A/N: Here's chapter two since I already had it written for you lovely people and the first one was very short.
Disclaimer: Still don't own Harry Potter :(
The New Kid
When lunch arrived Harry, Ron, and Hermione took their usual seats at the Gryffindor table. Fred and George took seats across from them. "Did you guys see?" They asked. The Golden Trio paused in their eating to look at the twins. "See what?" Ron asked. His brothers pointed several seats down the table at a girl they'd never seen before. Of course being the first day back there were plenty of people they'd never seen before- the first years who'd just been Sorted hours ago- but this girl, she looked around their age. She had dark red hair and bright green eyes despite their almond shape. Somehow she looked familiar to Harry.
"Who is she?" Hermione asked Fred and George who shrugged. "We don't know." Fred admitted. "This is the first time we've had a student come into the school like this." George added. They all glanced back at her again. "She looks...familiar." Harry decided to admit. "You've seen her before?" Fred asked excitedly. "Yes...no...maybe...I'm not sure..." It was then that Hermione decided to get up and go over to the unknown new girl. "What does she think she's doing?" Ron asked watching her. Harry, Fred, and George shrugged and watched her talk to the girl. Both smiled as they talked and waved as Hermione came back to her seat.
"Hazel." She declared sliding into her seat. "Her name is Hazel." Fred and George made a 'not bad' sort of gesture to each other. "Anything else?" Harry asked, determined to find out why she seemed so familiar to him. Hermione shook her head and glanced at Hazel again. "She seems pretty quiet. Polite but quiet."
"Even more interesting." George said grinning evilly like his brother. Harry, meanwhile, had tuned them out as his internal battle raged on of trying to figure out his memories. The conversation continued around him and he didn't snap out of his daze until he felt Ron shaking him. "Come on lunch is over." Harry nodded and gathered his things quickly so they could head to their next class. In the hall they spotted Hazel again, going the same way as them. She turned the corner- and ran straight into Draco Malfoy.
Both of their books crashed to the floor as they collided and they ended up pressed against each other. When Draco got over his initial shock he roughly shoved her away from him. Harry rushed over with Hermione and Ron following him. They got their in time to watch Draco scream in her face, "Watch where you're going you filthy mudblood!" Hazel opened her mouth but another voice spoke instead.
"Mr. Malfoy." Snape walked past the other students surrounding them and walked over to him. "I do believe what happened here was an accident." He looked back over at Hazel and Draco followed his line of vision. He turned around to find Hazel had picked up both of their books and was holding Draco's out towards him. Draco sneered and took his books back from Hazel without a word. He started to walk off in a huff when Snape grabbed him. "One more thing Mr. Malfoy." Draco turned back around to find Snape looking angrier that he ever had at a student- much less a Slytherin. "Think twice before you call a girl a mudblood again. Especially in front of me." Draco stood, dumbstruck as Snape turned and left. Draco turned back to Hazel, his eyes narrowing carefully. Hazel was watching Snape walk away when she seemed to realize everyone was staring at her. Without another word she pushed past Draco, through the crowd, past Harry, Ron, and Hermione, and followed Snape. Draco followed them both a moment later, muttering to himself. "Her...something's different..." As he passed Harry.
Before anyone could say anything the Prefects (Led by Percy) had come in, ushering everyone to their classes. Ron grabbed Hermione and Harry and dragged them into the empty corridor by their class.
"What was that?" He hissed. "Snape just threatened Draco for calling a girl a mudblood. Draco's called plenty of people that! He called Hermione a mudblood! Why would he suddenly care." Ron was so mad his face was turning as red as his hair. "Hold up." Hermione said. "Why do you suddenly care?" She asked. "About Malfoy?" Ron asked. "About me." Hermione corrected. Ron's face became even redder-if possible-and began fumbling for words. Hermione and Harry watched him get more flustered with slightly amused expressions before walking into their class, in no mood to further speculate anything.
~Chameleon52 2/22/13
