So I unpacked my stuff as Liz talked our ears off about stuff we really didn't care about. (Like her Uncle Joe's bad case of dandruff in the armpitt hair). It took me about five minutes. Threw in my stuff in the cooresponding drawers (my mom had already folded them for me) and laid out my bathroom stuff, like toothbrush. Harmony on the other hand organized all her things by type and color when I onlyo rganized it by type. And that's not all. She had clothes for the different days of the week, (like her monday clothes. She wouldn't wear certain clothes on certain days.) Well, that was taking her awhile so I just grabbed my map and left followed by Sarah who looked like she was going to kill Liz to make her shut up. Well, I'm not really good with those one on one conversations with complete strangers that happen to be in a bad mood and since the common room was unoccupied at the moment, so we stood there in complete silence for a few minutes. When I saw the red leave her face and she didn't look as frustrated, I descided to talk. "So, um, where are you from?" I asked Sarah. She was slightly taken aback by the suddeness of my question but when she regained her composurem she finally answered. "Kenmare, Ireland," she replied in a thick accent. I was gonna have a hard time understanding all these people. "Oh," I simply said then added, "I'm from Greensboro, North Carolina." I looked at her and saw a very puzzled face. I was confused myself a little then it clicked. "United States," I explained. "Oh," she said a little hostle-like (is that a word?). "Y'all play Ireland in the Quidditch Cup," Ok, hold it. United States has a league? And they made it to the Quidditch Cup? My parents really don't tell me anything. No wonder she was a little hostile, hates all United States fans, I guess. "Did someone say Quidditch World Cup?" Rod said as he entered the room, followed by Jeremy. "They're annoucing today whose going to be in it," continued Rod, "but I haven't heard yet," "Sarah here told me," I said as I gestured to Sarah. "My home country, the land of the free, home of the brave, the great U.S. of A. and Ireland," Rod and Jeremy groaned. "They've been every year and they're going to win, again, but I'm stil definately going for Ireland. Maybe, the U.S. will lose this year, just maybe." Jeremy muttered as he fell unto the chair. I nodded. I couldn't believe that the my country was that good. I had to tell Carmen. Maybe she'll be at the Multi-Common Room. "Yo, Rod. I'm gonna get out the Multi-HOuse Commons. Wanna go with me?" I asked. Before he could even answer, Harmony quietly opened the door and joined us. "I'll go and hurry! Liz doens't know I've left and she's still talking." Harmony said. I started to crack up as I made my way to the stairs. Rod, Harmony, and Sarah followed. Jeremy stayed behind to wait for the Harry. We passed throught the main commons and entered the hallway. At this point, we all glanced down at our maps. "It's in the center of the school," Rod said as we all rolled our eyes. "We aren't stupid. We can see our maps," Sarah said sardonically. "Oh, and I didn't catch your name," "Rod," he said quietly as he walked straight down the hallway, took and left and found ourselves in front of a huge dor. Right across from the door was a water fountain. "Go on ahead. I'm gonna get a drink," I told them and they walked ahead, leaving me alone. I bent over and my mouth touched the worst water I've tasted ever. "Ew, nasty," I cried as I turned around and happened to face no other than...Sarah Kamsel in even sluttier robes than she had on earlier. "Ew, nasty," I repeated as I saw her. She made that little uh, sighing type sound. "I could say the same about your face," she retorted. Don't worry, I always have a comeback. "No, I think you've mistaken my face for your reflection in that water fountain," I came back. Sarah's mouth was hanging wide open like I had really insulted her and offended her. It was obviously an act, someone like her obviously was used to getting insulted. Then, footsteps rang the hallway and soon Daniel Mayfol appeared next to Sarah. Oh yeah, that was exactly what I needed. Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake (except Daniel did looked better than Justin). I tried to push my way through them but Daniel put his hand on me to stop me. "You, know, I can scream really loud," I threatened him and he just laughed. He obviously thought it was an empty threat. Oh, he was soooo wrong. "ABUSSSSSSE!" I screamed as loud I possibly could. All my fellow Gryffindors came bursting through the door. "Get your hands off of her, you bloody *beep*," Rod yelled. "Rod!" Harmony gasped, apparently because of the word he just said. Daniel stood there in shock as Iwalked by him and smirked. Yes, victory was good. "Hey, why don't you little Slytherins run back to your common room," It was Jeremy followed by Harry. Daniel and Sarah took advice and an away. Oh, I saw that Rod was looking at her butt as she ran. This time, Harmony slapped him upside the head. "We heard you yell from down the hall," explained Jeremy as we entered the room. It was like our main commons, but slightly bigger. Ok, a lot bigger. It was for 1st through 3rd years in every house. We were the only ones in there so far. "So what were y'all doing while you were waiting for me?" I asked. "Listen to music by the best band ever," Sarah (Foruhee) said as she motioned to the only computer that was on. As I walked closer, I saw five boys holding broomsticks on the screen and the little music player thingy. "A boy band?" I asked, surprised. "A wizard band," Sarah corrected. I shrugged. "And these people are popular?" I