New Friendships

As the three began to talk about Quidditch, thundering footsteps were heard running down the hall of the train. With a laugh, Harry turned to Ron and said, "Who do you think it is, Fred and George or Hermione?"

Ron laughed as well, then managed to say, "Hermione. I recognize her powerful run. She may not get out much, but she packs a big punch."

A second later, a chestnut brown, bushy haired girl appeared in the doorway, accompainied by 2 girls. One had wavy, dark brown hair, while the other had blonde hair. The bushy haired one had a smile on her face as her eyes came across the two boys. She ran to them and gave both a quick hug, then turned to face Star.

"Hi! You must be new. I'm Hermione. And you are?"

"Herm, this is Star. She just got transferred to Hogwarts from Durmstrang," said Ron, before Star could even open her mouth. Ron gave Star a quick smile, then continued, "Hermione is one of our best friends."

"Nice to meet you Star! By the way, this is Amy," gesturing to the blonde, "and Laura. They're sisters. They're also coming from Durmstrang. Apperantly since Karakoff has fled, a lot of people are changing schools."

"Well, actually, my parents divorced, so I kind of had to change schools when we moved," explained Star.

"Oh ok. Well, Amy, Laura, this is Harry and Ron."

The two girls said cheerful hellos to everyone, then sat down alongside Star. Star leaned over to the sisters and asked them what year they were in.

"5th Year. Aren't you a 6th year?" answered Amy.

"Yeah. But who knows. Being in a new school and all, things could change," said Star, throwing her hands into the air dramatically.

"Well, whatever happens, its cool to have you with us," said Ron.

"Definetly," said Harry, throwing a smile in Laura's direction.

But Star didn't see this. She was looking at Ron, but quickly turned her head when he looked at her. "Everyone off! C'mon now, everyone off!" said the conductor, moving throughout the train.

"Well, I guess we must be off. We have to go with the first years, so we can be sorted," said Laura, gathering her things.

"We'll see you later! Bye!" said Star, Laura, and Amy, piling off the train. They walked to the platform, where they were put into boats that sailed across the lake. When Hogwarts came into view, the three girls gasped at it beauty. The boats quickly reached the other side of the lake. Everyone piled out, and headed up the stairs to where they were met by Professor McGonagall. She quickly explained the Sorting process, then opened the doors and lead the to the fron of the Great Hall. The three girls saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione wave at them as they passed. When the reached the front, McGonagall started calling out names.

"Carington, Laura!"

Laura took a breath and walked forward. She sat on the stool for a little bit, while the Hat made up it's mind.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The Gryffindors clapped loudly as Laura took off the hat and walked over to join them.

"Carington, Amelia!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

A gasp came from Laura, but Amy seemed fine with the decision. She got up smoothly and walked over to the Slytherin table. When she sat down though, she gave a wave and a smile to her friends in Gryffindor.

"Lane, Star!"

Star walked up to the stool, and sat down. McGonagall placed the hat over her head, and Star listened as the hat thought of where to put her.

"Difficult.very difficult." the Hat kept repeating for Star to hear. Finally, a decision was reached.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Star gave a small sigh of relief, and walked towards the Gryffindor table. She sat down next to Ron, who seemed to be clapping the loudest. When the Sorting was finished, the Gryffindors headed to the Common Room, where the stayed for a while, talking. During the whole time, Star kept an eye on Ron, who seemed to be doing the same thing to her. Finally it was declared that the students had to go to bed, so Star and Laura trugged up to their dormitory. The girls changed quickly and crawled into bed, but continued to talk.

"Hey Star, what was that notice you received from Dumbledore?"

"Oh, it was saying that I'll be taking some 5th Year courses, because my requirements haven't quite been met yet. So I'll probably have a few classes with you guys," said Star, yawning.

"Great! Hey.what do you think of Harry? Is he wonderful or what?" squealed Laura, a smile on her face.

"Yup.definetly," she responded. But that's not who was on her mind. Ron kept popping up, even as she tried to sleep.

"Snap out of it girl. He probably doesn't even like you. So you might as well give up now so you can save yourself the pain later," Star mumbled to her self as she finally drifted off to sleep.

Sorry about the problems with spacing from the last chapter! I'm new at this, so I'm not quite sure what went wrong. Anyways, please review! Good AND bad!