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"Gryffindor!"

the hat shouted and the table to the left broke into applause. Willow smiled and took the hat off, then she walked over to her new housemates.

She seated herself beside a girl with reddish hair, almost as red as hers.

"Hi nice to meet you, my name is Lily, I am a prefect, so if you ever need help, just ask me." Willow smiled at the girl and nodded.

"Thanks, my name is Willow, as you may already know."

Then she realized that she knew the person in front of her, it was Remus and beside him James and Sirius.

"Oh you are a Gryffindor too? That's cool!" Willow said and smiled at Remus. He was a little confused at first but finally smiled back.

"So which magic school did you attend before Hogwarts?"

"I taught myself how to use magic." That surprised everyone. James looked wide-eyed at her and asked:

"And you are going to be in which year?"

"The fifth, but I will get tutors for every subject so that I learn everything you already have."

"Sounds like a lot of work." Sirius grinned at her.

"That is not a problem." Willow replied without looking at him. She knew it wasn't nice to just ignore him, but she didn't like him, though she wasn't sure why.

"Do you know who your tutors will be?" Remus asked interested.

Willow shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.

"No, but Professor McGonagall wants to tell me tomorrow." That was when the food appeared on the table and after Willow got over her surprise, she began to eat too.

Well this school was definitely different from everything she already knew.

She raised her head and looked over the tables while she searched for Giles. He had to be here. Would she recognize him?! She wasn't sure, he was just eighteen

after all and she only knew the older librarian in his tweedy clothes.

On her way of searching for Giles, her eyes fell on a boy a little older than herself with long white blond hair. His hair was longer than hers and it seemed like this was

his nature hair color and not bleached as she knew from the US.

He looked up from his food and their eyes met, a shiver ran down her spine, when she looked into his cold grey eyes. He just raised a blond eyebrow at her and then

began to eat again.

Willow shook her head. She remembered Dumbledore's words, that Giles was a Ravenclaw, maybe the others knew him.

"Sorry, can I ask you something, do you know a Ravenclaw student who's name is Rupert Giles?"

Remus swallowed his food and nodded.

"Of course we know him, he is head boy."

"And such a nerd!" Sirius said laughing. Willow threw him an evil look.

"Would you be so kind to tell me what is bad about learning hard for school? Some people like to get good grades and that is really not a reason to pick on them."

Sirius looked confused at Willow, then he just shook his head, he didn't understand her problem.

It was Remus who smiled at Willow and said:

"Sirius is not known for his good grades or his sympathy for geeks, if you want to call people that. Don't be bothered by that, besides that fact he is a nice guy."

Willow shook her head, she wasn't sure about that, but she wouldn't fight with Remus about it. She didn't know Sirius after all, maybe she was totally wrong about

him.

"Well my dear students, I wish you all a good night and sleep well." Dumbledore said interrupting Willows thoughts, as he raised from his chair.

"If you want I can show you the way to the Gryffindortower."

"That would be great!" Willow smiled at Lily.

Then the girls got up from their seats and walked out of the great hall.

While they walked through the corridors, Willow looked around, this place was just amazing and she liked the thought of living here.

They reached a big portrait with a fat lady, in a pink dress, on it.

"Password?" The woman asked and Willow looked stunned. The painting could speak? Well that was definitely something she hadn't expected.

"Ignis." Lily said and the portrait opened, revealing a whole in the wall.

"Follow me, you are about to see the Gryffindor common room for the very first time." Willow smiled and the two of them stepped through the hole into a cozy

furnitured room.

(a/n: I will not describe this room, cause I am not good with descriptions. But you all know how the Gryffindor common room looks like!)

"Wow its great." Willow sighed and looked around. She felt already home.

"It's already late, so we should head to our bedroom."

Willow nodded and followed Lily up a staircase into a room with four four-poster beds in it. Besides one of them Willow saw some of her things. So she sat down onto

the bed.

"I think I will like it here." she said and Lily laughed.

"I am sure of that."

After a short shower Willow fell into her bed, excited what the next day would bring.

Willow woke the next morning and looked at her clock, it was only six-thirty. Nevertheless, she was so excited that she couldn't go back to sleep.

