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None of the Harry Potter related characters are mine. They are the work of JK Rowling, the magnificent author!Chapter One
The Arrival
Adelaide Weller looked absolutely angelic. She had dark, buoyant curls that extended to her shoulders. She always wore a sweet, sugary smile on her face that didn't agree to her deep green-blue eyes that were always full of laughter and joy. From long hours spent in the burning sun, her skin was extremely tanned to a brown colour.
But that afternoon at the Australian Academy of Sorcery and Magic, Adelaide failed to bottle her endless excitement of the coming events. She was bouncing on the tips of her toes, peering at a beautifully clear waterfall, trying to see behind the water that was falling noisily into a small pool.
The headmaster, Ebenezer Millagen, sensing her anxiety, chuckled sightly, glancing at her sideways. Being in his early forties, his creamy brown hair were greying and his skin wrinkling. Millagen wore a robe of forest green silk threaded with sparkling silver.
Soon enough, Albus Dumbledore came strolling calmly through the cascading water, completely dry. He was extremely tall with a long silvery beard that glittered in the warm sunlight. His twinkling blue eyes surveyed the rows of witches and wizards that stood before him behind half-moon spectacles. His robes were made of soft blue velvet with stars sewn on the edges.
Dumbledore studied the group of twenty students he would be escorting to his own school, Hogwarts. They were each dressed in navy silk robes with black pointed hats. Some of the girls had chosen to smear their faces with make-up. He giggled inwardly. The boys looked impatient as he slowly made his way towards Millagen.
Dumbledore shook Millagen's hand then faced the rest of the school and bowed graciously.
"I must not stay long, my dear friends. May I ask the exchange fifth years and Ebenezer to escort us back to the bus. I shall ask of your acquaintance next time we meet," Dumbledore explained warmly, smiling.
Millagen and the exchange students followed him as asked. He led them through the waterfall and through a wide tunnel. The tunnel was damp and slightly slippery. The darkness felt wonderful on Adelaide's skin after standing out in the blazing sunlight for over half an hour.
Once the tunnel ended, the sun once again spilled bright light into their eyes, causing everyone to shade them. Once Adelaide's eyes became accustomed to the sun, she was able to see what stood before them.
It was a big, sky blue bus. It looked highly out of place in the famous Australian bush. There was hardly enough room between the two gum trees where it stood, vibrating soundlessly.
"All aboard, children. Then I can become better acquainted with each of you," Dumbledore instructed.
Adelaide lined up and eventually eased her legs up the stairs. Inside the bus, were dozens of heavily cushioned seats. The other students were beginning to sit down. Instead of joining her best friend straight away, she stood close to the driver to greet him.
At Adelaide's first glance, the driver didn't look at all pleasant. He was a black greasy haired man who wore long black robes to match both his hair and eyes. His skein was the awful colour of sour milk and his nose was long and hooked. His eyes looked like tiny black beetles that didn't look very happy to be where he was.
"Good afternoon, sir," Adelaide piped cheerfully.
The man stared at her disbelievingly. She rolled her eyes.
"Your name, please?" Adelaide continued sarcastically, regaining her usual tone of voice to adults.
The man didn't answer except glare icily at her.
"Are you deaf or something?" she asked.
"Snape," he grunted.
Adelaide hardly made out what he said but got the message. She decided to have some fun
"Ah, Mr Snoop," she said slowly.
"Snape," the man repeated.
"Oh, sorry. Sorry, Mr Tape," Adelaide apologised.
A hand suddenly appeared on her shoulder. It was Dumbledore.
"Better sit down," he suggested, chortling to himself.
"Yes, of course. Don't want to be thrown across the bus and smash a window. Oh, and bye Mr Tape!" Adelaide called from down the bus aisle, waving energetically.
She waddled to where her friends were waiting for her and sat down.
"I really don't like the look of that guy I was just talking to. So don't spend to much time with him," Adelaide recommended.
