A/N: I'm not sure if this chapter took longer than the others to write, but if you must know, it was because of my friend, Moni. She has a Fanfic, and it's wonderful. Only problem is, she's taking forever to write it! SO I said that I wouldn't post my chapter until she posted hers. And she LOVES my story! I'm so cruel! LOLz! Wow! My 11th chapter!
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Oh God! What have I just done? I just totally forgot about Tom is what I did! If Tom ever finds out, he's going to kill me! Oh God!
Kitty had just had a meeting with Draco in the Great Hall, she had been crying and he had been comforting her. It was reminding her too much of the way Tom had used to comfort her.
She had told them that she had to leave. She had homework, but to meet her there same time, next week to work out the tutoring schedule with him for Potions. Of course, she had no idea that Draco was already superb at the subject at hand.
Truth was, she wasn't really going to do her homework, though. She was going to go to her room and do some thinking. It was too uncomfortable hugging Draco and still having the thought of Tom at mind. It was just nagging her, although it felt so right. It was, it was, now she knew exactly what the hug felt like.
He's acting like Tom. Exactly like him. Oh Merlin! What have I gotten myself into? I can't do this to myself, or to Tom.
Yeah, but he probably has another girlfriend by now. All the girls were so envious of you when you were with him.
What do you mean I WAS with him?
Clearly, you and I both know that a long distance relationship wasn't going to work out! Honestly! They never do!
Says who?
Remember Phillip?
Oh Merlin.
Kitty was having an argument with herself. She was now acting like Draco! Weird! But Kitty of course, did not know that Draco talks with himself, or did she?
Anyways, Phillip was a boy that Kitty had met once. She had visited her family in Florida and they had been going for a month. Then, she had to go back home. They owled each other, but the relationship only lasted a month after that, and they agreed not to bother with each other again, for they had gotten into a fight, with howlers and everything!
Kitty was now at the entrance of the Gryffyndor Common Room. She stood in front of the fat lady. She had asked for the password (ginkerite) and Kitty had been allowed in.
"We're sorry if we've upset you in anyway, Kitty." Came Fred, walking up to her.
"Yes, we didn't know it bothered you in anyway to talk about your old school." George, coming from behind George.
"No, it's okay, really! I'm fine. I'd be glad to chat with you about Terra. It's just I wasn't up to talking about it at the moment. That's all," was the response from Kitty.
"Are you sure? Because if George and Fred are pestering you," started Ron, who had just walked up to Kitty, seeing the twins starting to talk to her.
"Oh, no. I don't mind at all. It's okay." Replied Kitty.
"What was it like there?" asked Hermione.
"It was quite different than here. That's for certain!"
"How so?" said Harry, who had just gotten interested in the topic. He had overheard part of their discussion because he was sitting a table away from where the group had been talking.
"Well, although we had dormitories at Terra, we also had our own lockers in the hallways. That way, we had more room for things to store upon in our room."
"How's the library there? Any good books?" asked a curious Hermione.
"Oh, Hermione! You're such the bookworm! When will take a look around your surroundings and take your nose out of those books?" joked George. Fred laughed along with him.
Choosing to ignore the statement because Kitty was as well a bookworm as Hermione, Kitty continued, "It had a marvelous collection of books. Both Fiction and non-fiction."
"I thought you were from America!" exclaimed Ginny, who had now just joined the conversation.
"I am!"
"So why do you speak with such a British accent? It's abnormal, if you ask me. You sound as if you were born here and had lived here all your life!"
"Well, I always fancied a British accent. I thought it sounded intelligent, so I spoke with a British accent if I wanted," she paused, changing her tone of voice, "but I can always change back to my original American voice!"
"Cool! Two accents! By the way, having a British accent, doesn't honestly mean you're more intelligent!" said Fred.
"Yes, just look at Ron!" joked George. AT that, Fred and George cracked up.
"Shut up, would you?" shot Ron.
"Do you guys have any more questions about my school?" asked Kitty.
"What was their Quidditch team like? Just curious," asked Harry.
"We were one of the greatest teams that Terra had ever seen over 50 years."
