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This year was full of surprises for my family. The Bell family, after a separation that had lasted years, had finally gotten back together. So that meant my Mother and I left France and went back to England to live with my Father and my younger sister, Katie. Which is why I was headed for Hogwarts aboard the Hogwart's express.

"I bet you'll be a Gryffindor." Katie stated, "Although you do have the brains for Ravenclaw."

"As long as she isn't a Slytherin, she'll be fine."

I looked up at the door to see two red heads flashing me identical smiles.

"Hey Fred, hey George." Katie greeted. "This is my sister, Katrina, she's a sixth year."

They both grinned, but only one opened their mouth and said something: "Always did fancy older women myself."

I ignored the comment and watched them leave the compartment, with talk of a prank trailing on behind them.

"Ignore them." Katie sighed, "Anyway, you'll love the rest of the team."

"They're on the team?"

She nodded, "Beaters."

"That makes sense. So, where are your chaser friends...Angelina and Alicia...?"

"Probably searching for the twins. As for my captain you'll love him. He is obsessed with the game."

"What's his position?"

"Keeper."

But it wasn't Katie who had replied, unless she had become a man and gained a Scottish accent. I looked up and saw Katie's obsessive captain; but unlike Katie I took the time to fully appreciate him. He was tall, muscular, lean, and his brown hair was artfully disheveled. (Although it was probably just a result of running a hand through it.)

"You must be Bell's sister, Katrina."

Bell's? I shot a look at Katie and she rolled her eyes in response.

"And you must be her Quidditch captain, Oliver Wood."

He nodded, "Nice to finally meet you. Bell brags about your keeping skills all the time."

Again I shot Katie a look, but smiled up at Oliver.

"Well, I won't be playing this year, so you'll never see me in action."

"Have Katie bring you to a practice." He replied. "Well, I better search for the twins now."

Once he was gone I said:

"He's cute."

Katie laughed, "Not once his eyes glaze over and every word out of his mouth is Quidditch related."

"Better than being obsessed with himself."

"You will meet plenty of those here, mostly Slytherins."

We were both quiet for a while, until we heard an old witch yelling about the trolley.

"I think I'll go get something." I said as I stood up.

"Will you bring me a pumpkin pastie?"

I nodded and left the compartment. The witch with the trolley was just a few compartments down, with no other students in sight. That is, until I ran smack dab into someone leaving their own compartment. What I hit was firm and solid and very muscular and definitely not female.

"Are you alright?" He asked as he put his hand on my shoulder to steady me.

"Yeah, I just wasn't expecting someone to pop out."

"I'm sorry; let me buy you something from the trolley."

I blushed, "No that's alright, I have to get something for my sister, Katie."

His eyebrows shot up. "Oh, are you Katie Bell's older sister?"

I nodded.

"I knew I hadn't see you before. I'm Cedric Diggory of Hufflepuff." He said and held out his hand.

I shook his hand and told him my name. Then, with a smile, I made my purchases at the trolley and headed back to my compartment.

"What took you so long?" Katie questioned as she took the pumpkin pastie from me.

"I ran into Cedric Diggory."

Katie's eyes budged, "Literally ran into him?"

"Yeah."

"He is so...perfect. He's a prefect, Quidditch captain, seeker, and he's the top of his class."

"Is he a sixth year?"

"Yeah, why?"

I grinned, "Then he won't be top of his class for long."

I was pretty embarrassed as I was grouped with the first years while I awaited my turn for the sorting hat. But since my last name began with a 'B', it wasn't too long before I went to sit on the stool and had the hat placed on my head.

"OoOo, such a strong mind; already molded. You're much older than the others, but I think...RAVENCLAW!"

I was only slightly disappointed; I loved Katie but we hadn't exactly been around each other for long periods of time for a while. So, I made my way over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down next to a girl with very long strawberry blonde hair and cat eye glasses.

"Hi, I'm Aurora Bishop." She smiled.

"I'm Katrina, Kat for short."

"So what brings you to Hogwarts as a sixth year?"

"It's a little complicated."

"I love complications." Aurora grinned.

"Our parents separated when I was nine, so I went with my Mom to France, and Katie stayed here with our Dad. But then they reconciled and we moved back."

Aurora looked intrigued, "So you attended Beauxbatons?"

"Yeah."

Aurora smiled, "So which do you like better?"

I grinned, "Well, I'll say one thing about Hogwarts, there's a good stock of boys."

"I couldn't agree more!"