So she climbed out of her bed and for the first time ever she put on her robes. Smiling she looked at herself and grabbed her wand from the nightstand.

She snuk into the bathroom without waking someone, there she washed her face and brushed her teeth. After that, she brushed her hair and with a final look

into the mirror, she left the bathroom.

Silently she descended the staircase into the common room. No one was awake. Willow just smiled and left through the portrait hole. The fat Lady was asleep, she

just mumbled something when Willow stepped out.

In a good mood, she finally entered the great hall, which was almost empty, some students sat on the tables, but it wasn't even a dozen.

"Good, you are up early. Here is your schedule, the list of your tutors and when and where you meet them." Professor McGonagall said from behind Willow and gave

her some papers. Willow smiled gratefully and sat down on one of the benches.

Her eyes scanned the list of her tutors:

Defense against Dark arts, Charms: Lucius Malfoy: Thursday, Friday, 3 o'clock pm, Charms classroom

Flying: Sirius Black: Saturday 10 o'clock, Quidditch field

Herbology, Care of magical creatures: Remus Lupin: Tuesday, Wednesday, 3 o'clock pm, Greenhouse 1

Transfiguration: James Potter, Monday 6 o'clock pm, Transfiguration classroom

Potions: Severus Snape: Wednesday, 4 o'clock pm, Potions classroom

History of magic, Muggle Studies: Rupert Giles, Saturday 12 o'clock, History of magic classroom

Willow sighed, well that meant a lot of work that was for sure.

Today was a Wednesday, so that meant she had to meet with Severus Snape in the Potions classroom at four. But before that, she had double Transfiguration,

muggle studies and at the end, care of magical creatures.

This day would really be interesting.

She broke out of her thoughts, when she heard a voice she knew.

"Hey, I have gotten a letter that says I am your tutor for Herbology and Care of magical creatures." She looked up and smiled at Remus.

"Yes, it seems like that. I hope we get along." she smiled and Remus couldn't hide his blush. Willow giggled, Remus really seemed like a nice guy.

"Who else is your tutor?" he asked and seated himself beside her. Willow gave him her list and he read it. From time to time, he smiled, but then he froze.

"That's going to be ugly." he said looking up.

"What do you mean?"

"Severus Snape, he is your Potions tutor, Sirius and James always make fun of him, and… well…. Call him Snivilius. Sirius will have a fit when he sees that."

"I don't care about his opinion." Willow said taking the list back.

"Oh and be careful about Malfoy." Remus said looking right at the blond haired Slytherin on his table.

Willow followed his eyes and suppressed a shudder, he was the blond guy from the day before, the one with the cold grey eyes.

"Why?"

"He is dangerous and he hates everyone who is not a pureblood. He can be cruel. So take care when you are around him."

Willow looked intently at him, was he really dangerous?!

"Pureblood?" Willow asked.

"A witch whose parents are a witch and a wizard."

"Well to be exact, I don't really know if I am a pureblood or not, cause I was adopted. I don't know my real parents. So it could be that they are a witch and a wizard"

(a/n: I know she is not adopted, by hey, my story)

"Oh wow, sounds hard. Have you ever thought of searching for them?"

"Of course I have, but I think I will not do it."

"Why?"

"Isn't it obvious? I mean, my real parents didn't want me, so they gave me away. I don't want to go back to such people, to people who don't want me."

"I wouldn't say that! You don't know why they made the decision to give you away. Maybe they had a good reason."

"Is there even a good reason, for giving up your child?" Willow asked, still looking at Lucius. It seemed like he had noticed that someone was staring at him, cause he

turned around and once again, their eyes met. And his were as cold as they had been the day before.

They looked at each other for a long moment, then Lucius turned back around, facing his food.

Willow shook her head and said hello, to James, Lily and Sirius who seated themselves at the table.

"How was your first night?" Lily asked.

"Good, but I woke at 6:30 and couldn't go back to sleep, I was just too excited of what today would bring."

"So, I have read, that I am your tutor." Sirius grinned at Willow, who just rolled her eyes.

"Yes I know and you too James." she said changing the subject.

"I will do my best." he grinned and Willow smiled. She liked him, he was a nice guy.

