field of dreamers-part one

Field of Dreamers- Part One

Subtitled: The Start of a Million Detentions.

Author's Note: Hey, did you mean to click this story? If not, then read it anyway. If you did mean to because you saw it was by Temptress and Tempesta then, read away. However, your not enterally correct. Tempesta (even if she is my moral support and full time Best Friend) did not write this fiction, except to give me names. It's 100% Temptress. I know, I know...don't click the back button yet...just read it. This is the first fiction I've written by myself, and I actually sort of like it (a mirecal for me), and I'd love it if you read and review. Some things you might want to know...

- MWPP are in second year

- Lily and the girls you'll meet are in first year

- Temptress really likes reviews...

All right, I'll stop gabbing...I make up for it at the bottom, now please read and I hope you enjoy...if not, then you don't have to read anymore (I know reading this will make you suffer enough)...love you!

Disclaimer: Must we go through with this? All right, all right, I understand J.K Rowling's lawyers on the phone and would absolutely die if I didn't, so, here goes nothing.

1- If I owned these characters, I would be a millionaire (and no, I'm not a millionaire.)

2- If I owned these characters, I would be one J.K Rowling (world's most brilliant woman), and I'm not.

3- As much as I hate to admit it, I wrote this and it's mine! All, All, All...(minus some of the names, and spells) are mine...

4- This isn't really part of the Disclaimer but did I mention reviews are welcome, and flames are used to burn Britney Spears CD's...

Dedicated to Amythest (did I spell it right?) and Rebecca who read this first.

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The mornings rays slowly, but surely, awoke the five girls in the Gryffindor first years dormitories. Each of them slowly rising, and stretching, while yawning heavily. Two of the girls, who happened to be best friends since they were three, had shared the beds nearest to the door and, when the other three girls had finally removed their covers and had got out of bed, were already dressing.

"Good morning," One of the girls said to the other three.

"Morning," they mumbled sleepily to her and began to make their beds.

"I'm Lily Evans, who are you?" the red-head girl asked, eager for conversation.

"Ashley Morgan," the blonde smiled as she tucked her pillows under the sheets.

"Jo-Anne, but everyone calls me Jo. This is amazing, isn't it?" the brunette flopped down on her newly made bed.

"Yeah, incredible. I thought it was all a joke when I got the letter." Lily smiled, looking unsure if she should have said this.

"You're a mud-blood, then?" One of the other girls asked, as she and her friend left the dormitories.

"What's a mud-blood?" Lily asked Ashley and Jo, looking utterly confused.

"It means you have non-magical parents. A really mean name for it." Jo got up and reached for her trunk. "So what classes do you think we'll have today?" She changed the subject.

"I don't know, I really want to have flying classes. It's a shame first years can't have their own brooms." Ashley sighed as she grabbed a black robe out of her trunk.

"Do you like Qudditch?" Jo asked, as she and the others began to get dressed.

"What's Qudditch?" Lily asked, perplexed.

"It's like muggle soccer only played on broom sticks, and four balls. You'll see it soon enough, when the seasons started. It's really fun. My brothers taught me how to play." Jo explained.

"I've never played it, and I wouldn't want to get hurt..., but I really like to fly." Ashley straightened her robes. "Shall we go down for breakfast?"

"Think we can find the hall without getting lost?" Jo asked.

"We could ask some older students to tell us." Lily suggested.

"My brother said that's like asking Peeves the Poltergeist for help. Especially if you ask James Potter, Sirius Black or their friends. My brother said they are the worst! If you ask them where the Transfiguration classroom is, they'll send you down to the Astronomy Tower!" Jo smiled, as they walked down the stairs and into the common room.

"That's awful," Lily and Ashley said at the same time.

"What's awful?" said a voice from behind them. They turned to face four boys, each with grins on their faces.

"We were talking about some people who won't tell you the right way to places in the castle. You four would never do that would you?" Ashley asked.

"No, never. Your looking for James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew." One of the boys told them.

"Oh, well in that case do you know how to get to the Great Hall? I'm famished." Ashley grinned broadly. The boy with long black hair gave them directions, and they hastily left the common room, not noticing the snickers from the boys behind them.

-

"Well, that was interesting. Wonder what time they'll reach the Great Hall," Sirius laughed as the boys watched the girls disappear out of the portrait hole.

"You shouldn't have done that, Sirius. They could get into some serious trouble, you know?" Remus said, but he looked rather pleased too.

"Hey, their lowly first years...who cares?" Sirius joked. "Maybe we should go after them, if your that worried Remus."

"Where would the fun in that be?" James asked, sarcastically.

"Good point. Hey, remember last year when we were that nervous?" Sirius smiled.

"I was worse then that." Peter finally commented. "Shaking, I was."

"We know, Peter." The other three sighed.

"Well, I know that. I'm just saying, I wouldn't like it if people did that to me." Peter chided.

"We did do it you, Peter." Sirius stared unbelievingly at his friend.

"I know that, Sirius." Peter sounded as if this was not knew to him. He thought they had forgotten.

"Well, let's go down. I can't wait to see those girls faces when they walk in late." Sirius lead the others out of the common room.

-

"I think we're lost," Lily sounded resolved.

"I think those boys got us lost!" Jo sounded like she wanted revenge.

"Funny, I think those might have been the boys your brother warned you about." Ashley almost laughed. The other two stared at her like she was mad. "What? They may have done it to us, but you have to admit, it is pretty funny."

"That's it. I've decided your mad!" Jo said, exasperated.

"And only after five minutes?" Ashley joked. Jo shot her a glance, and she immediately quieted.

"Do you guys know where we are?" Lily asked timidly.

"Probably near the dungeons. I can smell the potions from here." Jo answered. "And we didn't pass the dungeons last night."

"Well, maybe if we keep walking we'll find it." Lily suggested, and they kept walking.

"What do you three think your doing down here?" came an icy voice. The three girls wheeled around and saw two people. A teacher, who looked like he wasn't someone to mess with, and a student with greasy black hair and black eyes.

"We got lost on our way to the Great Hall," Ashley explained. "We didn't know which way to go, some people gave us extremely bad directions."

"Liars. Come on, we'll get you to the Great Hall and talk to your head of house. Gryffindor, I presume? It explains the lack of...," He looked them all down, "Well, everything."

"We got lost. That's not our fault, go blame the people who gave us directions!" Jo looked very angry.

"You will use a more respectable tone when talking to me, young lady. I suggest you keep your mouth shut or you will earn more then just a detention." The man glared at Jo. She didn't want to keep her mouth shut, but she didn't want an additional detention either. "Severus, you will take them down to the Great Hall, I have a few things to attend to. I will be speaking to Professor McGonagall as soon as I can arrange it." With a swish of his cloak, he was walking down the corridors.

"This way," the boy barked at them and they followed.

"Look, we got lost that isn't our fault," Jo seemed to want to make sure this boy knew they shouldn't get in trouble.

"I know, who gave you directions?" The boy asked them.

