Chapter 7

Previously- "What the HELL?" I screeched, reeling back in horror.

Inside the broom closet, my enemy was intertwined with a girl, and apparently attempting to - eat her face? Sirius Black pulled back and glared at me. "What are you doing here, Potter?"

"I dunno...maybe getting a broom, 'cause this is a broom closet!" I emphasized, "What are you doing?

"What does it look like I'm doing? Snogging this sexy young lady of course!" He said, grinning down at her as she giggled up at him, pure worship in her eyes. How old was she anyways?

"Really, that was supposed to be snogging? No way. What me and your brother did, now that was snogging." I smirked at him.

"Leave. Now. I don't have time for this. I have something to get back to," And with a last glare at me, Sirius promptly renewed his horrible attempt at snogging. You would think he would be amazing after all of his practice. It was probably her.

"Eeew!"I squealed, then ran out. "Come on, Lily, show me the dorms. I won't open that closet ever again. Too many bad memories. I'll have to get my own broom in the future, but right now, let's just get to know everything about each other!" I said ecstatically, trying to get the image of Sirius out of my head.

"Yes! Sleepover!" Lily cried out. And with that we ran off towards the painting of a fat lady.

My first glance of the Gryffindor Common Room was amazing. There were people everywhere, laughing and talking with their friends on some of the many maroon armchairs around the room, or playing a game of Wizard Chess or Exploding Snap. The whole room was filled with the warm glow of a fire. I would've loved to stay and talk, but we ran past them and up to our dormitory, grabbing Alice and Mary as we went. That night we talked and gossiped, just getting to know every little detail about each other.

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After the first two weeks, I felt like I had been at Hogwarts forever. I knew practically every inch of the school, all the people, and all the teachers. I tried to talk to a lot of new people, but when I tried to talk to Andromeda, she was just cold all the time, ignoring Lily and me. I tried to forget my time at Salem, but there was one thing at Hogwarts that I always forgot also.

It was Monday, and I was racing through the hallways and stairways, almost late for Potions class. I was trying to go quickly, but that was a little hard with a stack of books in my arms. Suddenly, a stair gave way beneath me. Fortunately, I knew how to handle the stair. I had fallen through five already, just in the first two weeks! I quickly put all my weight on my stable foot, but as I did that, I fell back into the arms of a stranger.

"Oh!" I said in surprise. The person picked me up with strong arms, and placed me on the next stable step.

"Here you go," he said in a deep voice. I could tell he was smiling, trying not to laugh. I turned around and looked up at the athletic, muscular, blond boy who saved me.

"Thanks! I said, smiling at him. His face looked strangely familiar. I was sure I had seen him somewhere. "Wait, do I know you?"

"I don't think I've met you yet, but I'm in your house. But 7th year," he explained.

"Oh! I've probably seen you around then. Thanks for saving me~ That's the 6th stair I've stepped into in the past two weeks!"

He tried to hold back his laugh, but failed. He turned his back to me and I could hear his muffled laughter.

"Are you laughing at me?" I asked, 'offended'.

"Psh, no...What would I be laughing at?" I looked at him suspiciously, but he just laughed again and said, "I'm Ryan, by the way."

"Izzy," I stated, smiling, before I realized something. There was no one around us. "Potions!"

"Oh yeah!" Ryan said, remembering also, "I need to get to Herbology."

"OK then, bye!" I said smiling brightly.

"See you later," He said cheerfully in return.

I walked thoughtfully towards the dungeons. Ryan seemed like a really nice, fun guy! Not to mention he was really attractive, with his bright green eyes and muddy blond hair. But I hadn't really had enough time to make a real impression of him. I had had to rush to potions...

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POTIONS!

I ran down the many staircases and entered the dungeons, banging the door behind me.