It was finally Saturday and Alexandra was ready to relax, though the morning started out crummy.

Faye, one of the girls in the dorm, was writing a letter to her parents and some how everyone started talking about their parents.

"My mom is a witch, but my dad isn't." Faye said. "He supports me though. He is very interested in the magical world."

"Both my parents are magical." Selena said.

"My parents aren't magical." Lily said. "My sister is a muggle and I think she's jealous of me."

"I would be too if I had a magical sister. What about you, Alex? Are your parents magical?"

"No." Alexandra answered in a low voice. "I'll meet you in the Great Hall, Lily." Then Alexandra left.

Alexandra went downstairs and saw James and the others heading out the portrait.

"Hey Alex, ready for breakfast?" Sirius asked when he noticed her.

"No, I'm going to wait for Lily."

"See you down there." Then the boys left.

Alexandra waited a few minutes until she knew the boys were at least halfway to the Great Hall when she left.

Lily came down soon after Alexandra left and went to the Great Hall. When she got there she looked for the boys since she thought Alexandra might be sitting with them.

"Hey Lily, where's Alex?" Sirius asked.

"She said she was meeting me down here."

"She told us she was waiting for you."

"Alex skipping a chance to eat?" James said. "Something must be wrong. Let's go."

They all left the Great Hall; Lily went to check the library. The boys had a quicker way of finding her. They had the Marauders map.

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." James said as he tapped the map with his wand.

After a few seconds of searching, Remus found her by the Black Lake. James put the map away and then they all ran for the lake. When they got there they saw Alexandra sitting next to the lake.

"There you are." James said. Alexandra turned around. "We were wondering where you went."

"How did you…" Alexandra started to say.

"When Lily came down you weren't with her." Remus explained. "She's looking for you too."

Alexandra put her head down. "I didn't mean to make anyone worry."

"Are you crying?" Peter asked.

Alexandra turned away from them and quickly wiped her tears. "No."

"Yes you are."

Remus sat down next to Alexandra. "Why are you crying?" He asked.

"Everyone was talking about how their parents support them even the non magical ones. When my parents found out that I was a witch they practically threw me out of the house. They never believed in magic. They only believed in what they could see. They hated me for what I am. They called me a freak." Alexandra realized she was crying and wiped her tears. "I feel stupid for crying."

"Don't feel stupid." Remus said. "It's ok to cry."

"And if you're a freak," James said as he put his arm around Alexandra. "then we'll be freaks together."

Alexandra laughed a little. "Thanks. I'm glad I came to Hogwarts. I never had good friends like you."

"Friends to the end." Sirius said."

"Now you should go find Evans." James said. "She's looking for you."

"Ok." Alexandra stood up. "Thanks again, guys." Then Alexandra left to find Lily.

Hogwarts was a big place and finding Lily could take awhile. She looked for what seemed like forever and still couldn't find Lily. She decided to head to Gryffindor Tower to see if Lily went there.

As Alexandra turned a corner she saw someone she didn't want to see; Lucius and his group.

"How is it that I keep running in to you?" Alexandra asked. "Are you stalking me?"

"As if I would stalk a filthy mudblood." Lucius sneered. "Maybe you're the one stalking me."

"Why would I stalk a bastard like you?" Alexandra wasn't usually mean, but for some reason Lucius brought out the worst in her.

"How dare you talk to me like that."

"How should I talk to you? Like I'm lower then you? Like I'm your slave?"

"It's a start."

"Sorry Lucius, but that will never happen because I'm not lower then you and I'm not your slave."

"One day you might be."

"I don't think so. I would rather die then wait on you hand and foot." Alexandra started walking away, but unknown to her Lucius pulled out his wand.

"Mr. Malfoy." Someone said. Alexandra turned around and saw Lucius with his wand out and Professor Dumbledore. "I hope you weren't planning on hexing someone when her back is turned. I will let you go with a warning, but next time it will be detention."

"Yes sir." Lucius gave a look to Alexandra that said I'll-get-you-later. Then he and his group left.

"Ms. Sawyer, are you all right?"

"Yes Professor."

"You must be cautious of Mr. Malfoy. He is quite a handful."

"Yeah, I found that out."

"How do you like Hogwarts so far?"

"I love it. Hogwarts is way better then my old school and I already made friends."

"Yes, Potter and his group. They may be mischievous, but they are good boys. Keep them close."

"Oh, I will. Well, I should get going. I'm looking for Lily."

"Good luck in your search."

"Thanks." Then Alexandra headed off.

As Alexandra continued to Gryffindor Tower she wondered how she kept running in to Lucius and why he hated her so much. Sure she was muggle born, but why would he hate her so much? He doesn't even know her.

Alexandra finally made it to Gryffindor Tower and as she was about to say the password Lily came out.

"Where have you been?" She asked. "I've been looking everywhere for you."

"Sorry, I just needed to think."

"About what?"

Alexandra told Lily about her parents as they walked down to the lake. "They ignored me all the time and didn't even acknowledge they had a daughter. When my brother Donnie got enough money he got an apartment and took me with him. I haven't seen or heard from my parents since."

"That's horrible. I know it's not the same, but you have friends that will support you and your brother."

"Yeah, I know. Thanks."

They got to the lake and sat with their friends. Kat was in Hufflepuff. She had shoulder length brown hair. Harmony was also in Hufflepuff. She had dirty blonde hair that went to the middle of her back. The last girl was Rebecca, but everyone called her Becky. She was in Ravenclaw and had short black hair.

"Hey Lily, Alex." Kat said.

"Hi." Lily and Alexandra said as they sat down.

"What are you doing?" Alexandra asked.

"Divination. It's such a drag."

"Then why did you take it?"

"Not really sure."

