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Chapter 2: New Friends are gained!

As the group of four walked back up to castle to sneak into dinner they introduced themselves.

"I'm James Potter." Said the boy with black hair as he stuck his hand out.

Callie took it and shook it until it clicked in her head.

"Wait, Potter? As in Harry Potter's son? The man who defeated the dark lord?"

"Yep, that's our dad." He replied smiling at her incredulous face.

"Our? Who are you?" She asked pointing to the boy with green eyes.

"I'm Albus Potter, his younger brother," He jerked his thumb towards James, "but you can call me Al."

Callie started to shake her head like she couldn't believe it.

"Hagrid was just showing us the clearing where our father and his friend, Ron Weasley, went in their second year and fought a giant spider." James said.

"He didn't fight the spider they ran from thousands of giant spiders." Corrected his brother.

James folded his arms and began pouting. He wanted to make the story more interesting.

"James likes to exaggerate." Albus told Callie.

Callie was still reeling from the shock of meeting the potters when she remembered she hadn't introduced herself.

"I'm Callie Veruten, pleased to meet you." She shook their hands and they all hurried into the castle.

In the entrance hall Hagrid left them to go to the teachers table through a door closer to his table.

Callie said good bye to the boys and headed for the Ravenclaw table. She sat on the end of the bench nearest the door. She was pretty sure the Potters were not in Ravenclaw.

She glanced around and found them amongst the Gryffindor. So they followed in their parents footsteps.

Just then the girl from the dorm earlier came up to Callie and asked if she could sit next to her.

Callie nodded her head and the girl sat, Grabbing a plate and filling it with mashed potatoes and some chicken.

After filling her goblet with punch the girl turned to Callie and said, "My name is Diana Schellden. What's yours?"

"Callie Veruten." She replied taking a drink from her goblet.

"I couldn't help but notice that you were done with your homework before we were even done with classes."

"So…" Callie said.

"Well I know I'm in Ravenclaw and everything but…I'm not smart, I'm not witty, I am simply…well I would probably fit in better in Hufflepuff!" She exclaimed, getting her a few nasty looks from the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff table.

"Lower your voice please? Now, what do you mean?" Callie asked quietly.

"I don't understand any of the work the teachers gave us. I am still not done with my homework. Everyone but me is already finished, they are working on the extra credit options. Some of them are even done with that!"

Callie was getting somewhat annoyed. Diana's voice would start quiet and would gain volume as she got more and more hysterical.

"So anyway, I saw that you were done with your homework before everyone in our house and you are in my dorm and all…well I was wondering if you," She looked down ashamed, "would you tutor me?"

Callie was speechless, she had seen it coming but for a Ravenclaw to ask for tutoring help was preposterous. It was definitely unheard of. However, Callie knew this girl would need help in order to keep her image up as a Ravenclaw, she sure didn't want to let down the house reputation of being genius.

"Of course I will, as long as we do it somewhere no one will ever see us. We have to keep up the reputation of our house up, don't we?"

Diana nodded vehemently. "Of course, do you have any ideas where that would be?"

Callie looked thoughtfully up and her glance drifted to the teachers table.

"Maybe, but I will have to ask one of the teachers. I will tell you later tonight in the dorm, ok?"

Diana nodded again and the two girls sat there gathered up in their own thoughts eating.

After dinner Callie, who hadn't had time to drop her cloak off at the dorm sneaked out onto the grounds and down to Hagrid's hut.

She knocked on the door and Hagrid looked out.

" 'ello, what brings you down 'ere, Callie?"

"I was wondering if me and a friend of mine could come down here to your house and study sometimes? We want it to be a secret that I am kind of tutoring her and well…your house isn't in the school so not everyone has access to it."

Hagrid nodded his head. "Course you can. Anytime you want just come on down."

"Thanks Hagrid!" Callie told him before sprinting back up to the castle.

When she got up to the second floor she found James and Albus hiding behind a statue. They were holding something and were about to throw them at a girl with read hair about to walk by the statue.

She walked over to the girl and said, "Hello, my name is Callie Veruten. I hope you don't mind if I walk with you."