"A boy with long black hair, and his friends were with them. One was short and fat, the other had messy hair, and the other had like tan hair." Lily described them.

"Black, Pettigrew, Potter and Lupin. Do yourselves a favor and stay away from them. I'm Severus Snape, of Slytherin." Severus explained to them.

"My brother told me about Sirius Black and James Potter, said they were 'nothing, but a pair of trouble makers.' I'm starting to think he was right." Jo sighed, as they walked through a tapestry.

"They are. Well, down the steps and we should be in the Great Hall," Severus motioned them all towards a long marble staircase. They walked down it, and into the Great Hall. The girls soon discovered they weren't late at all, most of the seats hadn't been filled yet.

-

"Will you look over there," Remus told his friends. They did, and saw Severus Snape saying 'good-bye' to the three girls they had intentionally given bad directions to. The girls, smiling, walked over to the Gryffindor table.

"Have a nice walk?," Sirius joked as they sat down across from them, they had no choice since the other seats at the Gryffindor table were full.

"Not really, but thanks for asking." The brunette said coldly.

"No problem, you know that was a Slytherin, right?" Sirius asked, not noticing the glare she was giving him.

"Yes, we're aware of that. You should be the Slytherins, with your attitudes." She said with a lot of anger in her voice.

"What's your name?" Sirius asked, as if she hadn't just insulted his pride.

"Jo. Your Sirius Black?" Jo answered.

"So, I do have a reputation?" Sirius bowed. Jo raised an eyebrow. "Yes, I am Sirius Black, the one and only. This is James Potter," he pointed to the boy with messy hair. "That's Remus Lupin," he pointed to the tan haired boy. "And that boy stuffing his face is Peter Pettigrew. And you two are?" He motioned for Lily and Ashley to give their names.

"I'm Ashley, and that's Lily," Ashley answered for both of them.

"BLACK! POTTER! LUPIN! PETTIGREW!," McGonagall had just entered the Great Hall, looking upset. She walked over to where they were sitting. "Miss Evans, Miss Morgan and Miss Quinn, I will need you too. You are all to see me, after your Transfiguration lesson today. I have just spoken to Professor Davidson, I will see you later." And she walked over to the staff table.

"Who was that?" Ashley asked as she drank some pumpkin juice.

"Professor McGonagall. Don't cross her if you can. I don't see why we're in trouble though." Remus explained.

"Your in trouble because, you gave us the wrong directions!" Jo nearly shouted. Several of the other people at the table looked at her.

"Oh, well, sorry about that," Sirius said simply.

"Well, sorry doesn't cut it. We're gonna get a detention because, of you." Jo slumped back in her seat, glaring evilly at Sirius.

"And we're getting one too, relax. It's not the end of the world," Sirius said, and indeed he made it sound like it was no big deal

"Maybe not to you, but it is to me." Lily looked up from her plate, where she had been looking for the past little while.

"They probably won't make you do to much on your first day, probably scrub the trophies," And Sirius began ticking off the punishments they could be receiving that evening, "Last, but not least you could do some time in the Forbidden Forest, with Hagrid."

"Schedules!," a boy called and he handed the girls schedules, and the boys were handed schedules by a girl.

"Thanks, Bertha," James grinned at her, and she blushed, then walked on. "Hey, guys we have Transfiguration first...McGonagall is gonna be mad."

"You deserve it," Lily flashed him an evil look.

"Ashley, Lily let's go see if we can find the Qudditch pitch...that's our first class." Jo suggested and the girls got up to leave.

"Hey, even if Sirius isn't sorry about this morning...I am," James smiled at them.

"Me too," Remus said.

"Forgiven, for now...until I can think up some sort of punishment for you. Bye, and have fun with McGonagall." Jo smiled as she and the other two left the Great Hall.

"You two make me sick," Sirius punched James and Remus playfully in the arm.

"What? We were being nice," James punched him back.

"Sure, James. Peter, get your face away from you plate...let's get up to Transfiguration." Sirius grabbed Peter's arm and pulled him out of his seat. They walked up the stairs, through some of the short cuts they found last year, and walked into the Transfiguration classroom, before anyone else.

"Gentleman. Since you four gave the new students here such wonderful directions this morning it's going to earn you a detention." Professor McGonagall told them from behind her desk. They hadn't even noticed her sitting there.

"Oh, hello to you to Professor." Sirius greeted her cheerfully.

"Don't try to persuade me to change my decision, Black." McGonagall spoke harshly, but if you looked close enough you could see the ghost of a smile around her mouth.

"I wasn't doing anything of the sort, Professor. Can't a student just tell his favorite teacher how wonderful it is to see her in good health?" Sirius joked again.

"Your not getting out of detention, Black." Professor McGonagall told him, sternly.

"I have never been more insulted in my life!" Sirius said sarcastically, throwing his arms up in mock-exasperation. "Here I am trying to have civil conversation with my favorite teacher and she thinks I'm doing it all to get out of detention. Ha!"

"Maybe I underestimated you, Sirius. However, your still not getting out of detention." Professor McGonagall went back to grading papers.

"Minerva?" Madam Hooch's voice was transported into the Transfiguration classroom she entered. "Minerva?"

"Yes?" McGonagall answered from her desk, not looking up.

"Dear, sorry to disturb you, but I was wondering, do you have anyone up to teaching my Flying class this morning? I'm sorry to ask, but I've got to go see my father, he's taken ill, and as you know my mother's gone. I wouldn't ask if there was no other alternative," Madam Hooch said with one breath.

"Ermm...I'm sure I can find someone. I'll see to it," Professor McGonagall assured Madam Hooch.

"Thank you, Minerva. I'm very sorry it's on such short notice." Madam Hooch said as she rushed down the hallway.

"We'll do it," James volunteered.

"We will?" Sirius, Remus and Peter echoed.

"Absolutely not, Potter. I don't want twenty students dying on their first day here." Professor McGonagall grabbed a piece of parchment and began to study it, wondering if there was any student responsible enough to teach a class how to fly, especially if they had never been in the air before.

"Aww, please? Come on, we won't kill anyone." James begged.

"No."

"Please, Professor?"

"Potter...I'm warning you, don't test me."

"But, we're all really excellent flyers, except for Peter of course..."

"HEY!"

"Sorry, Peter. We promise to be good and not get a single person hurt, please?"

"No, Potter. Go sit down, and get out something to take notes. The rest of the class should be here soon." Professor McGonagall ordered, she was getting testy because, there was no one she would want to teach first years how to fly. "Maybe, Dumbledore would consent to do it?"

"He's awfully busy...you can trust us, please?" James continued begging, even as the others had gone to the back of the classroom to prepare for class.

"If I let you will you bloody leave me alone?" Professor McGonagall snapped. James stood taken a back for a moment.

"Yes, I promise."

"Fine, Potter. You, Black and Lupin may go. Pettigrew you stay here, you need help in Transfiguration, those three can handle to take a little time off. Now, if any one of those students is hurt...I will be personally expelling you, do you comprehend?" Professor McGonagall announced to the classroom containing only her and the boys.

