~Chapter Five~
Kylee awoke with a start and looked around her. It was still dark and the rest of the girls were sleeping. Why did I wake up? She thought back to what she had been dreaming and realized that she had the dream agian. She has had the same dream once a month since she was old enough to remember. It always started the same way; it was like she was seeing through someone, or something's eyes. She would be standing in front of a dark forest, looking at the sky. Then the clouds would clear to reveal the moon and she would take off running in to the forest. It was always like she was looking for something, and she would always wake up right before she found it. She didn't know why she had the dream, but she couldn't remember a time when she didn't have it. Kylee decided to go back to sleep and it wasn't long before she was in a deep slumber.
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The next morning Kylee was awakened by the slivers of sunlight making it through the curtains around her bed. She streched and then pulled back the curtains. It seemed that everyone else had already gone to breakfast. She climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and then put her new school robes on over that. She placed her wand in the pocket of her robes and walked out of the Dormitory. When she reached the Common Room there were only three other people there. She went straight to the door (it was a normal door on the inside) and left the Common Room. Now the problem was trying to remember the way to Great Hall. She managed to make it above the dungeons, but then she was lost. She wandered around for a few minutes, but then she luckily ran in to Harry, literally.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, Harry? Oh, this is great! I'm so glad that I ran in to you because I am so lost it's not even funny," she said while getting off the floor.
"Oh, yeah, where are you trying to go," Harry asked while he in turn got up off the floor.
"Um...I was trying to get to the Great Hall," she said shyly.
"Ah, well your about three floors to high," he said while trying to surpress a laugh.
"Fine, fine. You go ahead and laugh all you want, just because I suffer from short term memory loss and can't remember the way to the Great Hall," Kylee said while giving him an innocent look.
"Do you really have short term memory loss," he asked while looking at her in disbelief.
"Ok, ok....no I don't really have short term memory loss, but I could," she replied while Harry laughed at her.
"Yeah, sure. Would you like me to show you the way," he asked while once more exploding with laughter at the fake scowl on her face.
"I guess so. It would be better than aimlessly wandering the halls all day," she replied while starting after him down the hall.
As they went down the numerous flights of stairs, Harry explained to her what was on each floor and exactly how to get to the Great Hall, just in case he wasn't there to "run" in to. After her short 'tour' of the school they finally reached the Great Hall, and just in time. They had about twenty minutes to eat and get to their first class.
"Uggggh...I'll never make it to class in time now, look at how long it took me just to get to the Great Hall! And I only made it now because I ran in to you," Kylee said exasperatedly.
"Hey, it's ok. If you eat quickly then we can meet outside the Hall in ten minutes and I'll show you where your first class is. Your schedule should be over at your table," Harry said trying to comfort her.
"Ok," she replied brightly as they went to their own tables.
Kylee walked over to the Slytherin table to find that Draco and Meridith had saved her a seat across from them. She plopped down in her seat to find her owl, Llaya, waiting for her with a letter and her schedule sitting beside her plate. She untied the letter and sent Llaya off before grabbing some toast and putting it on her plate. She then stuffed the letter in her shoulderbag and turned to face Draco and Meridith.
"Wow, you guys wouldn't believe the morning I've had," Kylee said while stuffing a piece of toast in her mouth.
"Was it that bad," Draco said while finishing his own breakfast.
"Oh yeah," she said with her mouth half full, "It was terrible. It took me all this time just to get here! I got lost!"
"Wow, well we were going to wait for you, but we need to go. Will you be ok here," Draco asked as he and Meridith got up from the table.
"Oh, yeah. I'll be fine, just go," she said while starting on another piece of toast.
After they were gone she decided to look over her schedule. Hmmm..she had History of Magic first. Yay, what fun, she thought with false entusiasm. She quickly gathered her things and made her way to the entrance to the Great Hall. Outside Harry was there waiting for her, just as he had said he would.
"Hey, you waited for me," she said while giving him a warm smile.
"Of course, I said I would," he replied while returning the smile.
"Yes, you did," she said more to herself than him as they started off.
"What do you have first?"
"Um...History Of Magic, with Professor Binns," she said while showing him her schedule.
"Ah, how, er, lucky," he said while making a face, "That class has to be the most boring event that I've ever sat through."
"Yeah, thats what I figured. It just sounds boring," she replied.
