A/N: alright, so I've had this written for a while, I've just been too busy to actually type it up. Here it is and I hope that you enjoy it.

disclaimer: I own nothing harry potter. I own Aaliyah, her family, and the plot line.

"I've been dying to ask, how have you been able to tell us apart? Our own mum can't even do that," Fred asked in astonishment as the train gave a lurch and began making its way to Hogwarts.

"It's simple," I began to explain. "When someone doesn't have a fifth sense, the other four senses become stronger than the average person. In my ears, you two have slightly different pitches in your voice. My sight isn't all that strong, so I still tend to rely more on my other four senses to get through life."

"Wicked," they said in unison.

"Yeah, well my dad doesn't seem to think of it the same way that the two of you do," I told them as I closed my eyes and rested my head against the window. "I can feel your eyes on me George."

"That's not fair," he whined.

"You always used to say that when I did that." I chuckled slightly and opened my eyes again. Just as I had felt, George had been starring at me, but there was something about the way he was starring that made me feel uneasy. "George, I just told you that my sight sucks. Just open your mouth and tell me what's on your mind." George said nothing.

"Well, I'll tell you what's on my mind," Fred began. "We need to get into our robes. " At his words, George shot up and went to go change and Fred followed after him.

"We just left the station. It can't be time to change yet," I shouted after them, but it was no use. They had already shut the compartment door and walked away. I let out a sigh and closed my eyes once more.

TIME LAPSE

"Reynolds, Aaliyah-Fae," Mcgonagall spoke out as she read from the scroll. Confidently, I walked through the crowd of first years and made my way up to the sorting hat.

"Hmm, you are a complicated one," the sorting hat began to speak once it was placed on my head, startling me only slightly. "Your mum was a Gryffindor, but your father was a Slytherin. An interesting combination that is."

"Look, hat, I don't believe that it is your job to bash on my parents and their relationship. Just put me in a house already," I snapped at it.

"Well your attitude sure does represent Slytherin very well, but I don't think you and father are anything alike. You definitely have bravery like a Gryffindor. I'll have to say," it hesitated for a moment, "Gryffindor." The first table to my left began to cheer wildly. This table, I assumed, was the Gryffindor table.

I lifted the hat off my head and ran my fingers through my short black hair before heading down to an empty seat at the table with the rest of my house.

TIME LAPSE

All the first years had gathered into the Gryffindor common room, and the Head Girl-as she called herself- showed us to our dormitories. "Meet me down here in fifteen," George whispered to me before we went to our separate dormitories.

"Hi, I'm Gale," a random girl with bleach blond hair greeted me. She had a big grin plastered to her face, and it made me cringe inside.

"Hi," I said unsurely. "I'm Aaliyah-Fae."

"Yes, I remember from the sorting. We're going to be roommates." The smile was practically glued to her, and it definitely scared me.

"Okay, well I'm going up to our room," I told her as nicely as I could.

"Oh yes, that would be the smart thing to do."

"Mhmm," I mumbled so she wouldn't hear the annoyance in my voice.

TIME LAPSE

Once Gale and I got to our room, we noticed that two of the four beds had already been taken. "I call the one by the window," I said casually, leaving Gale with the one farthest from the door.

"That's fine with me. I hate windows," she replied and skipped-literally skipped- to her bed.

"Please, just tell me that she's mental. If she's mental then we won't push her out of the window," I heard a voice say from beside me. There was complete seriousness in the words she spoke, and I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

"Maybe, but maybe we should push her out of the window anyways. Just to be safe, of course." Now it was her turn to laugh. I turned to face the girl whom I knew that I would instantly be friends with, and found two girls that looked fairly similar. "Um," was all I could manage to say.

"Oh, I'm Tora, and this is Tam," the first girl introduced herself and the other girl, whom I had assumed was her sister. "We're twins."

"I'm Aaliyah-Fae, but most people just call me Aaliyah."

"Awesome," they said together, reminding so much of Fred and George.

"Well, good luck with miss happy-go-lucky over there. I'm going down to the common room."

TIME LAPSE

"Hey Fae," I heard the twins shout from the fireplace as I descended the stairs.

"Hey," I said happily as I walked over to them. "So, you should know that if you hear a girl scream tonight-"

"You're getting raped, and we should save you like your knights in shining armor. Got it," George guessed.