Her friends, Tahnee Peterson and Kristen and Bryce Turner nodded, grinning at her.
Tahnee had extremely long hair of a stunning golden honey colour. Her eyes were a chocolate milky brown that looked like a swirling block of melted chocolate. The creaminess and fairness of her white skin looked unnatural beside Adelaide's tanned skin.
To complete their little group were the Turner twins, Kristen and Bryce. Though identical, it was relatively easy to tell them apart. They both had sunny blonde hair that was flecked with brown and dark brown eyes. But Bryce was about a centimetre taller than his twin was, and Kristen had slightly larger front teeth.
"What's his real name, Adela?" Kristen asked, peering over the back of his seat to the two girls.
"Snape. I think he's got to be a professor at Hogwarts. I feel sorry for his students," Adelaide sympathised.
"Tell me about it. I mean, look at his expression. His as sour as a lemon," Tahnee observed.
Before they could continue their conversation, Dumbledore spoke.
"If you could please be silent for a minute. We are going to be airborne in a few minutes, so I would ask you to put your seat belts on."
Green seat belts appeared out of nowhere beside them. Everyone clicked them secure.
"Thank you. Now hold on," Dumbledore advised, taking a seat himself.
A minute passed before the bus began shaking violently and rising ever so slowly into the cloudless sky. Adelaide and Tahnee gazed out of the small window, looking down at the trees and animals. They couldn't see their school at all as the only way to enter the school grounds was to walk through a barely visible cave. And of course, it was magical.
"Well, see ya, Australia. Britain, here we come!" Adelaide said happily.
"How are we getting our trunks to Hogwarts?" Bryce asked from the seat in front.
"Millagen's going to zap them over to Hogwarts when he feels like it. And knowing him, he'll drop them on our toes while we're asleep," Tahnee explained, shaking her head.
"He better not! I deserve my beauty sleep, thank you very much," Adelaide retorted, crossing her arms and pouting.
"And I agree with you completely," Dumbledore said, appearing beside the seat.
"I thought we had to wear our seat belts?" Tahnee inquired.
"True. But since we have left the ground, we won't be needing them for a while," the old man clarified, waving his hand and the seat belts disappeared.
"May I ask for your names? I have trouble deciding what to call you," Dumbledore said gently, seating himself besides Adelaide.
"Yes, of course, sir. I'm Adelaide Weller; this is Tahnee Peterson, that is Bryce Turner and his brother Kristen. Now what is your name?" Adelaide said cheekily, knowing exactly who this man was, ignoring Tahnee who was rolling her eyes.
"Ah, my name. Albus Dumbledore at your service, Miss Weller," Dumbledore replied, smiling at the girls insolence.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore, what are you doing at this end of the woods? Oh, and call Adelaide. Miss Weller sounds too icky," Adelaide said, putting on fake seriousness.
"Well, Adelaide, I've come to talk and get a better idea of what the Australian fifth years are like. But I seem to already know about you. Ebenezer Millagen speaks of all of you," Dumbledore said politely.
"Does he? What did he say," Kristen interrupted rudely.
"Yes he does. He seemed to want to warn me of your- queer personalities. But I'm not worried. Hogwarts has it's own group of rule-breakers," Dumbledore admitted.
"Who are they? What are their names? Will we meet them?" Bryce spluttered.
Dumbledore chortled.
"Who are they? Well, there are a few of them. Their names? The most known are Fred and George Weasley, Lee Jordan, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter-"
"Harry Potter? Does he go to Hogwarts?" Tahnee asked excitedly.
"Certainly. And I'm sure you'll meet them," Dumbledore answered patiently.
"Who are the professors?" Bryce wanted to know, eagerly waiting for an answer.
"Adelaide, I believe you have met the dear Professor Snape on your own. And I'm sure you could ask the other professors' their names yourself. It would be amusing to watch you purposely say their names incorrect in front of an audience. And now I must go greet the next group of Australians. I've only forty minutes left before we are arriving in Hogsmeade. I'll see you later," Dumbledore said, rising from his seat and moving down the aisle.
