James and Harry went of to do something, "sorry about him, Clary, James is 37 and I swear he has the immaturity of a teenager" Lily said, me and Hermione giggled.

Anyway, we got enough money from our vaults at Gringotts Wizarding Bank then went around Diagon Alley getting our books and equipment, we got new trunks with our names on and the school we'll be attending on them, we walked passed James again, he winked at me again this time when Lily and Hermione weren't looking, I went red again, "sorry about my Dad, he has his way with the ladies, I hope to see you in Gryffindor" Harry said, I nodded, "bye Harry" I said before catching up with Lily and Hermione.

The last week of Summer passed quickly, I got to know Harry a bit better, he had an invisibility cloak, it's September 1st, and I was up already, with my robes on, my Hogwarts trunk was packed and was downstairs already, I ran downstairs fast and looked at the clock, Dora was supposed to take me and Hermione to Platform 9, but she was still asleep, I was gonna prank her but she came to the livingroom fully dressed.

"Clary, Hermione, you ready?" Dora asked

We grabbed our trunks and walked up to her, she placed her hands on our shoulders and apparated.

We appeared on Platform 9, I spotted Harry, "bye Dora" I said, before dragging my trunk onto the train and looked for a compartment, "Hermione, Clary" Harry called sticking his head of a compartment, we walked into his compartment, there were two redheads and a blonde, "Hermione, Clary, this is Ron, Ginny and Luna" Harry said, they nodded when Harry said their names.

"Are you new?" Luna asked, we nodded, "we're from Beaubatoxns Academy of Magic in Paris, France" Hermione said while I nodded in confirmation.

The Hogwarts Express rolled into Hogsmeade Station, we saw Lily waiting for us, we grabbed our trunks and got of the train, "Hi Lily" I said as she came up to us, "hi guys, James has asked me to take you both directly to the castle, while first year students go across the Black Lake, transfer students need to be sorted before them" Lily explained.

So Lily took our hands and apparated us to Hogwarts, Welcome to Hogwarts" Lily said, Lily explained about how we're to be sorted, by a Sorting Hat that's charmed with the knowledge of the Founders of Hogwarts, it assessed what the Founders wanted students of their house to have, then assesses what qualities we individually possess.

Lily took us to the a stone gargoyle, "Marauder's Map" Lily said, the stone gargoyle jumped to life and moved to reveal a spiral staircase, we followed Lily up it and she knocked on the Headmaster's office, "come in" I heard Professor Potter say, Lily opened the door and we followed her in, "ah Clary, Hermione welcome to Hogwarts, let's see which house you belong in" Professor Potter said, "i'll wait outside the office for you" Lily said walking out of the office.

"Who volunteers to go first?" the very handsome Headmaster said, I pointed at Hermione, she rolled her eyes and walked forward, the hat was barely on her head before it shouted "RAVENCLAW", I mentally grinned, looks like Harry owes me 5 galleons, Hermione's robes Magically changed from plane black robes to Ravenclaw robes.

I then walked forward and the hat was placed on my head "hmm difficult, very difficult, you have knowledge, determination, loyalty and chivalry, bravery stands out, due to you fighting a Death Eater at the age of 13, you would be most suited in GRYFFINDOR" the Hat declared, my robes magically changed to Gryffindor robes.

I couldn't help but notice that James was extremely happy that I was now a Gryffindor, he said that he'd been in Gryffindor himself, I'm just glad I'm not a Slytherin, not after my encounter with Bellatrix LeStrange.

Lily took our trunks up to our appropriate dormitories, Lily said that she been in house of the Lions as well, Hermione and I followed James to the Great Hall, I could hear the chatter of students talking about what they did during the summer, everything got quiet as James walked in with us two following him.

James faced the students, "Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, please welcome Hermione Granger who is joining Ravenclaw and Clary Granger who is joining Gryffindor" James said, Hermione went to the Ravenclaw table whilst I walked to the Gryffindor table, I sat between Harry and Ron.

I zoned out whilst the sorting was going on, well I came back to reality when I heard the four words I was waiting for, "Let the feast begin" James said, food magically appeared on all the house tables and the teacher's table.

I eagerly helped myself to food, and started talking about Quidditch with Ron, Harry and their friends Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan, when asked about my favourite Quidditch team, I replied with "The Hollyhead Harpies, I hope to one day play professionally for Gwenog's team" I said, it turns out that Ginny likes the Hollyhead Harpies, Ron and Harry like Bulgarians and Dean and Seamus likes the Irish team.

