Hello Peeps! Sorry if it's been a long time, I didn't know how to start this chapter out. Also, even though I really don't think that Hay Lin's last name is Lin(No offense to, and I thank you reviewers who said that.), I'm gonna use that name. Also, any more pairing suggestions? In one part of the story, Will closes her hand when she senses danger, because in the books the Heart of Candracar comes of out her hand, she doesn't wear it as a necklace. Okay, enough of my babbling. Enjoy!

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Cornelia brushed her hair until it shined like a star. She had woken up at five- much earlier than the other Guardians- and took a shower immediately, to ensure that she would have enough time to get ready. Cornelia wanted to make a good impression on the other students at Hogwarts. Showing up looking like a total slob wouldn't help her make friends easily. Standing in front of the mirror, Cornelia put her hair up in a pristine bun, finally finishing it off with a couple of bobby pins. Smiling at herself, Cornelia went into the girls' shared room to pack. What she saw disturbed her. The other girls were running around the room wildly, trying to be ready by nine o'clock. Will looked as if someone had only just woken her up and rushed into the bathroom for a very quick shower. The others were hurriedly brushing their hair and teeth, while picking out their clothes at the same time. Calmly, trying to ignore the chaos, Cornelia went over to her bag, only to find that her clothes were strewn around her suitcase. If they hadn't been in a hotel, Cornelia would have screamed at the others. Angrily, she picked up her scattered clothes off the floor. After folding them neatly and putting them into her bag, Cornelia's anger subsided. She looked around and got up to pick out a nice ensemble from Will's suitcase, and laid it out on her bed. Cornelia figured that since she was ready, she might as well help poor Will out a bit. Putting the rest of her friends clothes in her overcrowded bag, Cornelia turned to gaze at her other friends. They had calmed down, and now were casually stuffing clothes into their bags, chatting aimlessly. Suddenly, Will burst out of the bathroom with her hair wet. She looked over to her bag, then at Cornelia. First there was a look of kindness in her eyes, then gratefulness. Will smiled hugely at her friend, looking very appreciative.

It was 8:45 by then, and Will quickly got on her clothes. She hurried to the bathroom and blow-dried her hair, finally brushing it out flat. Will sighed, glad to have finally gotten ready successfully. The clock chimed nine then, startling all of the Guardians. They rushed downstairs to find Hagrid waiting at a table.

He got up to go over to them and smiled brightly. "Ey, girls! Thanks for being on time, for we don't want to miss the train. So to not cause any alarm, we are going to get to King's Cross Station in a car."

W.I.T.C.H. couldn't believe their ears. They were all magical, powerful, and witches, but they had to take a car? The girls let out long breaths. They did understand, though, just wanted to see a good demonstration of magic. The group went outside, and found a fairly-new minivan parked partway on the curb. They all piled in and Hagrid got through the drivers door, making the car shake. As soon as the automobile turned on and lurched forward, the girls were afraid to be in any vehicle with Hagrid.

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After two and a half hours in a constantly braking car, and with a very sick Will, the Guardians arrived at their destination. The girls stared at King's Cross Station in awe, for they had never seen such a majestic building. Hagrid led them into the train station, pointing out where the platform was. All of the girls squinted their eyes, looking for a sign that said platform 9 3/4.

"Yeah, isn't there supposed to be a sign or something to tell us where to go?" Irma asked, ever the impatient Guardian.

"Come on Irma," Hay Lin explained, "Do you really think that witches and wizards would have a billboard advertising the fact that magic is real?"

"Oh..." Irma responded with a blank look on her face, which caused her friends to laugh.

Hagrid showed the group to a brick wall that stretched to the ceiling, between train platforms nine and ten. He gestured to the column, then said, "Here it is! Platform Nine and Three Quarters! You just step through the wall a-"

"Wait a minute," Cornelia interrupted, "We can't just go through a wall! We're not ghosts!"

"Although Corny can be as scary as one!" Irma whispered to Hay Lin, and they both giggled.

Cornelia glared at the two best friends, then gave Hagrid a questioning look.

He just grinned at Cornelia and responded, "Ah, but that's why we're magic!"

Hagrid stepped up to the bricks, then in a blink of an eye, he was gone.

