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Chapter 38

Last Time:

"Is this about the idiot?" Alex questions.

"How am I to know? I am not a mind reader."

"Good point. Do you promise if it ever has to do with me, you will tell me?"

"I promise. Now go hang out with your best friends."

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too."

Alex follows her best friends upstairs where they all end up in Ron's room.

Now:

Sitting on the floor with Ron, Hermione and Ginny, Alex is growing annoyed with all the repeat questions.

"Harry will be here when he gets here. He is with dad." Alex groans and lies on the floor staring at the ceiling.

"But where did they go? Why did they go?" Ginny asks.

"I don't even know, Ginny." Alex snaps.

Hermione feels Alex's anger and rubs her best friend's arm soothingly.

"Guys, stop with the questions. Let's play a game." Hermione smiles as Ron grabs a game and the four of them begin to play.

As the game goes on, Hermione feels Alex grow calm.

~H&A~

A few hours later, Ron sees a white owl at his window.

"Hedwig!" Ron shouts jerking Alex, Hermione and Ginny awake, who were all asleep on the floor.

"DUDE!" Alex shouts clearly pissed off for being woken up, "It's dark out, which means it's time to sleep!"

Alex rolls over and buries her face into the pillow she stole from Ron's bed.

Ron ignores Alex and opens the window letting Hedwig in, and the cold wind that follows.

"I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU, RON!" Alex screams as the cold wind hits her. Alex jumps to her feet and runs at Ron, who runs out of the room laughing.

Still on the floor, Hermione and Ginny stares at Alex who now punched Ron in the back before running out of the room after him.

"Was she like this with you?" Ginny asks half-awake.

"Nope. She slept until noon and up until eleven. When we had a huge thunderstorm, she slept through it." Hermione chuckles, wiping her eyes to remove sleep.

"She was like this here. But Ron went out of his way to wake her up." Ginny laughs getting to her feet. Hermione rolls her eyes and joins Ginny looking over the landing to see Alex panting with Ron laying on the ground laughing.

"I… still… hate… you…" Alex gasps.

"I… love… you… too." Ron pants.

"Hey, my girlfriend is taken." Ginny and Hermione sees Harry step into view and wraps his arms around Alex.

"HARRY!" Ginny runs down the stairs with Hermione right behind her. The two girls tackle Harry with a hug, causing Alex to laugh at Ron, who is being stood on by both girls.

"You're squishing me!" Ron fake cries, earning more laughter from Alex.

"Will you guys keep it down?" Alex hears Molly shout from above.

"Sorry Mrs. Weasley!" Alex calls up.

"Alex, what are you doing?" McGonagall calls out.

"Laughing at Ron." Alex chuckles.

"Why?"

"He woke me up."

"I am so happy I took your wand away a few weeks ago. I'm still shocked that you flooded the Potions classroom."

"Hey, Snape deserved it!"

"Alex…"

"Okay, it was because Snape poured water on me when I was doing homework."

~A&H~

Alex relaxes on the grass staring over the lake. It is the first day back at Hogwarts, and the Hogwarts Express has yet to arrive. Alex was told that they have a new Potions teacher and Snape is taking over Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Snape is ecstatic. Alex thinks sarcastically. He now has the job he always wanted.

Seeing lights in the distance, Alex hears the whistle of the train. Sighing, Alex slowly gets up off the grass and walks into the castle.

Walking over to McGonagall, who is heading down to get the first years, Alex joins her.

"Why aren't you in your robes?" McGonagall asks not surprised that Alex hasn't changed yet.

"I hate the skirt." Alex mutters.

"You are a Head Girl this year, Alex." McGonagall reminds her daughter.

"I still don't get why the Ministry appointed me the position."

"You deserve it."

"Hermione deserves it more."

"Hermione is Prefect along with Ron."

"And Harry is Quidditch captain."

"Yes. All of you earned it."

"But still."

"Do you really want to argue with me?"

"Not really. But I know you have a way of winning it."

"You learn quickly, honey."

Alex rolls her eyes as McGonagall flicks her wand and Alex is changed from her jeans and t-shirt and into her school robes.

"Time to turn into a dictator." Alex grumbles earning a chuckle from her mother.

"Not literally, Alex. You are to help the younger students to their classes and make sure the rules are followed."

"But mom, you know I break the rules."

"I know you do."

"Really?"

"Yes. Your first year. And last year."

"Blah, blah, blah, not my fault. I still hate that pink rat. But that insults rats."

"Here we go again." McGonagall sighs as Alex continues her rant to find a good way to insult Umbridge, without insulting innocent creatures.

Sadly, Alex comes up short.

When arriving to a door, Alex goes silent and shifts from foot to foot waiting for Hagrid and the first year students.

After a few minutes, there is a knock and McGonagall opens the door.

"Thank you, Hagrid." McGonagall nods keeping her face strict, "Welcome to Hogwarts first years. I am Professor McGonagall and this is the Gryffindor Head Girl, Alex McGonagall. Yes, she is my daughter. I am the Gryffindor Head of House and the Transfiguration teacher.

"For each house there are a Head Girl and Head Boy, along with one girl and one boy Prefect, and a Quidditch captain.

"There are four houses that any of you can end up in. There is, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin.

"Now, there are many rules here which all of them will be told to you tomorrow in each of your classes. Those of you who are sorted into Gryffindor, you are to go to Alex here or the Head Boy and they will report you to your classes. Alex and the Head Boy will pull you aside after dinner to set up meeting places.

"Now, let's get all of you sorted." McGonagall turns and begin to walk down the corridor with Alex and the first years following in silence.

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