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"We've missed you so much, too!" shouted Meredith.
Kitty was totally surrounded by her best friends. They were all huddled in one huge hug. It was like being home again. All of them were back together again, and Kitty just hoped and prayed that they didn't have to leave anytime soon.
"Oh, no! We're falling!" yelped Kitty, and with that, all ten of them tumbled to the ground in one huge heap.
"Oww!" laughed Piper.
"Kitty, I've missed you so much! And I know that it's only October, but happy birthday!" Tom whispered to Kitty.
Kitty shouted with delight, "Oh my gosh! This was for my birthday? Oh my god, I love you guys! And I love you, too, Tommy! How long are you staying? Please say fairly long!"
Tom came over. He was about half a head taller than Kitty. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and rested his head there. Everyone could've sworn they head him whisper, "I'm staying with you, wherever you are, no matter what!"
Amethyst giggled, "We've transferred to Hogwarts! We're 'exchange students'! Wow, that sounds funny. We're going to be here all year! This rocks!"
"Hey, I'm bored, what is there to do up in this joint? All of us weren't allowed to go to classes until after mid-day break…and well, we've been cooped up forever!" asked Diana.
"PILLOW FIGHT!" They all shouted, each one grabbing their own pillow. But there obviously weren't enough pillows, because T.J had started to complain.
"No fair! I don't have a pillow. You guys suck!"
"Fine then, we'll just do something else! DOG PILE ON T.J!" shouted Tom.
Tom, Jay-Jay, and Jake all flew themselves on top of T.J. They all laughed hysterically, well, except for T.J. He was squished flat.
This is so great! It's like being back at Terra! I have the greatest friends ever! This is SO perfect and great! Kitty thought.
Just then, Harry and Ron busted in through the girls' dormitory room. Hermione ran in right behind them, looking worried. At the same time, Meredith, Piper, Diana, Amethyst, T.J., Cherry, Jay-Jay, Jake and Tom all looked confused. They stared speechless at Harry and Ron and vice-versa.
"W-We…we, uh… thought we heard a bit of yelling from up here," stated Ron.
"And we knew you were up here," added Hermione.
"So we um, just came up to check er, to see if you were alright, Kitty. And uh, well, yeah." Harry said.
"I'm just dandy!" Kitty replied giddily.
"Who ARE all these people? And how on EARTH did they get here? We certainly didn't see you come up through The Fat Lady! We were downstairs this WHOLE time, waiting for you Kitty!" Hermione asked the question that had been on both Ron and Harry's mind.
"These are all my friends from Terra. You know, my old school? I'm so happy! They've transferred here! Isn't it great?"
"Oh." Harry, Ron and Hermione all stated simply.
"Everyone, this is Ron, Hermione and Harry. Hermione's the smart one. Ron's the comedian. And Harry is well, chuh, Harry Potter!" Kitty stated.
"Hey," all of Kitty's friends replied in unison, casually.
"And you three, this is Cherry, Amethyst, Meredith, T.J, Jay-Jay, Jake, Piper, Diana, and Tom."
Harry and Ron grinned slightly in the direction of Piper and Diana. Oh yeah, of course they knew those two faces anywhere. Strictly between you and me, Ron and Harry kept the picture of them at their bedside tables!
Out of nowhere, Hermione exclaimed, "Holy cricket! He looks like he could be Draco's twin! I'm serious! You say his name's Tom?" as she eyed Tom up and down.
"Um, yeah. His name's Tom Felton. And no, he's not Draco's twin! Draco's British-born. Tom is all American." Kitty smiled, she went to hug Tom, but he backed away, quickly. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"Oh, no! Holy shit! Draco goes here? Draco, as in Draco Malfoy? Dammit! I totally forgot." Tom shouted in an aggravated tone.
Kitty laughed with a bit of nervousness. "You- You- You know Draco Malfoy? No. No. It's not possible. It must be another one. No worries. You don't know the one that goes to this school."
"Draco Andrew Thomas Lucius Malfoy. How can I NOT know him? He's my identical twin cousin. Hence my own really long name, Thomas Mathew Draco Lucifer Malfoy. My parents thought it'd be nice if we had our own names, our godfather's, our cousin's, and then our father's, followed by the surname. Which is stupid if you ask me. Great, with him around, everyone will get so confused. How will I ever pick up chicks?" Tom was still all the same aggravated.
"Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait.
Time-out! You have a twin cousin named Draco Malfoy, whom just so
happens to go to my newly transferred school, and he lives all the way in
England, and you just happened to never tell me?! And who, on earth, says
you're going to be picking up chicks? Wasn't the reason you came up here to be
with me? Unless of course, you want to play me out. Do you REALLY want to do
that? Because you KNOW that can be arranged!" Kitty shouted, angrily, which is
something she is very good at, by the way. Even a good 4 inches to 8 inches
taller than Kitty, right now, Kitty towered over Tom.
"Um, I meant that, you know, if you dumped me for him. And I know you will because all of the girls think he's so hott. If he's got the same taste in girls as I do, then he'll go for you, trust me! It was like, when I was younger, I brought all of my girlfriends and girls I was crushing on to Malfoy Manor, for vacation. Came time to leave, they didn't leave with my family! And well, he just never came up in conversation! I mean, he just never did. And it's not like I WANT to talk about him or anything…" Tom mumbled.
The two were arguing, now as for certain. All of their friends just stood in the background, getting a little anxious to see what was going to happen. Actually, they were really afraid to get in the fight to defend Tom. Kitty would snap their heads off!
"NEVER CAME UP IN CONVERSATION? What am I supposed to say? 'Hey, Tom! I was just wondering, do you just happen to have a twin who lives in England?' What the hell!" Cold sarcasm dripped from Kitty's harsh words. She tried hard to control her breathing. And then, shocking everyone in the room, Kitty leaned over and up, kissing Tom. "That's for thinking you would EVER lose me to Draco."
Tom got an evil glint in his eye and then announced in an not-oh-so-sad tone, "See? I'm really still not so sure about that… I mean, he's SO HOTT next to me. I think my self-esteem went down a level!"
"You're bad!" Kitty said and once more kissed him, this time a bit longer than the last. Everyone seemed a bit anxious, but it was already obvious to them that neither Kitty nor Tom cared. Kitty broke away from him, and said abruptly, "Come on, Hermione, Cherry, Amethyst and Meredith, let's go hang out around the school. It'll give you guys a chance to know each other better!"
"Well, what about us?" Piper asked.
"You and Diana will be showed around the school by Hogwarts experts, Harry and Ron." Without Harry or Ron noticing, Kitty winked at her two friends. As a reply, with understanding, Piper and Diana smiled back.
"Oh. OH! We'll be off now, then!" Diana said in a rush, heading out the door with Ron at her side.
"Chill, Di! Wait, what are we supposed to do with Tom, J.T., Jay-Jay, and Jake?" Then Kitty turned to the guys, "Well, what do you guys want to do?"
Tom quickly responded, "We're going to 'SURPRISE' my cousin."
"Oh, no. Don't! Please don't!" begged Kitty. If they see each other, they might get to the topic of me. And if Draco suspects I've been getting a bit kind to him, Tom'll KNOW something's wrong. He knows I'm not the type to make friends easily! He'll KNOW something's up! Oh no.
"Well, why not?" Tom was a bit curious.
"Because- uh…" Kitty looked to Hermione or one of her friends for help.
Hermione was quick on her word and answered for Kitty. "Well, I'd love it if I could show you AND the girls around. After all, if you were to be put in my house, I'd be doing it anyways, so I might as well get a head start! Isn't that right, Kitty?"
"Uh- yes! Of course! Yep, that's why you should stay with us." Kitty plastered a false, hopeful smile on her face. "Please, pretty please? I want you to stay with me! In case I should be in grave danger!" Kitty pouted.
Tom laughed, "Never in a million years, could anyone understand you like I do, Kitty. You pull out that tired Damsel-in-Distress routine, but everyone in this room besides those three," Tom nodded his head off towards Harry, Ron, and Hermione's direction. "Bitch-in-disguise!"
"That's right, and don't you forget it!"
"OKAY! That's settled! Harry and I will escort Diana and Piper and you guys will basically just hang out. Have fun, then!" Ron said, in a rush to get out of here with Diana.