That's when I knew we would be best friends.

The next morning after we received our schedules, Aurora and I sat down to breakfast to discuss our classes.

"It's good we have the same schedule." Aurora commented. "I wouldn't want you to get lost."

"So I see we have Transfiguration today with the Hufflepuffs..." I began, "What do you know about Cedric Diggory?"

One of Aurora's eyebrows shot up and she grinned, "Oh, why do you want to know?"

"I ran into him on the train."

"Well, I'm sure you've been filled in on the basics, so just watch out for his fan club. They don't leave the poor bloke alone."

"Fan club?"

"Yeah, he's not the only one; Roger Davies and Oliver Wood have them too."

"Oh so basically all the Quidditch captains?"

Aurora grimaced, "Except Marcus Flint; he's just nasty."

We ate in silence for a while, and once we were done we grabbed our book bags and headed for charms. Charms was boring, but as soon as we walked into Transfiguration I knew it would be different. Cedric Diggory was already seated at one of the front tables along with his friend.

"Let's sit up there." I whispered to Aurora.

Aurora grinned and followed me to the table across the aisle from Cedric's.

"So, are you making a play for him?" She whispered once we had sat down.

"No, he just intrigues me."

She looked skeptical, "I may have just met you, but there's something you haven't told me."

I sighed, "I heard he's top of the class, and I'm going to change that."

"Why?"

"I'm a little competitive when it comes to marks." I admitted.

Aurora chuckled, "That seems like an understatement, but if it makes you feel any better he's looking at you."

I looked over and my eyes met his hazel gaze. Neither of us looked away for a minute, until I smirked and he quickly glanced away. I turned back to Aurora with a chuckle just as Professor Mcgonagoll walked to the front of the classroom.

"Welcome back for another year of Transfiguration, and a warm welcome to Katrina Bell on her transfer to Hogwarts."

"Kat!"

I had just left my common room when I saw Katie running down the hall, yelling my name.

"What?"

She finally caught up to me and stood there panting for a minute before she finally spat some words out.

"Wood has called a practice of sorts; he invited you to come fly."

"Okay, Accio broom!"

A minute later my broom flew into my hand, and I followed Katie out of the castle and down to the pitch. When we arrived the whole Gryffindor team was already in the air along with what looked like the Hufflepuff team.

"Good! You came!" Oliver called from his position in front of the golden hoops.

"Wouldn't miss it!" I called, then hopped on my broom and flew up next to Oliver.

"How good are you?"

I smiled, "Well, I am a Bell and I've had more time to practice than Katie has."

He grinned and I saw two adorable dimples appear on either side of his mouth.

"Want to test that theory?"

"You're on!"

After I proved myself I decided to go back up to the castle to meet Aurora, but I wasn't the only one headed back to the castle.

"Hey Katrina!" Cedric called, "Nice playing out there."

"Thanks."

He didn't say anything more and soon we were both headed in opposite directions inside the castle. After I had put my broom away and grabbed my bag, I went to meet Aurora in the library. When I approached her, she looked up at me and smirked.

"What?"

"I heard about your flying; it's the buzz right now."

"It's not a big deal."

"Whatever you say."

By October my days were usually spent either studying with Aurora or down on the Quidditch pitch with Oliver and the team. Today it happened to be the latter, but it was just Oliver and I out there today.

"Come on Kat, I want to see your best chaser moves now!" He yelled as he threw the quaffle at me. I caught it and waited for Oliver to get in his position.

"I'm not very good at being a chaser, Oliver."

He laughed, and I knew he didn't believe me.

"Seriously Oliver, there's a reason that I'm a Keeper."

"Just give me your best shot."

So I did, and he caught it easily.

"Try again."

I shook my head, but caught the quaffle he threw back to me.

"Come on Kat."

"I'd rather not, thanks."

He sighed and flew over to me. "Here, I'll show you how to do it."

He hovered behind me and positioned my arms along with his, then he grabbed my throwing arm, pulled it back, and told me to release it. It sailed right through the middle hoop.

"Thanks Oliver; I don't see why Katie complains about you...you're a decent bloke."

Oliver looked interested, "I'm a decent bloke 'eh?"

I laughed, "Yeah, but if I was on your team I probably wouldn't say that."

"Probably not." He chuckled. "What do you say? Should we call it a day?"

"Yeah, I'm starving."

"Me too."

With those last words hanging in the air, we headed back up to the castle with our brooms slung over our shoulders.