Our Hogwart's Experience

by TheSilveryFlame

Two new members join Hogwart's from the Muggle world...set in Year Five...NOT SLASH! PG-13 rating for safety more than anything.

3. Too much magic!

Disclaimer: See Chapter … 1, except for we must add that there are more than just us as OC as Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw needed people so we just thought up names.

A/N: Hey how's it going? Oh yeah, certain parts where Andrew and Nadine meet in the story are left out from both perspectives because you can get to more interesting parts of the story quicker JBy the way, Hermione may seem slightly OOC, but she has yet to deal with true love.

Our Hogwarts Experience

Back in the common room, Nadine pondered over her day. It had been full of exciting, and not to mention creepy happenings. Maybe she was a little hard on Hermione? But she was a bossy know-it-all; she couldn't understand what Andrew saw in her. But, as she relaxed a little more on the blue chair by the crackling fire, she realized, it wasn't her choice. It was his. 'And if he is going to make his choice for some stupid bushman, so be it.' She thought bitterly, before going upstairs to get a little shut-eye before her astronomy lesson.

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Once Andrew walked into the large room, lit by the warm fire, he sat down on the nearest couch and began to rub his temple. So much was happening lately. He fell in love with a beautiful girl today, the weird thing with Nadine happened again, and he had already made enemies. But who cares? He fell in love with a beautiful girl! Andrew smiled to himself as he decided to go to the library for a while, after all, Hermione might be there.

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As the week went by, things didn't seem to get any duller around Hogwarts. Andrew and Hermione, much to Nadine (and Ron's, for that matter) rage, were walking around holding hands, whispering things into each other's ears and giggling, always finding time to place one kiss, or two. Or five, as Nadine thought. But Nadine wasn't about to complain about her romantic life, her and Ron were often getting left behind once Andrew and Hermione decided to go for a make out session somewhere, and Nadine always liked the opportunity to flirt with Ron. But he was much too childish about the whole thing, she thought, and decided she would try his best friend, Harry, after all, he was quite handsome.

Next Monday's classes were really dismal, Nadine thought. She had a little fun in Charms though, showing off her marvelous skills which seemed to surpass every ones, even the teachers. Plus, Hermione always had the evilest look on her face when Nadine was the first one to do something. She got quite the kick out of it. And then there was potions with Hufflepuff. Andrew had been continually badgering her to be friendlier with Hermione, and Nadine always felt a little guilty as those blue eyes bore penetratingly into her own, pleading without words.

At least she had Astronomy to look forward to.

Nadine, like last week, put in a little sleep so she would be awake for her favourite class, (besides Charms, which she excelled) Astronomy. She took this class just with Ravenclaws, and was also top. Her friends were very dear to her, and also very clever and intelligent, but none seemed to come close to her.

She slowly opened her eyes as Padma shook her awake.

"Nadine, astronomy! Get up or I'll spray your face!" Nadine shielded her face from Padma and giggled as Padma playfully punched her in the arm.

"Come on Nadine! We have an hour!" Nadine shot up, looking alarmed.

"An hour? Why didn't you say so? It takes a good half hour to get there as it is!" Nadine said this and jumped off the bed, of course falling flat on her face in the process, causing ferocious laughter from her roommates. She got up, took a bow, grinned, and ran into the bathroom. There, she fixed her hair, her makeup, and her robes, for no reason. Well, actually it wasn't completely pointless. There were some awfully cute boys in Ravenclaw. She took one last approving stare in the mirror, walked out, grabbed her telescope, and they were off.

Once in the hallways, Nadine and the others were laughing like maniacs over Snape's hair. But Brittany and Padma claimed to have to go to the bathroom, although Nadine knew they just didn't want to be in Astronomy, and the other girls followed them in. Nadine, who didn't feel like missing her Astronomy, kept walking down the hall. It was really creepy, she thought, walking through the hallways in the dark, hearing a creak every few minutes from a suit of armor. She looked around nervously, and suddenly hit something very hard in her way. She fell to the floor, and something, or should she say, someone, fell across.

"Harry Potter!" Harry looked at her in astonishment and mild daze, while he scrambled to pick up his invisibility cloak.

"Uh… Nadine Albarn!" Harry nervously mimicked her. She stared at him for a moment longer, then realising their situation, began to laugh. He began to laugh as well, realising she wasn't about to tell on him. He got up, and pulled her up with him. But once she was up, she stumbled into his arms, as though they were hugging. She laughed nervously as she pulled back, and could tell even in the dark, he was blushing too.

"Well… uh… I best be off! Wouldn't want to be late for Astronomy!" She chuckled, and he nervously put his cloak back on. But the oddest thing happened. She could see through it. As he began to walk away, she put her hand on his shoulder. He stopped suddenly, shocked that she could see him, and she whispered 'thanks' in his ear, much like a purr. He looked at her bewildered, as she turned around, walking with a tinge of elegance in her step.

Soon, she had reached the tower. There were others there as well, but she couldn't be too late if her other friends hadn't arrived yet. She sat on a stool around the magnificent center telescope, as the other girls appeared behind her. They hastily found their seats as Sinistra came in.

"Good evening class, I hope you are all well. Tonight, we will be studying neighboring galaxies and how they are affecting the Milky Way. Right, everyone take out your telescope." As they all positioned their telescopes, Padma bent towards Nadine.

"So, you and Harry, eh?" Nadine looked at her, shocked.

"How did you know about our little 'encounter'?" Padma giggled silently at Nadine's wording, then bent forth again and said,

"The others and I were watching you from behind Gregory the Smarmy…" Nadine looked at her with a mixture of shock that they saw, anger that they intruded and delight that they were clever enough. After carefully deliberating, she gave Padma a high five.

"Ladies, please, focus your telescopes on Andromeda, if you will class." Sinistra said as they focused on the magnificent galaxy. She then asked the class numerous questions about the galaxies, Nadine of course putting up her hand to answer every one. Soon, class was over, but not until they were assigned a rather large assignment.

"Wow, this is a toughie, oh well, not due for a week…" Sarah trailed off as she checked over her charts absentmindedly. Just then, Amanda walked in front of them briskly.

"Hey back for some more?" Nadine grinned mischievously. Amanda flinched slightly, but regained her composure.

"No, I just want to know what business you had with Harry Potter?"

"EAVESDROPPER!" Nadine shook with rage.

"That may be so, but let me tell you, he won't fall for someone like you. He likes girls like me!" She sneered as she made her way down the hall, clutching her books to her chest and looking rather foolish. Nadine tried to go after her, but Padma and Alicia held her back.

"Don't go getting into trouble Nadine, you'll have enough of that with Andrew!" Alicia winked.

"How do you know Andrew and I like to cause…I mean… are BLAMED for getting into outrageously funny and witty situations?" Nadine asked, raising an eyebrow and grinning wildly.

"Well… I mean your brother is… Well I've heard you guys… Oh comon' Nadine, must I explain?" Alicia said, blushing and putting her head down. Nadine giggled.

"You like my brother? Oh my! Second week and he's already got women fawning over him!" Nadine said, causing everyone to laugh, except for Alicia, who was turning redder by the minute. They continued to walk down the hall and towards their warm, comfortable beds.

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The next morning, Nadine finally was woken up by her alarm, since Padma had been like a walking, talking alarm clock for the past week. Nadine groggily opened her eyes, looked at the glasing '6:30' and groaned as she pulled herself out of bed, slipping on a piece of parchment she found the floor. After laughing with her roomies, she looked curiously at the paper. It said:

Hello Nadine,

I have taken the liberty of slipping into your dorm and leaving you this note. You might not know who I am now, but I assure you, I am right under your nose. I want you to meet me at the Quidditch pitch at 5:00 p.m., an hour before your try out. Thanks,

Bye.

Nadine stared at the letter, flipped it over and over again, trying to find out who wrote it. She thought long and carefully about it. Just then, she felt hands on her shoulders as Sarah bounded onto her bed, trying to wretch the note from her grasp.

"NO! I mean, it's just a clipping from the Daily Prophet, nothing too important, I'll just throw it out…" With that, Nadine set off towards the bathroom, and once inside, tucked it into her pajamas while she carried on getting ready.

Once ready, Nadine and her gang exited the Common room and made their way to the great hall. Kyle came running up, as well.

