It was around midnight when Hedwig returned to Harry's room. To the owl's surprise the window was closed. Angrily she pecked at it hoping Harry would let her in. Carrie who was sleeping on the floor awoke to a tapping sound from the window. Rolling over she saw the white owl standing at the window looking quite mad.

"Harry," Carrie said groggily. "There's an owl at your window."

"What?" Harry asked coming out of his peaceful slumber. "Oh yeah," He replied as he made his way towards the closed window. "Sorry," He murmured to Hedwig. She flew over to her cage and perched in the top of it.

Carefully steeping over Carrie, Harry went over to the angry bird. Sleepily he untied the letters attached to her foot and opened her cage door. As Harry made his way back to his bed he heard Hedwig clamber into her cage and settle in. Reaching his bed Harry bent over and pulled up the loose floorboard where he stored some of his thing from school. He pulled out a flashlight and sat down on the bed. His first letter was from Ron. It said that he and his three other siblings would love to meet Harry in London and they hoped to hear from him soon. The one from Hermione said basically the same. Harry then tossed the two letters and the flashlight under the floorboard and fell back to sleep.

The next morning Harry woke up to something jumping and running all over his bed. Blindly reaching for his glasses, which were on his bedside table, he heard Carrie laughing. Putting his glasses on Harry saw Rebel, Carrie's dog sitting at the foot of his bed panting, and almost smiling.

"Morning sunshine," Carrie said, her eyes a soft blue color.

"Why do they do that?" Harry asked sleepily.

"Why do what do what?" Carrie asked putting a book down she obviously had been reading.

"Your eyes, they change color," Harry commented, rubbing his own eyes underneath his glasses.

"I donno, they just do. Anyway I already sent your owl to your friend's houses. Telling them the dates and all," Carrie explained standing up and stretching. She was wearing a long gray-blue night nightshirt that had a picture of a dwarf from a muggle movie. The dwarf was rubbing one eye while his other eye was shut and he appeared to be yawning. Above him in curvy letters it said sleepy.

"You sent Hedwig to Ron and Hermione?" Harry asked in a disbelieving tone.

"Yup I figure the sooner they know the better," Carrie said grinning. "Let's go get some breakfast."

The next few days were relatively uneventful with the exception oh Carrie playing pranks on Dudley and asking Harry about his school all the time. When ever she would ask him about school he would change the subject and her eyes would shine with mischief. It was the day of the trip to London, and Harry was extremely excited. Aunt Abby was taking Carrie for back to school shopping and was letting Harry hang out with his friends. The trip to London was a smooth and speedy one. They soon arrived and Harry climbed out of the car and spotted the Leaky Cauldron, where his friends were waiting for him.

"Harry, met us back here in six hours," Aunt Abby said as she and Carrie climbed out of the car.

"Yes ma'am," Harry said as he took off across the street to join his friends.

"Harry!" Ron shouted happily as he saw his best friend.

"Hey Ron," Harry said as he and the small party made there way through the pub to the back where they would enter Diagon Alley .

"So tell us about this Carrie girl," Hermione said pulling her schoolbook list out of her pocket.

"Well she reminds me of Fred and George, she's always pulling pranks on Dudley," Harry said looking in the shop windows as they passed. "And she keeps asking me about my school, she doesn't believe the story made up about me going to St. What's-It. I don't know why."

"Because I know you're lying," Came a voice from behind Harry. Harry spun around and saw Carrie standing there with two boys her age.

"Carrie?" Harry asked doubtful. "What…aren't you a….why…"

"No, I'm not a muggle," Carrie said grinning from ear to ear.

Harry's mouth hung open in shock.

"I thought I might get that reaction from you," Carrie said to Harry. "Hi I'm Carrie, and this is AJ and Luke, they're from America and are just here for the day."

"You're not a muggle," Harry said still not shock.

"No I'm not Mr. Obvious," Carrie said grinning. "And FYI neither is my Dad or my Mom."

"So…wait Vernon's step brother is a wizard?" Fred asked grinning.

"Nope, kind-a ironic huh?" AJ asked. AJ was a little taller than Carrie and had brown hair that hung in his eyes ever so often.

"You're not a muggle?" Harry asked for the third time.

"NO! What do you need a picture drawn out for you?" Carrie asked laughing.

"You know Harry," George said draping an arm around Harry's shoulders. "I think I'm gonna like your cousin."

Harry, recovering from the shock that Carrie was indeed not a muggle, just rolled his eyes.

"So Harry….who are your friends?"

