disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER!

( I WISH I DID THOUGH :D)

"Oh Shit! The freaky stairs are movin'!"

The outburst caused professor McGonagall to stop abruptly in mid-step while climbing the "freaky stairs". The group had started to walk up them when the enchanted staircase started to swing towards the other side of the wall. The Huge ceiling rose seemingly endlessly into the sky; it was so high, the ceiling was a tiny speck on the massive expanse of the building. The stairs moved among themselves, forcing pupils to hurry from one on another.

McGonagall turned around and looked at Red.

"Mr. Spencer, It will warn you one last time. I will not suffer such obscene expressions in my presence. Your language disrespects not only your schoolmates but also the image you give your school. this time I will pretend that I heard nothing, but I will not hear anything similar come out of your mouth. Next time I shall be compelled to take House points from you. Am I clear?"

"Yes, ma'am." her reprimand shocked him, and he couldn't find any other words to say. Besides, after he looked at Mione, he recognized familiar look in his CO's eyes, and that look meant one thing - detention. "I will not repeat any more swear words." He said grudgingly with his head down.

Professor McGonagall turned to the stairs once again and continued to move on.

The Gryffindors watched him regretfully. They knew by personal experience that it's better to not argue with McGonagall .

"What are House points?" Red asked to Mione, as he continued to move upstairs. He was surprised by Mione's behavior. For her it was like the stairs were an everyday usual thing. She just jumped from one to another not even watching where she was going.

"Rule breaking will make you lose the points. Points are taken from or given to you by the faculty. The House with the most points at the end of the year is awarded the House Cup." Mione quoted monotonously

They left the swinging staircases and came into a long corridor along which walls many pictures hung. There were many empty seats in the picture frames along the walls.

"How d'you know that?" asked Parker.

"Let me guess…Hmm…..Big, Old, Boring book?" he continued, sarcastically answering his own question.

"Hogwarts: A History is not a big, old boring book. And I still think that you should read it Hawk." said Mione matter-of-factly.

"I still don't get it…How can they take points off if we're not in their Houses?"

"Actually, we are. Weren't you listening?"

"Miss James is right, Mr. Spencer. From this moment you all are Gryffindors, like it or not." Stated professor McGonagall. "This painting that you see is the portrait of the Fat Lady. This is the door to your dormitories. To open the door all you have to do is say the correct password." finished McGonagall. "Manticore" stated McGonagall and the portrait moved to side, revealing an entrance.

When they went inside, the first thing they saw was the huge, but cozy common room. The big sofa, some armchairs, and a few tables with chairs were scattered around the room. On one of walls was a huge fireplace. It was covered in red and gold colors.

"That's definitely better than the barracks" exclaimed Diego after a low whistle.

"As you can see," - continued Professor, while the guest students studied the room with amazement in their eyes. "Here are two staircases. No Mr. Spencer, thye do not move. On the right side is the staircase to the girls' dormitory, on the left side is the boys'. Boys are usually not allowed into the girl's dormitory. The stairs are enchanted to prevent boys from entering. On the other hand, girls can come in the boy's dormitories." finished McGonagall

"Excuse me, professor. But ….in case of emergency….what should we do? I mean. If we need….to go in there…..in the middle of…you know what I mean, don't you?" asked Diego shyly.

All the Gryffindor boys looked with interest.

"Know, I don't know what you mean, but there are things called emergencies."

"Finnegan, you're a pervert".

"Oh, don't tell me Lavender, that you didn't think what I thought just a second before."

"I said Mr. Reyes, that "usually" boys are not allowed to the girl's dorm. You just didn't let me finish. Professor Dumbledore has made an exception for the week you are here...the Stairs will recognize Mr. Reyes, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. James, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Warren and Mr. Spencer. ONLY in the case of emergencies are you to enter the opposing dormitories.

You will sleep in the seventh year's dormitories.

Mr.Weasley, would you be so kind as to show the boys their rooms? "

"Yes, professor." Ron grudgingly replied

"Miss Brown, I hope you'll escort the girls to their dorms."

"Of coarse professor." Lavender answered

"Very good, now I'll will leave you all to settle in. Make yourselves comfortable; also, get acquainted with each other." She said as she turned and prepared to walk out of the room.

"Professor McGonagall? Can we have a word with you?" asked Mione. She and Parker walked with her out of the room.