"Hi Kyle!" Nadine said warmly, and, she noticed, he blushed. "What, not many people say 'hi' to you, do they?" Nadine sniggered at him and pushed him playfully into the wall. Expecting some witty retort, he just rubbed his arm where he hit a rather surly painting. She shrugged as she opened the doors to the great hall. Andrew was there, sitting, of course, beside Hermione. She felt like slapping her, but then managed a false smile. If he was happy, she was. She saw him whisper something to Hermione, as Nadine tripped on her shoelace and went headfirst onto the floor. Most of the hall laughed, as she saw two blurs come running to help. One was Kyle. The other was – Harry Potter. She felt like giggling at his courtesy, but decided not to, instead she shot a venomous look to Andrew who was standing on his seat clapping wildly at her tumble. She got up, brushed herself off, and felt Harry and Kyle's clutch on both her arms. They were looking at each other with a look that said 'Let go! It's mine!' Nadine stood there very uncomfortable, and eventually wrenched her arms from their grasps, and walked to the table. The other girls who were already sitting were watching her with a look of interest. Kyle sat beside Nadine, and shot Harry an evil look.

"Well…uh… we have Transfiguration with Slytherin first…" Nadine said, trying to make conversation in the obviously tense situation.

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Andrew sat with Hermione at the Gryffindor table. She was cuddled up to him with her head on his shoulder, and he had his arm tightly around her waist. He would occasionally tickle her. His sister walked in, and Hermione looked over at him, avoiding her evil gaze. Then, he said,

"Nadine is in. Just watch, she'll trip and fall flat on her face." And, of course, Nadine fell on the floor, and to Hermione's amazement, Harry rushed up to her, along with Kyle, and they both grasped her arms. She looked very shocked indeed. Andrew then stood up, and began to clap sarcastically at her. Hermione pulled on his robes, not laughing, and he sat down.

"Oh Hermione, comon', that was funny!" Andrew said, almost pleading her to laugh.

"I will not laugh at that oaf, Andrew! She's awful! I can't believe she is your twin!" She immediately regretted this, as Andrew gasped.

"You know, I can stand you two not liking each other. Barely. But twins have a very special bond, especially the one between her and I. I'm sorry, I can't tolerate you insulting her that way." He removed his arm, got up, and moved to the Hufflepuff table beside Justin, who patted his back and began to eat again. Hermione sighed, and decided she lost her appetite.

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Nadine was watching Andrew and Hermione, because her own table was oddly silent. She saw Andrew drop his arm and walk back to own table, his face full of hurt and anger. But she couldn't tell that from his facial features. She felt it. It was the most amazing thing, a rush of these emotions fell over her, and she knew they weren't her own. She got up, walked over to Andrew, not caring who was watching, but knowing there was many who were, as she placed a hand on Andrew's shoulder.

"Andrew, do you want to talk? Because if not, I don't care, I need to." Andrew gave a fleeting glance to Hermione as he got up, without the smile on his face and the bounce in his step. They walked out of the hall, and behind the wall.

"Andrew, that was very noble of you. You didn't have to you know." Andrew's eyes snapped open.

"How'd you know-?" He was cut short by Nadine, who shook her head slowly.

"We have a bond, like you said. You stood up for me in a way I think was the most caring thing anyone has ever done. You chose me over….Hermione." Nadine had trouble saying her name, but knew she had to start treating her better.

"This is amazing!" Andrew practically whispered. Nadine managed a weak smile. She walked through the door again as Andrew opened it. But, Nadine didn't walk over to the Ravenclaw table, as her friends who were staring had assume she would, she walked over, and sat beside Hermione.

"Hermione. I know what Andrew said. And, although I'm not very happy about what YOU said, I think, well, I feel we should, you know, settle this stupidness." Nadine had much trouble admitting she was being stupid, and knew Hermione was struggling with trying to be nice to Nadine.

"Alright, alright Nadine. I'm sorry. I really do love your brother, I didn't, what did you say? Cast a spell? In fact, it was your brother who 'initiated' it… He's quite the romantic, you know." Hermione smiled sweetly, and Nadine smiled back. Just then, they looked up to see Andrew, who had his hands on both their shoulders.

"I heard, that was downright decent of you Nadine!" Nadine smiled, as Andrew picked up Hermione and kissed her. Nadine, feeling a little jealous of their love, sat up and walked towards her own table.

"Let's go, everybody, we have transfiguration!" Nadine said, plastering a difficult smile on her face.

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Once they arrived in McGonagall's class, they saw the Slytherins were already there. Nadine wearily took her place beside Draco. She thought, although she had much respect for McGonagall, that it was kind of stupid for her to not notice they didn't get along. And putting them together totally did not make it any better.

"So, my wise one, what kind of hex are you putting on me today?" Draco sneered at Nadine as she sat gracefully down just to annoy him. Too bad it didn't work. Her chair slid out of the way and she fell to the floor, and Draco collapsed into a fit of laughter. She stared up at him, eyes slitted with anger at her own clumsiness. Draco offered his hand. She looked cautiously at it, thinking he might let go of her. But he didn't, and soon she was back on her chair, looking at the cat on the desk who was shaking its head at her.

"Uh…sorry Professor…" Nadine said wearily as the cat transformed with a small pop.

"Hello, Nadine, I hope in future cases you will be able to sit fully on your chair, alright class, please be seated, and we will begin." Nadine blushed as McGonagall turned to her magically conjured blackboard and began to write out instructions on their newest lesson.

Midway through the lesson, Nadine sat watching McGonagall dully, as she was still not done talking. Then, she looked over at Draco's hair. 'How blonde can you be?' She thought, and a rather delinquent notion popped into her head. What if it wasn't so blonde? Or silky smooth? She grinned widely.

"What are you grinning about now, Albarn?" Draco asked, with an angry and surprisingly worried look on his face.

"My Draco," This last word dripped sarcasm, "It is not very gentlemanly to call a woman by her last name, especially one of my incredible specimen!" Nadine grinned again as he shot a putrid look at her and watched McGonagall once more. "Oh I know you like it…" Nadine whispered as she began to scribble down notes. McGonagall was now asking the class questions, and Nadine, apart from getting amusement from Amanda and Brittany's incoherent mumbles used after being told to repeat what they just said, she wanted no part of it. Why were they in Ravenclaw anyway? 'Probably because they are clever in the Slytherin way, the hat just got confused…' Nadine thought with a bitter smile.

Soon enough, the class was over. Nadine starting packing her quills and book in her bag, and once she had gotten up – she was down. Draco inadvertently put his foot out, and she had tripped. Her whole bag went flying over the floor, as Draco laughed his cold laugh. She laid on the floor for a moment, not hearing the laughs behind her, just staring at the bag. The quills immediately began to roll towards her, her books closing magically and flying to a neat pile inside her sack. Then, she felt a warm arm wrap around her as she was being lifted up. She didn't notice Kyle, who had now bent down to place the neat piles into her bag, she was too busy staring at Draco.

"Don't – do – that – again." Nadine said, her eyes fixed on his now trembling figure, crouched on the wall where he had just gone flying. McGonagall gasped and swept briskly towards Draco.

"Nadine! 5 points from Ravenclaw!" McGonagall said.

"Ma'am, she didn't do anything, he just went…flying!" Padma supplied. But McGonagall knew. She knew Nadine had done it, just like the fire. Kyle was watching Nadine, mesmerized. Nadine bent down and started to help him put the things in the bag he had froze doing with an embarassed look.

"I'm – sorry…" Nadine mumbled as she went running from the room. She got to the door, remembering she had Ancient Runes. She hastily began to walk left, head down, totally embarassed. Then she felt a hand grab her upper arm and pull her aside.

"Andrew! Let me go!" Nadine said.

"Nadine, what did you do?" Andrew said, worry in all his features.

"What do you mean? NOTHING! I have class, Andrew, let me-" Andrew placed his hand over her mouth, trying to silence her.

"Nadine, I felt it. You did something powerful, and now you're embarassed."

"If you care so much, ask anybody else in the school in about two hours!" Nadine said wiping a single tear from her cheek as she dashed off to leave a very worried and confused Andrew standing there, in the position he had been before she ran off.

Nadine reached the Ancient Runes classroom, a little less worried about trouble. She couldn't help it, it was his fault. Yes. He was to blame. She wouldn't get in trouble now. She found her seat, first one there. She was 15 minutes early. Great. She laid her head down and had a little nap before the rest of the class clambered in.

This class went particularly fast. Nadine knew why. She was worried about getting in trouble. Most of the class was avoiding her, except Alicia and Sarah. They told her it was nothing, and that everything would be alright. While they were taking notes, she looked over at Alicia's, as he asked her to help, and thought, 'Boy, that looks familiar…'

Soon enough, it was time to go. Nadine, careful not to trip, packed her bag and walked away with the utmost of care. Soon, she was in the hall, in a considerably lighter mood now her friends weren't angry or afraid. She passed Andrew once again in the hallway, flashed him a brilliant smile, and heard him remark something that sounded an awful lot like 'Women.' They chuckled a bit as Hermione came and grabbed Andrew's arm, supposedly 'women' weren't all that bad after all.