"Whatever!" Kitty, Amethyst, Meredith and Cherry shouted at the retreating backs of Piper, Diana, Harry, and Ron.
In a rather mild, sarcastic tone, Hermione noted, "Gee, I wonder where they're off to in SUCH a hurry? I bet you they're going to have more fun then we are!" They all laughed.
"Oh, I don't know about that!" Jake admitted, pulling Amethyst a bit closer to him, by grabbing on to her waist. Amethyst shrieked.
"Not to sound rude or anything, but, this room is stuffy as hell. Can we please just get the hell out of here?" Jay-Jay commented.
"Yeah, sure. Hermione, where are all the kewl places to chill up here in this joint?" Kitty asked.
Hermione headed out the door. The group of friends followed close behind, eager to actually do something. "Well, let's see…There's Hagrid's Hut, the Forbidden Forest, the Quidditch field, the Great Hall, the Astronomy Tower, the list goes on!" She laughed.
"What's Hagrid's Hut and the Forbidden Forest?" asked Cherry, curiously.
Perfect gave a long sigh. "Stupid, The Forbidden Forest would be a forest that is forbidden. Duh!"
"Well, how would I know? It could be the name of like, a shop or… something! Everything's always so PRACTICAL with you, Perfect!"
Hermione noticed a bit of tension and answered the other question at hand to break ice, "Hagrid's a very good friend of mine. He's the 'keeper of keys'. I don't have the slightest clue what that means, but either way, he's still really great. And it's great fun to visit him at his hut on the grounds outside. He's a lovely guy. Oh yes, and he's also the Care of Magical Creatures teacher here at Hogwarts."
Away from Hermione and the girls, Jake whispered to J.J, "Jeez, what's she do? Study this Hagrid from since he was born?" J.J sniggered.
"EEK! I'm DYING to go to the quidditch field! Let's go!" Kitty shrieked.
"Yeah, that'd be alright." Tom seconded.
"Whatever," Cherry mumbled.
"Alright then, follow me! Remember, we've only a half an hour to spend there, it's only mid-day break. Afterwards, we have to get to classes!" Emma announced.
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Draco Malfoy walked carelessly about the castle with his close buddy, Blaze. He was free of worry and stress. The only thing on his mind was how hot that Ravenclaw in front of him was. Obviously, Blaze noticed that too, because suddenly, the catcalls began.
Blaze remarked, "Hey! I'll see you at the quidditch field tonight!"
"You count on it," Ravenclaw 4th year, Sharisa Walters said, in a whiperish-growl. She had attempted for it to be seductive, but, between you and me, it was just plain stupid sounding.
The stupid girl. She's way too young to understand the ways of the dragon and flame. Her time will come, and she'll just be another one of Blaze's bitches. Draco smirked, "She won't last you a day!"
"Oh, yeah? Well, at least I have something to do this evening! What about you? Who's lost their spark now?"
"Take that back Blaze! I did NOT lose my spark. And I'll have you know that I have plans tonight with a hotter chick than the one you just picked up!"
"Do you want to bet on that?"
"Yes, 10 galleons, in fact! We'll have Flint rate them on a scale of one to ten. Highest score prevails!" Draco was just being his usual self, once again. He hadn't the slightest idea that his twin cousin was in this castle, at this very moment, laughing, talking and holding hands with the very girl he had been talking about.
"Deal!" Blaze said.
"Well, it's just about time for Defense against the Dark Arts."
"Yeah, let's go."
They strolled down the halls, sneering at past enemies, winking at certain girls, and acting as if they owned the place. They headed through hallways, crossed many stairs, and finally got to their DADA classroom right on time.
Of course, if they didn't have perfect grades and attendance in every subject, their dads would freak and maybe even tell Voldemort! And The Dark Lord does NOT want dopes in his league. Draco and Blaze knew this for a fact.
Once, about two years ago, Draco and Blaze had decided to cut History of Magic. When their fathers found out, they were furious. They believed that with the breaking of an important rule, came with a strong punishment. Draco and Blaze were both placed under the Cruciatus Curse for about a week. Draco and Blaze had survived through it all, and have been through everything with each other. In fact, the only people they weren't cold and harsh and evil on were each other, their fathers, and cute girls. (Could you blame them, though?)
