A/N Thanks for reading! I don't own anything except Dudley's twin. who's name we will find out soon.

She stared at herself in the bathroom mirror. Lithe and muscular, with an unbelievable figure and high cheekbones, Merrillee Laughingbrook could almost see herself as Harry's cousin. Her ebony hair was like a long sheet of thickly-woven silk and her eyes had the same deep jade color his did. But while she could see herself as his cousin she could not see herself as a witch. She had sent a wizard to buy all her school things in Diagon Alley because she just could not bring herself to do it herself. The only thing she had not bought yet were her Hogwarts robes.

Instead of the long black robes everyone else wore Merrillee wore a simple pale pink cotton long sleeve top and jeans with a pair of black ankle boots. Her ebony waterfall of hair was as always twisted into a braided bun on the top of her head. Brown eye shadow coated her lids and on her lips she wore M.A.C. Impish colored lipgloss. And she also wore a nervous expression.

"Come on, this is no different from all those times you stepped onstage," she told herself. Bravely, she walked onto the platform and met her cousin. "Hey Merrillee," he greeted her. "This is Ron and my's friend Hermione, Mione for short sometimes. She's the one we were talking about all summer long. you know, cause she's so smart and is our other best friend." Hermione gave Merrillee a wide smile which Merrillee shyly but happily and eagerly returned.

"Oops, we better get on the train," said Hermione, checking her watch. They all got on the train and found an empty compartment. Soon Luna, Ginny, Neville, Seamus, and Dean had joined Hermione, Merrillee, Ron, and Harry in their compartment, filling it to capacity. Ginny, Luna, Neville, and Harry were all playing with their frog cards, and Seamus, Dean, and Ron were talking about Quidditch. Hermione had been looking at Merrillee most of the time on the train curious about the new girl.

"So Merrillee, how did you find out you were a witch?" asked Hermione curiously. "Well I've always known I was a witch actually because I was raised by magical parents," Merrillee answered. "I just didn't want to go to Hogwarts until now that's all. I was really involved in something else that I really didn't want to give up at all." "What was that?" asked Hermione curiously. "Ballet" Merrillee answered.

At that word all three of the other girls in the compartment (Hermione, Ginny, and Luna) turned sharply toward her. "I used to dance ballet" said Ginny and Luna together. They laughed at each other. "Of course we remember" said Luna. "we were at the same studio" said Ginny. Hermione simply sat and stared. "I. I did ballet too." she said almost not believing what she was hearing. "do you do point work, I never did get that far, I was only ten when I had to come to Hogwarts." "Same here" said Ginny and Luna together.

The girls talked about ballet the whole rest of the way to the castle while the boys just sat and stared at them shaking their heads. Finally the boys decided to just go back to talking about Quidditch.

A/N So what do you think about Harry's cousin? Review please, I love reviews, good bad anything!