After a short stop in the washroom, Nadine found herself walking alone in the hallway towards the great hall. She walked in, careful not to fall and make herself look more a fool than she already did, and decided to sit beside Andrew.

"Hey! How are you both?" She asked, actually being nice to Hermione. Andrew looked positively exploding with joy over their new found acceptance of each other, as he spluttered his 'fine' with a huge grin on his face. Hermione and Nadine chuckled at him, and he started to as well, spraying them with a shower of chewed peanut butter sandwich. Hermione brushed herself off quietly, looking utterly disgusted, and Nadine wasted no time showing off how loud she could be.

"Andrew! That was positively DISGUSTING! Spraying the woman you fancy with crumbs! Next time, serenade her with a song, not your lunch! Sheesh!" Most of the hall was laughing now, except the Slytherins who were scowling of course. Harry exploded with laughter as well, and just like Andrew, most of his lunch came out. Ron was trying not to laugh, Nadine could tell, because he was still pretty sour over Andrew and Hermione. Nadine, like Hermione had earlier, brushed Andrew AND Harry's lunches off herself and joined her friends at the Ravenclaw table, to eat her lunch, as long as it wasn't a peanut butter sandwich.

About half an hour after eating (and of course conversing, you didn't think eating took half an hour, did you?) Nadine made her way to Herbology with her gang.

"Slytherins! Ucky!" Sarah exclaimed, remembering how they share it with them.

"Oh man, they're going to kill us!" Nadine moaned and chuckled lightly as they walked down the steps into the bright sunlight and the green grounds. They saw Draco pass swiftly with his Slytherin gang, and Nadine stuck her tongue out at the backs of their heads, and began to skip, as Padma and Alicia laughed and tried to tug on her robes to stop. Soon they were at the greenhouses, as Professor Sprout came out of the second one briskly and took her incredibly green (and for some reason, plastered in purple goo) gloves.

"Alright, alright class! Today, we'll be again working on the Monstratee's, they seemed to have not taken well to the last classes treatment of their head colds…" Sprout trailed off as she started handing out sheets to everybody in the class.

"What are these?" Draco sneered.

"These? Oh, they are sheets which will instruct you upon the care of your individual Monstratee." Sprout said, smiling brightly. Draco's sneer widened as he remarked,

"Perhaps being so uh, secluded, from the rest of the school and it's REAL magic," Sprout shrunk back a little, "Has made your senses a little, well, dull." He finished, and the rest of the Slytherins chuckled evilly. The Ravenclaw's gasped.

"20 points from Slytherin! I was about to explain!" Sprout yelled, getting a little red in the face, and turned around as she began to stomp towards greenhouse two. She muttered an angry 'follow me' as she went, and the Ravenclaws of course went quicker than the unhappy Slytherins.

"Alright, choose a Monstratee…" Sprout again trailed off as she unlocked a large door with a complicated sounding spell. The doors opened for them, as they saw a large hallway with hissing – and coughing – Monstratees. All the students unwillingly entered, choosing a plant and using the spell Sprout had taught them to subdue the angry and ill plants. Nadine easily put the spell on the plant, and patted it. It coughed purple ooze onto her gloves.

"Oh you silly plant!" Nadine laughed, as Padma, Sarah and Alicia looked at the ooze with disgust. Kyle was staring dreamily into space. Nadine walked over to him, waved her hand in his face, and said,

"Oi! Kyle! Wake up!" He blinked and looked at her with a wide drowsy smile.

"Day dreaming again, Kyle?" Sarah asked, nudging him. Soon Sprout had come back, followed by a very angry looking Draco, who she had obviously just reprimanded.

"Alright, if you'll look at your sheets please…" There was a loud gasp as the previously empty sheets were now covered with instructions and descriptions for and of their chosen Monstratee. Nadine looked down at hers, and it said;

Snappy

This Monstratee is particularly violent, but can be subdued easily by Nadine Albarn – Nadine looked shocked, but realised the sheet was VERY up to date, noticing how well Nadine dazed it – It enjoys to bask in the sun, but is easy to catch a cold, speaking of which, it has one right now! Here are the instructions to cure it:

(by the way, don't do what most of the Hufflepuff's did last time, although your brother did an excellent job on Snippy over there)

The sheet went on and about certain spells and procedures. Nadine got quickly to work, glancing over at the one healthy one, presumably Snippy, she figured. Soon enough, the Ravenclaws all had their's healthy, most of the Slytherins refused to do so, and Sprout was pulling her hair out in frustration. Nadine looked over at Snappy, and whispered, 'Between you and me, I feel sorry for all the poor Monstratees who have their suffering prolonged because of Slytherin's ignorance.'

After half an hour, the classes embarked, heading towards potions, Nadine dreading what was coming, but also excited to talk to her brother.

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"Beep! Beep! Beep! Get up, Mr. Albarn, you have classes. Beep! Be-" Andrew looked groggily at his alarm clock, angry it awoke him from his dream which had involved Hermione and some 'Cool Whip'. All he noticed through his sleep-fogged eyes was the small black clock transforming into – a container of cool whip.

"That is much better!" Andrew stated happily, as he flipped his feet to the side of his bed.

"Wow Andrew! You didn't even use a wand!" Justin was squealing.

"Ya well, I was angry, I mean it awoke me from-" Andrew went red, he didn't feel like sharing THAT dream with Justin. But he didn't notice, he was too busy observing the container.

"Cool Whip Andrew! Cool! Pardon my pun," Justin seized the container, opened it, and, "Ewww! Mouldy Cool Whip! Andrew!" Justin looked furious now.

"Well, I was angry, you can't expect me to turn something as annoying as an alarm clock into something as heavenly as Cool Whip!" They both laughed, as they got dressed and left their dorm, down into the bustling common room filled with people getting ready to go down to breakfast.

"Well, shall we go?" Justin asked Andrew, coming down the stairs after him, spending a little more time on his hair.

"Justin! Who are you trying to impress?" Andrew asked, raising an eyebrow and laughing.

"No one, I mean I just, well you – and your sister – you come from the muggle world, you both like this sort of thing, well, girls from the muggle world should, oh come on Andrew!" Justin mumbled, going VERY red.

"Justin, do you, oh my please say you don't, do you have a crush on the ogre that is my sister?"

"She's not an ogre! I think she's pretty!" Justin immediately regretted this, as Andrew went into a fit of hysterics.

"Oh Nadine – haha – if only you knew what you've gotten yourself into – haha!" Andrew said, punching Justin in the arm playfully. Soon they were off, walking down the hall, Justin hiding his tomato red face while Andrew bugged him. They reached the hall and Andrew walked in.

"Ok Justin, I'll leave you alone, I'm going to sit beside Hermione, bye!" Andrew called to Justin, who had started to walk towards a group of Hufflepuff boys already sitting down. Andrew settled himself beside Hermione, and jokingly pulled her into his grasp and not letting her go. She giggled, as Ron went red with fury. Harry nudged Ron, as they began to eat in silence. After about 10 minutes, Nadine walked in, flanked by her friends, and Hermione turned towards Andrew who was looking at Nadine with bemused interest. He didn't notice Hermione's sour face, and then remarked, more to himself, "Nadine is in. Just watch, she'll trip and fall flat on her face."

And, of course, Nadine fell on the floor, and to Hermione's amazement, Harry rushed up to her, along with Kyle, and they both grasped her arms. She looked very shocked indeed. Andrew then stood up, and began to clap sarcastically at her. Hermione pulled on his robes, not laughing, and he sat down.

"Oh Hermione, comon', that was funny!" Andrew said, almost pleading her to laugh.

"I will not laugh at that oaf, Andrew! She's awful! I can't believe she is your twin!" She immediately regretted this, as Andrew gasped.

"You know, I can stand you to not liking each other. Barely. But twins have a very special bond, especially the one between her and I. I'm sorry, I can't tolerate you insulting her that way." He removed his arm, got up, and moved to the Hufflepuff table beside Justin, who patted his back and began to eat again. Hermione sighed, and decided she lost her appetite.

Andrew sat beside Justin, who seemed very glad he was there, as he was so bored. Andrew was infuriated with Hermione, but felt a little guilty for not letting her apologize. Justin kept looking over at Nadine, too sure Andrew would make fun if he got up to help. Andrew heard Justin whimper, as Nadine walked up to Andrew.