As soon as they entered the classroom, they found Dumbledore sitting in the teacher's chair. He stood up, just as Blaze and Draco took their seats.
"The teachers, including myself, are all having a meeting. We had to have the meeting now, because it is very important. All students are to report to the Great Hall for now. The meeting shall be adjourned before 2:45, so until then you shall remain there. Does everyone understand?" Dumbledore asked.
The class' students gave a slight nod and a round of "Yes's and "Uh-huh!"'s.
Dumbledore led them to the Great Hall. There, already were all the other houses and all the other students of Hogwarts. Dumbledore left them there and went through some eerie doors and disappeared quicker than the students had noticed.
"Draco, let's cut! The only people watching us are the Prefects! The Head Boy and Head Girl aren't even here! What a miraculous break! Let's ditch, come on!" Blaze urged.
"Let's not, Blaze," Draco replied, slowly.
"What? Why not?"
"I'm having one of those… feelings again. I know something important has happened. I think I sort of, have to be here. Some thing big is going on, I can sense it."
"Oh no, Draco! Don't freak out on me now! What about Pansy? She'll have the chance to bother you for an hour and forty-five minutes! DO you REALLY want that to happen?" pleaded Blaze.
"Blaze! Listen to me, we have to stay here. You were born with the ability to know everything that is going on right now and in the past, and I've been blessed to have a sense of the future. You tell me that you don't sense something going on at this very instance?"
"No, Draco, I don't!"
"You lie! You're powers are way stronger than mine! The Dark Lord told me AND you so! Remember? Don't think I'm thick-headed! Speak the truth, or I'll MAKE you tell the truth. Whichever way you'd rather have it is fine with me!" Draco said coldly. Hey, nobody ever said you couldn't argue with your best friend!
"Fine! Draco, you REALLY want to know what's going on?" Blaze shouted, a bit aggravated and taken aback.
"Yeah, I do! Of course! But, I'd find out later on, anyways. I might as well hear it from you!"
"You want that Kitty girl, don't you?"
"What Kitty girl?" Draco asked, dumbfounded.
"Don't play stupid with me,
Draco! I know these things. You've said it yourself. You and I have powers!
Don't think I didn't know what you were doing, after dinner at the Great Hall!"
"You used your powers to spy on me?"
"Best friends are just supposed to tell each other things, not keep secrets! Of course I used my powers, I mean, what if something bad would've happened to you? Let me tell you, Draco! That Kitty, she's trouble. Big trouble. I sense it! I know she is. She'll do more damage to you, then pleasure you."
Best friends don't lie. Best friends do what's best for you. Blaze would only do this for my protection! Draco kept telling himself as he said, slyly, "Just let me have my fun with her, and then she'll be gone! I'll forget all about her. You've got to admit, there's something about her that every guy wants. Girls like that, come once in a reign of darkness! I have to have her, at least for the hell of the ride."
"Whatever, be careful though. She's new and no one knows squat about her. She's trouble and I know it." Blaze kept mumbling the last phrase over and over. "Anyways, you know the future pretty well… What do you sense? Concentrate hard, Draco!"
Draco squinted and pounded his head. Everyone at the Slytherin table stared. First, he argued with Blaze, and now this? What was wrong with Draco Malfoy?
"Mind your own fucking business!" Blaze shouted.
A prefect had heard from the other side of the Great Hall. His voice had echoed. The prefect shouted, "Watch the language, Mr. Zabini!"
Blaze shouted back, "Fuck off, asshole!"
Yeah, that shut him up! Haha! Thought Draco, as he tried to think about what was going on. "This has something to do with Kitty… and some other people. They're… unrecognizable. One, I think, looks a bit like me. Dumbledore… he's there, too. And so are we, so we have to stay here! I'm not for certain, though! The image is a bit foggy."
"I knew that Kitty was some bizarre bitch," Blaze started to mutter phrases upon phrases like that… Until everyone silenced and the Great Hall door opened…
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"Oh my god! Would you just look at Diana and Piper! They're freaks!" giggled Cherry as she whispered to Perfect. Kitty overheard and giggled also.
