Hey, I'm sorry I didn't get this chapter up as fast as I wanted to. I wanted to wait and see if anyone got the contest. The answer was Usagi from Sailor Moon. Congratulations i love zuko, you're in this chapter (and maybe others!).

Along with i love zuko are some other friends of mine. They may or may not be in other chapters. Depends on if they win any contests! Enjoy!

The train had pulled into the Hogwarts station just after dark, and most of the students complained about empty stomachs and being tired as they left the train. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Kat had gotten off of the train in time to hear a familiar call.

"Firs' years over 'ere," called out Hagrid with a ring of small first years surrounding him.

"Well, that's my cue," said Kat as she walked over to Hagrid and the other first years. It was quite a funny site. The tallest first year came up to her elbow, and most looked scared and confused while she looked anything but.

"Meet you at dinner!" Ron called after her, only to receive a quick elbow in his side from Hermione.

"We don't even know if she'll be in our house," She reminded him, and he sighed and climbed into a carriage after Harry.

After a long ride in the carriages and quick walk to the great hall, everyone was talking about Kat and what happened on the train.

"I heard she broke Malfoy's nose!" cried one boy, a Ravenclaw fourth year, in sheer delight to his friends.

"I heard he cried for ever and even called her some pretty horrible names," said a fifth year Hufflepuff girl.

"He deserved it," Ron whispered to Seamus and Dean, two Gryffindor fifth years. "He called her a mudblood." He looked over to the Slytherin table to see how Malfoy was taking the news, and saw him scowling back.

Then, as the usual custom, Professor Mc Gonagall led in the first years, and an air of excitement filled the room. Everyone had wanted to see the new American girl who had broken Malfoy's nose, and there was obvious disappointment when she wasn't among them. Some of the Slytherins whispered to each other that she was sent back home before the year even started.

Then Professor Mc Gonagall pulled out the Sorting Hat and placed it on a stool. Then she proceeded to name out all of the first years until all of them had been sorted into their houses. When she had finished with the names, Mr. Filch walked up and took away the Sorting Hat and stool, and Professor Mc Gonagall walked forward.

"This year, Hogwarts will be taking part in an exchange student program with other schools," she began, looking up and down all of the tables of students. "We have had one of our students, Miss Lavender Brown, go to Tencendor, the American wizarding school. So in her place, we will be receiving a fifth year girl to take her place in Gryffindor house." Her eyes stopped on Harry and she smiled. "I would like you all to welcome Miss Katherine Thomas." As she finished her speech, the Gryffindor table jumped up and cheered for their new member. Kat walked in the room and took the empty seat next to Ron. "Thanks for saving me a spot," she whispered to him as she sat down, and his face flushed red.

This time, Professor Mc Gonagall walked back to her seat and Dumbledore stood up, making the room go quiet. "A reminder for first years," he said with a slightly creeky voice, "that the Forbiden Forest is off limits to all students. Now, let the feast begin!" and the once-empty plates where now filled with food.

"So why didn't you tell us you were in Gryffindor?" asked Hermione with interest before anyone could even take a bite. Ron and Harry looked at Kat. They had both been wondering the same thing.

"You know teachers," she replied with a sarcastic sigh. "They always want to be the ones with the big surprises."

This made the new friends laugh. They then dug into the food, all starved from aving candy from lunch and talking about their classes.

None of them could wait till they got back to the Gryffindor Common Room and they all sat down on couches to rest.

"Hey, I'll be right back!" Kat called as she ran up the stairs to the girl's dorms.

"I wonder what she's getting," said Ron, and Harry shrugged.

"Who knows?"

Moments later, Kat ran back down the stairs with a small, thin rectangle in her hands. People had started to gather in the common room to see what their newest member had.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet my Dell," she said as she held out the rectangle.

"A dell?" asked Fred and George together as they looked over Kat's shoulders as she sat down.

"Yeah," replied Kat, opening up her laptop and pushing the on button. "My computer. A muggle thing. It can let people talk to each other from different countries. I know, I know," she said, raising a hand to silence Hermione as she opened her mouth to object, "muggle things won't work here. But at Tencendor, we learned how to jinx things so that they can work no matter where they are, including my iPod and cell phone. They're up in my bag." And as she stopped talking, she got on the internet and logged on to AIM under kittykat4eva.

She typed:

kittykat4eva- hey guys, wasabi?

Then suddenly, more words popped up:

i love zuko: omg, we started at t today. hows h?

Harry looked at her in wonderand asked, "What's t and h?"

"Tencendor and Hogwarts. Now shush," she replied as she began to busily type away.

SMHBubbles- yeah, you've been gone since we t let out in spring.

kittykat4eva- I came to h to get a tour. any new guys?

Dark Magician Grrl- no, just the usual. Any hot guys?

kittykat4eva- I can't say

i love zuko- wtf (A/N sorry if you don't really talk like that) why not?

azure orbis- heyya! why won't you tell us? 

XEye-Of-The-WolfX- stupid loser liar Hogwarts at face

chickenhope- come on! just tell us!

kittykat4eva- i won't tell you for a very good reason. they are all watching over my shoulder

SMHBubbles- omg! really!

kittykat4eva- yep

Ron and Harry looked at each other over Kat's laptop. They both laughed at each other's faces. They were both blushing deeply but wanted to know if she meant them.

i love zuko- tell us their names! i wanna know!

chickenhope- yeah, you can't do this to us

Dark Magician Grrl- oh, sure. you get to go to a new school for a year full of hot guys and we're stuck here with the same old same old.

kittykat4eva- sorry, can't have to go!

XEye-Of-The-WolfX- what! you'r lying

kittykat4eva- and your point is?

i love zuko- if you don't tell us i will personally come over there and MAKE you tell me!

kittykat4eva- well, there's too many here to list them all, so ya'll just have to come over here and meet them. I bet they'd like it. right, Harry?

SMHBubbles- WHAT? HARRY POTTER!

kittykat4eva- sorry guys, Harry and I need to leave! Bye!

And she stopped typing and turned off her computer. While she had been typing, Kat had attracted most of the Gryffindors. Everyone, as if on cue, started laughing crazily. In all of the confusion and chaos of the next few minutes, Kat had pulled away Harry and Ron and told them, "Well, now you've met all of my crazy American friends." and her and Hermione ran up the stairs before they got mobbed by more people.

Sorry, no contest!