Okay, this was posted before but I had to change it so it was in 3rd person POV.

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the Harry Potter characters but Kara is all ours (yes there are 2 of us that do this together.).

"I'll see you when we get there", Kara's brother Barry called over his shoulder as he went to join his friends. She waved and turned towards the Hogwarts Express. The large scarlet train was familiar to her by now, as she was entering her 6th year as a Gryffindor there. Barry, a Ravenclaw, was 17, and in his final year at the most prestigious school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world.

Kara boarded the train and headed to the back to find an empty compartment. As she settled in, she heard someone shout "Hey, O'Connell, how was your summer?" She turned around and found herself facing her good friends, James Potter and Remus Lupin. "Hey, James, Remie," she smiled as Remus winced at his nickname, which she had given him in their first year at Hogwarts. Before she get any further into your conversation, her best friend, Lily Evans, ran into the compartment and hugged her.

"Kara how was your vacation? I missed you so much! How was Connecticut?" Meanwhile, James was ruffling his hair, trying to make it look like he'd just stepped off his broom. Kara and Remus held back snickers. James was forever trying to impress Lily. So far it wasn't working. She still despised him. Lily let go of you and James asked, "How's it goin', Evans?"

"Well, Potter, it was "goin'" fine until you decided to stick your fat head into my business." Kara rolled her eyes at Remus and he moved over to talk to her.

"Hey Kara," he asks above Lily and James' shouts, "How was your summer?"

"Great!" She responded enthusiastically, "We just got back from home last week." She was from Connecticut, but moved to England with her mom and brothers when she was 10. Her dad still lived in the states. Her parents were happily married, but careers forced them to live on different continents. At first she was upset about moving to England, but it didn't bother her now. She had friends, and Hogwarts was great.

A sudden clicking of fifty high heeled shoes and the squealing of a posse of Barbie dolls, also known as "the fan club", turned the attentions of the four of them to the only person accompanied by those sounds almost 24 hours a day- James' best friend and accomplice, Sirius Black.

"Excuse me ladies," Sirius says apologetically as he shut the door to the compartment in their faces.

"Hey, Prongs, still workin' that good old fashioned Potter charm on Evans, I see. Any more successful this year?" Lily and James' glares answered his question. "Guess not," he chuckled. Kara sighed. Sirius Black was not her favorite person in the world, to say the least. From the way he treated her, she assumed the feeling was mutual.

"O'Connell," he said coolly.

"Black," she nearly spat back at him. He turned to Remus, and Kara looked him over. As much as she disliked him most of the time, he wasn't bad looking. With his shaggy black hair and steel gray eyes, not to mention his broad, muscular chest, he wasn't exactly unfortunate looking. Far from it, in fact. She snapped yourself out of her trance at a commotion in the compartment. It didn't matter what he looked like, she told herself. He was still Sirius Black.

Kara looked over to see what the disturbance was, and saw James arguing with a greasy haired, hook nosed boy. Severus Snape. As she started to join the group, she heard James yell, and Snape went flying out of the compartment, knocked out cold. James and Sirius grinned, satisfied. There was someone who wasn't so thrilled, however.

"Potter! You've been on the train for 10 minutes, you arrogant, self centered, conceited, depraved..." the list of insulting adjectives went on and on, as Lily shouted herself hoarse at James. Sirius and Remus didn't bother to hide their amusement, although Kara did cover your smile... for a few seconds.

The rest of the train ride was uneventful; James and Sirius sharing heated conversation about the House Quidditch teams this year. Kara and Sirius, along with James, were on the team. Sirius was a Beater, and she and James were both Chasers. Lily yelled at James some more, and Remus read a book... surprise surprise, something new and different for him! (Notice extreme sarcasm). A few hours later, they arrived at Hogwarts.