"Yes!" James jumped in the air. Sirius and Remus cast him worried looks, and Peter an envious one. Then, Sirius and Remus joined him as they walked out the door.

"Why don't I ever get to do anything?" Peter grumbled.

-

"Where's the teacher?" Ashley looked around. All the students, from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, were there.

"I don't know, maybe she's sick." Jo suggested, flopping down on the grass.

"That's horrid, Jo." Lily sat down beside her.

"No, I don't mean it in a bad way. I mean, maybe she went to the infirmary and she'll be out in a second," Jo explained. Ashley looked around one more time then joined the other two on the grass.

"Well, I say if she isn't here soon, we go and make our own fun," Ashley smiled.

"My kind of girl," a voice said from behind them. They, and the class, turned to see the three Gryffindor boys from this morning. Sirius Black standing in-between, James Potter and Remus Lupin.

"Are you by chance stalking us?" Jo asked, heavy on the sarcasm.

"No, we'd never do that. We came to teach your class." Sirius explained.

"What?" All three girls said at once. "Your joking, right?" Jo continued.

"Not at all," Sirius said as he and the other three walked towards the center of the crowd, leaving behind three very confused girls.

"Madam Hooch, she's your regular teacher, has been called somewhere else for today. We however, get to teach your class today. Now, will you all grab a broom?" James asked, his voice was magnified as he talked.

"Well girls, let's try and survive." Jo joked as they joined the rest of the class around a pile of brooms.

"Not funny, Jo." Lily said nervously.

"I wasn't joking," Jo smiled, and nudged Lily in the side. This didn't help much, Lily looked rather green, matching her eyes. They each grabbed rooms, and walked slowly over to where the other students were standing.

"All right, this is how you lift off." James kicked his feet off the ground, as did Sirius and Remus. They rose steadily, and stopped at about ten feet in the air. "Come on, kick your legs a little and get up here."

"Here goes nothing," Jo muttered as she and the rest of the class did this. Lily, however, had her feet firmly planted on the ground. When Jo and Ashley were about five feet in the air they noticed Lily wasn't with them. "Lily? Come on."

"I don't like heights." Lily clamped her broom.

"Evans! Get up here!" Sirius called. Lily glared at him.

"She doesn't like heights, Black!" Jo yelled at him. Lily felt her face turn red, and was sure she was blushing.

"Come on, it's not to bad." James flew over, well above her.

"Sure, easy for you to say. I bet you don't have a problem with heights do you?" Lily asked him from her place on the ground. At the moment, no matter how embarrassed, she was she was not getting in the air.

"No, heights have never been a problem for me." James admitted.

"Come on, Lily. You can do it!" Ashley yelled from ten feet above Lily's head.

"Your not helping me, Ashley!" Lily called back.

"Ok, the ones who want to fly you can come over here with Remus and I. James, you can persuade Evans to get up here, since this was your idea." Sirius took control. The students who were up in the air, including Ashley and Jo, landed and walked to where Sirius and Remus had flown. James landed next to Lily.

"Come on, Copper curls, it won't be too bad. If you fly now, you can fly more with your friends." James suggested, trying to make her want to fly.

"I am not flying. I do not like heights. And, most importantly, I do not like you." Lily snarled. "And never call me Copper curls, again!"

"Sorry." James apologized.

"Good." Lily gripped her broom.

"Just give it a try..." James prodded.

"NO!" Lily nearly yelled.

"If you don't, you'll never pass." James said. This seemed to have some effect, James thought, Lily looked a little nervous.

"Well...I don't want to fail. I just...don't like the idea of falling." Lily confessed, looking a little calmer.

"If that's your only problem I'll fly under you and catch you if you fall," James grinned.

"And knowing you, and your friends, you'd probably drop me!" Lily regained some of her anger.

"You just met us today," James tried to defend himself.

"And you got us lost! And I already despise you!" Lily snapped.

"I promise I won't let you fall. I'm doing this for you own good." James told her.

"No. Never. Not me. Nope. Never gonna happen." Lily said.

"Oh yeah...," in a quick movement James had Lily on the front of his broom. He wrapped an arm around her waist and kicked off. They were five feet in the air before Lily realized what was going on.

"Let me down! Potter! I'm warning you!" Lily began to yell. Several of the students, not including Ashley and Jo who were arguing with Remus and Sirius, noticed the girls distress and began to take interest.

"See it's not so bad," James told her. "You didn't even know we were up here until you looked down."

"I want down, Potter! I mean on the ground." Lily glared at him, rather hard to do since she had to turn nearly turn completely around. In answer to her glare, James flew higher.

"Your not going to fall, Lily. I am not going to let you fall," James said softly. By now the entire class, including Ashley, Jo, Sirius and Remus, were watching the two with interest.

"LET ME DOWN, POTTER!" Lily screamed. James laughed, but he did go back to the ground. He let go of her and she jumped down. Ashley and Jo flew over, they were already experienced flyers.

"Are you okay, Lily?" Jo asked as they landed beside her.

"I'm fine, but if that boy comes near me again I am gonna kill him." Lily shot a glare full of hate at James. Jo and Ashley hoped off their brooms.

"Look, Lily if you want when we have free periods we'll work with you on flying. Right, Jo?" Ashley asked.

"If you want us to, Lily. I'll make sure you can out fly those three if you want to go that far." Jo too glared at the three boys who were now deep in conversation.

"I just don't like heights. Why is that such a big deal for everyone?" Lily shot at them.

"Calm down, we weren't the ones who took you up on that broom." Jo tried making a joke. Needless to say, it fell flat.

"Don't joke, Jo. Your no good at it," Ashley said.

"How much longer must I endure this?" Lily asked them both.

"No watch." They both chorused.

"Hey, this is not a class you sit around in. You two on your brooms," Sirius flew over to them.

"What about me?" Lily asked, as if daring him to tell her she had to get on a broom too.

"Well, I'll leave it up to McGonagall. She'll deal with you when she hears about this. Now, you two come on. I have a class to teach," and with that he flew back over to the rest of the class. Ashley and Jo stood next to Lily for a moment before Jo spoke.

"What do you think McGonagall's gonna do?"

"I don't know. It's not my fault I don't like heights, is it?" Lily asked, her eyes pleading with them to say 'no'.

"Not at all," Ashley rubbed her shoulder. "I didn't like it up there the first time my dad took me. You get used to it, all of us at different speeds."

"Are you all right, Lily?" Remus had flown over, and landed gracefully next to them.

"I'm fine. I'm perfectly fine after being scared out of my life by that...that Potter!," Lily stammered. Remus, as did Ashley and Jo, looked like he was covering up a laugh.

"He was trying to help."

"What speed up my death?" Lily glared at him. This time Remus did laugh.

"Close enough. Listen if you want I can find someone who can come and help you. It won't be easy what with your fear of heights, but it will help you." He leaned over. "I hate heights as well."And then he flew back over to James and Sirius.

"You should at least see who this person is that will help you. I mean, it can't hurt can it?" Jo suggested, trying to sound cheery.

