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I sat at the table in the common room, scribbling away at what was left to do of my potions essay. I was barely thinking about it though. Most of it was probably mindless dribble. It could be for all I cared.

I felt guilty. Guilty for deserting Jack. Guilty for not even letting him off lightly. Guilty for keeping secrets.

It was a Sunday. None of us had lessons, so I figured I should try and talk to him. Try and make up for being so horrible.

As soon as I'd finished my essay, I put it away, and headed for the library. It would be the most likely place to find him, other than the Ravenclaw common room.

The library was surprisingly empty, for what a dull day it was outside. The only people I could see were people I didn't recognise. I scanned the room over and over, checking everywhere. Jack wasn't there. The quidditch pitch; Ravenclaw had a practice that day. Jack wasn't a sporty person, but he'd always be there to support his friends. I made my way to the Quidditch pitch and looked around.

Sure enough, Jack's little blond head was visible from across the stands. He was wearing his blue and bronze scarf; it was quite cold. I made my way over, and sat next to him.

"Jack…" I started.

"What do you want." He spat.

"I came to… Apologise."

"An apology from a Slytherin; how rare. I suppose I'm supposed to feel special now am I?"

"Jack, I'm sorry. I just got so caught up in the excitement of all of this. Hogwarts is an amazing place."

"I know. "

"Jack, I really am sorry. I'm sorry for abandoning you. I'm sorry for keeping things secret that best friends shouldn't. I'm sorry for not even so much as talking to you about anything."

"And you think it's all made up for just like that? You think I'm going to forgive you and then we'll skip off happily into the sunset? No thank you. You go ahead and stick with your horrible Slytherin boyfriend."

"Excuse me. He isn't my boyfriend, and he most certainly is not horrible! You didn't even give him a chance. If you'd not bothered retaliating the first time he said anything to you, chances are, he'd have got bored of trying to be your enemy. You're feeding the fire by getting angry at him."

"Well, the damage is done now isn't it. So if you don't mind, I'm here trying to support my friends."

He shuffled away from me, looking angry. I got up to leave and glanced at the Ravenclaw Quidditch team gliding around the pitch.

Ross and Tom hadn't told me they played Quidditch? I watched closely, whilst slowly making my way around the pitch, to find a place to sit where I'd be welcome. By the looks of it, the boys were the Beaters for the team. They did a good job, too.

After watching for around half an hour, I finally left. The practice was about to finish anyway, so there was no point staying. As I was about to walk back to the Slytherin dungeon, Ross and Tom approached me.

"We saw you at practice earlier," Tom stated.

"Yeah, you looked really interested in us," Ross joked.

We all laughed.

"Fancy coming back to the common room?" Tom asked.

"As long as you don't do any more damage," Ross laughed.

"Sure!" I replied.

Everyone looked at us as we made our way to the Ravenclaw tower. Two Ravenclaws hanging around with A Slytherin was apparently unheard of.

We approached the large door finally, and the eagle door knocker asked:

"What walks on four legs in the morning,
Two legs in the afternoon,
And three legs in the evening?"

"Four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening…" Tom contemplated.

"Well, the morning evening and afternoon could all symbolise a greater time scale…" Ross thought.

I thought for a second or two…

"Hmm… Is it…" I hesitated "A man? Four in the morning symbolising a baby, two being as an adult when you can walk, and three being an old man needing a cane?"

The door swung open.

"Toni, you are a genius!" Tom ushered me inside as he spoke.

I looked around. All of our fantastic handiwork had been undone; the statue was back to normal, the matches were no longer hidden…

Jack, who was sat across the room, glared at us and stormed off to the dormitory. Everyone dived on me with questions about my being a metamorphmagus.

"Hey hey hey, calm down you lot. Don't crowd the lady, she needs to breathe," Tom warned, pushing people out of the way.

"By Merlin, anyone would think you were famous…" Ross joked, pulling me through the sudden crowd.

We sat down on the floor, and everybody got bored of asking their ignored questions. They eventually went back to doing whatever it is they normally do; probably reading.

"Why is everyone suddenly so interested in me?" I wondered aloud.

"Well, it's not every day you come across a metamorphmagus, is it?" Tom explained.

"And most of the people in the school have never seen one at all, let alone had the chance to talk to one," Ross added.

"I suppose that makes sense…" I mumbled.

"It is really awesome though,"

"Christ, leave the poor girl alone," Tom joked, wrestling Ross to the floor.

These two were like brothers. They were together all the time; they could finish each other's sentences if they wanted to. I could tell these two had been friends for a very long time…

Just like someone else I knew…

A few years earlier…

"CATCH!" I yelled, throwing a ball in Jack's direction.

He caught it, and ran away. I saw his bright blonde hair against the lush green of the trees and shrubs. The sky was bright blue, with not a cloud in sight.

"Hey come back!" I giggled chasing after him.

He laughed, and jumped over the fence, tripping into a little muddy puddle. He dropped the ball, and got up, laughing as he shook himself off.

I climbed over the fence myself, taking care not to make the same mistake as Jack. As I watched him run off, I shouted over to him.

"Jack, look out for that-"

He tripped over a fallen branch from a tree, and we both burst out laughing…

"Toni? Earth to Toni?" Ross snapped his fingers in front of my face, and I shook my head.

"I thought we'd lost ya for a second there…" Ross joked.

We sat for an hour or two, laughing and joking. Eventually, we noticed the time, and decided it was time for me to leave. I'd been away from my fellow Slytherins all day, other than breakfast. I said my goodbyes, and made my way back to the dungeons.

"Where have you been?" Draco demanded.

"Ravenclaw tower,"

"I've been looking for you all day. You could have at least told me where you were going…" Draco looked slightly hurt.

"I didn't realise it'd affect you this much?" I shuffled closer to him and gave him a hug.

"Of course it affects me. You're my friend. I was worried."

"Well, I'm sorry. I'll know to tell you next time," I let go of him.

"I know you will! Anyway, we'd better be off to dinner,"

We left the common room and headed for the Great Hall.