CHAPTER 1 At about 3am one morning, a tall, midnight black haired boy arrived at St Mungos. Harry Potter had caught pneumonia.

A healer showed him to his room. (Harry noticed that it was very same level where Mr Weasley stayed when he was bitten by Voldemort's snake. Probably so that his friends could easily find him.)

The healer opened the door and let harry step in before her.

Surprisingly, he and the healer were not alone. In one of the two beds in the room was a girl about the same age as harry. She had the same untidy pitch black hair that he had even though it lied straighter than his and her hair went down to her hips, with matching eyes as well. She was also quite tall to, and might even be taller than Ron and him. (Harry had grown a lot over the summer, and I do mean A LOT!!)

"This will be your room for the next few days. You will be sharing it though, hope you don't mind"

But before Harry could even object, he was forced into bed, and the healer had gone.

He noticed that the girl was reading through a book that he had just gotten from Diagon Alley. It looked already worn and torn, the kind of wear and tear that Hermione's books received.

The girl caught harry looking at her and gave him a really dirty look.

"Sorry ....... I just couldn't help staring"

"Just for the record...I'm Raven"

Harry took that into consideration and thought that she was either even meaner than Malfoy, or is even more alone in the world than him. In the end he chose the first suggestion.

Ron and Hermione came to see him the next day, along with the whole of the order. They wished him well and gave him advice and what not, but the whole time they were there, harry couldn't help but wonder if Raven got any visitors.

He asked Hermione and Ron if they'd seen her before, but only got answers of ............

"Sorry Harry, I've never seen her before in my life." Or

"I've seen every girl that goes to Hogwarts, and I've never seen her before."

One day Harry got up the courage and asked Raven about something, anything that would break the ice and get her to talk (so far she hadn't said anything)

"So......... what book are you reading?"

Raven didn't say anything.

"Is it good?"

Still she didn't say anything, but this time she looked at him.

"WHY WON'T YOU SAY ANYTHING TO ME!!!!?"

"BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER READ THAN TALK AND MAKE A FOOL OF MY SELF!"

Harry just starred at her in an awkward way.

Raven had quickly blushed and retreated back to her book.