On her way she glanced at the Gryffindor table and saw a lonely red head sitting at the end of it. She smiled to herself and thought: "This is going to be quite and interesting year".

As she approached the Slytherins, many got up to greet her, to which she just smiled and shook hands. That whole celebrity stuff wasn't really her style, and that was the reason why she would never appear on magazines. To Alex her life was sacred and keeping it separate from her job was a must. And right then, she felt sucked into that world, and wanted to get out.

She quickly scanned the table, afraid, that she would have to sit with a bunch of kids going on and on about this or that; and found and few empty seats at the very beginning. Only two people sat there, and looked very uninterested in her. So she hurriedly walked that way, sat and looked towards the professors. Dumbledore was ready to give the start of year speech.

- Welcome old and new students. As you may have noticed this year's sorting was a little different. Not only did the hat place the first year's, but also a person has arrived to join the students in seventh year. This hasn't happed for a long time, but its has been heard of, and I now do it as a favor to an old friend.

Now our caretaker, Filch has asked me to remind you that no item from the Weasleys Wizard Weezes is allowed in the school. Also you can read the parchment on his office door, to know the full list of objects not allowed.

For all of you who don't know, the Forbbiden Forest is out of bounds, hence the name. Since many things have changed since last year, now students cannot go outside, at night, unless supervised and should not go beyond the Quidditch pitch; and only in groups- after this statement whispers filled the Great Hall, and Dumbledore understood what was happening.

Hogwarts is in fact a safe place, but it is our responsibility, as your teachers, to keep you as safe as possible. And that means not taking any risks. Now, I know you must be starving, so please, eat- with that the plates filled with enormous amounts of delicious food.

Alex didn't even move. The rest of the students were all over the food, but she just looked at it. Finally she decided for some meat and rice. She ate slowly, until she heard someone, apparently, referring to her. Confused, she looked up and saw a pug faced girl staring at her. Alex raised and eyebrow.

- You can't sleep in our room. It's full- the ugly Slytherin said.

- Who? What? Huh? - she asked, not really understanding what the girl had said. She had been thinking about Quidditch, and was caught of guard.

-Are you deaf? I said, you can't sleep in our room! It's full, and we don't want you there – a smug smirk played on her lips.

-Oh, that. No problem- Alex gave her the thumbs up and kept on eating.

-What do you mean "No problem"? - Pansy (as Alex later found out, was the name of the human pug) asked annoyed.

-You don't want me there, it's full; ok then , no problem. Dumbledore must have thought of that and will tell me where to stay. No biggie.- She looked at Pansy and saw that she was about to reply so instead she spoke- Again, whatever. Im eating could you stop bugging me?

Pansy just walked away with and exasperated "hump", and Alex resumed to what she had been doing. But she wasn't able to for long, as the one guys introduced themselves. It was Blaize Zabini. As the second, silver blond haired guy was about to talk, Professor Mc Gonagall showed up and told her that the Headmaster was waiting for her in the office. She quickly said bye to the two guys and walked away with the Head of Gryffindor.

After saying the password, Mc Gonagall left. She had told Alex, that Dumbledore wanted to speak to her alone, so all she needed to do was go up the stairs and knock on the door. The new girl followed said instructions. As she reached the top, she noticed that the door was opened, and she could hear voices. She calmly entered Dumbledore's office.

-Oh, hello darling we've been waiting for you.- Dumbledore said softly, with glimmering eyes.

-Hey D- she answered smiling then looked towards the fireplace. There was a head floating on the fire- I thought I heard you voice. How are you Petro?

-I am doing fine thank you. On the other hand, how are you Raven?

Hey, and thanx to the people that have me on Story Alert.

Sorry it took this long to update, but it's been hectic. And I've been extremely tired!

School starts on MondayJunior year here we go!

Yes so Dumbledore didn't die. I didn't say it before because I forgot, but the thing is that I have had this fic in my head for the past three years and if Dunbledore is dead it'll mess it up.

Hope you like the chappie… bye! Please review!!!!!