Hey this is my first Harry Potter Fanfiction so please go easy on me.

"Now remember Zelania don't socialize with any blood traitors and do NOT let anyone know of your blood heritage do you hear me?" My adoptive mother asked me. Well, she wasn't really my adoptive mother. She just took me from Hillside orphanage, an orphanage that kept orphaned muggle borns away from muggle society so they would be less likely to expose the magical world. We let everyone think that I was her adoptive daughter but to me it felt a bit more like kidnapping. I stared up into the icy blue eyes of my 'mother'. Grace Fairfox, a pure blood enthusiast, she was a tall, grim looking woman who constantly looked like she was chewing a wasp, imagine what she looked like when I got sorted into Ravenclaw and not Slytherin like she wanted, I still have the scars. She had shoulder length, dirty blonde hair that was in a bun. I quickly nodded my head and hurried away from her as I ran through the wall at Kings cross station and through to platform 9 ¾. Leaving my old life behind.

Now were are my manners, Old Fox features would kill me if I forgot them. I'm Zelania-Rose Everglade but everyone thinks my last name is Fairfox. So I guess you should call me Zelania-Rose Fairfox…..that's a bit of a mouthful so call me Rosa, that's what my friends do.

Speaking of them here comes one now. Jasmine Ravenkey. My year, A Gryffindor. She is one of my best friends, one of the two that actually know of my true blood heritage, quite short with emerald green eyes, that I swear change with her mood sometimes, and red hair. Jasmine bounded into the empty compartment I was currently occupying on the Hogwarts express. I have known Jasmine the longest because she too was an orphan but she kept getting moved from orphanage to orphanage so I shared a room with her at Hillside for two years when we were both nine before she moved again. Then at the sorting ceremony last year I heard her name be called and I couldn't believe it. We met up and got closer again. She introduced me to Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger and all of the current weasleys, except Percy I kinda got into a bit of trouble at the start of the year BUT that's another story, and I introduced her to Luna.

Jasmine slid into the seat opposite me and grabbed her book from her bag before settling down. I raised an eyebrow. Ok the whole ignoring thing I'm used to. Apparently not seeing me for several weeks isn't that unbearable, but still that isn't the weird part. She would actually sit FREAKING STILL. But no Jasmine was practically jumping in her seat. It got so bad that I thought her black barn owl Hercules, who was snug in his cage, would fall off the seat. My own owl, Lyra a normal barn owl, was currently sitting on the back of the seat I was on, cocking her head at my red-headed friend.

"Ok either you just ate a load of marshmallows" Her muggle weakness "Or you just saw Harry" I pointed out.

Her emerald eyes quickly snapped up to me in a fierce glare and I returned it realising the answer. "Aha so it was Harry" I announced pointing at her.

A rosy blush adorned her face as she swaked my hand away from herself before replying "No it wasn't-". I didn't let her finish.

"Oh it so was" I literally leaped from my side of the compartment and kneeled next to her, Only vaguely aware I had knocked Hercules' cage onto the floor and he flew out of the cage with an appalled hoot and settled next to Lyra. "I know you saw him" I was now poking my friend in the side constantly as I repeated my previous statement with glee.

Jasmine, on the other hand, wasn't enjoying the questioning as much as I was as she kept hitting my hand away. I went to poke her shoulder but she all but screamed "NO TOUCHIE" and next thing either of us knew we were on the floor laughing our heads off.

The door to our compartment slid open to reveal a shocked cyan haired girl. She stood in the doorway, looking down at us with dark blue eyes. Jasmine, being extremely embarrassed, quickly got back onto her seat and sent me, who was sprawled out on top of her, into the window. I fell to the floor as Jasmine sent me an apologetic smile.

"Do I want to know?" The cyan haired girl got my attention again. I stood up and examined her closely. The hogwarts robes, but a fellow Ravenclaw, her hair was a striking blue and was pulled back into a ponytail. She walked towards me with open arms and I gladly accepted her embrace.

This was Paige Penrose, my closest friend in Ravenclaw, and the other person to know my blood heritage. We met last year when I stopped a bleach blonde boy in our year *Cough* Malfoy *Cough* from picking on her because of her hair. She let me go and sat next to Jasmine, who had recovered her book and was now immersed in it. I sat back on my side and felt a scream rise in my throat as a black, furry lump landed on my lap. Babs. Paige's pet, a pitch black cat with piercing green eyes.

"Heya Babs" I cooed as I stroked the cats head before she returned to her mistress's lap.

"So how was your summer, Paige?" I asked as Lyra climbed on my shoulder, she is slightly scared of Babs and has a few missing feathers as a reason.

"Oh the normal, stuck at home with my mum but that's about it. Oh and Babs caught a fox" Paige replied casually.

This got Jasmine's attention "What?, Babs caught a fox?".

