Chapter 2
"Harry! Harry, hurry the train is about too leave!" cried Hermione from a window in the scarlet train at platform 9 ¾. Harry quickly climbed onto a closing door triumphantly. It closed right behind him and he barley got in. He made his way too the compartment that had his friends in it.

"That was a close one." Harry said sitting down next too Hermione. Ron smiled wide; Harry looked at him, confusion written all over his face. Ron tucked his hands behind his head leaning back on his seat and putting his feet on Harry and Hermione's seat. Hermione glared at the muddy shoes and pushed them off the seat.

"Honestly Ron, you can't take five seconds too clean a pair of shoes." Hermione scolded him. Ron rolled his eyes at her sitting up and lying down on his chair. He leaned his head on the window then pulled it away in pain, because the window was hitting his head quickly, and barley.

"You sound like my mum. gosh." he said shivering just slightly. Hermione scowled, you could see annoyance growing on her features. Harry smiled hopelessly thinking, * better get out of here before I loose an eye. * he stood up and was about too go when Hermione lost her arguing focus and turned too him, "Harry, were are you going?" she asked putting a hand on his arm.

He shrugged. " Just too go see people I guess. I'll be back later" he said and walked out the door. Hermione sighed and plopped in her chair. Ron smiled evilly. Hermione was about too continue the argument when she noticed the look in Ron's eyes. "What?!" She asked him annoyingly. He leaned back again.

" Don't you go thinking I'm blind Hermione Granger." he said wisely. Hermione was confused. "I saw what you gave Harry last year after we got off the train." Hermione blushed, for the first time in a long time, then decided too play dumb.

"And. what would that be?" she asked wondrously. She had a bit of fear in her voice, which she quickly changed too annoyance, " Ron Wesley!" Ron snickered too himself.

"Don't play dumb with me. the kiss you gave Harry!" he said. Her face went bright cherry. The way Ron said it, it made it sound much more like a kiss on the lips then on the cheek. He smiled knowingly, for once.

"Oh Ron! You can't tell a soul!" she demanded pointing her index finger at him. He smiled mischievously. She closed her eyes waiting for what the words out of his mouth would be. She almost expected him too agree too her demand.

"Don't you just love black mail 'monie." he said kicking his feet up once again. Hermione sighed sadly. She made the sound of an airplane crashing then blowing up. Ron laughed evilly. Hermione looked at him hopelessly. * My life. is doomed * she thought.

" Let's talk about. Transfiguration." he said and she rolled her eyes. Ron smiled Mischievously. She folded her arms and leaned back horror written all over her features.

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~ Lets go back in time a few minutes.. ~
Kara walked into the portal and felt her wings detaching from her back and the honored marks on her face disappearing. She could feel her legs giving way from the gravity on the earth and the heavenly aurora decreasing as she made her way too the green and blue planet. She new it was beginning as she took another step and came out of the 9 ¾ barrier. She looked around and saw 3 empty carts sitting just too the left of her.

She quickly ran up too it and clutched the handles muttering too herself and waited for it too fill up with her luggage. She smiled too herself as she witnessed the large chest, and bags appear on the cart. She closed her eyes again muttering some more words, and a cage with an orange tabby cat appeared. She smiled brightly and pushed it too the side waiting for her accomplices too come.

Fay walked through the barrier and grabbed a cart, mimicking what Kara had done, her cart filled with a chest and some bags and a cage with a snowy white owl in it. She smiled silently to herself and joined Kara, "Fancy seeing you here." she said smiling sheepishly.

Kara returned the smile and said, " Oh yes isn't it. it took you long enough." She said then added a giggle. Fay rolled her eyes at her and muttered.

" Matty practically tackled me too get too the portal." She sighed hopelessly, and Kara broke out in a full laugh. And just about at the mention Matty came bumbling in. She took a moment too steady herself then grabbed the last cart and filled it up like the previous girls had done, but she added a large broom instead of a pet.

Kara lifted a brow at the broom and Matty smiled girlishly, "I plan on joining the Quiddich team!!" She said patting the broom. She grabbed a large bag from the cart and opened it taking out a couple of mirrors, and a few pens. She handed them each a mirror and a pen.

"Item #1, communicative mirror, and pen. We can talk through the mirror and the pen. The only reason for the pen is in class. You can't very well talk in a mirror in the middle of class know can you." Kara said sticking the pen in her small bag with books, and her mirror too. She opened Fay's mirror. "Know watch. Matty, mirror." She said too the mirror, and Matty's began too blink bright pink and orange. Matty opened her mirror and instead of seeing her face, she saw Kara's shining face.