"I like him," Tahnee admitted simply.
"I know. He's a real funny fellow. And he allowed you to go calling the professors the wrong names!" Kristen exclaimed, his eyebrows rising.
Twenty minutes later, Tahnee groaned.
"I'm hungry," she complained.
"Me two," Kristen agreed.
"Me three," Bryce said.
"Well, if you're all starved, I suppose I can be too," Adelaide said, cracking her knuckles.
"There's no point in eating. We've got twenty minutes until we get off," Tahnee sighed, looking out the window.
Outside, they were flying above a huge blue ocean. They could see some land in the distance that they supposed was Britain. Waves rippled the smooth surface of the water. Just above the bus, wispy white clouds floated innocently towards the land.
"So, we're gonna meet Harry Potter. What do ya think he looks like," Tahnee asked, breaking the silence.
"Dunno. Since he's supposed to be some hero, maybe he'll be tall, muscly and strong. His voice will be real deep and his hair in some wicked hairstyle. What do you guys reckon?" Adelaide suggested.
"I hope he's not too hansom. He'll steal all the good-looking girls. Not to mention our girls," Bryce said.
"Who said you have any girls?" Tahnee exploded sardonically.
"You're our girls, you dopes! Didn't you know?" Kristen responded, his tone suggested that the answer was obvious.
"And when did you decide on that?" Adelaide said bossily.
Bryce's tone of voice became romantic and seductive all of a sudden.
"Ever since I saw you of course," he said, advancing on her.
His brother was doing the same to Tahnee.
"Ew! Gross! You're our friends and that's it. If you can't restrict your feelings for us, we'll go ditch ya!" she exclaimed, slapping the boys playfully on the cheek.
"Aww. We're really hurt, Nee-Nee," Kristen retorted sulkily, sticking his bottom lip out.
"Who cares? And don't call me Nee-Nee!" Tahnee cried irately.
"Right on, Nee-Nee," Bryce replied, swiftly avoiding a blow on the head from Tahnee.
The rest of the trip for the twins was ducking every two seconds to steer clear of Tahnee and Adelaide's hands as they punch and slap them. The awkward reason for this is that the boys were playing stupid and making ridiculous comments towards their friends.
Not soon enough, Dumbledore stood before all the fifth years.
"We will be landing in Hogsmeade in five minutes. Please buckle your seatbelts and prepare for a bumpy landing. Thank you," he said graciously, then sitting down himself.
The seat belts appeared once again and everyone clicked them up securely.
The landing was anything like what Dumbledore had described. It was relatively smooth and hardly bumpy. Adelaide and Tahnee examined the village through the window while they waited tolerantly for permission to exit the bus.
Outside, there was a group of Hogwarts students dressed in black robes standing beside six horseless carriages. Some of them were standing on tiptoe to see the foreign students. The village itself was picturesque as far as Tahnee and Adelaide could see. There was small stores and cottages with tiny gardens in front of them.
"In an orderly fashion, you may exit the bus and greet the Hogwarts fifth year exchange students. Be sure to make some friends," Dumbledore directed in a friendly way.
Everyone stood up and dawdled slowly down the aisle. Before Adelaide stepped down onto the ground, she turned around and waved vigorously to Snape.
"Goodbye, Mr Tape! I'll see you later!" she hollered blissfully.
In return, Snape glowered coldly at her.
As soon as Adelaide stepped off the bright blue bus, she wrapped her silk robes tightly around her and shivered. There was clouds covering the sky and the sun. It was then that Adelaide remembered how close Scotland was to the North Pole.
"Adela, come meet some people. And guess what? Harry Potter's here!" Tahnee said breathlessly, dragging Adelaide towards the students.
She followed her friend shakily. Partly from the cold and partly from knowing that she'd be meeting an internationally famous wizard in a minute.