-

"Well, I thought teaching this class was going to be fun," James sighed as he and his friends watched the first years practice landing.

"And it isn't?" Sirius asked amused.

"Your not that one with little girls scratch marks up and down your poor arm." James pretended to rub the arm Lily had punctured with her nails.

"James, when are you going to learn?" Remus looked disappointed. "She doesn't want to fly, taking her up there terrified the poor girl. You can't do that to people."

"Your one to talk. Who are you going to get to give her lessons?" James looked at his friend curiously.

"Well, I thought...maybe you."

"What?" James and Sirius, who was now interested in the conversation, asked together.

"You heard me. I swear sometimes your as daft as Peter." Remus joked. "Would you consent though? I mean, your practically ensured to get a spot on the Qudditch team this year."

"No, I'm not. Garrison said and I quote 'You handle your broom very well, James. I don't know if you'll get a spot on the team, but you'll at least get reserve Chaser.' and reserve isn't really being on the team." James said simply, but both of his friends noticed the slight blush in his cheeks as he said it.

"You know you'll make it, James. I say you should help the girl, looks like she needs it." Sirius said as he pointed to where Ashley and Jo were coaxing Lily onto her broom.

"Poor girl, she needs to let go of her fear of heights." Remus said solemnly, though if you looked you could tell he was trying to hide a smile.

"You were as scared in your first year, Remus. Sirius and I had to practically glue your bottom to the broom to get you on it," James joked.

"And now look at me. I love flying," Remus said. Neither of his friends knew how thankful he was to have them, and he hoped the would never find out.

"I'll think about teaching, Evans. Only because you asked me too though." James sighed deeply and then flew over to give new directions to their class.

"What do you think the odds are they'll get married?," Sirius punched Remus playfully in the arm as soon as James flew off.

-

"I just don't want to get up in the air, thank you very much." Lily, who had made a vast improvement, she was now holding onto her broom, told her friends plainly.

"Lily, if you don't try you'll never get it." Jo pointed out reluctantly. "Actually, I'm surprised those three don't have us over there now." Jo motioned towards where the rest of the class was. They were now slowly rising higher in the air.

"I hope we never have a test on this," Lily said, very seriously.

"Your lucky, class is almost over." Ashley grinned. "They're already packing up." She pointed to the field, where the class were dismounting their brooms and placing them back in a pile.

"Evans! Quinn! Morgan!," Sirius called them over. They all, eagerly, picked up their brooms and walked over to the class. After laying their brooms in the pile they sat down on the grass to wait for further instructions, given by Sirius Black, James Potter and Remus Lupin.

"Why are you so afraid of flying, Mud-blood?" The girl from this morning sneered at Lily when they sat down.

"Leave her alone," Jo shot her a warning glance.

"Are you going to stop me?" The girl shot back, with a glare.

"Yes," Jo nodded, her voice cold as ice. The girl, no matter what sense of pride she had, stopped then.

"Good work today. You can all go. Evans, Morgan, Quinn you stay here." Sirius waved them all away.

"See you later, Mud-blood." The girl called as she and her friend followed the rest of the class.

"Do you need us for something?" Ashley asked, she really wanted to go.

"Yes, actually. You three put the brooms away. We'll wait here, and I promise this time give you correct directions to class." Sirius smiled.

"Come on," Jo started to gather the brooms. "Where do we put them?"

"In that storage closet over there," Sirius pointed to what looked like a rickety shack. Jo, Ashley and Lily, loaded with the brooms, took them over. Jo put hers down and tried to open the door.

"Very funny, where are the keys?" She called over to where the boys were.

"Are you a witch or not?" Sirius called back laughing.

"Alright, here goes nothing. Alohomora!" She tapped her wand on the lock. It clicked, and the door opened.

"How did you know that?" Lily asked, amazed.

"I have brothers," Jo grinned wickedly as she looked back and saw Sirius's stunned face. The girls put the brooms inside the shack and then walked back over to the boys.

"You promised to give us correct directions, remember?" Lily asked when they approached.

"And we shall, Evans. What's your next class?" Remus asked them. Ashley dug into a pocket and pulled out a rumpled schedule.

"History of Magic with Professor Binns."

"Come on," Sirius said. The boys walked ahead of them, talking amongst themselves. After going down several corridors, through several secret passages (unbeknownst to the girls, who had no idea they weren't supposed to be in half of the secret passages they were in). Finally, they stopped outside a small classroom on one of the top floors. "Enter. And next time you may want to bring a pillow."

"And for once, Sirius is serious." Remus told them. "Well, have fun and we'll see you later."

"Bye, Remus." The girls nodded and then walked inside their classroom.

-

"Their kind of cute when you don't picture them as bratty little girls," Sirius said as soon as he was sure the three girls were out of ear shot.

"They're not bad, they remind me of us when we were in first year." Remus added.

"Impossible," muttered James as they walked down to Charms.

-

"They are so annoying!" Lily told Jo and Ashley the moment they sat down in History Of Magic.

"Remus seems nice," Ashley sighed. "But, he's friends with them."

"I think you have a crush, Ashley." Jo smiled widely.

"I told you to stop joking, your no good at it." Ashley sounded as though the comment had not affected her.

"They're not that bad, just like my brothers." Jo took out some parchment and her quills from her bag.

"Wonder where...," Ashley consulted her list, "Professor Binns is?" As soon as the words were out of her mouth a transparent ghost flew out of the blackboard. Several female students shrieked, and several male students shuddered.

"Welcome class, now please prepare to take some notes." The ghost told them. The girls shared an identical look all three thinking, so they didn't lie to us this time. They spent the rest of the class writing down notes on Emeric the Evil, Uric the Oddball, Egor the Unbearable ("More like he's unbearable," Jo whispered to the two when he got on this subject), and several other goblins with weird names.

-

James, Sirius and Remus walked into the Charms classroom and took their normal seats in the back with Peter.

"How did it go?" Peter sounded interested.

"Fine," They all mumbled. They took out the parchment and quills they might need and put their bags on the floor. A few seconds later, short and tiny Professor Flitwick, came strolling in. He walked over to the pile of books on the floor and sat on top of them. He unrolled a long piece of parchment and began to read off roll.

"Abbott, Jane?" He called and a girl sitting in front of the boys raised her hand. "Black, Sirius?"

"I'm alive and kicking, Professor Flitwick." Sirius called. There were titters from the class.

"Funny, Mr. Black." and he continued to call their names, several people said 'here' or raised their hands, but James called 'Hey, Professor Flitwick,' Remus said 'Pleasure to be back, Professor Flitwick,' and Peter trying to imitate them squeaked, 'Reporting for duty.' Professor Flitwick gave them curt nods, but chose not to acknowledge their attempts to be funny. "Today we'll be working on..." and the boys spent the rest of the period working on the Shrinking Spell.

-

"You were right, History of Magic was boring." Jo yelled to the three Gryffindors and their other limb (Pettigrew) when they walked into the common room after Charms.

"Told you," Remus called back as they walked up to their dormitories.

