Snape took an overly-excited Lily to King's Cross and directly to the barrier between platforms nine and ten. They both casually leaned through it together when no muggle was looking. Lily pushed a cart full of luggage and a brown barn owl in a cage. They felt nothing, but certainly saw something else! They where on a totally new platform with a sign that read, "Platform 9 3/4".

Usually Snape went to Hogwarts early and just apparated. He took Lily by Side-Along Apparation.

But, Lily had convinced him to let her go on the train, as this was her first year at Hogwarts as a student. Snape could just apparate after he dropped Lily off.

So Lily bid her "father" farewell and ran to the train. She found a compartment right away with Draco Malfoy Vincent Crabbe, Pansy Parkinson, and Gregory Goyle.

So she sat and chatted with her future classmates.

About an hour through the trip a second-year Slytherin boy slid into their compartment.

"Did you hear? Harry Potter's on the train!" He said. He slipped back out, but his words had had a huge effect on the occupants inside the compartment.

"Harry Potter?" Lily asked, excited. She had heard all about Harry Potter and his triumph over Voldemort.

The same excited schock seemed to register from Draco Malfoy.

"He'll be in our year then," he told Lily.

Lily grinned and nodded.

"Oh my gosh! I can't imagine actually meeting him!" Lily said excitedly.

"Yeah! Maybe he'll be in Slytherin with us!"

"Yes! That would be beyond amazing!"

"His life story is really quite fascinating."

"I know! How did he defeat Voldemort? He's gotta be amazing!"

"Yes, I think we should befriend him. Then we'd have some real connections. Plus, everyone would look up to us... after all, we'd be important enough to be friends of Harry Potter."

"Well, we'll have to see what he's actually like of course. If he's a jerk, we can't be friends with him."

"Why not? He's still Harry Potter, and we'd still be his friends."

"Well, I suppose he must be used to people recognizing him and treating him like the hero he is... if I was treated like that, I think I couldn't help but be arrogant. If he is arrogant, Draco, then he'd be no fun and we couldn't be friends with him."

"Well I could."

"Yeah, me too!" said Gregory Goyle.

The rest of the compartment agreed.

"He's got a great ugly scar right on his forehead you know," Pansy added.

"Yeah... so?"

"So he probably won't be that attractive."

"Who cares?"

"Plenty of people."

"He's a tragic hero, that's all people will care about."

"Maybe. And,... maybe not"

There was an awkward silence.

"You know, I can't wait to actually get to Hogwarts, even if Dumbledore's the Headmaster."

"What's wrong with Dumbledore?"

Draco snorted.

"Oh come on! My father always said Dumbledore was the worst thing that ever could have happened to Hogwarts."

Snape had always spoken highly of Dumbledore around Lily.

"What makes you say that?"

"I already told you... my father."

Lily changed the subject, "So... back to Harry Potter..."

Lily, Pansy and Draco continued to gossip about Harry Potter for a while, whilst Crabbe and Goyle just listened.

Meanwhile, Harry had met and befriended Ron. He'd also sort of met Hermione.

Author's Note: Hey, I know this is a short chapter but what happens next'll have it's own chapter... so please review!!