disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter…I wish I did
Chapter 1- Befriending the Unusual
"Cho?" Marietta looked into the compartment
"Oh, Hello" I said quietly
"So, Did you hear?" Marietta asked
"Hear what?" I questioned
"That Oliver Wood is back at Hogwarts" She squealed
"Why?" I asked bluntly
"Because, Madame Hooch retired and He took her place" She explained
"So what does this have to so with me?" I asked
"Come on, fresh meat!" Marietta said
"He's going to be a teacher!" I exclaimed
"So, He's only 19 or so" Marietta said
"Yea, soon to be 20 and that's just not right for me" I said
"Hey Cho" Ginny Weasley entered the compartment.
"Hi Ginny" I said, Boy had she grew I thought
"How was your Holiday?" She asked
Boring, I thought, but decided to be nice, "It was fun"
"That's good, excited for Quidditch?" Ginny asked, excited? Excited? Me excited about Quidditch?? OF COURSE I WAS EXCITED "Yea I guess" Oh yeah, who's smooth
"That's nice, I'm going to try out for chaser this year" Ginny smiled
"Really? Good for you, I wish you the best of Luck" I said
"Oi GINNY!" Ron stuck his head in the compartment
"What?" Ginny snapped
"Wood wants to speak to you about you trying out for Chaser" Ron said,
"Tell him to come in here" Ginny said
"I wouldn't say that if I were you" I warned…from experience, I knew that was a bad idea
"Why?" Ginny asked
"Tell her, Cho, what happened when you protested against Wood" Marietta laughed
"Well, he has a really bad temper, and I ended up on my butt on the ground, crap I wonder what he's going to do to his students" I frowned…bad memories ::shiver::
"Oh, well whatever, just tell him to come here" Ginny said
"There you guys are" Oliver popped his head in
"Hello Wood" The Weasley's said in unison as Marietta and I sat in the corner in silence…Please Please don't notice me, I thought as I closed my eyes tightly and bowed my head down so my hair would cover my face.
"Chang?" Wood asked, brushing my hair out of the way, How dare he touch me
"Yes Wood it's me" I said hastily
"Well, well" He whispred
"I see you're back" I sneered, with a look of hatred, to hide my fear
"I just had to come back" he moved closer and, threw me a grin, How I hate that grin
"What did you say you wanted?" Ginny asked, feeling the tension, Thank YOU GINNY WEASLEY!! Hmm, I guess I should leave.
"Where are you going?" Oliver asked
"Uhm, away" I said and stormed out of the compartment. I searched through looking for a free compartment, but failed, so I opened the last compartment and decided to sit there, when I opened it, I saw the two most unexpected people in the same compartment, Draco Malfoy, with two girls, that I had no clue who they were and Luna Lovegood.
"Hello Luna" I smiled
"Cho" She said in a dazed tone
"Oh Draco, tell us again about your first Quidditch game" One of the girls said
"Oh okay Michelle" He smiled
"So Luna how was your summer?" I said
"Good, I got to spend a lot of time with my Dad" She said
"Yes Sandie that is what happened" Draco smiled
"What are you doing in Draco's compartment?" I asked Luna
"He just came in, I'm happy he's not with those two Oafs" Luna said
"I see" I frowned and looked out the window
"We're going to get some food Draco, would you like any?" Michelle asked
"We'll pay" Sandie offered
"Just some pumpkin juice" He said
"Well well" I said
"What do you want Chang?" He sneered
"Nothing, just surprised to see you without your lackeys" I smiled.
"Surprised to see Miss Pretty Priss talking to Loony Lovegood" He looked at Luna
"Sticks and Stones love" Luna smiled
"Whatever" He gave Luna a look…but shook his head
I sighed, here I was, in a compartment with Luna and Malfoy, this year is going to suck, and it's my last year too, damn what did I do to deserve this? Well at least this year, I don't like Harry anymore, and well, the Cedric thing is still a soft spot, but getting better, but I have to put up with having Wood as a Professor, I wonder if I have to call him that, I mean, he's only 19 or 20…hmmm
"Looks like we're here" Luna said
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"So where did you go?" Marietta asked
"I sat with Luna" I said looking down at Luna sitting at a bare part of the table
"HAHAH seriously where did you go?" She asked, I rolled my eyes at my so called friend's shallow remark.
"What? I mean do you know what hanging out with her would do to your hard earned reputation?" She asked
"Oh God please" I said and decided to prove her wrong. "Hello Luna, how come your all by yourself?" I asked
"I don't know, people seem to move when I sit down" She said poking her mashed potatoes
"Oh, well is it okay if I sit with you?" I asked
"I don't mind, it's good to have company" She said
"Good, I wouldn't mind a change of scenery" I said, looking at Marietta who was glaring
"Did you read the latest edition of the Quibbler?" Luna asked anxiously
"Uhm, no, what was it about?" I asked
"About the mutant animal genetic disasters" Luna laughed
"I see, well I have to compliment you on how you handled Malfoy" I said
"I'm used to people calling me that, and besides Malfoy is a big--" She started but was the word was censored by Dumbledore tapping his glass.
I started laughing hysterically, thinking of that Muggle show about that sponge, and when they were gonna curse, it was censored by a dolphin squeal
"I would like to introduce, Professor Wood, replacing Madame Hooch and adding a Flying class for the House teams"
"Please just call me Wood" Oliver smiled
"Please just call me Wood" I mocked, and laughed
"Now, please make your way back to the dormitories" Dumbledore said
"You seem to be happy" Luna smiled
"I don't know, just some random thoughts popped into my head" I said
"Well, we better get going" Luna said
"Yea, Luna…" I said
"Yes?" She asked
"I think we'll be spending a lot more time together this year" I looked over at my friends who where whispering and glaring
"The more the merrier" Luna said.