Barely ten minutes later, Ginny and Nikki were talking and laughing like old friends who had moved out of town and just happened to run into each other one day.

"By the way, why are you in your pajamas?" Ginny asked, staring pointedly at Nikki's green flannel frog pants and white tank top with a banana on it.

"Well, it was the middle of the night when I fell out the window because of a hurri-"

"Wait, you fell out a window too?"

Both girls stopped instantly.

"No way. Did the ground swirl around when you fell?" Nikki asked in disbelief.

"Yes! I thought I was hallucinating but then I kinda fell through the ground and everything went black and I woke up here."

"Speaking of which, where exactly is here?"

Nikki's gray eyes were filled with concentration as she examined her surroundings; though she seemed truly concerned about their predicament, Ginny just seemed to be thoroughly enjoying herself.

"Maybe this is like, hevell" Ginny suggested.

"Hevell? What's that?"

"Well, this is too cold to be hell but it's certainly not heaven so it might be hevell. I mean we did die right?"

"You really think we died? I mean... I don't feel dead."

"Well, when you're dead you can fly right?"

"I don't know Ginny, I've never died before."

"Well, let me try something," Ginny said, proceeding to climb the marble staircase and stand on a pillar about 4 feet from the ground.

"No wait, Ginny don't-"

*THUD!*

"Ow! Ok, so we're not dead," Ginny said, standing up and rubbing her butt. "So then, where are we?"

At that moment two huge doors swung open and a sea of people in black clothes came flowing through the door. It was all the girls could do to keep from losing each other in the chaos. While Ginny attempted to keep from being trampled, Nikki tried to get a better look at the people who were shuffling by.

"Excuse me," she said to a girl with flaming red hair, "I've just arrived here, can you tell me if there's anyone in authority I can speak to?" She figured it was better to get answers from someone in charge than from just anybody.

"You're new to Hogwarts? Are you a student? I've never heard of a student coming in three weeks into term before."

Nikki's jaw dropped slightly, "Did you just say Hogwarts?"

"Of course. Where did you think you were?"

"Hey Ginny!" a voice called, causing Nikki's eyes to widen. Who could know who Ginny was? A tall boy with hair identical to the girl's came forward, clapping a hand on her shoulder.

"Who's this Ginny?"

"Um, I'm Nikki Black," she said quickly, offering a hand for the boy to shake. He didn't take it.

"Black? By any chance are you…" his voice trailed off.

"Am I what?"

"Never mind. Anyway, I don't think I've seen you here before."

"Yeah I'm new and-"

"Nikki there you are!"

Ginny came running up from behind the boy and girl, smiling curiously.

"Hi! I'm Ginny Jones," she said.

"Wait, Ginny? That's my name," said the girl.

"It is?" Ginny replied, "Well, it was mine first!"

"Ok Ginny, now is not the time," Nikki said quickly, grabbing her friend's arm.

The boy seemed to be eyeing them with distrust, "Are you witches?"

"What? Of course-"

"We are" Nikki butted in, finishing her friend's sentence. She sent Ginny a look that purely said let me handle this.

"Well, welcome to Hogwarts," Ginny with the red hair said, pointing to the marble staircase, "If you go up there you should run into a teacher. They can tell you where Professor Dumbledore's office is."

"Thank you," Nikki said quickly.

"I'm Ron Weasley by the way," said the boy, "Let me know if you need help finding your way around."

"Thanks," Nikki said again.

The two red heads walked off, and Nikki heard the girl say something suspiciously like, "Obviously you'll show them around, you think you've just found yourself and Harry new girlfriends seeing as everyone here already knows how stupid you two are."
           

"What was that about?" Ginny asked suspiciously.

"Ginny, listen, if I tell you something you have to promise not to scream. Cause I know you, and knowing you, I know you will scream."

"Wait, your confusing me. What is it that you have to tell me?"

Nikki looked over her shoulder to make sure no one was around.

"I think we were sucked into Harry Potter land."