"Harry! Harry over here!" Ron Weasley called from afar, standing next to his twin brothers and younger sister, Ginny beside the Hogwarts Express.
"Hey Ron." Harry said as he walked over and nodded, "Fred, George, Ginny."
"Our fifth year, and Fred and George's last year." Ron said grinning widely at the thought that he would never have to see his older mischievous brothers at Hogwarts again.
"Hey isn't that Hermione? She...she is with two other girls." Harry said as his and Ron's chin dropped to the ground. Those two girls, whoever they were, both were very ravishingly beautiful. Hermione reached them smiling at Fred and George. Hermione's bushy brown hair was still as bushy as ever but she was taller and had makeup on.
"Do you think that they taught her a thing or two about makeup?" Ron said to Harry, who was still gawking at Hermione and her two friends.
"My, my! Fred and George off for their last year at Hogwarts." She said as she quickly looked back at Ron and Harry. "By the way, these are my two friends Lindsay, and Cameron." Lindsay and Cameron looked about Fred and George's age.
Harry and Ron said not a word until the girl known as Cameron lifted her hand introducing herself. "Hi there, I am Cameron Crescent." Her voice fluttered like a tender breeze against Harry's face. Harry shook her hand and sputtered. "I...I'm Harry Potter."
"Nice to meet you Harry." She took no notice of his name and went on as if he had not come face to face with the Dark Lord Voldemort several times. Harry liked that he was not gaped at for the first time. "You are?" She said looking confused about the expression on Ron's face. Harry nudged him in the ribs and he spoke up.
"I'm...Ron...RON! Ron Weasley." He sputtered in the same tone as Harry did.
"Nice to meet you as well." She smiled. Cameron had pale ivory skin, and dark auburn hair. Harry had never seen a girl with eyes like Cameron's, they were a swirl of gray, and brown that were just too piercing to look at. The other girl next to Hermione had blue eyes and blonde hair that rippled so perfectly around her fair skin. These girls could have been the most beautiful Harry, Ron, Fred, and George had ever seen at Hogwarts. Hermione had to introduce Lindsay because she was currently looking into a small mirror applying some lip-gloss to her already-glossed lips.
Fred and George jumped in, both staring at Lindsay. "Hello, I am Fred Weasley." George jumped in front of Fred and introduced himself as well. Lindsay showed no interest at all and merely said "Hello."
"Alright you two, calm down." Hermione said shuffling them onto the train while Harry and Ron followed.
On the train, they found a spacious compartment for the five of them and Fred and George got themselves a compartment with Lee Jordan a few doors down.
Cameron immediately took a liking towards Ron, and when she talked, although he did not listen, she directed herself where Ron was seated. "So, how is Hogwarts? I was transferred from Beauxbatons with Lindsay because both our families had to move to London." Cameron spoke and gave Harry and Ron a raised eyebrow as they sat in their seats, shocked at Hermione's appearance. "Anyway, you two are in year five?"
"Yeah." Ron said turning his head to look out the window.
Cameron sat back in her seat looking utterly disappointed at their reactions. She let out a sigh and looked out of the window as Ron did. Ten minutes later, the cart witch rolled by with her many sweets and cakes. Hermione bought some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and Harry bought some Cauldron Cakes.
It was time that they arrived at Hogwarts, the Hogwarts express came to an abrupt stop, and everyone poured out of the train. Cameron and Lindsay stood open mouthed at the large castle in front of the carriages.
"Honestly what is wrong with you today? Hermione hissed at Ron and Harry. "My poor friends, I bring them to a brand new school and here you are, acting as if they didn't exist!"
"Cool down Hermione, we were just...er...surprised. That's all." Harry said looking at Lindsay and Cameron. They were now talking in German rather quickly and Harry edged towards them.
"Er...Hi girls, there's four to a carriage, care to join us?" He asked politely.
"Oh! I am sorry." Cameron tore away from her German, "We were already asked by those two boys over there." She said pointing at Fred and George waving at them as they talked to Lee Jordan, who stood still, gawking at the girls.
"Figures." Harry muttered under his breath and walked back to Hermione still yelling at Ron. "We have to sit in a carriage alone, Fred and George beat us to them." He said to Ron, but he showed no disappointment in his face.
