A/N: This is my first fic so any comments are welcome!
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Chapter 1
Dumbledore held up his hands to indicate he wished for silence. Almost at once a hush fell over the hall. The first years had been sorted, but the sorting hat still sat on the stool.
"With the first years sorted into their houses, I would naturally let you eat but this year, we have a pleasant addition to our school. May I present Felicity Lu?"
Dumbledore gazed at a black-haired girl, with bottomless pools of black for eyes and slim fingers and graceful figure.
"Felicity was sorted into Gryffindor earlier, so would you kindly invite your newest 7th year Gryffindor."
Felicity glided over to a spare seat at the Gryffindor table and sat down. Immediately Lavender and Parvati engaged her in conversation, and within seconds she had made friends.
Over at the Slytherin table, Draco was looking aimlessly around the room, but each time his eyes rested on Felicity, he forgot what he was doing. Narrowing his eyes, he returned to his meal.
Meanwhile, Ron was pigging out on the food, as usual, and Hermione was glaring at him reproachfully, making disappointing noises. Harry, on the other hand, couldn't keep his eyes off the new girl. Questions reeled through his mind like a whirlpool. Hermione broke the silence of eating.
"Is that new girl wearing a Prefect badge?" she asked disdainfully, obviously not taking to Felicity.
Harry craned his neck and stared at the badge. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's no prefect badge. That is a head girl badge." Harry gulped and looked at Hermione's angry expression.
Pretty soon, it was time for bed, and Hermione wasn't going to let this chance slip from her fingers. Quickly, she walked up to Felicity.
"Hi Felicity, I'm Hermione Granger. I'm sure you'll need showing around the castle and the such?" Hermione asked sweetly, her eyes flashing dangerously.
"No, I'm fine thank you." Felicity's voice was calm and soothing.
"I know my way around the castle. Perhaps you could tell me which areas are out of bounds and that sort of thing, because I recently transferred here from Beauxbaton."
Felicity's gaze hovered over the Gryffindors before scanning the crowd to let her eyes fall on Ravenclaw. "I hear Ravenclaw's are the most clever. . ." Felicity drifted off. "And that the Hufflepuff's are the loyalists, and that. . ." Her gaze fell on Slytherin, and the crowd that was surrounding Draco Malfoy. ". . . the Slytherin's were by far the most devious. Is this true?"
A smile played around Felicity's lips as Hermione gaped and attempted to regain control.
"Well, I suppose you are right. . ." Hermione bit her lip. She refused to tell this imbecile that she was correct, even though she had only spent an evening in the castle.
Felicity smiled and glided off towards the portrait of the Fat Lady. Hermione grinned viciously. Felicity wouldn't know the password to the tower, which gave Hermione the satisfaction that 'the new girl', as Hermione put it, didn't know everything. However, much to her surprise and disappointment, the portrait door swung open admitting Felicity through.
Hermione shook her head and walked through as well. Sleep wasn't about to come easy tonight. Not with her around at any rate.
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Professor McGonagall swept along the table passing out timetables. Ron groaned emphatically and Harry quickly agreed. Hermione twisted in her seat quickly and glared at them.
"What seems to be the problem, boys?" Hermione asked, putting a very heavy exaggeration on boys.
Ron rolled his eyes and shoved his timetable under her nose.
"Why don't you find out?" he asked irritably. Hermione however remained unperturbed.
Harry turned to see what Draco was up to, because he was bound to be plotting something against Harry for the double potions they had that afternoon. Sure enough, he was whispering amongst his cronies, and Pansy Parkinson shrieked with laughter.
"It seems that one of Draco's friends are having a good laugh about someone." Felicity whispered to Harry.
Harry turned to talk to Felicity but she was gone, her black cloak sweeping out the doors to the flying lesson the Gryffindors and Slytherins had first thing that morning.
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Felicity stepped out into the morning air and breathed in. She sighed. It was just like at her house. Her mother would always send her off to go for a morning walk in the premises, so she could cook the breakfast in peace.
Felicity stared off into the distance thinking about her late father and mother. Her father had been a wizard, her mother a muggle. No doubt someone would bring it up some time soon so she better steel herself for any insults.
"Hey! Mudblood! Preparing your mind for the shattering fall you're about to make, or just meditating?" came a lazy drawl.
