I woke up fairly early that morning. No one was up in our dormitories so I got up and went out into the common room. I checked my watch, that for some reason I kept on while I slept. It was 5:22. I yawned and sat down on the blue and gold couch and stared at the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.

"Don't you like her diadem? It suits her well." I jumped in my seat and looked over the back of the couch at Jamie, my second-year cousin. "Don't do that!" I whisper-shouted. He rolled his eyes and sat next to me. He had a concerned look on his face as he watched me.

"Dakota told me about last night," Jamie started quietly, pushing some hair out of his eyes. "Are you okay?" I nodded as I looked down at my hands while I played with my fingers.

Jamie laughed softly as he said, "You know, last night Dakota couldn't stop talking about how worried he was about you. I think it went on until midnight when I yelled at him to shut up." I started to laugh as I felt my face grow warmer.

I heard the door open near the statue of Ravenclaw and a girl with really long, curly brown hair with glasses walked in. Jamie looked up and said happily, "Oh, hey, Allison!" The girl looked up and waved as she sat in the chair across from us. As she sat down I realized she had brown eyes.

Allison put out her hand towards my direction, "Hi. I'm Allison Garza. I'm a second year." I took her hand and shook it. "Kacie Scamander, first-year." Allison looked at Jamie and laughed, "I know you already." We both started laughing. Soon, a head with black hair popped out of the second-year boys dormitory doors. "Quiet down, will you? I'm trying to get some sleep," Dakota muttered groggily. I look down at my watch. 6:07. "It's six now," I said, standing up. "I'm going to get an early breakfast. Anyone else?"

"Hold on, let me get some clothes and I'll come with you," Dakota said, popping back in. Jamie and Allison stood too as we waited for Dakota. He came out of the door and we all opened the wooden door.

"Wait a minute," I said, pushing open the doors to the Great Hall. "I'm a first-year hanging out with second-years, and they aren't even my usual group. There must have been a mess-up in the programming, here." Allison, Dakota and Jamie laughed with me. We sat down near the front of the Ravenclaw table, me and Dakota facing the Gryffindors with Jamie and Allison facing the Hufflepuffs and Slytherins.

I opened my bag and pulled out my schedule. "Flying Lessons taught by Madame Eliza Switch. Interesting name…" Dakota read over my shoulder. "History of Magic with Professor Binns… can't believe he's still here… lunch, and then we have an early Quidditch match, due to a snowstorm coming in. Ravenclaw vs Gryffindor. That should be fun." I smiled. "First match for Ravenclaw. I haven't gone to the other's I thought it'd be pointless," I said.

We finished our breakfast and Allison asked, "Why do you have an accent?" I smiled again, "I was adopted, and has lived in America my whole life. I just found out this year that Professor Scamander was my dad." Allison nodded, a faint blush forming on her cheeks.

I got a tap on the shoulder and looked up at my friends. "C'mon, flying lessons!" Grace squealed. Annabell's face was pale. I looked at her but she shook her head. I said goodbye to the second-years and went out to the Court Yard with Grace, Annabell, Aurora and Ivy. Some Hufflepuffs followed us, and I recognized Newt Pothier from the sorting. Once we got there, we stood in two lines, Hufflepuff facing Ravenclaw. I was looking at a girl with dirty-blonde, shoulder-length hair and clear glasses. We smiled politely at each other.

"Okay, everyone!" Madame Switch called. "Step to the left of your broom!" I looked down at the Nimbus 2000's the school supplied. They looked worn down and, let's be honest, a bit crappy. I made sure I was on the left, blocking out everyone but Madame Switch. "Now, hold your right hand over your broom and say, 'up'!" I could hear the other yells of 'Up' from the others, and I saw Grace had her broom on the first try, Ivy and Aurora's took a bit, and Annabell looked as pale as ever. I looked down at my broom, lifted my chin and said, with as much confidence as I could muster, "Up!" The broom flew into my hand. I took a few steps back and blinked. "Snap…"

I looked up and saw Madame Switch walking up to Annabell quickly. She was on the ground, huddled in a ball. I ran over to her. Annabell was whispering, "I-I'm scared… I d-don't wanna f-fly… Grandpa Neville…" Realization swept over me. I thought back to when Neville started flying, how Neville got so badly hurt, Madame Hooch had to escort Neville to the hospital wing. Madame Switch stood up and brought Annabell with her. "Everyone, stay here! I'll be back shortly!" Madame Switch called and they soon were gone. Grace took a step forward to go after Annabell, but we held her back. "Grace, wait here," Ivy said.

