"Come on girls, we still need to get a compartment. I doubt there is any left since somebody had to do their hair 18 times before we could leave." Chloe gave a pointed look towards Jess. She couldn't really believe her friend sometimes. Chloe looked at Jess in her designer cloths and laughed at the 5'5 brunette. They were complete opposite. Jess was spoiled and rich, and Chlo barely could rub two galleons together. But the debs were all a little mismatched. They didn't have the same personality or style, but that was what made them unique. Jess coming to the group had changed things a lot, but in a good way. The three girls hadn't changed themselves, but the way people saw them had changed. It seemed that overnight they went from being the kids who were walked all over in school, to people actually recognizing them. Chloe never thought that she would want to be popular, but now that she had a taste of it, she couldn't get enough.

"Oh shut up Chlo, if you hadn't taken so bloody long to wake up in the shower, I wouldn't have gotten such a late start" Jessica fired back. The girls had thrown a party themselves last night, since the invite from James Potter was clearly lost in the mail, and were still a little tired from it all. Maddie sighed as she watched Jess flip out on Chloe. Maddie knew that Jess was upset that they hadn't been invited to James' party, but the fab5 were going to be there, and the two groups together usually didn't mix well. It wasn't that they would fight with each other, but it was hard for people to decide which group they wanted to hang out with, and when it came to the Marauders, the Fab5 usually won. Mostly because James was infatuated with Lily, and that Grace had been best friends with Remus since they were two. Sirius was a tricky one; no one could really figure him out. Maddie had been receiving letters from him all summer, but hadn't told anyone because she knew how jealous Jess would get. Jess hated not being the center of attention, and if she couldn't have the boy of her dreams, then no one else could. Hogwarts' worst kept secret was that Jess had a crush on James Potter. James however, had always been Lily's and always would be. Everyone knew that James really did love Lily no matter how much he teased her, well everyone but Lily that is.

The girls entered the train just as it was starting to pull away. They took made their way towards their usual compartment in the front. It was the way things were, the Debs in the front, Fab 5 in the back. That way they wouldn't have to run into each other. Everyone knew that the two groups had their own special reserved compartments; at least that is what Keira thought. They were in for a surprise when they pulled open the door and sitting there on "their" seats was a brown haired girl reading a book. They stood there for a few minutes staring at her until Jess finally let out a small, "Ahem" to which the strange girl finally looked up.

"Ok so I'm going to just assume that you've been sleeping under a rock for the past six years, and that's why you don't know that this is our compartment, so I'm going to let it slide that you are in here." Jessica snarled out as the girl stood up and was about to introduce herself. Jess was in no mood to deal with anyone, especially since she had seen the boys making their way down to their usual compartment, right across from Riley, Emma, Lily, Bella, and Grace.

"Chill Jess." Maddie snapped under her breath as she pushed by Jessica and stuck out her hand to introduce herself to the girl who seemed all of three seconds away from hexing the lot of them.

"Hi I'm Maddie." She then proceeded to introduce the rest of the girls.

"I know who you are; we're in the same House, and almost all the same classes. I'm Ellie. Don't feel bad, most people don't know who I am." Ellie added when she saw a look of embarrassment make its way onto the girls' faces. "I know this is your compartment but you guys weren't here yet, and there was no where else for me to sit. I can leave if you want." Ellie started to gather her things and head towards the door when

Jess put her hand across the doorway and stared at the girl.

"No, you can stay here. It's fine." Jess said in a condescending tone. She figured that if this girl spent a little time with the Debs, it was another girl to add to their "fan base". It was clear to Jess that James needed a girl who was not only well known, but well liked, and Jess was determined to make sure that everyone thought that she was the sweetest girl at Hogwarts, no matter what it took.

"Ok then." Ellie rolled her eyes at the girl, knowing exactly what Jessica was thinking. Ellie just let it all roll of her back and took her seat near the window and watched the clouds. The other girls watched her in silence for a few moments, before starting a conversation on how their Quidditch team would fair this year.