Thanks to whitetiger91 from Diagon II for betaing this for me. Without further ado Prankster Lion, Bookworm Badger.

Also, I'm American but I'm quite familiar with British terminology/spellings but I perfer American terminology/spellings for some words like instead of mate I'll use friend. Although, it might be a mix of American/British terminology.

Chapter 1: New Friends

A bespectacled brunette third-year was sitting in a quiet compartment on the Hogwarts Express alone waiting for her best friends. She was reading a book when there was a soft knock on the door.

"Come in."

A blond boy and a girl with bushy brown hair walked in.

"Mind if we sit here?"

The girl shook her head and said, "No, not at all. I was waiting for my friends but I don't think they would mind."

"Okay." The brunette said, sitting down.

The blond boy sat a few seats down from her.

"So, are you two first years?" she asked, putting her bookmark in her book.

They didn't look familiar.

The brunette nodded, "Yes, we are. How about you?"

"I'm actually a third-year but nice to meet you anyway. I'm Adelaine Romero."

The brunette nodded again, "I'm Hermione Granger."

"I'm Neville Longbottom," The blond boy said shyly.

Adelaine smiled at the boy. She recalled that she was a lot like Neville when she was a first year, but her best mate Lee, brought her out of her shell. He was quite loud and a prankster.

Her musings were interrupted when her best mate and their other two friends, Fred and George, showed up.

"Hey Lainey," Lee greeted, sitting next to her.

Adelaine smiled. "Hey Lee, these are Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom."

"First years?" He asked them.

They nodded in response.

"I'm Lee Jordan," He said whilst putting an arm around Adelaine .

The two of them had always been pretty affectionate so it was normal for Fred, George and the rest of the third year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs to see Lee's arm around Adelaine; they thought nothing of it because they knew despite them being opposites at first glance they got along quite well. Though it kind of threw the two first years off.

"I'm Fred," The first ginger introduced himself as he copied Lee's actions and sat down.

"I'm George," The other ginger said sitting down next to his brother.

"It's nice to meet you."

"You too," Hermione replied, formally.

"So, Granger. I don't recognize that last name." Lee said, thoughtfully.

Lee was a halfblood but Jordan was a Pureblood name since his dad was also a Pureblood.

"I'm a muggle-born," Hermione said hesitantly.

Lee couldn't help but smile wistfully at the revelation because his beloved mother is also a muggle-born.

"Don't worry, that doesn't matter to us," Adelaine assured her smiling.

Hermione nodded, breathed a sigh of relief and said. "I noticed the book you were reading when we walked in, that's one of my favorites."

Adelaine looked over at the book she had been reading it was a very worn copy of 'Little Women' and replied. "It's one of my favorites too."

"How did we become friends with you again?" Fred teased, Adelaine good-naturedly ruffling her hair.

Adelaine stuck her tongue out at the ginger.

"She was my friend first," Lee informed them, tightening his grip around her.

"Don't get so touchy, Lee," Fred said.

He knew their friend was very protective of the only female in their quartet. That's the reason he liked to tease her just to get a rise of out of his dreadlocked best mate. George would only tease her when Lee wasn't around which wasn't much.

Though she could take care of herself, it was wise that people didn't tick her off and if they did they'd face the wrath of an angry Hufflepuff; nobody wants to see that. She was still quite gentle in the end though especially with animals.

"So, I know Adelaine is a Hufflepuff but what about you three?" Hermione asked the three boys.

"Gryffindor!" All three of them chorused.

Hermione nodded.

"What house do you want to be in?" Adelaine asked the two first years.

Hermione answered first. "I'll probably be a Ravenclaw, but I prefer Gryffindor."

"I'll probably be a Hufflepuff, although there is nothing wrong with Hufflepuff since my mum was a Hufflepuff. I'm just not good enough for Gryffindor."

Adelaine looked sadly at the blond boy and asked. "Why do you say that, Neville?"

"I was almost a squib," Neville sighed, looking out the window at the passing scenery.

Adelaine had always thought the scenery was just as beautiful as Hogwarts.

"We all show magic at different times, like I didn't show magic until I was around seven or so."

Neville smiled softly at the older girl as they continued talking.

"I seem to have lost my toad Trevor, I need help finding him," Neville piped up a few minutes later.

"I'll help you," Hermione offered right away.

Neville nodded in thanks.

"I hope you find him!" Adelaine called after them as they left.

"Who would bring a toad to school?" Lee asked.

Adelaine rolled her eyes and said. "This is coming from the guy who has a pet tarantula, that he brings to Hogwarts."

"Good point, if only I could bring Taffy," He sighed referring to his beloved Jack Russell Terrier.

Adelaine chuckled at her best friend he already missed the hyper but lovable dog.

Lee got up and checked on his pet tarantula whose name was Silo. That was an inside joke with his family that not even the twins and Adelaine didn't even know.

"Did you find the toad?" Adelaine asked as Neville walked back in.

Although it was quite obvious that he didn't because he looked quite upset.

"No, I didn't."

Adelaine nodded and asked, "Where did Hermione go off to?"

"She got caught up in talking with a ginger boy and a black-haired boy."

Fred exclaimed. "I wonder if Ickle Ronnikins tried that spell we gave him."

Adelaine shook her head disapprovingly. The twins loved to tease and prank their younger brother. It's not like Adelaine could do anything about it though.

"So, do you like Quidditch, Neville?" Lee asked changing the subject from Ron.

Neville shook his head and said. "Not particularly."

Lee, Fred and George gasped in horror.

"Did I say something wrong, maybe I should just stop talking," Neville said, clamming up.

Adelaine shot a glare at her friends and said. "Don't mind them, they're obsessed with Quidditch and they can be gits sometimes. I didn't like Quidditch until recently."

"Namely because of our Quidditch captain Oliver Wood," Fred teased again.

Adelaine blushed at the mention of the brown-eyed Scottish fifth year.

"Look at it this way Air, we might be gits but we're your gits," Lee said, smiling that disarming dimpled smile.

Adelaine bantered back. "How can I forget, you're always here to remind me."