The girl shook her head and Callie walked past the boys and up the stairs to the third floor.

The girl introduced herself as Rose Weasley and Callie began racking her brain trying to figure out where she had heard the name Weasley before.

The two girls were still talking to each other when James and Albus caught up to them on the 4th floor.

James looked at Callie as though she had spoiled all his fun, but Albus looked greatly relieved.

He didn't enjoy teasing his Cousin but when James got an idea it was best to go along with it rather then make yourself his next target. If you spoiled his fun, you were his enemy and therefore his next target.

"What's up guys?" Callie asked.

"What are you two doing?" Rose asked almost simultaneously.

The girls looked at one another and burst out laughing.

The boys were now looking at them like they were lunatics who had escaped from an insane asylum.

"Just watching you two walk together and get along so well. How do you manage it Callie?" James asked.

"Manage what?"

"Well, you don't care if Rose is in Gryffindor, another house altogether. You don't care about hanging out with us either."

"You also didn't care that you were seen walking into the great hall with us and now people are talking about it, it's common gossip. You don't seem to care about that either." Added Albus.

James stepped on his foot.

"OW!"

"Come on Rose, Albus. We'll get into trouble for wandereing the corridors this late at night. I suggest you get back to the Ravenclaw house as well Callie."

"Yes, alright." She replied lost in thought as she drifted towards the Ravenclaw house. What did James mean? Why would I mind being seen with them? Why are people talkin' about it?

These were the thoughts that puzzled her as she slipped on up the stairs to the dorm and over to her bed. She lay down on it before remember she needed to get into her pj's.

She scrambled off the bed and crawled across the floor to her trunk taking no notice of the three giggly girls sitting in the middle of the floor once again.

She kneeled before her trunk and popped it open, quickly locating her favorite night gown. It was long and white, with lace edging the hem as well as the sleeves and collar.

She always thought it was elegant and loved it because it was her grandmothers, who she had never known. The Dark Lord had killed her and tortured her grandfather on her dad's side.

She tugged off her robes and into her nightgown then quickly proceeded to climb back into bed and under the covers, pulling her head under but leaving a little room to breath.

She was just about to drift off to sleep when the door burst open and the three girls giggled again.

Callie still had a hard time remebering their names but sat up to see who was at the door.

Diana rushed across to Callie's bed and said in a quite voice, "So are you going to tell me now?"

Callie nodded her head and proceeded to tell Diana they were going to Hagrid's hut.

Diana looked a little pale but Callie thought it was because of the cold coming in through the still open window.

The three giggling girls looked at Diana and Callie and one of them who had shoulder length red hair said, "I have a question. Which one of you was put into Ravenclaw by mistake?"

The girls were only testing to see if Diana or Callie had any witty responses but Diana took it to heart and burst into tears.

The girls were confused now as the glanced at each other to see if any of them knew what was happening.

"What's wrong Diana?" Said a girl with ear length blue hair, spiked in the back.

"Well, you see...it's like this." She told them that she wasn't very smart and told them Callie was tutoring her only she didn't want anyone else to know.

She was still crying hysterically when the other girl who had quite a large nose said, "Wait so, was it really a mistake that you were put into Ravenclaw?"

"I-I-I...Don't know." Diana replied.

The girls finally got the big picture and tried to help Callie calm her down.

She started hiccuping from crying so much and they all began laughing, even Diana.

The girl with Shoulder length red hair introduced herself and her friends.

Her name was Krista Milner, but her friends called her Kris, sometimes.

Big nose was Alinda Shields, nicknamed Linda.

The other girl, with blue spiky hair, was Theratra Suds. No nickname, she simply went by Theratra.

Callie and Diana introduced themselves and Callie asked if the girls didn't mind keeping it down. She was trying to get some sleep.

"Sure, in fact, why don't we all go to bed. I am kinda tired to." Theratra said.

The remaining girls changed into some pajamas and climbed into their beds. Callie pulled the curtains closed and sighed contentedly.

She had the fear she wouldn't fit in. She had worried about it all summer but...now she was finally feeling good about school.


I'm working on the next chapter as we speak so…R&R!!