We talked for the rest of the ride. I told Sirius that I knew nothing about magic and hadn't read any of the books. He replied by stating that he didn't plan on reading any. So I didn't freak about knowing nothing.

By the time we reached the school, my accent was back full time. And, Peter and I had three new friends.

Actually, we didn't even realize that the ride was over. The Max kid showed up again and asked why we were still on the train. I asked him if he had a problem with that. I didn't bother with standing up this time; I think just the image of this tough girl surrounded by guys scared him.

He told me, "No, but we're here."

None of us asked where here was. Seeing as Max didn't have any stuff with him, we just walked off the train in our jeans and t-shirts--in my case, sleeveless.

Big mistake.

Apparently, there had been an announcement over the speaker that we had to change into our robes. Whoops. We looked kinda weird surrounded by boring black robes. We just made a joke out of it and followed everyone else.

This giant--I mean it!--took us first years, all forty of us, to the school in boats. The rule was four people to a boat, but we crammed in five. We had been told to keep our stuff on the train earlier too, via the speaker, so at least we were right there.

The school was really just a huge castle with four big tower things. After our leader knocked on the door three times, it opened and we all ended up in this giant hall. And since we hadn't heard the thing about the robes, the lady with the bun and square glasses frowned and sent us into a little office. We waved to everyone watching us.

A few minutes later, she came back in to the office. She introduced us as Professor McGonagall, Transfiguration teacher. I guessed that we wouldn't mess around in her class. She also had our robes, which she had somehow gotten, and gave them to us. After watching us throw them over ourselves and buckle them hastily, she sent us back out to the main hall.

I sure hoped I didn't fail Transfiguration as I walked with the guys.

We followed the other kids as they walked behind the Bun Lady, making jokes all the way.