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Chapter 4:

Natalie heard some footsteps coming down the hallway but ignored them.

"There has to be an empty one somewhere." A male voice said.

"Well, if there aren't we'll just have to sit with Fred and George and all their annoying friends." Added a female voice.

"Well, they aren't that bad." Said another male voice but different from the first.

A boy with messy, black hair and a scar on his forehead stopped at the doorway, his eyes fixed on Natalie. She didn't notice it till someone said "Go on!" from behind. Natalie looked up at the boy with much interest and stared at him until he sat down, then continued her gazing out the window.

"Um…Hello."

Natalie turned around again and saw that the words were spoken from a different boy with violent red hair.

"Hi." She replied.

"Who are you?" He asked.

"Natalie Cook…you?" She answered trying to act as though she wasn't very interested in the two boys…but she was.

At that moment two girls came through the doorway. One also had bright red hair and looked a bit younger than the rest and the other Natalie knew at once.

"Hermione!" She yelped.

"Natalie! Oh it's great to see you again! I'm so glad you came to Hogwarts!" She said as she took a seat next to Natalie and while the red-headed girl sat down across from her.

"Everyone, this is Natalie. Natalie, this is Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Harry." She said as she pointed them out in turn.

"Erm…how long have you been going to Hogwarts?" Harry asked.

"This is my first year. I moved here from a wizard school in Canada." This was the first time Natalie had actually spoken more than a few words, making her American accent more apparent to the others.

"Oh cool." said Ron. "Do you know what house you're gonna be in yet?" 

"Nah, they'll sort me with the first years…that should make me feel special." They laughed and all were soon in a conversation.

"We'll, it's the Slytherin's ya gotta watch out for. Trouble. All of them." Ron said as he stuffed a few Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans in his mouth and made a grotesque face.

"Well what houses are there?" Natalie asked. She couldn't believe there were so many nice people here at Hogwarts and unless she was mistaken, she had already made some new friends.

"Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Gryffindor." Answered now scooting closer to Ginny so he could be closer to Natalie.

"We are all in Gryffindor. Huffelpuff and Ravenclaw are good too though, but it would be awesome if you got put in Gryffindor." Neville said and now had spoken for the first time, apparently nervous at the fact of someone new. But his nervousness was nothing compared to Natalie's although she tried to hide it.

Just then they all heard more footsteps coming down the hall and they looked to the door and as Ron stood up and looked out.

"Oh no." He said. Everyone seemed to know who he was talking about and all made annoyed faces.

"Why can't they just leave us alone?" Neville whimpered.

"Oh, don't listen to anything he has to say Natalie, He'll try to corrupt you to his stupidity." Hermione warned.

Natalie could barely see over the tall figure of Ron but did make out some bright blonde hair.

"Why are you in my way, Weasley?" A drawling voice said. Natalie could already tell that she didn't think she was going to like this person.

"What do you want?" Ron asked simply.

"I want to see what you're hiding." He answered.

"He's hiding me?" Natalie whispered to Hermione.

"Well, he's going to try because it's best if you don't meet Draco Malfoy. He'll just find someone new to torture." Hermione answered.

"What makes you think I'm hiding something?" He asked smoothly.

"Ugh. I don't have to put up with people like you." He said and shoved Ron aside who looked quite annoyed.

Malfoy looked straight to Potter.

"Oh, you're here, are you?" Harry didn't answer but continued to glare at him.

"I thought for sure you were going to be expelled after what you did. But nooo! Famous Harry Potter can't get expelled he's too precious!" He rolled his eyes while two large people behind him chuckled.

Malfoy looked around with much dislike etched in every portion of his face. Then his eyes landed on Natalie.

"And who is this?" He asked as he came and sat down next to Natalie.

"Don't worry about it." Harry said. "Don't think that just because she's new that you can try and corrupt her like you tried to do me the first time you met me." Harry was getting really angry and he wasn't quite sure why.

"Oh, I see…well I hadn't intended on 'corrupting' her as you said…I just wanted to know her name." He said looking back at Natalie.

"Natalie." Natalie answered shortly.

"Wanna come with me to get something to eat?" She asked Ginny and Hermione. They smiled and followed her out of the compartment.

"Wow, that was really cool!" Ginny said. "Did you see his face when you just left like that?"

"Haha! Yeah! It was really fun, too!" It was the first time Natalie she had ever stood up to someone like that and she felt great.

-Back in the compartment-

"Whoa, she completely blew you off!" Harry laughed. "And why were you talking to her anyways? She's muggle-born."

"I knew something was wrong with that whore." Malfoy said heading for the door.

"Shut your face!" Harry said standing up face-to-face with Draco.

Draco and Ron both look very surprised that Harry had stood up to him like this over a girl that he barely knew. Neville would have been surprised but he was kinda in his own little world.

"Oho! I see!" Malfoy said . "Harry's got himself a little crush!"

"Yeah, right. I barely know her." He said.

"Well, she's quite good looking, I'll give you that," Malfoy said acting as though he didn't hear Harry, "But I didn't think you would go for a mud-blood…ya know…she's kind-of below you." He laughed and left before Harry could do anything.

"Why does he think I like her? I don't! I just think she's cool and I didn't like what he called her." Harry defended quite unconvincingly to Ron.

"You don't believe that git, do you?" Harry asked looking at the expression on Ron's face.

"Oh no!" Ron lied. "Of course not...oh no, here come Fred and George."

Sure enough Fred and George walked into the compartment.

"Hey, who was that chick walkin with Ginny and Hermione?" Fred asked.

"Yeah, I wanna get to know her! If ya know what I mean!" George laughed stupidly then stopped at the expression on Ron's face.

"Her name is Natalie and she just moved here. Be nice to her, she's cool." Ron said.

-Out in the hall-

"Yeah, and last year Harry saved a hippogriff and…yea. He's had some pretty tough times here." Hermione said and looked nervously to Ginny considering the fact that she almost spilled about Sirius.

"Wow. Harry's pretty amazing." Natalie said quietly.

They entered the compartment and everyone stopped talking.

"Whoa. That was weird." Ginny said.

"Hello, I'm Natalie." She said to Fred and George who were looking up at her like puppy dogs and not talking.

"What?" Natalie had never had a guy like her before so it was kind of hard for her to get the hint they did like her and weren't just being stupid.

"Nothing." Fred answered quickly. "Nice to meet you Natalie."

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