"Andrew, do you want to talk? Because if not, I don't care, I need to." Andrew gave a fleeting glance to Hermione as he got up, without the smile on his face and the bounce in his step. They walked out of the hall, and behind the wall.

"Andrew, that was very noble of you. You didn't have to you know." Andrew's eyes snapped open.

"How'd you know-?" He was cut short by Nadine, who shook her head slowly.

"We have a bond, like you said. You stood up for me in a way I think was the most caring thing anyone has ever done. You chose me over… Hermione." Nadine had trouble saying her name, but knew she had to start treating her better.

"This is amazing!" Andrew practically whispered. Nadine smiled again, as he opened the door for her to enter. But to his amazement, she walked over and started talking to Hermione. Andrew looked on, totally bewildered, and wondered if Nadine was going to hit her. But she didn't. Andrew heard what she was saying.

"I heard, that was downright decent of you Nadine!" Andrew was totally shocked at his sister's nice attitude towards her newest enemy, now friend. Nadine walked away, waving merrily at them both, back to the Ravenclaw table. Andrew sat back down and resumed his position with Hermione.

"She's not that bad!" Hermione smiled broadly up at Andrew who began to absentmindedly pat her hair. Hermione closed her eyes and enjoyed a little rest before they both got up to head to Herbology.

On the way, Justin had decided to walk with Andrew and Hermione. Ron had convinced Harry to walk with him, feeling a little awkward around Andrew and Hermione since they were always either kissing, holding each other or, doing something else no one felt like knowing about. They walked onto the grounds as the rest of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff lazily made their way out behind them. They could hear the chatter of all the happy people, as Hermione rested her head on Andrew's shoulder while they walked. Andrew, of course, had no objection.

Soon they made their way to the greenhouses, as Sprout stood merrily waiting for them all with pieces of parchment.

"Good morning, class! Today, we will be treating the Monstratees," Most of the class let out a moan, but Andrew's ears perked excitedly, since he had a way with plants, especially the vicious, human eating Monstratee's, "Who have gotten bad cases of head colds, I'm afraid." Professor Sprout led them all into the greenhouse, and unlocked the heavy doors. They once again entered the narrow hall with the plants on either side. They hissed and coughed madly. Andrew chose one, without using his wand to make it quiet, which the rest of the class had gotten used to, since he had an odd affinity with animals.

After being told about the sheets, Andrew decided to get right to work, and read his sheet.

Snippy

You have chosen one of the most angered and dangerous plants in this greenhouse. Good job! It has a cold right now, so it is much more volatile. Here are your instructions:

Andrew read on, and at the end of the long and complicated instructions, he let out a 'pfft' and just stared at the Monstratee. But he was seeing more. It was like his eyes were slowly peeling away it's skin. But it wasn't hissing in pain, on the contrary. Everybody had started watching now. He could barely hear what the other's were saying.

"What's he doing?"

"Nothing! He's just staring at the damn plant!"

"Andrew! Stop staring and get to work!"

That was Sprout. Andrew was apparently staring at the plant, but Andrew knew what he was really doing. He watched as the skin peeled away towards the middle of the plant. It was clogged with mucus. He washed the mucus away, and somehow he knew that the plant was better. Then he felt someone shaking his shoulder. It was Hermione.

"Andrew, it's time to go, uh, it seems your plant is better!" She forced a smile as the pushed him out the door, as they were followed by the bewildered classes.

Next they had Charms with the Slytherins. Andrew quietly found his seat beside Justin as Flitwick appeared, looking a little frightened at the angry looking Slytherins.

"Alright, today we will be working on hair-lengthening and hair-shortening charms, something easy today, I figured you need a break from all the homework you've been getting FIRST WEEK!" He said the last words although it was a tragedy to the earth. Most of the class chuckled, as Justin started clapping and whooping wildly, much to the Hufflepuff's amusement.

Later on in the lesson, when Andrew and Justin had both given each other waist length hair, Flitwick appeared from one of his enlarged drawers in his desk he used as a private study, he showed them hair shortening charms. These were subsequently harder, seeing as the hair must be straight, NOT on fire, etc.

"Nadine would be SO much better at this sort of thing…" Andrew mumbled as he carefully made Justin's hair short again, feeling much like a gay hairdresser. Once they had made everybody's hair shorter, with exceptions of a few mohawks and purple heads, they left the class.

Andrew entered the hall, and took his now regular position beside Hermione. He saw Nadine enter the hall, and walk towards them.

"Hey! How are you both?" She asked, and Andrew felt overwhelming joy at how they were both getting along. He spluttered a 'fine,' and Hermione and Nadine chuckled at him. He started to laugh as well, spraying them both with chewed and soggy peanut butter sandwich. Hermione brushed herself off quietly, looking utterly disgusted, and Nadine wasted no time showing off how loud she could be.

"Andrew! That was positively DISGUSTING! Spraying the woman you fancy with crumbs! Next time, serenade her with a song, not your lunch! Sheesh!" Most of the hall was laughing now, except the Slytherins who were scowling of course. Harry exploded with laughter as well, and just like Andrew, most of his lunch came out. Ron was trying not to laugh, Andrew noticed. Nadine, like Hermione had earlier, brushed Andrew AND Harry's lunches off herself and joined her friends at the Ravenclaw table, to eat her lunch.

Andrew went back to Justin after lunch when he and Hermione and parted after a rather long kiss. Justin told him they were having Care of Magical Creatures without Ravenclaw, since they were indisposed in the greenhouses for Herbology. They made their way to the grounds, Andrew spotting Nadine skipping, and shook his head in amused disgust. He saw Justin peering over at her intently and nudged him while laughing. Justin blushed furiously.

When they reached Hagrid's hut, they continued on with their lesson.

After the COMC lesson…

"Yay, potions!" Andrew said, sarcastically clutching his hand over his heart and jumping up and down.

"With Ravenclaw!" Justin added excitedly.

"Oh ya, you'll love it. Staring at my sister's face instead of greasy Snape. But I don't have my 'Mione here! I have to stare at him! Ugh!" Andrew gave a disgusted look to Justin, but he seemed too busy thinking about Nadine to notice.

They entered the cold dungeons and Andrew took his place beside Nadine, who was already there.

"Hey!" Nadine said, smiling at him.

"Hi, how are you?" Andrew asked.

"Oh, I'm good, but I'm sure at the end of the lesson I'll be punching anything black and shiny." Andrew snorted as Snape appeared from his potion ingredient storage cupboard. He scowled at them, especially Nadine and Andrew. Andrew gave him an equally sour look, but Nadine sarcastically sat up and began to wave merrily at him. After being scolded, she sank back down, arms folded across her chest as she pouted. Andrew nudged her, as he began scribbling words in the air below their desk with his wand.

Andrew: What a guy, god I hate this class!

Nadine: Me too, so I wonder what kind of potion we'll be doing today!

Just then, they heard Snape say,

"Today, we will be working on a wart/boil potion…" Andrew and Nadine stopped listening, smiling broadly.

Snape started screaming at the class,

"Who did this! Nadine! Andrew! I'll get you – ow – when I come – back – don't move! Don't go anywhere!" Snape ran out of the class, clutching his face which was covered in very painful looking boils and warts. Nadine and Andrew sniggered, and when he left, gave each other a high five.

"Ingenious, Andrew, adding the charm to keep them on him for a whole day, even with medicine!"

"Yes, but Nadine, awesome, how you snuck it into his flask…" They went on, complimenting each other's brilliance for giving Snape the painful skin irritations. Soon, the bell rang. No one listened to Snape as they all filed out of the classroom, Andrew and Nadine clutching their sides, still laughing.

As they walked down the hall, Hermione caught up with Andrew and Nadine.

"Come on! Dinner, then, I believe, Ravenclaw try outs for Quidditch at 6:00 p.m.?" Hermione said, gasping in between words, since she ran all the way here. They smiled at her as Andrew slithered his hand around her waist. Nadine smiled at them, both smiling with happiness, secretly wishing she had someone to hold her. Then she remembered. The note. She dug it out of her pocket, where she put it after she got dressed. They, of course, inquired about the note, but she hastily stuffed it back into her robes as she just nodded and said 'clipping of Our Lady Peace' that she had kept from her Muggle life.

They sat down to dinner, Nadine sat with the Gryffindors and Andrew, wanting to catch up with him. They were always together, as twins, but now they were apart. It was so new, and a little scary at times to Nadine. They were one person almost. Nadine would shed tears sometimes. And she knew, and was certain he knew about her, that he cried as well.