"No-"

"Oh, then you're enjoying the willed rape and we shouldn't bother you. Okay," Fred guessed and flashed me his goofy grin. George glared at Fred for a second, but turned his attention back to me.

"No! Me and two of my roommates probably pushed miss sunshine out of the window, and you shouldn't worry."

"Oh, why didn't you just say that in the first place?" This time I was the one glaring at Fred.

TIME LAPSE

"There are a lot of things that were weird about the way muggles live," I told George. Everyone, including Fred, went to their dormitories to sleep before the first day of classes. "I do have to admit that some muggle equipment isn't all that bad though. There's the telephone, radios, and the television. They can come in handy sometimes."

"My dad would love to hear all about this. He's crazy for muggle stuff. Sometimes I think he should just leave the ministry and come here to teach muggle studies. Of course, then I think more into it and I realize that I wouldn't want my dad to be a teacher here." We both laughed and I rested my head against the wall.

"It looks like you and your brother have become closer since I left," I told him as I shut my eyes. For the tenth time that night, he had gone silent. "George, I've told you many times tonight that being silent doesn't help me out. I may be able to see now, but I prefer to use the senses that I've come accustom to. Speak."

"I don't want you to feel as though you've been replaced because you had to leave," he finally admitted.

"I don't feel replaced. I'm happy that you and Fred are almost inseparable now. Plus, I remember something someone said to me. 'You're my best friend. Don't forget that.' Do you know who said that, and when they said it?"

"I told you that when you told me that you were leaving, but you didn't know when you'd be back." I saw a tear trail down his face as I felt the warm tears fall down my own. "You're still my best friend, Aaliyah-Fae. Don't forget that," he whispered to me as he wiped my tears away.

"I missed you, Georgie."

TIME LAPSE

I heard movement all around me. My eyes fluttered open and I saw my three roommates anxiously getting ready for the first day of classes.

"Good morning sleepy head," Gale chirped as she came out of the bathroom.

"What time is it?" I asked, ignoring Gale's cheerfulness.

"About seven," Tam spoke as she was braiding her mid-back length, deep scarlet hair. "We were going to let you sleep a little while longer seeing as you stayed down in the common room so late." She gave me a quick smile and banged on the bathroom door in attempts to hurry Tora up.

I decided to get my butt out of bed and get my stuff together. "Hmmm, I think I want the tips of my bangs to be purple," I said to no one in particular. I concentrated hard and waved my wand, giving myself purple tipped bangs to go along with my jet black hair. "What do you think?"

"Oh, I love it," Tora exclaimed as she exited the bathroom and Tam ran in.

TIME LAPSE

"Georgie," I shouted when I saw him coming down from the boys' dormitory.

"Nice to see you too, Fae," Fred said, making his jealousy obvious.

"Sorry, Fred. So, are you two hungry?"

"What kind of question is that? Of course we're hungry," George exclaimed as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"Then let's go."

TIME LAPSE

The three of us entered The Great Hall and the smell of pancakes and sausage hit me almost instantly. "Pancakes and sausage, my favorite."

"How do you know that there's pancakes and sausage?" Fred and George asked. I pointed to my nose and began to walk slightly ahead of them.

"Aaliyah," I heard Tam shout. My head shot up and my eyes followed the sound of her voice. Once my sight caught up with my hearing, I found Tam and Tora waiting for me to join them.

"Come on," I said to Fred and George. "I've found us some seats."

TIME LAPSE

"Who are they?" Tam whispered to me once we sat down for Transfiguration.

I gave her a puzzled look. "Who?"

"The twins,: she said as if it was completely obvious. "You know, the ones you were with this morning."

For a moment I was tempted to tell her that I had been with two sets of twins this morning, but I decided against it. "Oh, that's just Fred and George. I've known them since we were little," I explained.

"They're cute, and they're twins just like me and Tora. You should put in a good word for us."

"Well-"I began, but was fortunately interrupted by Professor McGonagall starting class.

A/N: well there you go. I hope you enjoyed it. Sorry for all the "TIME LAPSE" stuff. My computer is being...special and not letting me put my special breaks to show time lapse. I'll fix it soon though. Please review and alert. I would greatly appreciate it and it would definitely give me inspiration to keep this story going.