Disclaimer: I do not claim to own the Harry Potter stories, (although that'd be freakin' a, money IS my best friend…) but I do own my one character in this story, Aranessa Savarati… which NONE OF YOU CAN HAVE!!! bwahaha! unless you ask first, and I say yes! == So, I'm not an expert writer, but you can deal with it!!! Feed back is welcome, flames invited AS LONG AS they are constructive… if you get stupid and/or rude, I will ignore you, seeing as I do not speak to either stupid people or rude ones… So, yeah… enjoy the story!!!

Chapter 1: The New Girl & The Last First Day

The new girl stared at the brick wall that was the platform of 9 and ¾. She pushed her bright aqua hair out of her face and her silver eyes shone vibrantly. This was to be her first year at Hogwarts and she was silently praying that it would be a good one… she definitely would have a full schedule this year. A seventh year student as well as another nifty little surprise that Dumbledore had informed her of only a month ago.

'So, this is it? Hogwarts Express on the other side of a brick wall… Well, I guess I've seen weirder things…' she thought, glancing around at the muggles running to and fro like little ants.

She had tried her best to fit in with the muggle crowd, but wasn't too sure if it was working quite well. Her clothes were normal enough for this lot, she supposed. She wore a white cotton shirt, with a pocket adorning each breast. A pleated black skirt hung just above her knees, with a pair of fish-net stockings and almost knee-high boots. But with aqua hair? She'd never fit in with muggles, that was for sure…

She pushed her pet-carrier, with her tiny kitten Luna, more securely onto her cart, and casually leaned onto the brick wall, slipping through unnoticed.

Once on the other side, she handed her ticket to the operator, and climbed on board. She found an empty room close to the end of the train, and put her things- a small trunk, a broom, and her pet-carrier- in an over-head storage area. Then she let Luna out of the cage and sat by the window, playing with the tiny white ball of fluff.

She sat in silence for just a few seconds, when three students bustled in. A tall, lanky red-head led the way, followed by a much shorter, bushy-brown haired girl, and a medium sized, slightly skinny kid with round black glasses.

"Sorry, but do you mind if we sit… with… you?" the red-head slowed down as he took an actual look at her. "Wow, new student…"

"Hello," she smiled at the three with a slight nod.

"Hello," the other girl answered with her own smile.

"So, do you mind?" the black haired boy asked.

"Not at all, please," she said, motioning for them to come in and sit.

"Uh, so you're new…" the red-head reiterated.

"Yes, my name is Aranessa Savarati."

"Ari- what?"

"You can call me Aura," she giggled, noticing the look of confusion on his face.

"Oh, I'm Ron Weasley," the red-head said, turning to let a small brown owl out of a cage.

"I'm Hermione Granger," the small girl nodded, letting out her large, squash-faced ginger cat, who immediately came towards Luna.

There was a slight pause, and then hesitation as the other boy introduced himself.

"I'm Harry Potter," he said, looking away out the window quickly.

Of course, she had heard of him, the boy who had escaped Voldemort in his infancy. Apparently though, the boy did not like the fame that accompanied such a thing. Who could blame him? Besides, being awe-struck of him, just for that, seemed quite callous… Who would want to be remembered for living, when everyone else had died? So she wanted to act as normal as possible.

"Nice to meet you all," she said, letting Luna go to play with the other cat.

"So, are you a Seventh year student?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, this will be my Seventh year."

"Good, maybe you'll be in our house, we're Gryffindors," Ron said, swatting at his owl. "Pig stop it, already."

"Gryffindors? No, I'll not be sorted… It is my only year, you know…"

"Oh, right," Hermione nodded. "Yes, I've read something pertaining to that in Hogwarts: A History…"

"Oh, you've gotten her started," Ron sighed, exasperatedly.

"Shut up, Ron," Hermione glared at him. "Anyways, but where will you sleep? You have to have housing somewhere-"

"Professor Dumbledore's taken care of all of that."

"He's a right-fine fellow," Harry smiled.

"Yes, he's been very good to me for the past few months, I must say," she smiled to herself, more than anyone else.

"Well, this year will hopefully be better than the last six, I hope," Ron sighed heavily, swiping at Pig again.

"Not with N.E.W.T.s, you can be sure," Hermione said grimly. Then she followed with, "And it is our last first day, which is really depressing, if you think about it…"

"Yeah," Harry mumbled, "a new girl and the last first day. Ought to be interesting."

Okay, I KNOW this is a short first chapter, but you'll politely have to DEAL WITH IT!!! XD Please, keep in mind, that I AM back in school, and I DO have a limited amount of time… I'll try to update every weekend, but that's not a guarantee, if I don't hold up to it, don't spaz!!! I am in the band, and this is a busy season for me… so yeah!!! Once again, I hoped you enjoyed it!