"Alright then." Ron said as he struggled into the carriage.
Meanwhile, in the carriage the new girls and Weasley twins were in they spoke from the time they got into the carriage to the time they got out. Occasionally, Lindsay and Cameron would turn to each other, mutter something in German, and start giggling madly.
"So what years are you two in?" Fred asked eagerly.
"I am in 7th," Lindsay answered, "but Cameron will be in 6th."
"Really?" George asked in astonishment, "I could have sworn you were at least seventeen Cameron."
Cameron felt herself turn a bright red, resembling the twins' hair color.
"Actually, I will be in February, I just preferred to stay in sixth year and not be the youngest I seventh year."
"Oh" Fred said blankly. "Do you have to go through sorting ceremony?"
"Yes, It is going to be a bit awkward, seeing two girls twice the size of the others in line. Don't you think?" Lindsay replied with a smile that made George sigh at her beauty. Lindsay giggled with Cameron as they realized they had stopped moving. The girls edged out of the carriage first and George was about to get out when Fred seized his arm.
"George, don't you think that it's wrong that we are with these two girls when we should be with Angelina and Alicia?" He said with a bit of a frightened tone.
"Relax Fred...we are just being polite...besides we are taking a break from them, you know that. Angelina is already dating Gregory Headman." He replied calmly.
"What? She is dating him?" Fred jumped up nearly hitting his head on the roof of the carriage.
"Well, we have these two girls, they seem really nice."
"And the speak German, you have to love that." Fred added.
They made their way up to the welcoming Feast although Lindsay and Cameron were held back, with the soon-to-be first years. When they made their entrance, Professor Dumbledore stood up with his announcements, and explained why the two girls were up among the younger kids. It came Cameron's turn to go up to the Sorting Hat, and she brushed passed the petrified first years. When she put the Sorting Hat on, she sat there, for almost a minute, with her hands folded gracefully in her lap. It finally shouted, "Gryffindor!" and a large eruption of cheers sounded from the Gryffindor table.
When it was Lindsay's turn to go up, she sat down very calmly and the hat barley touched the top of her head when it also shouted, "Gryffindor!"
Lindsay ran over to the Gryffindor table and hugged Cameron, Fred and George. This got Angelina quite annoyed and glared at Fred and Lindsay. When Fred saw what she was doing, he smiled at Angelina and pointed in Gregory Headman's direction and congratulated Lindsay and Cameron again. Angelina turned her head away, stared at her food, and occasionally looked back at Fred. Alicia showed no sign of jealousy and congratulated Cameron and Lindsay, not realizing that she also, was glared at.
The feast went off well, soon it was over, and they headed off to bed. Hermione showed them to the dorms, as request by Professor McGonagall. Both girls got up earlier than everyone else, and went into the common room and sat by the fire, which was glittering lazily and both sat on their own armchair.
"This school is so incredible!" Cameron said, clutching her blanket and pulling it up closer.
"Yeah, all the people here, very nice. Compared to the pig-headed rich kids at Beauxbatons." Lindsay said but soon quieted as she heard a distant noise. Footsteps sounded nearer and then they saw none other than the Weasley Twins themselves, accompanied by Lee Jordan. They were talking very quietly among themselves. Lindsay and Cameron quickly got up and tiptoed behind the couch, trying to listen in on the boys' conversation.
"I'm telling you Lee, the Yule ball is months away, plus weren't you going to ask Katie?" George said plopping down on an armchair.
"Well, I was, until I met Cameron...and Lindsay but Cameron is a lot nicer, then again they are both gorgeous...sigh maybe Lindsay will do, but then again Cameron did-" Lee stopped as Fred slapped him to snap him out of it.
"I'd want to go with either of them. Oh, Lee! Did you see Angelina's face when Lindsay hugged me? I could have sworn she was about to pounce on her." Fred said. At that point, Lindsay and Cameron were both quite shocked and decided to quietly crawl towards the stairs. The stood up and walked back into the common room, catching the boys by surprise.
"Well, well, well. What are you three doing up this early in the morning?" Cameron said with a grin on her face.
"What do you mean, 'What are you doing'" George said in a girly voice. "What are you two doing up at this hour?"