The five friends gasped, then pondered about how to go through the 'portal'. "I guess we do just step through the wall," Will concluded. Gathering her suitcase and frog in her hands, Will walked through the brick column, and into a completely different train station than King's Cross. Looking around in wonder, Will waited for her friends to follow her lead and step through the bricks. Soon after Will came through, Taranee and Cornelia did too. Lastly, Hay Lin and Irma came into the station. The Guardians looked at the huge train, then around at the other witches and wizards. They all seemed to be getting on the locomotive with their bags, so W.I.T.C.H. did the same.

After finally finding an empty compartment, the girls relaxed. "I don't know about you guys," Taranee said, "But I really wish that I knew more about the wizarding world." The others all agreed, and laughed a bit.

It was 10:58, and Will looked up from where she was sitting to find Harry's face with a confused expression molded on it looking through their compartment window. As soon as he realized that she saw him though, Harry's face disappeared. "Hey guys," Will started, "Harry jus-"

Suddenly the compartment door opened, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione stepped in. They all smiled forcedly, and Ron said, "Erm, uh, there aren't any other seats open, can we stay in here?"

All of the Guardians, except for Will, smiled at the trio and Hay Lin said, "Of course!" Just then the train jolted, and started to leave the platform.

Hermione and her friends sat down, and looked at the girls curiously. "Okay, "Irma said, "Either we all have a giant tentacle sticking out of our foreheads, or something's wrong with you three."

The three friends looked surprised that Irma had said that. Harry recovered the quickest. "Oh, well, it's just that, that..."

"What?" all of the Guardians questioned at once.

Hermione aided Harry, "It's just that we never ever get new students at Hogwarts, except for, you know, first years."

"So, why are you here now, and how are you different?" Ron asked abruptly, getting right to the point.

W.I.T.C.H. was shocked, and had no idea how to answer. Just why were they late to getting to Hogwarts? "Um," Will replied, trying to think up a good excuse, "We just got our letters this year, and, well I guess because we're from America-"

"America?" the three newcomers questioned the W.I.T.C.H. group, "But we don't get students from America!"

"Oh, well then, um," Will stuttered now totally out of ideas. Luckily, the candy cart arrived then, relieving Will of making up another excuse.

"Would you like anything?" the old lady asked, and suddenly the girls were happy that they decided to bring a little bit of money to Hogwarts.

"Sure!" Irma, the candy-lover said, and took three chocolate frogs, two Bertie Bots Beans, and four packages of licorice off the cart. The lady looked surprised for a moment, then smiled serenely.

"Anything for you?" she turned to Harry and his friends. "Uh, sure," Harry replied and got a few chocolate frogs for him and his friends. Instantly, Ron grabbed a box and ripped it open.

Both of the Hogwarts students paid the senior, then sat back down. "So, you were saying?" Hermione asked the girls again, not giving up.

"We don't know why we got chosen to come here late," Cornelia said, a bit mad at the three, "I guess we're just special." Her friends suppressed giggles, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione raised their eyebrows. Cornelia just smiled a bit, not letting her embarrassment show.

"Well, apparently you don't know," Hermione said, "it's just strange that you're new." She said that, but they were still looking at the girls curiously.

From then on, the newfound friends just chatted, and occasionally started a real conversation. About twenty minutes before the planned arrival time, the train suddenly stopped. "What the?" Hermione questioned and looked out the window, "It's way too early for us to already be there."

The Guardians looked at each other, and Will instinctively closed her palm.

Suddenly, Will's head started buzzing. She felt as if the whole train was screaming and shouting, directly in her ear. She could hear everyone's conversation in her head, and they were giving her a major migraine. Will put her head in her hands, and rubbed her temples, not wanting to draw attention to herself. Unfortunately, Hermione and Taranee, always the observative and concerned ones, noticed.

"Will!" they both cried, and everyone looked at her. She pushed them all away, saying that she was fine. No need in having everyone fuss about her. Suddenly, the voices all got louder, and a feeling of panic washed over Will. She wavered a bit, then stabled herself once more. The headache only got worse. Unexpectedly, a black figure stopped outside their compartment window, then opened the door. It had on a black robe, with a dark hood covering it's facial features. That was the last thing Will saw before she fell onto the floor, passed out, and felt Harry topple over on her as well.

