Disclaimer-J.K. Rowlings owns all of the characters, Hogwarts, and everything else. I only own the people I made up and the plot.



Sarah Grant



Chapter 5-A Walk With Seamus



"Hi, everybody!" Sarah said when she sat down.

"Hi, Sarah. What was that all about? Why was Seamus Finnagin walking you to lunch?" Cho asked her.

"I was talking to Hermione in the Gryffindor common room and we ran into a bunch of people, including Seamus. I didn't know how to get to the Great Hall from there, so he offered to walk me." Sarah replied.

"Sounds like somebody likes you, Sarah," Padma said. "What do you think, Roger?"

"Uh, how would i know what he thinks?" Roger said in nonchalant sort of tone. But, while he said this he sent Seamus a dirty look. Padma and Cho exchanged looks and both were thinking the same thing. They were thinking that Roger seemed to be a little bit jealous of the younger Gryffindor. Sarah, however, didn't seem to have a clue that Roger was jealous of Seamus.

"Seamus said that he would show me around the grounds today after class. It's a good thing, I haven't been outside since we got her. I was afraid that I'd get lost if I left the castle. I can barely find my way around the castle, so how would I ever find my way around outside." Sarah said.

"It's really not that hard to learn your way around once you've been here for a while. You'll get used to it." Cho said.

"Yes, don't worry about it." Padma said.

"Thanks guys, that makes me feel a lot better. I've always been terrible with directions and finding my way around." Sarah said.

"No problem." Cho said kindly. Then she asked Roger, "Do we have quidditch practice tomorrow?"

"Yes, at 7:00 a.m., we have to start training so we can be ready for our first match against Hufflepuff. Their new seeker is supposed to be pretty good. The Hufflepuff players told me that Cedric trained him himself." His voice got a bit gruff when he said Cedric's name and his face was filled with grief. Padma's expression was similar, only there were tears in her eyes. Cho had her face in her hands and she was shaking gently. Sarah was clueless as to what caused this reaction, since she had not gone to school at Hogwarts last year.

Nobody said anything the rest of lunch and Sarah decided that she would ask Seamus later about what had caused them to act so sad.

Sarah's classes went by pretty quickly and soon it was time for her to meet Seamus at the marble staircase. "Hi, Seamus," Sarah said when she arrived at the staircase, "Have you been waiting long?"

"No, I just got here about five minutes ago." He said.

"So..." Sarah said. "Where should we go first?"

"Umm, I don't know. Let's just walk around for a while. I'll show you everything, so it doesn't really matter where we start at."

"Okay," Sarah replied and then they went out the front doors.

Sarah thought that the grounds were very beautiful. She could see the quidditch field at one corner, a large forest, which she knew was called the Forbidden Forest, and a small hut. They headed to the quidditch field. When they entered the stadium, they walked up the stairs and sat down in about the middle. Sarah felt small sitting in the huge stadium with Seamus.

"This makes me feel so small," she told Seamus.

"Yes, but it's a great place to come when you want to just sit and think. I come here a lot, especially when I've had a bad day. It calms me." Seamus said.

"Yes, it is a great spot to just sit and think for a while." Sarah said and then she thought about lunch and when Padma, Roger, and Cho got so sad. "Seamus can I ask you a question?"

"Sure."

"Today at lunch I was talking to Roger, Cho, and Padma and they started to talk about quidditch. They are going to play Hufflepuff and they started talking about a new seeker. Then they said that Cedric had trained him, and everybody became extremely sad. What caused that reaction?" Sarah asked.

"Did you ever hear about the triwizard tournament that was held here last year?" Seamus asked.

"No, not much, we don't get much news about Europe, just mostly we hear about what's going on in our own country."

"Well, last year during the last task of the triwizard tournament You-Know-Who tried to kill Harry."

"Oh! That's terrible!"

"The triwizard cup was a port key that would transfer Harry to where Voldemort was. Only Harry wasn't the only one who touched the cup. Cedric Diggory did too, and You-Know-Who killed him. Harry barely escaped alive."



"Oh, that's so sad."

"There's a lot that happened that nobody knows about except Dumbledore. I know more than most people, because Harry is my friend and he told me some of it. Cho was seeing Cedric last year. She even went to the Yule Ball with him. That's probably why she was so upset."

"Poor Cho. No wonder why she was crying."

"You probably shouldn't try and talk to her about it. She would probably become even more upset."

"I understand. If she needs to talk to someone, she will."

"It's starting to get dark." Seamus said looking up at the sky.

"I know, but I don't want to leave yet. It's soothing sitting here with you. I feel completely comfortable with you." Sarah said looking at Seamus.

"Really?" Seamus asked.

"Yes really. You're easy to talk to. I've always been kind of shy because we moved around a lot when I was a little kid. It usually takes me some time to become really comfortable with a person. But when I first met you I knew that we were going to be good friends and that I could trust you." Sarah said.

"How did you know that?" Seamus asked.

"Well, you remind me of one of my friends from Swansing. You aren't really the same except for the way that you talk to me. He never kept things from me. If there was something I needed to know he'd tell me. Also, the first time I talked to you, you actually acted interested in what I was saying, most people would just ask to be polite, but you actually cared. My friend, Brian was the same way." Sarah said looking a little bit homesick.

"So, you and Brian were really close, then?"

"Yes, we lived on the same street so I got to see him every day, even during summer break."

