Hey everybody! This is obviously a new story. I know I haven't finished my old one, but I'm kind of stuck and nobody is reading it. Of course, not many people will probably read this one either . . . Oh well; I really hope this story will be better. My plans for this story go on far and there are characters that are the same names from The Confused and the Accused in this story, so if you've read that, Dasani and Allison are in this story, along with new characters. You have to remember that they are different people, though the same. It will make sense as you read my upcoming chapters.

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Dasani Bradford was sitting in a compartment of the Hogwarts Express as it made the journey to platform 9 3/4 to pick up the students. She had always stayed at Hogwarts for any holidays since she arrived there in her First Year, and this upcoming year she and her friends would be in their Fifth Year. Before she came to Hogwarts she lived with a family of muggles who treated her more as a maid than anything else. Then the day came when she got her letter and came to Hogwarts which she considered her home now. There was always something in the back of her brain though; something telling her that there was more out there. And she often felt that she was being followed or watched, not as in stalked, but protected and watched over.

Since she was already at Hogwarts, she didn't have to ride the Express, but she always did, to meet her friends. She smiled as she thought about them. There was her best friend Lily Evans, who had a redheaded temper, but could be shy with strangers, and Allison who had a HUGE crush on Remus Lupin, who was a werewolf. He didn't think that she and Lily knew, but they had found out before Sirius and James had. Dasani grinned inwardly at the thought of the two boys. Sirius Black could be described as a troublemaker, but, from experience, Dasani knew there were actual serious and compassionate sides to him, and he knew when to be funny and when to stop. Well, most of the time, Dasani decided. Then there was James Potter, he was just as terribly popular and handsome as his best friend Sirius, and everyone knew he had a thing for Lily and that she fancied him also, they were just to dense to admit it.

Dasani tilted her head, thinking, 'Well I guess we're all terribly popular, and Me, Lily and Allison aren't exactly the Lock Ness Monster either.'

Then there was the other side of their group, with Anthony Valentino, Jade Mura, Crystal Makino, Henry Wong, and Rone Yokkaichi. Dasani had known Anthony before Hogwarts; he had been one of her friends from public school, so he was like a brother to her.

'Sirius can't get that into his thick skull though,' Dasani mused, recalling all the times that Sirius had become overly jealous of Anthony.

Jade had a strange nature and was very hyperactive, which bothered her best friend Crystal to no end. Jade also looked like Dasani and vice versa, to the extent that they could pass as sisters. Crystal was the spaz in the group, it took very little to set her off, and her favorite thing to do was to kick one of the boys, Dasani, or Jade in the shin, or slap them. Henry was the more laid back of the group, though very brave he was easy going. Then there was Rone, who was Severus Snape's half brother. Snape hated Rone because Snape's father left his mother for Rone's mother when he learned that she was pregnant. Rone hated Snape because his father was abusive and his mother didn't care, so he was sent to live with his mother's first husband and his wife, the Yokkaichi's. Ruri and Sakura Yokkaichi lived in Japan and were wizards also, so it was convenient. Also, Rone was sent to live with them at the age of 5, so they were his parents now, and they loved him like a son.

Dasani grinned at the thought of a smaller Rone at five going to Japan.

Just then the train stopped. Dasani decided to wait in her compartment so it would be guaranteed to be theirs and so that she wouldn't have to see Petunia, Lily's snobby older sister. Soon enough there was a knock at the door and it opened to reveal a petite redhead.

"Hey Lily." Dasani said, "I see you haven't gotten any taller."

Lily scoffed at her friend and said, "No, but Sirius sure has! Wait till you see him he's-"

"Talking about me are you?" Sirius said appearing behind Lily with James and Remus behind him.

Lily sat down and said, "Just complaining as usual."

"Yes about Lily's height deficiency." Dasani replied grinning.

"Ah," Sirius said, "The ever present triumph that the only people shorter than Lily are the first years and Professor Flitwick."

Lily glared at Sirius and stuck her tongue out at him

"So, Sirius, Lily tells me you've been getting taller," Dasani said; Sirius nodded, "Well all the teachers say I have too."

Sirius smirked; knowing that there was going to be a comparison of heights, "Yeah. So?"

"So, wanna compare?" Dasani asked standing up.

Lily's mouth dropped as her best friend stood up inches taller than she had last school year. The boys also looked rather surprised. Lily was surprised because at Five feet nine inches at fifteen none of their friends had though Dasani was going to get any taller. 'Boy were we wrong!' Lily thought wryly.

"Didn't your parents ever teach you not to stare?" Dasani asked grinning.

"Yes, but bloody hell Dasani! You're like six feet tall!" Sirius said stating what they were all thinking more or less.

"Well Mr. Black how tall are you?" Dasani asked.

"I'm six-foot three inches." Sirius said, "How tall are you Mrs. Black?"

"You wish." Dasani said, "Six-foot one inch."

"Hey! That's how tall I am!" James complained, "No fair! I was supposed to finally be taller than you!"

"Sorry James." Dasani said.

