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In this chapter you get to hear about what the Ravenclaw girls think of James.

Azzura also finds out why he and the Potter last name are so familiar to her.

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After dinner Lily showed me to our house common – Ravenclaw tower. I thought she was kidding when she said we get a tower. I wished she was really joking when I saw the stairs spiraling up to the heavens.

"Come on, these don't move," she offered me her hand, "Promise."

"Am I going to have to remember that riddle we just answered outside?" I asked as we started to climb.

"You could, but it's just going to change tomorrow." Lily shrugged with a smirk.

"Have you ever not known the answer?"

"Once."

"What did you do – sleep in the hallway?" I prayed that wasn't her response.

"Actually, I just waited for the prefect to answer it for me."

"The what now?"

"The prefect – each house has them 5th years and up – two per year."

"What do they do?"

"They're kind of like the go-between – they're an authority between students and head boy and girl, and the faculty." She placed her right hand in levels of progression like the rungs of a latter.

I looked up and saw light streaming in between the cracks in the stairs.

Lily ran ahead of me to the top of the landing. "Azzura Di Napoli welcome to Ravenclaw tower." She beamed as she swung her arms dramatically towards the common room.

The room was large and beautiful. There were shelves of books on the walls in a study area with tables and two separate stair cases leading to closed doors. On the other side of the room was a fire place with comfy sofas and chairs that sat around it. Everything was in the house colors blue and bronze.

"Good thing I'm not exactly a pink girl." I muttered to myself.

"Haha," Lily started laughing while clutching my shoulder for support. "I knew I was going to like you."

I smiled and exhaled a breath that I didn't know I was holding.

"Do you want to see your room?"

"Sure."

Lily lead me past the study area and up the left staircase through the door. "This side is the girl's dormitory." She instructed over her shoulder.

We walked past three doors when she stopped. "This one's mine – it's for all the fourth year girls."

I forced myself to smile – I was kind of hoping to have a familiar face in my dorm room.

"You can always come visit us – the other girls are pretty friendly. Some of them are a little nuts but it's kind of a prerequisite for our house." She giggled at that last comment. "Your room is three doors over." She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the seventh year room.

"Are the girls in my year nice?" I stared at the straps of my Mary-Jane's.

"Ah," Lily's voice went up an octave. "They're alright."

"Well that's comforting." I knew she wasn't being truthful for my benefit. "Well, better introduce myself." I mumbled.

"I'll do it," she pushed the door open. "Come on."

There were five seventh year girls in Ravenclaw house. Bianca and Fae were in the beds on my side of the room. They were friendly and slightly eccentric – when they spoke just the two of them it was as if they were speaking another language. Bianca was very tall and had rich dark skin and raven black hair. She was beautiful with a round moon-like face and sparkling eyes. Fae was petite with blonde waives and a freckled pointed face that appropriately reminded me of an Irish fairy. I knew automatically they'd be my allies when it came to me living in this room. The other three were terrible. Medusa Misty and her two drones to be exact. They ignored my introductions that Lily conducted earlier.

I was sitting on my bed, talking to Fae and Bianca who sat side by side on Fae's bed across from me.

"So have you met any boys yet?" Bianca asked.

The two of them giggled and squealed, shrilly.

"Only one, so far, but I haven't met many people yet."

"Who was he?" They implored in unison.

"James Potter – Lily's older brother."

"Oh, he's dreamy." Bianca swooned and fell backwards onto Fae's bed.

"He's okay – I think Scorpius Malfoy is better looking though." Fae blushed at the other boy's name.

"Would you hens stop clucking about Potter – I mean as if he'd be interested in any of you." Misty said from across the room.

"We weren't talking to you Misty." Bianca sat up and shot a dirty look towards the other three girls.

Completely ignoring Bianca's comment, Misty and her 'friends' Sam, and Steph, walked towards my bed.

"So what do you think of him – new girl?"

Me? ….. Really? You don't care about what I think.

"Um… he was really nice when Lily introduced us. I don't know him though – so I'm not going to judge."

"Really nice – eh?" Misty turned around to Sam and Steph, and they laughed. "Sounds like you want to know him better – new girl."

"Sounds like," Steph added.

"Shut up, I'm speaking now Steph." Misty spoke to the girl as if she was daft. "But I got news for you – new girl. Potter is an arrogant toad and he'll want nothing to do with you. He's so narcissistic that he'd only date himself."

"Yeah, he thinks too highly of himself – just because his dad's Harry Potter."

Harry Potter – that's why James looked so familiar. I knew I've seen him before.

