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I sighed as my feet hit the dusty road. My cousin Lucas Scott stepped out of his house and ran to embrace me. I haven't seen him since I was a little girl so I ran and jumped into his strong arms screaming.

"LUCAS!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I missed him so much, but Hogwarts took me away so often from my family it hurt.

"Amberlynn!" He yells back in his deep man voice. I started to laugh as I wrapped my arms around him. He grabbed me and swung me around my hair flying into my eyes. I heard a door open and out walked my Aunt Karen. I screamed and ran into her arms too. She gave me a strong hug and let me go.

"I can't believe you could come!" She smiled at me. Since when have I gotten taller than her?

"Me either! It has definitely been too long!" I replied giving her a warm smile.

"So how come you could be here for the summer?" Luke asked me. God, I love him! He's got to be the best guy in the whole world. The fact that one of my best friends is his girlfriend makes it so much more fun to be with him.

"Well, I didn't have to stick around school and in England so I decided to come here and escape all the crap over there," I said brushing the hair out of my face.

"Well, we are definitely happy that you are here. Come with me and I'll show you to your room," Karen led me into her house. It was small but nice. I always loved being here. It never ceases feeling like home. The way how it always smells like a home cooked meal or how the booze and drugs aren't seemingly predominate in my life. I can never replay Aunt Karen for this kindess she has bestowed on me.

My room is small. There's a small window in the corner that is just big enough to climb out of if I ever need to crash some wild party. A small desk sits against the outside wall and my bed has a thick red comforter with white and black pillows, my favorite colors. There is a small hallway that leads to the bathroom that I will share with Lucas. I toss my stuff on the bed and hurry out of the room. Luke was out early today, but Peyton, Brooke, and Haley are about to be out of school.

I take off at a jog down the road. I run past the basketball hoop which is my refuge when my life seems to be falling. I used to live here with my mom and dad. When I got older, my parents separated because my mom was always drunk and high. My father and I had to get as far away as possible so we moved to England. I received my owl when I was eleven. I was so shocked I laid across my bed for hours crying my eyes out. I thought that meant I was a freak. Soon, I started to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and I fell in love with it. I became friends with Harry Potter and some of his friends, Ron Weasely and Hermione Granger, but I also became friends with Draco Malfoy. After the battle at Hogwarts, Harry and Draco finally patched up their relationship and are almost inseparable. So now I have my best friends in the entire world with me and I don't have to worry about having to get a restraining order.

My lungs were beginning to burn from running. I only had a few yards left to jog; the school was just over the hill. I put myself into an all out sprint. I could barely perceive the bell ringing in the background of my labored breathing. I let out a yelp as I tripped over my shoelace. I hit the ground hard. I could feel my skin tear apart. I got up and observed the damage done to my knees. It wasn't too bad but I was going to have to get a band aid before I head home. I walked the rest of the way to the school. Tree Hill High was a pretty large school. The quad was probably one of my favorite places in the world. I remember going there waiting for my brother James to get out of class. Now, he's at Texas A&M studying to be an engineer.

As I made my way up to the quad, I heard someone call out my name. I turned around and was immediately assaulted by three pairs of arms and three voices screaming. Well, I suppose four if you count my own voice. "Brooke, Peyton, Haley!" I screamed. I noticed we were getting pointed at, but I was happy I was just with my friends. Screw other people who laugh. They never had to fight Lord Voldemort.

"Why are you here?" Peyton asked pushing her blonde hair out of her face. Her blue eyes were sparkling with excitement.

"Better yet, why is your knee bloody?" Brooke asked as she flicked her raven black hair behind her shoulder.

"Oh, I tripped and fell running here," I replied sheepishly. Haley grabbed my hand and led me into the school. "Let's visit the nurse and get it patched up."

I smiled slightly to myself. Haley was only a few months pregnant but was already a maternal figure. She is definitely going to be a great mother.

As the nurse cleaned me up, I got caught up on the latest Tree Hill gossip. There was a new girl named Rachel who is apparently, in Brooke's words,"The world's sluttiest, biggest bitch in the whole world." I had to chuckle at her words. More than likely, Rachel is exactly like Brooke. According to Peyton's and Haley's exchange of glances, she was. I knew all about Haley and Nathan Scott's marriage, I had been invited but I was in the middle of finals, but what I couldn't believe was that Peyton's brother Derek was not who she showed me earlier this year. Apparently, he's a mentally ill guy, but in all words, a stalker. I almost cried for Peyton when I saw her face telling me all these things.

I naturally had to fill them in about school too. They knew I am a witch, so telling them about magic was not too unusual. We invented ways to talk about Hogwarts and magical things without attracting attention from other people. I told them about turning seventeen last month and defeating Voldemort. They were shocked when I told them about having to kill him and all our friends who we lost. They did have to laugh when I told them the worst enemies became best friends. The drama at Hogwarts, no matter how different the curriculum was, is no different than at Tree Hill. Soon, my knee was patched up and we were on our way back to Lucas's house.

We pulled into the drive way nodding our heads to the beat of a Fall Out Boy song. The bass was cranked up all the way and we were having the time of our lives. Peyton leaped out of the driver's seat of her convertible and ran into his arms. They kissed gently, which Brooke and I gagged ourselves at, and walked back to the car with their arms around each other. Peyton turned the car off and we all quickly got out of her car and laughed our way into the house. The friendly banter was back and it made my heart swell twice its normal size. This was perfect, no magic, no Hogwarts; just me, my friends, and Tree Hill to conquer.

We popped in a movie, The Phantom of the Opera, and snuggled together to enjoy the large bowl of extra butter pop corn. When Christine was singing "Think of Me", I heard a familiar bang. My stomach hit my feet. We paused the movie and I went back to my room. There was some smoke coming off their clothes, but I knew exactly who they were.

"Draco, Harry, Hermione, Ron, why are you guys here?"

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