~Dedication~ I would like to dedicate this story to my friend Aimee for helping me with my story! It would be terrible without her! Thanks you do much for helping me!!!! I'd also like to thank my other friends, Betsy and Christina for inspiring me and helping me write this story!

~Disclaimer~ I obviously don't own some of the characters and some ideas from my story. I'm sure you can figure out what they are...

~Rating~ it's rated PG-13 just in case. It might have some bad language later on or something. It's just to make sure I don't rate it too low. It's probably really PG, though...

~A/N~Don't expect everything to be perfect and everything to match with the Harry Potter books. It's my creation! MWAHAHAHA! I'd love it if you reviewed, but don't be too harsh because this is my first chapter story! Please tell me your opinions and whether or not I should post more chapters! Oh, and just a warning, my chapters might be kind of short because it just works that way... I luv all of you!

~*~Mandi~*~

~Chapter One-THE MIDNIGHT COLLISION~

It was a stormy night at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and only the second night of the school year. Two students lay in their beds, unable to sleep. The loud booming of the thunder and sharp streaks of lightning flashed outside the window. As the rain tumbled on the roof of Hogwarts, both were secretly frightened of the storm surrounding them. It was the worst storm they had ever seen. Then all of a sudden, large flash of lightning hit the school, and the two ran, half awake down the stairs and into the common room, praying that someone was still awake to distract them from the storm. The lights were off, but they continued to run, until they crashed into something that wasn't usually in the middle of the common room.

"Ouch!!!"

"Bloody hell!!!"

"Is someone there???...Who are you?" a female voice asked as she got up and dusted herself off.

"Uh, Ron Weasley. Who are you?"

"I...I'm Maddie Belle."

(Ron raised an eyebrow. Maddie Belle?!?!?!?!)

Maddie Belle was a rather short fifteen-year-old American girl. She was a brunette with golden blonde highlights, and hazel-brown eyes. Her hair fell a couple inches past her shoulders. She only had three friends at Hogwarts, Chrissy, Becca, and Abbie, her muggle born friends that she had known since before pre-school.

"What are you doing here?!?!" asked Ron curiously.

"Well, I heard something, so I came down here. What are you doing here?"Maddie replied, in a very shy manor.

"I was just checking to see if anyone was down here because I, uh, couldn't sleep," Ron said, he couldn't think of anything else to say to her.

"Well, I'm going to stay up a while, it was nice meeting you," Maddie said, after a long pause, and started to walk away from Ron towards a couch in front of a crackling fireplace.

Ron didn't know why, but there was something about Maddie, a girl she had never talked to before, that made him want to know her.

In the shadows, Maddie really couldn't tell what Ron looked like, but now she could see that he had brilliant red hair, and sparkling blue eyes.

"Can I join you?" he asked, walking over to the couch.

"Sure," said Maddie quickly, and then turned away a little uncomfortable.

"You seem kind of quiet, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Maddie didn't know Ron very well, actually she barely knew him at all, but she wanted to tell him everything about herself, and she didn't know why. A long time had past since either of them had spoken. Finally Maddie found some courage inside her and told him what she wanted to tell him...

"I'm muggle born. Until last year, I didn't know anything about witches or wizards, or magic. When I got my letter that said I could go to Hogwarts, I thought it was a joke. But my mother convinced me that it was real. Before I came here, I wasn't that shy, but then some people came up to me and started calling me a "mudblood" and other cruel names. I guess I just feel that I don't fit in. Wow, I've never told anyone this before, not even my best friends. I should probably go..." Maddie blurted out, starting to practically run away from the boy she had just met, thinking she had made a fool of herself.

"No, don't go," he said, grabbing her arm and pulling back the struggling girl. She stopped after a few seconds and he turned her around. Strands of tears were falling down her face. He hugged her. He was hugging a girl that he had known for probably no more than fifteen minutes, and she was accepting it.

" I just don't feel like myself here", she said still embraced in a hug, tears still coming down her cheeks. After about fifteen seconds, they let go of each other and sat back down on the couch, acting like the hug never happened..

"How about you tell me about yourself?" Maddie suggested.

"Well", Ron began with a smile, "I have six siblings, three attend Hogwarts now..."

And they talked for hours, and by the time the first person walked into the common room in the morning, it felt like they had known each other their whole lives...(at least it seemed that way)

A/N- I have plans for this story. If you people like this, I'll post more chapters soon, but you have to review to let me know! Tell me what ya think so far! Please, I really want to know if I should even bother writing anymore!