Nadine excused herself early while Hermione and Andrew said they were going to the library. Nadine walked towards the doors, it was nearing five. This was stupid. The person wasn't going to be there. It was probably a joke. But nonetheless, she could use some practice on her broomstick, she hadn't ridden it since they had first come. It was locked safely in the broomshed. Then she remembered. She didn't know the password. Once she had gotten to the door, she looked at the lock. It glowed a brilliant bronze, and unlocked. The doors flew open and her broom flew into her hand. She let out a satisfactory sound as she turned around to mount it. But someone was in her path.

"KYLE!" Nadine said, clutching her heart in panic.

"Hi, Nadine…" Kyle said. Then it clicked in Nadine's mind. I'm right under your nose… He was acting so strange all day, too…

"You! You left the note?" Nadine said, unsure, pulling out the note in her robes. He just nodded.

"What did – what did you want to meet me here for?" Nadine stuttered.

"I, Nadine I, haha this is kind of ironic? I'm the one who never shuts up, and around you I can't find my voice?" Kyle said, laughing an almost sad laugh.

"Kyle, are you saying-" Nadine was cut short by Kyle's lips on hers. He had her head in his hands, pulling her towards his face. She kissed him back, felt him part her lips, and pulled back.

"Nadine I'm so sorry I can't help loving you it's just…" Nadine placed a delicate finger on his lips.

"Shh… I love you too Kyle! We're so much alike, we're almost…meant for each other or something!" Nadine said breathlessly. He smiled broadly, and Nadine had a fleeting image of Blame-y in her head. She laughed inwardly at how he was nothing like Kyle. Kyle was funny, a little clumsy, nice, everything she wanted.

"I have an idea!" Nadine said, gripping her broom again. Kyle looked down at it, and then up at her.

"Well, what is it?"

"Get on!"

"Uh…" Kyle said, unsure, and watched as Nadine mounted it. He mounted it behind her, as they zoomed off towards the stands, where they sat and stared at the sunset falling upon the distant mountains.

After about an hour, Nadine gasped as the Ravenclaw captain came onto the grounds, followed by the other people trying out for the new chaser position. Nadine kissed Kyle once on the lips, told him she'd be back, as she mounted her broom and flew down to the ground. The captain smiled. It was Cho Chang, notorious keeper of Harry Potter's heart. She beckoned Nadine over, and said,

"This is our keeper," A handsome boy smiled at her, "He will be testing you on your abilities. You think you can handle it?" She smiled devilishly as Nadine just nodded.

After two other people tried out, soon they were up in the air. Nadine was whipping the quaffle at the keeper, and he was totally bewildered. She had gotten every single one through so far, avoiding the obstacles Chang put in the air with her wand. She heard a loud voice shout 'Down, please.' As Cho put her wand back to her throat and silenced it. Nadine flew down, as Cho stood up to shake her hand.

"Welcome to the team!"

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He was sitting in the stands watching her try out without her even knowing. Hermione had come with him and persuaded Harry to lend her his invisibility cloak for tonight.

"Andrew we have to go. We had better get back before Nadine goes and looks for us at the castle." They got up and nearly ran to beat her.

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Andrew had to run to his dorm then to the astronomy tower to get there on time. The Ravenclaws had been kind enough to invite Hermione and himself in for a bit of the party fun - finally here must grab things - Nadine had more or less asked them to let us in. There were these two girls that looked like they wanted him dead let alone not at the party - turn left here then a right - Hermione was slightly nervous as she had never been in a common room besides Gryffindors. Even though one time she was about to sneak into the Slytherin common room with Ron and Harry - up these stairs and careful for the fifth step - The Ravenclaws sure knew how to throw a party though. It was like being at dinner again only there were just desserts there - down these stairs and then take a left at the painting - Hermione had to leave at ten and Andrew wasn't surprised. HE should have left at ten and been able to WALK to his astronomy lesson - walk past the statue and then through this wall - It's a good thing Nadine and him had found some good shortcuts, otherwise he would have been late for sure - through this hall and up these st- He had walked into something. He looked up and into the face of Snape.

"Out after hours are we Mr. Albarn?" He sneered, he really didn't like the Albarn twins.

"No professor I have to get to my astronomy lesson. And I'm almost late so if you don't mind?" He tried to walk past Snape, but Snape got in his way.

"I think it shall be twenty-five points from Hufflepuff and a detention." Ever since the boil and wart incident he had been even more sour to them.

"I think I'm going to be late." Andrew muttered. He tried again to walk past Snape and again he got in his way. "Oh, screw it." He ethrealized himself and walked through Snape and up the stairs. He went back into a more corporeal form when he got into the classroom and to the others it looked as if he had popped in from no where.

"Uh, hello Mr. Albarn why are you late is my first question and um, how did you do that?" Asked Professor Sinistra.

"Well I was partying with the Ravenclaws because my sister made the team and I lost track of time. I would have been here on time, but Professor Snape caught me in the halls and tried to give me detention and take points away from Hufflepuff, so then I made my corporeal form well ethereal to get past him as he wasn't relenting." Andrew chose his words carefully, while explaining the whole story in very short form.

"Well then ten points TO Gryffindor for your dead honesty and I will discuss that with Professor Snape. Now take a seat so that we may begin." She went on to explain about the different stars and planets and stuff of the Quentation galaxy. Then she explained the project that was due next Astronomy class. They had to do a complete chart of the galaxy and show which star the planets orbit around, in what direction and if any could actually be inhabitable. The class ended fairly quickly.

"Why does she ALWAYS give us charts to do?" Complained Justin to Andrew.

"Well if I may be the voice of reason and logic then it is because she can't cover all this in the few classes we have so she must assign us work to do on our own. Also if you do the work and you aren't just told then you retain more information then you would otherwise." Justin began looking at Andrew oddly.

"Okay, I know this I was just complaining to complain. You didn't really need to waste all that breath. But thanks anyways, at least I think." He said. The rest of the walk back to the Hufflepuff house was met with an uncomfortable silence. They got to portrait of the old man and told him the password while they got into their common room. Andrew was dead tired and only stopped by his bed to put his books down and his wand under his pillow - you never knew when he needed to turn your alarm into Cool Whip - and he was asleep even before his head hit the pillow.

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He was running through the forest. This was the Forbidden Forest. He knew it was daytime from the very few shafts of light that came through the boughs of the many trees. They seemed to be watching him, but that was impossible trees don't have eyes. "Oh, yes they do." What, what was that. It came from all around and yet no where at the same time. He was still running. From what was he running? He didn't really know, but he knew that if he stopped they would catch him and if that happened...He shuddered. He didn't even want to think about that. He heard something to his side, but still he kept running. All of a sudden he ran into a bright clearing. It surprised him so much that he stopped right in the middle of the clearing. He turned around a few times. He knew he was safe here, although he didn't know how or why he knew. He turned around one more time and then when he looked where he came from someone was walking towards him. He noticed that it was his sister. He raised his wand, but why would he do such a thing? She kept coming towards him. Then the clearing went dark and it was only lit by the moon and the stars. He was vulnerable. Nadine was still walking towards him and then it wasn't Nadine anymore, but a man with red eyes. He was suddenly surrounded by people in masks and the man with red eyes had stopped moving only five feet away from him. All the people around him raised wands and the man with red eyes laughed. It was shrill, evil and it sent shivers of fear coursing down Andrew's spine. Then the man in front of him raised a wand, pointed it at Andrew and began speaking a curse. Suddenly Andrew was enveloped in a crystal so bright it was like crystallized light. The man with red eyes let out a howl.

Andrew awoke in a cold sweat. It was still dark out and everyone else slept. What was that all about. He knew he would never go into the Forbidden Forest and who were those other people in the cheesy masks. The thing that bothered him most was, who was the man in with the red eyes. He could almost still hear that evil laugh. And what was the white light? This was all too much.

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She was in a clearing, it was daytime. Where was she? It looked a lot like a forest, but she had never been here. She knew that for certain. She heard running. They were running flat out and it was like they were running for their lives. She HAD to help, but she was rooted to the spot. A person came out of the forest and burst into the clearing. They looked relieved like they were in the safest place in the world. Who was this mystery? She walked closer and they turned to her. It was her brother. What was he doing here and who would be trying to kill him? She walked closer to her. The clearing went dark and she was thrown aside. She was grabbed by a smelly man who was really skinny. A man was where she was. She knew this was the man after her brother's life, but was he after hers too? They were surrounded. They all had masks and pointed their wands at her brother. She tried to get out of her captor's grip, but it was useless. The man in front of Andrew let out a laugh. She shivered. The man lifted his wand, and Nadine screamed. It caught her captor off guard and she got free. She lifted her hands, palms out at Andrew. A light emitted from her hands and coalesced around Andrew. The man with red eyes let out a howl and turned to her. He pointed his wand at her and muttered a curse. A green light filled her vision and she screamed.

