A/N:Hwy guys i know there isn't much going on at the moment but i just have to set the scene first. Sorry. I really hope ye all like my story-follow, favorite, review please, especially reviews if you have any ideas for the story I'd like to know them. I'm updating once a week at this moment but if I can I will update more frequently.

HOGWARTS EXPRESS

The rest of the summer passed uneventfully and soon it was September 1st. I had packed my trunk last night and double checked it about three times I was so excited. I knew this year was going to be packed full of adventures.

M alarm clock went off at 8; I quickly turned it off and fell back asleep immediately. I was NOT a morning person. Half an hour later and I was still sprawled out on my bed oblivious to the rest of the world. "Ebony if you don't get up now you're going to be late!" I heard my mom calling to me from downstairs. I sighed as I rolled over. "Crap!" I exclaimed as I fell out of my bed. I got up, rubbing my backside from where I had landed on it. Well I'm definitely up now, I thought to myself. I quickly brushed through my hair, pulled on a pair of denim jeans and a jumper and ran down the stairs. I skidded into the kitchen grabbing a bowl of cereal and wolfing it down. It was already twenty past nine and we still had to drive to King's Cross Station.

I ran out to the car with my trunk hopping on the gravel in my bare feet. Shoes! I knew I forgot something. I flung my trunk into the boot and pegged it back into the house and up the stairs. I grabbed my converse from the bottom of my bed. I ran down the stairs while trying to pull on my shoes. I tripped and ended up sprawled at the bottom of the stairs. "Ouch!" I exclaimed as I hopped up and begged it out the door. "Go, go, go!" I shouted to my mom as I yanked the door open and hopped into the car.

Half an hour later we arrived at the train station. I jumped out of the car, flung open the boot and grabbed my trunk and owl. I quickly found a cart and put them on before turning and bombing through the crowd, pushing my cart as a bumper and shouting at people to move. People gave me weird looks, but that could've been because of my owl, Pipsqueak.

I found the barrier between platform 9 and 10 and quickly hugged my mom goodbye, she couldn't come through because she was a muggle. "I'll see you at Christmas," I said smiling at her, before turning and heading towards the barrier. Here goes nothing, I thought to myself as I started to run towards the barrier. "Write lot's of letter sweetie," I heard my mom shout after me. "I will," I shouted back before I disappeared through the barrier.

I was momentarily frozen to the spot as I looked around the platform. It was bustling with kids of all ages; some were leaning out the windows of the train waving goodbye. Apart from Diagon Alley, this was the most wizards I'd ever seen. The noise was deafening with owls hooting loudly and children shouting to be heard over the din.

I heard a whistling sound. I looked up and saw steam pouring from the train. I quickly started heading in that direction, pushing my way through the throngs of people. I hopped onto the train and started making my way down the hallway, peeking through the windows of the carriages, trying to find an empty one. I was halfway down the train before I found one that only had one small boy sitting in it. He looked like he was my age and he had pale skin and startling blond hair. He was sitting quietly in the corner reading a book

"Mind if I sit here?" I asked him, indicating one of the seats. "Sure," he replied offering me a tiny smile. "I'm Ebony Woodgrove," I said sticking my hand out for him to shake. "Scorpious Malfoy," he said, sounding slightly surprised that I was talking to him. "Nice to meet you," I said, offering him a bright grin. Just then we were interrupted as the compartment door opened and two heads popped in. they looked our age as well. One was a girl with long red hair that cascaded in pretty curl down her back and the other was the boy I had seen in the joke shop at Diagon Alley. "Can we sit with ye?" the girl asked "all the other carriages are full." "Sure," I replied, instantly warming to her bubbly personality. "Thanks," she said happily taking the seat next to me while the boy sat next to Scorpious. "I'm Rose Weasley and this is my cousin Albus Potter," she said smiling happily. "I can introduce myself, and how many times do I have to tell you never to call me Albus?" he asked Rose jokingly before turning to me and Scorpious and saying "I love my parents and all but seriously they could've picked a better name, please call me Al." "Sure thing," I said smiling slightly at Al and Rose's charade "I'm Ebony Woodgrove and this is Scorpious Malfoy."

An hour later a plump witch came along pushing a cart full of sweets. I hopped up excitedly being unable to deny my sweet tooth anything. When I got to the cart I realised that I didn't know what any of these sweets were. "Uh, what's good?" I asked the others. Rose jumped in, "the chocolate frogs and pumpkin pastries are always good," she told me smiling to herself slightly. It was a smile I knew well as I always wore it when thinking of my favourite sweets.

I sat down on the seat with my arms full of sweets and my pockets feeling considerably lighter. Just as I was about to dig in to a pumpkin pastry the compartment door slid open and two heads popped in. "Oh hey Al, hey Rose, mind if we sit here?" asked the boy that I recognized from the bookshop in Diagon Alley. "Sure," Al replied smiling. The two boys stepped into the carriage, I recognized the other boy from the joke shop. I soon realized that they weren't the only people entering the compartment. They were followed by a boy and two girls. One of the girls was dark-skinned and had dark red hair that fell in neat ringlets to her shoulders, she looked uncannily like Fred that they had to be twins. The other girl had a much lighter complexion; she was extremely pretty with strawberry blonde hair that fell straight down her back. The boy had sandy coloured hair and he had a sort of laidback look about him.

"Oh yeah, introductions," Rose said finally remembering that we didn't know each other. "This is James, Al's brother," she said pointing towards the boy from the bookshop. He smirked at me slightly, "hey Shortie," he grinned. Ugh I wasn't THAT short, was I? "That one is Fred," Rose told me indicating the boy I had met in the joke shop. He winked at me flirtatiously and smirked when I blushed. "And that's Roxanne, his twin." Roxanne beamed at me and Scorpious. "Next is Dominique, she'll be sharing a room with us." Dominique smiled at me as she sat down next to Rose. "And lastly that's Tyler," she said indicating the blonde haired boy "he's the only one who's not related, but he's basically part of the family anyway." She then turned to the rest of the crowd "this is Ebony Woodgrove and this…..this is Scorpious Malfoy." Everyone tensed up at the mention of Scorpious' name. "Err…hi," I said timidly and this thankfully seemed to break the tension and everyone burst into chatter at once.

Half an hour later and I was starting to get uncomfortable from the way I was sitting. There were way too many of us to fit in the carriage, Scorpious, Al, Tyler, Fred and Dominique were on one seat with Dominique half sitting on Fred and Tyler. On the other seat were me, Rose, James and Roxanne. I was squished up against the window uncomfortably and my ass was starting to go numb so I was extremely grateful when there was an announcement telling us that we would be arriving soon. "Well we should get changed into our robes," Tyler said hoping up. Just as they were about to leave the compartment James turned back to us and said with an evil smirk on his "don't worry the sorting isn't too painful."

As soon as the compartment door closed I started to panic. "Sorting, what sorting, what do we have to do?" I asked, breathing deeply to try and calm myself down. "It's alright," Al said looking down at me "you only have to put on a hat, my dad told me." "Oh, okay," I said, starting to feel like a fool for getting panicked over nothing, stupid James Potter.

Luckily I didn't have long to feel embarrassed because the train was pulling into the station. This was it I thought excitedly to myself. I was finally here. I was at Hogwarts and with my newfound friends at my side I felt unstoppable.