A/N: I know I've been absent for a loooooong time, but school and life in general got really tough for a while, but I won't bore you with the details.

I thought I'd try HP!Glee for a change, since some of my favourite fics have that inspiration. I'll probably post this on Ao3 too (same username). The pairings will be Dantana and Faberry. Don't get me wrong, I still love Brittana and they hold a very special place in my heart, but Dani is an amazing and underused character and I'm slightly in love/obsessed with Demi Lovato, so this one will be Dantana. I would love some suggestions as who to pair Brittany up with, guy or girl.

Santana remembers very clearly the day she got her Hogwarts letter. It was a Tuesday, in the summer holidays, she'd had toast for breakfast, and her mum had been complaining how she was going to have to find yet another school for Santana to attend come September.

"Honestly," she'd sighed, "I don't know what's wrong with you, mija, why can't you just stay put at a school for more than a year without getting kicked out?"

Santana had shrugged, "I don't know, mami, maybe I'm a demigod, like in those Percy Jackson books."

She'd said it to be funny; to ease the palpable tension in the room, but her mother had only glared at her, before the sound of the post arriving had distracted her. Santana had sighed unhappily and taken another bite of her toast. It wasn't fair. She'd only looked at the bully and suddenly he was flying down the staircase as if he'd tripped on an invisible wire. Of course, he was convinced Santana had pushed him, and that was the end of that school. Santana had defended herself, of course, but it probably hadn't helped that this school was the sixth she'd been to in as many years, and her main line of defence was maintaining, "It's not like he died or anything."

So that was why, when her mother had returned with a furrowed brow, handing a letter addressed to Santana in spiky green handwriting over, which said she had been accepted into a place called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and that she was magic, the only thing she could utter was, "I thought you said 'witch' was a bad word, mami."

Now Santana is about to start her fifth year at Hogwarts, as a Prefect, no less, and she couldn't be more excited to see all her friends and that crumbling old castle again. Stuffing a few muggle rations consisting of chewing gum, jelly beans (the perfectly normal-flavoured type) and a packet of strawberry laces for Brittany, she hears an indignant squawk from the cage on top of the dresser.

Santana turns to her Tawny owl Rafael (she'd had to give him a Spanish name) and laughs at the expression on his face.

"Relax, mi cariño," she soothes, "I'm not gonna forget you!"

…..

The journey to platform nine and three-quarters is eventful, to say the least.

First of all, they're five minutes on their way when Santana realises she has forgotten Rafael and they arrive back home to find a seething bird still on top of Santana's dresser. Next, they get stuck in traffic, and make it to King's Cross Station at a quarter to eleven. Then there are a crowd of people by the barrier to the platform, so Santana has to wait until the crowd has thinned before she can make the run through the wall.

She boards the train at ten fifty-nine, and doesn't even get to say goodbye to her mother.

She's walking down a carriage when the train jerks into motion, unbalancing her so that she has to lean on her case in order to stay upright. She wobbles down the length of the train, trying to find the compartment where her friends are. She finally locates them near the back of the train, and heaves the sliding door aside with her free hand.

She's immediately greeted by a flurry of hugs from her five best friends, and it knocks all the breath from her lungs. When the light from the window is finally un-obscured by the heads previously blocking it, Santana pulls back to greet each of her friends individually.

First, there's Kurt, a slight, tall boy with perfectly coiffed hair, as always. He's in Gryffindor with Rachel, a short brunette with big brown eyes and is the most determined person Santana knows, aside from herself. There are two blonde girls, Brittany and Quinn, aka Santana's best-best friends. Quinn is in Ravenclaw, 'the brainy bitch' is what Santana affectionately calls her, and is easily the smartest person Santana knows. Brittany is probably the sweetest person in the world, a tall Hufflepuff with innocent blue eyes and a creative nature. Last is Mike Chang, Quinn's fellow Ravenclaw and a brilliant seeker.

Not all of them play Quidditch; Rachel and Kurt prefer to cheer on from the sidelines, but the rest of them are in their respective house teams. Quinn's a chaser on Mike's team, and Brittany is also a chaser for Hufflepuff, and one of the best in the school, at that. Santana's a beater. Not that that surprises her; she's always been fond of hitting things with a bat (Rounders had been her favourite game at muggle school).

Brittany squeals and hugs Santana when she produces the strawberry laces, and the rest of the long journey is spent catching up (there's only so much you can put into a letter) and munching on the food from the trolley. It feels great to be back with her friends, Santana thinks, as she gazes round at them. Although she's somewhat nervous about taking her OWLs this year, she still thinks it's going to be totally awesome.

When the train finally shudders to a stop at Hogsmeade Station, Santana gets up and stretches. She and her friends stuff as much food into their pockets as they can, and step off the train. Their bags and owls will be brought to their dorm rooms later. Santana grabs a carriage with Quinn and Brittany, while Mike, Rachel and Kurt take the next one, and Santana can see the Thestral's skeletal figure illuminated by the moonlight.