She came awake screaming. She stopped quickly though, and took in her surroundings. In her bed, in her dorm, in her house, in Hogwarts. She had to tell Andrew and no one else about this dream. It was just too real.

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The alarm rang. He hadn't even realized he had fallen back to sleep. He was way too tired for this. He hit his alarm but all that did was make the alarm transfigure itself into a blob of goo which he had now put his hand in.

"Yuck! Ugh, must get up." Andrew slowly rose out of bed and got changed. He had thought he would never have fallen asleep after his dream last night. He looked over and noticed Justin was still sleeping. Andrew smiled evilly to himself. He walked over with his wand and pulled a curtain aside to reveal Justin and a girl in the bed. No wonder he is still sleeping. He did the naughty. Andrew thought this and then images popped into his head of Hermione and him. He quickly began to think of less happy thoughts and quickly had his body under control. He turned and walked down to the Great Hall alone. He was walking and thinking of his dream when he walked right into someone. It was Draco and his dolts, Crabbe and Goyle.

"Watch where you're going Albarn." He was about to apologize when he saw Crabbe crack his knuckles.

"Please don't do that." He was asking nicely, but all he got was Goyle beginning to crack his own.

"Or what? You'll cry? Does that scare you Albarn?" Draco sneered.

"No it makes me angry. Even when I'm polite to you, you must be rude. I think I shall enjoy this." He lifted his hands to them palms upwards and flames danced around on them. "I think I may just let these go. Unless you want to stop cracking your knuckles?" They stopped. Andrew still hadn't let the flames die down. In fact he made them rise higher. He brought his hands together and the flame grew. "Next time I won't warn you." He put his palms together and the flame disappeared. He walked past them and down a flight of stairs. Where had that anger come from? He used to be so patient. I guess it was just the people who he didn't like. He walked through the double doors to the Great Hall and looked around. He saw Kyle sitting alone. He didn't know why exactly, but he didn't like that kid very much. He walked over to the Gryffindor table and took his seat beside Hermione. The Gryffindors had finally relented in giving him evil glares, as they had realized he wasn't going away. Now they were beginning to show friendship to him. Ginny was on his left side and she was laughing.

"Well Little Red, what have you been up to lately?" He had nick-named her Little Red because she was the youngest of the Weasleys and therefore had bright red hair. She didn't mind in fact she kind of liked it.

"Well, not much really, but I can't wait until Quidditch starts again." He just nodded. He couldn't believe that a girl was so excited for Quidditch. He knew Hermione hated it, but he still tried to get her on a broom.

"Hey Hermione, are you coming to Hufflepuff's Quidditch try-out?" He kissed her forehead while he waited for her answer.

"Of, course I am silly. Ginny said she wanted to come too though." He answered Ginny's request by hugging her.

"The more the merrier. You don't think I would exclude you there Little Red, did you?" He got a sad puppy dog face.

"Of course not." She laughed. "You look like a weird puppy. You don't even have brown eyes." He had already put his arm back around Hermione and he felt her laugh. All of a sudden the doors that lead to the Ravenclaw house flew open with such force that they broke off the hinges. Nadine came storming in looking ready to eat nails. She stormed over to her table and sat down with a huff. Andrew noticed that the bench was beginning to smoke, so he got up and ran over.

"What happened?" It was all he asked while he cooled the bench down and looked over to the broken door. Nadine looked to him and he could see hatred in them. Hatred not for him, which relieved him greatly.

"You will never BELIEVE what that twit Draco did!" She was screaming. "He came around a corner and he tripped me then he laughed at me!" A small tornado was gusting around the twins now. Andrew did his best to stop it, but all he could do was encase only themselves and keep it harmless. Draco now stalked into the room. Andrew was afraid for the little brat's life. Nadine got up and walked over to him, each step of the way the floor was melted after her stepping on it. Andrew followed and tried to mend the damage, but there were still imprints in the floor. By now everyone had stopped eating and was watching.

By now she had got up to him. There was fire crackling around her body. It was wrapping around her arms and legs. She looked unfazed by it though. Andrew caught up with her and could feel the energy and heat she was giving off. Even though he was now right beside her he was freezing. Draco had yet to move, but Andrew could see he was terrified. Nadine all of a sudden screeched. Her eyes were black. Andrew felt dizzy and everything went white. It was as if someone had pulled a curtain over his eyes.

(A/N pretend that we are seeing them through the eyes of someone watching)

Nadine's eyes were a solid black, but Andrew's was white it was weird. Nadine and Andrew rose into the air and Nadine was like a living flame. Andrew was encased in ice. Nadine was trying to burn things while Andrew froze the flame. They warred like this for five minutes, but it seemed like an eternity. Draco was frozen in place and Nadine turned to look at him. "I will hurt you." Nadine's voice was the deepest of baritones. She raised her hand, but before anything happened Andrew had made Draco into a frozen bloke of ice.

"You won't hurt him." Andrew's voice was high and shrill, but they could tell that he was working hard to keep the ice there.

"You can't stop me. He will die." Her voice was a little higher than before, but still deep. She kept one hand pointed at Draco and one hand pointed at Andrew. Out of both hands came a twirling inferno. It hit Andrew and the block of ice. Andrew was thrown across the room, but he wouldn't let up. He tried Nadine's tactic. The fire that was holding him against the wall froze. The ice was creeping up the fire and as soon as it touched Nadine's hand they both fell to the ground. Draco's ice melted and he stumbled. All the rest of the ice melted and everyone was still in shock. The first people to move was Draco and Hermione. Draco ran to Nadine's side and Hermione ran to Andrew's. When they began moving everyone did. Kyle ran over to Nadine and tried to push Draco out of the way, but he wouldn't budge. Hermione was trying to wake Andrew up and was holding him while she cried. Andrew was the first to wake, then Nadine and they remembered everything. They were so scared. Professor Dumbledore came up to each of them.

"I want you to follow me." It was all he said and it was enough. They followed him to his office. He gave the password and they ascended the steps. He went in and sat behind his desk. The twins sat uncomfortably in chairs on the opposite side of the desk and under his gaze. It was Andrew who spoke first,

"We will get our stuff packed to leave professor don't worry." He put his head down and looked at the floor.

"Are you kidding? I brought you in here to make sure that you didn't do that on purpose. I realize that you didn't and I would like to hear Miss. Albarn what caused such anger?" He wasn't laughing, but he wasn't mad either. His face was completely impassive.

"Well professor, I had this horrid nightmare and..." She went on to explain the dream in detail. At the end Andrew confessed to having the same dream except that it was from his point of view. He told them his dream and at the end he saw that Dumbledore was worried.

"Are you completely sure that is what happened in your dreams?" they nodded. "This may bode ill. For now I want you two to return to your classes and normal things. Oh, by the way, congratulations Nadine. I heard you made the Ravenclaw team. Now go to class." He watched them go and smiled. Those two are going to change the world.

They left the office and were surprised to see Hermione, Kyle, and DRACO waiting for them. Hermione and Draco got to them. They really wanted to know what happened. Kyle did too, but he seemed slightly less worried about her than Draco. Nadine and Andrew explained what happened. By the time they were done they had to run to their houses and their classes.

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Hermione and Andrew arrived to Transfiguration ten minutes late.

"Miss. Granger and Mr. Albarn, please tell me why you're late." Was what Professor McGonagall said when they were in the doorway.

"Well professor, Andrew had to go to talk to Professor Dumbledore and I wanted to see what had happened, so I waited until he came down."

"Well alright, but try to be on time next time." She turned around and started to write on her blackboard again. They took their seats and started taking notes. The last half of the class was practical and they had to go in partners. Naturally Hermione and Andrew went together. They had finished their work in fifteen minutes and were talking about what had happened.

"Well I think that if you two work together then they both go either black or white. I guess it depends on the situation and if you are working against each other then one person's will go black the other will go white." She had to choose her words carefully.

"Well I think you may be right, but it is still scary. I couldn't even think. I may have hurt my sister, or worse, you." He looked right into her eyes. She had noticed by now that when he was upset or worried his eyes swirled. Right now they were like hurricanes.

"Don't worry about me, I'm a big girl."

