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"CASSIE!" She heard behind her before she saw Hermione come running into the common room.

"Hey, Mione."

"The Philosopher's Stone! That's what Fluffy's guarding!" Hermione panted out, leaning against one of the couches.

Cassie frowned, "I know, I don't know how I do but I've known for a while." She said, "Hermione please, don't do anything about it. You're going to get into trouble." She pleaded.

"I always have this." Hermione said and held up her bracelet before rushing out to meet with the boys again.

Cassie sighed before walking up to her dorm and throwing herself down on the bed.


Cassie and Hermione were sitting in the library the day after and Hermione wasn't looking that cheerful which made Cassie worried.

"Mione, what's wrong?" She asked, concern coloring her tone.

Hermione sighed heavily, "I've got detention tonight."

"You got detention?" Cassie questioned surprised, "You?"

Hermione nodded and sighed sadly.

Cassie shook her head, "I told you, you shouldn't have gone with them, Mione!" She said.

"I know." Hermione whispered, "But there's nothing to do about it now."

Cassie sighed and linked her arm with Hermione's, "Come on, we've got Potions next and you know how Snape gets when somebody's late." She said and started walking down to the Dungeons.

…..
That night Cassie was sitting by herself in the common room since Ron, Harry and Hermione just had left for their detention when she felt two hand covering her eyes.

"Guess who?" A voice whispered in her ear and Cassie sighed.

"Well, it's either you or your brother." She teased and she felt the person chuckle behind her.

"I know that, but who of us is it?"

Cassie thought for a moment and said; "Fred."

He sighed and removed his hands, "How do you do that?" He questioned and threw himself down on the couch next to her.

"Not gonna tell you." Cassie said and smiled at him.

"You, my dear, are an evil, evil person." He said before pulling out his Potions book, "Please help me?" He pouted and she laughed.

"Why should I help you if I'm evil?" She said, crossing her arms and leaning back against the couch.

"Because you're the world's nicest evil person?" Fred said and she felt her face morph into one of confusion.

She shook her head, "What does that even mean?" She said before grabbing his book, "Okay, which one is it?" She asked.

He grabbed a small note that was sticking out from the book and turned to that page.

"The Felix Felicis? Why are you brewing Liquid Luck?" She asked.

He shrugged, "Beats me, but will you help me or not?"

She nodded, "Ok, which part is it that your struggling with?"


Cassie woke that night to a noise in the room and when she squinted her eyes she could make out a blurry figure.

"Mione?" She mumbled sleepily.

"Yeah." The girl in question whispered back.

Cassie sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, "How was detention?" She whispered.

Hermione sat down on her bed, "Not as bad as I thought it would be." She confessed, "We were with Hagrid in the forbidden forest, searching for a dead or injured Unicorn."

Cassie nodded, "Did you find it?"

"Yes, well, I didn't find it, Malfoy and Harry did and apparently somebody was drinking from it." Hermione said, shaking her head in disgust.

"What?" Cassie hissed, "Who's damned enough to drink the blood of a Unicorn?"

Hermione gave her a strange look, "Who do you think?" She asked.

Cassie's eyes grew wide, "You don't mean…" She trailed off.

Hermione nodded, "That's exactly who I mean." She said before crawling under her covers.

"Bloody hell." Cassie whispered before going back to sleep, neither of them noticing the way Cassie's locket glowed purple.

Cassie was walking, along with Hermione, Ron and Harry, from the dungeons having just done their Potions finals exam.

"I'd heard Hogwarts' end-of-year exams were frightful, "Hermione said and continued, "But I found that rather enjoyable."

"Speak for yourself!" Ron exclaimed and turned to Harry, "All right there, Harry?"

Harry rubbed his forehead, "My scar. It keeps burning."

"It's happened before." Hermione said.

"Not like this." Harry said and Cassie grabbed his hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Perhaps you should see the nurse?" She said gently.

He shook his head, "I think it's a warning. It means danger is coming." He said.

Harry stopped just outside the school building, "Of course!" He said and turned around, heading towards Hagrid's hut.