She gasped at and said, "WOW! Do I look like Kara?!" Her voice came out of Fay's mirror and she gasped. Then she calmed down a bit, " Wait I see know. its like a video cam. heh. I knew that." She scratched the back of her head dumbly. Fay giggled lightly and snatched her mirror back closing it and putting it in her pocket along with her pen. Matty put her stuff away too.

"Ok, know remember. Fay, you are from France and your 15 years old and in your 5th year. Matty, you are from America and are a 15-year-old 5th year as well. I am from Greece and am a 15-year-old 5th year as well. Ok?" Kara said pointing too each of them as she gave them their cover. They nodded. "I'm too gather Harry, and Hermione, Fay, you have too get Ron, and Betsy, and Matty, you get Draco and Savann." She added.

Matty smiled happily at her mission. Fay nodded and Kara handed them pictures of there specimens. Fay looked at them then put the picture away. Matty put the picture of Savann away but kept her eyes on the picture of Draco. "Know remember, Matty you are too be in Slytheren, Fay you are in Ravenclaw, and I need too be in Griffender! Everything understood?" She looked for the ok from both of the girls and they both nodded. "Well then, off we go." and they climbed onto the scarlet train and got into an empty compartment. After they got all settled they started too talk. Since neither Kara, nor Fay really new anything about Matty they let her tell about herself, which she didn't have a problem with.

"Well, I became an angel by dying. Yeah, nothing too special there. not like you Kara. You were CHOSEN too be an angel. your so lucky. well the good deed I did, was nothing really. All I did was fight for the protection of a young girl. she was really really young, you don't understand how young." Matty said trying too emphasize the age of the little girl whom she was protecting. "She hadn't even been conceived yet." Kara and Fay gasped.

"Why protect a baby that young." Fay asked shocked like. Matty pondered something really fast.

"Well. really I was protecting the mother, and not that baby. Here I'll tell you the story. It happened in the year 1953 and." She was cut off by the door opening. The girls gasped at who had entered the compartment. Fay and Matty quickly scrambled too there feet. "That will have too wait for another day ok girls." She said putting on an American accent and grabbing a bag, "I'm going too go get into my robe, chow" She added.

"Yeah, vait for me." Fay said with a fake French accent grabbing a bag and following Matty out of the room. Kara smiled and waved. So the boy came and sat across from her.

"Hello, I'm Harry Potter." He said extending his hand. She smiled warmly, grasping his hand with her own.

"Ga'a (A/N: that's supposed too be Greek. if there is any Greek speakers contact me because I'm not sure if that's the proper way too say that -.- oh, and accents I'd very much like help with accents.) my name is Kara Damita. I am from Greece." she said smiling. She added a slight Greek accent mixed in with a little English accent.

"Ga'a? What does that mean?" Harry asked leaning forward in his seat. Kara smiled again, happy her cover was working.

"It means hallo." she said smiling just as her cat crawled onto her lap and rubbed agents her hand hinting for her too pet it.She giggled and petted its head softly and innocently. "I have good English, because my mama is English but my Pateas is Greek." she said as she noticed the over whelmed look on Harry's face.

Harry looked at her with confusion written all over his face.She smiled . She new he would be a fun person too hang around with and talk too. she couldn't wait till he became a detective, so she could get rid of this boring Greek accent. He just smiled and decided too just guess what the words meant.

"That's wonderful, my friends. are so crazy. and Ron seems too be in a good mood." He said smiling too himself. She wondered if this would be easier then she thought it would be. so she began too talk too him and get too know him. Then she saw a mark on his forehead.

"Harry, what is that?" She asked pointing too the mark on his forehead. no doubt it looked like the sacred mark of an Angel. But he couldn't have the mark, if he hadn't gone too heaven. was that why the Lord Osric chose him. she pondered this. Harry blushed and tried too cover it up. But he gave up and let his arms drop.

"You mean. you haven't herd of me?" He asked with a bit of shock in his voice. She shook her head

"Okh'i, I'm sorry I haven't." She said while massaging the kittens stomach and playing with her paws.

"It's quite a long story, so I'll just say it is a scar from a curse that Voldermort gave me when I was a baby." He said smiling sheepishly. Kara still wondered about the mark, but she nodded. They spent about 3 hours talking and laughing till Harry looked at his watch and noticed the time.

"Oh my, Hermione will have a fit. I'm sorry Kara but I must go, we should be arriving soon. I hope you get Griffender." He said turning and walking out the door. But before he left he forgot too say goodbye too Fay and Matty. He turned and waved, "Good bye Fay, and Matty. I hope too see you all again!" Then he made his way back too his compartment.
~ Back with Hermione and Ron ~
Hermione looked out the window, already in her robe. She was bored stiff, Ron had fallen asleep about an hour ago, and Harry still hadn't returned. She watched as the many trees passed bye and she thought about the kiss she gave Harry. What had he thought of it?

