A/N:

All right, this is my first fic here at this site, so please tell me what you think about. Any feetback or constructive critisism would be appreciated.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters, this honor belongs to Joanne K. Rowling

Prologue

Adjusting her thick rimmed glasses and taking a finally brush through her plain brown hair, April MacMillan was getting ready for a new year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Though she didn't feel content to get back to school for her sixth year, she still had to go back no matter what.

So avoiding a last glance in the mirror, she stepped out of the bathroom and grabbed the trunk that was situated next to her bed. Stiffeling a sigh when she opened the door to her room and walked down the stairs of their family house.

April's mother was waiting for her in the large foyer, a smile spreading to her lips when her youngest daughter descended the spiral staircase.

"There you are, honey! What did you take so long? And why are you wearing these glasses again?," her mother asked in a kind way as April approached her.

"Mom!", April whined and looked up at her mother.

"You know why"

"Well, yes. Nevertheless still, I think you're overreacting.", Kera MacMillan breathed, not wanting to start a fight this soon in the morning. "Come along, dear. Your sisters and your brother are waiting for you."

When April crawled into the large limousine, she heard her eldest sister, Natasha, mumbling something under her breath that sounded a lot like 'fat cow', but chose to ignore it.
She took a seat next to her older sister by two minutes, Lenora, who was flashing her a bright smile.

"I'm sooo excited to get back to Hogwarts", her sister whispered in April's ear and giggled slightly. April just rolled her eyes at her.

With all the things Lenora had, she would, too, be excited to go back. But she hadn't that. She hadn't the perfect life like her twin sister did. So nodding her head, April looked out the window, preparing herself for this new year.

"Apriiiiiiil!", the voice screamed through the walls of the train station once the family had stepped foot into it. April knew this voice just too well. It belonged to one of her roommates since first year, Lisa Turpin.

"Awww, I'm so glad to see you again!", Lisa rambled on, "I've got to tell you i so /i much.", Lisa exclaimed and took April in a breathtaking hug.

Awkwardly April put her hand around Lisa's waist and sighed. 'This for sure is going to be a long year', she mused and let go of her friend.

"Why didn't you wrote back to one of my letters?", Lisa asked once they were standing in front of the Hogwarts Express.

"I was busy, with..erm... stuff", April answered and faked a smile. She wasn't used to getting much of attention at home, so she felt kind of weird about Lisa's question.
'As if I didn't choose that road', she thought to herself and looked down at her appearance. She wore a dark baggy pant and some T-shirt she didn't even recognized buying in the first place. The shirt was too big for the small teenager but April couldn't care less. She liked it that way. Her hair was in a low pony tail and she hadn't applied any make-up at all.

Yeah, she would make herself more ugly than she usually was, but that didn't bother her. After all she had friends that liked her the way she was, even if she sometimes reacted a little bit weird.

"Hey there mystery woman", a familiar voice spoke, snapping April out of her thoughts. She turned to look at the only person who would ever call her like that.
In view came Luna Lovegood, the one person who April called a true friend.

"It's been a while since I last saw you. Hope you didn't have to face some of...", there Luna lowered her voice, "the garden gnomes. Father said they're having a revolt and you should watch out for them.", she nearly whispered and April nodded her head.
Taking her in a friendly hug, something April were not really used to, she breathed into her friends ear, "I missed you over the summer, Luna."

"...and I'll know if you misbehave!", April's mother stopped her long speech before she embraced each of her children. When she came to April, tears were forming in her eyes, "Don't let them bother you, sweety.", her mother said under her breath and took April in a tight embrace.
"I won't let them.", April whispered and struggled to keep the tears from falling down. br She let go of her mother and stepped into the 'Hogwarts Express' right after her older brother and turned to wave at her mother one last time as the train took off from the station.

"So,", Ernie said once the train had left the station and their mother was not more than a black spot in the landscape.
"You heard what mom said. Stay.Out.Of.Trouble.", his speech was directed at Natasha who just snorted at him.

"I always do.", she retorted and grabbed her trunk, tugging a strand of shiny brown hair behind her ear and left, slamming the compartment door loudly behind her. Most likely Natasha would go sit with her goons Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bulstrode.

Turning to his younger sisters, Ernie sighed in frustration. "Why does she always have to be like that?", he asked no one in particular and also grabbed his belongings to walk of.

Now it were only the three girls standing in the hallway, looking pretty annoyed at each other.
"Come on, girls. Let's find an empty compartment!", Lenora announced and both Luna and April followed her as she walked in the opposite direction that her siblings had gone.

April and Lenora had been placed into Ravenclaw in their first year, while Ernie was in Hufflepuff and Natasha had been sorted into Slytherin. The only time the four of them were actually talking was in summer break when they stayed at home.
Back at Hogwarts, April and Lenora tried to stay away from their older sister as far as they could. And only talking to their brother if it had to do something with their parents.

April glanced over to her twin sister who was walking ahead of her. Lenora had dirty blonde hair, like Ernie had, which would end just above her neckline. She was pretty tall for her age and had a figure most girls would dream of. Though she wouldn't show off like Natasha tend to do, Lenora wasn't one to hide in a corner when it came to boys. Her current boyfriend was Dean Thomas, a Gryffindor. Speaking of which-

"Oh look, there's Dean!", Lenora squealed and faced April with a pouted look on her face.
"You sure don't mind if I tell him 'hello'?", she asked and batted her eyelashes at April.

"No, go ahead.", April told her and forced a smile. br "Thanks!!!", Lenora screamed and took off to meet Dean.

"Now it's really only the two of us, I guess.", Luna chuckled next to April.
"Yeah, seems so.", she shrugged and sighed.

"Well, then let's meet up with Ginny. I've got to warn her about the garden gnomes.", Luna muttered and grabbed April's hand to lead her to the last compartment on the train.