They talked the rest of the way up to the History Of Magic classroom and then they said goodbye. Kylee walked in to the class just in time. There weren't any seats left, so Professor Binns had to conjure up one. She sat in the desk and spent the rest of the class desperately trying not to fall asleep, but at least she did manage to take notes, well..some notes. But, some notes are better than none at all. Next she actually made it to transfiguration on time by following the crowd of other Slytherins. Transfiguration was one of the classes that she was good at. When she got to class she picked a seat near the front so that she would be able to pay attention better. Transfiguration went very well, she was one of five in the class that could tranform her raven in to a feather duster, and reverse it. Professor McGonagall awarded her 10 points! The last class of the day was her favorite, Potions. She had always excelled in potions and loved the class. Now she had double potions with Gryffindor and on the way to the dungeons she saw Harry.
"Harry! Over here! Hey, I didn't run in to you this time," she said while pushing her way over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Hey, your in our potions class next, right?"
"Yeah, I didn't get lost this time, but I probably would have if I hadn't found you guys," she admitted.
They soon reached the Potions classroom and went inside.The first thing she noticed was that most of the Gryffindors were on one side of the room and the Slytherins were on the other. She guessed that they had assigned seats and walked up to Professor Snape.
"Hello, sir. My name is Kylee Baise. I'm new here and I was wondering if I should sit in a particular seat, or not," Kylee said politely.
Snape looked a little taken aback. He wasn't used to getting respect from students, even most of those from his own house.
"Well Ms. Baise, if I can go by your transcript, then you have a great talent for potions. So, if you wouldn't mind, I would like you to sit over there by Mr.Longbottom, he could use the help," Snape said while motioning to the empty seat beside Neville.
"Sure, I never mind helping people with potions. This is my favorite subject, I just have a knack for it," she replied. Kylee made her way over to Neville and sat down. After she got her cauldron and other potions utensils and ingredients she turned to face Neville.
"Hi! I'm Kylee," she said while giving him a warm smile.
"Um, hi. I'm Neville," he replied shyly.
"Well, anything you need help with just ask," Kylee said encouragingly.
"Yes, Mr.Longbottom. From what I've read, your very lucky to have such a talented person next to you," Snape said with his usual sneer on his face.
Neville looked like he was terrified of Professor Snape yelling at him. After Professor Snape walked to the other side of the room Kylee turned to face Neville.
"It's ok Neville, I'll help you with ANYTHING you need. If your having problems with the potion then just ask," Kylee said comfortingly.
"Ok, you know your really nice. Usually I just get made fun of by Slytherins," Neville confessed to her.
"Really? Well I'm not like everyone else," she replied.
"I noticed," Neville said to himself.
The rest of the class Kylee helped Neville make a Memory Potion, along with making her own. When Snape came around the class to look in to all of their cauldrons he highly praised Kylee for hers.
"Well Longbottom, it looks as if you've actually managed to do something right this time," Snape said to Neville.
"Bring a vial of your potion up to my desk to turn in," he said to the rest of the class.
Kylee stoppered her vial, labled it, and walked up to Snape's desk. There was a bit of a line so she just set it in the test tube rack and was about to walk away, when Snape called her back.
"Good job, Ms.Baise. You really should consider being in my Honors Potions Class next year. If you had been a previous student of mine then you could have been in it this year," he said while taking potions from other students.
"Oh, thank you, Professor Snape. I would love to be in Honors Potions next year," Kylee replied.
The crowd in front of the desk was getting larger so she decided to gather her things and leave. When she passed in to the hallway she saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville waiting for her. They told her that everyone gets the afternoons off.
"Really?! Thats great. They didn't do anything like that at my school, except give us Friday afternoons off," Kylee said.
"Wow, we were just wondering if you wanted to go visit Hagrid with us," Harry asked.
"Oh, sure. It's not like I have anything better to do," Kylee replied as they started to walk down the hall.
Kylee spent the rest of the afternoon with them at Hagrids. They ended up staying until dinner time. They walked with Hagrid up to the school and in to the Great Hall. Once they reached the Hall they all went to their seperate tables; Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Gryffindor, Hagrid went to the teachers table, and Kylee went to the Slytherin table. Luckily Draco and Meridith had saved her a seat agian.
"Hey," she said as she sat down across from them.
"Hey, what were you doing hanging out with Potter, Longbottom, mudblood Granger, and the Weasle," Malfoy asked.
"Excuse me?! The last time I checked I was allowed to be friends with whomever I want," she retorted.
"Fine, but you might want to be a little more careful who your seen with," he said.
Aside from their little episode in the beginning, the rest of dinner went fairly well. After dinner was over Kylee made her way back to the Common Room. To avoid another, more private, episode with Draco she went straight to the Dormitory. She got in to her pajamas and got in to bed. After laying there for a little bit, she fell asleep.