"Wait, YOU were on the Quidditch team? What position did you play?" asked Ron, suddenly excited.
"I was seeker, but when a player was sick, I played chaser for someone and this kid, Stuart took over seeker position for me," replied Kitty.
"So that means you played TWO positions?"
"Pretty much, yeah. Why?" Kitty asked, confuse at their interest in Quidditch.
"Well, George and I, we're beaters." Chimed in Fred.
"I'm the seeker," cut in Harry.
"And due to the fact that Alicia has gone down with a sever case of the flu, I'm taking over as a chaser for her." Said a proud Ron.
"I was forced to try out for the team by these two," said Hermione nodding her head towards Harry and Ron. "But I didn't make the team," and then, she mouthed the words "Thank God!" to Kitty so that Harry and Ron wouldn't hear her say that. Kitty gave a giggle.
"And because of the fact that these two are all over Quidditch, they haven't even got girlfriends, and Fred and george, their girlfriends are CHASERS on the Quidditch team! Boys can be so pathetic!" Ginny added. She was now in her fourth year and was over her crush on Harry. She had realized he was NOT the right one after they had gone out for a month during summer.
"Actually, I know two girls, who'd probably be willing to go with them, but, I'm not sure, whether you guys are willing to go with my friends!" said Kitty.
"Oh really, describe them, then!" said Harry.
"Hold on, I've got a picture of them upstairs!" Kitty dashed up the stairs towards the girls' dormitory for 5th years and went into her trunk. She looked around for her picture, and quickly found it. She dashed back down the stairs, with picture in hand.
"This one is Piper, and this one is Diana," she said, pointing. Piper had brown hair with a mix of black and here and there, small streaks of light brown/red. It was about 5 inches longer than shoulder length. It was straight, but was really messy, wavy and curly at the end. It looked nice, though. She had glasses, which had a thin rim and was a mix of a circle and oval shape. She had four sharp vampire teeth, but by looking at her skin tone, you could tell that she really wasn't a vampire. She had brown eyes and a nice smile. She stood, waving.
Diana, looked a little like Piper, but thinner, not that Piper was fat, though. She had light brown hair, while Piper had a darker shad. Diana's was only 2 inches longer than shoulder length. It was very straight, but a little wavy in the middle. She had brown eyes and stood about five inches shorter than Piper. She didn't have glasses, or any vampire teeth. She flashed a smile. After a while, she started waving, too.
"Well, which one do you think would be more into me?" asked Ron, blushing, slightly.
"But would you go with them, they're in the 4th year, same as Ginny, but might be skipping to the 5th, due to the fact that I've helped them study and that they now have above average test scores. Are you interested?"
"Slightly. But don't they live in America?" pondered Harry.
"They promised, along with all these other people in this picture, that they would visit as soon as both headmasters, my old one, and Dumbledore, agree to it," responded Kitty.
"Well, if they are our age," started Harry.
"And truly look as nice as in this picture," continued Ron.
"Okay then," they both said in unison.
"Good. I should tell them I've rounded them up some boyfriends, who are as interested in Quidditch as they are! They'll be delighted, haven't seen any boys as much a Quidditch freak as them for a while!"
"Wait, they're into Quidditch?" Ron was surprised.
"Two of the best chasers, ever! Besides me, of course!"
"We are so in for this match up!" said Harry, still in awe that girls like Piper and Diana were as much into Quidditch as they were.
It was now getting dark, outside. The sun had set, all the way. It was about 9 already.
"It's getting late, I must be going to bed. Goodnight to all of you," said Hermione, as she started up the stairs.
"Wait, I'm coming, too, I'm a bit tired." Called Kitty. Kitty got up and ran towards the stairs, where Hermione had waited for her.
"Can we keep the picture?" asked Harry, blushing at the question.
"Sure, just let me make a copy of it." Kitty hurried back towards the couch they had been sitting on. She took the picture out of Harry's hand, and placed it onto the table in front of them. She took her wand, out of her robe's pocket. Then, she pointed it straight at the picture. The following words she had said: "Duplicas Photo!" Magically, an exact duplicate appeared next to the original. Kitty took the original and handed Harry and Ron the copy.
