Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, but I do own the right to tell Lysera (or le poule mauvais) that Melissa reviewed me under my name when she came over (thus the Hufflepuff comment).
Chapter 3 Mara's P.O.V.

I walked down the length of the train, looking for an empty compartment. Everywhere was full! I finally came to the last compartment. I was about to open the door when I heard somebody yell. I backed up and went to recheck that this was the only free compartment.

At the front of the train, I saw another girl about my age that was looking for a seat. She was about the same height as me, but she had very long straight blonde hair, quite a contrast to my short, curly, black hair.
"Hi, I'm Mara Lane. Who are you?"
"I'm Jade Reese. This is my first year at Hogwarts, you?" Jade asked.
"Same here. Lets go see if there's a free compartment." We went back through the train and ended back up at the last compartment. Again. Jade knocked on the door, but obviously they didn't hear. I leaned over and opened the door.
The last thing I expected was to be completely attacked by my friends who I did not even expect to be at Hogwarts. Funny though, that's just what happened. Within three seconds, Ashley, Melissa, Vicki, and Morgan surrounded me. "Back up a little, I do need to breathe!" I said, laughing. This was definitely an unexpected surprise!
Jade was standing in the corner, looking a bit unsure. I went over to her.
"Guys, this is Jade Reese. We just met a few minutes ago when we were looking for seats. Jade, these are my friends, who neglected to mention to me that they were coming to Hogwarts. The girl with the longish brown hair is Ashley Charlise, the one with the blonde hair is Melissa Abreille, the girl next to her with the black hair with red streaks is Morgan Layah, and the girl with the black hair is Vicki Sakura," I said.
"You can remember Vicki easily 'cuz she looks like an evil chicken," Ashley added in. I rolled my eyes. The evil chicken thing was getting way old, but Ashley never got tired of it. Jade just laughed.
"Wow, somebody else likes the evil chicken joke. Ashley must have died and gone to heaven," Melissa said, sarcastically. Ashley hit her playfully on the arm.

( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( After three hours of talking, I found out that only Vicki and I were purebloods, Jade and Melissa were half and half, and Morgan and Ashley were both muggleborn. It was amusing how completely in the dark Morgan and Ashley were about the Wizarding world.

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An hour later, we arrived at the school. After we gaped at the school and went across the lake with Hagrid, we were all put into a chamber, where we nervously awaited the sorting.

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Ok, that was my chappie! I finished my history! FINALLY! Now I can finally get a good night sleep so I won't totally flip out over small things the next day ::grin:: ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL!! WOOHOO!! At this point I don't care what I get on my project cuz its over and school is almost over. YYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!! I mean... awww... ::grin:: I seem to be doing a lot of grinning. Oh well, evil chicken, if u don't review me, I will throw a marshmallow at you. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! FEEL MY WRATH!!!