"We left our things here last night by accident, plus, we usually get up this early at Beauxbatons anyway." Lindsay replied coolly. Cameron sat down next to Lee, making him shudder and turn scarlet and Lindsay got her stuff and sat next to Cameron.
"So, what were you three talking about?" Lindsay asked turning her eyes directly on Fred.
"Nothing to concern you." Fred answered.
"So, breakfast isn't for two hours...anyone care to take a walk with me around the lake?" Cameron quickly changed the subject.
"Lee will." George sniggered as Lee turned scarlet in the face again.
"Never mind, I'll go by myself." Cameron walked out of the room and outside of the castle. She started walking slowly around the lake and stopped suddenly. There were two boys looking at each other face to face and seemed angry. Then she realized it was Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy.
She could hear Ron shouting at Malfoy; his eyes were bulging madly.
"What seems to be the problem here boys?" Cameron said as she came closer.
"Malfoy give me my wand!" Ron shouted.
"No. Why should I?" Malfoy sneered.
"I swear Malfoy, if you do not give me my-" It was too late, he was cut off by Cameron who had toppled Malfoy and pinned him to the ground. He was lying on his back and had a face of rage on when he saw that Cameron was the person who toppled him.
"Here you are Ron." Cameron said getting up and handing him the wand as she brushed herself off and turned to Malfoy. "That'll show you to try and steal someone's wand. I ought to have reported you."
"Oh I am scared." Malfoy said lazily.
Cameron raised her eyebrow. "I just toppled you in ten seconds, didn't I?"
"You caught me by surprise...I...I-" Malfoy started.
"You better be ready for me next time." Cameron said with a glare as she left with Ron. "You alright Ron?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay...thanks for getting my wand back." He said not being able to believe that a girl stood up for him.
"Don't worry Ron. I'm used to it." Cameron said as if she read his mind. "I am not proud to say this, but Malfoy is my...distant cousin. However-I am from his mother's side, so I am not a Malfoy. I often have to visit, so when he is bossing people around I have a little fun. He should have known better than to do it in front of me."
"You're his...cousin?" Ron asked with a disappointed look on his face.
"Distant!" Cameron snapped.
"Sorry. Well thanks again." Ron said. "What were you doing out here alone anyway?"
"Oh, I was just taking a walk, you brothers and Lindsay are bickering in the common room. I just wanted to take a nice peaceful walk, but then I saw my evil cousin bugging you." She replied.
"Distant." He said.
"Right." She smiled.
They walked up to the castle and into the Great Hall. Cameron sat next to Lindsay, who was still bickering with Fred. Ron sat with Hermione, Harry, and Ginny. Lee was sitting on the other side of Fred, watching Lindsay and him fight.
"What do you mean sexist?" Fred said waving his hand around at Lindsay.
"I mean sexist as in sexist! You think that girls can't do anything!" Lindsay said.
"I didn't say that! Look at the girls on the Quidditch team of Gryffindor house!" He replied angrily.
"Fred calm down, Lindsay doesn't like when people act like men are better than women." Cameron said resting her chin on her hand staring at the ceiling.
"Sorry for offending you, I didn't know you thought that way." Fred said quietly.
"No way!" George said with delight. "Fred Weasley, apologizing to a girl!"
Lindsay glared at him and he backed down.
"So, what's your first class George?" Cameron asked, stuffing some toast into a napkin and getting up. "I have double potions."
"What a way to start the day." George said slothfully. "I have double potions also." He got up and stretched.
"Oh I forgot, we don't have all our classes together on Mondays." Fred said as he spread some jam on his toast.
"You know how Snape is. Better get a move on." Hermione said.
"Right. Come on." George said as he and Cameron walked out of the Great Hall.
"Honestly Hermione its nothing, he can still play." Fred heard Ron say as he patted Harry's shoulder.
"Are you sure Harry? You better not be lying to me." Hermione asked testily.
"Yeah I'm fine, now Quidditch try outs start next Tuesday, Ginny." Harry said as he got up. "Were due for Divination."
"Oh, ok lets go." Ron said as the three of them walked out, leaving Ginny, Fred, Lindsay, and Lee.