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Will opened her eyes a small crack, then closed them tightly again because of the harsh light that invaded her comforting darkness. "Will?" she heard a voice say. Will just groaned a little in return. "She's coming around!" the voice, which Will now recognized to be Taranee's yelled. "So is Harry!" Hermione replied.

"Will! Open your eyes! Talk! Do something!" Will frowned. Even though she was half unconscious, Irma was still annoying her.

"I'm...awake," Will replied to Irma's call.

Will felt a hand rest on her shoulder and a man's voice told her to eat something. Again, she painfully opened her eyes and saw a piece of chocolate being held in front of her face. Puzzled, Will took the chocolate, and looked up at the person who gave it to her. He smiled, "Eat it. It'll help"

Tentatively, Will took a small bite out of the candy and savored the sweet taste. She took another bite, and soon the chocolate was gone. Again, the man smiled. "Hi, I'm professor Lupin. I teach Defense Against The Dark Arts at Hogwarts." He held out his hand, and helped Will up.

"Will! I'm so glad you're okay! It scared me so much when you just fainted. And the same thing happened to Harry!" Hay Lin said, then the rest of the Guardians came and hugged her.

"Harry?" Will asked, "He passed out too?"

"Yeah! When that monster came to our door, you both just fainted on the spot!" Irma exclaimed, as if that was the most exciting thing in the world, "By the way, why did you faint?"

Will was about to answer, but then remembered that Harry, Ron, and Hermione were in the vicinity. Making a gesture with her head directed at the three fourth years, Will mouthed, "Later."

Her friends nodded, and they all smiled. Professor Lupin was helping Harry with the same treatment as he did Will at that moment. When Harry looked better, Will walked over to him and smiled, "I guess that sometimes fainting can be contagious," Will joked.

Harry smiled back and replied, "Yeah, I guess it is."

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When the train finally stopped at the Hogsmead Station, everyone was exhausted. Well, everyone but the first years and W.I.T.C.H., for they were too excited. A bit away from where they were, Hagrid was calling all of the first years to boats. "Um, do we go with you or on the boats?" Taranee asked Hermione.

"I'm not sure, since we've never had non-first year new students. Why don't you ask Hagrid?"

Taranee nodded, and the Guardians walked over to Hagrid. His towering form hovered over their heads. "Hey Hagrid!" Will started, "We were wondering if we go on the boats, or with the other fourth years?"

"Oh, well, I'd say that you go with your group," he advised.

"Okay, thanks Hagrid!"

The girls hurried to catch up with their friends, who were just about to round the bend to the carriages. "Hey guys! Hagrid said to go with you! So, how do we get up to the cas-"

The girls stopped short at the 'horses' that they saw would pull the carts. "That's so horrible!" Hay Lin gasped, and the others nodded.

"You can see the Thestrals?" Harry asked, looking a bit shocked himself.

"Of course we can! Wait, you can too, right?" Cornelia asked, now a bit conscious about what her and her friends said.

"Well, only people who, um, have seen death." Harry explained, a little sad that he had to tell them.

"O-oh. Wow. Uh, yeah." Will stuttered.

"If you don't mind me asking, who's death have you seen?" Hermione asked caringly, not wanting to push on a touchy subject.

"Uh.." the girls said, not able to say that they've witnessed many battles in a war.

"We were walking home once, and a... man got shot?" Hay Lin made up, questioning her words herself.

"Yeah! That's it," the others said, backing up Hay Lin's story.

"Oh...that's too bad. I'm sorry," Hermione said, and the Guardians just smiled.

"Come on you guys! We're gonna miss the carriages!" Ron exclaimed, for he was very impatient.

"We're coming!" Harry and Hermione said together, used to Ron's complaints.

The eight of them all got in one carriage and soon they were off. When the group neared the castle, the normal fourth years expected W.I.T.C.H. to gasp in awe, or at least stare at the castle in wonder. But they did nothing of the sort. The most any of them did was look at the castle, and blink a couple of times. "Isn't Hogwarts beautiful?" Hermione asked, wondering why their new friends weren't amazed.

"Yeah! It's even prettier now that it's lit up!" Hay Lin exclaimed, itching to paint the castle on a new blank canvas.

"Uh, yeah. You saw it before?" questioned Harry.

