Sequel!
A/N- Sequel to Unity of Houses. Sorry, a little bit dodgy, I just wrote in a bit of a rush, hoping to get this first chapter up! I'll try and work a little quicker to get the chapters up running smoothly Hope you like it, and Unity of Houses ;)
Chapter 1

Karina, Jaimee, Leanne, Draco, Hermione, Blaise, Luna, Harry and Neville sat around a big white table along with the Weasleys in a massive tent just outside the Burrow.
Arthur Weasley stood up and tapped his goblet with a fork, then cleared his throat.
Everyone stopped their chatter and looked up at ,
"I would just like to thank you all for coming here on this fine evening. It's obviously been a fun and eventful day," he raised his goblet in the air, "to everyone here! May darkness never cross our paths again and may this new year be a happy one!"
The group clapped, laughing and cheering. Quiet chatter began to fill the air again, as everyone ate dinner.
Hermione sighed, "Start of a new year! Wow, all starting fresh..." she forced a smile, "it'll be a good year. I can feel it."
"You got that right," Luna's dreamy voice rang from across the table, as she waved a spoon.
Karina's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had indeed been an eventful one, not a good type of eventful at all. She and her friends had been through quite a bit, facing death of a few of them, and watching some suffer. It wasn't her idea of a year at Hogwarts, but this year was going to be a fresh start, she promised herself that. Everything had been taken care of, after the few hiccups at the Ministry of Magic, and poor Harry losing Sirius. He didn't take it very well, and the group, especially the Weasleys had been most supportive.

"Daydreaming again?" George whispered in Karina's ear.
Karina blinked out of her thoughts and turned to face the one boy she loved, "Yeah," she quietly laughed, "fresh start!" Karina kissed George lightly on the lips, quick enough before Fred could make new love chants to sing all night.
Everybody began telling each other their new years resolution.
"I want to take my job to the next level, travel somewhere exotic work with new creatures..." Began Bill, looking up into nothing like he was picturing a beautiful rainforest.
"I," Ron started with a mouthful of pie, "I want to do something different this year, like..."
"Ron! How many times have I told you not to talk with your mouth full!" Molly was glaring at her son with big, angry eyes, fork in hand. Ron flinched and muttered 'sorry' before digging his face back into his meal.
"Fred, sweetie, what about you?" Molly's tone turned straight back to normal, no hint of anger in it at all.
Fred made sure all of his food was down. "I don't know mum. Well me and George were wondering...about opening...a shop!" Fred looked nervous, but George helped his brother out,
"Yes... A joke shop to be exact. Just while I get things sorted with Dumbledore about teaching later on at Hogwarts." All of their friends grinned like mad, in support to the twins plan. After all, they never gave up on making something successful.
"I see. Interesting boys...proud that you have something in mind!" A big smile spread on Arthur's face as he nodded with approval to his two boys.
Karina gently nudged George and smiled, happy with their plan.
The group went on to eat in quiet chatter, mostly talking about their return to Hogwarts the next day.
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The train ride to Hogwarts was uneventful, which was nice for a change. Luna, Neville, Karina, Leanne, Ron, Harry, Draco, Hermione, Blaise, Jaimee and Ginny split themselves into two compartments on the train, buying half the food that came on the trolley.
"Stop giggling!" Leanne nudged Hermione in the arm, while Draco whispered in Hermione's ear.
"I think you should blame Draco," Karina said with a sigh. She missed George and all the ridiculous times they've had, but she was grateful she could see him some weekends and on days where the students went to Hogsmeade.
"Draco!" A vulgar voice came from the entrance to one of the compartments. Lucius Malfoy stood staring at his son, who had just stopped kissing his mudblood girlfriend.
"Um...yes dad?" He muttered.
"Come with me," Lucius snapped his fingers showing his level of impatience he had at that moment.
"Where are we going? We're nowhere near Hogwa..." Draco's face showed nothing more than worry.
Lucius stepped inside the compartment in a rush, and grabbed one of Draco's ears. Draco let out a shout of pain, but was pulled out of the compartment by his father.
Hermione sat with her hand over her mouth, "Oh god, that wasn't my fault was it?"
"How could it be? What's he doing on the train in the first place?" Ron asked nervously.

