-Chapter Two-

Dawn stared at the huge scarlet train in front of her, "Wow" she said quietly to herself. She loaded her bags onto the train and started to look for a compartment. She kept walking until she came to a compartment with the boy from Diagon alley in it. "Hi" dawn said. "Hello" the boy answered, "I'm Harry potter and you are?" he asked. "Dawn Summers pleased to meet you" she replied. "Can I sit here?" she added. "Oh yeah sure" he moved over in his seat.

Not long after that, a boy with red hair entered there compartment. "Hi I'm Ron Weasley" he explained to Harry and Dawn and they quickly introduced themselves.

They spent the rest of their trip talking to each other about what they had heard about the school and where they came from.

They changed into their robes and then they got off the train and made their way over to the boats that would take them across to Hogwarts.

When they got to the great hall they were lined up in front of the stage. Dawn was incredibly nervous just looking at the tattered hat sitting on the stool at the top of the stage. She watched as her fellow first years got sorted. Finally it was her turn. She slowly walked to the hat and put it on. Please let me get into Gryffindor she thought to herself as if pleading to the hat. "Gryffindor!" it yelled. Dawn was so exited. She ran over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Harry. A girl with bushy brown hair and slightly oversized teeth came up and congratulated her. "I'm Hermione Granger congratulations on getting into Gryffindor!" she said. "Thanks" Dawn said. "Are you American?" Hermione asked? "Yes I am" she replied "You must be honoured, they only let a very few people from other countries into Hogwarts!" Hermione said. "Really? Well in that case I am" Dawn stated.

After a very filling feast they were shown their common rooms. They made their way to a painting of a very fat lady. "Password" the portrait said. A few of the kids Jaws dropped. "Kaput Draconus" the house leader said, and the portrait swung open and everyone climbed in. It was a nice room filled with comfy chairs and a fireplace. They made their way to their dorms and went quickly to sleep.

The next day classes began. First they had transfiguration with Professor McGonagall then they had potions with Professor Snape. They had heard bad things about Snape. And by the look of him Dawn believed every last word of it.

Dawn, Harry and Ron made their way to transfiguration side by side. "Welcome to Transfiguration, anyone who mucks around in my class, and I mean anyone will not be studying transfiguration at all if you do well you will be rewarded if not you will be punished everybody clear?" Professor McGonagall asked. A muttering came from the class that might have been heard as "yes Professor McGonagall".

Snape's lesson was as suspected, everyone but the Slytherins thought they wouldn't survive the lesson. Dawn watched as Snape tormented Harry over and over again for nothing it was almost like Snape was having fun. No, It was like Snape was having fun! Dawn couldn't take it any longer, "WILL YOU STOP PICKING ON HIM HE DID NOTHING WRONG!!!" Dawn yelled. "Summers, you have just scored yourself detention" Snape said looking scornfully at Dawn.

"Thanx for sticking up for me Dawn but you know you didn't have to" Harry said. "Don't worry bout it" Dawn said, "he was way out of line" she added. "Yeah I suppose so, well I am off to bed see you tomorrow."

Dawn sat there thinking for hours, why did she like Harry so much?, what is detention going to be like? And how am I going to survive the whole year?!