"Did I hear that my darling sister is trying out for the Quidditch team? Why didn't you tell us Gin?" Fred said as he too got up.
"I might...just don't bug me about it when...if I do." Ginny said putting a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Then she added, "Darling brother." She got up from the table and left.
Meanwhile in double potions, Cameron sat next to another sixth year girl named Gretchen Kohan. Snape was busy lecturing Dermas Sunup about his potion not being the correct color, so the class was busy trying to prefect their potions. Then he came around to where Cameron and Gretchen were behind their cauldrons.
"You." He directed at Gretchen. "That is not cut up properly, do it again." Gretchen started re-cutting her dragon claws quickly to get Snape out of her face. "And you," he aimed at Cameron, "That is disgraceful, had you made any effort at all to powder this ingredient?" He asked narrowing his eyes on her.
"Yes Professor." She said not looking up.
"It doesn't look like it, do it again." He walked away towards George's cauldron and started to criticize his dragon claw pieces.
"Ugh! I must have cut up these stupid claws a hundred times! Even if we are the best in his class, he still criticizes every little thing!" Cameron whispered as she frowned at her mangled dragon claws.
"You'll just have to get used to it. Its how Professor Snape is." Gretchen answered.
Double Potions ended fifteen dreaded minutes later, and Cameron walked over to meet Lindsay for lunch. She gathered her things up and walked out of the class quickly. Cameron was walking so fast that she nearly hit someone to the floor by accident, when she saw it was Harry.
"Oh my goodness Harry are you alright? I am terribly sorry...I just came from Double Potions and I wanted to get out as quickly as I could-" she stopped and looked at Harry's arm. There was a large scratch on it. "Harry...what's that?"
"Oh, its nothing." Harry lied.
"Harry that's not just nothing, are you alright? Why don't you go to the hospital wing?" She asked.
"No, no I am perfectly fine." Harry lied again.
"Harry it looks seriously painful, come on I'll take you." She said as they walked over to the Hospital Wing. "What happened?"
"I flying on my broomstick and I was coming down and accidentally skidded by a stone wall. Malfoy jinxed my broom purposely." Harry said as he covered up the scratch by pulling his sleeve over it. "Ron and Hermione saw him trying to hide after he had pulled out his wand and muttered something under his breath."
"That is serious! He cannot just do that! You have to report him...no wait. Better yet, I will deal with him." Cameron's worried look turned into an evil grin.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that you were his distant cousin." Harry said.
"Ron told you?" Cameron asked not changing her grin.
"Yeah." Harry said as he and Cameron walked into the Hospital Wing.
Madam Pomfrey came bustling into sight and asked, "What do you need dears?"
"It's my arm, I had a flying accident, you know...with Quidditch and all." Harry said as he pulled up his sleeve.
"Oh my goodness, come here my boy. We must get that nasty scratch mended, you may stay if you would like to, but it will only take about ten minutes." She added to Cameron.
"I'll stay." Cameron said as Harry sat on a bed and she sat on the chair next to it.
"Alright, here we are." Madam Pomfrey said as she held up a bottle of a blue gluey textured medicine. "This will mend you up in minutes time." She opened the bottle and swabbed a large amount onto the large scratch on Harry's arm. The cut turned a grayish color and then mended back perfectly to his original skin color. Madam Pomfrey wrapped a bandage around his arm and pulled his sleeve over it.
"There you are, now please be more careful when you are playing, keep the bandage on for three days and it will be as good as new." She said.
"Thank you." Harry said as he and Cameron walked out of the Hospital Wing.
"So, which class do you have next?" Cameron asked Harry as she gazed into her schedule. "I think I have Double Herboligy with fifth years Gryffindor and Hufflepuff."
"Oh! That's what I have next, come on we're already late." Harry said as he stuffed his schedule back into his pocket.
"Don't worry I got a pass from Madam Pomfrey for Professor Sprout if we're late." Cameron said, smiling.
"Alright then, we can take our time." Harry said as they walked slowly out onto the grounds to Herboligy. They came across greenhouse three and found Professor Sprout talking to her students.
"-But, if you don't handle them with care, you should-Oh hello dears." Professor Sprout said taking Cameron's note. "Alright you may join the class." She said as she finished examining the note.
