What an eventful first year it's been! And by eventful, I mean eventful. So much has happened over the past 10 months that I don't know if I can boil it all down into a single summary. So...what happens now? Well, I met up with my brother on the train, then went to find a compartment. I found a nice empty one and plopped myself down, with my pet rat Cocoa on my shoulder as usual.

I sighed. For two whole months, I'd be at my new home in the Wales countryside, surrounded by horses with nothing but my family(most of them, anyway), my dog, and my books. Okay, that didn't sound too bad. Wait, I almost forgot- summer homework. Alright, I'm officially blue now. But, I have my 2nd year of Hogwarts to look forward to, but still, I couldn't wait to see Gran and Grandad, my paternal grandparents.

They lived in the Welsh countryside, specifically Wentwood, in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere but really wasn't. Of course, both of my dad's parents were muggles, so I had to drone on and on about some existent or non-existent boarding school when they asked, instead of the more exciting, dramatic magic school hidden away from the rest of muggle society. I just couldn't wait for more action, that was all.

But for now, I was going to see in this compartment and wait. I left the sliding compartment door wide open because I knew that people were going to be looking for empty compartments. It didn't matter if I was feeling blue; I was not going to shut someone out when they'd done nothing wrong, just because of how I felt. I'd made that mistake before, but not this time. Besides, I might be able to make a new friend in a matter of hours, who knows?

What a year it had been. Two balls, whom she had attended, and later in the Summer, she would attend another one. Hannah hated balls, they were stupid, according to her. However, Hogwarts balls were fun...? A tad bit. And the balls her parents made her go to? Those were the stupid kind.

Anyway, she finished packing up her stuff in the dormitory, and now carried her own trunk, which was dark brown, medium sized, and it was pretty heavy, especially now that she had to carry her cat, with her.

She was kind of excited to go back home. It would be boring, surely, but she missed the dogs, and her birthday was near. Ugh. My mom probably planned my birthday ball. I hate those. she thought. Every year, she had a birthday ball, with pure-blodded families and everything. The girl absolutely despised them.

She looked down, wearing her Gryffindor robes. Her mother knew she was a Gryffindor, her father didn't, and she did not want him to find out, so she brought a pair of clothes for her to change at the end of the train ride. A skirt, a green skirt, a white t-shirt and a denim jacket. On her shoes, she was wearing boots, who she would continue to wear.

Then, she finally went into the Hogwarts Express. She struggled to find a seat, most of the compartments were full, until she found one, with a girl inside it. The door was open wide. She recognized her right away. It was the hair. Dark-red hair.

"Mind if I sit here?" "There aren't any other compartments." she said politely. Her Scottish accent slipped a bit. She really hoped she'd say yes, maybe she'd recognize Hannah too? Maybe. Just maybe. She put her trunk on the floor, and continued standing, holding her cat, Storm.

Well, this was a new development. I knew that there would be people searching for whatever empty compartments they could find, and they were. In almost no time at all, I had a new compartment buddy, a girl wearing Gryffindor robes. I wasn't wearing my school robes, just a grey sweatshirt and pants, something comfortable for the ride.

The girl also had scarlet red hair. She looked very, very familiar..."Of course you can sit...here..." I felt my jaw drop. Sure, I hadn't seen her since, like, November, but I immediately recognized her. Hannah? The last time I met Hannah, I was crying my eyes out in the girl's lavatory, since I was having a bad day, and apparently at that time, I was new to the concept of a bad day. So new in fact, that I'd hide away in a bathroom and bawl loudly.

"H-Hannah?" I stammered, hesitant. Maybe it wasn't Hannah, maybe she had an identical twin sister. I wondered if she recognized me, but why would she, it's been 8 months. Or, she probably would. I think myself a very memorable person, or at least unforgettable. I decided not to say anything until I was absolutely sure it was her. I didn't know a whole lot about her, but maybe this was my chance.

I had said that I possibly wanted to make a new friend before leaving for Wales, hadn't I?

Hannah waited patiently for the girl- Aurora's response. She grinned a bit, but tried to hide it. The girl took her trunk inside the compartment. She put her cat down.

"H-Hannah?" she heard the Hufflepuff girl say. She grinned, once again, still looking at the seat. She then sat down. "Ro! I'm so recognized me, it's nice seeing you again!" she smiled. It had been 8 months since she last saw her. She didn't think Aurora would recognize her, but she had.

"So, um, what have you been up to since we last saw each other? Heard you're a duellist, is that true? Duelling is pretty cool!" she smiled. Hannah hadn't seen Aurora in a very long time, and seeing her in the train was nostalgic... She remembered meeting her in the girls lavatory, when they both weren't having a very good day. Well, Ro was having a worse day than her, that was for sure, but she really didn't want to say that to her, in her face.

She them noticed the window, she could observe the big grand castle. It kind of reminded her of the time she went inside Buckingham palace, her parents decided to take her there, and it was gigantic. Well, Hogwarts was much bigger, but she really enjoyed the visit. She then went back to reality.

Then, she looked back at Aurora. Hannah did not say a word, she just looked at the girl. The girl thought of their first meeting, for a few seconds, but then, she turned her head, and glanced at the open compartment door, they had never actually the door, it kind of made her uncomfortable, so she closed it halfway.