It was only after Draco started looking uncomfortable that Mione stopped talking about Chemistry.

"What's wrong?" she asked, concerned.

Draco sent her a furtive look and said "You're muggleborns."

It was a statement that made it sound like it was a bad thing.

A tense silence settled over the compartment as all three stared at each other.

Harry, who didn't know how to deal with the situation got her book out and started reading again.

Draco and Mione followed suit.

Not one of them said a word until a distraught looking boy knocked on their compartment door.

Harry looked up startled and when she saw the boy she motioned for him to come in.

Nervously he slid open the compartment door and stood fidgeting before the three children.

"Can we help you?" Harry asked after waiting for several minutes.

The boy smiled sheepishly and said "Yeah, sorry, have you seen a toad? He's about this big."

The boy motioned with his hands "and a greenish brown.''

Harry chuckled "sorry can't say I have but maybe if you were more descriptive we could help you look."

She said nodding towards Mione and Draco who nodded in consent.

The boy sighed in relief and launched into a description about just what his toad looked like.

Neville, as he later introduced himself, seemed to have broken the ice that had settled over the three original occupiers of the compartment.

With their help, he was able to find his toad Trevor in no time, later they even invited him to join them in their compartment.

After Neville joined them Harry, Mione, and Draco all felt a lot better.

It wasn't long before it was time to change into their robes as they neared Hogwarts and the boys went to the bathroom to change and leave the girls some privacy.

When they got off the train there was a huge crowd of students on the platform.

Through it all Harry could hear a booming voice yelling.

"First years, first years over here, first years!"

Harry grabbed Mione's hand, who then grabbed Neville's who grabbed Draco's.

Together they snaked their way through the crowd towards the voice.

It turned out the large voice had come from an equally large man.

He was incredibly tall, taller in fact than any human Harry had ever seen.

But she didn't feel intimidated by him because when she looked into his beady eyes she could see a truly friendly soul behind them.

As directed by the giant, four to a boat, the four friends, for that was what they secretly considered each other, chose one for themselves.

Harry and Mione sat on one of the benches and Draco and Neville sat on the other.

When all of the first years were boarded the giant tapped his boat with a small pink umbrella and all of the boats started floating forward.

Harry observed the scenery, there was nature all around them, everything she saw was so beautiful.

"Here it comes kids!" the giant shouted so all of them could hear.

A collective gasp could be heard amongst the first years as the school came into view.

"Wow!" Mione said under her breath, "that's amazing!"

Harry nodded in agreement, staring at the castle with wide eyes.

"We're going to be living there!" Neville said with excitement before he blushed under the stares of the other three.

Harry smiled at Neville and then turned back to view the school.

"Alright everyone duck!" the giant shouted once again as they floated towards a giant cave.

A few of the children ducked but most didn't after realizing that only the giant really needed to.

Harry laughed to herself as she noticed this and whispered her realization to Mione.

She grinned and leaned back towards Draco and told him what Harry said.

Draco laughed and turned to Neville who was grinning as well, he had heard.

When they docked on the rocky beach right beside the castle , Harry and the others carefully got out of the boat.

Suddenly they heard a cry and a splash and turned to see what had happened.

A red headed boy, who looked similar to the twins that had helped Harry before, stood up out of the water , soaking wet.

A few children laughed before a voice behind them muttered a drying charm.

Surprised, Harry turned back to see a middle aged woman with a tight bun and stern features with her wand out.

"Here are the children." the giant said to the lady. 

She nodded and said "Thank you Hagrid." with a Scottish accent.

"If you would follow me." she continued as she turned back towards the door she had come from.