Felicity spun around and saw Draco Malfoy standing there, watching her through narrowed eyes. His cronies surrounded him, and Felicity groaned inwardly.
"It looks like you're too scared to take a mudblood on by yourself then, Malfoy." Felicity retorted.
Draco glared at Felicity. "I could beat you in a duel with my hands tied behind my back, with my eyes blind-folded." He spat at her.
Felicity sighed and turned back around.
"What's wrong mudblood? Cat got your tongue?" Draco taunted.
"No, I was wondering whether or not you would be as confident on a broomstick as you are on the ground." Felicity said, without turning around.
"Want to try it out? You could be the snitch, and if I can't catch you, I can't catch anything." Malfoy smirked arrogantly.
Felicity was about to reply when Lavender and Parvati walked onto the grass with Ron and Harry who were laughing about something.
Malfoy glared at them surreptitiously as the party made their way to the brooms. Felicity, however, hadn't moved an inch.
Madam Hooch had walked onto the Quidditch pitch and told everyone what they were going to do.
"Right everybody, I'll assign you all a place in a team, and we will play a mini game of Quidditch to practice all the skills we have been acquiring over the years. Now, Crabbe, Goyle, you'll be the beaters for Slytherin, and Dean, Seamus, you can be the beaters for Gryffindor. Now the chasers for Slytherin will be Montague, Pansy, and Chris. Gryffindor your chasers are Hermione, Ron, and Harry. Goal keepers, Longbottom and Fiona. Seekers are Malfoy and Felicity." Madam Hooch mounted her broom. "From what I hear, you are a good seeker Felicity."
Madam Hooch released the balls, and everyone mounted.
Just as Draco was about to comment on how stupid she was, a broom lifted from the ground and zoomed into Felicity's outstretched hand.
"Let's play." Felicity said, and Malfoy nodded.
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After 20 minutes, Gryffindor was losing 60-10. Even though the Slytherins weren't very skilled at working together, Neville was finding it hard to stay on his broom, let alone prevent goals.
Hermione and Harry pulled off a nice combination leaving Ron free to shoot for the goal while Hermione and Harry distracted everyone else.
Draco was finding Felicity very annoying. She was even graceful when she flew. She cut across his path once more, and he veered off course before starting another circle.
Before he was even able to pull himself upright, Felicity was in a dangerous dive, heading straight down for a running snitch.
Cursing himself for his stupidity, Malfoy raced against Felicity to grab the snitch. Felicity didn't have a very good broomstick, and Malfoy had a faster acceleration than hers, which allowed him to gain a slight advantage.
Felicity grinned and pulled out of the dive as she saw the snitch prepare for a change in direction, Malfoy followed suit, and pretty soon everyone else had stopped to watch the progress of the seekers pursuit.
After a five minute chase, Felicity was getting bored, and drew the snitch straight into her hand. Grinning evilly at Draco, she dismounted lightly and put the struggling snitch back into the case.
As she straightened, she heard the bludgers being hit in her direction. She spun around and immobilized the blighters before walking off to break. Madam Hooch was still hovering in the air, amazed.
"Well I've never seen a snitch act like that in a million years!" she exclaimed ecstatically.
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Draco caught up with Felicity quickly, and cornered her in the library.
"Hey, mudblood. Ever considered not cheating in a game of Quidditch? You know, your father was a really ugly guy but your mum was worse. I saw a photo of them in the daily prophet as one of the families murdered. Is your mum really short, or is it just the photo?" he drawled.
Felicity turned slowly around and pulled out her wand.
"You know, I'm sure you think you are all big and tough, but I assure you that if you don't want to be blasted to smithereens, you might want to back off my case, and mind your own business. Either that or your guts are going to be wallpapering this castle tomorrow." Felicity said, rolling her eyes.
"You know, you shouldn't lie so much. You wouldn't pull a stunt like that. Otherwise you'll end up in Azkaban faster than you can say I'm a stupid mudblood." Malfoy grinned wickedly.
Felicity vanished and appeared behind Malfoy. He quickly spun around and saw her standing there, smirking at him.
"Looking for me? Well, too bad, because if you want to find me, you'll have to catch me first!" With that, Felicity disappeared once again.
