Our doubts are traitors and make us loose the good we might often win, by fearing to attempt.

-Jane Addams

Okay, I'm back with a nice long chapter, it is somewhere in the top three of longest chapters in my story...hehe yeah, okay, this chapter has a lot to do with classes, but yeah, Alicia is in this chapter, oh and has anyone found the similarity in Alicia's, Alexis', and the little brother Albus' names?? It isn't that hard, so just try it!! And my old offer still stands, you get to tell me a scene that I sould include (within reason) so just guess!! Hehe, sorry I'm a little weird today. Okay so, I've been writing this chapter for two or three days, but I finally finished it, and sorry about the ending, it was a little hard to write, oh and to anyone wondering, I am adding some of the lesser characters into this, I will mention them, so yeah...oh and I've updated (or I will once I'm done typing this) chapters 1, 3, and 5 and am planning to post them, or I've already posted 3, but I will repost 1 and 5, sorry about reposting alot, but I find mistakes and they drive me insane...hehe. Okay, I think this is officially, my longest chapter...hehe, so anyway, hope you like!

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And on with the story!

Disclaimer: I am no closer to owning Harry Potter, but I do own my OCs so yeah!! But no, I do not own J.K. Rowling even though she is one of my OCs...

The next day, Alexis and Charlotte woke up, got dressed, and rushed down to the hospital wing. As they rushed in, they found Alicia; she was drifting in and out of consciousness, but was recovering. It was a little hard for Charlotte to see Alexis look the way she did, it was horrible, Alexis was on the brink of tears, but her pride was keeping it in.

"It'll be okay." Charlotte comfortingly assured Alexis.

"I hope so, I couldn't bear to see another sibling die, it's too hard, I'm only eleven." Alexis pouted.

"Trust me, everything will work out, I promise."

"How can you promise me anything? You can't do anything about it can you." Alexis snapped back.

"I can promise you because I know everything will be okay, trust me. You're my best friend, trust me." Charlotte said.

Alexis looked at Charlotte. "Okay, I guess I can trust you. Sorry about snapping at you." She apologized.

Charlotte smiled, "its okay, not like you meant to." She said while smiling.

Alexis smiled, "I guess it will be all right." Alexis put her hand in Alicia's, and Alicia's hand moved a little bit, as thought to comfort Alexis. Alexis turned to Charlotte, "I guess you're right, she will be okay." Alexis said.

The two stayed in the hospital wing for a while. They missed breakfast and would have missed their first class had Madam Pomfrey not scolded them for being in the hospital wing so close to class.

The two hurried down the hall and down to the dungeons and into Potions. They made right before the class started and sat down in their normal seats in the back left. The two pulled out their books and quills and waited for class to start. They hadn't dared to prank Snape, they had in the beginning of the year, Snape had been ever so convinced that Harry and Charlotte had pulled the prank, so he made them sit through three detentions, making them miss Quidditch practice.

Snape was passing back essays, Charlotte was nervous.

"Now class, just because school isn't new anymore doesn't mean you can slack off. You need to work hard to get top grades, if you don't, then I can assure you that in a few years when you want to take my OWL and NEWT classes, you won't be able to. I am sad to say that only four students performed well on this essay. Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, Miss," Snape paused for a moment as though he was unwilling to say the name, "Miss Black, and," Once again Snape did not want to say the name but forced himself to do so. "Mr. Potter." He said handing back everyone's parchment.

"Now, Mr. Potter, I want to know, did you pay someone to do your work?" Snape accused Harry.

"No." Harry innocently said.

"Well you must have, your paper was done well, and you haven't been able to do well in my class yet, why now?"

"I worked hard on that paper, I didn't steal it." Harry fought back.

Snape was about to remark back on Harry, but Alexis beat him to anything.

Alexis looked down at her paper; she raised her hand, "Professor Snape." She called.

Snape looked extremely annoyed, "What?" He asked.

"How do you spell Alexis?" She asked.

Snape turned to her and looked at her as though she were stupid. "Why are you asking me such a stupid question?" He asked.

"Well, I spell my name A-L-E-X-I-S." She said.

"So?" Snape said.

The class was getting bored, Harry looked down at his paper and his eyes widened.

"Well," Alexis began, "On this paper, Alexis is spelled H-A-R-R-Y." She said.

The entire class, Charlotte including, burst into laughter. Charlotte, however, laughed for a different reason. Charlotte knew that Alexis was not being sarcastic or smart with Professor Snape, she was just being a blonde.

"SILENCE." Professor Snape said. "NOW THE NEXT PERSON TO LAUGH OR TALK WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF DETENTIONS!" He yelled.

No one dared speak, everyone rightly feared Snape.

Snape went over to Alexis, grabbed the paper she had received and switched it with Harry's. "Well, well Mr. Potter, it looks as though you're back to your normal self in my class." Snape snickered.