"So are you going to sit down and let us in?" A masculine voice asked from behind them.

The three boys sat down; Sirius next to Dasani, James next to Lily and Remus on the other seat. In the doorway stood Anthony, Allison, Jade, Crystal, Henry, and Rone. They all came in and sat down. Anthony was on the other side of Dasani, Allison next to Remus, Henry by Crystal, and Jade next to Rone.

"So what was all the excitement about?" Anthony asked.

"Dasani is over six feet tall," Lily said sullenly.

"WHAT!?" Everyone that just came in exclaimed.

"You heard me." Lily said.

"Now I'll never catch up!" Anthony said frowning.

Dasani just grinned.

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Later at the feast the friends were separated into their houses. In Gyffindor were Lily, Dasani, Sirius, James, Remus, Henry, and Allison. Crystal and Anthony were in Ravenclaw, and Jade and Rone were in Slytherin. They all noticed that there was a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. The teacher in question was a lean man with dark brown hair.

"Oi Dasani." Sirius said to the tall girl on his left.

"Hmmm?" Dasani said, as Sirius brought her back to reality. She smiled when she saw it was him.

"Have you met the new teacher?" Sirius asked.

"You mean the DADA one? Yes, he's pretty nice." Dasani said, "His name is Professor Radclife."

"Was he in Slytherin?" James asked.

"I don't think so, he doesn't seem like it, and he can be trusted." Dasani said thoughtfully.

Sirius smiled at this statement. Dasani was always a good judge of character; it was one of the many good points about her in Sirius's eyes. Of course the only bad point in his eyes was that she wasn't his. He was constantly mad at Amos Diggory, a Seventh year who was always asking Dasani out. Not that she ever said yes.

"Dasani- I . . ." Sirius started.

Just then the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore stood up and said, "Now everyone, I have a few announcements to make."

Dasani put a finger to his lips and said, "Tell me later Siri."

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That night when Sirius got into the dorm he immediately went over to his bed, fell on it and screamed onto the pillow.

"Oi! Padfoot, what's wrong?" James asked from where he was sitting on his bed.

Sirius sat up and said, "I was about to tell her James, but then Dumbledore started talking and she said 'Tell me later Siri'."

"So tell her later," James said, "It should be easy to tell someone how you feel."

Sirius snorted and said, "This from Mr. I'm crazy about Lily but I don't know it?

"I am NOT crazy about Lily!" James exclaimed. "I just think she's nice, and pretty, and smart, and talented, and . . . .OH MY GOD! I AM CRAZY ABOUT HER!"

Sirius shook his head and went to sleep.

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Over the next few weeks classes were normal, potions classes were boring, and Malfoy and Snape were pains in the arse. Business as usual.

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Lily and Dasani were on their way to DADA and Lily, was, once again, rambling on about James. Dasani was nodding, but she was also thinking about a certain marauder of her own.

When they got in the class they found the Marauders there, which in itself was surprising, since they were usually pulling some sort of prank and were late. They did all their pranks during the day, while others worked in the dark of the night. However, what was more unusual was that Professor Radclife was not there.

Dasani sat at her desk that she shared with Sirius and asked the black haired boy, "Where's the professor?"

Sirius shrugged and said, "I dunno. We just got here a few minutes before you two did." He nodded towards James, Remus and Peter.

Dasani scowled at Peter, who looked away hurriedly. Sirius knew that she was a good judge of character and yet he did not listen when she and Lily told him that Peter was untrustworthy.

After all the students in the class came in, (it was Gryffindor/Slytherin) and the bell rang, the Professor finally came in with a stack of books and papers.

"Sorry I am late." Radclife said, "I was gathering my information. During the next few weeks, we will be studying Elves."

This announcement caused a murmur through the class and one of the muggle-borns asked, "The Keebler Elves, or Santa's Elves?"

The professor frowned at this and said, "Neither. Contrary to muggles' popular belief elves are neither short, or old-looking, or all males. No, the elves we will be studying, the only real elves, look nothing like muggle paraphernalia."

Radclife held up a sketch of an elf, "Elves," he said, "are tall and lean. The only facial hair that elves have is eyebrows. Most males are from six to seven and a half feet tall. The females are from five and a half, to six feet tall, however there are exceptions. Also elves do not stop growing early, like humans do. Elves keep growing until closer to 20 years of age. It is true that most elves have light hair, but some have brown and black. One of the interesting things about elves, besides the fact that they are immortal, is that they are born with the ability to understand most human languages and some animal ones. All elves have their own magic, but some half elves are wizards and witches. These are the most powerful because they have elf-magic and regular magic. All elves have a sense of evil and trustworthiness, some to great extents. Any questions so far?"

Lily raised her hand and asked, "Do half elves look like elves?"

"Good question Ms. Evans!" Radclife said, "Yes, half elves look like elves. They have pointed ears and elf-magic, and enhanced vision and hearing. Almost all descendants of elves look like elves, but only the first few generations have elvish qualities. Can anyone tell me what elves are famous for making?"

