Chapter Twenty Nine: The New Girls

Saturday around noon.

When they stepped into the room, the laughter Ray heard from outside, was quickly silenced.

Everyone looked at the two girls as if they were ghosts, and Ray had a strong urge just to leave.

"Mione!" A red head boy walked up and embraced her companion. Ray noticed his clothing straight off, threadbare, and worn to show it. She was instantly disgusted. Why couldn't this cute guy care about what he wore, like Draco or Severus?

"It's nice to see you Ron." Like on cue the room went back to normal. Ray glanced at the boy again. She obviously had missed something; this was the ever so famous Ron Weasley? Mione seemed to know him, so it could be possible that Ron hadn't the choice of what he wore?

But she noticed something more. He held himself like he hadn't a care in the world. A cloak of kings floated off his shoulders, yet appeared to be invisible to every person but her.

"Ray?" Mione giggled. "Does Ron have some dirt on his nose again, or it this perhaps the first time you've met someone who isn't trying to impress everyone."

"Neither." She said in awe.

"Oh come on Mione! Enough joking around, we both know that she is completely taken with my completely diviner looks."

"Oh Ron!" Mione slapped his on the back and started to laugh, but looked at her friend, and frowned instantly. "Alright Ray, you're officially scaring me. Hello anyone home?" she waved a hand in front of her friends face. "Wow. Ray lost for words and zoning out, call the daily prophet!"

"Rachel Smith." She made a curtsey. "It's a pleasure." She had almost said 'your highness.' But held back, she had a feeling that it wouldn't go over well with the rest of the room.

"Ronald Weasley." He stuck out his hand, and she took it. They shook. "Over your shy spell yet, or should I leave so you can regain your composure?" he winked, and Ray laughed.

"That's much better." Mione smiled and walked over to Rays side. "Ron, this is my friend from America, her name is Rachel, but everyone calls her Ray, because she's like a ray of sunshine on our cloudy days. Ray never stops smiling." Mione said happily.

Ron looked at the auburn head girl beside his Mione and said "She'll do, but I'm calling her Rachel until she can brighten up potions." And he winked at the girl, causing her to smile.

"I will, don't worry." She turned to Mione. "That's the one Snape teaches right?"

she nodded. "the very same."

"Oh then it wont be too hard." She said to Ron, causing his mouth to hit the floor.

"You know who your talking about? This is Severus Snape head of Slytherin House!"

"As a matter of fact, he can't seem to stop calling me by my first name." Ray said proudly. "But don't mention that to anyone else." She winked.

Mione was incredibly happier. "By the way Ron, where's Harry?"

"Quidditch."

"How long?"

"Since three hours ago why?"

"I wanted him to meet Ray. Oh well, she has to be situated first, come on, girls dormitory this way," and she walked up the stairs.

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Draco and Dora were walking in complete silence until they reached the dungeons. At that time Draco was plainly fed up, so he stepped in front of Dora, causing her to stop. "That's enough. This stops now." He said coldly forcing her to break her revive and look up at him.

"What?" she said blankly, as if she had just been woken up

"You aren't talking commenting questioning, or even taking in your surroundings! You're off in some alternate reality, thinking your brain to pieces, and ignoring the world around you. It stops now. Not only is this not healthy for you, its so unlike you its scaring Mione ray and myself!"

"I'm sorry, it's just.. ."

"Just what Dora? Tell me, it will help."

"The hat said-."

"Ignore it. It said Potter would have done well in our house, but he's the most gryffindorish person I have ever met."

"It's not that, it knew what house to put me in from the beginning." Draco looked at her shocked. "It was something it said about me. It said I'm not muggle or witch." She looked up at Draco. "IT said I'm something in- between."

Draco shook his head. "Don't mind it. Mione put a power in you that's not magic, but its not a muggle thing either, you probably are controlling it some, so the hat saw it and thought it your ability, just ignore it."

Dora sighed. "Your probably right." She looked up and smiled. "So tell me, how olds this place?"

"That's the Dora I know. The age? I haven't a clue at least a few thousand." And they continued to walk down to the entry way to the Slytherin common room.

Dora questioned everything from the floor to the moving pictures along the way.