Charlotte poked Alexis and whispered, "What'd Harry get?" Charlotte silently asked.

"A six out of ten possible points. My paper got a ten out of ten." She whispered back.

"Mine too." Charlotte said.

The two hadn't been quiet enough, "MISS BLACK, MISS SPINNET! DETENTION!" Professor Snape yelled at the two, neither girl seemed to mind.

The class droned on and was let out; their homework was a ten inch essay on bezoars and their purposes.

The next class that day was Transfiguration. The grouping for that class was Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Charlotte and Alexis walked in and sat in the front next the Lillian and Eralynna Peverell who had told the two that they preferred the names Lily and Era. The two had soft brown hair that wavered down to their back. They both had spring green eyes and were in matching Hufflepuff uniforms that day.

Professor McGonagall was in her cat form, as the last students entered the classroom, she switched back to human form.

"Today class, we will be learning about how to change a toothpick into a tea cup." McGonagall said.

"Now, everyone take a toothpick." McGonagall instructed. everyone did so. "Now, after me, try this spell, one-two-three vasabeo." The toothpick changed into a tea cup. "Now naturally, this spell will turn anything into a tea cup, but we will only use it on these toothpicks. Understood." She stated while staring straight at the children.

"Yes." The class responded.

"Now, considering the level of this spell, I am giving you the rest of the class to work on this, if you finish, you may work on other homework. If anyone is wondering why I am being nice, it turns out that Slytherin has been docked thirty points." McGonagall said.

The entire class erupted into cheers.

"Yes, yes, exciting, but get to your work." McGonagall said.

Within a minute, the entire class was working in groups. Lily, Era, Alexis, and Charlotte were one group. Another was Harry, Ron, and Hermione. The next was Lavender, Seamus, Mae, and Dean. Hannah, Susan, Ernie, and Justin, were a group of Hufflepuffs working together. Wayne, Megan, and Albert, more Hufflepuffs, grouped together. That left Neville, Parvati, and Warren by themselves.

Charlotte got up and walked over to the miserable three who were sitting near each other. "You three want to work with us?" She asked.

Neville nodded, and Parvati shook her head.

Warren looked excited, "Sure." He responded.

Charlotte, Neville, and Warren walked over to the table that Alexis, Era, and Lily were sitting at. "I brought Neville and Warren." Charlotte said.

The three girls smiled at Warren and Neville, they were kind to both of the boys.

Charlotte decided to try the spell first, "Vasabeo." The spell worked and the toothpick was now a shiny gold tea cup. "Alexis, want to try?" Charlotte asked.

"No, with my luck, I'd turn one of you into a tea cup, then I'd start drinking out of you, you know, like drinking tea upside down and all of that stuff." Alexis said.

Neville, Warren, Era, and Lily stared at Alexis.

"She meant to say that she would probably turn us into a tea cup, and then have to drink tea upside down." Charlotte explained.

"Huh?" Lily said.

"The more you think, the harder it is to understand." Charlotte advised them.

"Okay." The group replied.

"Someone else try it." Charlotte demanded.

"Vasabeo." Warren said, where his toothpick was, a shiny silver tea cup stood.

"Cool." Neville said,

"Vasabeo." Era said, she too now had a tea cup, hers was yellow.

"Vasabeo." Lily tried; she had a spring green tea cup.

"Come on, Neville, Alexis, you two have to try it." Charlotte said.

Neville sucked up the bravery within him, "Vasabeo." The toothpick turned into a blue tea cup.

"Okay, now I feel left out." Alexis pouted.

"You won't if you just try it." Charlotte persuaded.

"Fine." Alexis said. "Vasabeo." A red tea cup was in front of Alexis.

"You did it!" Charlotte exclaimed.

The six looked around the room to see that only Albert and Seamus had gotten it as well.

"Wonder why we all got it, and barely anyone else did." Lily said.

Charlotte pondered for a moment. "Confidence." She said.

"That makes sense." Warren said. "My brother Cedric told me that certain spells can only be cast by someone who is confident they can do it, which makes them so much harder. We all saw Charlotte and the others before us do it, so it was easy. Now, if Charlotte hadn't done it, we may not have been able to, but she was. You don't doubt yourself, do you Charlotte?" Warren asked.

"Our doubts are traitors and make us loose the good we might often win, by fearing to attempt. Jane Addams." Charlotte said.

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

Charlotte looked at him, "I'm a Black, you just know these things. If we didn't know these things, people would start to see the Blackness of our hearts." Charlotte joked.

They all laughed, it was then that Charlotte realized that the entire group was pureblooded. Her sister was conspiring with Half-Bloods, and she was friends with a group of pure-bloods. In a sad way, she was rebelling with no effect, quite ironic.

"Cherry, whatcha thinking about?" Alexis asked Charlotte who had gazed off into a thought.

"Oh, I was just thinking about the irony in my life." She responded.

