"I suggest you leave her alone, Sirius. She's quite advanced in hexes." Remus warned him while I was scooting closer towards the window. "I don't think she'd use that on her new friends now," Sirius replied with a laugh. "So, you all are in Gryffindor?" I curiously asked. "you mean, The best house?" James retorted back with a grin.

I simply nodded as small mingle broke out, I continued to eat my candy with Sirius helping himself to some as well. It was a fun ride to Hogwarts, to say the least. I'd decided to sit next to Remus on the end if It could be helped.

The boys mostly went on about their holiday, I didn't go into detail when they asked me. At this point, I wanted to get to Hogwarts, get dinner done with, and go to bed. I'd stuffed myself full of candy which I was now regretting.

I must have fallen asleep, due to the tap on my knee I felt which jolted me awake. "The others have gone ahead," Remus said as he closed his book and proceeded to stand. "Why'd you let me sleep so long?" I questioned. "I figured you were tired from your trip." he had to have been referring to my move to England. There's nothing else that would make sense. "Don t worry, It'll be our little secret," he confirmed he knew, I smiled sheepishly. He gestured me to follow him which I did. He explained things that I should probably know already. Moving staircases, the password for the common room, where the common room was located. Never go into the forbidden forest.

It was a relief to have someone on the inside helping me out. I wanted this to be a seamless transition. We made our way to the great hall. It was stunning. Four banners hung above the tables. As mesmerizing as it was, Remus quickly led us to our table to which we took a seat. Before we could even talk, Sirius and a girl sat across from us while James and Peter sat next to Remus. "That is Katelyn, Sirius's girlfriend," Remus whispered to me while I looked at her, she was practically all over Sirius. It was a little nauseating. "Hey, no keeping secrets!" Sirius snorted.

It was then Dumbledore started his 'welcome back' speech. He introduced my father who gracefully stood. Which caused Remus to look at me a little weirdly but he said nothing. My father seemed very exciting to be back here for some reason. Perhaps he enjoyed his time here or maybe he was excited for me to be here and get the same experiences as him. He was an excitable creature but I loved him still.

Dinner started, which was delicious. There was mostly small talk, nothing I could really contribute to anyways. For some reason, I was feeling particularly shy this night. I was nervous, new school, new life and all.

I had been following our group back to the common room at this point but I managed to get separated and lost. This was just great. Not something I had wanted to happen. But maybe it was for the better. I traveled down the halls, looking for a sign of someone. Anyone. It wasn't that late so people should still be up. I turned the corner sharply which caused me to run into someone.

Their books went everywhere, I fell to the ground. "I am very sorry. I didn't mean to run into you, You see I'm lost, and am struggling to find my way around here." I explained while attempting to collect their items for them. They soon helped. "It's fine," They said. Their voice was very low, lacking confidence.

"Could you possibly help me?" I asked handing him the items I had collected. This boy had black hair and seemingly black eyes. He could pass off as a ghost if he wanted. He thought for a moment "sure, I guess" he said as if he wanted being bothered. "Thanks. I'm looking for the Gryffindor common room. By any change, you wouldn't know where that is would you?" As politely as I could be, I asked him. He looked at me, then rubbed his chin, like he was thinking. "What's your name?" he asked curiously. "Aurora Blanchard," I replied to his inquiry. He nodded slightly. "Follow along." He said as he turned on his heels and continued in the direction I had come from.

We didn't get too far until Remus appeared. He must have been looking for me. "Severus." Remus said with little emotion, "Remus" Severus snapped back. The two had an almost stare off.

"Ahh well, Remus can help me from here. No need to trouble you any longer, Thanks for the help Severus" I thanked him. He turned on his heels again, without a word and continued with whatever he had been doing before.

"He's not the most friendly person around" Remus commented as we walked to the common room. "I don't know him well enough to make a judgment," I replied. That was the end of talking about Severus. I was still curious about him. Why was he not so friendly? There's always a reason for things behind that.

"How did you even find me?" I inquired. "Luck, pure luck" he replied with a laugh to follow as we entered the common room. It seemed that I wasn't too far way. We were greeted by the group, Sirius had his head in Katelyn's lap on the couch by the fire. James was lounging in a chair while peter was actually nowhere to be found. I didn't think much of it, he must have gone to bed.

"I will never get used to those stairs," I mentioned casually. Which had been the whole reason why I was missing. "you're a sixth year and you're not used to them yet?" she scoffed. "If I recall, the stairs got the better of you just before the holiday break, Katelyn." Sirius defended me. Katelyn whined for a moment before getting up and storming away. Sirius just groaned. He didn't move however, he didn't go after her like she probably wanted.

"Well, I think I'll just... go to bed now."It had gotten a little awkward for me, so I started towards a staircase. I looked at Remus who was shaking his head. Indicating I was heading for the wrong staircase.

I immediately started up the correct one, for the girl's dormitory. Eventually finding my bed with the books all on my bed. "I had been wondering who was taking that bed. It had been empty so far. I thought it was a little peculiar that books suddenly show up on it." I turned to see another girl. It was dark, I couldn't really get a good look at her. I could tell she had red hair, however. That was easy.

"I had to switch floors due to some bullying problems" I made up an excuse. She simply nodded. "Well, I'm sorry to hear that. Perhaps this will be better," she commented. "Lily," she added. "Aurora" I commented back as I changed out of my uniform into some pajamas.

"Pleasure to meet you" she added as I crawled into bed and fell asleep quite quickly. It had been such a long day.