A/N: I still don't own Harry Potter.

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Originally Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had talked about just apparating Luna to Hogwarts, but she wanted to do everything the same as everyone else. One of the professors would make sure she found her way to Dumbledore's office and was sorted.

"Here, there's enough room in this one," Remus said as the group found an empty car. Luna slid onto the seat and shrunk her chair, putting it in her pocket. It was a nice feature she could use when she had to sit in a smaller space.

"Where did Lily go?" she asked looking around. The girl had disappeared.

"Probably to find Snivilus..." James muttered.

"What's so bad about him anyway?" Luna asked. She wondered if she'd teased people, called them names. She found she didn't like the idea much.

"He's in Slytherin."

"His hair is a greasy mess."

"He's friends with Lily." came the answers from the group. Luna frowned.

"Those don't sound like good reasons to me...some people have naturally greasy hair."

"But he doesn't even use a charm to make it nice," James stated. The train jerked to a start. Luna glanced out the window watching the country side fly by.

"Does he know the charm?" she asked looking at James. He blinked a few times.

"Um..."

"Is he muggle-born?"

"I don't know..."

"See, you're judging someone you don't even know, I haven't even met him yet and already I feel sorry for him," she stated. Sirius blinked.

"You'll feel differently once you meet him," he promised. Luna wasn't so sure about that, but at the same time, these were her friends. And besides, maybe they were right and this guy was a complete git.

"We're almost there."

"Think Peter'll be waiting for us?"

"Probably. He's the fourth member of our little group," Sirius explained. "He stayed at the school over the holiday. I don't know why."

"Said something about homework," Remus replied. "He's been struggling with transfiguration," he added giving James a look. The boy nodded as if it made sense to him. Luna sighed shaking her head. She was pretty sure these guys had more inside jokes and secrets than she'd ever figure out.

The train lurched to a stop. The boys all rose and then stopped once they realized Luna couldn't.

"Do you need any help?" Sirius asked. Luna shook her head pulling out the chair and returning it to its correct size.

"I need to learn to do this on my own, but than you," she said sliding herself into the chair and strapping herself in. "Um, I can't reach my ankles, can you do those for me?" Sirius smiled helping Luna strap her legs to the chair.

Because the group had gotten on the train quickly, most people hadn't noticed Luna or her chair before, but as they made their way to the castle. She could feel people staring.

"Luna?" Luna's friends parted around her.

"Hello?"

"I am Professor McGongall. I am to escort you to Headmaster Dumbledore's office to be sorted." Luna nodded.

"Do we need to come with you?" Sirius asked. James rolled his eyes.

"I'll be fine, hopefully I'll be sitting with you at dinner," she laughed following Professor McGongall.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, Luna. Do you have a surname, it's not listed."

"Not really, Ma'am. I don't even remember my own first name. Luna's the only name I've managed to remember. I guess I should have one, since most student are called by their surnames?"

"It is up to you, Luna."

"Maybe the sorting hat will know? I mean, I remember being here, sort of. Somethings look familiar, but different at the same time." Luna kept her eyes open, looking at everything.

"Cockroach Cluster," Professor McGongall said opening the staircase to Headmaster Dumbledore's office. Luna looked at the stairs. She had never tried the chair on stairs. Professor McGongall paused.

"Are you able to get up the stairs?"

"The chair is supposed to be able to, let's see how it does." Luna felt the chair tip back diagonally, her back leaning against the back of the chair, it moved slowly up the stairs. She didn't dare try to make it go faster. Going down would be faster, she figured. The headmaster's office was full of things Luna didn't recognize. Dumbledore himself was sitting at his desk. He looked up when they entered the room.

"Thank you Professor McGongall. Would you like to stay?"

"Yes. Luna seems hopeful she'll be sorted into Gryffindor. If nothing else I can escort her to her house." The headmaster retrieved the hat from a shelf. Luna looked it knowing a huge portion of her future lay in what it had to say. She let Professor McGongall place the hat on her head.

Hello? She thought.

"Ahh, a late student, older than usual, but you belong here none the less. Let's see where you belong. Hmm, daring, loyal. Yes, there's no question where you belong.

Do you know my name? She asked the hat

Your name? Do you not know it?

I lost my memory. The hat was silent for a moment, as if debating how much to tell her.

No, I do not know your name. The hat stated.

"Gryffindor!" It shouted. Luna smiled. She wished the hat had known who she was, but at least it knew where she belonged now.