A few days later, in the morning, Aleksandra was once again standing at the Gryfindor table. Now, how ever, no one stared at the Slytherin being friendly to Gryfindors. They all just wrote it off as this particular Slytherin being odd and seemingly not caring for any house rivalries. So, Aleksandra stood next to Virginia, picking food off her plate, looking over Hermione's shoulder as she red the paper.

"So…" Aleksandra said when she had finished reading, "Zhaba has a new title?" she thought for a moment, "Note to self, convince Arthur to get new ministers."

The trio looked oddly at the girl who believed their new History of Magic teacher had any control over the ministry.

"Aleksandra, you know he wouldn't be able to do that any more than Ivan could change the Romanov's rule." Virginia said, "And no, he's not going to lead a rebellion." Virginia added as Aleksandra opened her mouth.

"Why not?" Aleksandra pouted as she stole the last strawberry from Virginia's plate. The other girl glared at her cousin.

"Because, he isn't nearly so desperate." Virginia scoffed.

~0~

Aleksandra sat, half way through Defense Against the Dark Arts, banging her head on the desk.

"I. Hate. This. Class." Aleksandra said in time with the banging. "So Mind numbing…"

"Stop that Alek…that won't help." Virginia said with a sigh.

"Can I please?" Aleksandra asked, knowing Virginia would know what she meant.

"No." Virginia sighed patted Aleksandra on the back.

Aleksandra sighed and pulled out her "Russo-Canadian Water" and started to chug it.

"You are going to kill your liver…" Virginia sighed at the girl.

"What ever Gin." Aleksandra said with a sigh of her own

"Don't call me that!" Virginia yelled.

"Ten points from Gryffindor miss Kirkland-Jones" Umbridge said.

Aleksandra just laughed at Virginia before taking another drink.

~0~

It didn't take long for Aleksandra to run out of her Maple Vodka, so she had to run back to where she was keeping her stash before heading to her Care of Magical Creatures class. She thought it funny that Arthur would want her in the class, though it wasn't as intresting as she was hoping. She had over heard whispers about the person who normally taught the class and he seemed fun. Gave third years a lesson on Hyppogrifs. She had looked them up and it made her wish she had been there. The person teaching now however, made her sleep, or as close as she's gotten outside of Zhaba's class.

"You're going to be late…" Kolov sighed.

"Shut up Kolov." Aleksandra said as she speed walked out onto the grounds.

"Miss Braginsky-Williams, why are you late?" Umbridge asked when she reached the class

"What the hell, Zhaba?" Aleksandra asked, "You not get enough of me? You don't have to stalk me Zhaba."

A few of the students snickered and turned away to hide their smiles. Umbridge fummed at being insulted by this…child. Said child was now talking to the Gryffindor girl that she seemed to always be around.

"So, I was wondering if anyone would like to try it." She said, ignoring Proffessor Grubbly-Plank in favor of talking.

"You know you want to try out a Fantasy RPG in a Wizard School…" Virginia sighed at the girl, "I think all that 'water' has gone to your head…"

"Fine, fine, I won't try it and I'll wait until we can get back." Aleksandra sighed too.

"I doubt Wash will like you trying to get everyone brainwashed with RPG's." Virginia raised an eyebrow.

"He'd probably be worried I'd blow everyone up if you told him I had an RPG." Aleksandra scoffed, and turned away before starting to hum some song.

~0~

A few days later, during her normal bout of being lost in the library (not that she ever minded this venue to get lost in) she over heard the Trouble Trio, as she had so kindly named them in her head, talking about a Defense club.

Aleksandra walks over to them and oh so stealthily crouches between Hermione and Ron. She saw Harry raise an eyebrow at her behavior. Or it could have been that the other two were so enthusiastic that niether noticed the girl until she started muttering.

"With a loaded gun; and a steady hand: we will make it through this; If you kill the brain; then you kill the ghoul; and it's motor functions" This odd little song earned Aleksandra a very odd look from Hermione and a slightly frightened one from Ron.

"What the bloody hell was that?" Ron asked

"Aim for the head by Creature Feature." Aleksandra explained, "You go to the places I live with nothing but a filled Ipod for entertainment, we'll see what you act like."

Kolov came over now and sighed. Aleksandra smiled at the dog before turning back to the trio.

"I think it's a great idea." Aleksandra said, once again earning an unusual look from the trio members, "Again, it's from…er…environmental experiences. I have really good hearing when I feel it's too quiet."

"So you heard?" Hermione sounded worried.

"Don't worry, the only other person who'd have similar abilities would be Gin and she's not going to argue." Aleksandra waved of the worries before starting to hum the song again.

"So you'd join?" Hermione asked.

