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Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express

Serena Norse, a 15 year old, brown haired, blue eyed girl, looked at the train, which read "Hogwarts Express", in front of her, then back again at the piece of parchment in her hand.

Dear Miss. Norse,
We are pleased to inform you that.

"Here we go", she muttered under her breath, and she stepped on to the train, which would transport her to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Full.Full.Full", Serena had been wandering the train for ten minutes now, trying to find an empty compartment. Finally, at the end of the train, she peeked into the last window and saw that it wasn't quite full. The three people inside, looked about her age, a girl and two boys.

"Excuse me?" she said The people inside looked up at her. "All of the other compartments are full. May I sit here?" The girl and the two boys glanced at each other and nodded their heads. "All right", said the boy with jet black hair, looking back up at her. Serena smiled, "Thanks! I'm Serena Norse by the way" she said as she went to sit down besides the girl. The girl smiled at her, "I'm Hermione Granger, and this."she said motioning to the red headed boy, ".is Ron Weasley". Ron waved in response. "And I'm Harry Potter", cut in the boy who had spoken to her earlier. "Harry Potter?!", Serena exclaimed, "The Boy Who Lived?!", she asked in disbelief. Harry looked uncomfortable at this statement, "Ummm ya, that's me.". "Cool", Serena responded.

An uncomfortable silence followed, till it was broken by Hermione, who turned to talk to Serena, "We've never seen you around Hogwarts before, are you a first year?" Serena chuckled, "No, I'm entering 5th year. I was home schooled all my life" "Oh, why did you decide to come to Hogwarts after being home schooled all your life?", Hermione asked, "A change of environment?" A look of sadness passed over Serena's face at this question, and Hermione immediately wished she hadn't asked it. "If you don't want - ", Hermione said quickly. "No," interrupted Serena, "Its okay" Serena glanced quickly at the trio and took a breath" "I came here because my parents, who have been home schooling me, were killed just two months ago while vacationing in Tanzania. My Grandmother has been taking care of me since then" she finished. "How did they die?", blurted out Ron. "Ron!", exclaimed Hermione. "Right, sorry" said Ron, whose face was quickly turning red. "They were killed by a dragon", Serena said in a small voice. "I'm sorry", said Harry Serena gave him a small, sad smile and pulled a book from her bag, in which she had placed a few books and a juice box. "Hogwarts A History?" asked Hermione, with a look of interest on her face. "Its my favorite book!", gushed Serena, "I'm a total bookworm", she laughed. Hermione's eyes widened, "Hogwarts A History is my favorite book too!" "Not another Hermione!", whispered Ron to Harry. Harry snickered at this thought, "I'll have to show you the library and.", Hermione was saying to Serena excitedly. Shaking his head at the girls, Harry turned to Ron, "Well, I wonder who will be taking Oliver's place on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team?"

Well that's the first chapter, I hope you liked it..remember to review!! P.S. I should hopefully be posting a new chapter every week.probably sooner though.