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Merlana and Vanilla Smoothie
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Chapter 1: The Spectrum of Friends
Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Ginny Weasley all took their seats on the Hogwarts Express. For Harry, Ron and Hermione they were entering their 6th year and Ginny her 5th. Ron and Harry picked up their argument over the Quidditch World Cup and Hermione and Ginny began a game of Exploding Snap.
Halfway down the train, three Ravenclaw 6th years were flopped in a compartment talking about the latest in London Fashion. Catherine Adair, Jacklynn Grey and Jessica Flood were dressed with their robes thrown over jeans and tank tops. The three girls, all talented witches, had spent the summer training to be Animaguses.
Draco Malfoy, Brian Clarence, and Jeremy Ritter sat in another compartment. Draco was tall, blonde, and scowling, Brian was tall, thin and wore glasses, and Jeremy was short for his age, dark-haired and also wore glasses. These three were talking about what they'd accomplished that summer. Draco was going on about the Quidditch World Cup and Brian and Jeremy were nodding their heads in all the right places while playing a game of cards.
"You know Harry," Hermione began, breaking into the heated argument over Victor Krum, even Ginny had gotten in on this one, leaving Hermione to fend for herself.
"What's that 'Mione?" Harry asked absentmindedly.
"It must be about lunchtime, I've got to go to the front of the train, being a prefect and all," Hermione said. Ron jumped to his feet as well. Ginny stood slowly and the three of them left Harry alone.
"Well," he muttered, "isn't this just great." Harry decided that it would be a good idea to get out of the compartment and headed for the end of the train.
"Sorry!" a girl dressed in Ravenclaw colours said as she and a friend passed him. Harry smiled to himself and continued walking. He saw ahead of him another compartment that held only one person and after noticing that person was a she, Harry knocked politely and entered.
"Hi," the girl said. "I'm Jacklynn Grey."
"I'm Harry Potter," Harry said and Jacklynn's eyes flicked toward his scar and back down to her magazine. "Would you mind if I sat in here?" Harry asked, "my friends are all prefects and they've left me alone."
"Me too Harry," Jacklynn laughed. Harry chuckled softly as well.
"So, um, do you play Quidditch Jacklynn?"
"Call me Jack, Harry, and yes I do. I'm Ravenclaw Keeper," Jacklynn said proudly.
"I'm a seeker, but you probably knew that," Harry said. Jacklynn shook her head.
"No, I didn't really. I don't really know much about any of the other houses. Us Ravenclaws pretty much keep to ourselves."
"I don't know much about your house either Jack," Harry said. Jacklynn then proceeded to tell Harry about her house, and Harry told Jacklynn about his. By the end of the train ride, Harry was in stitches, and Jacklynn had tears in her eyes from laughing. Together they trouped off the train and even when Harry said goodbye to Jacklynn as he got into a coach with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, and Jacklynn got into one with Jess and Cat, the two of them knew that their friendship was sealed.
It seemed that during the prefect meeting, other friendships had been struck as well. As Voldemort was no longer a threat to the lives of innocents, many students were seeking friends from other houses.
One of Jacklynn's friends, Cat, had already made that leap in the past summer. During her training, she had met and grown closer to one Draco Malfoy. Cat and Draco had been distant at first, until they were forced to work together on a few projects. After this, Draco seemed to open up, and Cat got a feeling that Draco may have a thing for her. In fact, she was almost praying that he did.
"Where did you disappear to Harry?" Ginny asked with a sly smile on her face.
"Well, after you three left me alone, I decided to go take a walk. I found a compartment with a girl in it, and she was in the same situation as me. So we talked and laughed, and just had a good time," Harry explained simply.
"I think I've see her before, not really sure where though," Hermione thought out loud.
"Her name is Jacklynn. She's a Ravenclaw, Keeper of their Quidditch team as well," Harry smiled as he remembered their discussion about the Quidditch World Cup.
"So that explains why you like her so much! She's a Quidditch junkie too!" Hermione laughed when she said this. Harry just smiled and shook his head as their coach neared the castle.
Finally the coach stopped, and Draco opened the door and hopped out. He made sure the door didn't hit Jeremy, but just walked away when Brian went to jump out. The door hit Brian and he doubled over holding himself. While trying not to fall over laughing Jeremy opened the door. Brian basically fell out of the coach and tried not to beat his two friends. In fits of laughter, Draco and Jeremy walked behind a hobbling, cursing Brian.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all walked into the Great Hall and quickly found their seats. Each of them looking around for people they haven't seen all summer, and waving frantically to those certain people. Harry looked over to the door of the Great Hall just as Jacklynn and the two girls he bumped into on the train walked through them. Jacklynn's face lit up with a smile when she saw Harry and she waved lightly and winked at him. Harry lifted his hand just in time, as her friends pulled her to the Ravenclaw table. Harry looked back at his friends, all of them trying not to laugh out loud. Hermione stopped laughing as soon as she saw a dark-haired boy walk in the Great Hall with Draco Malfoy and a tall dirty blonde hair kid. Hermione made a mental note to find out everything she could about this short kid who hung out with Malfoy. Draco looked over towards the Ravenclaw table and spotted Catherine Adair. She looked over and smiled at him, he waved quickly and decided he needed to talk to her sometime before the end of the week.
"Oy! Malfoy! Get your arse over here and stop starin' at the women!" Malfoy looked over and realized Jeremy was the one yelling at him from the Slytherin house table. Draco was still at the door of the Great Hall, and he realized that Cat was turned back to her friends, laughing and joking with them. Draco sprinted over to Jeremy and punched him on the arm. Jeremy slapped him upside the head and Draco put him in a head lock. Draco let go and they walked to their seats laughing at their own craziness.
"So, Cat, what's up with you and Draco?" Jacklynn asked her raven-haired, blue-eyed friend. Cat's face lit up at the mention of Draco's name. Jess laughed and leaned in closer to her friends.
"Come on Cat, we know you have a thing for him," Jess said, "when are you going to make your move?"
"I'm worried about ruining our friendship Jack, I don't want to lose him," Cat protested.
"You know what I think?" Jess interjected.
"What?" Jacklynn and Cat deadpanned.
"Go over there now Cat, before Pansy gets her claws in him," Jess replied.
"Yeah! Go for it Cat!" Jacklynn said earnestly. "I mean, really, what have you got to lose?"
"Bloody hell! Do neither of you listen? I don't want to lose what we already have!" Cat fumed.
"Trust me hun," Jess said knowingly, "he won't say no."
"How can you know that for sure?" Cat asked, firmly bewildered.
"I just do, it's a feeling I have. Call it a hunch, but I firmly believe that Draco will say that he is yours," Jess answered. Jacklynn smiled reassuringly, and looked Cat in the eye.
"Hell! He better say that, I'll pound him something fierce if doesn't," she said, winking at Cat. Jess placed a hand on the table and Jack placed hers on top, Cat set hers down next.
"Take what you can," Jess began.
"Give nothing back," followed Cat.
"And watch the waves," finished Jacklynn. Cat nodded to her friends and stood up. Jess and Jacklynn watched her walk across the hall to the Slytherin table.