Disclaimer: Once again, I own nothing that the wonderful mind of J.K. Rowling has created. Only the plot line and the characters that are not mentioned in her books.

A/N: I want to thank the person who reviewed my story. I was very nervous about putting it up on Fanfiction, but now I am confident.

As the train slowed to a stop, Malya took one last look out the window. She saw the enormous castle that towered into the night sky. Her mouth open, Malya tried in vain to distinguish the top of the castle from the bottom of the sky.

"You ready?" Crystal asked, standing in the compartment doorway. She looked very slick in her Slytherin robes. Malya saw that numerous students had already begun to file through the narrow isle to find the exit.

"Yeah," Malya smiled. "I'm ready."

"Good," sighed Crystal. "Now, I have to go with Draco, since we are both Slytherin prefects." She saw the surprised look on her cousin's face and smiled. "Yes, I know what you are thinking. He may be evil, conniving, and cruel in every single way, but you have to admit, he is annoyingly handsome."

"But Hermoine said that any Malfoy, including Draco, can turn anyone against you. Personally, I wouldn't want to have prefect duties with him. I would be to scared to." Malya ran her hands up and down her arms, ignoring the fact that she wasn't cold but quite warm.

"That's only if you get on his bad side," said Crystal. "Now, just don't speak to him and you should be okay. Let's go before Lucy gives up all hope of saving a coach just for us." The two girls walked out into the already crowded hall and headed for the nearest exit. ~*~
"There you are," sighed Lucio as Crystal and Malya climbed into the coach. "I was wondering when you two would show."

"Sorry," replied Crystal as she sat next to him and Malya sat across from them. "I'm afraid I gave Malya a bit of a fright when I told her about- ,"

"Draco?" finished Lucio. He nodded. "Yeah, that'll happen to anyone who knows the Malfoys. Bloody gits the lot of them."

"Now, now, Lucio," snickered a girl next to Malya. "Wait until he's around to say it." Malya jumped when this girl spoke because she hadn't seen her getting in.

"Hello," smiled Malya. "I'm-,"

"Malya Matthews," said the girl, rolling her eyes. "Yes, yes I know. Nice to meet you." She shook hands with Malya. "My name is Trinity Myers."

"How did you know my name?" asked Malya, shocked.

"News travels fast on a train," replied Trinity. "Besides, Miss Banta and Mr. Crespin already told me." She nodded toward Crystal and Lucio, who had not told Malya their last names.

"So formal," sneered Crystal. "Though, it does sound better than Crystal and Lucy."

"So, what house are you in?" Malya asked of her new acquaintance.

"Hufflepuff," Trinity replied. Then she laughed. "All we're missing in our group is Cordova and Anderson."

"Who?" asked Malya, feeling very confused.

"Carmen Cordova and Grace Anderson," replied Lucio. "Their the others in our group. Carmen is in Gryffendor and Grace is in Ravenclaw."

"I heard none of the houses intermingled with one another," said Malya.

"Well, most of them don't," replied Crystal. "But you see, all of us, except for you, were friends when we were in Muggle School. That, what is it? Elementary? So, we have no problem hanging out with one another."

"Though, it does irritate the hell out of Draco when he sees all of us talking together," laughed Lucio.

"True," Trinity smiled. It was a smile fit for the devil himself. "We've had a lot of fun times with that one, we have." The rest of the ride went in such a fashion of conversation. It ended, though, when they entered the Great Hall and they separated into their respective houses.

Malya found dinner to be wonderful. Though she was uncomfortable at first, her tension eased once she met Carmen and Grace. Carmen was tall, thin, and had jet-black hair that really complimented her face. Like Malya, she was half Mexican, since she also came from America. Her olive skin made Malya's pale in comparison. She was very beautiful, with brown eyes. She loved to fight as well. She was especially skilled in the manner of kickboxing and all save Draco were scared to take her on in a battle.

Grace was just taller than Malya with red hair and freckles. Being the only Jew in the group, she added a lot of interesting features to the group. She had blue eyes and a great sense of humor. Malya found her to be one in which she could relate with in a sister sort of way.

The way in which Malya met them was as follows. They each had gotten up from their tables to greet her and were almost there when Grace slipped on some juice someone had spilled, causing herself, as well as Carmen, to fall to the floor. Above the laughter, Malya could just hear Grace say, "Grace my arse." After that, the mood was considerably lighter. It wasn't until the next day that Malya received her first dose of how stressful a day at Hogwarts can be. ~*~
"Hurry up!" Crystal cried to Malya. "Snape's gonna kill us if we're late." They were running down the hall and on their way to Potions class. They had overslept and Malya was in complete panic mode. She had never been late to a class before in her life and now, on her first day in a new school, she would be late to her first class.

"Crystal!" cried Malya. "You're going to fast." But Crystal had already rounded the corner and couldn't hear her. As Malya ran to catch up to her cousin, she did not know that she would soon meet the person she most feared and had not even met. Turning the corner, she ran right into another human being and fell to the floor, dropping her book bag as well as her Potions book, which she had gotten out for a time saver.

"Watch where you're going, will you?" growled Draco, getting up from the floor and glaring down at her.

"I'm so sorry," said Malya, panicking. "It's just that I'm late for Potions and I don't want Snape to yell at me and-,"

"Don't worry Malya," said Crystal, who had stopped when she heard Draco and Malya hit each other. She helped her cousin up. "Malfoy, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be in Potions already."

"I was in class, unlike you two," he growled. "But as you know, I am the Slytherin prefect. So Snape sent me to get you both. Also, he says you are to serve detention."

"Me too?" asked Malya.

"No," sniffed Draco. "He said he would overlook your little slip, considering you're new. But it best not happen again." With that, he headed back to Snape's dungeon.

"He is such a greasy git," frowned Crystal.

"Draco?" asked Malya.

"Nah, he's just a git," replied Crystal. "I was talking about Snape."

"I'm sorry if I got you in trouble," said Malya as they also headed for Snape's class.

"No problem," said Crystal. "I'm a Slytherin, so he will just give me a half an hour's detention instead of the usual hour."

Throughout the entire day, Malya continued to screw up. In Transfiguration, she turned Professor McGonagall into a pocket watch. McGonagall might have forgiven her, if she had not also placed a seal charm on her as well. It was so powerful, Professor Dumbledore had to come down and turn the angry professor back into a teacher.

In History of Magic, she got her dates all confused. She claimed that the Salem witch trials took place in the age of dinosaurs, just after the crucifiction of Jesus Christ. This caused a great rucus in the class. So, by the end of the school day, Malya was tired and ready to cry. Thus ended her first day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A/N: Argh! Sorry it's so long. I just had a lot of ideas and wasn't quite sure how and when I wanted to end it. I know it must suck, so let me have it.