"Who else is your tutor?" Sirius asked and Willow could see Remus stiffen, but Willow didn't care if he was upset or not.

"Well, Rupert Giles, Remus, Lucius Malfoy and Severus…" but she couldn't say his complete name, because Sirius was already on his feet.

"This slimy Slytherin is about to tutor a Gryffindor like you. Oh, I swear…" Willow rolled her eyes and got up.

"You know what Sirius, I don't care what you say, you are neither my friend nor my babysitter, so just be quiet, no one wants to hear your words." With a huff, Willow

grabbed her stuff and stalked out of the hall.

"She is right. And you really should stop being so mean to Severus." Lily said and followed Willow out of the hall, leaving a confused looking Sirius behind.

"What the…?"

"That was definitely interesting, I have never seen a girl talking to Sirius like that." Narcissa said a smile on her thin lips.

"The look on your cousin's face was indeed priceless." Lucius replied, a small smile of his own forming on his lips.

It seemed like the pretty redhead was as fiery as her hair.

He looked after her, when she stormed out of the hall. She was a beauty, that was for sure and he was interested what she would do next.

Willow sat in Transfiguration, trying to turn the teacup in front of her into a mouse. Professor McGonagall had told her what she had to do. But it wasn't working.

Frustrated Willow laid the wand down and sighed.

It seemed like Professor McGonagall had heard that, cause she walked towards her and smiled. At least Willow thought she had seen the corner of her mouth turning

upwards.

"You don't have to be frustrated, these are really difficult transformations, you cannot do it without further knowledge. You need to learn the basics first, before you

can turn a dead object into a living one."

Willow smiled gratefully at the Professor and nodded.

However, her ambition stopped her from giving up, so she grabbed her wand again, said the words Professor McGonagall had told them and waved her hand. She

concentrated hard and felt her magic energy rising hot in her chest.

Then she saw the cup changing, it got fur and turned grey, then it grew smaller and turned into a small living mouse.

"I did it." Willow grinned and looked up, she saw that Professor McGonagall stood in front of her, she looked pleased.

"Well it seems like you have a special talent for transfiguration. I cannot wait to see, what you do when you have the knowledge of your classmates."

James who had his cup turned into a mouse, shortly after he got it smiled at her.

"Wow, are you sure, this is your first transfiguration?"

Willow blushed a little and nodded.

"Yep. As far as I know!"

"I have the feeling that you will be tutored very easily." James grinned and Willow smiled back at him. He was a nice guy and she liked him.

The schoolday went by without big problems, muggle studies was easy cause she was a muggle, so she knew what the teacher talked about. In care of magical

creatures they had seen a unicorn, which was really beautiful, the teacher said that it lived in the forbidden forest right beside the school.

Now Willow was on her way to the great hall, there she wanted to get something to eat and find someone who could tell her how she got to the dungeons.

She entered the great hall and just grabbed a sandwich from the Gryffindortable, ignoring Sirius who tried to talk to her about Severus tutoring her.

Shortly she thought about asking him how to get to the dungeons, but she knew he would flip, so she turned around and left the hall, in the entrance hall she

stopped and looked around. Why weren't there signs in this school, it was so huge, it would help people not to get lost.

"From what I've heard I have to tutor you tomorrow." She heard a cold voice from behind her. Surprised she turned around and had to look up to see who had talked

to her. It was no one other than Lucius Malfoy. Willow couldn't help but blush, because his cold grey eyes were fixed on her face.

"Yes. I have heard that too! So you must be good in Defense against dark arts and Charms."

"I am good in every subject!" He said arrogantly and Willow shook her head.

"Of course. Oh… I am already late, could you show me the way to the Potions classroom?" Willow asked when she looked at her watch.

Lucius just nodded and began to walk, He was at least 5 inches taller than she was and she almost had to run to keep up with him.

They were silent for a moment, walking through the corridors of the dungeons.

"So you are in Slytherin right? You must know my tutor Severus Snape." Willow finally said a little out of breath, cause Lucius was walking fast.

He walked a little slower when he heard her question and looked shortly at her.

"He is a potion genius and the favorite victim of Potter's and Black's pranks."

