A/N: YAAAAY I GOT TWO REVIEWS!!!! I feel so loved. lol. Well, I'm finding I can't make a good place yet for Chapter 3 to end, so I decided to go ahead and break my promise and post Chapter 1 anyway. Be happy. I don't know when the next time I'll be able to post is, considering that I am a Sophomore in High School and am taking IB, International Baccalaureate (if I spelled that right at all...), so my classes are hard and we get a lot of homework. I'm actually supposed to be studying for my science test right now, but I decided to take a minute to type up Chapter 3. Here goes!!!

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Chapter 1 The First Day

I stepped onto Platform 9¾ that first day and was immediately awestruck. It was just Ma and I; Jon had volunteered to stay behind to watch Petunia when she refused to go onto the platform. He didn't want to go on either, but Ma and I didn't know that then.

I pushed my trolley towards the scarlet steam engine while gazing at my surroundings in amazement. There were students greeting each other, and I could pick out accents from all over England as I heard snippets of conversations. I smiled and thought Good. I don't have to worry about me own faint Irish Brogue. I'd met plenty of people unused to me accent who were unable to understand me. Although I knew mine was faint for being a true Irish lass like meself.

After saying goodbye to Ma, I heaved my trunk onto the train. Looking into compartments as I passed, I finally found one that seemed empty. I entered and stowed my trunk full of what seemed to be bricks in the rack. As I did so, I was quite surprised to hear a boy's voice behind me.

"Hello," he said.

I jumped a little before turning around. The boy was quite chubby with messy black hair, hazel eyes and glasses. He sounded very nice.

"Hi," I replied, a little shyly. He smiled and I sat down across from him.

We talked for the whole train ride, James and I. He told me about life as a pureblood once he found out I was Muggleborn, and explained the many differences between our worlds. I had no idea there would be no electricity or calculators at Hogwarts. (A/N: I know then don't have math, but she's a Muggleborn, she didn't know what the classes would be...) After hearing them, I was glad his parents had brought him up knowing both worlds, that way I didn't have to explain such "phenomenon" as electricity and ballpoint pens. James and I became fast friends

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Seeing the castle for the first time after we got off the train made me stop in me tracks. I gazed up at the huge structure and couldn't take it all in. A third year next to me followed my gaze and smiled.

"I remember my first view of the castle," she said. Then she grinned. "The novelty of it wears off quickly though."

I smiled shyly back and made for the large man calling the first years over. He introduced himself as Rubeus Hagrid and asked us to get into the boats. James and I hopped into one and were joined shortly by two boys, Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. They seemed nice enough until they started insulting "mudbloods." That's just a nasty way to say Muggleborns, as James had warned me on the train. Apparently they assumed I was a pureblood like them, or at least a half-blood. I don't think they understood the reason for my glare that night until classes started.

The Sorting was the epitome of nervousness that day. Luckily I was placed in Gryffindor. James had told me about the four houses on the train, and Gryffindor definitely seemed like the best. I wasn't surprised at all to see satisfied smirks on the faces of Malfoy and Snape once they were Sorted into Slytherin. I could understand the hat's choice.

I can't remember any of the trip up to the common room after the feast, because I was stuffed to me limits. I said goodnight to James in the common room and collapsed into me bed once I stumbled into my dorm room. The next thing I knew, it was morning and I couldn't wait to start my classes.

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A/N: The XxXx thing is what i'm gonna start to use to denote passage in time/change in Lily's topic if it doesn't just flow together and the beginning and end of chapters. I must thank my wonderful reviewers, because not only was I waiting to write more before posting this, I also wanted to see what (if any) feedback I recieved. Next chapter will be the beginning of the plot thickening, and will explain the second to last line in the prologue. Other than that, you get no hints. sticks out tounge ha! I win! lol. anyway...I should get back to studying my Science and doing my Spanish it's almost 11...

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--Rowan