They had reached a piece of blank stone wall when Draco stopped. "All of the housed conceal their common rooms and Dorms, this is our entry way." He gestured to the wall, then turned to it. "Serpent." The wall changed into a stone door that slid away to reveal a very bleak room. "It's not much, but you get used to it." And he walked in, Dora following slightly behind. "You may not have caught it, but its password protected. The password is serpent. But it can and will change. If one day you walk up, and the room wont open, find some one wearing our badge." He pointed to his own. "And ask for it."

"Alright, do I get a badge?"

"The entire out fit." He picked up his wand and pointed it at her current Black robes. "Geris Serpantis!"

Dora was decked out in the same robes that Draco was. A green and silver tie and a badge with a snake on it, with her other robes changed similarly, except her emeralde one, which stayed the same.

"Welcome fellow Slytherin." He nodded at her. Just then a group of seventh years walked into the room.

Pansy, Blaise, and the two statues.

"Ah Draco, feeling better?" Blasie spoke up

"Why should you care?" Draco sneered, and Dora flinched.

"We worry about you, and with good reason Draco." Pansy stepped forward. "You haven't acted like yourself all this year, care to tell us about it?" she said in a sorrowful voice that made Dora want to hurl, but she stepped forward to meet her, and protect her friend from the venom of spite this female was trying to feed him

"I don't believe we have met?" Dora said all importantly. Draco looked like he could have cried with pride.

The girl looked at her oddly. "I believe not." Her eyes flashed to her badge. "Though we should have, but that's not important. I'm Pansy Melinda Parkinson, and you are?"

"Doreen." She said snappily.

"Sir Name?"

"Spinet." She spit.

"Never heard of it." The girl looked at her evilly. "Are you of some kind of muggle heritage?"

"I'm a Pure blood thank you, I've never heard Parkinson before, are you muggle then?"

"Of course not you brat." That caused Draco to laugh.

Everyone turned to him as he did so. Dora smirked like she saw him do so often. "Find something funny Draco?" she said ever so sweetly.

"Of course Dora, but now is not the time, we must get you settled. Pansy mind showing Dora to the Girls dormitory, I'm not allowed in." he said in a mocking way.

"You know her?" Pansy said in shock.

"Of course! Her family is well known in America, and the Malfoys know everyone who is well known, anywhere." He said simply.

Pansy looked like she was about to collapse, but Draco walked over to her. "Don't give Dora any trouble ok Pans? She's new and is a bit irritable now." Pansy seemed to calm down at this, and nod her head. "Good." Draco continued softly. "Now show her where she will be sleeping. You won't have to deal with her much; she's only staying off and on."

"alright." She walked over to Dora. "Sorry, I can be a bitch sometimes when I see someone close to my Draco, won't happen again I'm sure. Start over?" she held out her hand.

"Sure." Dora took it and smiled. "Now where do I sleep?"

Pansy snickered and directed her to the room.

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Ginny noticed the new girl right off. She was watching Harry zoom here and there on his broom, with out noticing her of course.

She had blonde hair, and was Slytherin, but she didn't 'act' like a Slytherin. That was what was odd.

She was flanked by Malfoy and Parkinson, who were both currently laughing at something she had said. Ginny couldn't take it anymore, something was not right.

On the train she had encountered Malfoy as he was on his way to annoy her brother, she suspected, when he had just stopped, turned and looked at her like he had never seen her before.

"It's a bit much you know?" he had said. "Take it off and try making it look like you don't have any make up on." And he just walked off. Malfoy, nice. It just didn't fit to her. Now here he is laughing, with a new girl who seems to move, act, walk, and body talk as if she were Mione!

Ginny, no longer interested in watching Harry fly, snuck up behind a bush so that she would 'bump' into them.

As they walked up, she walked casually out, and they collided.

The new girl looked at Ginny scared. "Oh my god! Are you ok?" she asked rather fast.

"Yeah, sorry, a bit dazed." She said picking up her fallen books.

"Here let me help you." And she started to pick up books to, Draco and Pansy helped her with her quills and inks, and parchments. Soon everything was back in her bag.

"Thanks." She said a bit dazed. That wasn't the reaction she had expected.

"No problem." The girl just smiled at her. "What's your name?"

"Ginny, um, Virginia, everyone calls me Ginny though." She said a bit shocked, but figured that she might as well finish. "What's yours?"

"Doreen Angelica Spinet, everyone calls me Dora at home." She held out her hand.