"Harry?" Cassie asked running after him, Ron and Hermione hot on her trail.

….
They slowed down when they could see the hut and that Hagrid was sitting outside on the doorstep, playing his flute.

"What is it?" Hermione asked once they'd caught up to Harry.

"Don't you think it's a bit odd that what Hagrid wants more than anything is a dragon and a stranger turns up and just so happens to have one?" He questioned, "I mean, how many people wander around with dragon eggs in their pocket? Why didn't I see it before?"

They started running the last bit and came to a stop in front of Hagrid.

"Hagrid, who gave you that egg? What did he look like?" Harry demanded.

"I don't know." He confessed, looking at him, "I never saw his face. He kept his hood up."

"This stranger though, you and he must have talked." Harry pressed on.

Hagrid looked thoughtful, "Well, he wanted to know what sort of creatures I looked after. I told him, 'After Fluffy, a dragon's gonna be no problem.'" He said.

"Did he seem interested in Fluffy?" Harry asked.

"Well of course he was interested in Fluffy. How often do you come across a three-headed dog?" Hagrid said, "But I told him, I said, 'The trick with any beast is to know how to calm them.'"Hagrid continued, "Take Fluffy, for example. Just play him a bit of music and he falls straight to sleep."

Cassie heard the others gasp and saw Hagrid scrunch up his face, "I shouldn't have told you that." He said and the others ran off.

Hagrid looked at her, "Shouldn't you run off with them, Cassie?" He asked and she shook her head.

"I don't want to get into trouble." She stated and sat down next to him.

He chuckled, "You're just like your mother, you are." He said.

Cassie looked up at him, "What was she like?" She asked and Hagrid looked thoughtful.

"Your mother, the little I knew her, was the most caring and sweet person I've ever met. She befriended everyone, from house elves to hippogriffs. For Merlin's sake, her best friend was Professor Snape!" He said and Cassie's jaw dropped.

"Snape? Is that why he's so nice to me?" She asked him.

Hagrid nodded, "Probably, I've never in my life seen him be nice to someone that isn't a Slytherin. There are only three people that I've seen him be outright nice to when I think about it." He said and scratched his beard, "And that would be you, Sophia and Lily, Harry's mum."

Cassie ran a hand through her hair and sighed, "I think, somewhere in the back of my mind, that he would have been a better person if he'd had more friends when he went to school here, because if my suspicions are right, he didn't have that much friends, did he?" She said.

"That's right, the only real friends he had were Sophia, Lily and Malfoy Sr. on his good days."

"Draco's father?" Cassie asked, slightly surprised.

Hagrid nodded once again, "Yeah, and if my memory is right he's Draco's godfather too."

Cassie nodded once again and stood up, "Well, it's getting dark." She said, "We better head to the Great Hall so we don't miss dinner." She said and started walking back to the castle with Hagrid just a few steps behind.

They stepped into the Great Hall and said goodbye, Hagrid heading towards a table for the staff and Cassie towards Gryffindor's.

She heard a shout of 'CASSIE!' and saw two grinning red-heads waving at her.

She smiled back at them and sat down in-between them.

"Hi, guys." She said and started loading her plate with food.

"Hey." Fred and George responded, their mouths full of food.

"Hi, Cassie." Angelina greeted, making a disgusted face at the twins, "Ignore them, they have no manners what so ever."

Cassie giggled, "Will do."

…..

That night Cassie woke up to hear Hermione sneak out their dorm.

She got out of her bed as soon as she heard her close the door and quietly made her way to the top of the staircase.

"Shh. Trevor, go! You shouldn't be here." She heard Ron say, giggling at the picture of him berating a toad.

"Neither should you." She heard Neville's voice and gave a small sigh of relief, "You're sneaking out again, aren't you?" He demanded.

"No, Neville, listen-" She heard Harry begin to say, just to be cut off by Neville.

"No, I won't let you! You'll get Gryffindor into trouble again. I-I'll fight you." Neville said and Cassie silently crept her head around the edge of the staircase, just in time to see Neville bring his fist up, making her do a mental face-palm.