I stood up from my spot on the ground. I was still holding my broom. I felt another tap on my shoulder and turned to my left (also known as my glove-hand, and I was taught to turn to my glove-hand in baseball), facing the girl from Hufflepuff with the clear glasses. She had a worried expression on her face. "Is that girl okay..?" she asked. "Annabell? Oh, just something from the past that's giving her a panic-attack," I replied, shrugging. The girl held out her hand, "I'm Elizabeth Creevey. Dennis Creevey is my grandfather. And please call me Beth." I shook her hand and said, "I'm Kacie Scamander. Luna Lovegood is my grandmother, Professor Scamander being my father."

Beth nodded as Madame Switch came back. We stepped back in line. Madame Switch continued instructions. "So all of you have your broom in hand, good, good. Now you swing your right leg over the broom, keeping both feet on the ground one you do this." Jason fell onto the ground. Some kids started to laugh, but as he stood up, we quieted down quickly. We wanted to fly.

"Now kick off and hover for a few seconds," Madame Switch said. I kicked off, rising about five feet in the air. Madame Switch started teaching us how to turn and rise and drop. Soon, we were told to meet at the Quidditch pitch. I raced off, Grace and Aurora the only people in front of me. I slowed down as I got closer to the center of the pitch. There was a rectangular, wooden box. I gasped as I landed next to it. "The ball crate!" Grace squealed. I looked over the edge and saw four Beater bats. "Don't touch anything!" Madame Switch yelled as she landed by us.

Pretty soon, I found myself being the only girl out of all the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs willing to swing at a Bludger. The others were Newt Pothier, Jason and Jacoby, Oswald, and two other Hufflepuffs. I look over and see Grace with Aurora, Richie, Beth and two male Hufflepuffs at the Seeker area. I saw Ivy, Caden and a Hufflepuff guy and girl in the Keeper station. The Chaser group was made up of Alice, and two Hufflepuff girls.

After we learned the positions and how to play them and all that fun stuff, we got ready to play a game. Madame Switch was the commentator. Aurora, Alice and Richie were the Chasers, Ivy was Keeper, Grace was Seeker (Aurora wasn't happy about that) and Jason and I were Beaters. Caden was Ivy's fill-in, as was Jacoby and Oswald for Jason and I.

The Hufflepuff team was (I learned their names. Yay) Newt and Jonathan Wagner for Beaters, Kevin Macmillan was Keeper, Seeker was Beth, Chasers were Jessica Wood, Alexander Krum, and Roxanne Clarke. Ryan Thomas was filling-in for the Beaters, Anna Goyle was filling-in for Keeper, and Jake Finnegan was the fill-in for Seeker.

So, our teams were in the center, ready to play. Some snowflakes had already made their way down to Earth. Madame Switch blew the whistle and we kicked off, some later than others. I held the bat in my hand, and it felt like that's where it should stay. Me and Jason stayed at different sides of the field. One on the right, the other on the left. I saw Beth and Grace, circling the pitch. I watched as the Quaffle went back, forth, up, down. Soon, I watched as Jessica threw the Quaffle in the ring. I groaned, willing a Bludger to come my way. I swung my bat hard into the next Bludger that came by, colliding into Jessica's shoulder. I heard myself gasp as I covered my mouth with a hand.

Jessica dropped twenty feet on her broom, which was only ten feet above the ground. She blinked and looked up. I let out a sigh of relief and kept playing, Jason and I hitting the Bludgers back and forth and eventually sending it at an unlucky Hufflepuff.

Eventually Jason and I were swapped with Oswald and Jacoby. I was sandwiched between Jason and Caden, but then got up to move to the other side of the bench. Ivy came down and Caden was gone. The score was 50 vs 70, Hufflepuff in the lead.

Oswald and Jacoby had no strategy at all! And they call themselves Ravenclaws! They were just hitting Bludgers everywhere! They even hit Alice! Alice got so badly hurt that I was sent in to play for her.

I managed throwing the Quaffle in, but just barely, making the score 60 vs 70. I heard Madame Switch saying something about Grace seeing something, and I looked down. Grace was heading down, Jake following her. Grace quickly pulled up and turned around, heading in a different direction. I glanced at Jake, sitting on the ground, glaring in Grace's direction. I followed his gaze, and that's where I saw it. Grace has found the Snitch! I threw another Quaffle in, flying into another hoop and turned around, watching Grace as she grabbed the Snitch. I flew over to her, as did Aurora, and Ivy climbed down the stands and ran onto the pitch. I landed and tackled Grace, Aurora tackling me, and a minute or so later, Ivy sat in front of us, panting. "Too much… running…" she sighed. She laid down on the grass, still breathing a little heavy. We won 220 vs 70. Yes!