"Hey Ron." Harry said as he walked over and nodded, "Fred, George, Ginny."
"Our fifth year, and Fred and George's last year." Ron said grinning widely at the thought that he would never have to see his older mischievous brothers at Hogwarts again.
"Hey isn't that Hermione? She...she is with two other girls." Harry said as his and Ron's chin dropped to the ground. Those two girls, whoever they were, both were very ravishingly beautiful. Hermione reached them smiling at Fred and George. Hermione's bushy brown hair was still as bushy as ever but she was taller and had makeup on.
"Do you think that they taught her a thing or two about makeup?" Ron said to Harry, who was still gawking at Hermione and her two friends.
"My, my! Fred and George off for their last year at Hogwarts." She said as she quickly looked back at Ron and Harry. "By the way, these are my two friends Lindsay, and Cameron." Lindsay and Cameron looked about Fred and George's age.
Harry and Ron said not a word until the girl known as Cameron lifted her hand introducing herself. "Hi there, I am Cameron Crescent." Her voice fluttered like a tender breeze against Harry's face. Harry shook her hand and sputtered. "I...I'm Harry Potter."
"Nice to meet you Harry." She took no notice of his name and went on as if he had not come face to face with the Dark Lord Voldemort several times. Harry liked that he was not gaped at for the first time. "You are?" She said looking confused about the expression on Ron's face. Harry nudged him in the ribs and he spoke up.
"I'm...Ron...RON! Ron Weasley." He sputtered in the same tone as Harry did.
"Nice to meet you as well." She smiled. Cameron had pale ivory skin, and dark auburn hair. Harry had never seen a girl with eyes like Cameron's, they were a swirl of gray, and brown that were just too piercing to look at. The other girl next to Hermione had blue eyes and blonde hair that rippled so perfectly around her fair skin. These girls could have been the most beautiful Harry, Ron, Fred, and George had ever seen at Hogwarts. Hermione had to introduce Lindsay because she was currently looking into a small mirror applying some lip-gloss to her already-glossed lips.
Fred and George jumped in, both staring at Lindsay. "Hello, I am Fred Weasley." George jumped in front of Fred and introduced himself as well. Lindsay showed no interest at all and merely said "Hello."
"Alright you two, calm down." Hermione said shuffling them onto the train while Harry and Ron followed.
On the train, they found a spacious compartment for the five of them and Fred and George got themselves a compartment with Lee Jordan a few doors down.
Cameron immediately took a liking towards Ron, and when she talked, although he did not listen, she directed herself where Ron was seated. "So, how is Hogwarts? I was transferred from Beauxbatons with Lindsay because both our families had to move to London." Cameron spoke and gave Harry and Ron a raised eyebrow as they sat in their seats, shocked at Hermione's appearance. "Anyway, you two are in year five?"
"Yeah." Ron said turning his head to look out the window.
Cameron sat back in her seat looking utterly disappointed at their reactions. She let out a sigh and looked out of the window as Ron did. Ten minutes later, the cart witch rolled by with her many sweets and cakes. Hermione bought some Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and Harry bought some Cauldron Cakes.
It was time that they arrived at Hogwarts, the Hogwarts express came to an abrupt stop, and everyone poured out of the train. Cameron and Lindsay stood open mouthed at the large castle in front of the carriages.
"Honestly what is wrong with you today? Hermione hissed at Ron and Harry. "My poor friends, I bring them to a brand new school and here you are, acting as if they didn't exist!"
"Cool down Hermione, we were just...er...surprised. That's all." Harry said looking at Lindsay and Cameron. They were now talking in German rather quickly and Harry edged towards them.
"Er...Hi girls, there's four to a carriage, care to join us?" He asked politely.
"Oh! I am sorry." Cameron tore away from her German, "We were already asked by those two boys over there." She said pointing at Fred and George waving at them as they talked to Lee Jordan, who stood still, gawking at the girls.
"Figures." Harry muttered under his breath and walked back to Hermione still yelling at Ron. "We have to sit in a carriage alone, Fred and George beat us to them." He said to Ron, but he showed no disappointment in his face.
"Alright then." Ron said as he struggled into the carriage.
