"What? Where am I?" Jessica asked herself. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. She was inside a room with lots of plants, and odd instruments. She stood up and promptly fell.

"It's going to take you a while to get used to walking isn't it?" A voice asked her. She looked at the person speaking. It was Doors.

"Professor? Where am I?"

"You choose correctly Ely. Welcome back. I know there will be some very happy people wanting to see you."

"You mean.it's over? I'm back to the good and evil of normal day life?"

"Yes."

"But you told me I could never go back."

"So I lied, sue me!"

"I would, but we aren't in America." Doors grinned. She helped Jessica to her feet, and led her to the door.

"The password is 'Fiddlefart'. Go see your friends." Jessica nodded and clumsily ran out of the room.

"Well I haven't seen you around lately." The Fat lady said. Jessica grinned and recited the password. The common room became silent when she walked in.

"What? You all look like I just returned from the grave!" Jessica exclaimed. Skylar and Tim ran up to her.

"Ely! You're back! You made the right choice!" Tim said.

"Yeah, and we didn't need Tim to kiss you to wake you up." Skylar said. Jessica's eyes became wide. Tim playfully smacked Skylar.

"You missed alot around here." Tim stated.

"I can tell." Jessica said. She pointed behind them at Max and Kurt. "They aren't bombarding me with dungbombs or water balloons." Max muttered something to Kurt and walked toward the three Gryfinndors.

"Ely?" He asked. Jessica looked over at him. "Can I talk to you, alone?"

"Sure." They walked toward a secluded corner in the common room.

"I'm really sorry about everything I've done. After I found out that you disappeared, I started thinking."

"Started?" She coughed to cover up a laugh.

"Don't even say it." They stood in silence. "Well, I now see that all the rotten stuff I've done to you was wrong. I'm sorry."

"What the heck is wrong with you? Did you take some sappy potion?" Max laughed.

"No, I just want a truce."

"Truce?"

"Yeah, a truce." He stuck out his hand. Jessica shook it. Max leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek. Jessica stood shocked for a moment. Max grinned and ran away.

"Potter! Get back here! I'm going to kill you!" Jessica screamed.

"Forget it! You'll never catch me!" Max yelled. He dashed out of the common room. Skylar and Tim watched the two first years.

"I thought they just called a truce." Skylar said.

"Obviously they did, and Max changed his mind." Tim said.

"I don't think that is the only thing that's changed."

Skylar flopped down into one of the Gryffindor armchairs. She was skipping classes today, she told Madame Pomfrey she was in 'misery', for the guys reading this, you might not understand. It wasn't a total lie she was in misery. Her day kept getting worse, and worse.

"Where did my homework go?" Skylar asked, pushing the junk out from under her bed aside. "Snape is going to fail me!" She finally gave up and rewrote it swiftly. That was just the beginning.

"Can you pass me the pumpkin juice?" She asked the second year sitting next to her. He tried handing it to her, but Shenlong knocked his arm and caused him to pour the juice in her lap. Skylar screamed, then growled and walked out of the Great Hall.

"Hey Skylar, did you get the estimated profits? My dad was wondering about them."

"No I haven't had time, Tim." Skylar said, squeezing juice out of her robes and onto the floor.

"I asked you for them last week. You keep procrastinating."

"I know, get off my back. I can't do fifty things at once." Skylar put a hand up to her mouth, shocked at what she said. "I'm so sorry." Tim looked very pissed.

"Fine, then you probably don't have time to talk to me." He turned in a swish of robes and walked down the hall.

"Tim!" He didn't turn back, or answer. "This is just great." She threw her hands up and stomped down the hall.

"Black, you're dripping. Look at this mess." Filch said to Skylar after bumping into her. Skylar screamed from annoyance, and continued stomping down the hall.

"What got into her juice this morning?"

Lets go back to her in the common room. Sitting there, reflecting how much her life sucked, something hit her. This was the first time her and Tim fought that wasn't caused over them arguing who was going to push the button to release dungbombs on the Slytherins. Now, if you haven't noticed from previous chapters, Skylar has a thing for Tim. The crush came on suddenly, and became harder to hide from him.

"Hey, can you pass the butter?" Tim asked, right before Halloween, before she became possessed.

"Yeah." His hand brushed hers when he took it from her. Chills ran up her back. What the heck was that? She thought. She just kept noticing how cute he was through out the day.

"I can't be thinking stuff about him. He's my best friend."

"You like him, just admit it." The annoying voice said in the back of her head.

"Shut up."

Being possessed was the very hardest. They wanted her to hurt him, to kill him. She just wanted her normal life back, not being a puppet. The centaurs helped her alot through it, but when Tim and her dad came, the voice got stronger, and she was alot weaker than normal. She just told herself alot, 'maybe if he would kiss me, it will help me, like in Sleeping Beauty.' Then the voice said, 'You're not asleep, this is real, and you can't be helped until my power is broken my dear.'

"Potter! Where'd you go!" Jessica yelled. Skylar looked up at the ragging blue haired girl.

"What happened to your hair?" Skylar asked. "I like it."

"Your cousin or whatever he is, turned my hair blue during Potions. He dumped his whole ink well on top on my head." Skylar laughed.

"Misery loves company, care to join me?" Jessica nodded and sat down beside her.

"So why are you so miserable?" Jessica asked. Skylar sighed.

"Tim is mad at me. This is the first time we've ever fought, and its my fault."