Ron and Draco had become more close than ever over the past year, despite their troubles years before, their friendship grew as it did with the rest of the group.
Jaimee walked into their compartment, "Is it just me or did Draco just get pulled out of here by his dad... from his ear?"
"It isn't just you," Karina said simply.
"He'll be back soon. I mean, it's not as if they can leave the train or anything. Right?" Ron said, looking around for people to agree.
They all muttered 'sure' or 'yes', hoping they can soon see Draco and ask him what the problem was.

Upon arriving at Hogwarts, the group tried to find Draco in the Great Hall before Dumbledore commenced his welcoming and the sorting hat ceremony.
"His got to be near, I saw him on one of the boats," mentioned Harry as they scanned the gigantic space before them.
"Settle down, students! First years you know your place...yes, good," Dumbledore raised his voice louder, "years second and up, please take a seat in your respective houses, please!"
Hermione shot a look of worry towards Jaimee, as everyone separated to sit at their houses.
Karina, being in the same house as Draco, sat down with her head held high, waiting and searching.
"Hey," Blaise sat down next to her. "Blaise, did you find him?" she asked, trying not to sound worried.
"Yeah, he's right outside the hall. He should be in soon," Blaise shrugged his shoulder and fixed his eyes on Jaimee on the Ravenclaw table.
"Well did you talk to him?" Karina wanted to know if Draco was in trouble with his father or not.
"Huh? Oh right, no. I couldn't, he was with someone. Probably new, 'coz I've never seen her before around here," he didn't wait for Karina to reply, instead he instantly turned his head back to Jaimee's flaming red hair.
Her? Who was Draco with? Karina checked every table, making sure that it wasn't any of the girls from her group that Blaise had mistaken for someone else. Everybody was there, watching the first years get sorted. Karina ignored the sorting hats screams of "Ravenclaw! Slytherin! Hufflepuff! Gryffindor!" And went to her usual world of her own thoughts.
She wondered who'd Draco was with. She didn't worry like a girlfriend worrying over a might-be-cheating-boyfriend, but just trying to connect dots as to why his father was on the Hogwarts Express and pulled Draco out of their compartment. Now Draco was standing outside the doors, talking to a girl Blaise, and most likely the school had never seen before.

The Sorting ceremony had finished, and nervous first years sat at every table. A mean looking boy sat in front of Karina and Blaise, reminding them of Draco as a first year, giving them foul looks every chance he got. Blaise let out a laugh and started eating like a pig. Karina slowly began filling her plate, when the main entrance to the hall slightly opened. Draco peeped his head inside, then back out. The door remained open when finally, Draco walked in, followed by a gorgeous girl with long, straight, platinum blonde hair, tied high in a pony tail.
Draco gave a quick friendly hug to Karina from behind and sat beside her, after patting Blaise on the shoulder. "Karina, sorry, I would've told you, but you know...Dad," he said, shrugging lightly.
"It's fine, we just wondered where you went," she laughed, and smiled towards the girl next to Draco, who didn't return the smile one bit.
"Aren't you going to introduce me, Draco?" Her light, music soft tone rang through Karina's ears.
"Uh, yeah. Karina, Blaise this is my cousin, Hadassah. Hadassah, these are two of my best friends, Blaise and Karina," he said, gesturing towards them both and smiling at them.
"Hi Hadassah, nice to meet you," Blaise smiled and extended his arm for a handshake, which he didn't receive, so he awkwardly pulled back his arm.
Karina coughed awkwardly, looking at Blaise and widening her eyes at the situation. Hadassah had filled her plate with potatoes and steak and was happily eating away, while Draco stared at Karina with pleading eyes. They both looked as if they were having a staring contest, but Draco clearly showed that he couldn't say what he wanted in front of his cousin.
"So Hadassah...why isn't Dumbledore introducing you to the school?" Karina said lightly, trying her best to sound casual.
"I privately asked not to be," she said, "I just met Draco here, and...yeah."
Karina nodded and faced her food.
She pushed her plate forward and rested her head on arms right on the table. Thoughts flushed through her mind. Who is she, really? Did she intend on being their friend? Or making their lives a living hell? Karina didn't know which. She turned her head and looked up at Draco's. His eyes were droopy and he smiled at her with a tinge of guilt, then he mouthed the words "I'm Sorry."