asked, unbelievingly. "Of course, everyone loves Quidditch. Either them or Wands," Rod answered or tired to at least. "We are not talking about magical apparrel, Rod. We are talking about music groups," I said, frustrated. "No, those are the names of the "wizard" bands," Harmony said, sighing. "The wizard world is a little behind in music. They are still in the boy band era," "Wizard band," corrected everyone. Harmony looked like she was about to kill someone. "Wizard band?" a voice that I recognized said. "Carmen!" I yelled. "I have sooo much to tell you. The U.S. are in the Quidditch World Cup and these magic folk are still in the boy band era," Before they could correct me, I turned toward them and snapped, "Don't even bother to say "Wizard Band. I know, ok," Carmen had a look of glee in her eye. "Great!" she said excitedly. "I've always wanted to relive those days," I started to roll my eyes, but I realized that I did too. "Ok," I surrendered. "Let me hear this song." Everyone smiled, except Harmony, and Sarah turned pressed the play button. "Oh mi D-dore, we're back again Wizard, witches, everybody said Gotta Fly that broom, gonna show you how Gotta score that point, gotta score it now Am I Bludgeful? (Yeah) Am I the Chaser now? (Yeah) Am I Snitchual? (Yeah) If I'm the best Quidditch player, you better fly that broomstick now." Sarah pressed pause and turned to me. "So, what do you think?" she asked. I bursted out laughing and so did Carmen. Not because of the song but if you've ever played Britney Spear's Dance Beat, you'd know why we were laughing. I saw their hurt faces and stopped. "It sounds like the Backstreet Boys," Carmen said. "I guess I like it. Let me see there faces!" "No, listen to the chorus first, its the best part," Rod said as he pressed play again. Every Wizard Throw it throught that hoop Every Wizard Quidditch is back alright So catch that snitch TONIGHT. The song went on to the second first. Now fly your broomstick in the air Wave your wand you have no hair. If you wanna win let me hear u scream Cuz we are flying down Dreamstreet That was the stupidest second verse I've ever heard. Wave your wand like you have no hair? Come on and they must have said flying about ten times and there were probably more to come. They sang that "Am I Bludgeful" part and the chorus again. Had some little interlude and then they sung the last verse which goes a little something like this. Now Every Wizard Everywhere Don't be afraid, you have no hair Gotta tell the muggles, gonna shake their hands As long as there is Quidditch we'll be flying up again. The song finished and eveyone turned to us, except Harmony, who had her fingers in her ear the whole time. "It was alright until after the first chorus," I said truthfully. "What's with their obsession with hair?" "But all that doesn't matter if they're HOT!" Carmen added in quickly. Just then, I realized Carmen hadn't met Jeremy or Sarah. "Jeremy, Sarah, you haven't really met Carmen, yet. She's like my best friend from back home. Carmen, this is Jeremy and Sarah, they're in Gryffindor." They shook hands. Carmen and Jeremy's hand's kinda lingered for awhile. "Nice to meet ya, mate," Jeremy kept saying and Carmen get saying "you too" and nodding. "Ahem." Harry said rather loudly which made Carmen and Jeremy let go of each other's hands and jump up. "I believe Carmen wanted to see what Quidditch looked like," Sarah clicked something else and a cleared image of each of the wizards came up. "Whoa!" I gasped. Now those had to be the hottest boys in the wizarding world. Carmen squinted at them and shook her head. "I suppose they're alright." she said. I looked at her like she was crazy, but we never really agreed on boys, except for a few like Tom Felton, Hayden Christensen, and Jake Epstein. "So her the other band, Wands," Harmony suggested. "I want to see if they are any better," Sarah shook her head, "Their lyrics are even stupider than Quidditch's," But Carmen didn't care, so Sarah went to wands.com on WOL (Wizards Online). Another group of five boys came up. Harmony's and Carmen's eyes widened as they starred at the screen. I went to get a closer look and saw four guys that were ok and one that was butt ugly. I also read the caption under them "Christopher Trousersdown, Jesse McFartney, Franklin Ratasso, Matthew Ballsflinger, and Gregory Girlosto form the band 'Wands' and have a new single 'Its Always Happening' which will give Quidditch's 'Every Wizard' a run for its money. Click here to listen to "'Its Always Happening,'" Carmen, who was obviously done reading the caption yelled, "Click it, click it," More people were in the room now. Some who were listening to us, ran away when Carmen prompted Sarah to click it, Some crowded in close to listen. "They are soooo hot," this one girl behind me said. "Quidditch is better," another girl said. Sarah clicked and the song started to play. "Can you hear Dobby crying? Can you feel You Know Who spying? This is a Muggle's dream come true And I can promise you that You are my wand and robey And I'm the son of Toby We are the pair of wizards overdue And I promise you that I hear a funny spell in my head" I didn't bother to stay for the chorus. I just walked out of the door. Sarah was right about the stupidity of the lyrics. I said bye to Carmen, but I don't think she heard me. As I entered the main common room, I passed Liz, who looked very annoyed. I walked up to a computer to look up Quidditch (not just the group, but the sport too. I needed some tips for tryouts, but I couldn't resist the group). Later, I was joined by Sarah and we talked about both Quidditches 'til dinner. Yep, this was the beginning of a new obsession