Prologue:

Present

I'm sitting in front of the vanity, biting my lip and readjusting my hair over and over again. "Addie, calm down, it's going to be fine, Love!" my best friends Anna, Jane and Syl said, smiling wide.

I looked over at them, "I can't believe it's the day. I'm- oh my God, guys, I'm getting married!"

My name is Adele Johnson, soon to be Mrs. Adele Wood but I prefer to be called Addie. I have straight brown hair that falls to my mid back. I have bright brown eyes and a tan complexion. Oh, and did I forget to mention, I am getting married to the man of my dreams, Oliver Wood. Neither of us expected to even get close to this day- even though everyone else supposedly did. We despised each other ever since first year when he pulled on my pigtails during broom riding class, telling me that girls can't fly, and that they suck at Quidditch. No, they don't. In fact, we're amazing! I got a little carried away and started shouting at him louder than I ever have. Yeah, no one ever lets us live it down – it was the strangest way to start of my first day/year at Hogwarts and Oliver just got served by a girl. Unfortunately, we both got sorted into the same house which made it harder to avoid each other. Anyway, we kept that rivalry up until 6th year. That's when things started to get- interesting. Ah, young love- always full of surprises.

Ch. 1

*Flashback!

"Come on, Addie! We're going to be late," Jane said shaking her head. I pouted, "But- fine." I grabbed a shiny red apple and started walking down to Care of Magical Creatures. "I wonder who's going to be in the class," Jane wondered. I shrugged, taking a bite of my apple, "Honestly," I said after swallowing, "I'd be fine with anyone. Even Flint- the only person I don't want to see is…" "Wood," Jane finished for me. I nodded and she rolled her brown eyes while running her hand through her long red hair, "You're insane."

"Addie, Jane," a voice called out, "Wait for me!" "Hey, Anna," I said while she was running over. She grinned while breathing heavily and she waved, "Hi guys. I ran as fast as I could- overslept." Jane rolled her eyes, "Anna, it's the first day of school…" She laughed, "I'm no Sylvia." I laughed, "Good. Too much Syl can be a lot to handle," I winked. Jane laughed while Anna grinned, "You're telling me."

Anna and Syl were twins- both in Gryffindor with me and Jane. Syl was the organized twin who was always punctual and thought ahead. Anna was the twin who just went with the flow- she loved to do pranks with me and our virtually adopted little brothers, Fred and George Weasley. Those two were in 4th year and the rest of us were in 6th. Anna, Syl, Jane and I were best friends. We had another roommate, but she was rarely around. She basically lived in the Hufflepuff dorm with her sister. Her name was Cecelia.

"What does Syl have first," Jane asked while we walked down towards Hagrid's. Anna rolled her eyes, "Divination- I have no idea why." "I hated that last year…" I muttered taking another huge bite. Anna and Jane exchanged looks, "You love apples, don't you," Jane asked. I laughed, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away!" I skipped down and threw the apple core away after I was finished with it. All three of us stood together while everyone else started to show up. Anna looked up and smirked at Jane. She turned around and I looked in the direction they were looking at - Wood.

I glared, "I loathe him." "We know you do, Love… actually, the whole school knows," Jane said as a matter of fact. I looked at her grinning, "And he hates me - it's perfect!" "Addie, it was first year!" Anna cried. I shrugged, "No one pulls on my pigtails…" I ran my hand through my long brown hair. "But," Anna added, "You're going to murder me, Addie, but, he's really…" "Don't say it." I cut her off. "Cute," Jane finished for Anna. They both grinned at me.

I glared, "No, he's not. He is a foul git who is so full of himself because he's captain this year when I should be." "…Is that what this is about," Jane asked grinning. "You better wipe the grin off of your face, Janelle Carter! And no, that's not all. Do you see the way he prances around all the time? He acts like he owns the damn school. He's so annoying. Why do you two even find him appealing? He's gross… in every sense of the word." They rolled their eyes, and started to listen to Hagrid. They knew I'd get moody.

"Now- um class, quiet down!" Hagrid said. The Slytherins kept talking. "Guys, shut up," I groaned. They looked at me and quieted down. Hagrid chuckled and winked at me. I grinned. "Now class, I have somethin' really exciting for you. I'm gonna pair you lot up, boy an' girl. You are gonna take care of Kneazles." Anna, Jane and I looked at each other, grinning, "Sweet," Anna whispered, smiling at Hagrid. "Now, to pair you lot up: Annabel Peri and Chase Stone -Janelle Carter and Darren Soriata – Santana Lopez and Marcus Flint - Adele Johnson and Oliver Wood …" My jaw dropped- great.

I turned around and saw him glaring and shaking his head. "Hagrid," I said after he finished pairing everyone up, "There must've been some kind of mistake. Hagrid, you can't pair me up with Wood!" I pouted. "I'm sorry Addie, but you're gonna have to work with people you don' really like sometimes," he said. I sighed, "I know but- this isn't me not liking him. This is me hating him. There's a difference." He chuckled, "You're a stubborn one, Addie. But, you'll thank me eventually." He grabbed a Kneazle and handed her over to me. "Take good care of her. She's my favorite." I sighed and nodded, walking over to my worst nightmare.

"Okay, Wood this is what we're going to do. I have her for two days and you have her for two. We're going to keep at that, got it?" I asked the second I reached him. "Johnson, I'm not that thrilled to be paired with you either." I glared, "Yeah, well, we don't always get what we want," I muttered. He rolled his eyes, "Clearly. But I'm not going to fail this class." I looked at him, "Me neither. What're we going to name her?" He shrugged, "Betty?" I shook my head, "No. She needs a cute name appropriate for a Kneazle." "Prisma," he asked. I looked at him, furrowing my brow. I looked down at the animal. "That's- well, that's actually a nice name…" He shrugged, "Yeah well, just because I'm not that big of a fan of you doesn't mean that I'm not going to care for her," he reached out and held Prisma.

I rolled my eyes, "I'll go and tell Hagrid. I'll get the care kit too…" He nodded, "Sure." I walked over to him, "Hagrid, her name is Prisma." He chuckled, "Very nice. And did you two take the kit?" I shook my head, "I was just about to get it, thanks." He nodded and I grabbed the kit and walked over to Wood and Prisma. "We need to feed her," I said digging through the kit. He was petting her and she purred. I grabbed a bottle. "Aguamenti," I muttered pointing my wand in the bottle and water filled in. I put some of the powder into it and shook the bottle. I heated it up using Incendio. "Done," I said. "You want to feed her, Johnson?" I shrugged, "Sure."