Hello, again! Okay, I do have a lot of reviews, but it's getting annoying to find out who's REALLY been reviewing so much! I don't want the same person to review over and over in diff names! It makes me look pathetic. Plus, I know whom is the ACTUAL person reviewing! Please, someone tell someone about this story! I really don't want to look pathetic!
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Kitty walked in to find the Common Room empty. She went to check inside the 5th years' dorms. Empty. Not a person was in sight. Unless, of course, you count Neville Longbottom.
Must've left for dinner! Just great! Where do they eat dinner? I can't believe I hadn't listened to Hermione about the school! Wonder if this guy knows…
"Excuse me, but have you seen where Hermione has gone? I can't seem to find her! Mind helping me?" questioned Kitty to Neville.
"Oh, sure. You must be the new girl! Nice to meet you. I'm Neville. By the way, Hermione went off to dinner."
Kitty hated to be called the "new girl". But help was help, right? Now if only she knew where dinner was held.
"And where, by chance, would dinner happen to be served in Hogwarts?"
"Oh! It's at the Great Hall! You do know where that is, of course?"
"Oh yes. Thanks very much for your help! I guess I'll be seeing you!" With that, she started to walk towards the Fat Lady's portrait and left. She stopped halfway there, though.
"By the way, may I ask why you aren't in the Great Hall, Neville?"
"Oh, I'm not hungry. It's likable that George and Fred, the twins, will hex my food. They do that often to test out new Weasley's Wizard's Wheezys pranks."
"Are you sure, then?"
"Positive."
With that reply, Kitty walked off. She left the Gryffyndor Common Room and headed towards the moving staircases, down to the Great Hall.
Great I probably missed half of the food. Just great! First day here, and I'll have starved to death!
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Where IS Kitty? You'd think a girl would at least eat SOMETHING…wouldn't you? This is just great! I'll bet she just locked herself in her room, because she's new and afraid, and she'll probably not even show up tonight! Well, I don't care, that way, I could get really pissed at her! Then, I would be mad at her, and she'd be afraid of me, and everything would be back to normal!
Oh wait! There she is. Probably got lost or something. Oh well. Jeez! Food's almost over! Wonder what took so long…
"Hey, Draco, want any more of that pudding?" suddenly came Blaze's voice.
"Oh, no. Take it if you wish to." Responded Draco as he passed the bowl of pudding down to Blaze.
"Thanks!"
The Slytherin Table was full. Everyone from the house was there. This was strange because usually people would just sit for two seconds, then leave. Not all the Slytherins, just some.
"So, Crabbe, Goyle, Blaze, any plans for the evening?"
"Not at all, Draco, not that I know of at least! We never have anything to do. You should know that by now. By the way, why do you ask?" came Blaze's response.
"Nothing. Just checking."
"Checking for…?"
Oh Merlin! I can't tell them I'm meeting the new Gryffyndor! That's embarrassing! I'd be done for! So let's see…what can I possibly say? Great!
"Actually, I have a date."
At that, Pansy went wild. Of course, she was still under that silence charm that Blaze had put on her, earlier that evening. She went ballistic. She had gotten so mad, she practically almost BROKE the spell! How powerful a girl's anger can get, huh?
"Come off it, Pansy! You KNOW that I never really went out with you in the first place. Go ahead and storm off. See if ANYBODY in the WORLD cares!" shouted Draco as Pansy stalked out of the Great Hall.
"So, who is it?" Crabbe questioned.
"Say again?"
"Duh! Who are you going out with?" went Goyle.
"Oh, um, can't tell!"
"Not even your best friends?" at the same time, all three of them.
"Sorry, but I seriously can not tell you!
"Oh, so your embarrassed of this little date, and NOT embarrassed about PANSY? You are totally sick in the head! After dinner, it's straight towards the Hospital Wing for you!" Blaze joked.
"Sure, whatever!"
With that, they all continued with their meals, peacefully. There was a little joking and laughing and such.
You would never think that Draco Malfoy would ever have any Best Friends, but he does. They are just unseen to the Gyrffyndor eye. Draco had known Vince, Blaze, and Greg since they were all toddlers. You know, the usual Death Eater meetings. They've been best friends ever since their fathers had introduced them to each other at all of their FIRST Death Eater's meeting. That's also when Pansy had met Draco. Fortunately, back then, she had a crush on Blaze, and NOT Draco. Now, how the tables have turned!
