Disclaimer: The only thing I own the rights to in this story is the plot line and the personalities of some characters.

NOTE: This story will NOT be slash, Harry/Ginny, or Ron/Hermione. I don't have a problem with these things, I just won't write them. Also there will be some OOCness.

Harry looked around platform 9 and 3/4. The past month and a half had been crazy and had changed things, his friendship with Ron being one of the biggest things.

Ron had been angry about Harry being allowed into the order when no one else was allowed even though they were all older then him. Harry had tried to explain that the only reason he was allowed in was that Voldemort was planning on kidnapping him, but Ron didn't believe him. Ron had become even angrier when Hermione and Ginny had told him that he was being stupid. Now they were refusing to talk to Ron and he blamed Harry for this.

Because they weren't talking Sirius had moved Harry out of the room they had been sharing and into on that was twice its size. Harry had used the floor to help him keep track of everything that was happening. On one side he had everything that Dumbledore was doing, on the other side he had what Voldemort was doing, and in the middle was what Snape was telling each side about the other.

After the order meeting he watched the death eater meeting that Voldemort called. Once he had everything spread out on the floor he was able to see that Snape leaned more to the light side then to the dark side. This had surprised Harry because he knew that Snape liked the dark arts, but then he probably didn't agree with mindless killings.

These had been all of the major changes in his life but there had also been some minor changes. Ginny seemed to have finally gotten over her crush on him, and now that she was able to talk in front of him he had found out that she had a great sense of humor. She was becoming one of his best friends; sometimes he thought that she was more entertaining then her brother.

Ginny, her mother, and Hermione had ganged up on him and forced him to throw away all of Dudley's old clothes and had taken him shopping for a completely new set of clothes, muggle and magical. Tonks had come as a guard but to Harry it seemed as though the only reason she was there was so that she could threaten to spell there clothes on to him if he argued about their choices.

All in all this summer had been the best of his life. Even if he had lost Ron's friendship, Ginny's was better. Sometimes he thought that there was something wrong with him as all of his friends seemed to be girls, even though he wasn't a girly boy like Draco Malfoy.

As Harry thought about his summer he continued to look around the platform trying to find his friend. He had been forced to cut all communication not only so that no one at number 12 would find out but also because his friends father had started to suspect that something had been going on and his friend did not want to be responsible for Voldemort finding out all of Harry's secrets.

"Come on, Harry", Ginny said, "let's go find a place to sit."

Harry nodded and followed her. He hadn't seen his friend, but they were probably already on the train. Not that it mattered if they saw each other. Harry knew that they would be coming back to Hogwarts and since they wouldn't be able to talk even if they saw each other. They wouldn't be able to talk until they swapped time tables and found out when they had the same free periods, only then would they be able to meet each other in their place, the place they had gone to so they could talk for the first time in three years.

Harry and Ginny finally managed to find a place in compartment with Neville, a shy boy who Harry shared a dorm with, and a girl Ginny introduced as Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw in her year. Hermione wasn't with them because she had to go to the prefect's meeting with Ron. Dumbledore had offered the badge to Harry but he had refused it because one, he didn't want to risk getting caught by one of Voldemort's support alone, and two, he didn't want all of the extra work. Harry hadn't told anyone that he turned the position down so when Ron got the badge he took to bringing it up whenever Harry was in hearing distance.

Hermione finally made it to their compartment about thirty minutes after they left the station. She was in a bad mood, since apparently when the meeting was over Ron had tried to drag her off to sit with him, Dean, and Seamus. When she had told him that she was going to sit with Harry he had gotten angry and started to yell at her and only stopped when one of the older prefects threatened to report him.

Harry couldn't help but think how different this year already was from last year. Last year Harry, Ron, and Hermione had been best friends and never really talked to anyone else, in public at least, and Ginny was too afraid to speak in front of Harry. This year, Ron wasn't speaking to Harry, Hermione wasn't speaking to Ron any more then was necessary, Ginny was the person keeping the conversation going, and Harry had started to make two new friends.

Also different from last year, and in fact every year, was that Malfoy didn't come to their compartment. This was different but not surprising. Voldemort had giving all of his followers that they were not to hurt Harry because he (Voldemort) needed Harry. He had also ordered all of his minions who had children at Hogwarts to get their children to try and befriend Harry and to make sure that their children didn't harm Harry, for if they did they would suffer for it.

Finally, after spending the ride playing exploding snap, talking about what they did over the summer, and talking about rare, or in Hermione's opinion mythical, creatures, the train reached the station. They left the compartment with Luna and Hermione still debating about the existence of the Crumple Horned Snorkacks. Neville had to step in and stop the debate when they started yelling at each other.

They were all having such a good time together that they didn't notice the pair of eyes that followed them, watching what they were doing and planning what he was going to tell his master about Potter and his little friends.

AN: Ok, so I know I said that this chapter would be the order meeting, but every time I tried to write that my mind would go blank. I spent four hours trying before I gave up and decided that I didn't really need to put the meeting in, sorry if you were hoping to see Harry yell at Mrs. Weasley that he's not her son.

Anyways, another hint about who the secret friend is, and for those who didn't understand my last clue, the person is NOT a pureblood. Now to answer reviews…

MOONLIGHT-97 – no sorry wrong again, they're all purebloods, I think.

1sunfun – glad you like it. Thanks for clearing that up.

Beautifulxdestructionz – I happy you like it.

I'm-InSanE-I-NeEd-A-ShRinK – thanks. PS, love you name.

Also, thanks to everyone else who's review I already answered. I hope everyone liked this chapter. If you did, review. If you didn't , review anyways. Always remember, a review is like chocolate, it's always awesome no matter what type it is, and the more the better!