Hello once more... it's been a LONG time since I've posted, sorry... but now I have a REASON to update! I've offically gotten my first review! laughs Thank you so much BlueMoonChild89! So! This is for you! (i know things move a bit quickly here, but oh well... lol) Enjoy...

"What do you think you are doing!" hissed a voice from behind Katherine and Julia. They both spun around shocked and startled and looked at who had grabbed them. He was a teenager of no more than sixteen. He was very tall and extremely lanky. His pale skin stood out against his chin length greasy black hair. But it was his nose that stood out…it was abnormally large and severely crooked.

"I think we should be asking you that!" Julia spat, trying not to stare at his…odd appearance.

The boy raised a bushy black eyebrow, "Well…I am informing you that your daft ways might very well become problematic between us and the local muggles present here."

Katherine and Julia looked at each other and then back at the grease-ball that stood in front of them. "Muggles?" They inquired, slightly confused.

The wizard took a step back as if offended in some way. "What?" he snarled, "You don't know the term 'muggle'? Surely yo-"

"In case you haven't noticed…" Katherine began stepping towards him.

"We're new!" Julia finished with a stern tone.

Retaliating, the stick of a boy pulled out his wand ominously and took another step back from Katherine. She glanced back at Julia…they didn't have their wands …they were packed up with the rest of their school books and robes. They hadn't thought that they would need them until after classes started.

"Ignorant mudbloods! Both of you!" he continued to point his wand at Katherine though his eyes were darting madly between the both of them, still backing up as he did so; trying to get better aim…until he ran into another dark haired boy. (Although, from what Julia and Katherine could tell, this one was far better looking…)

"You'd best watch where you're goin', Snivellus!" he said pushing the fragile boy away from him, "I don't want your grease all over my clean clothes!"

Katherine tried to hide a giggle but couldn't, and Julia just let out a hardy laugh; bringing attention back to them…

"Shut up, you mudbloods!" 'Snivellus' sneered. They could obviously tell he was embarrassed. The other boy grabbed his own wand and pointed it at the first, "Don't you ever use that word in the presence of anyone, let alone these young ladies, Snape!"

Snape scoffed, "Still trying to show off, Potter? Or do you need your little friends to back you up?"

"Why don't you just go back to whatever oil well you came from?" Katherine barked at Snape.

Snape spun around, "Why you—"

"That means leave!" Potter pointed his wand at Snape's head threateningly.

He glared at Potter.

"Now!" Potter yelled.

"I'll be sure to make this year hell for you boy! That goes for you as well, Mudbloods!" Snape turned sharply on his heel and stormed off through the entrance to platform nine and three quarters.

Julia blew a raspberry in the direction Snape had left. "Bastard…" she muttered.

"You ladies alright?" the boy called 'Potter' asked as he came closer towards them.

"Oh, yeah…" Katherine said turning back to him, "We're fine. Thanks though…"

He smiled. He was indeed a lot more handsome than that Snape kid. His hair was dark; it looked black but was, in fact, a deep brown. His hair looked a mess, but it was obviously clean. His blue-grey eyes resided behind a pair of glasses. He was skinny, but not at all weak, and he had a seemingly 'over-confident' smile.

"Yep! We're fine!" Julia chirped.

Potter smiled, "Good! Now we should be off… The express should be leaving soon…"

The three of them gathered their things and traveled to the hidden platform. Potter nonchalantly leaned against it, while Katherine and Julia were a bit less discreet.

Once they had arrived on the other side, they found Emily pacing and muttering something under her breath. She soon noticed them and marched over.

"What the hell took you so long?" she bellowed. They all took a step back.

"Um…" Katherine started. "We had a bit of trouble with someone…."

"Well, so did I!" Emily threw her hands up into the air.

Julia noticed that Emily's originally blue eyes were now…glowing slightly. "What did you do?" she asked, now alarmed. Katherine must have noticed this as well because she had already pulled out a pair of sleek, extremely dark sunglasses and handed them to Emily.

"Thanks." She muttered putting on the shades quickly.