When they were little, they really weren't that great of buds, though. Their friendship grew with time. First, they all totally hated each other. It was like prank war! Draco didn't like the face of Blaze, so, he had his father buy him some jinxed chewing gum. Draco offered some to Blaze. Immediately, Blaze's face grew ten times larger. That started a war.
After a while, it wasn't all that bad, they had quite a lot of fun pranking each other, and even being pranked themselves. With that, their friendship grew. Now they were best friends.
All of them were really excited when they heard all of each other's Hogwarts envelopes had arrived by owl for the first time. It had been 5 years since that day and still, here they were, joking around and being as happy as they ever were back when they were still 6 years old, pranking each other. Of course, they still do some of that now, but with a little more magic…
"I can't believe you jinxed my drink! Vince! You little mudblood!" came the voice of Blaze, five times more high-pitched than usual.
"Alright! The Soprano Charm! Nice choice!" said Greg as he high-fived Vince.
"Hey! I am NOT a mudblood! That's Granger!" sniggered Vince, half serious, half not so serious.
"You're right!" and on they all laughed and joked about the goody-goodies of the school.
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"Hey! Kitty! Where have you been? You took forever! I tried waiting for you, but it was getting pretty close to Dinnertime, and I had to return a book to the school library. Hope you didn't mind I would've waited for you if I could've."
"Oh, that's quite alright. Hope I haven't missed out on ALL the food!"
"Oh, no. The plates refill themselves, here!"
"Kewl! You're kidding me! That's wicked!"
"No joke! Dig in!"
"I sure will! I'm starving! Airplane food service just doesn't cut it for me! Know what I'm saying?"
"Definitely! Same here! By the way, this is Harry, and this is Ron. Those are Ron's twin brothers, that's Ron's little sister, this is Lavender, next to her is Parvati, and that's Dean and Seamus." Introduced Hermione.
"Hello! Nice to meet you all. I've been wanting to meet you, Harry, all day! Actually all my life, I've wanted to meet you! Hadn't it been for you, my mum and dad and I wouldn't be on the face of this planet."
"How so, um…Sorry, didn't catch your name, there," responded Harry.
"My name's Kitty. And well, when Voldemort kills one in the family, he intends to kill the rest of that family also. He had killed my Grandma, and vowed that he would come back for my parents and I. He just had to visit the Potters first. He told us, if we ran, there'd be no escape. Then he disapparated. We never heard from him again. But you, Harry, you saved my life. For that, I am grateful."
"Pleasure to meet you Kitty, but I daresay, you shouldn't be grateful to me. I had not intended to vanquish him. You know that. I was only one years old, but I am sorry however for the lost of your Grandma."
"Still the same, thank you."
"Harry, say something!" said a red head freckled boy who sat next to Harry.
"Am I correct to believe that you are Ron?" questioned Kitty.
"You most certainly are. Nice to meet you, Kitty. This is Ginny, and this is George and Fred."
"Which one's which?"
"We're whoever you think we are." Said one of the twins.
"Try and guess which is which!" said the other.
"Oh bother! Okay, let's see. You're Fred, and you're George. Correct?"
"You got it correct!" They said together, both in shock.
"Watch out for those two! They'll prank you so bad, you'll be humiliated in front of all Gryffyndor!" Ginny chimed in.
"We will not!" again, both said together.
"Sorry, boys, but I take your sister's word over yours! You do both look mischievous, in a funny sort of way!"
"So, where'd you come from, being that you're a transfer student." Asked Ron.
"Would you please just let the girl eat?! Dinner's almost over!" shouted Hermione.
"Jeez! You'd think conversation were against the law or something, Hermione!"
Peacefully and quietly, everyone continued with his or her meals. After a while, Kitty had consumed as much food as she could and Dinner was over. The headmaster stood up and made an announcement.
"Students of Hogwarts, I hope you had a pleasant dinner. I would just like to inform you that we now have a new student from America. She's a transfer student and has been placed in Gryffyndor. Please, let's make her feel at home!"
With that, all eyes in the Hall focused onto Kitty.
Oh, Merlin! How embarrassing! Just great! First day here and EVERYONE knows who I am! Or at least what I look like! Probably look like a freak because I'm from the other side of the Atlantic. Can everyone just look away?
Her wish was granted. After a few uncomfortable minutes, everyone rushed out of the Great Hall. After all, no one wants to stay in the Great Hall, when they can return to their comfy Common Rooms! Plus some people had homework and stuff to do.
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We shall leave the story there, for now! But aren't you DYING to know if Kitty will show after Dinner? And what'll happen? Pease review and check out my other stories and poems!
-Kitty xoxo