Lily stopped paying attention at this point. She turned to the chapter on elves in her book. She started reading and raised her hand. When the professor called on her she asked, "In the book it says that all elves have a mark. What does it mean by that?"

Dasani looked towards the teacher, wondering.

"It means exactly that, but as to the symbol, we do not know." Radclife replied.

The class was soon over and their homework was to either write a 10 roll report on elves or draw two pictures of elves.

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"Can you believe it? I can't draw!" James complained.

"Hey Sani, will you draw one for me?" Sirius asked the girl who was sketching away.

"No."

"Oh come on Sani! You know I can't draw!" Sirius pleaded.

"No, but you can write."

"But I don't want to write a 10 roll report!" Sirius said pouting.

"Poor baby." Dasani replied dryly.

"Oh come on Sani, you can't resist a face like this can you?" Sirius said making his puppy dog face.

"I'm going for a walk." Dasani announced and she put her cat, Orion on the floor.

"Yes, that's mature." Orion said licking his paws.

Sirius ignored him and said, "Dasani! What's wrong?"

Dasani in turn ignored him and walked out of the portrait hole. Sirius looked at James, who shrugged, and followed her. He caught up with her in the Astronomy Tower.

"Dasani, I have to tell you something." Sirius said walking over to her and turning her towards him. He saw that her face had traces of tears on it.

Dasani looked at him, looked into him through his deep brown eyes, and knew what he was going to say.

"Dasani, I like you." Sirius said.

"How can you know?" Dasani said turning away, "You know nothing about me."

"Dasani I . . ." Sirius began, but he was cut off when Dasani said, "Go Sirius."

Sirius sighed and turned to go, but heard her murmur, "Even I know nothing about me."

Sirius came back over and he said, "I know all I need to know. I need you. You make me smile, and I would give anything for you."

Dasani turned around and said, "I know there's more to me and I know that I know what it is, but I can't figure it out. I know I'm different."

"Sani, you aren't different, you are the same, just not here." Sirius said.

"Sirius, all my life I've been the smart one, or the tall one; always different. I thought that here it would be different, but I'm still the smart one, or the tall one, or the talented one, or the popular one." Dasani said sadly.

"That's the way you are, you aren't meant to be the same as everyone. You are meant to be different, to stand out, to show everyone that being the same is overrated." Sirius said. He put a palm to her cheek and she leaned on him.

"Why do you always have to make so much sense when I'm wrong?" Dasani asked smiling.

"It's a gift." Sirius replied.

The two stood looking out over the forest, Sirius with his arms around Dasani's waist.

(A/N: hehe, sorry about the fluff It really needed to be there for Dasani's feelings to be expressed)

On the way back to the common room Sirius asked, "So does this mean I'm not single anymore?"

Dasani looked at him with her eyebrows raised, "You were never single since you've known me, you just never knew it."

When they got back in the common room, they found James, Lily, Remus, Allison, and Henry waiting for them.

"So," James asked, "What happened?"

Sirius just shrugged until he got an evil idea and kissed Dasani passionately on the lips.

Remus, who was drinking some pumpkin juice, spit it all out onto James, who wasn't too thrilled. Lily grinned, a habit that she was picking up from Dasani.

After a few minutes, Remus said, "Alright Sirius, you've proven your point, and while I'm happy for you watching you and Dasani make out borders on disgusting."

"Here Here." Henry said.

The two broke apart and the friend all went to bed. Separately of course.

******Girls Dorm******

"So Dasani, you and Sirius finally got together," Lily said.

"That's more than we can say Ms. I wish to be Potter." Allison said.

"While you have a point Ally, you really don't have much room to talk." Dasani said.

"At least I'll admit I like him." Allison said.

"To us, but not to anyone else." Dasani replied.

"Is anybody else hot?" Lily said, trying to change the subject.

"No." Dasani said.

"Of course not, you are always wearing long sleeves," Lily said jokingly, "I don't think I've ever seen you without sleeves. Do you have some strange tattoo you don't want us to see or something?"

Dasani rolled over and said, "G'night."

******Boys Dorm******

"Sirius, you finally got together with Dasani! James I believe you owe me 5 galleons." Remus said triumphantly.

James reluctantly handed over the money while Sirius said, "Our bet is still on right Moony?"

"Yes." Remus replied.

"HEY!" James said when he realized that the bet was about him and Lily.

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Yay!!!!!!!!! I finally finished! Well review to tell me what you think. There will be more plot in the next chapter. Once again, Sorry about the fluff. If you are reading this and do not review I will not know you are interested in it, so PLEASE review so I know if it's any good! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! AND IF MY CHARACTERS ARE BASED ONYOU YOU HAD BETTER REVIEW!! Also, please tell me how I could make it better and the characters too, if you think one is whacked please tell me also if you have any ideas they are welcome. Flames also if you wish.

OH I almost forgot! I don't own any HP ideas and or plot, and or Characters. Not that I would want Peter. I would take Sirius though ^_________^ . And the Characters belong to their respective personage.