A/N- only own the people you've never heard of. Warning, contains spoilers of the first book, though really, you should read the first book before you read HP fan fiction anyways : )

Chapter 6

Magentra and Harry followed Progessor Mcgonagall through the castle, positive they were going to be expelled their first day of school.

"Professor," Harry began, hoping to explain, but was stopped short. They had halted abruptly outside of the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom. "Quirrell," Mcgonagall spoke matter-of-factly to the pale, stuttering, teacher, "May I borrow Wood for a moment?" Quirrell nodded nervously and stuttered "Of c-course P-professor Mcgonagall."

A tall, 5th year boy came out of the room with a confused look on his face. Professor Mcgonagall, however, looked as if Christmas, Mardi Gras, New Years and Halloween had all arrived early, and on the same day as well.

"Wood," she said excitedly, "I've found you a new seeker and a new Chaser!"

Wood looked as if he'd died and gone to heaven.

"Excellent, we can have practice this evening on the Quidditch field," he said happily, eyeing Magentra and Harry with curiousity.

Magentra and Harry simply nodded.

Mcgonagall waved Wood back to class and turned to Magentra and Harry, "Now you two need to word hard and keep your grades up. We wouldn't want another disaster like last year when half the team got suspended from the team the day of the last game due to poor grades. Now you may head off to your next classes, and Magentra," Mcgonagall stopped her as she turned to leave, "Do try to stay on Snape's good side."

Magentra quickly retrieved her bag from the outside lawn and raced all the way to Potions. Fred and George were entering as she go there.

"Oh hello Magentra," greeted Fred, "Jolly good day isn't it?"

Magentra grinned.

"Wood just told us you and Harry are to be on the team. Smashing good choice he made. Absolutely spiffing," George broke in.

By then they'd taken their seats in the lower dungeon and were waiting for Snape to enter.

"BOOM!" The door slammed open with a loud bang and Snape came storming in. "There will be absolutely no talking," he ordered immediately.

Anjelina and Alicia, who'd been discussing the new Quidditch season, quickly quieted.

Snape continued brutally, "As your professor I request that you remember the rules of the class and abide by them. No talking and I must remind you Pay Atten...tion," Snape stopped short at the site of Magentra's intent gaze. "And who might you be?"

"M-magentra Lupin," she stuttered.

Snape looked as if he didn't know whether to cry, jump for joy, faint or burst out in anger. Instead he proceeded to knock over a shelf of potions ingrediants, curse loudly, set one of the desks on fire, adn reduce half of his robes to ashes before everything could be sorted out. Eventually, class got started but Snape only had time enough to say "Today-" when the tone signaled the end of class. Mopping his sweaty face, Snape gave Magentra a murderous look as she passed by him on the way out.

The last class of the day was Muggle Studies. Magentra was relieved to be in at least one easy class, though studying electrical outlets and telephones was not what she had in mind when describing interesting.

By this time, everyone was anxious for classes to be over, so the Professor spent half the class trying to quiet Anjelina and Alicia (still discussing the upcoming Quidditch season) catch a dragon fly that kept buzzing about people's heads, subdue the extremely fiesty Weasley Twins, catch two Ravenclaw girls in the act of passing notes, and ask Magentra and Leah-Jade were they had previously studied.

Magentra was officially exhuberant when class ended.

Racing out of the room, Magentra and Leah-Jade wnet back down to the great hall and waited for dinner to start.

To pass the time (they had over an hour) they laid on the floor and stared at the enchanted ceiling while they told funny stories.

Soon, after Magentra's elaboration of the time Lupin got them lost in Southern Scotland and Leah-Jade's stories of all the pranks she played on the kids at the orphanage, they were rolling with laughter.

"Beautiful isn't it?" whispered Magentra as she glanced at the bright blue ceiling, touched with gold. Her voice echoed throughout the empty hall.

Suddenly a door slammed loudly somewhere and the sound of someone running furiously about the entrance hall "PEEVES!" Filch's magnified voice shook the walls, and Magentra and Leah-Jade were blind-sided by bits of falling plaster.

The two girls sat up, "Um, I think we'd better split!" Magentra whispered furiously. Running to the door at the opposite end up the great hall, the two found themselves in the room where they'd been sorted.

"Shoot," Leah-Jade whispered, "We're not supposed to be here."

Footsteps approached the door, "HIDE!" Magentra whispered furiously, diving behind one of the overstuffed chairs as Leah-Jade hid under the desk.

"Hello...Peeves...come out come out wherever you are," Filch's cackling voice sounded in the room as he slowly made his way through the door.

Magentra could see Leah-Jade's face, contorted with horror as Filch made his way over to the desk "Peeves. I better not find you hiding in here. Dumbledore'll 'ave your 'ide."

Magentra took one of her gobstones out of her pocket and through it across the room. It hit the wall and fell to the floor with a loud clunk.

Filch whirled and walked to the other side of the room. "Peeves..."

"Out," Magentra mouthed, pointing to the door.

Leah-Jade scrambled quietly across the floor and ducked behind the chair adjacent to Magentra's as Filch whirled again, "Peeves?"

Magentra cursed, pulling another Gobstone out of her pocket and throwing it at the far wall. Filch caught it in mid air. "Peeves, I find you and you'll get banished, you hear me!"

Filch opened his hand to examine the object he'd caught.

Suddenly Magentra and Leah-Jade heard a scream, "What the- PEEVES!"

The gobstone, upset at being closed up in Filch's filthy hand had spit a dark coloured liquid directly into his eyes.

Magenta and Leah-Jade ran as fast as they could, past the screaming Filch who was still trying to wipe the liquid from his eyes, and down a passageway. Up on flight of stairs and down another until they were quite lost.

"Phew," Magentra whispered as they stopped in a vacant hallway.

"I can't believe we almost got busted by FILCH!" Leah-Jade laughed uncontrollably, "That's Fred and George's job!"

Magentra snorted, and looked around, the hallway they'd found their way into was dirty and dark with very cobwebs covering some rather frightening statues. The only other door was at the end of the hall.

"How're we gonna get back to the common room," Leah-Jade asked breathlessly, brushing a cobweb out of her hair and standing up straight again.

"I don't know," Magentra shook her head, "Let's see where this door heads to."

Leah-Jade shrugged, "Okay," they approached the door and Magentra pulled on the handle, "It's locked, I guess we should go back."

Leah-Jade shrugged, "It wouldn't hurt to see where it goes anyways. Even if it doesn't lead us back to the Towers we have nothing better to do than explore anyways. Do you remember the spell to unlock doors?"

Magentra searched her brain, as she pulled out her wand. Pointing it at the door apprehensively she whisperd "Aloha Mora."

The door unlocked and the two girls cautiously stepped inside.

"Oh no," Magentra gasped, stock still.

Leah-Jade, who was examining the door to make sure they hadn't done any damage to it didn't pay attention, "I don't understand why this was locked."

"Well the person that locked it had a good reason."

Leah-Jade turned questioningly around and shrieked.