James was the exact replica of his grandfather James Potter – one of the Marauders of Hogwarts. I often had visions of Hogwarts during the time the Marauders went to school – they each had historical significance. The same went for Lily and James' parents and aunts and uncles – who defeated the Dark Lord at the Battle of Hogwarts.

"Stephanie I swear to Merlin if you interrupt me one more time." Misty was yelling at the tall brunette standing behind her.

That night I dreamed of hazel eyes, covered by glasses and messy dark hair, the legendary Giant Squid that inhabited the lake on the school grounds, Quidditch, and rain.

I woke up to the other seventh years yelling at the bathroom door.

"Misty get out of the bathroom – I have to take a shower!"

"You've been in there for over an hour!"

"Quit hogging the bathroom!"

I dressed and pulled a small mirror out of my trunk. I did my hair and makeup. When I realized that my roommates made no progress on the bathroom – I pulled out my toothbrush and left the room.

I knocked three times on Lily's door. She slowly opened it – while peaking her head around to see who it was.

"Medusa's hogging the bathroom – can I brush my teeth in yours?"

The same evil smirk crept back onto Lily's face. "Sure, come in."

I came into the fourth year room and Lily automatically shut the door behind me.

"Just curious – how long has she been held up in there?" Lily asked over her shoulder heading towards her bathroom.

"My roommates said over an hour – I woke up twenty minutes ago."

I followed Lily into the bathroom – she still had her mad scientist look on her face.

"So how do you like your roommates?" Lily asked as we walked towards the great hall.

"They're okay – I like Fae and Bianca."

Suddenly there was a strong arm looped around mine.

"Good morning, didn't mean to interrupt. You were saying?"

Lily looked back at me.

I looked up at the boy with the messy hair, who created a human chain out of the three of us.

"Azzura was just telling me how she liked her roommates."

"Ah, so first night – how'd it go?" He smiled.

"I was saying that I like Bianca and Fae – they seemed very friendly and genuine. I could do without the other three." I stared at Lily.

"Well I don't know how you live with her." Lily responded putting her nose up.

"Speaking of the show…" James interjected. "I decided to get close seats – Al and I are sitting with you two, today."

"That's totally not necessary James – I told you, I have it handled." Lily almost growled at her brother.

"Please, and if she hexes you?" James scoffed.

"Excuse me, but I'm powerful enough to handle whatever mediocre jinx she sends my way – remember I learned from the best – same as you." Lily argued.

"And the rest of our obscenely huge family," James smiled at what he had muttered to his little sister.

There was a familiar face with piercing green eyes like Lily's and dark hair like James: he sat at the Ravenclaw table awkwardly wearing his green and silver tie.

"Azzura, this is our brother Albus." James said as Lily sat across the table next to the Slytherin.

"Al this is Azzura – she's a transfer student from New York."

"Welcome to Hogwarts." He extended his hand across the table.

I shook his hand. "Thank you."

"Azzura is a seventh year, like James." Lily told her brother, as James sat beside me and grabbed a piece of toast from off my plate.

"I was going to eat that - you know?" I turned to look at him; he was wearing a smug grin speckled with crumbs.

"Oh I'm sorry – didn't realize you were actually going to eat the food off your plate. Oops."

Albus rolled his eyes.

I stole a piece of toast from his plate and quickly smeared jam on it.

"That was mine." James cried.

"I know." I shrugged at him as I took a bite.

"Don't steal my food – quidditch season is coming."

"Oh, poor you – how will you manage?" I smirked.

"Sssshhh, guys, the shows about to begin." Lily waved at us from across the table.

Collectively the four of us turned to the entrance of the great hall. A girl maneuvered so quickly through the crowed of sleepy and hungry students, once she cleared the Hufflepuff table I realized what Lily had done.

Misty was hastily moving towards us: her once beautiful bouncy blonde curls now dark green serpents.

James chuckled under his breath. "Brilliant."

I had to look across the table at Albus to keep my composure – I officially knew which Potter I'd play poker with.

"You!" Misty pointed her wand at Lily.

"Me?" Lily asked.

For a smart girl she's quite good at playing dumb.

"Yes, you! You vile, wretched little…"

"Snake?" The corners of Lily's lips threatened to tug her mouth into a smile.

Misty readied her wand. I got up and pointed mine at the mock Medusa.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Stupefy!"

She froze and I heard the clatter of her wand hitting the floor.

I turned around to see who caste the second spell. Both Albus and Lily looked shocked, and I turned around to meet James' stunned gaze: his wand in his left hand.

"Mister Potter, and Miss Di Napoli – my office now," McGonagall ordered as she was already at the doors to the great hall.