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Chapter 1
Dumbledore held up his hands to indicate he wished for silence. Almost at once a hush fell over the hall. The first years had been sorted, but the sorting hat still sat on the stool.
"With the first years sorted into their houses, I would naturally let you eat but this year, we have a pleasant addition to our school. May I present Felicity Lu?"
Dumbledore gazed at a black-haired girl, with bottomless pools of black for eyes and slim fingers and graceful figure.
"Felicity was sorted into Gryffindor earlier, so would you kindly invite your newest 7th year Gryffindor."
Felicity glided over to a spare seat at the Gryffindor table and sat down. Immediately Lavender and Parvati engaged her in conversation, and within seconds she had made friends.
Over at the Slytherin table, Draco was looking aimlessly around the room, but each time his eyes rested on Felicity, he forgot what he was doing. Narrowing his eyes, he returned to his meal.
Meanwhile, Ron was pigging out on the food, as usual, and Hermione was glaring at him reproachfully, making disappointing noises. Harry, on the other hand, couldn't keep his eyes off the new girl. Questions reeled through his mind like a whirlpool. Hermione broke the silence of eating.
"Is that new girl wearing a Prefect badge?" she asked disdainfully, obviously not taking to Felicity.
Harry craned his neck and stared at the badge. His eyes widened in disbelief.
"That's no prefect badge. That is a head girl badge." Harry gulped and looked at Hermione's angry expression.
Pretty soon, it was time for bed, and Hermione wasn't going to let this chance slip from her fingers. Quickly, she walked up to Felicity.
"Hi Felicity, I'm Hermione Granger. I'm sure you'll need showing around the castle and the such?" Hermione asked sweetly, her eyes flashing dangerously.
"No, I'm fine thank you." Felicity's voice was calm and soothing.
"I know my way around the castle. Perhaps you could tell me which areas are out of bounds and that sort of thing, because I recently transferred here from Beauxbaton."
Felicity's gaze hovered over the Gryffindors before scanning the crowd to let her eyes fall on Ravenclaw. "I hear Ravenclaw's are the most clever. . ." Felicity drifted off. "And that the Hufflepuff's are the loyalists, and that. . ." Her gaze fell on Slytherin, and the crowd that was surrounding Draco Malfoy. ". . . the Slytherin's were by far the most devious. Is this true?"
A smile played around Felicity's lips as Hermione gaped and attempted to regain control.
"Well, I suppose you are right. . ." Hermione bit her lip. She refused to tell this imbecile that she was correct, even though she had only spent an evening in the castle.
Felicity smiled and glided off towards the portrait of the Fat Lady. Hermione grinned viciously. Felicity wouldn't know the password to the tower, which gave Hermione the satisfaction that 'the new girl', as Hermione put it, didn't know everything. However, much to her surprise and disappointment, the portrait door swung open admitting Felicity through.
Hermione shook her head and walked through as well. Sleep wasn't about to come easy tonight. Not with her around at any rate.
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Professor McGonagall swept along the table passing out timetables. Ron groaned emphatically and Harry quickly agreed. Hermione twisted in her seat quickly and glared at them.
"What seems to be the problem, boys?" Hermione asked, putting a very heavy exaggeration on boys.
Ron rolled his eyes and shoved his timetable under her nose.
"Why don't you find out?" he asked irritably. Hermione however remained unperturbed.
Harry turned to see what Draco was up to, because he was bound to be plotting something against Harry for the double potions they had that afternoon. Sure enough, he was whispering amongst his cronies, and Pansy Parkinson shrieked with laughter.
"It seems that one of Draco's friends are having a good laugh about someone." Felicity whispered to Harry.
Harry turned to talk to Felicity but she was gone, her black cloak sweeping out the doors to the flying lesson the Gryffindors and Slytherins had first thing that morning.
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Felicity stepped out into the morning air and breathed in. She sighed. It was just like at her house. Her mother would always send her off to go for a morning walk in the premises, so she could cook the breakfast in peace.
Felicity stared off into the distance thinking about her late father and mother. Her father had been a wizard, her mother a muggle. No doubt someone would bring it up some time soon so she better steel herself for any insults.
"Hey! Mudblood! Preparing your mind for the shattering fall you're about to make, or just meditating?" came a lazy drawl.