Kylee awoke with a start and looked around her. It was still dark and the rest of the girls were sleeping. Why did I wake up? She thought back to what she had been dreaming and realized that she had the dream agian. She has had the same dream once a month since she was old enough to remember. It always started the same way; it was like she was seeing through someone, or something's eyes. She would be standing in front of a dark forest, looking at the sky. Then the clouds would clear to reveal the moon and she would take off running in to the forest. It was always like she was looking for something, and she would always wake up right before she found it. She didn't know why she had the dream, but she couldn't remember a time when she didn't have it. Kylee decided to go back to sleep and it wasn't long before she was in a deep slumber.
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The next morning Kylee was awakened by the slivers of sunlight making it through the curtains around her bed. She streched and then pulled back the curtains. It seemed that everyone else had already gone to breakfast. She climbed out of bed and pulled on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and then put her new school robes on over that. She placed her wand in the pocket of her robes and walked out of the Dormitory. When she reached the Common Room there were only three other people there. She went straight to the door (it was a normal door on the inside) and left the Common Room. Now the problem was trying to remember the way to Great Hall. She managed to make it above the dungeons, but then she was lost. She wandered around for a few minutes, but then she luckily ran in to Harry, literally.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry, Harry? Oh, this is great! I'm so glad that I ran in to you because I am so lost it's not even funny," she said while getting off the floor.
"Oh, yeah, where are you trying to go," Harry asked while he in turn got up off the floor.
"Um...I was trying to get to the Great Hall," she said shyly.
"Ah, well your about three floors to high," he said while trying to surpress a laugh.
"Fine, fine. You go ahead and laugh all you want, just because I suffer from short term memory loss and can't remember the way to the Great Hall," Kylee said while giving him an innocent look.
"Do you really have short term memory loss," he asked while looking at her in disbelief.
"Ok, ok....no I don't really have short term memory loss, but I could," she replied while Harry laughed at her.
"Yeah, sure. Would you like me to show you the way," he asked while once more exploding with laughter at the fake scowl on her face.
"I guess so. It would be better than aimlessly wandering the halls all day," she replied while starting after him down the hall.
As they went down the numerous flights of stairs, Harry explained to her what was on each floor and exactly how to get to the Great Hall, just in case he wasn't there to "run" in to. After her short 'tour' of the school they finally reached the Great Hall, and just in time. They had about twenty minutes to eat and get to their first class.
"Uggggh...I'll never make it to class in time now, look at how long it took me just to get to the Great Hall! And I only made it now because I ran in to you," Kylee said exasperatedly.
"Hey, it's ok. If you eat quickly then we can meet outside the Hall in ten minutes and I'll show you where your first class is. Your schedule should be over at your table," Harry said trying to comfort her.
"Ok," she replied brightly as they went to their own tables.
Kylee walked over to the Slytherin table to find that Draco and Meridith had saved her a seat across from them. She plopped down in her seat to find her owl, Llaya, waiting for her with a letter and her schedule sitting beside her plate. She untied the letter and sent Llaya off before grabbing some toast and putting it on her plate. She then stuffed the letter in her shoulderbag and turned to face Draco and Meridith.
"Wow, you guys wouldn't believe the morning I've had," Kylee said while stuffing a piece of toast in her mouth.
"Was it that bad," Draco said while finishing his own breakfast.
"Oh yeah," she said with her mouth half full, "It was terrible. It took me all this time just to get here! I got lost!"
"Wow, well we were going to wait for you, but we need to go. Will you be ok here," Draco asked as he and Meridith got up from the table.
"Oh, yeah. I'll be fine, just go," she said while starting on another piece of toast.
After they were gone she decided to look over her schedule. Hmmm..she had History of Magic first. Yay, what fun, she thought with false entusiasm. She quickly gathered her things and made her way to the entrance to the Great Hall. Outside Harry was there waiting for her, just as he had said he would.
"Hey, you waited for me," she said while giving him a warm smile.
"Of course, I said I would," he replied while returning the smile.
"Yes, you did," she said more to herself than him as they started off.
"What do you have first?"
"Um...History Of Magic, with Professor Binns," she said while showing him her schedule.
"Ah, how, er, lucky," he said while making a face, "That class has to be the most boring event that I've ever sat through."
"Yeah, thats what I figured. It just sounds boring," she replied.