"I didn't think you and Tim were capable of fighting. Aren't you guys a couple?"

"No!" Skylar started to blush. " So why did Max dump ink on your head?"

"I have no clue. We made a truce and then he kissed me and well, I have no clue. It won't wash out. And it stained my ears blue."

"He kissed you!" Skylar started laughing and fell off of her chair. "Oh my, looks like little Maxykins got a crushy wushy on Jessy Wessy!"

"Ew! I always thought you and Tim were a couple."

"No, unfortunately."

"So you like him?"

"Of course she does." Meg sat down next to Jess. "I've noticed it too. I always thought you would make a cute couple you know."

"So everyone knew I liked Tim before I did? Geez." Skylar started pacing. "He hates me now. I yelled at him, I think I'm going to freaking freak out!" Skylar grabbed a pillow and screamed into it.

"Don't freak Sky. He doesn't hate you. He was probably just a little shocked at the thought of you screaming at him."

"I'm gonna go down to the Hospital Wing and see if whats-her-name has anything to get this stuff out of my hair."

"Max! Get back here!" Jessica yelled. Max spun around and saw the blue haired pointed eared girl.

"Cold day in hey!" He yelled. Jessica said a spell to wrap vines around him.

"You ruined my ears. You're going to pay big time." Jessica said. She left him stand there for the rest of the day until Kurt Weasley finally came around and freed him.

Tim sat at the other side of the common room, looking across the room. He was in a trance, noticing nothing around him, except for what he was looking at, and what he was writing.

"Whatcha doing?" Jessica asked. He didn't answer. She waved her hand in front of his face. Seeing no response, she pinched his arm.

"Ow, what was that for?"

"I wanted to see if you were awake, or even in this world." She looked down at the parchment in front of him. "What are you writing?"

"Oh nothing." He tried hiding the paper. "I have to go. I'll see you later." Hurrying out of the common room, he didn't notice that the paper fell out of his pocket. Jessica picked it up and read it.

"Whoa." She looked up, and saw the person that Tim was looking at intensively.

Skylar threw her bag onto her bed, and noticed an envelope with purple cursive spelling her name. She opened it, and read the parchment.

There you sit across the room

Your smile lighting up where ever you go

My feelings you just assume

Friendship is all its ever going to be, but does it have to be so?

Skylar sat down on her bed, taking in the poem.

Your eyes are filled with all of the emotions you never show

Will you ever feel the same about me?

It's all I want to know.

Is friends all we'll ever be?

She sat there, shocked.

"Who wrote this?" A knock came at the door, and she hid the poem under her pillow.

"Hey, want to go down to dinner with me?" Tara asked.

"Yeah, sure. Just a second."

"Max!! I'm gonna kill you!" Jessica screamed. All of Hogwarts turned to look at the fuming first year. Max ran away with Jessica close at his heels. Doors shook her head slightly and watched the two ran around the Great Hall.

"No way Ely." Max yelled. Jessica grabbed the hem of his robes and pulled him towards her.

"Why are you pulling stuff on me again? I thought we made a truce!" Jessica said. Max grinned at her.

"No reason, I just missed seeing you angry." Max said. Jessica pushed him away.

"Knock it off. It's getting old."

"Whatever you say ice princess." Max said. Jessica glared at him and walked back to the Gryfinndor table.

Skylar glanced at Tim from her seat at the Gryfinndor table. Jessica sat down beside him and whispered something in his ear. Skylar smiled as he blushed.

"And what, may I ask, are you looking at?" Meg asked. She sat down in the empty chair beside Skylar.

"Huh?" Skylar asked.

"Tim right?"

"Yeah."

"Just go up to him and apologize. Before Number 1 and 2 find out you're not around to mess up their plans."

"Plans?"

"They are planning to go up to him and 'comfort' him. Then ask him if he wants to go to Hogsmeade with them."

"But, he goes with us!" Skylar said outraged.

"Then get over there and apologize." Skylar nervously stood up and walked up to Tim and Jessica. Jessica grinned at her.

"I think I'll leave you two alone." She said. She stood up and walked away, but stopped and turned around. "Do you guys mind if I help myself to some pranks? I need to get back at Max."

"No, go ahead, just write down what you take." Jessica nodded, and turned away. Tim looked at Skylar who was currently wringing her hands. "What do you want?" He asked in a bitter tone. Skylar glared down at him.

"I just wanted to give you this." She shoved the paper into his hands. "It's the estimated profits that you wanted so much."

"Thanks." He didn't sound thankful though. Skylar growled again and ran out of the Hall before people could see her eyes watering.

"Skylar?" Joanne Black stopped her in the middle of the hall. "What's wrong dear?"

"Nothing....everything." Skylar wiped at her eyes.

"You are beginning to sound like your father."

"What do you mean?"

"When you growl. I could hear that up at the staff table." Skylar laughed.

"We're so sorry Tim. We heard about what Black did to you."

"What?" He looked up at Jenna and Julie.

"She can get very moody at times. So do you want to go to Hogsmeade with us tomorrow?" Tim looked down at the table where Meg was glaring.

"Sure." Meg stormed out of the hall after hearing what Tim said. Number 1 and 2 started giggling.

"What did I get myself into?"

A:N// Hope you liked this. We have to kinda fix our other chapters cuz our calendar got mixed up. Please review. Happy Holidays!