A/N: Hey, thanks for the reviews, I noted em at bottom. This is slightly
shorter and slightly boring but live with it, I promise it will get much
better… I love Cassandra's character, lol, she's funny. Well, read.
Disclaimer: J.K. wrote Harry Potter, not me. You're pretty stupid if you didn't know that.
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I had a dream that night that a bunch of boys that I had never seen before lay still on the dirty ground all muddy. Then, all of a sudden, they sat up and I knew them: Harry, Malfoy, Tobias, Tyson, and one other boy that I had seen before but did not know. They began brawling and my long skirt got caught on Malfoy and I was pulled down into the heap. Then, Harry stood up, but Tyson pulled him down and stood alone. Then everyone disappeared, including me.
When I awoke, with a start I might add, I heard running water and figured Harry must be taking a shower. There was a knock in the common room, so I threw on a tee and sweatpants and schlepped to to the door.
"Morning, sunshine."
"Hey, Ty," I tried to grin. "Why are you bothering me?" I let him in and we sat down on the couch. "So, Tyson, what's up?"
"Just wanted to know what we all were doing for the Holidays—are you staying or going back to Ornesta?"
Just the thought of my aunt, Ornesta Boulevardes, made me groan. She wasn't evil, but strict and pretty uptight. I was adopted by my aunt after my parents died when I was a baby. Turns out that they, Joseph and Elizabeth Collins, were killed with Lily and James. I had always wanted to talk to Harry about it, but he always seemed busy and high-and-mighty as the school's celebrity. Ugh… what a turn-off.
"I'm going to stay here. Head-Girl has its perks."
Tyson looked past me and smiled. "Hi Harry."
I swiveled around and gave him an acknowledging smile as he dried his wet hair in his towel. He looked… good. I shook my head to release the thought of wonder-boy looking anything more than snobby.
"Hey, Tyson?"
"Yep."
"Sorry, I've been a bit preoccupied. Why don't I get dressed and we can head over to Hogsmeade?" Harry proposed.
I was about to decline when Tyson pinched me. "We'd love to," he said, more of an order to me than a reply to Harry.
"Great!" Harry's face brightened, and he pulled a gym shirt over his chest. "I'll invite a couple of my friends, like a triple date."
"Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. It was a touchy topic, me and Tyson Oliver. Best friends since first year when we sat together on the traina nd shared a laugh when a sinister profesor, later known to us as Snape, tripped over his robes… We've been through it all… He camped out with me in the hallway when I forgot the specialize password for the girls (A/N: there was an experimental prd. In Hogwarts where boys and girls had separate passwords) in 2nd year and in 5th year when I missed my class picture he pulled me in on his the next day. Basically, Ty's my brother, my best friend.
"Oh, well, Hermione nor Ginny are my girlfriend; Hermione is Ron's and Ginny's his little sister. I just meant…" Harry shrugged.
"Sure, sure," Ty waved it off. He was so laid-back.
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I was ready to perform a silence curse on that Hermio-something Granger girl! "So, have you memorized the Cruzotic Memurin spell?" "Can you handle a Spanish broom?" "Have you read cover to cover of A History of Wizardry?" Seriously, that girl was taking losing Head Girl pretty damn hard. Harry gave me an apologetic grin.
"So, Cassandra, tell me about your parents. Do they work in the ministry?" Ron attempted to rescue me. He turned pink, I thought it was so strange how red his ears truly were.
It was an awakward quetsion for me, since I hadn't told Harry or anything. "I live with my Aunt Ornesta. My parents died when I was little."
"So did mine," Harry nodded solemnly. Hermio-whatever slung her arm around him, as if consoling the bereaved. Shutup!, I wanted to scream. You're not the only sad case! My parents died just like yours! But instead, I just gave a pursed-lip smile.
"I know." I can't believe I blurted that out. It sounded completely insensative. Harry looked up at me suspiciously.
"You do?"
"Uh, yeah, everyone knows; sorry*," I quickly added, then turned to see the Weasly boy up in my face. "Um, hello, can I help you?" I asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Huh? Oh nothing…" he walked away beside Hermione and Ginny.
Tyson gave my hand a familiar squeeze as if to say to let it die, ignore Harry. So I did. Tyson always made so much sense, sometimes I wanted to strangle him. But then he would smile, and I couldn't touch a hair on his head.
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*I got many reviews saying this, so I changed it, thank you everyone!
Cassandra—hey, glad the name fits u!
Starr Gravings—ty very much! Hope u like rest
Kocchi—hmm, I can safely say I do not know what this mary sue litmus test is… I will click on ur link… ok, I clicked it… well, I don't think she'll qualify as a mary sue, u'll c… no brooding brother, she doesn't end up w/ hoo u think, and she's a pretty ordinary girl, no veela or anything. She has no special powers that I've made up at this time. But ty very much, I'll look into it.