Paige laughed at her friends expression before nodding, confirming her friends thoughts. I chuckled as Jasmine slowly brought her gaze to her book, confusion still lingering in her green eyes. I then looked out the window. Babs was quite a vicious animal and I knew that, unfortunately so did Lyra, who was now curled up on my lap with her beak tucked under her wing. If only that unfortunate fox had been fox features herself. Would have made my life a whole lot easier. Speaking of which I was still sore from her last punishment.

The rest of the journey went smoothly. Paige and I talking and Jasmine occasionally adding a comment here and there. We were almost there when I had to get changed into my robes. I lifted Lyra off my lap and placed her back on the seat, Babs was already asleep so it was safe. I grabbed my bag from the rack above me and made my way out of our compartment and into the nearest bathroom. I locked the door and quickly put on my Ravenclaw robes. I looked in the mirror and scrutinised my reflection. Pale skin, jet black hair and violet eyes. I certainly wasn't the most common looking of girls. My eyes were a bright violet and my raven hair tended to bring out the paleness of my skin. I quickly french braided my waist length hair and walked down the side of the train. I approached my compartment when a disgruntled Lyra was shoved in my arms.

I looked up to find an ecstatic Paige in front of me, wearing a grin that couldn't possibly fit on her face. Babs was hefted into her bag, obviously not enjoying being woken up. "What happened?" I asked as Paige grabbed me by the shoulders and practically pushed me against the window of our compartment. I couldn't believe this! There. Sitting right there. Was my friend Jasmine Ravenkey a girl who wouldn't even put her damned book down for her two closest friends was sitting right there talking and laughing with Harry Potter. Harry FREAKIN Potter.

I turned to Paige who looked like she was gonna burst. "Again, what happened?" I asked as we walked down the side of the train, dodging the trolley where I was tempted to pull Paige away by her ear before she mugged them for all their pumpkin pasties.

After Paige's attention was directed back towards me she replied "Oh Harry just asked if he could talk to Jasmine and I grabbed Babs and Lyra as fast as I could to leave them alone. I mean do you know how long she has been crushing on him?". I could only nod as I knew, probably better than anyone, that my friend, the completely emotionless Gryffindor, was smitten with 'the chosen one'.

"So what now?" I asked, hoping she had a plan as Lyra hopped up to perch on my shoulder, I barely kept her in her cage and when I did she hated it….with a passion. My cyan haired friend gave me a smirk that sent a chill up my spine. This wasn't good.

"Well there is only one compartment with enough room for us both two fit in" She replied. She didn't mean...No. She did.

My thoughts were interrupted when I was roughly grabbed round the waist and thrown over someones shoulder. I barely had time to glimpse Lyra fly off my shoulder. My eyes widened as I got an eyeful of give away ginger hair. I was vaguely aware that the train had stopped as I struggled. My captor then proceeded to walk get off the train, not bothering to duck in the slightest so I hit my head on the doorway. As I let out a scream I heard the person chuckle but after a knee to the chest they stopped. I got tired of struggling and went limp in their hold, ignoring everyone's weird looks, I rested my head on my hand as my elbow rested on their back. I wasn't worried. I have a pretty good idea who this was…..this isn't the first time.

"Having fun?"

I looked up to see a familiar smirking red-head, carrying a blue haired girl. Fred. So if Fred was there then that meant that...

"George?" I called sweetly over my shoulder, though my eyes were burning holes through Fred's head.

"Yes?" He replied, completely oblivious.

"Kindly put me down please" I asked, trying not to sound as though it was through gritted teeth.

"Nope" I gave him a chance. I glanced over to see Fred smirking at me as Paige hit her fists against his back.

"Hey George, do you know why I have some lessons with you?".

"Oh here we go" He muttered as he shifted my weight on his shoulder "Yes because you Dumbledore thought you needed a challenge because the first year course was to easy for you".

"And what classes are they?".

"Charms and Care of magical creatures".

I smirked and in the corner of my eye I saw Paige freeze as she tried to bite Fred. "And what did I do last year to Filch that you and Fred thought was 'Bloody wicked'?". A victorious smirk came to my face and I directed it to Fred.

"Um oh the time you got that huge bird to fly through the window and attack-" He abruptly stopped in his tracks and I could feel him tense under me. The next thing I knew I was on the floor on my back, groaning in pain may I add, as Paige was sitting next to me, trying to get Babs to calm down. I looked at the twins and noticed them trying to sneak away silently but oh I had another idea.

"So boys did you know that Babs caught a fox during summer?" This got the exact reaction I was hoping for. Both pairs of brown eyes widened as I turned to Paige. "Release the cat!" I declared, laughing as the twins tried to shoot stunning spells at the black bundle of fluff. Oh this was going to be a very interesting year indeed.

HT