"You must really miss him."

"I do. But I miss everybody. All of my friends and my family. They were great but I just couldn't stay there anymore. In the U.S. I mean."

"Why?"

"I don't know exactly. That's what I've been trying to figure out. I love my friends and family, but I never really belonged there. I lived in small towns all of my life, but I never really fit in. Sure, I lived in a muggle town but still, I didn't even feel right with the other witches and wizards who lived around me. I've always wanted to see the world, and I always knew that I was meant for something else."

"Wow, how do you know?"

"I've always been different from everyone else in my family, and it's like I am waiting for something."

"Waiting for what?"

"I don't know exactly. A person, a place, maybe, or maybe I'm going to do something great for the magical community."

"Hmm, that's weird."

"I know, I just wish that I could figure out what I'm supposed to do. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

"No, not really."

"That's okay, most people don't understand."

"Like who?"

"Well, my parents for one. They'd like me to live in the U.S. all of my life and be just like them. Now, they own a robe store in the magical town that is near our house. That's what they want me to do when I grow up."

"Why do they want you to stay there even thought they know you don't like it?"

"I don't know, they always thought that I'd outgrow my wanting to see the world. They didn't even want me to come here to Hogwarts. My mom thought that Europe was too far away and that something terrible would happen to me while I was here."

"Dumbledore's here. Nothing bad will ever happen when he's around."

"I know that, and my parents are starting to understand. I'm surprised that they let me come."

"I'm glad they did." Seamus said.

"So am I." Sarah said.

"So, what did your friends think when you told them you were coming to Hogwarts?"

"At first they were kind of mad. They thought that I was just going so that I'd piss my parents off. A lot of the people in my school were jealous that I was picked and they thought that I just wanted attention."

"That sucks."

"Yes, it does. I almost didn't come."

"Because of your classmates?"

"Mostly because all of my friends except Brian were mad at me."

"Why wasn't Brian mad?"

"He wanted to come too. He's a lot like me. He's really smart and he feels the same way about doing something big with his life. He wants to be the minister of magic."

"Wow, do you think that he could be the minister?"

"I think he can, but none of our teachers think that he'll make it."

"Why does he want to come to Hogwarts?"

"Everybody knows that it's the best school. He thinks that he'd learn more here. I hope his parents let him transfer here. I'm really starting to miss him."

"I bet you do." Seamus said.

"Oh crap! We've got to go, or else we'll be in big trouble. We're supposed to be in our dorms in ten minutes." Sarah said looking worried.

"Come on, we better run. I don't want you to be in trouble your first week here!"

Seamus grabbed her hand and they ran all the way to the door of the Ravenclaw common room. Sarah and Seamus were five minutes late getting there but no one was around to see them.

"Well, good night Seamus," Sarah said.

"Goodnight Sarah. You better get inside before someone sees you." Seamus told her.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." She said.

"Bye." Seamus said.

Then Sarah slipped into the door. There were still a lot of people in the common room including Padma, Cho, and Roger. They were sitting in a corner talking to the four other members of the quidditch team. She was going to go up to her room to get ready to go to bed but Cho called her over to their corner. When she got there, Cho introduced her to the four quidditch members that she didn't already know.

"This is Terry Boot, Aidan O'Riley, Tyler Reid, and Jeff Montgomery. We were just talking about quidditch practice." Cho said.

"Nice to meet you all," Sarah said and they all said that it was nice to meet her too. Then they started talking about quidditch while Sarah listened attentively. After a while everyone started to get very tired.

First Padma said, "sorry everybody but I've got to get some sleep if we've got practice tomorrow otherwise I'll probably fall asleep on my broom."

"I better go too," Cho said.

"Yes, I'm so tired. I'm going to try to get to bed earlier than I have been." Sarah told everyone.

Terry asked her, "Are you going to come watch us practice tomorrow?"

"Do you want me to?" Sarah asked looking at Roger.

"Well, I guess you can," roger said.

"Okay, it's at seven right?" Sarah asked.

"Right." Roger said.

"See you tomorrow," she said. "Goodnight!"

Everyone said goodnight to her and then went to bed.

When Padma and Sarah were in their room Padma asked her how her walk with Seamus had gone. "It was fun. We just pretty much talked the whole time," Sarah said.

"So, do you like him?" Padma asked.

"He's a good friend, but I don't know if I like him as anything more than that." She said.

"What do you think about Roger?" Padma asked.

"What do you mean? He doesn't like me. He always seems to be mad at me. He didn't even want me to go to your quidditch practice."

"Yes, he did. Sarah, he's just jealous of Seamus." Padma said.

"Oh. Great. That's just what I need right now, another thing to worry about," Sarah said.

"Don't worry about him right now. Go to sleep. You'll feel better in the morning." Padma said.

"That sounds like a good idea. Goodnight." Sarah said.

Then Padma said. "Goodnight." and the girls fell asleep.



A/N-Thanks to everyone who has read this story. I have 3 others that I would love if you read and reviewed them. It took me so long to post this chapter because I didn't really feel like posting it because nobody reviewed. So, come on people. REVIEW!! Please? I've got four more chapters written on this fic, and I'd love to post them, but I don't really want to write a story when people aren't reading it. I'll quit talking now. Just remember, please R/R!



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Niki, you guessed it. Roger Davies is jealous of Seamus Finnigan.