"And what irony would that be?" Warren asked.

"Oh, the fact that I am rebelling from my family's "pure" ways and my sister is joining them. Yet, I am currently with a group of pure-bloods and she half-bloods." Charlotte explained.

"Oh yeah, ironic, so you don't care about blood purity?" Warren asked.

"If I did would I be friends with Mae, scratch that, would I be friends with Dean, or Harry, or Hermione? Would I? Oh and Mae and I aren't friends cause well, we don't get along." Charlotte said.

"I know why you and Mae don't get along; she's mean to you and Alexis and she is a little sluty." Era said.

"Yeah, she is." Charlotte said. "We were friends, on the first night at Hogwarts, you know she snuck out and got detention that night. She also was caught snogging in a broom closet with Seamus." Charlotte was telling Era.

Era was a major gossip queen, so she was intently listening, "She was?" She grinned. "Wait till some of the others hear about this, unless you don't want me to tell anyone." Era sadly said.

"Go for it." Charlotte said.

"YES!" Era exclaimed causing everyone to look at the six.

McGonagall looked at them. "EXCELLENT. Look here, all six of them were able to do this. Thirty points to Hufflepuff and thirty points to Gryffindor for such splendid handy work." She said.

Charlotte and Alexis smiled.

The next class was A History of Magic. Hermione refused to sit next to Ron. Charlotte and Alexis walked into the class that they once again shared with Hufflepuffs. Charlotte and Alexis sat by Warren, Lily, and Era. Neville turned and sat with Hermione, who had been protecting Neville. Ron and Harry sat next to Seamus and Dean. Mae was somewhere else, and quite frankly, Charlotte didn't care.

Binns began to drone on and on. Everyone in the class except Charlotte, Hermione, and Warren were falling asleep. Hermione was avidly taking noted, Warren was casually taking notes, and Charlotte had hexed her quill to take notes for her.

Warren was trying to pay attention, he was able to, but it was hard, as he was taking notes, he felt his quill swiftly write, his hand was no longer writing. He turned to see a smirking Charlotte.

"Simple hex, it makes your quill take notes for you, on the plus side, they're always better notes." She said.

Warren shrugged, he didn't really have any argument to back him up, and quite honestly, he didn't care about this, he got notes and didn't have to listen to boring Binns. "So, where'd you learn the curse?" He asked Charlotte.

"That's for me to know, and you not to know." She smiled.

"Okay, as long as you're willing to do it to my quill every History of Magic class, cause there is no way I could go back to paying attention." He said while sticking his hand out for her to shake.

She stuck her hand and received the shake. "It's a deal. I hex your quill, you talk to me." She said.

"Deal." Warren said.

The class went by exceedingly well for Charlotte and Warren, the two talked the entire time about Quidditch, both were avid fans and players, well Warren didn't play on a house team, but he loved playing at home.

As the class ended, Charlotte woke Alexis up and the two went to go find Alicia in the hospital wing. Warren decided to join the two and visit Alicia as well. The three walked down to the hospital wing and went by Alicia's bed.

Alicia was now awake, she was very weak, but she was awake.

Madam Pomfrey came over to Alexis. "Your sister is much bruised and has a broken arm and a fractured wrist, quite lucky she came to me, I healed it at once, but she is still sore from it all. She also can't play Quidditch for another six weeks-" Madam Pomfrey was cut off by Charlotte.

"SIX WEEKS! But we have a Quidditch game in three weeks, Hufflepuff versus Gryffindor, what are we supposed to do without a player?" Charlotte asked.

"Find a replacement." Madam Pomfrey commanded. "For Miss Bell as well, Katie can not play either, both girls need time to rest, they can resume playing in six weeks." Madam Pomfrey said before walking over to another bed to help someone who had gotten a smack by the Whomping Willow.

Okay, so I hope you like it, now I have to say that the Gryffindor Quidditch team only has one reserve chaser and that is Harry, so in my next chapter, or it should be next, there will be a replacement, I already picked out the replacement so try guessing!!

Oh, I did spell check!!

Okay, now in this chapter, as you can see, I added the Hufflepuffs in a lot, that is because I really liked the characters I added in there, like Era (the gossip queen), Lily (the sweet and smart girl), Warren (boy who should be popular but isn't...yet, he will be in my story a lot more...) oh and well, I hope you liked my humor like Alexis talking about drinking tea upside down (my friend Shelby's idea) and the whole 'How do you spell Alexis? Thing' (Once again, Shelby's idea) oh and if anyone is wondering, I did not get the quote Charlotte said about the more you think the harder it is to understand from anywhere, I thought of it myself, but if someone else has said it, I don't know. Oh and with the Jane Addams quote, I needed a doubting quote so I found this website and found the perfect quote...yeah! But it totally fits with the sequence doesn't it??? Yeah, well I'm rambling so, gotta go, bye.

--Charlotte--