"Oh right!" Harry said, his checks began to have a pink tint to them. "Ok this is Fred, George, Ginny, Ron and Hermione."

"OK nice to met you," Carrie said smiling. "Uh…AJ and Luke…and I told you that already didn't I? Oh well."

"Ok…so now that everyone knows each other I say we make a bee-line towards the Quidditch store here," Luke said grinning.

"I'll race you," AJ said to Luke grinning.

"Alright, loser buys the winner a butterbeer," Luke said his eyes dancing.

"You're on."

"I'll beat both of you," Carrie said in a lazy manner.

"You will not," AJ and Luke chorused.

"How much you wanna bet?" Carrie asked putting her hands on her hips; her eyes flashed a bright green color.

"You win we'll buy you something from the Quidditch store," Luke said crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"And if I lose?" Carrie inquired arching one of her eyebrows in question.

"You'll give us your collection of pranks," AJ said with a smug look on his face. Carrie's face drained of all color and her mouth hung open and for one of the first times in her life she was speechless.

"You have a collection of pranks?" George asked his face breaking out into a smile.

"Sweet!" Fred shouted, his grin matching his twins.

"But…but….I've saved up for that since I was like nine!" Carrie shouted the shock wearing off.

"Then you better run fast," Luke said getting into a starting position.

"Hold on there, if my prank collection is at stake here we're gonna do this right. Harry you go down to the Quidditch store and judge who comes in first. Ginny you be the person who says 'GO'. Ok?"

Harry shrugged his shoulders and trotted off towards the Quidditch store. Everyone but Ginny followed him as AJ, Luke and Carrie got ready to race. Ginny stood off to one side and got ready to count down.

"Ok….on your mark…..get set…..GO!!!!" Ginny shouted. Many people in the street stopped and turned to look at her while AJ, Luke and Carrie took off down the street. AJ took the lead quickly and Luke wasn't to far behind with Carrie on his heals. Not knowing how far the store was exactly Carrie paced herself as her friends ran as fast as they could. Soon Carrie noticed that AJ was beginning to breath hard and that Luke was slowing down. Tearing her sight from the competition she saw a small group gathered outside the door to a building. Feeling her heart beating hard against her chest pumping blood and oxygen into her body she surge forward and passed Luke then AJ. All that was between Carrie and keeping her collection of jokes was a few hundred yards. As the store became closer and closer Carrie began to grin in triumph when she literally ran into someone knocking them both onto the ground. AJ and Luke seeing their friend collide with someone decided to avoid future conflict and stopped running.

Carrie shook her head as if to clear her vision. She soon gathered her position on the ground and stood up. "I'm sorry," Carrie exclaimed as she saw another person sprawled on the ground in front of her. "I'm really REALLY sorry," Carrie offered her hand to the boy on the street. "Here lemme help you."

"No need," The boy spat angrily. "You should watch where you're going." He smacked Carrie's hand away with a look of disgust on his face.

"Look she said she was sorry," AJ said sharply. No one but Luke and himself was allowed to push Carrie around.

"Didn't you hear her punk?" Luke asked steeping forward towering over the boy on the street.

A smile played on Carrie's lips at her friends' overprotective ways. "Hay guys! This isn't your problem!" Carrie said shoving Luke away. "What's your name?" She asked the boy who was now standing up from the street.

"Draco, and yours?" The boy asked his eyes shooting daggers.

"Carrie Scarlet LaTiffney the third," Carrie said in a haughty voice. "Now please be one your way and my body guards won't beat the snot out of you."

"You're weird," Draco said with a snarl on his face. "She with you Potter?"

"Yeah."

"Good luck," Draco said before turning and going the opposite direction as Carrie and friends who he now considered rude freaks.

"What was that Scarlet La…whatsit stuff?" Hermione asked.

"I donno, felt like it," Carrie said absently. "You know, my butt hurts after that collision." Carrie muttered as she walked over to the Quidditch Store and leaned up against it. "Oh and guys," she said, her eyes dancing. "You two owe me something out of the Store."

"Alright," AJ said glancing over at Luke. "Lets get her."

"Fine by me."

Soon Carrie was attacked with tickles as her step cousin and his friends went into the Quidditch store to leave Carrie to her torture.

* OK so it's not the longest chapter in the world but I didn't have a lot of time, and a lot of you all wanted another chapter so here it is. Oh I'm back from vacation and hopefully will up date this more. Ummm LOL I'm so glad a lot of you were begging for me to make Carrie a witch but no fear I already had that in mind. Well I'll post more soon and any ideas or anything are gladly welcomed~ Caroline Gottschalk Jackson *