"Da, da. Sounds like much fun, da?" Aleksandra smiled, "Useful too."

"Is Aleksandra bothering you three?" Virginia came over to the group, looking down at the still crouching Aleksandra, who waved innocently at her cousin.

"No not at all." Ron said with a smirk, "Just giving us her opinion."

"And we welcome opinions." Hermione said with a smile of her own.

"See Virginia, I'm not always a nuisance." Aleksandra said with a smile.

"Her opinion on what, may I ask?" Virginia sighed.

"Just a little idea for a group we'd been thinking of." Hermione waved it off.

Aleksandra waved for Virginia to bend down. Which Virginia did. Aleksandra whispered something in her ear, and Virginia nodded.

"I'd join." Was all Virginia said before walking off.

~-0~

Before the first Hogsmead visit, Aleksandra found Rasputin knocking on her window. When Aleksandra opened it and held out her arm, Rasputin fluttered onto it and held out his leg. His clawed foot held a small package and a letter. The package held half a dozen small sample bottles of flavored Vodka and a few samples of Ice Wine. The letter, in summery said that both her parents were being tied up with work and they both sent the drinks as compensation (despite her "Maman's" distaste at his daughter's habit). In the envelope was a little money and a letter of permission (incase it's needed, they didn't know about wizarding rules on Alcohol) for her to buy Vodka.

"Well that's just dandy…" Aleksandra huffed as she glared at the letter. Aleksandra sighed and left the common room, nudging the sleeping Kolov with her foot.

"Why must you not let me sleep…" Kolov yawned.

"Because I need some one to talk to." Aleksandra said before walking out of the dorm into the common room. She plopped down on a couch and pulled out a bottle of Ice Wine, something she didn't get often (mostly because of how much her 'maman' disliked her little habit). The bottle only held about three drinks or so, but it was something. She probably had enough total bottles of the wine to make a average sized glass.

There's always that meeting that Hermione told me about. Aleksandra thought as she finished her second bottle. She sighed and got up off the couch. By this time they should be serving breakfast, and she might just be able to meet up with her little Trouble Trio.

~0~

Aleksandra didn't run into the trio until she walked into the Hog's Head, wondering one thing. What is it with these people and hogs?

She walked up to the counter and asked for a few bottles of Vodka. When the bartender asked for her age, she showed him the letter and he gave her the bottles. Aleksandra figured, either the bar keep didn't really care, or the rules with wizards and alcohol were different. Aleksandra walked over to the trio and sat down right before a huge group came in.

"Awe…"Aleksandra jokingly pouted, "and here I thought I was special…" She then took a swig of vodka, giving away that, she really didn't care. To her all the other people meant was more to play with. Aleksandra noticed everyone look oddly at her as they sat down, obviously noticing the colors she wore.

"Now please tell me if the club is discriminatory." Aleksandra said, when every one sat down and were looking between Harry and Aleksandra, obviously wanting answers, "Because I know those looks aren't based on experiences with me."

"No, we aren't going to discriminate." Hermione spoke up, "And we all know why we're here." Everyone slowly turned his or her eyes on Hermione, except Aleksandra who sat looking through the window through her bottle. "Harry and I," She paused and switched to "I" at Harry's look. "That it would be a good idea to practice real defense, not what Umbridge is teaching us. Because That's not going to work to well for what's out there, like Harry said in Umbridge's first lesson."

"Oh and what's out there?" Some snotty Hufflepuff said, "What says You-Know-Who is really out there."

"Well Dumbledor believes it-" Hermione was interupted.

"You mean Dumbledor believes him." The Hufflepuff said with a finger jab towards Harry, "What makes him say You-Know-Who is back?"

"Who are you?" Ron asked the boy.

"Zacharis Smith." The boy sneered.

"What makes me say Voldemort is back?" Harry said, making everyone flinch at the name, except Aleksandra because in her mind, this Voldemort isn't a threat to her, but an British issue, "I saw him come back and I saw him kill Digory. Dumbledor told you last year what happened."

"Dumbledor just told us that Cedric died and that You-Know-Who killed him." Zacharis scoffed.

Aleksandra pulled out a piece of paper and started jotting down any question that popped into her head, so she'd be able to ask them later. The only one on the paper right know was 'Why does everyone fear a name?'.

"Look, if you want me to tell you how it feels when Voldemort kills someone, then just leave now." Harry looked sternly at everyone. No one got up and no one spoke, leave a generally uncomfortable silence.

"Is it true?" one girl said, "Is it true you can make a Patronous?"

"Yeah…" Harry said uneasily.

"A corporeal patronous?" The girl asked again.

"Are you related to Madame Bones?" Harry asked the girl.

