A/N-Okay! The less then longawaited next chapter! Please tell me what you think.

The week passed quickly as they often did when you felt something coming up was a mistake. Lizzy almost didn't want to get out of bed the morning they were to go shopping with the Weasleys. What if they knew? Knew that everything was wrong. She was no witch; she could plainly tell Dumbledore why she didn't first get the letter, she wasn't supposed to go to a school for something she's not.

She dressed as slow as possible, and made her way, stumbling, down the stairs. He siblings were already eating breakfast. "Are they coming too?" She mumbled to her parents while nodding toward the younger children.

"Well I don't see why not." Lizzy nodded, she didn't mean for that to sound rude, she was just asking. She made no move to correct her words however, what was the point. They should know what she meant.

The doorbell rang a few moments later. It was Harry. "The Weasleys are outside waiting. We're going to go by floo powder. Mrs. Figg's hooked up." The Johnsons didn't know what this meant but moved aside so that Harry and the Weasleys could enter.

They Weasleys turned out to be a family of red headed people. They had two children, (though Harry said they had a few older ones that moved out) one boy that was Harry's age and a girl that was Lizzy's.

One by one they flung the powder into the fireplace and said "The Leaky Cauldron," and one by one they disappeared.

They landed in a corner of a dark pub. All the people in it looked so weird; they were all wearing those choir robes Lizzy had drawn so many times before. Mr. Weasley hurried them into a back room where they faced a brick wall. He touched some bricks and it gave way to a huge archway. The Johnsons gasped.

They went around Diagon Alley buying school supplies. The Johnsons gasped at everything. They stopped at Ollivander's to get Lizzy's wand (Unicorn Hair, Yew, 9 inches), after they had finished Harry had taken Lizzy to Eeylop's.

"Hagrid got me an owl when I first went to school. It was it was my birthday, but I think every student should have an owl. Pick one out."

Lizzy's eyes widened. "You're buying me an owl?!" Harry nodded, smiling. Lizzy flung herself around his neck and hugged him. "Thank you!!" and she ran off to find an owl.

She settled on a barn owl. It had been looking at her since she entered, and it just seemed right. They paid for it and left, Lizzy still beaming. She showed it to her siblings. "What should I name him?"

"Apollo!" Emma cried, and the name stuck.

Lizzy stayed with the Weasleys the rest of them summer. They told her what to expect, and who to look out for.

Lizzy sent Apollo to her family at the end of the summer saying good-bye and that she'll miss them, that she'll come home for the holidays and that she'll write often.

They went to King's Cross together along with another girl who had also stayed with the Weasleys, but not as long. Her name was Hermione Granger.

They had explained to Lizzy how to walk through the wall, and soon they were in their own compartment. They talked about what to expect and up coming classes. Lizzy soon found out that once she caught up, she should be in Ginny's classes (that is if she was in the same house).

They reached the school with no problems (except for a short visit from Malfoy). The four Griffindors waved good-bye to Lizzy as she went to join the first years on the boats.

Lizzy felt awkward and tall as she rode with the other first years. She had a boat with only one other occupant in it, a small girl with dull brown hair pulled up into pigtails. She kept glancing up at her as if she expected Lizzy to do something and then glancing back down quickly whenever she saw that Lizzy was looking.

They got to the castle a bit too slow for Lizzy's liking, and she hurried off the boat with a new passion to get away from the girl. She ran up the stairs with the rest of the students and was met by a tall strict looking woman. She reckoned it was "McGonagall" by Harry, Ron and Hermione's descriptions of her.

"Good Evening, I am Professor McGonagall." Bingo. Lizzy zoned out the rest of the speech, it was something about rule breaking, and points. Next thing they knew she left through a pair of double doors.

Lizzy immediately noticed that the rest of the first ears were all staring at her. Feeling uncomfortable she started edging away. But where to go? I'm surrounded. As she was thinking about running back down the stairs and back on the boats, Professor McGonagall came back. She beckoned them to follow.

They entered a huge dining hall where four large tables where set next to each other and one at the front. They walked between two of the tables and towards the one where all the teachers were sitting. There was a hat set on a three-legged stool.

Lizzy watched it with mild curiosity, the three previous children had told her about this as well, but she had expected a magnificent hat not the ripped and torn one that lay before her. The hat suddenly split at the brim and began to sing. (A/N- I really don't feel like making up a song right now. You can pretend right?) The whole hall clapped when it sung its last note, and fell silent again.

"When I call your name, please step forward and place the hat on your head."

Lizzy looked around, she was never too good at waiting around in lines. She began to zone out as, "Adams, Heather," was sorted into Hufflepuff. She was thinking what you had to do.

Well, obviously she had to put on the hat. That's a give in...hm...I wish they had told me about this part, at least then I'd be ready. What could that hat possible do?...

Lizzy continued thinking to herself, until "Jaeger, Patricia" was sorted into Ravenclaw. Oh! Crap! They're on J's! "Jacons, Brian." Oh, man! This is it! "Jones, Edward." I could be next! "Judd, Bethany." THEY SKIPPED ME?!?!?! Lizzy looked around, scared. Her eyes fell on the Griffindor table where she saw Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny, all looking very confused.

Maybe...maybe if I just walk out now while they're still sorting they'll never notice. I knew they made a mistake! Why didn't I just stay home?

Lizzy stood feeling oddly exposed. She had nowhere to run, and no where to hide and no matter how much she tried, she couldn't think of a plan of escape. She knew she was running out of time when "Yagar, Trisha" was sorted into Ravenclaw. "Zachariah, Tomas" was sorted into Griffindor, and Lizzy was left completely alone. She could feel people staring at her.

"We do have a new student transferring to Hogwarts. She will join the fifth year class, once she is caught up. Johnson, Elizabeth."

Lizzy couldn't help her legs shaking. She felt as if they would give way any moment. She sat down on the stool and waited. The hat was placed on her head, but unlike the first years, she was able to see the Hall staring at her with out the cover of the hat over her face.

Hm...she heard a voice in her ear. Yes, yes. Secrets, so many secrets. What secrets? Some you know about, some you don't, now let's see...quite smart yes...and loyal too, and brave. Hm...where to put you? Now...ah yes! That's it. "GRIFFINDOR!"

She took the hat off and walked shakily toward the Griffindor table. She sat between Ron and Ginny. "We thought you'd never be sorted. You were up there forever," Ron said but was cut off when Dumbledore started talking.

"Hello, and welcome to another year at Hogwarts. First years please note that the Forbidden Forest is, in fact, forbidden. It is for your own protection. And those that did not know, Lord Voldemort has indeed come back to power, so we ask that you do panic and please stay on the ground. And, on a happier note, let the feast begin!"

At his words the plates in front of them were filled with food, and they all began dishing up. "I'm really I got sorted with you guys. At least I know somebody, and don't have to start all alone." Everyone else was busy eating and didn't answer. Lizzy shrugged, stuffed her mouth and joined them

At the end of the feast, the prefects called to the students and told them to follow them. They walked to a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress, "The new password is Winkerdoodle." The picture swung open to revel an opening in the wall. They walk through, immediately found their dorms and went to sleep.

A/N- Yes, yes. I know it's a bit rushed but I'm going on vacation (ugh, family), and I wanted to get a chapter up before I left. Where I'm going they don't have a computer (it's like Hell). Anyway, review!