There was a short awkward silence was in the room that seemed to last for an eternity, but actually on lasted a couple of minutes. Nobody knew what to say.

"Well…."

"Well…"

"So….you're Wealsey?" asked Red, to a tall redhead guy standing across to him.

"Yeah, Ronald Weasley actually, but you can just call me Ron."-he answered back.

"I'm Red."- said the black-haired guy with blue eyes.

"Red? What kind of name is that? I'm Lavender Brown, nice to meet you." said a blond girl.

"Actually, It's Redginald Bruce Matters Spencer the Third….but I would really appreciate, if you just call me Red, Ok?" he said blushing a little.

An enormous weight seemed to be lifted and everyoned started to smile.

"Sure." she said with a smile. "As I said, I'm Lavender, but you call me Lav. And these are my friends. You already know Ron Weasley, and this is Ginny Weasley, she pointed to the redhead girl that was standing next to her. That's Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil , Neville Longbottom and Harry Potter.

She named off everyone as she pointed to them.

"My pleasure, said Red as he shook their hands.

"I'm Diego Reyes" said the tall blond guy standing next to him. This is Lila Burnett, Robert Lawrence, Alex Warren, Bianca Costa and Christian Fletcher. He said as he also pointed to each of his friends.

They conversed about everything for a little while, but mostly about magic and different stuff. Ron found out that Alex enjoyed playing chess, so they decided to play a game. Others sat comfortably around the fireplace and talked.

"About this 'Physical training' stuff….is it hard?" asked Neville curiously.

"I remember my first training with Stryker, started Chris," Man, when he told to run 50 miles in the forest and give him 250 pushups, I thought I was gonna pass out right there. But then he told me that that was only the warm up…."

"Don't scare them too much Chris," said Bianca. "By the way, where's Hawk and Lynx

"Did I heard someone callin' me?"- said a voice from behind.

Harry turned his head to a portrait hall and saw the girl named Mione come in and another bloke he recognized as one who was looking at him in the Great Hall. His left arm was around Mione's waist.

"I will give you some simple advice Harry," he heard Red's voice. He noticed Harry's reaction when Mione entered the common room.

"And what is that?" asked Harry

"You can watch, but you can't touch." said Red's voice

"Why?" asked Harry.

"See him?" he answered, pointing to the bloke at Mione's side.

"What, is he her Boyfriend?" asked Harry, disheartened.

"Worse….he's her brother." Red then turned to the rest and said. "Let me introduce our missing friends. This is Mione James, but you already saw her and her brother Parker James. Parker, Mione, these are"…..and Harry lost himself in his thoughts as he started to introduce all to them.

When he reached Harry, he waved his hand absent mindedly to Mione.

"Harry Potter."

"Mione James, nice to meet you Harry." said Mione as she reached out her hand to shake his. When she touched his hand something happened, Like a flashback, some strange memory started to fill her mind.

Flashback

"Harry Potter," said Harry

"Are you really? Said Hermione. I know all about you, of course. I got a few extra books for background reading, and you're in Modern Magical History and the Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century."

"Am I?" said Harry, feeling dazed.

End of Flashback

She tuned pale during her flashback.

"Mione, wassup? Is something wrong?" asked Diego.

"Nah….I'm all right, just a little tired." she said looking nervously towards Harry.

"Follow me and I'll show you your room." said Lavender as she got up from the armchair."

"Ok, and guys." She said, addressing to her teammates, "don't forget, tomorrow at 5 a.m. everybody should be in the Great Hall, deliver the new equipment and then to the training. Breakfast at 8 o'clock and then everything else by the school's schedule."

"Ma'am, yes, ma'am!" rang the sarcastic chorus of the military cadets.

"Oh, just shut up!" she said and then followed Lavender to dorms.

Suddenly Diego stood up, and started to follow the girls.

"Reyes! Where do you think you're goin'?" asked Robert curiously.

"You can count this as an emergency, I say, if they have better beds, then I'll just sleep there. I'll be back in a minute."

He went upstairs and found Mione's room. She was at the edge of her bed, still pale.

"Nice room. Now, tell me what happened. I felt very strong emotions…." he said sitting next to her.

"It's Nothing." argued Mione.

"You're a bad liar. I'm empathic…I feel those things. Now tell me."

"Sorry, I always forget that. Promise not to tell Parker… he nodded his head to say "yes". Mione continued, "I think…… I think I know him…..I think I know Harry Potter."

A/N R&R!