Alexandra just shook her head.

"Oh hey, Hogsmeade is next week." Becky said. "I can't wait."

"Alex, can you go?" Lily asked.

"Yeah. When Donnie and I were having a meeting with Dumbledore about enrollment he gave me a permission slip for Hogsmeade and Donnie signed it."

"That's good. You will love Hogsmeade."

"Does she know about the Shrieking Shack?" Harmony asked.

"What's that?"

"I take that as a no."

"They say that the Shrieking Shack is haunted and it's the most haunted place in Britain. On some nights you can hear the wailing of the ghosts." Kat said dramatically.

"Here she goes again." Becky said.

"Just think of the mystery. The unknown death of people trapped in the Shrieking Shack and they can't move on until they complete their unfinished business. Or maybe they have been cursed."

"Or maybe you're just whacked." Becky said. "There are no such things as ghosts. Why would they stay at the Shrieking Shack? Why don't they go somewhere else?"

"Maybe they like it there." Harmony suggested.

"Or maybe they can't get out." Alexandra said. Everyone looked at her. "What? Maybe they can't. There are talismans out there that protect a place from evil. Evil cannot enter any place that has a certain talisman. Maybe there is something like that for the ghosts."

"But why would anyone want to trap ghosts?"

"That's one of the mysteries of life." Kat said.

The five of them stayed by the lake studying and talking until it was lunch time. Alexandra was excited and almost ran off towards the Great Hall, but Lily caught her arm before she dashed off.

During lunch Alexandra piled so much food on her plate that James, who was sitting across from her, couldn't see her face.

"Are you going to eat all of that?" Sirius asked.

"I missed breakfast so I'm starving." Alexandra said as she started eating.

"And whose fault was that?"

"My feet 'cause they walked outside instead of the Great Hall." Everyone just shook their heads.

Later that day the Marauders went to do who knows what, Lily was with her friends and Alexandra went to the library. Lily invited her to hang out with her friends, but Alexandra wanted to get her homework done. At her old school she was known as a bookworm because she was always found with her head in a book.

When she got to the library she saw the most of the tables were full of students. Alexandra looked around for an empty table and when she got near the back she saw a table with only one person at it so she went over there.

"Hey Severus." Alexandra said. "Is it ok if I sit with you?"

Severus looked up at Alexandra. "Um, go ahead."

Alexandra sat down. "Thanks. I wasn't expecting the library to be this busy. Who knew this many students came to the library?"

Severus went back to his book and Alexandra got out her stuff and started her homework.

They worked for a few minutes in silence and Alexandra didn't like silence; it made her nervous.

Finally Alexandra asked, "What you working on?"

"Potions."

"How good are you with potions?"

"It's my best subject."

"Can you help me with it? Potions isn't my best subject. I'm good, but not that good."

"Uh, sure."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you."

For the next few hours Severus helped Alexandra with her potions homework and he was patient with her when she didn't understand something. After they were done Alexandra was happy that she finally got her potions homework done.

"Thanks again for helping me, Severus." Alexandra said as she put her stuff away.

"It's no problem."

"I'll see you later."

"Bye."

Then Alexandra left. She didn't understand why James and Sirius pick on Severus all the time. He seemed like a nice guy.

Soon Alexandra came across a group of people and they did not look friendly. As she was passing they glared t her, but Alexandra ignored them…or tried to. They stepped in front of her so she couldn't go anywhere.

"You're that American mudblood that cursed Lucius." One of them said.

"And your point?"

"Do you have any idea who you are messing with?"

"Hey, he messed with me first."

Alexandra tried to go around them, but the three of them surrounded her.

"We will teach you to mess with us."

"You guys started it, not me."

Alexandra pushed through the group and hoped that they would leave her alone.

"Don't you turn your back on us."

As soon as Alexandra turned around she was hit with a curse and fell to the ground. The group came up to Alexandra.

"I'm Bellatrix Black and this is my sister Narcissa and our cousin Regulus. You should remember our names and fear the."

"Yeah because you're so frightening."

Regulus kicked Alexandra in the stomach. "You should be afraid." Then they left.

Alexandra stood up and leaned against the wall for a minute. Between the spell and Regulus kicking her, Alexandra's stomach hurt. After awhile she slowly made her way to Gryffindor Tower.

She wondered why they hated her so much. Those three and Lucius. She hasn't done anything to them so why are they picking on her so much?

Alexandra finally made it to Gryffindor Tower and said the password; the portrait opened and she entered. She saw the Marauders sitting around the fire and tried her best to make it seem like she wasn't hurt.

"Hey guys." She said.

"Hey Alex." James said. "Where have you been?"

"Library. I finally finished my potions homework. What have you guys been doing?"

"Nothing much." Sirius said.

"Uh-huh. Just don't get into to much trouble, ok guys?"

"Us, get in trouble? Yeah, right."

Alexandra just shook her head as she headed up to her dorm, but then stopped. "Hey Sirius, do you have any relatives here?"

"Yeah, but they are all in Slytherin. Why?"

"Just curious."

Sirius stood up and walked towards Alexandra. "Did you run into them? Did they do anything to you?"

"Yeah, I ran into them."

"Did they do anything to you?"

"No, they just gave me crap for what I did to Malfoy. Now I'm going to bed. I'm tired." Then Alexandra went up to her dorm.

"You don't believe her, do you?" Remus asked.

"I don't know."

Alexandra put her bag on her trunk and sat on her bed; her stomach was still hurting.

"Are you ok?" Someone asked beside Alexandra.

Alexandra looked over and saw Lily sitting up in bed.

"Hey Lily. Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"When you came in you looked like you were in pain."

"No, I'm fine. Don't worry." Lily wasn't convinced, but she didn't bother Alexandra any more.