Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter series or any of J.K. Rowling's original characters. Just my own. Also, I know that Luna is a year below the golden trio but for the sake of the story, she's in the same year as them.

So that was it. Everyone had been sorted into their houses and Professor Dumbledore had given a speech so now it was time for the dinner feast! There was so much food, Delia couldn't believe her eyes. They all ate and joked and she began to socialize a little with her new housemates. After they had finished, the head girl Sylvia Sandstrum lead them to their tower. They walked into the common room and Delia was frozen with amazement.

The Ravenclaw common room was beautiful! She and Connie exchanged an excited glance and looked all around. The walls were painted white and there were bookcases everywhere. Delia looked up and you could see space and the stars painted on the ceiling. Sylvia smiled. "Okay, girls take the stairs on the right and boys take the left and you can get settled into your rooms!" Fiona, Connie, Delia and some other girls climbed the spiraling staircase. Connie, Fiona and a group of girls chatted behind while Delia walked ahead. She suddenly stopped when Connie called to her. "Delia!" Delia turned around to see Connie, Fiona, and two other girls raising an eyebrow. "Where are you going?" Connie asked.

"Up to the next floor? It's the highest room in the tower and I'd love to see the view!"

Fiona scoffed. "Not a good idea. There are only two beds up in that room up there and the other girls have said that Luna Lovegood owns one of them." Fiona rolled her eyes as if she loathed even having her name in her mouth.

"What's wrong with that?" Asked Delia.

"Luna Lovegood is a total weirdo...she's insane! It's best if you stay away from her." Fiona warned.

"Let's just take this room instead!" Connie said with a smile. Delia nodded gingerly and joined her friend. They all got their stuff set up and got comfortable in their beds and chatted the night away. Delia was reading so she didn't hear much of what the other girls were saying until Esme (one of their roommates) started making some comments about a certain boy in their school.

"Harry Potter is even dreamier in person!" Esme gushed.

"I know right? Isn't he the cutest?" Pixie (their other roommate) replied.

Intrigued, Delia set down her book. "Um...if you don't mind me asking, what's the big deal about Harry Potter?" Pixie and Esme looked at her as if she had grown another head. "You're joking...right?' Esme asked. Delia shook her head. "In her defense, she found out that she was a witch a month ago. She had been completely shielded to our world for years." Connie added. Delia gave her a grateful smile. Connie replied with her own sweet smile. "Well I suppose we'll just have to tell you then." Fiona said with a grin.

"There once was an evil wizard named-"Fiona clasped her hands over Connie's mouth. "We're not aloud to say his name, remember?" Connie nodded and removed Fiona's hands. "Anywho, he was just a bad guy who wanted only pure blood wizards in the world. A group of powerful wizards got together and fought him and Harry's mum and dad were two of the many. One night 'he who shall not be named' went to Harry's house and killed his mother and father but somehow he was saved and defeated death...AND VOLDEMORT!" She quickly clasped her hands over her own mouth. "Ooops! I mean he who shall not be named…"

Delia smiled and tried to look enthusiastic. "Hey, that's pretty cool."

"Pretty cool?" Fiona scoffed. "It's ace! Harry Potter is the coolest person in the wizarding world, he's practically a celebrity. We're honored to even be in the same building as him right now."

"So if you were to make eye contact with him...is that like bonus points or something?" Delia asked thinking back to earlier.

Fiona's jaw dropped. "Bonus points? It's more than bonus points. You're practically famous by association!"

With these words, Delia grinned. She thought back to earlier yet again. His icy eyes looking directly into hers, his boyish smile, that heated pain she felt in her chest and the butterflies she had felt in her tummy. He face flushed as she replayed the scene over and over, analyzing new details she hadn't noticed the first time. She was brought back to the present as Connie called her name. "Delia? Delia?" Her icy blue eyes shot up towards her friend. "Oh..yeah?" She smiled as if to shrug off whatever just happened.

"You okay? You kinda just...disappeared." Connie explained.

Delia gave a nervous giggle. "I'm just tired, mind if we head to bed?"

Esme nodded. "Yeah, it's rather late and we have classes in the morning." She looked up at Delia and smirked. "Not to mention encounters with Harry Potter~" She teased.