After welcoming feast, the Gryffindor first years followed Harry and Ron to the Gryffindor common room, I tagged along, I waved to Hermione as the Ravenclaws walked passed us.

I followed Lavender, Pavarti and Katie to the sixth year girls dormitory since I was sharing with them, I found my trunk at the end of the only available bed, I got changed and went to bed.

It's Saturday now, this first week has gone by quickly, I've had almost all my subjects for the first time, I've had Potions, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Transfiguration, Charms, Astronomy and Divination so far at least.

I avoided the Slytherins completely, I think my encounter with Bellatrix LeStrange contributed to my fear of Slytherins, I spent most my time with Hermione in the library, or with Ginny in the Gryffindor tower, that's the one place the Slytherins can't see me.

I was in the library this morning, Hermione had to go and see Professor McGonagall about her Transfiguration homework, I was reading a book on Animagus transformation, but I heard someone behind me, "Miss Granger" I heard James say, I jumped and turned around, "P-Professor" I stuttered, 'damn Bellatrix LeStrange using the Cruciatus curse on me when I was 13' I thought bitterly, it's made me jumpy.

"I was wondering if I could have a word with you in my office" James said, "um OK" I said, I hadn't done anything wrong, but I put the book away, and I followed James to the Headmaster's office, I had left my bag in the Gryffindor sixth year girls dormitory.

Inside the Headmaster's office, I saw Lily, along with Professor Black, Professor Lupin, "take a seat Miss Granger" James said, I took the offered seat, which was, thankfully, next to Lily, "several teachers and members of Slytherin have expressed their concerns regarding you aversion to the Slytherin students" Lily said gently, I tensed, I don't want to reveal that again, "Has anything happened to you to make you avoid the Slytherins?" James asked.

I sighed, I'm gonna have to tell them about my encounter with Bellatrix LeStrange, "When I was 13, my father and I were attacked by Bellatrix LeStrange" I started, I saw Professor Black stiffen at the mention of Bellatrix, "she was hunting down those who were either neutral or supportive of the Order of the Phoenix, my family have been neutral, we never supported Voldemort's pure-blood regime, like Helga Hufflepuff, we believed in equal rights for all magical races and magical creatures, anyway Bellatrix attacked us, I was under the Cruciatus Curse for an hour, I was able to keep my sanity but I remember the excruciating pain, I watched helplessly as my father was tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, then she killed him, out of righteous anger, I attacked Bellatrix, but she wasn't alone, Lucius Malfoy and the LeStrange bothers, I endured the Cruciatus curse more before I managed to fight all four of them at once, Lucius escaped but I took the LeStrange bothers and Bellatrix down, the main reason for avoiding Slytherin was because I saw Malfoy's son and the children of other Death Eaters and immidiatly assumed that they'd act like the their parents" I explained, at them time that Alastor Moody came in.

"My Father bribed his way out of Azkaban, but I witnessed him torturing my Mother" I heard Malfoy Jnr say, I jumped, "Clary, we the evidence of what Lucius did to you, that way it will secure a life sentence in Azkaban" Lily said, I looked at the Auror, he's intimidating and looks paranoid, I took a deep breath and nodded, I focused on the memory as the Auror extracted the memory of that fateful day.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I walked out of the Headmaster's office, I waited for Draco, he came out, "Draco, did your Mother survive?" I asked cautiously as we walked down the spiral staircase and passed the gargoyle, "No, my Mother was tortured by my Father until her heart gave out" Draco whispered, "i'm so sorry Draco, your Mother didn't deserve that kind of Death sentence" I said.

I had an idea, "i'll be back in a minute" I said, I ran to catch up with Mad-Eye, "Auror Moody, I have something to adde to Lucius's charges, though I was embarrassed to mention it in front of Draco" I said causing the rugged and battle torn Auror to turn around, "what would that be Miss Granger?" Mad-Eye growled out, god he's terrifying, "he didn't just torture Narcissa Malfoy with the Cruciatus curse, he did it until her heart stopped beating and Lucius raped me" I said, "that will definitely secure Malfoy Snr with a life sentence in Azkaban" the Auror.

"I was wondering if it would be enough to get him sentenced to receive the Dementor's Kiss, because of the charges he's received today but also adding his actions while Voldemort was in power and the fact that he has the Dark Mark" I said, "i like your thinking girl, I'll speak Madam Amelia Bones, I will send you a reply when she reaches a decision" Mad-Eye said before he left.

Later that night, Mad-Eye sent me a reply that the evidence would get Lucius life imprisonment in Azkaban but not the Dementor's Kiss, it was good enough.