Soon enough, we were taking off all our gear and Ravenclaw was heading to History of Magic. "I can't believe Professor Binns is still here!" Aurora gasped as Annabell came running up to us, "I'm back!" I smiled as I pushed open the door to the classroom and we filed into the five seats that made up the back row. I pulled out a notebook and a mechanical pencil to "take notes" with during class. I was actually planning on drawing. As the ghost of Binns droned on about someone called Uric the Oddball… I hope someone is paying attention, or else I'll fail.

I had started drawing a group of people. Five people, actually. They were all girls, one with blond, curly hair and blue/gray eyes, another with curly, red hair and brown eyes, the next with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes, the next with short, black hair and green eyes, the last with straight brown hair, glasses and brown eyes. If you haven't gotten it by now, it's me, Aurora, Ivy, Grace and Annabell, in that order. I heard Binns say something about fifty pet Augureys. Augureys? What in the name of Merlin's beard is that? I finished my drawing five minutes before class ended. I decided to add our names in fancy script to pass the time, and just as I finished, Grace's watch started beeping and we started to pack up our stuff. I ripped the page out of the notebook, put the pencil and notebook in my bag and threw the bag over my shoulder.

On my way to lunch, I showed Grace, Aurora, Ivy and Annabell the picture nervously. I only let my friends see my drawings, and occasionally my… she's not really my mother, so I'll just call her my Motherly-Figure. "That's amazing!" Ivy said, smiling ear-to-ear. Grace stared at the picture, a smile forming on her lips, "It's really, really good!" Annabell and Aurora nodded as we sat down at the table.

We ate our sandwiches jello and chips fairly quickly. I guess we were all anxious for the Quidditch match. We went back to the common room to grab our cloaks, scarves and gloves. We hurried out to the Quidditch pitch for the second game of the year. Slytherin has already beat Hufflepuff. Ravenclaw just has to win this match, then beat Slytherin and we have the Quidditch cup! I smile at the thought. I sit down on the wooden stands, surrounded by familiar faces. Eli, Grace's older brother, is the Quidditch Captain, and is also Keeper. Marisol and a seventh-year boy, Xavier Young, are the Beaters. Carly Spinnet, Isabella Jordan, and Morgan Clarke are the Chasers. Gavin Higgs is the Seeker.

I know that Zane Wood is the Keeper for Gryffindor. I only know who he is because he scored the highest in his Defense Against the Dark Arts test in his year. All the Ravenclaws are jealous of his score.

Madame Switch blew her whistle, and off the fourteen players went. The Seekers circled the pitch, and I saw Grace look at them enviously. Next year, I told myself, I am trying out for Quidditch!

The Gryffindors threw the Quaffle in four times in a row! "C'mon, Ravenclaw…" I muttered, rubbing my cold hands together. Grace started jumping, cheering for Ravenclaw. Ravenclaw eventually got hold of the Quaffle -with help from the Beaters- and scored twice. Alright… Just catch the Snitch and we win…

The game goes on for another thirty minutes. The score is 120 vs 90, Gryffindor in the lead. I groaned. Suddenly, I see a glint of gold in the white snow and gasp. The Snitch! I look up and see the Gryffindor Seeker zooming after it, Gavin a few feet behind him. I look up to see Marisol smack a Bludger, watching it collide with the Gryffindor's head. He fell off his broom, landing in the snow. His broom dropped as well, and Gavin had caught the Snitch seconds after. I screamed, wait, no, I screeched at the top of my lungs in joy.

I look up, seeing that the snow had really started to come down. I grabbed Grace's arm and said, "Let's get inside to get warm." She nodded and soon we were sitting in the kitchen, being served hot chocolate by house-elves. Aurora looked aggravated again, so we finished out hot chocolate, thanked the house-elves and left.

I sat at the couch in the common room. The Quidditch players came in and there was a loud cheer in the room. "GO RAVENCLAW!" Grace shouted. I laughed at Grace's enthusiasm. Marisol bowed mockingly, and eventually, the room quieted. If we had just won the Quidditch or House Cup, there'd be a party going on! I thought.

I reached for my book bag and pulled out some homework to do. I finished all of it in about two hours or more. Two hours that I isolated myself in a world filled of magic, monsters and creatures. When I put my homework away, I looked up and saw that mostly everyone was gone.

Tom, Dakota and Jamie were in a corner, playing a game of Exploding Snap. A few fifth and seventh years were studying, along with a couple of third years.

I sighed and went to my room and pulled out The Hunger Games. I came back, curling up on the couch with it and started reading. Eventually, the room started to clear out as the windows grew darker, but I was determined to finish the book tonight. I glanced at me watch. 10:24. Snap!

The fire was just burning coals now. I was the only one left in the room. But I kept reading. And soon, I was out like a light.