"Where's your brother, Jo?" Ashley asked, putting down her book ( A History of Magic, by Bathilda Bagshot). "Doing these essays are horrid, do you think he'd help us?"

"He might, but he's in Ravenclaw. I could go visit him." Jo thought a moment. "Except I remember him saying, 'Don't talk to me when we get to Hogwarts. I don't want you tagging along, it's embarrassing.' So, I don't think I'll visit him anytime soon."

"We could ask...," Ashley started, but Lily cut her off.

"Don't even think about it. We will not ask James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin or their other little friend for any help."

"She's right, Ashley. They'd probably give us the wrong answers on purpose," Jo nodded in agreement with Lily.

"Your right, hey how long until dinner?" Ashley asked on a happier note.

"Half an hour," Jo looked at the clock on the wall. "We better finish this wonderful essay...on...what's it on again?"

"All the goblins we learned about today," Ashley grinned as she held up two piece of rolls of parchment. "I think I'm nearly done."

"Lily, how many pieces of parchment do we have to have?" Jo asked.

"One and a half," Lily answered.

"And your only almost done?" Jo asked sarcastically to Ashley.

"Well, I'm not done yet. Seriously, once you write it's easy. If you will, it's like flying a broomstick...a little scary at first, but then it's easy!" Ashley clapped her hands together, perkily.

"I think you need to be sent to St. Mungo's...really," Jo shook her head.

-

"We should go see McGonagall about our detention. I mean, we missed her whole class." James flopped down on his bed.

"She said she'll talk to all of us at dinner, and we'll serve our detentions tonight." Peter perked up from his Transfiguration homework (Describe in detail why Transfiguration is one of the most dangerous forms of magic you may encounter).

"Great, I'm already sleepy, this is going to be one long night." Sirius lay down on his bed, looking as if he was going to fall asleep.

"So, what did you three do this morning when you substituted for Madam Hooch?" Peter asked, intrigued.

"Nothing, really." Remus sighed, as he to fell onto his soft bed.

"Well in Transfiguration we...," Peter started, but James cut him off.

"That's my favorite subject Peter. Don't spoil it."

"Sorry, James." Peter sighed, looking as if he had let down his friend.

"It's not your fault, Peter. Don't be sorry either."

"I've got to use to loo, be right back." Peter got up and walked out of the dormitories.

"Why does he always say sorry to us?" James muttered.

"I don't know," Remus and Sirius said.

"Hey, I'm going to take a nap. Wake me up in time for dinner?" Sirius yawned.

"Is all you do sleep and eat?" Remus asked.

"No," Sirius said from his pillow.

"Sometimes I wonder..." Remus started.

"Besides that I cause mischief, annoy first years and anyone older then me..." Sirius started ticking off things he did.

"And annoy your friends," James added.

"Hey! Oh, and I can fly pretty well too. Did I mention annoying my parents as well?" Sirius laughed.

"One day...your either going to grow up to be a comedian or your going to end up in St. Mungos," James sighed.

"No, he'll be in Azkaban," Remus smiled.

"It's nice to know what your friends really think of you," Sirius said. "Now, I can't sleep. How much longer until dinner?"

"You and your stomach. Could you go at least five minutes without saying 'I'm hungry'?" James asked, jokingly.

"Yeah. I can say 'I'm famished', 'I feel a little hungry',...do you need me to name more?" Sirius joked.

"No, and you have about twenty minutes to wait." James told him as he consulted his watch.

"Let's go do something," Sirius suggested, his grin widening.

"Uh-oh...," Remus and James chorused.

-

"So, did Edgar the Unbelieving become a leader in the North side of the Goblin Rebellion? Or did he stay with Egor on the South side?" Jo asked, scratching her head with her finger.

"He stayed with Egor for a few months, then he joined the Northern goblins because, he felt their needs would be easier to attain." Ashley explained. Jo and Lily both shot her worried glances. "I can't help it if I have a photographic memory."

"You do?"

"No, I just pay attention."

"Hello girls," Sirius's sing-song voice said. Jo looked up to see him leaning on the back of her chair.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?" Jo asked.

"No, why?" Sirius asked, confused.

"Because, I'd be willing to bet twenty galleons that you were a vaulter in another life." Jo replied smartly. Everyone stifled laughs, including Sirius. "Now, what do you want?"

"Just to see how you liked your first day of classes," Sirius sat down next to them. Remus and James followed, however, much slower.

"Well, considering the fact you ruined Flying Class for all of us, you know how that went. History of Magic could have been better," Lily sighed as she put away her finished essay. "Ashley, you were right once you start it's easy."

"Told you."

"Don't you want to know how our day went?" Sirius asked.

"No," The girls answered together.

"They've got you there, Sirius." Remus smiled.

"I wonder what our detentions going to be tonight," James said aloud.

"Who cares? I just want to get it over with, then come up to the nice soft bed and get some rest." Jo sighed, leaning back into her chair.

"I hope we end up in the Forbidden Forest. That way we can see all the animals, and who knows maybe this time we'll get close enough to touch a unicorn." Sirius grinned.

"What unicorn in it's right mind would let you touch it?" Lily asked. Remus and James almost subsided with laughter.

"Besides, everyone knows that unicorns prefer girls," Ashley explained.

"So, in Sirius's case you can see where they'd make the mistake." Jo grabbed a lock of Sirius's long hair and twirled it around her finger.

"Funny you three," Sirius said, grumpily. However, he looked as though he was trying to hide a smile.

"James!" a voice called. The girls peered around their armchairs, and the guys looked to see who had called James. A tall boy with red hair was hurrying over to the group.

"Arthur, hello." James nodded friendly to the boy. "What's up?"

"Garrison said that he wants to see you as soon as your available to talk to him about Qudditch this year. Word is he wants you to be Chaser, since Bell left." Arthur spoke very quickly.

"Thanks, Arthur." James's face showed a smile a mile wide.

"No problem. Hello all, bye now." He called to them all as he walked back to a short, plump girl and they began talking.

"Who was that?" Ashley asked peering over her armchair.

"Arthur Weasley, and he has a girlfriend in case your wondering. Her name is Molly," James told them.

"I wasn't wondering," Ashley blushed.

"I wonder what's taking Peter so long," Remus looked at the clock, a worried expression creasing his brow.

"It's not like he hasn't gotten himself lost in the castle before," Sirius smiled.

-

"PETTIGREW!" A voice called from the corridor just as Peter was about to make the turn leading him back to Gryffindor tower. Peter whirled around, a hard thing to do with his bulk and faced Lucius Malfoy, flanked by his stooges Charles Crabbe and Lewis Goyle.

"What do you want Lucius?" Peter said, his voice shaking with fright.

"What's the password to Gryffindor Tower?" Lucius asked, sweetly.

"Why would I tell you, Malfoy?" Peter spat back, bravely. It was one thing to attempt to stand up to Lucius Malfoy, who was more then two years older then Peter, but to actually stand up to him was a miracle. I wish James, Remus and Sirius could see this, Peter thought.