But it seemed that most of the other Australian students were beginning to crowd someone. Adelaide couldn't see who it was but could hear some frantic shrieks.
"Ron! Hermione! Come back!"
Tahnee and Adelaide giggled.
"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ron Weasley."
Adelaide looked at the girl and boy in front of her. The girls who had spoken in a professional manner had thick, bushy brown hair and light brown eyes. The boy who had remained silent was quite tall with red hair, brown eyes and a face covered in freckles. Tahnee noted how white they were.
"Hi. I'm Canberra Swell the Great. Nice to meet you," Adelaide said, struggling to keep back fits of laughter.
"Canberra, huh? Weird name," Ron said dazedly, looking over to the crowd of students, smiling.
"She's only joking!" Tahnee blurted. "Her real name is Adelaide Weller with no 'the Great'. And I'm Tahnee Peterson. They are Kristen and Bryce Turner. That's Bryce, that's Kristen."
"How do you like Scotland?" Hermione asked.
"It's cold!" Bryce cried.
"Actually, this is quite nice at this time of year," Hermione said smartly.
"Um, who's in there?" Kristen said, pointing to the ball of people.
Ron laughed.
"That's our friend, Harry. Quite popular, isn't he?" Ron examined.
They stared at the crowd for a few minutes.
"Poor guy. It doesn't sound like he wants to be known that well. Do you wanna go rescue him from the jaws of publicity?" Adelaide proposed.
"Yep! Cool idea. Any idea how, though?" Tahnee said mockingly.
"Well, we can all hold hands to form a human cannon ball and then we can run and smash into them and then Hermione and Ron can grab Harry on the way," Adelaide explained.
They all agreed. But Hermione and Ron seemed puzzled by Adelaide's sense of stupidity. They formed a ball together, none-the-less, with Harry's two best friends at the front.
"One! Two! THREE!" Tahnee yelled.
They sped forward towards the crowd that surrounded the famous wizard. They were gaining speed and coming closer. Hermione was laughing as well as Ron.
Their human cannon ball crashed into the unwanted people who went flying. The Australian students knew exactly who was responsible for the havoc and were yelling at them or rolling on the ground, laughing. Hermione and Ron each snatched one of Harry's arms and dragged him away.
"Thanks, you guys. But you could of done it a little less- pushier," Harry said, dusting off his robes.
"Did you want to be rescued or not?" Bryce asked forcibly.
"Well, yeah," Harry answered. "And who are you guys?"
"Canberra Swell the Great at your service, Mr Potter," Adelaide replied poshly, bowing low before the puzzled fifteen year old.
"Adela, you absolutely ridiculous! This is Harry Potter! Tell him your real name!" Tahnee demanded.
Adelaide stuck out her tongue immaturely.
"I don't care if he is the Prime Minister or some bum! He's not muscly so I don't like him! Besides, that is my real good name!" she invented, trying to look sombre.
"Her real, real name is Adelaide. And that is Kristen, Bryce and Tahnee," Hermione explained.
"Right," was all Harry replied at first. And then he added, "Adelaide? You were saying goodbye to a Mr Tape when you came off the bus. Who was it?"
Adelaide laughed.
"Some Snape guy. He didn't look very pleasant," she gasped.
"Snape! Professor Snape?" Ron yelled incredulously.
"Who is he?" Tahnee asked.
"That evil git is the mean old potions master. He favours Slytherin big time," Harry answered, also laughing endlessly.
"Well, he'll deserve all he gets then," Adelaide said joyously.
"Excuse me, students. Could you please board the carriages," Dumbledore announced loudly.
Harry, Hermione, Ron, Kristen, Bryce, Adelaide and Tahnee managed to get a carriage by themselves. Well, at least they thought. Because Dumbledore boarded with them.
He noticed that their conversation came to a halt when he sat down
"Continue as if I'm not here. My hearing sometimes plays tricks on me and I go temporarily deaf," Dumbledore said serenely.
