a/n: I just realized something! I skipped Natasha's birthday! OH NO!! I'm going to change her birthday to sometime in the Fall-Winter okay? Sorry!!

The boys looking through the window were James, Remus, and Sirius of course. (You could probably tell who was who.) James reluctantly tore his eyes away from the splashing pool, to look at Sirius, whose eyes were still looking frosty. "You're not still mad about the water thing are you, Si?" James asked him exasperatedly.

Sirius' shook his head, but continued to glare at the pool.

Remus heard their conversation, and sighed heavily. "Sirius, three words. LET IT GO!"

Sirius stubbornly turned to them, and said, "No, they overacted over a harmless prank. People like that don't deserve to be not punished,"

James and Remus looked at each other, shrugged, and James said, "You're overacting, dumb-ass! Look. When Tasha first came here you said she was nice. Don't ruin a friendship over that, okay?"

Sirius sighed, than reluctantly replied, "You're right. I'll go down and apologize," At that, he headed down the stairs to the pool, while James and Remus eagerly turned toward the window to watch the episode.

At the pool, Sirius headed toward Tasha who was looking at Lily and Nia a bit strangely. He said to her, "Sorry, Tasha. It was just a joke! I didn't know you would take it that seriously. Can you forgive me?" Sirius said, as honest as he could, without cracking a remark in the middle of it.

Slowly, Tasha got out of the pool, dripping wet, and looked Sirius up and down. "I forgive you, I guess,"

Sirius grinned widely, and started to head back in the house.

Halfway to the door, he heard a loud *ahem*. Sirius turned around, and said, "I'm sorry, Nia and Lily,"

Lily and Nia grinned, and happily accepted his apology.

The next day was September 1, the day Hogwarts began. When they reached the train station, they headed toward the wall between Platforms 9 and 10. James and Sirius went first, then Lily and Nia. Tasha would be going with Remus. She waved goodbye to the Potters, shouted, "Bye Auntie Susan, bye Uncle Thomas!" They grinned good-naturedly at her, as she ran towards the wall.

A few seconds later, she arrived at Platform 9 ¾. She hurried her black trunk onto the train, in the compartment where Lily and Nia sat, talking excitedly. Soon, the threesome were talking so loud, they didn't hear three boys come inside the compartment. "The fun has arrived!" Sirius shouted, flinging his arms out above him, almost hitting the window.

Lily and Nia rolled their eyes, while Tasha said good-naturedly, "Where?" making Sirius playfully stick his tongue out at her.

Remus and James came in, lugging their trunks behind them. A few hours into the ride, when everyone but Tasha was sleeping, she heard the compartment door open. "Well, well. What do we have here?" She heard a malicious voice say, as a figure stepped into the compartment. She saw two heavy figures behind him.

"Who wants to know?" Tasha asked the front figure.

"Malfoy. Lucius Malfoy. This is Crabbe, and Goyle," the blonde boy sneered, "Who might you be?"

"Natasha Kamalani," Tasha replied stoutly. "What do you want?"

"Ooh, feisty are we? I like that. I just wanted to talk to Sirius and James here," Malfoy replied coolly.

"What do you want with them? I'm sure they wouldn't want to talk to scum like you," Tasha replied fiercely.

Malfoy smirked, "So, now I'm scum. I feel so hurt!" Malfoy sarcastically said. "By the way, are you new? I've never seen you at Hogwarts,"

"Yeah, I'm new. Gonna be in 6th year. Are you leaving yet?" Tasha replied harshly.

Malfoy grinned, "Yeah, but let me just say one more thing. Hope you get in Slytherin, babe. That's where I am," Malfoy winked at her, leading his thugs out the door.

Tasha disgustedly snorted, and left the compartment, leaving a note for the others saying she went to explore the train, and 'make new friends,'

She walked to an empty compartment and sat down. She closed her eyes, and breathed in and out. When her temper goes out of control, she usually does yoga breathing.

She was almost calmed, until she heard a voice say, "Can I sit here, or is it taken?"

She slowly opened one eye and saw a masculine figure point to the seat next to her. She saw he had black hair, not blonde hair, so she nodded, and closed her eyes again.

It was silent except for her yoga breathing, until the boy broke the silence. "Am I interrupting you? I can go to the next compartment,"

This time, Tasha opened both her eyes and grinned at him. "It's fine. I just was irritated at this guy. Yoga helps me calm myself,"

The boy grinned and said, "Neat,"

Tasha saw the boy was handsome. He had hair that was fully black and slightly long, with a small goatee. (he looked like Orlando Bloom. If you don't know who my dream guy is, go here, and this is how his hair looked like. ) His skin was tan, and he had a seemingly fit body, even under his Hogwarts robes. He was tall, around 6'0'', and was devishly cute.

Tasha grinned at him, "I'm Natasha Kamalani, call me Tasha or Tash,"

The boy grinned right back at her, "I'm Blake Endriago. Call me Blake or Blake," he joked.

Tasha smiled at him, "You're last name means dragon right?"

Blake nodded, "How'd you know?"

"I'm half Spanish, half Hawaiian. I know the Spanish language fluently, along with Hawaiian and English. English is, believe it or not, my second language!"

Blake looked impressed and said, "Decires estupendo,"

"Eso es nada. Gracias," Tasha replied in Spanish.

"Were you born in Mexico?" Blake asked her.

"Oh no. I was born in Hawaii. I lived in Mexico for a couple years, when I was 6, and I left for Salem Academy when I was 11. That's how I learned Spanish,"

"I was born in Mexico. It's hard to talk to people about Spanish, hardly anyone understands!"

"Si! I know!" Tasha exclaimed.

Suddenly the door burst open and revealed a flushed Lily and Nia. They turned to Tasha. "We've been looking everywhere for you! We heard Malfoy, he woke us up! He said he met you, and I was worried.." Lily trailed off, suddenly realizing the grinning boy who was looking at the scene. Lily blushed, and Nia looked embarrassed.

Tasha grinned and said, "Blake, Nia and Lily. Lily and Nia, Blake,"

"I've seen you at Hogwarts before," Blake said to Lily and Nia.

"Yeah?" Nia said shakily.

"I've got to go, Blake. Gracias for the talk! It's great to know I'm not the only Spanish person here! I'll see you at Hogwarts, bye!" Tasha told him, quickly kissing him on the cheek for Spanish tradition.

When they were safe in an empty compartment, Lily squealed to Tasha, "Do you know who that is?"

"Yeah. It's Blake. You just met him?" Tasha said to her as if she was disturbed.

Nia rolled her eyes, "Duh! That's Blake Endriago, the single hottest guy in the school! He's so popular, cute, sweet and smart. He would be in the James' group but he doesn't do pranks. He's like Sirius, James, and Remus' best friend though,"

Tasha looked pleasantly surprised, "No kidding," she said.

"Yeah. What was that small kiss I saw?" Lily playfully teased her.

Tasha then rolled her eyes. "Spanish tradition. No big,"

"The unkissible babe kissed someone? Surprise, surprise!" a voice mocked.

a/n: who is that voice? is it Sirius? Lucius? James? Remus? Harry? ---nah just kidding.. I'm going to be using Spanish a lot now okay?

Spanish dictionary:

Decires estupendo =means= that's amazing

Eso es nada. Gracias =means= it's nothing. Thank you.

Si! =means= Yes!