"How did you do that?"
"Simple!" was her only reply.
Off she headed, towards the 5th years' room. She plopped down onto her bed, not bothering to take her robes off. Then, thinking they might wrinkle in her sleep, she got up, took her school clothes off, and changed into pajamas.
"That was bloody brilliant!" said Hermione, all of a sudden.
"What was?" answered Kitty, confused.
"The duplicate charm! I had thought I was the only one in our year who had known that! We don't even learn it until 6th year! Complicated charm, it is!"
"Well, back at Terra, I had run out of books to read one day, because a lot of the books were taken out, due to the fact that it was winter and snow and cold was everywhere. Everyone had nothing else to do, but read! Even the muggle works were out! So I decided to take out the 'The Big Book of Complex Charms (for students)'! The librarian didn't find it strange, because, I did a lot of reading and am an excellent witch for my age. I learned a couple of worthy spells and enchantments and even some charms from that book."
"It's nice to have someone as smart as you are. Now, I have someone to conversate with. Harry and Ron always complain about how I always talk about, as they put it, 'smart people stuff', excellent term, if you ask me," she said, sarcastically, "Anyways, now I can talk to you about stuff like that!"
"Yes, I supposed it is nice, but I've a friend in America who's as smart as I am, maybe smarter, but doesn't really read a lot. She's not into Quidditch, either!"
"Well, I'm tired, so goodnight, Kitty!"
"Night, Hermione," replied Kitty, drifting off to sleep.
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Draco went straight to the library after his meeting with Kitty. He had to hurry, for the library was going to close in half an hour. He should make it, considering that the library was only 5 minutes from the Great Hall.
He entered the library, finding Madam Pince, the librarian putting all the books back on the shelves. Draco greeted her with his udual smile. The library was empty.
"Good evening, Draco. I know you love reading and studying, but don't you think it a bit late to be reading?" questioned Madam Pince, with some amusement in her tone, smiling at Draco and getting down from the ladder on which she was climbing on.
"I just need to take out a bit of some material to read for now. I'll return it in the morning!"
"Okay. Do you need any help, is there a certain type of book you're looking for?"
"Sort of, but I'm not sure whether or not you would carry such a book."
"Well, if you're looking for muggle literature," she began, but was cut off by Draco, interrupting her.
"No. Actually, I was looking for a book on a wizarding school, in America."
"Would you care to tell me the name?"
"I believe it's called Terra Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's somewhere around the east coast, but I'm not sure where, exactly. That's all I know."
"Yes, I believe we have their yearbook for last year. Would you like to see it?"
"Their yearbook? Our school library contains other school's YEARBOOKS? Strange. Is it like this with the other wizarding schools around the globe?"
"Yes. But the thing is, only teachers are allowed to see them and if a student requires seeing any of them, from any year, any school, they must only see them in the library. They are not to be taken out," Said a very strict Madam Pince.
"But, I need to take it out! It's very important that I do!"
"You wouldn't let me finish! Kids today, always in such a hurry! Like I was saying, Mr.Malfoy, seeing as how your such a good kid and a wonderful student, I trust you will keep the book in shape. The books are in the back, so let me go get them, you wait here." Madam Pince went into the backroom, disappearing from sight.
She came back, with a fairly thick book. It had an old-looking cover, but was probably was just designed to look that way. "Here you go, Terra School, Year: 2000-2001. Remember to return it!" she said, as Draco rushed out the door.
He was going stright to his dormitory bed, to do a little of background check on Kitty. See if she was worthy enough of so much of his attention. He rwally needed to know. Why was he attracted to her so much? WHY?
He was now at the Slytherin Common Room entrance. (Password? Bloody Mercy) He entered, finding it was empty, except for Blaze and a couple of first years.
"Where've you been, Drake?"
"I told you not to call me that! And plus, I told you at dinner that I had a, um, date! Remember?"
"Oh, yeah! So, was she good? Did you get far? Or was she just a cutie, with 'limits' to how far she wanted to go?"
"Let's not talk about that, okay?"
"Why not? You always tell me about all your dates, no matter how x-rated they were!" said Blaze, almost hysterical.
