Harry gasped in pleasure. Platform 9 ¾ was exactly as she imagined it would be. The Hogwarts Express was huge red and gleaming before her. She was so excited she forgot to move and as a result a group of redheads bumped into her as they were coming through the barrier. Harry tripped but luckily nothing fell and one of the boys helped her up.

She thanked him and moved back towards her cart. "Do you need any help with that?" the redhead asked.

"Actually," Harry said, "yes, could you help me find an empty compartment so I can put my stuff there?" He nodded and yelled at one of his brothers to come over. Together the twins, for that was what they were as Harry soon noticed, grabbed her trunk, while she took hold of Hedwig's cage.

All three made their way towards the train. Once they climbed in Harry led the way looking through the windows of the doors to see which compartment was empty. When she found one she opened the door and set Hedwig on one of the benches. The twins heaved the trunk up onto the baggage carrier and then sat down for a moment.

"By the way, I'm Fred" one of the twins introduced himself, "and this is George, if you need anything let us know ok?" Harry nodded and added, "Thanks guys, I'm Harry."

Fred and George looked at her strangely for a moment and then nodded. "Well," George said while patting his belly, "I think it's time for us to go, I'm hungry and our mother packed us some sandwiches." Together the twins got up to leave. "Thanks again," Harry said as they walked out of the compartment.

Harry climbed onto the bench and opened her trunk from the overhead compartment. From there she got out her potions book and settled down for the train ride.

It wasn't long before Harry was interrupted in her reading. A girl her age with bushy brown hair stepped into her compartment dragging a trunk in after her. "Do you mind if I join you?" she asked.

"No, come in," Harry said and moved to help the girl put her trunk in the overhead compartment. "I'm Harry by the way," she added as an afterthought.

"I'm Hermione, but you can call me Mione if you want," Mione said shyly. Harry smiled at her and sat down across from Mione.

The compartment sunk into silence as both girls started reading their respective books. Neither noticed when the train started moving.

Harry was just reading about bezoars when she heard a knock on the compartment door. Startled she looked up and saw Draco looking in. She smiled and waved him in. Draco looked relieved to say in the least and opened the door.

"Hey," Harry welcomed Draco, "how are you?" Draco grimaced and sat down beside her. "Great," he said sarcastically, "what's your name again?" he asked.

"I'm Harry," she replied, "and this is Mione." Mione nodded at him before she went back to her reading.

"So," Draco paused, "what are you reading?" Harry looked down at the book in her hands and then back at Draco. "Potions," she replied.

"Really," Draco said looking a lot more interested all of a sudden. "Yes, I think it will be one of my favorite subjects," Harry said, "it's just so interesting you know?"

"Kind of like chemistry," Mione said with an interested look on her face. "Chemistry?" Draco looked confused, "what's that?"

Apparently, that was the right thing to say because Mione launched into explanation, with some input from Harry.