"Righto. Anyway, in Australia, we don't celebrate Halloween like you do. So it'll be fun this year," Tahnee said.
"I don't mean to interrupt but-"
"I thought you went temporarily deaf? What happened?" Adelaide stuttered irritably.
"My hearing senses went back to normal. Anyhow, I decided we'll be having a fancy dress ball this year to show our exchange students the best of Halloween," Dumbledore continued as if he wasn't interrupted at all.
"Too cool!" Kristen exclaimed loudly. "Wonder what I'll go as."
"You needn't worry really. Halloween isn't for another month and a half," Hermione said. "Oh, look, we're here," Harry said truthfully.
Adelaide stuck her head out of the tiny window and gasped. A tall castle towered over the Hogwarts grounds. Tons of towers and turrets rose high towards the clouds. A grand marble staircase shone oddly in the darkness. Hundreds of black robed students stood beside the castle with the professors lined up next to them.
"Off we go," Dumbledore prompted, getting out of the carriage.
Adelaide stepped out onto the soft green grass. It was odd to step on the spongy grass instead of the pebbled ground in Australia.
Dumbledore led the Hogwarts and Australian students in two different lines closer to the great castle. He stopped and cleared his throat to the other Hogwarts students.
"May I introduce our foreign exchange fifth years from the Australian Academy of Sorcery and Witchcraft. Ashleigh Garcia!"
Ashleigh stepped out from the group of students and waved shyly.
"Calvin Wills!"
Calvin did the same.
"Bennet Kenning!"
Bennet also waved.
Dumbledore called out all the names of the exchange students. When he yelled out Adelaide's name, she jumped out from behind Ron. Amazed by the quietness, she broke it.
"Thank you! Thank you! The name's Canberra Swell the Great! Candy for short! Now where's my applause?"
She bowed several times as the nervous clapping got louder. Out of the corner of her eye, Adelaide saw a pale blonde boy sneer and Dumbledore laugh, clapping also.
"Thank you, Adelaide. Now Venetia Morgan!" he shouted.
Adelaide pouted and returned to stand beside Tahnee.
When Dumbledore had finished, he continued speaking.
"Now that you've met them briefly, I expect every one of the Hogwarts students to tell them apart and tell me their real names." His eyes flickered to Adelaide. "Now can all the exchange students enter the Great Hall as I have a word with the rest of you."
Adelaide, Kristen, Bryce and Tahnee followed their new friends into the castle. The Great Hall was marvellous. It was made of mostly the shiniest marble and smoothest of woods. A giant staircase rose up to the upper levels.
Five huge tables were placed in the hall. Golden plates stood, empty on the tables. Above each table was a sign of each houses animal and the staff table had all four with a 'H' in the centre.
"Are you sitting with us in Gryffindor?" Hermione asked, taking a seat next to Ron and Harry.
"'Course we are. Where did you think we were going to sit?" retorted Adelaide.
"Dunno," Ron said.
"So, who are the other Hogwarts fifth year exchange people, huh?" Bryce piped.
"Well, the other Gryffindors' are Parvati Patil and Lavender Brown. They're over there. The stuck-up, no-good Slytherin bigheads are Malfoy, Millicent Bulstrode, Crabbe, Goyle and Pansy Parkinson. The Ravenclaw people are Terry Boot, Mandy Brocklehurst, Lisa Turpin, Thomas Moon and Sally-Anne Perks. The Hufflepuffs' are Justin Finch-Fletchley, Ernie Macmillan, Hannah Abbot, Susan Bones and Rory Kings," Harry replied.
"Why are the Slytherins' no-gooders or bigheads, or stuck-ups?" Kristen said, peering over at the Slytherin table.
The blonde haired boy, who had sneered at Adelaide earlier, glared at him.
"What do you want, Turner?" he scoffed.
"Did I say anything, jerk?" Kristen yelled back, smirking.
He turned back to the Gryffindor table, scowling.
"No need to answer," he muttered.
