A/n: Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! *sob* *clings to Sirius for dear life*

Sirius: Um,…Alexa finished the book the first day it came out and has been like this since.

Alexa: *makes some pathetic crying noises*

Sirius: So she wanted me to tell you guys who haven't (for some strange reason she can't quite figure out) finished the book to stay away from Chapter 35 to avoid this reaction.

Alexa: *sniff*

Sirius: She would also like to say sorry for forgetting to put up thank you notes in the last chapter.

Alexa: …

Sirius: The last thing is that she will be going to camp for two weeks (sleep away) so she won't be able to post chapters. I guess that's all. On to the story!

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Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or anything else that you already know doesn't belong to me. I do own Alexa, because she is basically me.

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Chapter 6: In the morning

The next morning Harry was up fairly early. After getting dressed, he exited the common room and made his way to the Great Hall to grab something to eat. The corridors were pretty empty as not many people were up at 6:30. He wondered for a minute why he was up this early in the first place, but his thoughts were interrupted by a noise from behind him.

"Huh?" He turned around but nobody was there. "Weird. I could have sworn I heard something." He continued walking until he heard a crash.

He turned around to see a girl about his age on the floor with a suit of armor she knocked over. "Who are you?"

The girl stood up and crossed her arms. "I, Alexa Black, don't have to give my name to the likes of you."

"Err… But didn't you just say you name?"

"Uh… Oh that was so dumb of me! Dumb Alexa! Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!" She suddenly got hold of herself and put her hands on her hips. "Well it doesn't matter cause I'm in Slytherin and I don't associate with Gryffindors. So if you don't mind, I'm on my way to the Great Hall!"

She turned away and started walking in the opposite direction.

"But," Harry said. "That's the way to the boys toilet."

Alexa suddenly fell over the way they do in Anime. "Fine. I'm lost and I was following you hoping you would lead me to the Hall."

"Oh," he said. "Well you could have just asked and I would have led you there." He turned around and started towards the Great Hall. "Well, come on then."

Alexa followed him down the Hall and toward a staircase. Her hair was tied up in a pony tail with two loose strands down the side of her face. She was wearing her Hogwarts robes, but not the uniform underneath. Instead she was wearing jean shorts and a bright green T-shirt.

"Why are you dressed like that?" he asked her.

"Like what?"

"Well, you're not in uniform."

She looked down at her outfit and blushed. "Oh, well in my old school we could wear casual clothes under our robes. I kind of forgot about the uniform thing when I was packing, so I owled my Professor this morning and should have it by tomorrow. I already got permission from Professor Snape for today."

"Wait a minute, did you say you owled your professor? Why not your parents?"

"Well, both my parents died when I was really little."

"Oh," Harry said quietly. "Sorry."

"It's alright. I'm okay with it now. When I was old enough to go to Isis the professors let me stay over the summer, so it's basically my home."

"Same here. I've always thought of Hogwarts as my real home as well. But I'm not allowed to stay over summer holiday. I wish I could though. My parents died when I was a baby too."

"I'm sorry." It sounded like she really meant it.

"Well," he said as they approached the doors to the hall, "here we are."

"Thanks. By the way, what's your name?"

"Harry. Harry Potter."

"Oh!" She looked surprised for a moment, then went back to normal. "Well, I'll see you later Harry."

"Bye."

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Harry entered the Hall in a fairly good mood, but left in a pretty bad one when he saw his classes for today. Potions with Slytherin first thing followed by History of Magic. Then after lunch he had Defense Against the Dark Arts and Divination.

It can't get much worse than this. He thought.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Scar Face."

"I see I've been corrected," he said turning around. "What do you want Malfoy?"

"Me? I don't want anything." Malfoy just sounded a little too sweet and happy.

"What are you up to?"

Malfoy just kept smirking at him. Harry was starting to get seriously annoyed when someone came rushing out of the hall.

"Draco! What are you doing out here?" Malfoy's face suddenly switched from smug to very frightened. Harry king of liked it. "Come on! Snape said you have to show me around the school and I need to use the toilet!" Malfoy cringed as he was dragged off by the girl Harry spoke with earlier.

"Well, she's making Malfoy miserable, so I like her." Harry ran up to get his bag and came back down were he met up with Ron and Hermione who were just leaving the Great Hall.

"Hi, Harry!"

"Hey guys! You won't believe the morning I had."

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Sirius: Right, Okay, In a rush. Gotta go in 1 hour. See ya in two weeks! Sorry so short! Bye!

Alexa: *sadly* bye…