Harry blinked in the sunlight. He looked at his teammates. "This year
will be our greatest year yet!"
He said to them. "We're mostly all seventh years so I think we'll do quite well. I'm changing the line-
up a bit. Lavender, I think you'll do better as a chaser. Ron, you'll be our keeper."
"Yes sir Captain Potter." Ron laughed as he circled the field on Fred's old broom. "I still can't
believe that!" He laughed again, and then landed softly on the grass in front of Hermione, who was
approaching with the girl from the sorting ceremony. Harry noticed them too and turned to his team,
"That's enough for today. We'll pick it up again on Thursday, same time." He walked over to the
girls and Ron.
"Hello. I want you to meet Sallie McFly. She's transferred here from America. Sallie, this is Ron
Weasley and Harry Potter, our fearless Quidditch captain." Hermione said.
Sallie smiled at both of them; she turned to Harry and said, "So you're the famous Harry Potter. At
Salem, we have whole classes about you! Don't worry though, the Harry Potter course is one of the
most popular classes to take. You're a real stud in America." All Harry could do was blush.
Then she turned to Ron. "I think I've heard of you too, or your brother at least. Charlie Weasley, your
brother right?" Ron nodded. "When we did our dragon unit last year his name came up a lot. It really
is a pleasure meeting you both."
"Well then, we'll look forward to getting to know you a bit better," said Ron. Harry turned to
Hermione, "We'll meet you for lunch in around a half hour. Will you be joining us Sallie?" Sallie
looked at Hermione, who smiled and nodded, "Oh yes, I think we'll all get along great."
She was right. Lunch went better than expected. It was almost as if Sallie had been part of the gang
since the first year.
"So what classes does everyone have?" asked Harry. The four of them pulled out their schedules.
"Hmm, today I have Herbology 7th year first, Advanced Charms, and Transfiguration." said
Hermione as she looked over her paper.
"That's what I have too." said Ron.
"Yeah, me too." said Sallie.
Soon, all four were sitting in Charms, waiting for Professor Flitwick to start the lesson. Sallie was
seated next to a tall boy with dark hair and dark intense eyes. He glanced at her for a moment, but
quickly looked away when she smiled at him. Standing next to Professor Flitwick, was a young
woman, who was looking nervously at the class. She towered above the professor, well, everyone
towers above him. She was wearing long purple robes. She had short blonde hair and blue eyes and
she was holding a well worn- in wand.
Professor Flitwick climbed up onto a stack of books, like usual, and cleared his throat. "Welcome
7th years to Advanced Charms. Now that you know all the basics that you will need, it's time to have
some fun. We like to do a lot of neat stuff with our 7th years and I'm sure you will all succeed quite
nicely. Standing next to me, is my new teaching assistant, Madam Mickey Finbar. She's here to learn
more about teaching from America. I expect her to be treated with the same respect as any other
professor." The young woman smiled at the students, who weren't terribly impressed. Professor
Flitwick continued, "Before we begin anything, I'm going to call roll. When your name is called
please come up to the front to demonstrate the spells you had to work on during the summer holidays."
All the kids looked around nervously, except for Hermione and Sallie. Hermione knew her spells
inside and out. She had spent the majority of her holidays reading and practicing magic; even though
she knew she wasn't supposed to. Sallie hadn't gotten an assignment for the holidays, but she was
confident anyway.
He said to them. "We're mostly all seventh years so I think we'll do quite well. I'm changing the line-
up a bit. Lavender, I think you'll do better as a chaser. Ron, you'll be our keeper."
"Yes sir Captain Potter." Ron laughed as he circled the field on Fred's old broom. "I still can't
believe that!" He laughed again, and then landed softly on the grass in front of Hermione, who was
approaching with the girl from the sorting ceremony. Harry noticed them too and turned to his team,
"That's enough for today. We'll pick it up again on Thursday, same time." He walked over to the
girls and Ron.
"Hello. I want you to meet Sallie McFly. She's transferred here from America. Sallie, this is Ron
Weasley and Harry Potter, our fearless Quidditch captain." Hermione said.
Sallie smiled at both of them; she turned to Harry and said, "So you're the famous Harry Potter. At
Salem, we have whole classes about you! Don't worry though, the Harry Potter course is one of the
most popular classes to take. You're a real stud in America." All Harry could do was blush.
Then she turned to Ron. "I think I've heard of you too, or your brother at least. Charlie Weasley, your
brother right?" Ron nodded. "When we did our dragon unit last year his name came up a lot. It really
is a pleasure meeting you both."
"Well then, we'll look forward to getting to know you a bit better," said Ron. Harry turned to
Hermione, "We'll meet you for lunch in around a half hour. Will you be joining us Sallie?" Sallie
looked at Hermione, who smiled and nodded, "Oh yes, I think we'll all get along great."
She was right. Lunch went better than expected. It was almost as if Sallie had been part of the gang
since the first year.
"So what classes does everyone have?" asked Harry. The four of them pulled out their schedules.
"Hmm, today I have Herbology 7th year first, Advanced Charms, and Transfiguration." said
Hermione as she looked over her paper.
"That's what I have too." said Ron.
"Yeah, me too." said Sallie.
Soon, all four were sitting in Charms, waiting for Professor Flitwick to start the lesson. Sallie was
seated next to a tall boy with dark hair and dark intense eyes. He glanced at her for a moment, but
quickly looked away when she smiled at him. Standing next to Professor Flitwick, was a young
woman, who was looking nervously at the class. She towered above the professor, well, everyone
towers above him. She was wearing long purple robes. She had short blonde hair and blue eyes and
she was holding a well worn- in wand.
Professor Flitwick climbed up onto a stack of books, like usual, and cleared his throat. "Welcome
7th years to Advanced Charms. Now that you know all the basics that you will need, it's time to have
some fun. We like to do a lot of neat stuff with our 7th years and I'm sure you will all succeed quite
nicely. Standing next to me, is my new teaching assistant, Madam Mickey Finbar. She's here to learn
more about teaching from America. I expect her to be treated with the same respect as any other
professor." The young woman smiled at the students, who weren't terribly impressed. Professor
Flitwick continued, "Before we begin anything, I'm going to call roll. When your name is called
please come up to the front to demonstrate the spells you had to work on during the summer holidays."
All the kids looked around nervously, except for Hermione and Sallie. Hermione knew her spells
inside and out. She had spent the majority of her holidays reading and practicing magic; even though
she knew she wasn't supposed to. Sallie hadn't gotten an assignment for the holidays, but she was
confident anyway.