Meanwhile, in the carriage the new girls and Weasley twins were in they spoke from the time they got into the carriage to the time they got out. Occasionally, Lindsay and Cameron would turn to each other, mutter something in German, and start giggling madly.
"So what years are you two in?" Fred asked eagerly.
"I am in 7th," Lindsay answered, "but Cameron will be in 6th."
"Really?" George asked in astonishment, "I could have sworn you were at least seventeen Cameron."
Cameron felt herself turn a bright red, resembling the twins' hair color.
"Actually, I will be in February, I just preferred to stay in sixth year and not be the youngest I seventh year."
"Oh" Fred said blankly. "Do you have to go through sorting ceremony?"
"Yes, It is going to be a bit awkward, seeing two girls twice the size of the others in line. Don't you think?" Lindsay replied with a smile that made George sigh at her beauty. Lindsay giggled with Cameron as they realized they had stopped moving. The girls edged out of the carriage first and George was about to get out when Fred seized his arm.
"George, don't you think that it's wrong that we are with these two girls when we should be with Angelina and Alicia?" He said with a bit of a frightened tone.
"Relax Fred...we are just being polite...besides we are taking a break from them, you know that. Angelina is already dating Gregory Headman." He replied calmly.
"What? She is dating him?" Fred jumped up nearly hitting his head on the roof of the carriage.
"Well, we have these two girls, they seem really nice."
"And the speak German, you have to love that." Fred added.
They made their way up to the welcoming Feast although Lindsay and Cameron were held back, with the soon-to-be first years. When they made their entrance, Professor Dumbledore stood up with his announcements, and explained why the two girls were up among the younger kids. It came Cameron's turn to go up to the Sorting Hat, and she brushed passed the petrified first years. When she put the Sorting Hat on, she sat there, for almost a minute, with her hands folded gracefully in her lap. It finally shouted, "Gryffindor!" and a large eruption of cheers sounded from the Gryffindor table.
When it was Lindsay's turn to go up, she sat down very calmly and the hat barley touched the top of her head when it also shouted, "Gryffindor!"
Lindsay ran over to the Gryffindor table and hugged Cameron, Fred and George. This got Angelina quite annoyed and glared at Fred and Lindsay. When Fred saw what she was doing, he smiled at Angelina and pointed in Gregory Headman's direction and congratulated Lindsay and Cameron again. Angelina turned her head away, stared at her food, and occasionally looked back at Fred. Alicia showed no sign of jealousy and congratulated Cameron and Lindsay, not realizing that she also, was glared at.
The feast went off well, soon it was over, and they headed off to bed. Hermione showed them to the dorms, as request by Professor McGonagall. Both girls got up earlier than everyone else, and went into the common room and sat by the fire, which was glittering lazily and both sat on their own armchair.
"This school is so incredible!" Cameron said, clutching her blanket and pulling it up closer.
"Yeah, all the people here, very nice. Compared to the pig-headed rich kids at Beauxbatons." Lindsay said but soon quieted as she heard a distant noise. Footsteps sounded nearer and then they saw none other than the Weasley Twins themselves, accompanied by Lee Jordan. They were talking very quietly among themselves. Lindsay and Cameron quickly got up and tiptoed behind the couch, trying to listen in on the boys' conversation.
"I'm telling you Lee, the Yule ball is months away, plus weren't you going to ask Katie?" George said plopping down on an armchair.
"Well, I was, until I met Cameron...and Lindsay but Cameron is a lot nicer, then again they are both gorgeous...sigh maybe Lindsay will do, but then again Cameron did-" Lee stopped as Fred slapped him to snap him out of it.
"I'd want to go with either of them. Oh, Lee! Did you see Angelina's face when Lindsay hugged me? I could have sworn she was about to pounce on her." Fred said. At that point, Lindsay and Cameron were both quite shocked and decided to quietly crawl towards the stairs. The stood up and walked back into the common room, catching the boys by surprise.
"Well, well, well. What are you three doing up this early in the morning?" Cameron said with a grin on her face.
"What do you mean, 'What are you doing'" George said in a girly voice. "What are you two doing up at this hour?"