"But why? I mean, only because he is smart?" Willow asked confused rubbing her head. James seemed like such a nice guy, she couldn't understand why he would be

so horrible towards someone else.

Lucius smirked at her question and stopped, Willow still deep in her thoughts almost ran into him.

"No, as always it is about a girl. Severus had a thing for a girl from your house. A girl James had a thing for too, so he began making jokes of him and Black… Well who

knows what is going on his head." Willow looked up at Lucius and she was sure that she saw something like sympathy in his eyes. He liked Severus and was worried

about James and Sirius' behavior towards Severus. So he had feelings… that was something that made Willow smile.

"Would you say Severus is your friend?"

"He? No, of course not, he is a mudblood, how could I be friends with someone like him?!" Lucius sneered and shook his head.

Willow furrowed her brows.

"Mudblood?"

"Someone as low as you! I bet you will get along fine!" Lucius said turning back around and began to walk again.

"You know that you are an idiot, don't you?" Willow said glaring at the back of his head. She was sure he had heard her, but he just kept walking and Willow

shrugged, knowing that Remus had been right. He was an ass.

That was the moment, they reached the Potions classroom, at least Lucius said so and then without another word he turned around and walked away.

Willow sighed and opened the door to the classroom. A boy her age with black hair and dark eyes was already waiting for her. He glared at her and Willow began to

talk.

"I am so sorry that I am late, but I didn't know where the potions classroom was, so I ask someone to bring me her and it took some time. Have you waited long?"

At that, Severus seemed a little surprised, but he covered his surprise quickly and walked over to the desk where a cauldron stood.

"We should start, I don't want to waste anymore time."

Willow followed him, but before he had the chance to say something she stepped a little closer and stretched her hand out at him.

"By the way, my name is Willow it's nice to meet you and thanks for tutoring me." Severus eyed her warily, as if she was making a stupid joke, but he saw the

sincerity in her eyes and finally took her hand.

"Severus. And there is no need to thank me." Willow smiled even brighter when she saw that he was trying to hide a smile. At that moment she knew he was a nice

guy and she would try to befriend with him, he needed some help against that stupid Sirius that was always picking on him and she would do that.

"Okay let's start. I am eager to learn something from you. I have heard you are a genius in potions, so teach me everything you know!" Severus blushed a little, but

then he nodded and began to tutor Willow.

It was already time for dinner when they finished their lessons, they had brewed a sleeping draught, which would let everyone fell asleep right after drinking it. It

wasn't really hard and it seemed like Severus was pleased that she was such a fast learner.

"Oh it is already late, we should head to the great hall and get ourselves something to eat. I think we deserve it after all this learning." she smiled at Severus, after

they cleaned everything up. Severus nodded and together they walked out of the classroom and down the corridors.

"You are a Slytherin right? How is your house?" Willow asked interested.

"Well, it's okay…. I guess, but most of the Slytherins are purebloods and they are proud of it…" Severus said unsure of how much he could tell her. She was a

Gryffindor after all.

"You mean like Malfoy…" Willow spat his name out, just thinking of him made her angry again

"So you have met him already?"

"Yes and he is my tutor in Charms and Defense against dark arts. Oh, and not to forget he is an idiot!!" Willow answered, that made Severus chuckle.

"That's what most people say, but no one really knows him. If you knew his parents, you would understand why he is like that! He has no choice!" Severus said and

Willow was confused that he was defending Lucius, who had said they could never be friends, because he was a mudblood and a low individual.

But then again maybe Severus was right, she didn't know anything about Lucius or why he was like he was. And she was sure she had seen something like sympathy

in his eyes, when he had talked about Severus.

She broke out of her thoughts when they stepped into the great hall and Willow smiled at Severus.

"Thanks for this lesson, I see you in potions then." Willow waved shortly at Severus and went back to her table.

"Hey, there you are, where have you been?" Lily asked when Willow took the seat beside her.

"I had my first tutor lessen in potions." Willow said smiling, shoveling some mashed potatoes on her plate, she really was hungry after all the learning she had done.

"You had what? With Snivellus?" Sirius asked who had heard what Willow had said to Lily.