"Well, at least we know who to play all our most greatest pranks on. Thanks for finding that out, Krissy-Boy," Adelaide chirped.
"Ha ha," Kristen said dryly.
"Do you play pranks?" Ron asked.
"Sure we do. What's school without them?" Tahnee responded, watching all the other Hogwarts students' file into the Great Hall, aswell as the professors.
"My brothers' are gonna love you," Ron exclaimed, grinning.
"Fred and George Weasley? Fantastic! When do we meet them?" Adelaide said happily.
"Right about now would be correct," Ron said, looking over Adelaide's shoulder.
Adelaide turned sharply and found herself looking at two identical redheads. They were the same down to the last freckle.
"Fred and George Weasley I presume," she said courteously.
"Certainly," the answered in union in the same good-mannered way.
"May I have your autographs?" Adelaide asked politely.
"Of course. Do you have some parchment and a quill?" one of the twins asked.
"No, I'm sorry. I'll have to ask of your autographs another time," Adelaide answered, frowning.
The twins nodded and sat themselves down. Then they suddenly dropped their chivalrous manner.
"That was a wicked entrance, man!" one of the twins exclaimed animatedly.
"I've done better," Adelaide admitted. "And from what I've heard of you, you're quite good at making a statement aswell!"
"Yeah, I suppose. But we plan on doing the biggest prank in Hogwarts history this year! Since it's our last year and all," the other twin explained.
"You should've heard what she kept calling Snape, George!" Ron blurted out, joining their conversation of tricks and disguises.
The twin that answered had a slightly pointier nose than his identical brother did. Adelaide made a mental note of this.
"What did she call the git?" George asked blissfully.
"Mr Tape!" Ron answered, laughing his head off.
"You should've seen his face when I got his name wrong. He was furious!" Adelaide giggled.
"Ahem! May I please ask for your complete attention before the feast begins."
Dumbledore was standing at his place at the staff table. Everyone stopped talking and looked at him.
"It has come to my attention that the students from the Australian Academy of Sorcery and Magic are unaware of the rebirth of none other than Lord Voldemort," Dumbledore declared.
Adelaide gasped. She had heard of Lord Voldemort. He had supposedly disappeared fourteen years ago thanks to Harry Potter. But now he had returned. Adelaide had heard all this from Tahnee, Kristen and Bryce, who were fully blooded wizards. Unlike them, she had no trouble saying the dark wizard's name. It probably had something to do with coming from a Muggle family.
"Hogwarts is one of the safest places on this earth. Be wary and not careless. If anyone wishes to know more information, I'm free to answer any questions. Thank you. Now enjoy the feast!" Dumbledore said, seating himself.
The golden plates magically filled up with food and everyone began snatching anything they could see.
"Voldemort's back!" Adelaide said disbelievingly.
"Yeah. Back we go to the old days," Harry sighed, frowning.
"I feel sorry for anyone who ends up having to face Voldemort," Adelaide confessed, helping herself to some pasta.
"Well, if you don't want to end up dead because of someone else, I advise you find some new friends and stay away from me. The less that die because of me, the better," Harry said, ignoring a lot of shocked faces.
"And why do you think that your friends would leave you just because some demented wizard wants to kill you?" Adelaide asked, amazed at Harry's view of the situation.
"Because he'll kill anyone who gets in his way. And you're in his way," Harry replied immediately.
"So," Adelaide retorted.
"So you're in his way," Harry continued.
"I'm getting tired of this ridiculous subject," Adelaide groaned.
"So what's Australia's weather like? I was wondering what type of clothing I should take," Hermione wanted to know.
"Well, in January, (that's when you'll be arriving), the weather is quite hot. Around forty-five degrees. But then it'll cool down to about thirty degrees or higher. We rarely get anything in the twenties," Tahnee replied knowingly.
"I never thought it would be that hot," Hermione stuttered, watching Harry and Ron's jaws drop.
"We get cyclones, too," Adelaide added.