"We left our things here last night by accident, plus, we usually get up this early at Beauxbatons anyway." Lindsay replied coolly. Cameron sat down next to Lee, making him shudder and turn scarlet and Lindsay got her stuff and sat next to Cameron.
"So, what were you three talking about?" Lindsay asked turning her eyes directly on Fred.
"Nothing to concern you." Fred answered.
"So, breakfast isn't for two hours...anyone care to take a walk with me around the lake?" Cameron quickly changed the subject.
"Lee will." George sniggered as Lee turned scarlet in the face again.
"Never mind, I'll go by myself." Cameron walked out of the room and outside of the castle. She started walking slowly around the lake and stopped suddenly. There were two boys looking at each other face to face and seemed angry. Then she realized it was Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy.
She could hear Ron shouting at Malfoy; his eyes were bulging madly.
"What seems to be the problem here boys?" Cameron said as she came closer.
"Malfoy give me my wand!" Ron shouted.
"No. Why should I?" Malfoy sneered.
"I swear Malfoy, if you do not give me my-" It was too late, he was cut off by Cameron who had toppled Malfoy and pinned him to the ground. He was lying on his back and had a face of rage on when he saw that Cameron was the person who toppled him.
"Here you are Ron." Cameron said getting up and handing him the wand as she brushed herself off and turned to Malfoy. "That'll show you to try and steal someone's wand. I ought to have reported you."
"Oh I am scared." Malfoy said lazily.
Cameron raised her eyebrow. "I just toppled you in ten seconds, didn't I?"
"You caught me by surprise...I...I-" Malfoy started.
"You better be ready for me next time." Cameron said with a glare as she left with Ron. "You alright Ron?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay...thanks for getting my wand back." He said not being able to believe that a girl stood up for him.
"Don't worry Ron. I'm used to it." Cameron said as if she read his mind. "I am not proud to say this, but Malfoy is my...distant cousin. However-I am from his mother's side, so I am not a Malfoy. I often have to visit, so when he is bossing people around I have a little fun. He should have known better than to do it in front of me."
"You're his...cousin?" Ron asked with a disappointed look on his face.
"Distant!" Cameron snapped.
"Sorry. Well thanks again." Ron said. "What were you doing out here alone anyway?"
"Oh, I was just taking a walk, you brothers and Lindsay are bickering in the common room. I just wanted to take a nice peaceful walk, but then I saw my evil cousin bugging you." She replied.
"Distant." He said.
"Right." She smiled.
They walked up to the castle and into the Great Hall. Cameron sat next to Lindsay, who was still bickering with Fred. Ron sat with Hermione, Harry, and Ginny. Lee was sitting on the other side of Fred, watching Lindsay and him fight.
"What do you mean sexist?" Fred said waving his hand around at Lindsay.
"I mean sexist as in sexist! You think that girls can't do anything!" Lindsay said.
"I didn't say that! Look at the girls on the Quidditch team of Gryffindor house!" He replied angrily.
"Fred calm down, Lindsay doesn't like when people act like men are better than women." Cameron said resting her chin on her hand staring at the ceiling.
"Sorry for offending you, I didn't know you thought that way." Fred said quietly.
"No way!" George said with delight. "Fred Weasley, apologizing to a girl!"
Lindsay glared at him and he backed down.
"So, what's your first class George?" Cameron asked, stuffing some toast into a napkin and getting up. "I have double potions."
"What a way to start the day." George said slothfully. "I have double potions also." He got up and stretched.
"Oh I forgot, we don't have all our classes together on Mondays." Fred said as he spread some jam on his toast.
"You know how Snape is. Better get a move on." Hermione said.
"Right. Come on." George said as he and Cameron walked out of the Great Hall.
"Honestly Hermione its nothing, he can still play." Fred heard Ron say as he patted Harry's shoulder.
"Are you sure Harry? You better not be lying to me." Hermione asked testily.
"Yeah I'm fine, now Quidditch try outs start next Tuesday, Ginny." Harry said as he got up. "Were due for Divination."
"Oh, ok lets go." Ron said as the three of them walked out, leaving Ginny, Fred, Lindsay, and Lee.
"Did I hear that my darling sister is trying out for the Quidditch team? Why didn't you tell us Gin?" Fred said as he too got up.