The heat built up in Delia's cheeks again painting them a rosy pink. She rolled her eyes and climbed into bed. "Goodnight!" She said before pulling the covers over her head. The girls were all silent after that. Delia thought to herself for a moment. It was as if she was having an inner monologue in her head with herself.

Harry Potter...what if we became friends? Wouldn't that be the coolest?

Yes, that definitely would!

And we could study together, hang out, watch the quidditch games together-

He's in another house you dingo, he's never going to notice you.

But it's nice to dream.

There was a pause in her thoughts. She smiled and closed her eyes.

Yeah, it is.

Sunlight peaked into the room signaling Delia's eyes to flutter open. Although she was covered in blankets, Delia's feet and face felt cold. Hogwarts was a pretty drafty castle and she knew if she stepped out of bed, her feet would be greeted by a stone cold floor. She groaned but knew she had to get out of bed eventually. She was soon awoken by petite hands on her shoulders and shaking. "Wake up!" The figure yelled.

She opened her eyes again to see Connie vigorously shaking her. She pushed Connie off. "Okay, okay! I'm up!" She rubbed her faces with her palm and looked back up at Connie. There was something different about her eyes. More specifically, her eyelashes. "Are you wearing make up?" Delia asked.

"Oh, yeah!" Connie said with a smile. "Just mascara though. Fiona insisted on letting me try some, I actually rather like it." Delia nodded. "Well, it looks good on you." She said with a smile. Delia noticed that Connie was ready or the day, her hair was curled, her uniform was on, she was all set to go. Panic immediately flooded Delia's whole body. Her eyes widened and her heart started racing. "Am I late? Did I sleep in?" She looked around the room and noticed Esme, Pixie and Fiona were gone.

Connie giggled. "What? No! It's not even breakfast time yet!" Delia calmed down a little but gave Connie a questioning look. "But how come you're all ready and the girls are gone?"

"We all woke up a tad bit early and decided to get ready together. We would've woken you up but Fiona said it might be best to let you sleep in a little longer." Connie explained. Delia gave a sigh of relief. "So..breakfast?' Connie asked.

Delia nodded. "Sure. Let me just get ready for the day and then we can head to the dining hall."

The girls walked into the dining hall and sat with Esme, Pixie, and Fiona. The girls ate english muffins and bacon. Although Delia was surrounded by people, she never felt more alone. The other girls were all chatting away but Delia felt totally ignored. There were times where she tried to join in on the conversation or say something, but the girls would just shrug it off. Esme was nice though. Esme actually listened to her for the most part and conversed with her. Out of all the new people she had met so far, she definitely liked Esme the most.

Delia couldn't help but notice there was a girl at their table sitting by herself. She was pale with platinum blonde hair and big blue eyes. Delia longed to go over and talk to her. She nudged Fiona. "Fiona? Who's that?" She gestured to the blonde girl. Fiona looked in the direction Delia had pointed to. "Oh. That's Luna Lovegood. You know, the wackadoo."

Esme shot her a dirty look. "Hey! Be nice! Luna is actually a really sweet girl and she's been through enough."

Fiona tossed her red hair over her shoulder and gave her a challenging look. "Oh yeah? Then why don't you go talk to her?"

Esme opened her mouth to say something but closed it and looked down. Fiona smirked. "That's what I thought."

"We should probably head to our first class." Pixie said.

"Oh yeah, flying lessons with Madam Hooch. My sister had her and said she's a tough cookie." Said Connie.

"Do you know which house we have the class with?" Delia asked hopefully. She crossed her fingers and silently prayed it would be with Gryffindor.

"We have it with Hufflepuff." Esme replied.

Shoot! Delia thought. "Oh, okay!"

They all lined up outside with a broomstick and waited as Madam Hooch paced back and forth. "Alright first years, today you're gonna learn how to fly."

"Pshh, obviously. What else do you expect from a class called flying?" Mumbled a Hufflepuff boy across from them. Hooch turned around and glared at the boy. "You wanna say that a little louder Pippins?" The boy's face grew red and he hurriedly shook his head. "No ma'am."

Next to her, Fiona rolled her eyes. "Ugh, of course he's talking back to her, he's a rude American!" She said quietly. Delia realized that the boy had been talking with an American accent. She looked at him. He had black hair, brown eyes, he was a little tan and looked Filipino or some other kind of Asian ethnicity. Delia turned to Esme. "Who's he?"

Esme shrugged. "I'm not sure, I don't think I've met him before."

