I sat in the compartment, reading a book and thinking about how much my 7th year at Hogwarts is going to suck.One year of school left, and yet I'm forced to switch schools. Not that I'm complaining,it could be much worse, I know. I could have to stay home with that prick Chase all day. Boy, would I love to hex him. Him and mum. Yeah, her too. Boy, they can go muck trees for all I care. And yes, I said 'muck.' It's my way of saying the F word without saying it. I could also have to stay at school where everyone hated me in the Salem Witch Institute. Yeah, now that I think about it, I don't mind transfering to Hogwarts...

I was reading a book when a group of girls came into my compartment, talking loudly and giggiling. I stopped reading and looked at who seemed to be the leader.
She was a pretty girl with red hair and green eyes. Her bangs curled around her pale, heart shaped face regally,making her look like a fallen angel or something. I have to stop reading so many books, I'm getting all philosophical like.

"Oh, I'm sorry. We didn't mean to barge in! You were just so quiet, we didn't think any one was in here. Do you mind if we join you?" The girl asked.

"Sure, I don't mind." I replied.

"I'm Lily Evans. This is Jenna Lee-"She pointed to a gorgeous girl with platinum blonde hair and a pale face,"And Ashley Manna."She pointed to a girl with brown hair and and a tan face.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Katie Leanne"I said. Looking at all the other girls, I started to feel really self-conscious. I mean, Here Jenna is looking like a super-model, Lily looks like a fellen angel and Ashley looked like a sweet girl-next-door. I have blonde hair with natural red in it, hazel eyes and a decent body. I guess I look all right but I got nothing compared to these girls.

The girls all took seats and started talking again. They were trying to kep me in the conversation,I could tell, but whatever they said seemed to bring back memories of former years that I weren't here for. I sighed, wishing I could learn how to drown out the girls rambling and sleep. Don't get me wrong, they seem really nice. It's only the fact that a conversation is really boring when you don't know anything about it.

"So, do you play quidditch?" Jenna asked me.

I looked at her blankly before remembering, Quidditch was the main sport here, not Quodpot. "Yeah, I play." I said.

"Do you think you'll go out for your house team? All of them have open spots" Ashley said.

"It depends on the spots."I said. I couldn't be a chaser because you have to pay attention to much, I couldn't be a seeker because there would be to much pressure and I couldn't be a beater because I have poor aim and would probably be hitting my own team half of the time.

"I think Warren of Slytherin is gone for chaser, God have mercy if you're put there. Diggory and Abbot are out for chaser for Hufflepuff. Chang and Boot are out for chaser and keeper for Ravenclaw and Weasley and McKinnon are out for beater and keeper of Gryffindor." She explained. I nodded my head and thought.

"Well, I can only really play keeper which means I'm limited to either getting on Gryffindor or Ravenclaw."

"And I pray you make Gryffindor." Lily said excitedly. I smiled and zoned out, thinking of how much I was afraid of going to school. Would they be nothing but Mary-Sues and Billy-Bob's at this school? Or could there possibly be some normal people?

A few minutes after I learned to block out the girls' noise, the compartment door slid open and 4 boys stood there. I noticed right off the bat how good looking they were. Only one didn't seem to fit. Where as the other three were tall and lean and muscular, he was short and plump and loked watery around the edges. The girls all got up and went to one of the boys, seeming to pair off. Lily went to a medium height boy with short,messy black hair and glasses. He smiled a lopsided grin when he saw her and pulled her to him, kissing the top of her head. Jenna went to the one that looked like a play boy. He had long,shaggy black hair and laughing eyes the color of warm chocolate. They hugged and went into a lip lock,sitting down on a chair with her on his lap. I expected Ashley to go to the third tall one. The one with sandy brown hari and deep hone brown eyes. I was surprised to see her go to the watery looking boy. He had a pointed nose and watery blue eyes. I thought he looked like a rat. He didn't seem like one though, not at all. Quite the contrary, he looked like a loyal rat to the other boys. Not that I've ever seen a loyal rat, it was just an expression.

"Katie, these are the Gryffindor boys. This is my boyfriend James Potter. That's Sirius Black,"She pointed to the boy making out with Jenna,"Peter Pettigrew,"The boy holding Ashley,"And Remus Lupin" The boy by himself.

All of the boys said hiSirius took a break from his make-out session to say hi breathlessly before going back to Jenna but when Remus said hi, I noticed something about him. I know most people say 'when I saw him, a shock ran through me and I knew it was love' but that's not it. I noticed how gentle and sensitive his face was. How each line seemed to be drawn out and how he seemed to always have a thoguthful look on his face. Another thing I noticed was how his eyes gleamed. They seemed shadowed by a burden not meant for him,yet full of life and compassion. All of this I noticed in the minute we looked at each other to say 'hi'. Then I went back to regular mode and just noticed that he seemed like a boy I would want as a friend.

A few minutes later I got to know all of the Gryffidor 7th years very well and by the time the train pulled to a stop, I was grasping my rabbit foot tight, crossing my fingers, and rapping wood with my knuckles that I would be placed in Gryffindor.