anyway, I am following the chapters of the book. One chapter in the book equals about one or two chapter here. I will give you a hint on the next chapter. I can't wait to write it! It is about what house Katie will be in! Duh, duh, duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh! So exciting! Oh, two chapters in one day! Hip hip hooray! Please R & R! I really need those reviews! I like to know what you peeps are thinking when you read. It is very interesting to see what a person is thinking! Thank you for reading Chapter 4 of Add-On… - wolfhound22