"Don't call him that! He is a nice guy." Willow answered glaring at Sirius over her food. At that, Sirius laughed arrogantly.

"You don't know anything when you call him a nice guy, he is…"

"Just shut your mouth, I don't want to hear it!" Willow snapped at him, eating a sausage from her plate. She disliked Sirius even more with each passing minute.

Sirius was about to say something, but he was stopped by Remus who laid a hand on his friends shoulder.

"Stop it! You will not convince her and there is no need to fight!"

"Seems like Sevi found himself a friend." Narcissa said in a singsong voice, looking over to Severus who hid behind his hair.

The two Gryffindors had talked loud enough for almost all others to hear it and Severus couldn't believe that she actually defended him in front of Black, though she

only knew him for a few hours and they were in different houses. Slytherin and Gryffindor on top of that.

Lucius looked at Severus, though he couldn't say it, he was glad that Severus finally found someone who was able to defend him in front of the others.

He would have done it long ago, if there weren't his parents. When they would hear, that he defended a mudblood…. Well that was something he didn't want to think

about. He felt no need to be punished even more.

Severus looked at Lucius from behind his dark strands of hair and smiled a faint smile, but he knew that Lucius had seen it, because he nodded shortly. No one had

seen the exchange between the two and they were glad about it!

Cause no one should know about their secret friendship.

"Don't you want to say something to that Sevi? Maybe thank your little Gryffindor friend? Hm… I am wondering what she is getting in return from you…" she leered at

Severus and blew some white blond bangs out of her eyes.

"It's enough Narcissa." Lucius ordered glaring at the girl, he would marry after finishing Hogwarts, though he felt no urge to do that. He didn't like her and she just

annoyed him!

But her words made him furious, that was unusual, cause normally she wasn't able to make him fell anything. It seemed as it had something to do with the topic.

Somehow, he didn't like the thought of Severus and Willow - together, as more than friends. No one should be allowed to touch her. She was so pure…… Lucius shook

his head over his own stupid thoughts.

He ignored the hurt and confused look he got from Narcissa and continued eating.

Willow was glad, when she had finished eating and got up, happy to get away from Sirius. She said her goodbyes to her friends, Lily, James and Remus and left the

great hall. She was about to climb the staircase to go to the Gryffindor common room, but she heard someone calling her name.

Confused she turned around and smiled when she saw that it was Severus.

"Hey…" she said unsure what he wanted.

"Why did you do this?" he asked out of the blue and Willow looked confused at him.

"I have honestly no idea what you are talking about, maybe you can give me a clue?" She grinned and him which grew even wider when she saw Severus smiling shyly back at her.

"What you said to Sirius…." he slowly answered and Willow understood, though she hadn't been aware that they had talked loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Well first of all… he is an ass and I don't like him." At that Severus chuckled, but nodded at Willow for her to continue.

"And second. You are a nice guy and Sirius just picks on you because you are smart, which is a stupid reason to do so. He is mean to you and you don't deserve

that…. I know what it feels like to be picked on, in my old school they did it too, because I was shy and a nerd. I just cannot watch how anyone else experiences that

too without someone helping. I mean, I had Buffy, she protected me, she was my friend. But from what I have seen you have no one and I really want to be your

friend…. So….. Well…" Willow babbled not sure what to say at the end, she just scratched her head and looked at Severus not sure of his reaction.

But he smiled shortly and said:

"You are different."

"Is that a good or a bad thing?" Willow asked amused.

"It is a good thing and thank you." That was the moment the other students spilled out of the great hall, it seemed like the dinner was over.

"Okay, I guess I see you around." Severus said looking over his shoulder, then he turned around and walked towards the dungeons.

Willow smiled after him, he was indeed a nice guy and he deserved some friends, thought it would be way better with Buffy and Xander here. They would be on

Severus side too and Buffy could kick Sirius' ass. That thought made her smile until her eyes fell on Lucius, who strolled out of the great hall.

He glared at her, though she didn't know why, so she just glared back and then turned on her heel, walking up the stairs towards the Gryffindor common room.

I hope you all liked it and I will try to update more often now, that I finished all of my tests… Okay, see you next time and don't forget to review!!