"I'll always worry about you. My little sugarplum." He had started calling her this not long ago, but she liked it. They leaned in to kiss when the bell rang. They jumped apart and grabbed their stuff to leave. They were out in the hallway when Andrew grabbed her. He twirled her to him and kissed her passionately. She forgot who she was in the midst of that kiss. All she knew was she was his sugarplum. They broke apart and the world came back. How did he do this to her? They went their separate ways. Andrew had Defense Against the Dark Arts.

He walked in nearly last and took his seat. Professor McDithers turned out to be a really good teacher. She sure knew her stuff. She continued curses and they were on serious blocking now. There was even talk of a duelling club being started up. The rumors hadn't been confirmed yet so no one knew if it was true. The professor came in with a covered cage. There were strange noises emitting from it.

"Okay, class we will be starting lessons on how to fight evil creatures. Now I heard about how your third year teacher took up many creatures and I want to continue instead of start over. I present to you a Dream Leech." A small creature that looked like a small human was pacing in the cage and making growling noises. The class wasn't really afraid of the little beast. They had read up on it, or at least most of them had. A Dream Leech was a creature that would slowly leech your soul out of you through your dreams. If it managed to take all of your soul, as it took quite a while then it would insert itself into your body and control you. After a full leeching had taken place then the only way to kill the monster was to kill the person.

"Can anybody tell me the distinctive features a Dream Leech is different from a young human?" Three hands shot into the air: Dexter's, Lilah's, and Justin's. "Yes Miss. Kangas?"

"Well, it has a knot thing in the middle of its back. Also if you hit that knot you can kill it." Lilah answered without a pause.

"Very good, but you forgot that it can protect its weakness. Now someone tell me how that is."

"It can make the knot go inside itself. It can also read minds so it can know when you are going to hurt it."

"Thank you, but try not to talk out of place Mr. Benedet." Dexter looked embarassed.

The class continued like that. Andrew was so bored during the whole class. He had been hoping to continue the blocking, but they had gotten into creatures. He did that enough with Care of Magical Creatures and even Herbology now. He already knew that he had an unnatural affinity to animals and Hagrid had said that he might be the first male that had a chance of being allowed to touch a unicorn. He wanted to meet a dragon to see if his affinity affected the most ruthless creatures that is known of. Andrew was so lost in his thoughts that he had missed the fact that the bell had rung and jumped completely out of chair and headed to the floor, when he felt Justin poke him. He stopped falling about an inch above the ground.

"Whoa! Don't DO that!" Andrew exclaimed as he righted himself and grabbed his books. He walked with Justin to their dorm and hucked his stuff on his bed and ran to the Great Hall.

He went in and the room quieted completely. Hermione was sitting at the Ravenclaw table talking with Nadine's friends for some reason, as Nadine wasn't even there. She got up and shouted, "Oh, come ON people he isn't a monster or anything!" She walked over to him and kissed him lightly. The room went back to its usual chatter. Andrew and Hermione went to the Ravenclaw table.

"Hi people. Uh, what's up with Nadine she is MIA?" Andrew asked completely puzzled. It just wasn't like Nadine to miss a meal. I mean she is the "food goes here" girl.

"She locked herself in the bathroom in her dorm. Amanda cursed her and now Nadine won't come out." Explained Kyle.

"Ha! Like HELL she won't I'm going up there and she is coming out if I have to drag her by her blonde hair." With that he began storming up to the Ravenclaw house, when Padma caught up with him.

"Okay, I admire the fact that you want to help your sister and all, but number one: You don't know the password and number two: Maybe she just needs some alone time." Andrew was still walking and Padma had to run to catch up. Damn him and his long legs. They had already gotten to the entrance to the Ravenclaw House. The mini raven cawed,

"Password please." Andrew just stared at it. Or at least that is what Padma thought.

Nadine. What is your password. Tell me, so I can get in. He heard a voice replying.

It's "The Raven Way".

He said the password, which seemed to surprise Padma. He ran into the room and up the stairs to her dorm, knocking a few people out of the way. He got to a door and tried the knob. It was locked and not just with a simple key, but with strong magic. He knew that if he was to break this he would need all the power he had at breakfast. But he didn't know how to tap into that power. The only times he had done that was when he had been very angry at something or someone. Well he would have to learn how to control it. He began to delve into his powers. He looked inward into himself. To Padma it looked like he had closed his eyes and just stood there.

He saw a light. Very dim as if he was seeing it through a long, dark tunnel. He began...walking? Towards it. It got lighter, closer and brighter. When it was nearly blinding from the light he hit something. It was like a barrier he couldn't get through. He ran a hand over the apparently solid air. It hissed when his hand ran over it and he could see it was a barrier. He tried beating at the barrier, but all it did was hurt his hands. He saw the light and it was just past this barrier. He tried willing the barrier away, but it was still there. He ran his hands all over the barrier looking for a weakness. He found a hole about the size of a quill's point. He willed it to open. It became the size of the stem of an apple. Farther. Farther. Farther. It got to the size of an orange and then it blew apart, completely and utterly gone. He knew, he somehow knew that it would never be there again. He stepped into the light and his eyes popped open.

To Padma all she saw was him standing there with his eyes closed for a long time. Long enough for Hermione and a few others to come and see what was happening. They were startled when his eyes popped open and were whiter than milk. They involuntarily took a few steps back away from Andrew. His hair began whipping around and the door burst open. Nadine was on the other side curled into a ball and crying. Andrew's hair was still whipping around. He walked into the bathroom and before anyone could follow him in, he had magically thrown the door closed. He walked over to Nadine and before he had kneeled by her, his eyes had gone back to their normal blue.

"Nadine? Nadine what's wrong?" Nadine looked up and Andrew finally noticed that her eyes were black. There were tears in her eyes.

"I-I-I don't know what happened. I got so mad and now I can't control the magic. Andrew help me. I got so mad that I freaked out and now I can't seem to calm down." She was sobbing so hard that her whole body was shaking. Andrew went closer and his face was barely not touching Nadine's.

"Nadine close your eyes," she did so, "You can hear my voice, only my voice. Hold on to it and listen closely to it. You are in a room with a very bright light, you see a brown wooden door. Walk towards the door, turn the handle. It is unlocked, open the door. Go through the door. You see a hallway, now walk down that hallway. It gets darker and darker, as you walk down the hall. You are walking away from the lit room. You are now in complete darkness and although you have gone away from the room and can't see it, you now know the way back." Nadine's eyes popped open with a gasp and they were sparkling blue. She hugged him and cried.

"Thank you Andrew. I can control it now." To prove herself she turned her eyes black and opened the door then switched them back to blue. Padma, Hermione and Padma's little "gang" came rushing in.

"What happened in here?" Padma so obviously worried. Nadine and Andrew shared a look and turned back to them. Andrew's eyes were white and Nadine's were black. The girls and Kyle gasped. Then Andrew and Nadine turned their eyes back to blue. Everyone but the twins let out a sigh of relief.

"That means you can control it now right?" Asked Hermione.

"Well maybe, I don't know if it only means that we can access it whenever we want, but maybe it means we can control it." He went over to Hermione and kissed her, although it was just him brushing his lips against hers. He walked her out of the Ravenclaw house with his hand on her spine. They walked back to the Gryffindor house and she ran in to get her stuff. They had Herbology next. By the time Hermione and Andrew had started running towards the Hufflepuff house they had five minutes until their class started. They got inside of the Hufflepuff house, it was two minutes to bell. Andrew stopped them both.

"Nadine showed me this one." A purple light shot out of the tip of his wand and hit the clock. Everything stopped moving except Andrew and Hermione. They ran down to the greenhouses, but on the way Andrew just couldn't help himself. He put a curse on Snape that would take effect when his spell wore off, which was when he decided it would. They went to the exit of the castle that lead out to the greenhouses. They stopped there and Andrew pointed his wand at his watch. The same purple light came out and hit the watch. They saw people continue walking as if they had never stopped and to them they hadn't. They ran to their greenhouse and got inside just as the bell rang.

"Good timing man, Sprout isn't even here yet." Justin whispered as Andrew and Hermione made their way over to that work table.

"I think we had enough time don't you sugarplum?" He winked at Hermione and she just smiled and looked down. Justin was left clueless and before he could ask Professor Sprout walked into the greenhouse.

"Now class, we must re-plant the Monstratees, as they are now getting too big for their pots. I want you all to grab your Monstratees and don't forget to spell them. Get one of those pots," She pointed to a line of pots that looked to be half the size of herself, "and re-plant your Monstratee. Of course you must fill the new pots with earth and fertilizer." She laughed as if she had made a great joke. "Now go get your Monstratees." The class got their Monstratees. They had already gotten used to the fact that when Andrew went up to them, they all quieted and stared up at him. They all got to work.