She wondered if it would ever come up in any conversations, how she got the nerve too do it in the first place. She hoped he still acted the same way around her. she sighed leaning on the windowsill and covering her chin with her hand. Maybe he would like her back?

But no, nobody liked her; she wasn't Cho Chang after all. She expected that Harry would be her shoulder too cry on, from the incident that happened last year. She looked at the rain that had began too drizzle. She noted that whenever she was sad, it seemed too rain. Always, The night that the troll attacked and she was in the girl's bathroom crying, it was raining, and thundering. It was good she wasn't sad too often, just often enough.

Just then Harry walked in. Hermione shot up from her trance and then got an angry face.

"Harry Potter, were have you been!" She scolded folding her arms and sitting up strait. Harry's eyes boldged as he sat down next too her and started going through his things.

"I missed you too 'monie." He said taking out a shoe. Hermione rolled her eyes. "I met a girl." Hermione's features flashed with worry too shock. Her arms relaxed some then she got her poster back. "Actually I met a few. They were all exchange students."

Hermione was interested, yet she was worried because she knew that exchange students were never good. Especially French ones. So she put on her war face and said, "Really, from where?"

"Greece, America, and France." He said finally finding his robes then putting all his stuff away. He stood up and left too go change. Hermione's eyes darted around as she thought too herself. She gnawed on her lip as she waited for Harry too return. She debated on waking Ron up. But she had too talk too someone. Finally she just sighed and prepared her things as a voice was herd over the train saying they would be arriving in five minutes. About one minute later Harry walked back into the room.

He sat next too Hermione and nudged Ron with his foot. Ron woke up screaming, "No! Not the caterpillars!" Then he noticed were he was and sighed putting a hand on his chest. Harry was laughing super hard in the floor, and hermione was just smiling. She would be laughing if she weren't worrying about the exchange students.

"Harry! Hay its me!" Matty said walking in Happily. She waved and sat down next too Ron. "Hay! You must be Ron! Harry told me about you! He said you're a blast too hang with! I'm Matty! I'm from America!" She said shaking his hand vigorously. She turned too hermione and smiled. "Hay you must be Hermione! Harry told me 'bout you too! Said you're really bossy, but a good friend." She smiled and clutched her hand in her own and shook it harder then she shook Ron's.

Hermione took her hand back and it was still shaking and looked at harry from the corner of her eye. Finally the girl put her focus on Harry. She hugged him and then went back too her seat. "Harry, short time no see!" (A/N Matty reminds me of me. ^.^) Harry smirked and hermione looked absolutely evil. Finally the train pulled too a stop, and they could hear the bellow of Hagrid, calling for first years. So they got off and found the host for the fifth years, who happened too be a woman with long, long, long brown hair. She had sparkling chocolate eyes, and a button nose. She appeared too be in her mid 20's and obviously a new teacher.

So Harry led the group too her, and Kara and Fay joined them. Kara and Fay were quite quiet and walked behind the rest of the group but Matty stood next too Harry rambling on and on. Hermione had been despising her since she tried too shake her hand off. "So Harry, do you think that this years DADA teacher will be evil?" Hermione asked Harry as she scurried too his side.

Ron saw her desperate attempt too distract Harry from Matty and started laughing hysterically in his hand. Hermione glared back at him for a few moments then focused her attention on Harry.

"Well, quell wanted too steal the stone, Lockheart was just." Harry shivered, " He was just scary! Um Remus was a good DADA teacher. and mad eye was crouch's son who wanted too resurrect Voldermort. Hopefully he won't be like that at all." Harry said after counting the teachers off on his fingers. Kara was listening very closely and she placed her hands behind her back glancing a little at Fay, who glanced back. Matty looked back at them.

The woman whom they were walking towered, stood in front of them. "Trust me Mr. Potter, he wont be anything like the rest. considering he is a she." She said. Harry looked up at her. She appeared too be at least 6 feet tall. But she was wearing some high heals so it was debatable. "I am your new DADA teacher and I expect you students will stay in line. My name is Professor Clematis. I knew your father Mr. Potter. I knew him quite well." The professor looked deep in his eyes and smiled. Harry starred back.

"Fallow me students." She said and the other 5th years joined her and she walked too a farm. They walked in and saw many, many horses. But that wasn't the strange part. The strange part is that they all had wings! "These are what we call Pegasus's they are very hard too find, so if you happen too hurt one it means cerise punishment. That means 50 points from your house, and detention. Now chose one, and chose carefully, because you will be using this Pegasus for the rest of the year in your magical creatures class, along with some other horse related beings, and a few un- related." As she said this she walked over too a black Pegasus with dusty brown wings with a few white patches here and there. She mounted it throwing one leg over and letting it pull the rest of her body wait over. Harry walked around looking for a good one, a perfect one. Hermione had chosen one quite quickly.

