Chapter: 01

Katie Bell brushed her chocolate brown hair away from her face as she stepped onto the Hogwarts Express. It was now the end of the summer and the beginning of school. Katie had gone to Hogwarts for 6 years now. This was her 7th and her last year going to Hogwarts. Just a few minutes ago her parents had given her a long lecture about making sure she studied every day, be careful playing Quidditch, and most of all, be sure to stay away from the Dementors. A very dangerous prisoner named Sirius Black had been on the loose and the De mentors had been lurking around. She finally found a compartment where her best friend Angelina was sitting in. "Hi!" Angelina greeted Katie happily, "Would you like some Patty Peppermints?" "No thank you " She answered. She saw that two other bags were on top of the two empty seats. " Who else is sitting here?" she asked. "Oliver and Lee" Angelina said with Peppermints in her mouth. "How was Quidditch Camp?" Katie asked as she sat down across form Angelina. "Ok Oliver was there also so we sort of stayed together." "Sounds more fun then visiting grandparents" Katie grumbled. She then took out Merlin, her Owl, out of her cage. Merlin was brown with small, white, specks form old age. Merlin cooed happily as Katie feed him crumbs from her crackers. "Where are the boys? The train is about to leave in a minute." "They're making sure Harry Potter is on the train. You remember last time didn't you?" Katie chuckled. "Oliver was ready to throw a fit when he heard about the car incident. You know he's our best seeker since 1970." "Like I was saying," Angelina continued, "This is Oliver's last chance for winning the Cup." "It's our last chance too" Angelina nodded. Suddenly the train started to move. A few minutes later Lee and Oliver came in. "Hi girls" Lee said sitting next to Angelina. "Oliver sit down for crying out loud!" "What's wrong Oliver?" Angelina asked. "He just heard about Sirius Black being after Harry." "No way!" Katie said as Oliver sat next to her. "Why on earth would he be after Harry?" "Just think about it Katie," Lee chuckled. "Harry had defeated You-know-who and Black was one of You-know-who's partner." "But he's only 13!" Katie said in a concern voice. "That's why we need to make sure nothing happens to him," Oliver finally said. "I sure the Dementors will take care of Black," Lee assured Katie. "After all, they will be guarding Hogwarts." Suddenly the train stopped. The lights the started to dim. "What's going on?" Merlin shrieked. "Let me look out the window" Oliver said as he opened the window. "Oh shit." He mumbled. "What is it?" Lee yelled. "It's so cold in here" Katie suddenly realized. "It's a Dementor!" Oliver whispered "Why the hell doses it want?" Lee yelled. "I'll go check on Harry" Katie said as she grabbed her wand. "I'm coming with you!" Oliver said standing up. "We'll stay here," Lee assured them. Katie felt her way to the hall. "Katie, where are you?" Oliver's voice echoed. Katie took out her wand. "Lumos" She muttered at her wand had glowed. They started to walk down the hall when they heard a screeching noise. Slowly the lights came on. " This is very odd," Oliver said scratching his head. Fred and George came running down hall almost knocking out Katie and Oliver. "Harry fainted" Fred said in one breath. "Dam Dementors" Oliver mumbled. \ "At least Sirius Black wasn't on the train, " Katie said putting her wand back in her cloak. "We first thought that it was one of our shock Bombs that we but in the Toilet seat but when we heard Ginny scream we knew something wasn't good." "Back to your seats girls and boys," said a man who was wearing shabby clothes. "Who are you?" Oliver asked. "Professor Lupin now get back to your seats the train is about to start to move." The Professor said giving Oliver and Katie a stern look. Katie quickly grabbed Oliver's collar and dragged him back to their compartment. Angelina was sitting there, eyes wide open as Lee tried to assure her that it was just a false alarm. Katie and Oliver explained what had happened. "I don't trust that Professor," Oliver said sternly to Katie. "He's most likely our new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher." Lee said.

"Another one? How many more do we need?" Angelina said. The train finally stopped at Hogwarts. "All first years come with me," said Hagrid. A very large group of children came towards Hagrid. Angelina, Katie, Lee and Oliver went to the carriages that waited for the seven years. They all hopped into one and soon they were at Hogwarts Castle. As they sat in the dinning hall there was great talk about Dementor. Soon the first years were sorted and the feast had began. Katie loved all of the delicious foods that they had there but soon Dumbledore had to summon them to bed. Percy, now new head boy for Griffindor, had lead all of them to their rooms. "And this here is the famous portrait..." Percy said showing the first years the area. "Will you shut up already!" Lee yelled as Oliver covered his mouth trying not to laugh. "You think they were already asleep yet?" Oliver yelled also. Percy's ears had now gone bright red. "Alright all of you get to bed." Percy managed to say while the first years laughed. Angelina and Katie went up to the girls room. Their things were already there. Katie gave a loud yawn as she let Merlin go outside. Angelina slowly put the lights out. All was quiet on the first night at Hogwarts.