"Now then…" Julia continued, "What happened?"

Emily looked at Julia who was still staring at her now shaded eyes, "Oh… I just got really pissed off at some total dick-head and punched him in the nose, that's all…Man did he have a nose…" She laughed, "It'll probably be even bigger now!" Julia and Katherine gaped at Emily, and Potter chose this time to speak. "You punched Snivellus in that freakishly huge nose!"

Emily looked at him confused, "Yeah…I guess so…"

Potter's eyes got huge and his smile even bigger, "God, I wished I could have been there! That is just awesome!" he continued talking to himself as he walked around in small circles. "I have to tell Sirius….Remus might not like that too much….but oh well….Peter…nawh…forget him…" The three girls stared at him intently as he paced about, unaware of the world around him.

"Hello?" Katherine waved at Potter as he remained in his 'trance'.

"Hey! Over here!" Emily had walked up to him and screamed in his ear, but at least it got his attention.

"What!" He blinked.

"Now…" Emily took off her sunglasses and batted her now blue eyes, "Could you please…tell me what the hell is going on!" Potter stumbled backwards, startled by Emily's aggressiveness. He smiled, "But of course!"

"Good. Now do get started…" Emily placed her hands on her hips again.

"Starting with your name, please." Katherine said as she and Julia joined the conversation.

"Potter, James Potter." He replied, trying to sound sexy.

Emily rolled her eyes, "Oh, how suave…" she sighed sarcastically.

"And you, dear lady?" He held out a hand to Emily.

"Emily Starling." She took his hand and gave it one brief shake. She tried to let go, but James had tightened his grip, and stared into her eyes as he brought her hand up to kiss it lightly. Emily snatched her hand back just after it, "Thank you very much. Now I have to get it sterilized." She turned and began rummaging through her bags for something to clean her now defiled hand on.

"I'm Julia Pace!" Julia held out her hand to James, secretly hoping he'd kiss her hand as well.

He smiled sweetly, "Pleasure to meet you." He did just as before. He took Julia's hand and gave it a brief kiss.

"I guess that chivalry isn't dead in England!" Julia beamed. This made James laugh, "It's one of its pluses, I suppose."

Katherine then made her entrance. "Katherine Snowden. Nice to meet you." She waved. James reached for her hand as well, but she quickly pulled it out of his reach. "Ah, sorry…no kiss for me, thank you…"

Julia sighed, "Katherine's not big on chivalry…"

"It died a long time ago and it's not coming back…" Katherine folded her arms across her chest with a determined look.

"Ok…" James turned his attention back to Emily, "So…what'd Snape say to you?"

Emily's anger returned, "Well, first he ran into me while I was waiting for Julia and Katherine and told ME to watch where I was going! Then he insulted my intelligence by claiming that I 'had no right to be at this school'…or something…" she paused, replaying the incident in her head. "Then he called me a….mumbledud…or…muddleboob…" she made a face while she stared at the ground. As if the answer was somewhere within the cobblestone walkway they were standing on. "Well, he called me something and pointed his stick at me!"

"So you punched him in the nose?" Julia asked taken aback.

Emily looked at her hand, which was a bit sore, and then to Julia, "Yep!"

"Bloody brilliant!" James was shaking his head and grinning.

"I take it you and that Snape guy don't get along to well?" Katherine gave James a look of questioning.

He laughed, "Yeah, you might say that we've hated each other's guts since our first year…" Everyone laughed.

"Wow…that's quiet a grudge…" Julia giggled.

James nodded, "Yeah…well…you know how it goes…" The three girls were about to agree when a loud male voice called: 'ALL ABORD'.

"I guess that's our cue to get moving!" Katherine began gathering her bags hurriedly. The rest of the young witches (and wizard) followed suit and grabbed their things as well.

"Right then!" James grunted as he slung a heavy-looking satchel over his shoulder. "Off we go!" He began in the direction of the Express.

"Lead the way, oh mighty one!" Emily sang sarcastically behind him. With that all four of them made their way to the Hogwarts' Express, and then to the place which they would call home for the next nine months.