DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER

The blinding sun shone through the old panes of glass of the castle causing me to open my eyes. It took me a while to realise where I was. I was curled up in a four poster bed, in a circular room sharing it with four other girls. These were Rebecca, Bethanie, Lucy and a girl I dint no that well called Alex. She was very shy and hadn't talked to me much but she seemed a nice enough girl.

I was guessing that it was nearly time to get up and get ready but I was so warm under my duvet I really didn't want to get out of it. I was only September but the air around me was cold, if it got any worse I would never be up early in time to get ready for my new lessons. Today I had to though so I flung the duvet off me and ignored the protesting Goosebumps that were beginning to appear on my arm. Today was my first full day as a Hogwarts student, I had all of my lessons to go to and fit in with the rest of the school. I had my Gryffindor uniform to put on and I made a special effort with my hair and my makeup, my dad had always told me that first impressions were always very important.

Walking through the common room was so strange to me, at my last school we didn't have a place like this to go to especially not as comfortable as this. There were lots of soft and welcoming chairs to go and sit down on; there was also the large fireplace which gave the place a homely feel. It also warmed the area considerably, you could feel the difference compared to my room. I noticed a particularly old and squishy looking chair closer toward the fireplace; it looked like the perfect chair to sit in at the end of a cold and long day. So that is where I would probably be at the end of the day.

I had decided to get down to the great hall for breakfast early, better to be early than late. As I climbed out of the portrait hole, which would take me a while to get used to, I found myself in a corridor with different pathways wanting to take me to different places. I had no idea where I was supposed to be going, last night I hadn't really being paying attention to where I was going I just let my feet travel and I followed them willingly. I was still in great shock; I really couldn't believe that I had met my all time idol. I decided that the best course of action would be to go downwards as the great hall was on the bottom floor. I made my way to the first staircase that I found and started to make my decline. As I nearing the end my foot stepped on a stair, which then completely disappeared. Where did it go? Oh shit I thought. I pulled on my leg to no avail it was completely stuck. I stood there pulling on my leg as hard as I could, tears threatening to run down my face and ruin the look that I had spent so much time perfecting this morning. What the hell was I going to do now? What a great way to start the day, I looked around to see if there was anyone around that could help me, but my plan of getting up early had prevented that. I really didn't know what to do.

Then a strong hand wrapped itself around my leg and pulled it with ease out of the stair that was holding on to it so tightly. I was so relieved that without any thought I turned around and launched myself around my saviour, wrapping my arms around their neck and shouting thanks in their ear.

"No problem, it used to happen to me all the time when I first came here. You just have to learn which stairs you have to jump." Harry replied to my thanks.

"Oh God Harry I am so sorry I really didn't mean to jump on you like that I just really wanted to make such a good first impression then I have to go ruin it by being such a clumsy idiot. Well i'm just gald that there was no one else around to see it, I just have to be embarrassed around you now." I blushed. Of all the people to fling me self on to Harry Potter the only person that it would have made it even more of a disaster would have been Albus Dumbledore.

"Don't worry about it; I won't breathe a word to anyone."

Then he winked at me with a perfect smile forming across his face which just left me a little star struck and completely speechless.

"BREAKFAST"

"Erm ok then Sarah, that's where I am headed I take it you want me to join you then."

All I could do was nod. I didn't want to make the situation worse, so Harry led the way and I trailed behind him trying to conceal the utter embarrassment that was going on in my head. By the time that we made it to the great hall even though I had set out early was almost half full. I carefully looked around as we walked down trying and memorise my way.

My day has become no better as the time passed. Everyone knew each other, they knew all the teachers and what they were doing in the lessons. I didn't. I stumbled into every classroom last, my choice as I wanted to see where the empty seats were and not sit in someone else's. The only plus side was Harry and Ron. I now have someone to sit next to in some of my lessons, defence against the dark arts and potions.

As I walked into the great hall I was exhausted, a day in the life of a Hogwarts students was hard, I was just going to have to get used to it. I looked around to find a good seat and espied on next to Ron, so before anyone else could sit in it I half ran over. I tried to look sophisticated as I sat down the last thing I needed was another clumsy mistake. As I sat down Ron turned towards me to see who had sat down and gave me a large smile and instantly turned around. He wasn't with Rebecca; this was strange they were always together.

"Hey Sarah, how was your first day? It must be really strange to have your first experience of Hogwarts at your age."

"It was ok really, a lot harder than I thought. You get so much homework. I already have three essays to do and it's only the first day."

I was so starving that I just let Ron talk to me about all the homework he was getting, the teachers he didn't like and ways in which he could try to get revenge. Snape seemed to be his main choice here.

"I would really love to twist his big nose, using gloves of course imagine the grease, stick his broomstick where the sun doesn't shine and stick him head first in his own bubbling cauldron."

I burst out with laughter at this point, I spat half chewed potatoes all over the people sat opposite me and had to clutch me side I was laughing so bad. My elbow flew out and knocked all my cutlery off the table. Embarrassed I bent down to pick them up, at the same time as Ron. Our hand met ant grabbed each others instead of the fork on the floor centimetres below. I lifted me head and Ron had copied our faces and inch from the others. Our eyes locked. I could feel his warm soft breath on my cheek.

"Ron…, what are you doing?"