"What? What happened? Huh?" asked Meredith.
Harry and Ron took Diana and Piper on a little broom ride. Harry took Piper on his Firebolt, and Ron took Diana on his brand new Nimbus 2001. Aside from himself, Diana was the only one who had ever even SAT on the broom. Ron treasured it. Diana was special, though.
Harry took Piper all over the quidditch grounds and around the top of the castle. Piper, although not afraid, wrapped her arms tightly around Harry's chest. She placed her head upon his back. He felt so warm to her touch, compared to the fast-blowing autumn wind, all around the two, flying more than 100 meters above ground.
"Hey, are you afraid?" asked Harry, kindly.
Piper laughed, "Are you kidding me? I was chaser for about 3 years! Why would I be afraid?"
"Chaser? For three years? You
want to take charge of the broom then?" Harry asked, a bit shocked at first.
"Sure, why not!" exclaimed Piper. She was thrilled. She
hadn't ridden her own broom since Summer! Back at Terra, it was a bit too early
to start quidditch practice. Harry's broom was a Firebolt. She gawked at the
fact that Harry trusted her with his Firebolt! She, herself, owned a Nimbus 2001.
Which was at the time, the third best broomstick on the market!
Harry swooped down, with
Piper, hanging on to him, for fear of slipping off. Sure, she was a bit afraid,
but with her flying skills, she wasn't about to admit it! Just before they
landed, when they were still 5 feet from the field, Piper just jumped off.
"You shouldn't do that, you know? It's dangerous!" Harry
warned. He swiftfully landed and got off his broom. The broom floated midair.
"Believe me, Harry! You
haven't seen danger until you've seen me fly!" Piper remarked, smiling. She
placed herself atop the broom, "Well, come on then!"
Harry looked a bit uneasy, but laughed and hopped on.
"Believe me, you wouldn't KNOW how much danger I've seen and been
in!"
"Oh, believe ME, I think I do!
Let me guess, you're last name is Potter, right?!" Piper giggled. "I think I at
least have a clue!" She joked as she kicked off the ground. Harry's feet grazed
the grass.
Piper payed no attention to
the speed or the crazy direction she was going. She laughed when she zoomed
across the tops of trees in The Forbidden Forest and Harry exclaimed, "Where
are you going?!" from behind her. She had no idea. She turned back and flew
around the quidditch posts at one side of the field.
"I have no idea!" She laughed.
Piper whirled and twirled. She whizzed around the whole quidditch field. She
did spectacular twists and turns that Harry had never seen done before. Harry
held on tight, one hand on Piper's waist, the other on the broom, for fear os
slipping off. He looked shocked, because she most likely had less flying
experience than he did! But then again, Harry wasn't able to practice during
the Summer. Damn those Dursleys!
"I'm going to jump off, take
control of the broom!" she shouted.
"What? You're crazy! Your 60
meters off the ground!" exclaimed Harry.
Piper had confused look on her
face. She furrowed her brows, "Wait, what that's like ummm, 180ft high right?"
"I don't know!" said Harry, as
they were going at a wicked fast pace.
"I don't care! Whatever, I'm
doing it anyways. I've done it before," giggled Piper. "What's the matter? You
scared?"
Harry gulped. He tried to look
brave, and mumbled quietly, just loud enough for Piper to hear, "No, I'm just
worried."
"Aww," said Piper. Harry
nervously grabbed onto the broom, Piper did some outrageously extreme
twirls and went down about 50ft and jumped off. She landed on the floor with a
loud thud. She fell.
Harry took control of the
broom and sped to the floor. When he finally landed, he went and ran to Piper,
who was sprawled on her back, on the floor.
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Far off into the distance...
"Oh, no! Oh my
gosh!" Hermione gasped. She attempted to run over to Piper and Hermione,
wand in hand.
Kitty stuck out her hand.
Kitty giggled. She mumbled to herself, "Not again! Piper!" She whispered to
Hermione, "No, no! She's fine! Wait and see!"
"How can she be fine? SHE JUST JUMPED FROM 45 METERS IN
THE AIR!!!!! I have to go and mend her, if I can! Then we have to bring her to
the Hospital Wing! And just WHAT is so funny?" Hermione shouted as hard as
she could whisper.