…..

Santana also remembers very clearly the first time she saw Hogwarts castle. She was in one of those stupid little boats with Brittany and Quinn (who she had met on the train), and a girl with wide brown eyes and a blonde ponytail. As Santana had observed the girl, she could've sworn the girl's hair had very briefly turned blue, before switching back to blonde. Putting it down to a trick of the light (or lack thereof), Santana turned her attention back to the front and gasped.

There in front of her, perched on a cliff, had been a huge stone castle. She'd exchanged impressed looks with Brittany and Quinn, and had stared at the castle in awe. It was just so big and grand, and as they'd gotten closer, Santana could see countless turrets and the grounds and… wow.

If she'd thought the outside of the castle was impressive, being inside and greeted by the Headmistress, a stern lady with grey hair scraped back into a bun under her pointed hat, was even more so. The Headmistress, Professor McGonagall, she said her name was, led the cluster of first years through a pair of massive wooden double doors into a vast hall. This hall had four long tables where the rest of the school was already seated. The older students had stared at them as they walked by, and Santana had scowled back at them. She was sure she saw one of them laugh at this.

They had been halted in front of a fifth table which marked the end of the hall, and Santana could just about see a three-legged wooden stool with an old, ragged hat perched upon it. There had been a pause, and then the hat had opened a tear in the fabric near the brim, and had started to sing.

Santana had been too shocked to remember the song, but it didn't matter, because she was clapping along with the entire school afterwards, and Professor McGonagall had raised her hands for silence. A hush had fallen as she'd brought out a scroll and cleared her throat.

After a few names had been called, Santana had started to get the hang of this sorting thing. They put the hat on your head and it put you in one of four houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Presently, Professor McGonagall had called out, "Quinn Fabray," and Quinn had taken a shaky breath and walked forwards. The hat had barely touched Quinn's head before it yelled, "Ravenclaw!" and one table erupted into cheers as Quinn made her way to sit with them.

A few sortings later and the name Danielle Harper was called. The girl Santana hadn't known in the boat had stepped forwards, and the hat was on her head for about ten seconds before it sorted her into Gryffindor. Danielle Harper had smiled in relief, and sat down at the appropriate table.

All too soon, McGonagall had called "Santana Lopez," and Santana had been walking forwards on shaky legs and sitting down on the stool. The hat had completely covered her eyes, and suddenly a voice had been whispering aloud in her ear.

"Hmmm," it had said, "I'm not sure where to put you. There's bravery in here, and defiance, but I also sense an edge, cunning and a sharp wit. You've seen things no eleven year old child should have seen, haven't you?"

The hat had been scaring Santana at this point. How did it know about her father? Finally, the hat had said, "I think you'll do well in… SLYTHERIN!"

The last word had been shouted to the entire school, and a table clad in green and silver had cheered. Santana, still in a daze, had stumbled over and sat down, watching Brittany be sorted into Hufflepuff. A boy with a Mohawk and the name of Noah Puckerman had been sorted into Slytherin, along with a short blonde named Kitty Wilde, but Santana had been looking over at her new friends at their own tables, feeling slightly wistful.

…..

The feast this year is spectacular, as always, and Santana eats up with Puck and Kitty, other members of the Quidditch team. Puck is the other beater in the team, and little Kitty is the seeker, and a great one at that. They're the youngest players in the house team by far, and that fact makes Santana feel extremely proud.

It's taken her a while to get used to Slytherin; there are some real douches in her house. But she hears it's a lot better than it was ten or fifteen years ago. Apparently, there was a huge rivalry between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and to a slightly lesser extent, there still is. But all of Santana's best friends are in other houses, so she guesses all four houses must have made some sort of progress.

After dinner she has to escort the new crop of Slytherins to their common room, but afterwards she meets up with her friends in an ancient classroom. It's something they've been doing since they found it in their third year, and they're almost certain they're the only ones who know of its existence.

That is until a short blonde with wide brown eyes walks in.

Danielle Harper widens her eyes in surprise, "Sorry guys! I didn't mean to-"

Rachel interrupts her. "It's Okay, Dani," she says to her fellow Gryffindor, "we were just talking. Come join us."

Nervously, it seems, Dani walks over and sits by Rachel, who introduces her to everyone in the room, but Santana already knows her. Dani Harper, Gryffindor's star chaser, and the girl that makes Santana's stomach dance and her heart soar like a pre-teen's, and has done ever since first year.

A/N: So what do you guys think? Should I continue? Who do you want to see Brittany with, because I have no clue. I know there's not much Faberry in this chapter, but please bear with me. I promise I'll make it worth the wait and if you guys want me to continue, I'll try to update whenever I can

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