Delia couldn't help but stare at him. He was intriguing. An actual American? At Hogwarts? Delia had so many questions for him. Not to mention this kid was kinda ute..cocky, but cute.

"Alright young ones, let's get started." Hooch said. Everyone stood at attention and waited for further directions from Hooch.

"Now," She began. "Everyone step up to the left side of their broomstick. Come on, quickly, quickly." Everyone did so.

"Stick your right hand over the broom and say 'up!'" Everyone followed Hooch's order and began to shout up. A chorus of voices began yelling "Up." Delia took a deep breath and began to follow. "Up! Up! Up!" She tried over and over again. She sighed and tried again, this time speaking calmly. "Up? Please?" The broom shot up and landed in her hand. She instantly grasped it and smiled. Hooch looked over to her. "Well done Ms. Lulamoon." She smiled and gave Delia a little nod.

Delia looked around the field and watched as other kids successfully got their broomstick and others yelled aggressively at their piece of wood. Fiona falling under the second category. After a few minutes, Hooch began to instruct again. "Now, once you've got hold of your broom, I want you to mount it. And grip it tight, you don't want to be sliding off the I blow my whistle, I want each of you to kick off from the ground, hard. Keep your broom steady, hover for a moment, and then lean forward slightly and touch back down. On my whistle...3...2…" Hooch blew her whistle and everyone kicked off. Some had a little bit of a harder time staying up in the air and for some people they were a natural.

The first person to successfully get up in the air was the boy Hooch had called "Pippins." He was floating up in the air with a smug look. He followed Hooch's directions perfectly, getting a cheer from his house. Hooch raised an eyebrow in surprise and smiled a little. "Impressive, Pippins. Nicely done."

"Actually," The boy began. "I go by my first name, Matt." He smiled triumphantly and winked. Delia heard Esme mumble something under her breath. "Well that was inappropriate."

Hooch shook her head. "Sorry Matthew but I go by what's written down on my paper." She smirked. "Maybe if you hadn't winked I would call you by your nickname." She smugly walked on to view the other students. Matt glared at her as she walked by.

Finally, Delia was able to float in the air a little. She cheered for herself in her head and then touched back down. As soon as everyone had successfully been able to hover, Hooch stood in front of the class again. "Good work today, now get out of here." She motioned for them to leave. The class giggled and ran off.

Their next class of the day was potions with Professor Snape. Snape had a seating chart so Delia sat in the front table with Esme in the middle and Luna on the other side of her. At the table right next to them Was Matt and two of his friends.

Snape stared coldly at the class. "If you think this is going to be an easy A, then get out." He spat harshly. "Geez, not even a hello? A 'Hi class, I'm Professor Snape!' would suffice." Esme whispered to Delia. With this, Delia giggled a little. Snape turned and glared at Delia. Delia instantly froze and turned paler than she already was.
"Are we going to have a problem Miss-" He looked down at his roll sheet. "Lulamoon?" He asked bitterly. Delia shook her head. "

"N-no, professor. My apologies, I have a little bit of a frog in my throat." She cleared her throat and laughed nervously. Snape quirked an eyebrow and continued to lecture.

"As I was saying, potion making takes a certain kind of skill. It's an art and a science. There will be no fooling around in this classroom. You must listen to my directions exactly. One little slip up and you could evaporate all of Hogwarts." He turned and looked directly at Delia. He glared. "Is that clear?" He was talking to the whole class, but Delia felt as if his whole monologue was directed to her. "Yes, sir." Everyone answered.

"Good. Now, everyone open their potions textbook to page 23."

Throughout the day, the Ravenclaws had most of their classes with the Hufflepuffs. Because of this, Delia got to know Matt a little more. They had two classes with the Slytherins (which Delia hated because Kelli Valentine was always taunting her and giving her smug looks when she messed up) and finally came the last class for the day. Charms.

Delia walked in chatting with Connie and gasped. Her eyes widened a little. Connie panicked and looked over at her. "What? What happened? Are you okay?"

Delia was just fine. More than fine. Why? Maybe because Harry Potter was in their charms class.

Hi guys! I hope you liked this chapter :) the story might seem a little slow right now but soon it'll be going by really fast. I'm hoping to get done with their first year within the next three chapters because all the action is going to start the summer before their second year. I'll try to get another chapter done soon! Thank you for being patient!