"So what? I'm, um, tired, so I better get off to bed. G'night!" replied Draco, lying to his best friend.
Draco rushed all the way to the 5th years' boys' dormitory. He lay flat on his bed, yearbook open, flipping through the pages. Obviously, he was looking for Kitty's mention or picture, in the sea of waving, winking, and laughing pictures.
There, on page 167, was Kitty's picture. She was in class A, it had said. Maybe that's her school's way of grouping, like our houses.
She was in the second to last row of the 4th years. She was in her single profile, waving, and smiling. From time to time, she flicked some hair back, from her shoulders to her back. Under her picture were the words, Kitty Salem (page 284) in dark print, just like all the other pictures, except everyone's was a different page.
Quickly, Draco flipped through about a hundred pages, looking for page 284. Page 284 was just about the middle of the book. There, in some more dark print, was a lot of info on Kitty. It read as follows:
Kitty Salem, 4th Year, Class A
*Nickname: Goody2Shoes/ Flame
*Age: 14
*Grades: Above average (A+)
*Favorite Book: Romeo and Juliet (muggle literature)
*Birthday: November 20
*Star sign: Scorpio
*Favorite Food: Pizza
*Extra Activities: Quidditch
*Team Position: Seeker, part-time Chaser
*Dream: To become an actress
*Wants to: Have world peace, between both muggles and wizards/witches
*Best Friends: Amethyst Drasilin, Meredith Rox, Cherry Drasilin, Piper Minoa,
Diana Hither, Tom Felton, Jake Trence, Jay-Jay Aren, and Travis Trence
*Also featured on pages: 167, 190, 284, 297, 355, 400-410, 500
And that was all it had said, next to this was the same picture of Kitty as on page 167. She was still smiling and waving at Draco. Unconsciously, Draco ahd smiled back at her gleaming face.
If she wants to have peace with muggles, father's not going to be too happy at that fact! What will he say, if she becomes my true girlfriend? He'd kill me, that's for sure. In fact, he might even kill Kitty! Why must my life be like this?
Trying to find out more, Draco flipped to the other pages that she was pictured/ mentioned on. It turned out, she was 4th year president. She was on one of the best Quidditch teams that her school had seen over five decades, and was the only girl chess club member.
She had read the most books in her year. She was selected as most likely to succeed in her class, and most talented. She sang in her choir, and played clarinet and piano in the band. She also had the same grade point average as Amethyst, making them tie at highest grade point average for the 4th years.
Draco thought it quite strange that the yearbook would have so much information on her. She wasn't graduating or anything! Soon, he figured out that it was the same info all over the book for everyone else in the school. The yearbook also had history about the school, about 50 pages worth! Now, Draco understood why the yearbook was so thick.
On page 500, also the last page, Kitty was listed as one of the students who were transferring/failed. Of course, it was impossible for Kitty to fail! She had the highest grade point average! Which, by the way, was 100.7! Next to the words, Kitty Salem, were the words (Hogwarts). Which probably told what school she was going to.
Kitty's just like Hermione! Maybe even smarter! And she's on the Quidditch team! She's more brilliant than Hermione! And she plays CHESS? Oh God, she's so perfect. I now understand her nickname, at least!
He put the book at his nightstand, and went to take a shower. He had to wash his hair, because of all the gel and hairspray. Afterwards, he went straight to bed. But before he did, he had a house elf bring him down some hot chocolate, which was very warm.
Now, he knew a lot more about Kitty and her old school. He even found out her best friends' names! He didn't even think he would get so much information as to class president and stuff, but nevertheless, he knew Kitty a lot better, now. Without even having to talk to her, feeling strange.
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YAY! I'm done! I'm so happy! Please be sure to read some of my other Fanfics, okay? They're good, also! Please review, if you hadn't already. I'll make sure to post my next chapter up soon! Promise!
Luv Ya Lots,
Kitty xoxo
I'm gonna soak up the sun,
I'm gonna tell everyone to
Lighten up
I'm gonna tell them that I've
Got no one to blame
And everytime I feel lame,
I'm looking up
-Sheryl Crow, Soak Up The Sun