She chose a white one with huge golden wings and hair and tail. Its eyes were menacing amber, and it confirmed as a girl. Hermione named her Geliena. She mounted her as the professor had and trotted the horse over too Harry smiling. "Hurry up Harry don't want to get left behind," She said. She then trotted up too the professor.

Harry chose a pitch black Pegasus with only a white patch around one of his midnight blue eyes that shone brightly. He petted the animals head softly and finally decided too name it Otieno. He mounted it, almost falling of, and trotted too meet hermione.

Ron chose a snowy white one with brown spots. Its wings were green and its hair was green. Its eyes were golden and seemed happy. He chose it because it seemed so different from the others. After recognizing it as a girl he named her Aviva and mounted her joining the others.

Matty, Fay, and Kara all chose their horses and after the rest of the fifth years chose theirs they flew off too the school.
As Harry was flying he ran a hand through the clouds joyfully. He felt as light as a feather. They soon arrived at the school, and sadly he dismounted his horse letting the professor lead it too the stables near Hagrid's hut. He joined Ron and the girls and they all walked too the great hall. The angels went too see Dumbledoor and Harry, Hermione, and Ron took a seat at the Gryffendor table and watched the 1st years get sorted.

"So what do you think of the exchange students?" Harry asked the guys quietly. Ron grinned boyishly.

"That Matty sure is talkative. And quite outgoing." Ron said, "She seemed more then willing too lead the group with you." He said. Harry smirked at his best friend. Ro smirked back and Hermione scowled. She hoped that Harry didn't like her. but didn't claim him so she could not do anything. She was way too shy to say anything, although she new Ron would eventually spill it.

"I like Kara though, she seems calm, yet fun too hang out with. Fay is more Sirius. Ron you should help her loosen up." Harry smirked at Ron's pink ears. Hermione rolled her eyes.

The 1st years were almost done being sorted. "Lael, Calliope," Mcgonagal summoned. A girl with bright elegant blue eyes and a huge smile wondered up too the stage, her long blond hair trailing behind her. She sat on the stool and after about a min. the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR" and Calliope smiled happily running over to the Gryffindor table.

Mcgonagal smiled and read on, "Laramie, Caden," A girl with short layered chocolate brown hair walked too the stool. Her emerald green eyes shone with excitement. Her white teeth shone and she sat down after tucking a bit of hair behind her ear. "Gryffindor!" The hat shouted again. The girl smiled and walked over too where Calliope was.

"Lilith, Hewitt!" Mcgonagal continued and a boy with Amber brown hair walked up too the stool. His sky blue eyes shone behind a pair of glasses and he sat down and almost instantly the hat shouted "Ravenclaw!" and he walked over too Ravenclaw prideful.

Mcgonagal continued with the names, "Odysseus, Egan!" A boy with white hair and cerise features walked up too the hat. His red eyes were dull and his white skin literally looked smooth. He sat down and after a second the hat shouted "Slytheren!" And the boy smirked and calmly walked over to the slytheren table.

"Rose, Aidan!" Mcgonagal shouted and a boy with red hair walked up too the hat. His emerald green eyes scanned the room before he sat down and had his eyes covered by the hat. The hat called out "Hufflepuff!" The boy smiled and slowly walked over too Hufflepuff.

Finally Mcgonagal had reached the last 1st year. "Shaylee, Nalini!" She shouted and a girl with almost blank midnight blue eyes walked up to the hat, her black hair, with a few streaks of silver here and there, and a bit of gold. She sat down quietly and emotionlessly before the hat called, "Slytherin!" and she emotionlessly walked over too the slytherin table.

"And know we have a few exchange students, which is highly unusual. Let's begin with Kara Daminta," Mcgonagal said as Kara walked up too the stage smiling friendly-like. "Kara is from Greece!" The professor added as Kara put the hat on, almost immediately the hat shouted, "Gryffinder!" And Kara smiled brightly running too the Gryffinder table and sitting next too Harry. Harry was very happy and Hermione wasn't.

"And next, from America is Matty Aira!" Matty smiled brightly and walked over too the stool. She put the hat on and it shouted, "Slytherin!" Harry and Ron frowned as the Angel made her way too the table and sat next too Draco.

"Finally the last too be sorted! Fay Sylvia!" far walked up calmly, smirking a bit and sat down setting the hat on her head. The hat shouted, "Ravenclaw!" and she smiled as she made her way too the Ravenclaw table smiling. They were all in the right houses with no problems there. their next mission was recruiting the detectives.

HALO! WHAT YA THINK?! TELL ME! ^_^ AND THEN READ THE NEXT CHAPPY! TOODLES FOR KNOW! ^_~* Signing out with lots of love Princess Athelia