"I might...just don't bug me about it when...if I do." Ginny said putting a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Then she added, "Darling brother." She got up from the table and left.
Meanwhile in double potions, Cameron sat next to another sixth year girl named Gretchen Kohan. Snape was busy lecturing Dermas Sunup about his potion not being the correct color, so the class was busy trying to prefect their potions. Then he came around to where Cameron and Gretchen were behind their cauldrons.
"You." He directed at Gretchen. "That is not cut up properly, do it again." Gretchen started re-cutting her dragon claws quickly to get Snape out of her face. "And you," he aimed at Cameron, "That is disgraceful, had you made any effort at all to powder this ingredient?" He asked narrowing his eyes on her.
"Yes Professor." She said not looking up.
"It doesn't look like it, do it again." He walked away towards George's cauldron and started to criticize his dragon claw pieces.
"Ugh! I must have cut up these stupid claws a hundred times! Even if we are the best in his class, he still criticizes every little thing!" Cameron whispered as she frowned at her mangled dragon claws.
"You'll just have to get used to it. Its how Professor Snape is." Gretchen answered.
Double Potions ended fifteen dreaded minutes later, and Cameron walked over to meet Lindsay for lunch. She gathered her things up and walked out of the class quickly. Cameron was walking so fast that she nearly hit someone to the floor by accident, when she saw it was Harry.
"Oh my goodness Harry are you alright? I am terribly sorry...I just came from Double Potions and I wanted to get out as quickly as I could-" she stopped and looked at Harry's arm. There was a large scratch on it. "Harry...what's that?"
"Oh, its nothing." Harry lied.
"Harry that's not just nothing, are you alright? Why don't you go to the hospital wing?" She asked.
"No, no I am perfectly fine." Harry lied again.
"Harry it looks seriously painful, come on I'll take you." She said as they walked over to the Hospital Wing. "What happened?"
"I flying on my broomstick and I was coming down and accidentally skidded by a stone wall. Malfoy jinxed my broom purposely." Harry said as he covered up the scratch by pulling his sleeve over it. "Ron and Hermione saw him trying to hide after he had pulled out his wand and muttered something under his breath."
"That is serious! He cannot just do that! You have to report him...no wait. Better yet, I will deal with him." Cameron's worried look turned into an evil grin.
"Oh yeah, I forgot that you were his distant cousin." Harry said.
"Ron told you?" Cameron asked not changing her grin.
"Yeah." Harry said as he and Cameron walked into the Hospital Wing.
Madam Pomfrey came bustling into sight and asked, "What do you need dears?"
"It's my arm, I had a flying accident, you know...with Quidditch and all." Harry said as he pulled up his sleeve.
"Oh my goodness, come here my boy. We must get that nasty scratch mended, you may stay if you would like to, but it will only take about ten minutes." She added to Cameron.
"I'll stay." Cameron said as Harry sat on a bed and she sat on the chair next to it.
"Alright, here we are." Madam Pomfrey said as she held up a bottle of a blue gluey textured medicine. "This will mend you up in minutes time." She opened the bottle and swabbed a large amount onto the large scratch on Harry's arm. The cut turned a grayish color and then mended back perfectly to his original skin color. Madam Pomfrey wrapped a bandage around his arm and pulled his sleeve over it.
"There you are, now please be more careful when you are playing, keep the bandage on for three days and it will be as good as new." She said.
"Thank you." Harry said as he and Cameron walked out of the Hospital Wing.
"So, which class do you have next?" Cameron asked Harry as she gazed into her schedule. "I think I have Double Herboligy with fifth years Gryffindor and Hufflepuff."
"Oh! That's what I have next, come on we're already late." Harry said as he stuffed his schedule back into his pocket.
"Don't worry I got a pass from Madam Pomfrey for Professor Sprout if we're late." Cameron said, smiling.
"Alright then, we can take our time." Harry said as they walked slowly out onto the grounds to Herboligy. They came across greenhouse three and found Professor Sprout talking to her students.
"-But, if you don't handle them with care, you should-Oh hello dears." Professor Sprout said taking Cameron's note. "Alright you may join the class." She said as she finished examining the note.