She saw Hermione take out her wand, "Neville, I'm really, really sorry about this." She said and pointed her wand at him, "Petrificus Totalus."

As soon as the spell hit him Neville went completely rigid and fell to the floor.

"You're a little scary sometimes, you know that? Brilliant, but scary." Ron said.

Hermione, Ron and Harry stepped around Neville and were just about to go through the door when Cassie stepped out from her hiding place, waving her wand silently to the door, locking it.

Ron gave out a confused sound when he couldn't open the door and they slowly turned around to see Cassie standing there, arms crossed.

She raised an eyebrow, "Well?"

Hermione began to say something but quickly shut her mouth again whilst Ron just looked shocked that she could do non-verbal magic.

Harry looked at her, having a sort of silent conversation before she nodded and waved her wand again.

"Fine, just don't get in to too much trouble." She said before walking back to her dorm.

Cassie laid down in her bed and quickly went back to sleep again, making a silent promise to herself that this was the last time she let Harry get away with something like that.

…..

Cassie awoke to Professor McGonagall shaking her, "Miss Vergo?" She said, frantically.

She squinted her eyes up at her Professor, "P-Professor McGonagall?" She asked, letting out a big yawn, "What time is it?"

"That isn't important, you need to come with me. Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley are in the hospital wing." She said urgently.

Cassie's eyes grew wide and she quickly rose from her bed, throwing her robe on over her pajamas and rushing out of her dorm room after McGonagall.

They arrived in the Hospital Wing to see Madam Pomfrey wrapping Ron's arm in bandage and Harry sleeping peacefully in his bed.

"What happened?" She asked her Professor, sitting down on the bed next to Harry's.

"As you are aware of, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Potter and Miss Granger believed that Professor Snape were trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone, which is extremely inaccurate. I am still confused as to how Mr. Potter got all the way to the Stone, but that doesn't matter. They were right on one aspect, somebody was trying to steal the Stone, just not who they thought." McGonagall said, rubbing her temples.

"Then who was it, Professor?" Cassie asked gently, as to not cause her Professor more distress.

"You-Know-Who. Attached as a parasite to the back of Professor Quirrell's head." She said and Cassie let out a small gasp.

"What? Is that why he was wearing that ugly turban?" She asked and her Professor chuckled despite herself.

"Yes, Miss Vergo, that is why he was wearing the turban. But seeing as you now know that they are here and safe I think you and I need to get back to our beds." The Professor said and stood up, dusting of her robes.

Cassie mimicked her and followed her out of the room.

….

Hermione, Ron and Cassie were standing by the staircase, next to the doors leading into the Great Hall when they heard foot-steps below them, making them look down.

They saw Harry standing down there smiling up at them, making them send him smiles of their own.

"All right there, Ron?" He asked.

"All right. You?" Ron answered.

Harry shrugged, "All right, Hermione?" He said.

She smiled at him and grabbed Cassie's hand, "Never better."

….

Cassie was sitting in-between Harry and Fred in the Great Hall, the last day of term. They were having a blast, the food was extra good and the twins were pulling out all the stops for their jokes.

She felt Fred nudge her arm with his and looked up at him, "So, Cass, you and Harry coming to visit us this summer?" He asked, taking a drink from his pumpkin juice.

She shrugged, "I want to, but I'm not sure Harry's aunt and uncle will even let us out of the house." She sighed.

He smiled at her, "Don't worry. If they won't let you, we'll just come and kidnap you." He said and threw his arm over her shoulder, making her giggle happily.

They turned their heads towards the Head Table when they heard someone tap a spoon against their glass and saw Dumbledore stand up.

"Another year gone." He started, "And now, as I understand it, the House Cup needs awarding . And the points stand thus: In fourth place, Gryffindor with 312 points." He said and their table groaned and applauded quietly.

"Third place, Hufflepuff with 352 points." The hall once again applauded, "In second place, Ravenclaw with 426 points." The Ravenclaw table applauded happily and Dumbledore continued.