"Yeah, Professor Dumbledore showed us..a..tour," Will slowed, seeing the confused looks on her friends faces.

"But you're not supposed to see the castle before you come here!" Ron practically yelled, because he was getting annoyed with these girls' secrets

"Well we're sor-ry that we only know as much about this as you do, but you need to back off!" Cornelia protested to Ron's accusation.

An awkward silence filled the carriage, and Ron and Cornelia glared at each other. Luckily, the transportation stopped then, and everyone got out.

When all of the students got into the castle, they went to the Great Hall and their separate tables. But, of course, it was awkward for the Guardians, because they didn't have a table to go to.

A sharp voice filled the air behind them saying, "You five, come with me!"

The girls turned, afraid to witness the person with the sharp voice. A woman with slightly reddish hair stood before them with a- surprise, surprise -kind smile. She stepped towards them, and said, "Gather with the first years, and you will be sorted to the different houses." With that, she took quick steps to a small 'stage' where a stool stood. A black wizards hat sat on the stool, and it almost seemed as if it was looking at the girls with curiosity. A crowd of first years stood behind W.I.T.C.H.

The woman told them all to come forward, and everyone shuffled along. A few people started whispering, pointing, and staring at the five best friends. All of them, even Cornelia, were feeling very self concious now.

"I will call all of your names in alphebetical order, starting with," she looked at her list, "Aberly, Callie."

The girl walked up to the podium, and the strange hat was set on top of her head. The hat seemed to be contemplating, then shot out, "Hufflepuff!"

Her table clapped, and Callie ran over to them. After a little bit of others being sorted, McGonnagal -the girls realized her name, finally- called Taranee up to the stool. Her eyes opened wide, and Will could hear her gulp. Taranee made her way up, and placed the hat on her head. Surprisingly, it only took the headpiece a few moments to decide, "Ravenclaw!" Taranee smiled, and quickly walked over to her table.

It seemed to be a while until the professor shouted, "Hale, Cornelia." Practically dripping with self-confidence, Cornelia walked up to the stool. A few moments after McGonnagal put the sorter on Cornelia's crown, it called out, "Slytherin!" Suddenly, all of Cornelia's confidence seemed to drop to the floor. She sulked over to the Slytherin table, where everyone was clapping loudly.

Only a few minutes later, Irma was called to the stand. Hair bouncing, she sat, and with one look into her mind, the Sorting Hat decided that Irma was for Hufflepuff. Liking that name extremely, Irma bounced over to her new house.

Immediatly after Irma left the stage, the professor called out, "Lin, Hay." Hay Lin literally skipped up to the seat. Once more, with a look at her posotive attitude and boucy behavior, the enchanted hat called out, "Hufflepuff!" Hay Lin squealed and ran over to Irma was seated.

After what seemed to Will like an eternity, and when the houses had at least twenty new addtions, Professor McGonnagal yelled, "Vandom, Will." Will was the second to lat person to be sorted, and she nervously made her way up to the small stool. As soon as the Sorting Hat was placed on her head, Will felt as if it could read her mind. "Oh, and I can, Will!" Will started, surprised that the hat could talk to her. "You're different then you're friends," it said in her mind, "A lot more difficult to place. Hmmm, maybe even more difficult then potter. You would do well in any house. There's many troubles within you, and you're only just beginning to sort them out. I think that you should be in...Gryffindor!" Will sighed, she was happy because Gryffindor seemed like a nice house, but sad because none of her friends were with her.

Harry and Hermione were waving Will over to sit with them, and she complied. "Well," a voice in her head that she recognized to be Taranee's started, "This year may be less fun and bit lonelier then we expected."

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Hi! So sorry this took so long, I redid it like, five times. And I really didn't mean to isolate everyone, I just put them in the houses that I though that they would be in. And don't worry Corny lovers, she's not gonna become all evil and betray the guardians or anything. I just thought that's where she should be. And, to let everyone know, the pairings are going to be: HarryWill, CorneliaDraco (sorry Emerald-236), IrmaRon, TaraneeAnthony(Anthony Goldstein), HayLinJustin(Justin Finch-Fletchey). If you don't know some of these characters, got to http://en(dot)wikipedia(dot)org/wiki/ListofcharactersintheHarryPotterbooks#Students

Okay there ya go! Hope you liked!

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