They talked the rest of the way up to the History Of Magic classroom and then they said goodbye. Kylee walked in to the class just in time. There weren't any seats left, so Professor Binns had to conjure up one. She sat in the desk and spent the rest of the class desperately trying not to fall asleep, but at least she did manage to take notes, well..some notes. But, some notes are better than none at all. Next she actually made it to transfiguration on time by following the crowd of other Slytherins. Transfiguration was one of the classes that she was good at. When she got to class she picked a seat near the front so that she would be able to pay attention better. Transfiguration went very well, she was one of five in the class that could tranform her raven in to a feather duster, and reverse it. Professor McGonagall awarded her 10 points! The last class of the day was her favorite, Potions. She had always excelled in potions and loved the class. Now she had double potions with Gryffindor and on the way to the dungeons she saw Harry.
"Harry! Over here! Hey, I didn't run in to you this time," she said while pushing her way over to Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Hey, your in our potions class next, right?"
"Yeah, I didn't get lost this time, but I probably would have if I hadn't found you guys," she admitted.
They soon reached the Potions classroom and went inside.The first thing she noticed was that most of the Gryffindors were on one side of the room and the Slytherins were on the other. She guessed that they had assigned seats and walked up to Professor Snape.
"Hello, sir. My name is Kylee Baise. I'm new here and I was wondering if I should sit in a particular seat, or not," Kylee said politely.
Snape looked a little taken aback. He wasn't used to getting respect from students, even most of those from his own house.
"Well Ms. Baise, if I can go by your transcript, then you have a great talent for potions. So, if you wouldn't mind, I would like you to sit over there by Mr.Longbottom, he could use the help," Snape said while motioning to the empty seat beside Neville.
"Sure, I never mind helping people with potions. This is my favorite subject, I just have a knack for it," she replied. Kylee made her way over to Neville and sat down. After she got her cauldron and other potions utensils and ingredients she turned to face Neville.
"Hi! I'm Kylee," she said while giving him a warm smile.
"Um, hi. I'm Neville," he replied shyly.
"Well, anything you need help with just ask," Kylee said encouragingly.
"Yes, Mr.Longbottom. From what I've read, your very lucky to have such a talented person next to you," Snape said with his usual sneer on his face.
Neville looked like he was terrified of Professor Snape yelling at him. After Professor Snape walked to the other side of the room Kylee turned to face Neville.
"It's ok Neville, I'll help you with ANYTHING you need. If your having problems with the potion then just ask," Kylee said comfortingly.
"Ok, you know your really nice. Usually I just get made fun of by Slytherins," Neville confessed to her.
"Really? Well I'm not like everyone else," she replied.
"I noticed," Neville said to himself.
The rest of the class Kylee helped Neville make a Memory Potion, along with making her own. When Snape came around the class to look in to all of their cauldrons he highly praised Kylee for hers.
"Well Longbottom, it looks as if you've actually managed to do something right this time," Snape said to Neville.
"Bring a vial of your potion up to my desk to turn in," he said to the rest of the class.
Kylee stoppered her vial, labled it, and walked up to Snape's desk. There was a bit of a line so she just set it in the test tube rack and was about to walk away, when Snape called her back.
"Good job, Ms.Baise. You really should consider being in my Honors Potions Class next year. If you had been a previous student of mine then you could have been in it this year," he said while taking potions from other students.
"Oh, thank you, Professor Snape. I would love to be in Honors Potions next year," Kylee replied.
The crowd in front of the desk was getting larger so she decided to gather her things and leave. When she passed in to the hallway she saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville waiting for her. They told her that everyone gets the afternoons off.
"Really?! Thats great. They didn't do anything like that at my school, except give us Friday afternoons off," Kylee said.
"Wow, we were just wondering if you wanted to go visit Hagrid with us," Harry asked.
"Oh, sure. It's not like I have anything better to do," Kylee replied as they started to walk down the hall.
Kylee spent the rest of the afternoon with them at Hagrids. They ended up staying until dinner time. They walked with Hagrid up to the school and in to the Great Hall. Once they reached the Hall they all went to their seperate tables; Harry, Ron and Hermione went to Gryffindor, Hagrid went to the teachers table, and Kylee went to the Slytherin table. Luckily Draco and Meridith had saved her a seat agian.
"Hey," she said as she sat down across from them.
"Hey, what were you doing hanging out with Potter, Longbottom, mudblood Granger, and the Weasle," Malfoy asked.
"Excuse me?! The last time I checked I was allowed to be friends with whomever I want," she retorted.
"Fine, but you might want to be a little more careful who your seen with," he said.
Aside from their little episode in the beginning, the rest of dinner went fairly well. After dinner was over Kylee made her way back to the Common Room. To avoid another, more private, episode with Draco she went straight to the Dormitory. She got in to her pajamas and got in to bed. After laying there for a little bit, she fell asleep.