"She's my auntie, I'm Susan Bones." The girl nodded, "So is it true that you can make a stag patronous?"

"Yeah…" Harry said nervously.

"Blimey Harry, I didn't know that." another boy said, acting like he knew Harry, not that Aleksandra kept track of who Harry knew and didn't…

"Mum told Ron not to spread it around, said Harry had to much attention as it was." One of what Aleksandra presumed to be Ron's siblings said.

"She's not wrong…" Harry muttered making others laugh.

"And in our first year," Aleksandra recognised this speaker as Neavel Longbottom, "He saved the Sorcerous Stone."

"Sorcerer's" Hermione corrected him

"Yeah that!" Neavel said brightly.

"Look…" Harry said, obviously trying to regain control, "I had a lot of help."

"No one helped you with the challenges last year." Another person Aleksandra was going to have to remember the name for said.

"Or fight off those dementors this summer." Susan Bones piped up.

"Okay, so I did bits by my self-" Harry tried to explain

"Are you trying to weasel out of teaching us any of this stuff?" Zacharis Smith sneered.

"Here's an Idea." Ron growled, "Why don't you shut up?"

"That's not what he said," One of the twins said, "Would you like us to clean out your ears?" he pulled a lethal looking instrument out of one of his bags

"Or any part of your body." The other said, "We really don't care where we stick this."

Aleksandra clapped and smirked. The twins looked at her oddly but she just smiled and took a swig from her Vodka.

"Yes…well…" Hermione tried to regain control, "moving on…the point is are we agreed we want to take lessons from Harry?"

There was general agreement before everyone dispersed and paper signing (to which Aleksandra added a sunflower doodle by her name). Aleksandra walked over to the Trouble Trio after that was done.

"You three have an interesting…how to say it…connection." Aleksandra said, "I can only think of one trio who seem closer, and that's probably because they've been together longer." Aleksandra laughed, "the BTT are a frightening thing if you get them against you. Especially if they end up calling in favors."

"BTT?" Hermione asked

"Bad Touch Trio." Virginia said coming up behind her, "Her…What is it, Uncle?" Virginia asked Aleksandra, "Well It's Francis, my half-sister's father, Gilbert and my other half siblings' father Antonio."

"Da, and I still say they are a force to be reckoned with." Aleksandra nodded

"Sure," Virginia sighed, "I thought your parents were going to come."

"There's a summit soon so they've been busy." Aleksandra shrugged, "Alfred doesn't seem to be here either."

"No, and M-y Dad is going to have to leave for the summit soon, too." Virginia said

"Then who'll be teaching History of Magic?" Aleksandra asked.

"That week we'll have Lessons in 'Muggle' History lessons" Virginia said, "Over the World Wars."

"Well we're good with that one, right?" Aleksandra laughed

"Why would Professor Kirkland have to go to a 'summit'?" Ron asked, "He's just a History of Magic professor."

"This is where Alfred would say," Aleksandra stated, finger in the air, "'That's what they want you to think'."

"You're only teasing him cause he'd be right." Virginia scoffed.

"This time." Aleksandra smirked

The group ended up seperating after some more talking about nothing important.

~0~

The next morning, Educational Decree twenty-four was posted.

~0~

In History of Magic (which was being taken over by Muggle History this week) Aleksandra raised her hand for the seventh time.

"Miss Braginsky-Williams, why don't you let someone else answer this question?" The substatute, that Aleksandra never bothered to learn the name of, asked

"But, I've heard a first hand account of what the Western Front was like in WWI." Aleksandra pouted

It had been a few days since ED24 (as Aleksandra had called it) posted was posted and Arthur had left the day before. Now Aleksandra and Virginia were able to answer every question perfectly. But then again, Aleksandra, while she had still been avoiding Alfred (and technically illegally living in Russia) she had still experienced the war, only on the Eastern Front, as opposed to the Western Front she was supposed to have fought on.

"Please, let someone else answer." The teacher sighed.

Aleksandra sat down to pout as a white flash flew into the room. She glanced over to see Harry tending to an owl. She whistled out loud and then there were two more, this time brown, flashes as Alexie and Rasputin flew into the room.

"Miss Aleksandra, I reluctantly let you keep your dog in here, I will not allow owls as well." The still nameless teacher scowled.

"Good thing Alexie and Rasputin aren't owls then, da?" Aleksandra asked. The teacher glowered at Aleksandra before turning back to the class, tired of dealing with the girl.

"Professor, I have to…go to the hospital wing, it's urgent." Harry said, hand raised.

"Fine then Mister Potter, but do return if you can." The professor sighed.

Aleksandra smirked, determined to find out what was so…urgent.

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