Everyone around Hermione giggled. Amethyst stepped forward. Hermione raised an eyebrow. "Obviously, you've only known Piper for no more than half a day, so you don't know her as well as we do!" Perfect said this over her stifled giggles.
"Piper, you dawg, you!" Jake hooted. The rest of the boys just laughed. Kitty watched intently at what Piper was going to do, this time around, and how far she was going to go.
Tom wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. He placed his head on her shoulder, smelling her hair. "Don't worry!" He whispered, "You know she's okay!"
Kitty relaxed a bit, and Tom didn't let go.
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"Oh my God! Are you okay?" Harry asked. "Please wake up!" Piper was sprawled on her back. Harry hovered right above her. He kneeled next to her; his hands were placed on either side of her head, and his face was inches away from hers, studying her conditioning.
Piper opened her eyes. Harry's stomach was basically on top of hers, in an awkward slanted position. Harry looked shocked that Piper could even open her eyes at all. After all, it was a pretty steep fall. Or maybe, Piper considered it a jump… anywayz…
"Harry…," She whispered, her voice was low and rasped.
"Oh, no, Piper! You're hurt! I can hear it in your voice! Let's get you to Pomfrey! Quick!" He pulled her close to him.
"Harry… I can't breathe!" Her voice was still, exasperated-sounding.
Harry looked confused. He furrowed his eyebrows, and looked at Piper strangely, "Huh? You can't breathe? But you jumped, not sank in water! What, do you like, need mouth-to-mouth?" He said the last part and a blush crept among his cheeks.
"Harry, you're… crushing… my… rib cage!" Piper choked on her own breath.
Harry rebounded off of her, and then his cheeks turned a slight shade of red. A little slowly, he pulled back. "Well, uh…sorry. Um, you're okay, then right?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, but I think I would still like to have that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation." Piper winked slyly.
"That can be arranged," Harry leaned in. Piper was still, laying just there on the ground.
She felt her palms sweat. She gazed into Harry's eyes, and searched. She searched his dark emerald eyes, for what she didn't know. And the distance between themselves grew shorter and shorter, as Harry knelt in.
Harry leaned towards Piper. He had every intention of touching her soft lips with his own. He gazed from Piper's soft, dark brown, silky, curly hair to her light creamy mocha eyes.
And then, the gap closed, and they kissed. It was sweet and blissful. All Harry could think of was how Piper's lips reacted to his. How she held back at first, but then gave it her all. All he could think of was how good her lips tasted, how soft and warm they were. And all Harry wanted to do, now and forever was to sit there, and caress Piper's lips with his own.
Piper felt lost. She was lost. Lost in clouds? No, a whirlwind. Nothing is clear. Everything's a mess and blurry. Only one thing is clear… Harry's lips. The kiss wasn't getting her woozy or giving her a lost of strength, she gained strength. She felt the need to return the kiss, just as fiercely as Harry did. And then they broke apart, not because one pushed the other away, but because now they BOTH were out of air.
***
"Oh my God!" Hermione shrieked. Strangely, a look of terror came on her face, no one understood why.
"Go Piper! Go Piper! It's your birthday, it's your birthday!" The boys chanted, happily.
"MATING CALL!!!" Jay-Jay shouted. All the boys danced around in a circle like a tirbe. They shouted weird nature sounds. "Ah! Woo-ga goo da moo fa! Shrenk-ka-doodle! Trenka surmga trun!"
All the girls clapped with the supposed beat and laughed. Kitty stood on the side, and just watched. She didn't join in, not because of idiocy, not because of fear of stupidity. Because as she watched her friends, their laughs echoed through her head. Hermione even joined in! Kitty felt as if she were home, once again.
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And so ends chapter 13! Didya like? Reviews, comments, feedback and questions or comments are gladly welcomed by that button down there which states that you can submit a review!
Preview: Next chapter, the meeting is explained, Diana's kissing scene: if anyone's cares, and MAJOR dosage of plot thickening! Chapter 14 will be the greatest! I know that you can't wait, and I can't either, so until next time!
Much Luv,
Kitty