"And in first place, with 472 points, Slytherin house." As soon as he'd said that, the Slytherin table broke out into loud cheers, applauding just as loudly.

Dumbledore held up his hand, "Yes, yes, well done, Slytherin. Well done." He said and held up a finger, "However, resent events must be taken into account. And I have a few last-minute points to award." He said and the hall broke out into whispers.

"To Miss Hermione Granger, for the cool use of intellect while others were in grave peril, 50 points." He said and the students applauded.

"Second, to Mr. Ronald Weasley, for the best-played game of chess, that Hogwarts has seen these many years, 50 points." He said and Ron's brothers clapped him on the shoulder.

"And third…..to Mr. Harry Potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage I award, Gryffindor House, 60 points." He said and Hermione leaned towards them.

"We're tied with Slytherin!" She exclaimed and the students at the table broke into wide grins.

"And finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies but a great deal more to stand up to your friends. I award 10 points….to Neville Longbottom." He said with a smile and the hall broke into loud cheers.

Neville was sat frozen in his place as people congratulated him.

Cassie leaned across the table and pecked him on the cheek, "Well done, Neville." She said, making him blush.

Dumbledore continued, "Assuming that my calculations are correct…. I believe, that a change of decorations is in order." He said and clapped his hands together, making the banderols with the Slytherin crest on change into Gryffindor's, "Gryffindor wins the house cup." He proclaimed.

The hall once again, excluding Slytherin of course, broke into loud cheers, most of them throwing their hats up into the air.

Cassie felt someone pull her against them and looked up into Fred's smiling face.

She smiled brightly at him and gave him a side-ways hug before throwing her arms around Hermione, jumping around in their private happy-dance, giggling madly.

"We won!" They screamed completely synchronized, making them giggle even more.

…..

"I can't believe it's been a year already. It actually feels kinda strange going home." Hermione said as they were loading their trunks onto the Hogwarts Express.

Cassie nodded, "It does feel strange….Time really has flown by, hasn't it?" She said.

They waved to Hagrid before going inside in search for a compartment, finding Harry and Ron already sitting in one.

They smiled at the boys before taking their seats across from them, "Are you guys coming to visit us this summer?" Ron asked.

Harry looked at Cassie, "I don't know, only if Uncle Vernon will allow it." He said.

"Which means probably not." Cassie finished, sighing sadly.

The train whistled before it started to move out of the station, and Hermione smiled sadly at Cassie.

"Until next year then." She said and Cassie gave a small nod.

Cassie looked at Harry's hands, "What's that?" She asked him curiously.

"It's a photo-album," He said, "I got it from Hagrid. It's of my parents." He smiled brightly.

Cassie moved over next to him, "Let's see." She said and grabbed it.

On the first page was a picture of an infant Harry with his parents smiling happily at the camera.

"They look so in love." Cassie whispered before turning the page, gasping when she did so.

Cassie's mum stood, smiling brightly, next to Lily holding Cassie in her arms.

"Oh my!" Hermione exclaimed, "You were so cute." She said and Cassie giggled.

"I know right?" She said, giggling even more.

She handed the album back to Harry, "That was all I needed to see." She said.

….

Cassie was standing next to Hermione at King's Cross, their arms thrown around each other tightly.

"I'm gonna miss you so much." She mumbled into her shoulder and she felt Hermione nod.

"I'm gonna miss you more." She whispered back before letting go, Cassie immediately being drawn in to another hug, this time between two redheads.

"But we're gonna miss her most! Right Cass?" They said together and Cassie smiled.

"Of course you are." She said before pecking them both on their cheeks and walking over to where Harry stood.

She looked at him and sighed, "Ready?"

He smiled sadly, "As I ever will be." He said and walked through the barrier.

I'm so happy! I've finally gotten through the first movie!
I hope you didn't mind Cassie not being with them when they went to the Philosopher's Stone, I couldn't figure out a way to have her there without it messing up my plot line.

So, the next chapter will feature the little I'll write about their summer and the trip to the Burrow.

Please R&R!