"Do Crabbe and Goyle have to convince you?" Lucius cast a sidelong glance at Crabbe and Goyle, who were both getting their fists ready.

"Lucius! Leave him alone!" To Peter's relief a voice called down the hall.

"Are you going to make me do it?" Lucius challenged. Peter looked down the hall to see a short girl with her wand out.

"Your stooges may be able to beat me into a pulp, but you and I both know they'll never get here before I curse them." The girl spat back, shaking her wand in a threatening way.

"Come on. We'll get you later, Pettigrew." Lucius said icily to Peter. The girl walked towards him, as the three disappeared back to the dungeons.

"Are you all right?" The girl looked him over. She had now placed her wand back in her robe.

"Yes, thank you. I could have handled them myself." Peter answered.

"Sure you could have. I'm Caitlin, who are you?" The girl held her hand out.

"Peter Pettigrew." He shook it.

"What house? I haven't seen you around, have I?" Caitlin asking, squinting trying to picture him.

"Gryffindor, you?" Peter asked.

"Ravenclaw. That may explain why I haven't seen you. I'm in third year," She smiled.

"I'm a second, and I guess that does explain a bit." He smiled back. He couldn't help, but notice how he blonde hair shone lightly with the glow from the torches lining the hallway, and how her blue eyes sparkled when she smiled.

"Well, see you around Peter." She waved and began to walk away.

"Bye, Caitlin." He called, and watched her disappear down the marble staircase. He had a biting urge to go after her, but he found himself walking back up to the Gryffindor common room.

-

"There he is!" Sirius called upon Peter entering the common room. "Where have you been?"

"Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabbe wanted the password to the tower. When I wouldn't give it to them, Lucius was going to make..." Peter started.

"We'll get them back, Peter." Sirius had a malicious look in his eyes, just hearing those names seemed to upset him.

"Don't worry, they didn't touch me. This girl," he paused remembering how shiny her hair was, and how bright her eyes shone, "Caitlin made them stop. She's really...," he stopped himself, "Nice."

"What house?" Remus asked, intrigued.

"Ravenclaw." Peter answered.

"I've heard of her, I think. She's supposed to be a really good Keeper." James said, sounding amazed. "Caitlin Reed, right?"

"I don't know, she didn't give me a last name." Peter told James.

"Oh, time for dinner." Sirius jumped up.

"Hey, do you girls still need to figure out how to get to The Great Hall?" Remus asked, joking. He got three punches in his arm from the effort.

"We'll follow you," Jo smiled.

"Then, don't talk to us we don't want your first year stupidity leaking onto us," Sirius grinned.

"You don't need any more stupidity, Black." Jo grinned back. Sirius in turn stuck his tongue out at Jo, who returned the gesture.

"Come on," James grabbed Sirius and pulled him up to the front with the rest of the guys. "Be careful you three, don't get lost." He shot a smile back at them.

"Are we almost there? I'm so hungry," Ashley rubbed her stomach.

"You are just like Sirius. It's all about food," Remus rolled his eyes.

"So?" Sirius and Ashley said at the same time.

"Yes, Ashley we're almost there." Remus chose to ignore their questions.

"Good. I'm hungry," For the second time that night Ashley and Sirius's voice echoed down the hall.

"Will you two stop that?" Lily asked, smiling.

"Now, remember if you three ever get lost take this stairway and you'll find your way to the Great Hall, and eventually you'll be able to find everything from the Great Hall." Remus explained as they reached a marble staircase.

"Let's slide down," Sirius suggested, his face full of glee.

"Great idea, Sirius." James and Remus raced over to the banisters.

"I think I'll walk," Jo explained and she began to walk down the stairs.

"Me too," Ashley agreed and followed her.

"Me three," Lily too followed the two girls.

"I'll wait for you three at the bottom," Peter sighed and walked down, reluctantly after the girls.

"Ready?" Sirius asked his friends, a mischievous grin plastered on his face.

"Ready," James and Remus smiled back. "One-Two-Three," And they slide down the banister. They reached the bottom before everyone else, and waited on the banister until the other four joined them.

"You don't know what your missing," Sirius exclaimed once the four reached the bottom step.

"Potter! Black! Lupin! What do you three think your doing?" Everyone whirled around to see Professor McGonagall standing there, hands on her hips and looking very cross. "To think I trusted you three to teach a class...what is this world coming to?"

"Sorry, Professor."

"Apology accepted. You'll be doing your time tonight." Professor McGonagall relaxed a bit. "Filch told me of a classroom in desperate need of a dusting, you'll be cleaning it. And I mean, until it shines. Now, inside. As soon as dinners over, I want you to report to my classroom."

"All right, Professor." And they walked into the noisy Great Hall. Professor McGonagall took her seat at the Staff table, while the seven children walked to their seats at the Gryffindor table. The boys sat on one side, and the girls on the other (not by choice, but their were no other seats).

"Look, they have Yorkshire Pudding!" Ashley squealed with delight.

"Calm down, it's just pudding." Jo cast a worried glance at Ashley. "It does look excellent though."

"Food," Sirius said as he began to fill his plate.

"What do you think Lily, Ashley and Sirius both belong in St. Mungos?" Jo rolled her eyes.

"What's St. Mungos?" Lily asked, highly confused.

"My brother said you muggles, call it an insane asylum." Jo shrugged her shoulders.

"Ohh...well, they certainly belong together." Lily grinned.

"Yes, they do." James and Remus joined the conversation.

"I take it you're a muggle born, then?" James added.

"Yes, I think." Lily crossed her eyes.

"You mean, she's a mud-blood!" The girl from this morning, and their dormitory called.

"You know, that might actually insult me if I knew what you were talking about," Lily glared at her.

"Stupid, that's what you all are. All you mud-bloods, are just stupid." The girl sneered. By now they had most of the Gryffindor tables attention, even Sirius and Ashley were ignoring their food to watch.

"Leave her alone," Jo told the girl, in an icy voice.

"Do you want to decide this in a wizard duel?" The girl asked her, shooting her own dangerous look back at them.

"I wish we could, but what are you going to do? Sprinkle me with sparkles?" Jo grinned. Several people chortled in their goblets, or just laughed. The girl looked insulted. "What's the matter? Can't you even do that? I bet Lily can do better then you...and she's from a muggle family."

"Your just scared." The girl attempted a comeback.

"Yeah, I'm really shaking in my boots." Jo smiled, sweetly.

"Then let's have a wizard's duel," The girl challenged again.

"They have detention tonight," Peter offered. The girls smile widened.

"Who said it had to be tonight? I want to make it fair on the mud-blood, and her defender. Give them some time to practice a few...curses." The girl spat the word out, and several people shifted uncomfortably in their seats.

"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." Jo glared, a look of pure loathing on her face, at the girl. "And in your case, you might want to expect it."

"Now, who's the one shaking in her boots?" The girl asked, a thin smile tracing her lips. "Come on, Catherine. Let's go somewhere, with less...filth." She got up, not bothering to finish her dinner. He took her friend, Catherine, a moment to register what her friend had said then she to got up, and together they walked out of the Great Hall.

