Adia Lindenbalm ran down Platform 9 3/4 , bumping into people and carts. She didn't notice the angry witches and wizards as they called to her to slow down and watch where she was going. She only had one thing on her mind, to make it to the train before her older brother did. Only when she had jumped upon the scarlet train did she stop and turn around, waiting for her brother to catch up.

"Ha, I beat you, You owe me a chocolate frog," Adia exclaimed as soon as her brother was within hearing distance.

"Fine, but you have to promise to leave me alone after that. No coming anywhere near me or my friends," Kaden replied.

"That's not fair! I haven't seen Guy in forever. I need to talk to him about which quiddich teams have the most promise this year so I can get into it's house."

"It doesn't work that way, and you know it. Now go make some friends. I don't need you hanging around with me all year just because you couldn't show any initiative."

"Fine," Adia stormed off to find a compartment, but had a last minute thought, "I'll let you deal with my trunk then since you've already given me a job. I'll get my robes from you later."

It wasn't as though Adia didn't think she could make new friends, she though to herself as she walked the narrow corridors of the train, she had plenty at her old school before she came to Hogwarts. She would just have to make some new ones. She spotted a compartment that only had one occupant in it and slid open the door.

"Hi, could I sit here?" she asked, and the girl looked up from the book she was reading. She had straight blond hair and blue eyes. She looked shy, and Adia assumed that she was a slight bookworm.

"Sure, what's your name," the girl asked.

"Adia, how about yours?"

"Talor, I'm a first year. Are you?"

"Yeah, but I have an older brother that goes to Hogwarts. His names Kaden, he's a third year in Hufflepuff. You'll recognize him by his hair, which is bright blue."

Talor looked startled, "You're parent's let him dye his hair blue?"

"Yeah, there the kind of people who think if you let your kids do what they want, they won't turn againt their parents later. It gets old sometimes. I've never had a bedtime and they've never cared about my grades. I don't like them much."

"It sounds like it would be really cool to have parents like that. My mom is really strict. She won't let me do anything, ever. I was surprised she even let me come here."

"Consider yourself lucky. So, what house do you want to be in?"

"Houses?"

"Oh, you're a muggleborn. Let me explain the houses to you. There are four, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. When we get to the school, we are going to be sorted into one of the four houses. Kaden says that we are going to have to fight a troll, but I don't believe him. He also says that the brave and curagous are put into Gryffindor, the loyal into Hufflepuff, smarties go into Ravenclaw, and ambitious and sneaky are put into Slytherin. I want to be in either Gryffindor or Raveclaw, and I wouldn't mind Hufflepuff, but I do not want to be put into Slytherin."

"Gryffindor and Ravenclaw sound okay, but I don't think I would like Hufflepuff. All they are is loyal. Sounds like they are all a bunch of pushovers."

"Yeah, they can be."

"What kind of classes are at Hogwarts?"

"What kind of classes are at Hogwarts?"

The two girls talked about Hogwarts, classes and quiddich for the rest of the trip to Hogsmeade station. By the time they arrived there, the girls were almost inseparable. They rode across the lake in the same boat with two other boys and were in complete awe when they entered the great hall for the first time.

They were lined up alphabetically, Talor was only five people ahead. It took about 15 minutes for the list to reach Talor, and she looked nervous as she climbed the steps to put on the sorting hat. Adia had been right, they didn't have to fight a troll.

The hat took about three minutes to decide where to put Talor before finally calling out,

"HUFFLEPUFF"

You could see the obvious look of disappointment of Talor's face as she walked to the Hufflepuff table, which was clapping despite how Talor felt.

It took another five minutes before they reached Adia, and when they did finally call her name, as walked up to the stool praying that she would be put into Hufflepuff so that she wouldn't have to make any new friends while at the same time hoping that she wouldn't be placed into Slytherin.

She placed the hat on her head and jumped slightly when she heard a voice, "Ah, a diffucult one. You have lots of ambition, a certain dream of leaving your parents house? Brave, also, not afraid to stand up for yourself or others. You don't want to be in Slytherin, you say. I must tell you, it would be the best house for you. I think I will…"

"SLYTHERIN."

There was a slight pause before a loud, "Noooo…" was heard coming from the small girl on the stool.