"Well, it looks like we'll need to go shopping for cooler clothes. Or we can charm all our clothes to make the weather seem cooler. I think I saw a spell in a book I read in the library…" Hermione said, lost in thought.
"She's obsessed with books," Ron commented as dessert appeared on the golden plates.
"So? You should have seen us in our first year. You wouldn't see our heads out of a book. We were studying way above our level so we could have good marks and a good reputation with pranks. You see, if you have higher marks, the less chance you have of being expelled. The teachers wouldn't expel a top student straight away," Tahnee objected.
"Right," was all Ron could say.
When dessert finally disappeared, Dumbledore stood up.
"The foreign students will be sleeping in the dorms of their new friends. Beds have already been set up. Goodnight and don't let the bedbugs bite!" he said happily.
Adelaide stood up and began to follow Hermione out of the Hall. But she stopped abruptly. Tahnee's trunk had emerged before her. Adelaide's would be appearing soon.
She was right. But Adelaide hadn't expected her trunk to materialise where it did. It emerged neatly on the feet. Adelaide screamed.
"MILLAGEN! I'LL GET YOU!" she roared.
The stunned crowd stared at her. She lifted the trunk of her sore feet and pulled out her wand.
Adelaide placed the tip of her wand on her forehead and muttered a few words then returned to where she was.
"Don't mind little, old me! Off you go!" Adelaide said to the silent crowd.
They took her word and continued on their way.
"What'd you just do?" Harry asked.
"Put Millagen under the permanent twenty-four hour Jelly-Legs curse," Adelaide answered coolly.
"How? He's in Australia and you're here," Ron pointed out.
"A nifty little thing I learned in third year. It allows you to curse or send a mental message to someone who is miles away," Adelaide explained.
They reached a portrait of a very fat lady.
"Hello, dears," the Fat Lady greeted kindly.
"May I ask for your name?" Kristen asked, smiling angelically.
The Fat Lady looked astounded.
"My, no one's ever asked me that. The only person who ever asked me for my name was young James Potter. My name is Haidee. What's your name? I don't remember seeing you," the Fat Lady answered, surprised.
"Kristen. This is my brother, Bryce and this is Tahnee and Adelaide. We are all apart of the fifth year exchange program from Australia," Kristen responded.
"Oh, yes," the Fat Lady said.
"I don't mean to interrupt but I'm tired and we've got class tomorrow. The password is 'Junaba'," Hermione said.
The Fat Lady swung open and they all climbed into the Gryffindor common room. There was puffy armchairs surrounding a blazing fire and two spiral staircases.
"Come on. You guys look tired. I'll show you to the fifth year dormitories," Hermione said, climbing a staircase. Tahnee and Adelaide followed, their trunks floating behind them. The dormitory looked as if it had been magically made bigger. Four extra beds had been placed in the room.
"These are your beds. Classes begin at nine. Goodnight," Hermione instructed.
Tahnee and Adelaide were left alone.
"I think I like Hogwarts," Tahnee said blankly, staring at her four poster bed.
"Me, too, Tahnee. Me, too," Adelaide said.
The door to the dormitory suddenly opened. Four girls rushed in, two of which Adelaide knew, talking about the latest fashion.
"And these are the girls dormitories. Your beds are over there. Oh, hi there," said a girl Adelaide recognised as Parvati Patil.
"Hi," Tahnee replied.
"Anyway," Lavender Brown continued talking and then left with Parvati.
"Hi, Alli, Ashleigh," Adelaide greeted.
"Hi, Adela. Why did you have to do that thing you did when Dumbledore introduced us? You totally embarrassed me and Alli," Ashleigh whined.
Her voice was posh and prissy. Both of the girls' hair had been gelled and put into fancy hairstyles. Their clothes underneath their robes were for impressing boys.
"You should know by now, Ashleigh. It's what I do. Now goodnight. I'm very tired," Adelaide answered.
And with that, she went to bed.