"How come she's not in Slytherin?" Ashley asked.

"Her older brother, and twin sister are. No one knows why she got put in Gryffindor...it's a shame to Gryffindor's everywhere." One of the older students explained.

"I bet Godric Gryffindor himself would roll over in his grave if he knew," Another explained. "For a first year you showed real maturity, if you need any help finding those curses we'll all be glad to help you."

"Yeah," from several other students.

"Thanks," Jo blushed. "Is she really related to Slytherins?"

"Yeah, guess who her older brother is?" The boy from that evening, Arthur Weasley said.

"Who?" Ashley, Jo and Lily asked.

"Lucius Malfoy is her brother, and her sisters name is Missy Malfoy. Missy's nickname is Stormy because, she's got a temper that one." The girl, Arthur had left to talk to told them. "I'm Molly by the way."

"What year are they? Hi, Molly." Jo asked, intrigued. "My dad was talking about someone named Malfoy the other day."

"Lucius is in seventh, and Missy's in third. What's your father's name?" One of the other Gryffindors asked. "I'm Thomas."

"Paul Quinn, my mother's name is Debra." Jo answered.

"Isn't he one of the top people in the Ministry of Magic?" Arthur sounded interested.

"Don't mind, Arthur. Interested in the Ministry, he is." A girl with a thick Irish accent said.

"I can't help it, Amenia." Arthur sighed. "Isn't he though?"

"He works for them, not one of the top people." Jo took some more pumpkin juice.

"Oh, well the Malfoy's are more interested in the dark arts. If you ask me, it must have been a shock to the entire Malfoy family when their youngest daughter was put in Gryffindor. What I would give to see the look on their faces." Amenia sighed, long fully. Several other Gryffindors laughed.

"What did you guys get for detention tonight?" Molly asked, smiling.

"How did you know we got detention, Molly?" Lily questioned.

"Everyone knows it. When those four get a detention, it's hard not to notice. And we all heard three first years gave it to them, though it was probably their fault to begin with." Molly laughed.

"I plead guilty," Sirius grinned.

"You didn't have to plead, we knew you were guilty." Ashley rolled her eyes. "So, how much longer till' we actually have to go to this detention?"

"You have about five minutes, what do you have to do?" Arthur looked at his watch.

"Dust an old classroom, we'll use magic." Sirius said, as if it was no skin off his back.

"McGonagall never lets anyone use magic when they have a detention, Sirius. You should know that better then anyone what with all the detentions you've had." Amenia looked unbelieving.

"She's never going to know," Sirius shook his head. "Besides what McGonagall doesn't know won't hurt her."

"And what won't I know, Black?" Professor McGonagall was standing right behind him. After a moment's pause Sirius spoke.

"How wonderful you look in that burgundy robe?"

"Funny, Black. Come on all of you who have detention, we don't want to keep Filch waiting." They waved good-bye to the rest of the Gryffindors and disappeared with McGonagall.

-

"There is to be no magic, I will need you wands now." Professor McGonagall told them once she had them inside the classroom. One look at it, and all seven students knew they were in for a long night. They each, Sirius was most reluctant, handed over their wands. "Filch will be back for you around one o'clock in the morning. If it's not clean, then he'll be back at two o'clock, and so on and so fourth. Now, do you all understand you are not to leave this room?" She spoke, looking directly at Sirius and James. "In that case, I will be putting a magic lock on it, you won't be able to open it. Have fun, and maybe it will teach you not to get detention again." She disappeared out the door, and return a moment later with seven scrub rags and with Jo's wand she conjured three buckets of water. "They'll keep refilling until your done." And this time she was gone.

"Might as well get this over with," Ashley sighed heavily. She grabbed a rag, dunked it in some water and started on the wall.

"Hmm...this sure isn't how I pictured spending my second night at Hogwarts," Jo murmured as she grabbed a rag, dunked it in water, and climbed up on a dusty step ladder to clean the windows.

"Me either," Lily grumbled as she too grabbed and rag and started to scrub the desk in front of her. "Cleaning desks...sounds like something I'd have to do in my Primary School."

"This really isn't fun," Sirius glared at the floor he was now scrubbing. "Really, really, not fun."

"Yeah, well it's your fault." Jo, Ashley and Lily shot back at him.

"I didn't think we'd get detention for it!" Sirius chucked the rag into the water bucket, to pick it up again, slinging water all over the floor.

"It's nice to know you care," Jo started to really scrub a windowpane.

"I do. I want you to win the Wizard's Duel as much as anyone else in Gryffindor," he looked at her back. If she had turned around she would have seen his tongue was sticking out.

"I thought she was kidding," Lily started on another desk.

"She was serious, all the Malfoy's are." James said as he started on a desk, near the one Lily was working on.

"The only thing I would know how to do to her is the Jelly-Legs Jinx, my brother taught me how." Jo jumped down to get some more water. "Hey, how about two people work on the desks, three people work on the floor and two people work on windows. That way we always have a bucket near us. It'll go faster."

"Okay...I call windows," Sirius jumped up. Jo groaned, as he climbed on a chair beside her.

"Are you doing this to torture me?" She tossed her rag in the bucket, jumped down and moved her chair over to the next window.

"Yes," Sirius grinned.

"Well, you two can keep working on the desks," Remus said, indicating James and Lily. "Peter, Ashley and I will take the floor."

"Why do we listen to Sirius, especially when we know it'll get us detention?" James asked as he lugged a bucket over to where he and Lily would be working.

"The same reason we listen to you, James. It's not like we'd have anything better to do." Remus dunked his rag, and continued scrubbing the floor.

"Just out of curiosity how many detentions have you guys had?" Ashley asked.

"Ever hear of the phrase curiosity killed the cat?" Sirius asked, not looking back from the windows.

"Yeah, is that a threat?" Ashley rolled her eyes. Sirius looked thoughtful for a moment.

"YES!" He grabbed his rag, dunked it, and while making sure it was really wet he threw it at Ashley.

"Hey!" She shouted, and threw it back at him when it hit her. Jo cast a glance at Lily, both making a silent agreement. Jo jumped down, they grabbed the bucket Lily and James had been using and dunked it over James's head.

"What are you doing?" James yelled, water dripping down him.

"You looked like a drowned rat," Lily laughed. James then decided to chase them around the classroom, vowing revenge every step of the way. Sirius and Remus both glanced at Ashley, who was staring at James, Jo and Lily (Jo had just leapt over the teachers desk), both silently making an agreement dumped the water bucket on Ashley.

"Oh, your dead!" She grabbed her rag, and started chasing after them.

"Come and get us, Morgan!" Sirius called, and she indeed chased them around the room. After a few seconds, James, Lily and Jo gave up their rivalry, to grab the last bucket and dump it on Peter.

"That wasn't fair!" He yelled, before he too got up to chase them. Sirius tackled Jo, James grabbed Lily and thrust her to the floor, Remus pulled Ashley to the floor, and they waited for Peter to grab the newly refilled buckets.