"Virginia Anne Weasley." She took the hand and shook it. "I have to admit, you're the nicest um, Slytherin I've ever met, not trying to make any generalities." She nodded at the girls companions. "It's just that our houses normally detest each other."

The girls laughed. "So I have heard." She grinned. "But considering I have two, three if you consent, friends in that house, I doubt I can hate them."

"Ahh, who?"

"Hermione Granger and Rachel Smith."

"I know the first, but not the second." Ginny admitted.

The girl turned to her companions. "Why don't you two continue along, I'm sure Ginny can complete my tour?" she looked at Ginny, who smiled and Nodded.

"Sure."

"Well then, I'll see both of you at dinner. Draco?"

"Hum?"

"What Time?-."

"Nine."

"Alright, bye!" and she waved them off, and dragged Ginny into the Quidditch field. "Finally!"

Ginny was a bit taken aback. "Beg your pardon?"

"I have been forced into their presence, and I couldn't break it. Not that I mind Draco, mind you, but when he's around anyone in this school aside from Mione Tom and Hann, he's honestly a basterd." She explained.

Ginny almost ran. Who was this girl? No one in the History of Hogwarts was ever that blunt when talking about Malfoy.

"Oh I'm sorry." She apologized instantly the second she saw the younger girls face. "Mione is constantly telling me to mind my mouth, it just never sticks."

"Umm, if you don't mind, how do you know Mione?"

"We're friends, have been for ages! I moved to America though around ten." She said hopping she was getting the story right. "I found out I was a witch from a great family that was hiding, they brought me to America for teaching. For the last couple of years I've been home schooled, and I started writing Draco, as a pen pal thing. He mentioned Mione and I was so happy that I just had to come and see her." She girls face lit up. "So me and my friend Ray, who was also originally from here, decided to come up and visit. Ray was friends with Draco. Ironic isn't it? How we are in different houses?"

Ginny starred at the girl like she had a third eye. Who was this girl?! She asked yet again.

"Hay!" a voice interrupted her thoughts. Ginny only then realized that they were on the field. Looking up she spotted Harry waving at them. Ginny waved back, and signaled him to come down. After he had seen, so why not have him know?

When he landed he looked at the other girl. "Who are you?"

"Doreen Spinet."

"Dora?" he asked knowingly.

"Yes I do go by that, but how did you know?" she asked a bit shocked.

"Mione received at letter from you once, I take you're her friends form America?"

"Yes, and I remember that letter, it was the one I sent telling her that I was coming to visit."

"But that was ages back."

"Yes, but I does take a while to get everything together for a visit, My friend Ray is here as well."

Harry was looking at her like she was dream. For once his prayers were answered, and he has another piece to the odd puzzle that was surrounding his school. "Oh!" he hit his forehead. "How dumb of me; my names Harry Potter."

"I knew that." She replied simply.

"What? How?" Harry asked confused, but immediately regretted it as she pointed to his head, and started chuckling. "oh." He felt himself redden, "After seven years I'm still not use to it."

"What?"

"Being famous."

"That's alright, it shows you haven't gained an ego, it was nice to be introduced to you any way."

Ginny couldn't tell if they were flirting or just acting way to casual for two people who had just met. Either way, she felt left out. "I was just showing Dora around, Harry. But you know this place better then I, would you finish showing her around? I have an essay to work on that'll take me ages to finish."

"Sure Ginny, if you don't mind." He asked Dora.

"Not at all," she responded a bit lost, what was Ginny doing? "Ginny, tell Mione I say hi when you see her? Also that I'll be up at nine."

There was that nine thing she had mentioned to Draco, but what did it have to do with Mione?" "Sure, you two have fun." And she waved as she left.

"Ginny is worrying me." Harry said.

"Why?"

"Its common knowledge that she has something for me," he started and looked at the blonde head girl beside him "Now it almost seems like she's setting me up." He laughed at this.

"She should do her research." Dora said in a way that reminded Harry strongly of Malfoy. "I don't ever plan on having such relationships with anyone." She said bluntly.

Harry was taken aback, but let it go. He held out his hand for her. "Come on, the grounds are best viewed from the air."

She gladly took his offer and mounted the broom from behind him.

The last thought that crossed her mind as they took off was of how odd it was to be riding a broom, but also that he never seemed to notice her badge. Oh well.

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AN: Alright I couldn't make this chapter much longer so you're getting a part two.

Any way, remember to review.

Relena~