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The class had gone pretty fast and the only people to actually manage to re-plant their Monstratee were Hermione, Neville, Andrew, and Justin. The rest of the people had to stay behind and finish their re-planting, which certainly blew goats, as Justin put it, for the rest of the Hufflepuffs, as they had Potions next. Andrew and Hermione stopped when a hallway parted ways. Andrew leaned in to kiss Hermione and they had a good snog in the hallway.

"I have to go Sugarplum. I will see you at dinner, so remember to wait for me." Andrew said as he reluctantly left Hermione.

"I would wait eternities to see your face and hear your voice again." She replied as they went their separate ways. Andrew dragged his feet to Potions. For some reason he couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was going "the wrong way". Nonetheless, he went to his Potions class. He slumped into the seat beside Nadine, as she pleasantly greeted him...

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Nadine woke up from a shaking feeling. She tried to bat it away and she rolled over and put a pillow over her head.

"Nadine wake up for breakfast or-" She didn't get to finish that sentence as Nadine had already jumped out of bed and run into the bathroom to get her hair ready and to change. Padma was just astounded at how much enthusiasm Nadine put into eating and food. Sure she wasn't a pig, but she has yet to miss a meal.

"Hey where's Alicia?" She said noticing the fact that Alicia's bed hadn't been slept in.

"Oh, she went to that Justin person's dorm you know the Hufflepuff. I guess she hasn't gotten back yet." When Padma said this the door burst open and Alicia ran in with her clothes in her hand and a blanket that wasn't hers tied around her.

"Where have you been all night? Did you do it?" Asked Nadine completely excited. She always had wondered what it would have been like with Blame-y.

"Well if you must know I was with Justin and as to that other question why do you think I'm dressed like this?" She dropped the blanket and all she had on was a pair of boxers that looked too big for her. Obviously Justin's. She kept running around trying to grab stuff to get dressed with.

"Ha ha ha Alicia had the sex Alicia had the sex Alicia had the sex." Nadine was singing and Padma was just laughing. Alicia turned to glare at them and then went into the bathroom.

"Do you think we should wait? Cause ya'know she might be slightly embarrassed." Nadine nodded and sat on her bed and Padma sat on her own. They talked about what Alicia could see in Justin then came to the conclusion that he wasn't all that bad. They began to talk of who they liked when Alicia came out of the bathroom, dressed, and had her make-up on.

"Well that Kyle is cute, but I'm not sure."

"Ewwie you like KYLE!? I thought you were just humoring him. I think I may like that Draco boy. He seems so evil and I want to be the first one to break through the surface."

"Are we going to breakfast or not? I'm starving. And yes we had the sex, but you can't tell anyone." They walked down the stairs to the Great Hall and in the long hallway that leads directly to the doors of the Great Hall, Nadine suddenly tripped and fell flat on her face. She got up, turned around with a death glare on her face. Draco came out of an alcove where Nadine tripped and he laughed. If looks could kill Draco would be a puddle. Nadine was glaring so hard she hadn't noticed that people had stopped to stare at what was going to happen. Nadine's hair began whipping around in a wind only she could feel. Her eyes were half black when Padma pulled her into the Great Hall and away from Draco. Padma forced Nadine to sit down and made sure that Nadine's eyes had turned back to their normal blue. Then Padma started to eat.

Nadine just sat and stared at her plate. After a while Andrew came over and she only understood the fact that he was there to comfort her. She didn't even know what he was saying. All of a sudden she burst out screaming, "You will never BELEIVE what that twit Draco did! He came around a corner and he tripped me then he laughed at me!"

(A/N considering the fact that you have already read this part I will spare you the agony of more reading.)

Kyle took Nadine up to the Ravenclaw common room and spoke the password then lead her in. Padma, and the rest of the girls were waiting for them. They took Nadine up to the girls' dormitory and left Kyle in the common room. She explained what Dumbledore had said to her and they all were relieved that Nadine didn't have to leave.

"OH MY GOD! We only have ten minutes to get our stuff and get to class!" Alicia was raving mad. Nadine and the rest of them ran around the room trying to get ready. They ran down the stairs and knocked over Kyle who had been on his way to the door to remind them that school still happened. They continued running without even an apology said over their shoulders. Nadine, Padma, and Sarah ran to their Arithmancy class. They got there just as the bell rang to signal the beginning of class. They were completely out of breath and breathing heavily. Professor Vector greeted them with her usual smile.

"Now girls, I know the castle is very large, but that doesn't mean you have to come to classes out of breath." She chuckled a little to herself before she told them to sit down. They sat down and pulled out their quills. The whole class was told they wouldn't need anything, as they had a guest coming in to Hogwart's. A man suddenly appeared in the front of the class. He had a bit of a beard and was bald, but for the ring of gray around his head. He had a friendly way about him, or so it seemed to Nadine. He spoke in a deep baritone,

"Good morning class." He talked to them about a different form of Arithmancy. A much more fun way to do everything. He had numbers dancing on the desks and he had the work figuring itself out, although most of the time it was wrong. The whole class was a pile of fun and a half. His name was Nopen Vector. Professor Vector's husband. By the end Nadine was in a much better mood and smiling merrily along. She got into Transfiguration with a brilliant smile on her face. She sat in her usual seat beside Draco. He saw her and he became slightly reluctant, but still sat in the seat beside her. Nadine tried to make civil conversation with Draco, but he wasn't answering.

About halfway through the class, Professor McGonagall told the class to get out their wands. She paired Nadine and Draco together, as she had seen Nadine's repeated attempts at apologizing and conversation. She took pity on Nadine.

They had to work together and speak. Nadine was trying her best to get him to speak and finally she got fed up. She slapped Draco and left a red blemish on his cheek. "Before this you were all worried about me, and now you ignore me? What is with you Dra-" She was cut off in mid sentence, by Draco kissing her. He had her face in both hands and was kissing her rather harshly. He let her go and left her dazed. The bell rang to signal the end of class. Nadine sat in her chair for the next five minutes dazed and confused over what Draco MALFOY had just done to her. Professor McGonagall had to wake her and she also said to her,

"That was very unexpected, I've never seen that boy really care about anything before. He actually asked if you were okay before. Besides that, he kissed you where everyone could see. I think he may actually be seriously interested in you." Nadine got up and left. She went straight to her dorm, not stopping for anyone. She didn't really know whether to be happy, or mad that Draco had kissed her. She DID think it felt nice to be cared for seriously. It made her feel special to be the first one he did care for.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she got to the raven in front of their doorway and paused. Then she remembered the password, spoke it and walked in. She walked up the stairs and threw her books on her bed. Or what she thought was her bed.....

....She had thrown her books right on top of Amanda's face. Amanda got up and slapped Nadine square in the face, harder than Nadine had slapped Draco. It left a big red hand print on her forehead. Nadine was too lost in thought to notice what she was doing. Her eyes turned completely black in an instant. Her hair was flying around, but Nadine hadn't stopped walking. She seemed headed for the bathroom. Amanda got in front of her and slapped her again, but harder. The second her hand connected, she flew across the room and landed in a heap on the floor. Nadine hadn't stopped even for a second, but had continued walking.

She shut the door with magic as a shouted freak from Amanda reached her ears. She went to the far side of the bathroom and sat down with her arms around her knees and started to cry.

She didn't know how long she had been crying, but all of a sudden she knew someone else was in the room with her. They knelt in front of her and she looked up......

(A/N again already written and read so skipping time.)

After Hermione and Andrew had left, Nadine rushed to get her stuff. She had about twelve minutes to get all the way to her Transfiguration classroom. She quickly brushed her hair and grabbed her stuff. She ran down the stairs and ran through the halls.

(A/N ok yes I realize that I have recently made an author's note but this is needed. I am an idiot and then yeah, so I stopped writing and you may all yell at me and then I will get Nadine to scold the hell outta me but yeah. There may be a difference in our writing style as we have "matured" and stuff. And even though I am gay...yes I am...there will still be no slash and yes there still shalt be gay bashing because in this story "Andrew" doesn't particularly like gay people. Yes I didn't like myself. Now then I should get on with the story. Sorry about this. Also I may make a reference to SOMEONE being gay and having that maybe be true, but like we said in the beginning there will be no open slash. Also yes Nadine DOES have a Transfiguration once before and once after lunch so don't complain...I beg you and please don't point out plot holes that is mine own job...mine and Nadine's because Nadine is the Goddess of the whole wide world)