"Ready?" Peter asked, grinning as he dumped the water on all three of the girls. They, even though soaking wet, couldn't help but laugh when they saw their reflections in one of the old silver cauldrons.

"Just remember it took all four of you to beat the three of us," Jo grinned as they finally got back to work.

"We could get each of you on our own," Sirius winked at her.

"As I was saying earlier, St. Mungos's looks like the best place for you. That or, Azkaban." She started to scrub her windows again, blushing and hoping no one saw.

-

"Your prime evil, Potter." Lily joked as they started to scrub the desks again.

"Why thank you, Evans." James bowed.

"Maybe Jo should have said you belonged in St. Mungos." She laughed, and he just grinned oddly at her.

-

"I'm all wet now, thank you very much." Ashley hit Remus playfully in the arm as they went back to scrubbing the floor.

"Your welcome, very much." Remus grinned, and pretended she hurt his arm.

"Let's just get this over with," Peter huffed.

-

If anyone were to walk into the classroom at midnight, besides seeing the amazing difference in up-keep, would have seen a rather odd sight. Sirius's head was on Jo's stomach, Jo's arm over James's head, Lily's head on James's other arm, Remus curled up next to Ashley, and Peter on end. All seven students were laying, tangled over each other, and cloaks vaguely over them. Jo woke up, around twenty after midnight, and looked around her for a moment before realizing what happened.

"That's funny," she murmured softly to herself and she very carefully moved away from the group. As soon as she was up, she walked over to the window on the far side of the room. She sat down on it's edge and looked out at the stars. After a few moment's she started to sing the lullaby that her mother always sang to her at night.

"Sleep my child and peace attend thee,

All through the night

Guardian angels God will send thee,

All through the night

Soft the drowsy hours are creeping

Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,

I my loving vigil keeping

All through the night."

"While the moon her watch is keeping

All through the night

While the weary world is sleeping

All through the night

O'er they spirit gently stealing

Visions of delight revealing

Breathes a pure and holy feeling

All through the night."

"Lo ve, to thee my thoughts are turning

All through the night

All for thee my heart is yearning,

All through the night.

Though sad fate our lives may sever

Parting will not last forever,

There's a hope that leaves me never,

All through the night."

She smiled, her mother always sang that when she was having trouble getting to sleep. She looked back over at the group sprawled upon the floor, however unlikely their friendship seemed at first, now they might be friends for the entire time they were at this school. Opposites must attract, she thought to herself, laughing inwardly at the thought.

"You have a beautiful voice," someone said. She turned around and saw Sirius's eyes looking at her. She blushed, though it wasn't visible in the feeble light. "I mean, it. For once I'm being serious."

"Thank you," she managed to muster after a few seconds. "My mother used to sing it to me when I couldn't get to sleep."

"Well, you have a really pretty voice." He said again. Jo took one last look at the stars, and walked back over to where she was lying before. She laid back down, next to Sirius and James. "Good-night, Quinn." Sirius rolled over.

"Good-night, Black." She said before she yawned. And within seconds she was asleep again, her mother's lullaby echoing through her head.

-

Around two thirty in the morning, someone finally opened the door to the empty classroom. Professor McGonagall, Hagrid, and Filch stood there for a moment. A smile on Hagrid and McGonagall's lips, Filch looking rather disappointed. "I can't believe you forgot them, Argus."

"I told you, Professor, Peeve's was running amok, how am I supposed to remember little detentions?" He asked.

"Should I wake 'em up, Professor?" Hagrid asked, his eyes revealing he didn't really want to.

"No, Hagrid. Let them sleep." Professor McGonagall smiled. "They did a remarkable job on this room."

"Humph," Filch snarled and left. Professor McGonagall and Hagrid stood there a moment, smiling at the youngsters.

"Good-night then, Professor." Hagrid smiled.

"Yes, good-night, Hagrid." Professor McGonagall smiled. "Oh, do you mind if I borrow your cloak?" He took it off and handed it to her, with a flick of her wand the cloak grew into a very large blanket, she draped it over her students, and then she and Hagrid left.

*

End Note:

Did you like it? Please, say you did...make me feel good (actually, give your honest opinion.)

Just so you know, this has nothing (nada, zip, zilch, zero, cero, get the picture?) to do with Diverse Destines. I was just bored, and Michelle wasn't here and I wasn't inspired (those who know me know why) to write...then this lovely idea popped into my head, and I figured why not? This will probably be written more often then DD (cuz that's a joint fiction and we have to think about stuff, oh and Michelle got herself grounded). Umm, do be kind and review...please? Also, if you don't have anything nice to say please don't because I am kind of proud this piece (does a happy little victory dance for herself). Now, please bear with me because, my author's note will be rather long considering I have a lot of people to thank (....yes, I have friends contrary to popular belief.....). Oh and if you want, skim through this little authors note/thanks, because I don't think you care about my "few" friends.

Caitlin- You've always been there for me even when we fight (haha), and even if I know these stories bore you to death you always at least pretend to listen to my ramblings, even when they are exceptionally long. Your one of my best friends and I seriously couldn't go through life without you, luv ya forever! (PS-you told me to write this "Cait is Great", but it should be Cait is a great friend...) I love you with all my heart (though I'm not that way, hey hey now!).

Michelle- THANK YOU! From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU. You go above and beyond the call of friendship by listening to my poems and no matter how bad they suck give me criticism that sounds nice (I love you for it). Thank you for being there, listening to me talk, and everything you have to suffer for being my friend...luv you from the bottom of my heart, seriously. ("Bite me, and NOT LITERALLY!"), and you can always make me laugh and I'll treasure that forever!

Kalene- Thanks so much for telling me I'm a good writer, even when I don't agree the whole time. I really appreciate you reading my stories and giving me your opinion about them. I may not know you, but your always there for me. I love you lots!

Courtney- Your just awesome! I've known you for like a year and even if we've never met your someone I consider my best friends. You give me advice, I give you advice, and you tell me ways to convince a certain friend (*cough, LAURA, cough*) to stop doing...the whacky? Thanks for always being there...I love you lots!

Laura and Kym- Even if we never talk anymore, and no matter how much you both hate me and I don't agree with what your doing, I want to let you know you used to be there for me, and I will remember those days and treasure them. I know neither of you are reading this, but I want to let you know. Also, I don't hate you...I just don't agree with ANYTHING your doing. Do me a favor and grow up.

Ginny :) I think I know how to speak a little British now (daft, is that a word?). Hey, thanks for posting DD for Michelle and me, and thanks for listening to my long emails and actually responding! Hehe.

Dublin- Love you lots. You inspired me to write my new fiction, and I'll keep up with the S/A/R/L fic...haha! Love you, forever!

Mary, Corina, Alena, Tiara and anyone else I missed that has ever read my fictions- I LOVE YOU!

Thanks, and review. The little form things right here at the bottom, shouldn't be to hard to write either "good job", or my least favorite "that sucked", hey it's two words a maximum of fifteen letters, is it that hard? I think not.