After Lily went on her prefect rounds, the other two girls led Eddie up to the Gryffindor Common Room. She was quite surprised when the staircases changed.

"Staircases never changed at home! Not even at Beauxbatons!" Eddie exclaimed in shock.

"Sorry we're not as classy as you're used to, Princess!" said Sirius who was standing directly behind her. His friends laughed. Eddie swivelled around and glared at Sirius.

"Don't call me that!"

"Why? Don't you like being a princess, Princess?" Eddie took a deep breath and squeezed her knuckles so hard that her nails dug into her flesh.

"Come on, just ignore him," said Shannon. The three girls raced into the common room and up into the dormitory.

"It's only my first day, and that prat is driving me mad!" Eddie growled.

"Yeah, he's hot and all, but very annoying. He hexes random people-or actually Slytherins-in the halls if he's bored."

"And Potter," added Rachel.

"And Potter. Pettigrew just hangs around (like a lost puppy), and Lupin doesn't even do anything. Just watches from the side lines and shakes his head."

"I bet he's kissed nearly every girl 4th year and up, and we're only 15!"

"Yeah? I'm only 14-my birthday's in December. Had I been born just a few hours later, I'd have been born on January 1st."

"Your birthday's on new year's day?!" squealed Rachel.

"Yep. Unfortunately. I want to be born in the summer, but oh well."