Disclaimer: J.K. wrote Harry Potter, not me. You're pretty stupid if you didn't know that.
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I had a dream that night that a bunch of boys that I had never seen before lay still on the dirty ground all muddy. Then, all of a sudden, they sat up and I knew them: Harry, Malfoy, Tobias, Tyson, and one other boy that I had seen before but did not know. They began brawling and my long skirt got caught on Malfoy and I was pulled down into the heap. Then, Harry stood up, but Tyson pulled him down and stood alone. Then everyone disappeared, including me.
When I awoke, with a start I might add, I heard running water and figured Harry must be taking a shower. There was a knock in the common room, so I threw on a tee and sweatpants and schlepped to to the door.
"Morning, sunshine."
"Hey, Ty," I tried to grin. "Why are you bothering me?" I let him in and we sat down on the couch. "So, Tyson, what's up?"
"Just wanted to know what we all were doing for the Holidays—are you staying or going back to Ornesta?"
Just the thought of my aunt, Ornesta Boulevardes, made me groan. She wasn't evil, but strict and pretty uptight. I was adopted by my aunt after my parents died when I was a baby. Turns out that they, Joseph and Elizabeth Collins, were killed with Lily and James. I had always wanted to talk to Harry about it, but he always seemed busy and high-and-mighty as the school's celebrity. Ugh… what a turn-off.
"I'm going to stay here. Head-Girl has its perks."
Tyson looked past me and smiled. "Hi Harry."
I swiveled around and gave him an acknowledging smile as he dried his wet hair in his towel. He looked… good. I shook my head to release the thought of wonder-boy looking anything more than snobby.
"Hey, Tyson?"
"Yep."
"Sorry, I've been a bit preoccupied. Why don't I get dressed and we can head over to Hogsmeade?" Harry proposed.
I was about to decline when Tyson pinched me. "We'd love to," he said, more of an order to me than a reply to Harry.
"Great!" Harry's face brightened, and he pulled a gym shirt over his chest. "I'll invite a couple of my friends, like a triple date."
"Oh, he's not my boyfriend," I said. It was a touchy topic, me and Tyson Oliver. Best friends since first year when we sat together on the traina nd shared a laugh when a sinister profesor, later known to us as Snape, tripped over his robes… We've been through it all… He camped out with me in the hallway when I forgot the specialize password for the girls (A/N: there was an experimental prd. In Hogwarts where boys and girls had separate passwords) in 2nd year and in 5th year when I missed my class picture he pulled me in on his the next day. Basically, Ty's my brother, my best friend.
"Oh, well, Hermione nor Ginny are my girlfriend; Hermione is Ron's and Ginny's his little sister. I just meant…" Harry shrugged.
"Sure, sure," Ty waved it off. He was so laid-back.
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I was ready to perform a silence curse on that Hermio-something Granger girl! "So, have you memorized the Cruzotic Memurin spell?" "Can you handle a Spanish broom?" "Have you read cover to cover of A History of Wizardry?" Seriously, that girl was taking losing Head Girl pretty damn hard. Harry gave me an apologetic grin.
"So, Cassandra, tell me about your parents. Do they work in the ministry?" Ron attempted to rescue me. He turned pink, I thought it was so strange how red his ears truly were.
It was an awakward quetsion for me, since I hadn't told Harry or anything. "I live with my Aunt Ornesta. My parents died when I was little."
"So did mine," Harry nodded solemnly. Hermio-whatever slung her arm around him, as if consoling the bereaved. Shutup!, I wanted to scream. You're not the only sad case! My parents died just like yours! But instead, I just gave a pursed-lip smile.
"I know." I can't believe I blurted that out. It sounded completely insensative. Harry looked up at me suspiciously.
"You do?"
"Uh, yeah, everyone knows; sorry*," I quickly added, then turned to see the Weasly boy up in my face. "Um, hello, can I help you?" I asked somewhat awkwardly.
"Huh? Oh nothing…" he walked away beside Hermione and Ginny.
Tyson gave my hand a familiar squeeze as if to say to let it die, ignore Harry. So I did. Tyson always made so much sense, sometimes I wanted to strangle him. But then he would smile, and I couldn't touch a hair on his head.
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*I got many reviews saying this, so I changed it, thank you everyone!
Cassandra—hey, glad the name fits u!
Starr Gravings—ty very much! Hope u like rest
Kocchi—hmm, I can safely say I do not know what this mary sue litmus test is… I will click on ur link… ok, I clicked it… well, I don't think she'll qualify as a mary sue, u'll c… no brooding brother, she doesn't end up w/ hoo u think, and she's a pretty ordinary girl, no veela or anything. She has no special powers that I've made up at this time. But ty very much, I'll look into it.