Felicity spun around and saw Draco Malfoy standing there, watching her through narrowed eyes. His cronies surrounded him, and Felicity groaned inwardly.
"It looks like you're too scared to take a mudblood on by yourself then, Malfoy." Felicity retorted.
Draco glared at Felicity. "I could beat you in a duel with my hands tied behind my back, with my eyes blind-folded." He spat at her.
Felicity sighed and turned back around.
"What's wrong mudblood? Cat got your tongue?" Draco taunted.
"No, I was wondering whether or not you would be as confident on a broomstick as you are on the ground." Felicity said, without turning around.
"Want to try it out? You could be the snitch, and if I can't catch you, I can't catch anything." Malfoy smirked arrogantly.
Felicity was about to reply when Lavender and Parvati walked onto the grass with Ron and Harry who were laughing about something.
Malfoy glared at them surreptitiously as the party made their way to the brooms. Felicity, however, hadn't moved an inch.
Madam Hooch had walked onto the Quidditch pitch and told everyone what they were going to do.
"Right everybody, I'll assign you all a place in a team, and we will play a mini game of Quidditch to practice all the skills we have been acquiring over the years. Now, Crabbe, Goyle, you'll be the beaters for Slytherin, and Dean, Seamus, you can be the beaters for Gryffindor. Now the chasers for Slytherin will be Montague, Pansy, and Chris. Gryffindor your chasers are Hermione, Ron, and Harry. Goal keepers, Longbottom and Fiona. Seekers are Malfoy and Felicity." Madam Hooch mounted her broom. "From what I hear, you are a good seeker Felicity."
Madam Hooch released the balls, and everyone mounted.
Just as Draco was about to comment on how stupid she was, a broom lifted from the ground and zoomed into Felicity's outstretched hand.
"Let's play." Felicity said, and Malfoy nodded.
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After 20 minutes, Gryffindor was losing 60-10. Even though the Slytherins weren't very skilled at working together, Neville was finding it hard to stay on his broom, let alone prevent goals.
Hermione and Harry pulled off a nice combination leaving Ron free to shoot for the goal while Hermione and Harry distracted everyone else.
Draco was finding Felicity very annoying. She was even graceful when she flew. She cut across his path once more, and he veered off course before starting another circle.
Before he was even able to pull himself upright, Felicity was in a dangerous dive, heading straight down for a running snitch.
Cursing himself for his stupidity, Malfoy raced against Felicity to grab the snitch. Felicity didn't have a very good broomstick, and Malfoy had a faster acceleration than hers, which allowed him to gain a slight advantage.
Felicity grinned and pulled out of the dive as she saw the snitch prepare for a change in direction, Malfoy followed suit, and pretty soon everyone else had stopped to watch the progress of the seekers pursuit.
After a five minute chase, Felicity was getting bored, and drew the snitch straight into her hand. Grinning evilly at Draco, she dismounted lightly and put the struggling snitch back into the case.
As she straightened, she heard the bludgers being hit in her direction. She spun around and immobilized the blighters before walking off to break. Madam Hooch was still hovering in the air, amazed.
"Well I've never seen a snitch act like that in a million years!" she exclaimed ecstatically.
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Draco caught up with Felicity quickly, and cornered her in the library.
"Hey, mudblood. Ever considered not cheating in a game of Quidditch? You know, your father was a really ugly guy but your mum was worse. I saw a photo of them in the daily prophet as one of the families murdered. Is your mum really short, or is it just the photo?" he drawled.
Felicity turned slowly around and pulled out her wand.
"You know, I'm sure you think you are all big and tough, but I assure you that if you don't want to be blasted to smithereens, you might want to back off my case, and mind your own business. Either that or your guts are going to be wallpapering this castle tomorrow." Felicity said, rolling her eyes.
"You know, you shouldn't lie so much. You wouldn't pull a stunt like that. Otherwise you'll end up in Azkaban faster than you can say I'm a stupid mudblood." Malfoy grinned wickedly.
Felicity vanished and appeared behind Malfoy. He quickly spun around and saw her standing there, smirking at him.
"Looking for me? Well, too bad, because if you want to find me, you'll have to catch me first!" With that, Felicity disappeared once again.
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