Disclaimer: I do not nor will I ever own Harry Potter or anything else in the Harry Potter series, only this that have not been mention in previous books belong to me.

A/N: Sorry for the wait but with school starting and all...well you get the idea. NOTE TO READERS: I am putting up a vote on whether or not Sarah should be friends with Snape and/or Draco so here are your options:

1) Friends with both

2) Friends with Snape only

3) Friends with Draco only

4) Friends with neither

I need your opinions and ideas! So on with the story...

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First Impressions

"Ronald Weasley! Care to explain why I found EIGHTEEN canary creams in your trunk?!!! You were made a prefect again and I do NOT want you abusing you privileges as such!"

Ron's mother could be heard bellowing at her second youngest from the dining room where he, Hermione and Harry were setting the table for dinner. Ron shrugged meekly and tried to explain himself but his mother would have none of it and continued to rant about responsibility, the fact that NEWTS were coming up and how just because Fred and George had run off does not give him permission to do so.

All in all, in Harry's opinion it was just a regular night in the Weasley household. Harry had been escorted there a couple of days ago by a few members of the Order, security at the Burrow had been beefed up so that it was almost as safe as Grimmauld Place would have been. Harry was glad Dumbledore had consulted with him before deciding where they should stay before the school term started, quite frankly it would have been to depressing to stay at his godfathers old house. Fred and George walked over to Harry as their mother continued.

"Get used to it Harry." Said George, crossing his arms and shaking his head

"Yup." Agreed Fred "All you'll hear about is NEWTS, NEWTS, NEWTS ... and all that homework! I really pity you mate..."

"Although..." George picked up slyly "If this girl is as pretty as mum says..."

"... Then it should make the year a lot more interesting don't you think?" Fred finished with a wink in Harry's direction. Harry blushed slightly as he pretended to ignore them and walked into the living room. Hermione followed and sat down beside Harry as they continued to listen to Mrs. Weasley's lecture.

"Oh be serious you two! Is that all you think about? Pretty girls?" Hermione said sounding eerily similar to Mrs. Weasley.

Fred grinned and nodded "Is the anything else? Hey Harry if you're not interested can I have her?" Hermione gave an outraged look to the twins.

"You're talking as if she's and an 'every flavor bean' that you could just buy! You're disgusting!" she trilled

"She may not be candy," George quipped "But I would sure love a taste!"

From the look in the twin's eyes, Harry was sure it was going to be a long night. As the mouth watering aroma from the kitchen started to waft their way Harry noticed that Remus and Sarah hadn't shown up yet, oh well, they had said that they would be a little late, right?

As Mrs. Weasley called them in for dinner, her lecture with Ron apparently over, Harry allowed himself to daydream about Sarah. What would she look like? He tried to think of Sirius' head on a woman's body but that didn't quite work out. He wondered if she was as pretty as Mrs. Weasley had said, Sirius had been fairly good looking but it was hard to imagine him as handsome. Harry sat down next to Ron, the two spaces left at the table were directly in front of him and Harry wondered if the seating arrangement was just a coincidence...

Mr. Weasley apperated into the room just as the food was brought out. Ron's mother had prepared a delicious meal; mashed potatoes piled high and the largest pot roast Harry had ever seen! There were pots of beans and peas that gave off a delicious smell and faintly Harry could smell apple pie baking in the kitchen. Everyone tucked in heartily, laughing and joking with one another. Everything was quite normal until a rather loud thump was heard in the living room. Everyone all started to get up to see what it was but Mr. Weasley stopped them.

"It's probably Remus and Sarah." He tried to say soothingly, but this only peaked their interests "Listen they don't need a hoard of you in their faces so I would appreciate if you allowed them to come in on their own, we don't want to scare them. Mr. Weasley said this in a joking manner and left the room but Harry was sure that when he had said 'them' he had meant Sarah. Everyone in the room had been acquainted with Sirius and all wanted a glimpse of her. From through the wall Harry could just make out what they were saying.

"Why hello Remus, Sarah, it's wonderful to see you again! How was your trip? Any problems?" He asked

"None I'm too happy to report." Remus replied "Although we had a few close calls at the ministry, apparently naming a werewolf a child's legal guardian doesn't come up that regularly but we got it sorted out."

"I don't see why everyone judges everyone else by species or bloodline," a female voice said "It really should depend on the person! I mean look at Mr. Malfoy, he's the nastiest man I've ever met and yet he's treated like the Dali Lama because he isn't related to any muggles." Harry silently agreed with her as he took a mouthful of mashed potatoes, she was absolutely right.

"You're right Sarah." Mr. Weasley said gravely "It's not fair. But let's not get into that, you must be starving! Come on in! Everybody's been looking forward to meeting you." The three of them entered the room and everybody looked up from their plates

Sarah was (Harry noticed) a few inches shorter than him, she was wearing a black halter top which had a very low v-neck and stopped just above her belly button to display a garnet navel ring. Her baggy red pants hung low on her hips and had lots of pockets. She wore her long chestnut colored hair in a French braid and the only noticeable bit of make up was a little lip gloss. Her face was the spitting image of Sirius only a bit softer but she still had his well defined cheekbones and defiant mouth. Harry would come to realize later how tempting that mouth was.

Sarah sat down nervously beside Remus. She hadn't expected dead silence! A few quiet hellos, maybe a question or two, she actually hoped they would have ignored her but apparently things weren't going to plan. She gave a quick glance around and saw that the majority of people surrounding her had red hair. No duh! They ARE Weasleys remember? She reminded herself, only the girl sitting at the far end of the table and the guy sitting in front of her were exceptions the red-head rule...oh she was not used to the spotlight...!

BURP Everyone's head turned towards the origin of the loudest belch any one of them had ever heard

And there sat Ron

At first no one knew whether to congratulate him, be disgusted or to cheer but then Sarah snorted. She tried desperately to smoother her giggles but they came out and soon she had erupted into side splitting laughter and everyone had to follow suit.

"That was ... Ha ... Ha ... One of the loudest ... hahaha ... burps ... Ha ... That I have ever heard ... Hahahahahahaha!!!!" Sarah managed to force out the compliment as she piled her plate with roast beef. That had broken the ice. Everyone continued to laugh and joke like before. Fred and George, upon seeing Sarah started to flirt shamelessly with her.

As Sarah cut her meatloaf Fred leaned over to her and quietly said: "Can I flirt with you?" Sarah cocked an eyebrow and coolly replied

"Depends ..." She said

"On what?" questioned Fred slyly; from the look on his face it seemed as if he was confident that he could definitely out flirt her.

"On whether you spit," she said coyly "or swallow." Fred was taken aback but quickly recovered. The flirt war had attracted the attention of all of the students in the group and they watched the two duke it out with interest.

"Spit." Fred said "Hey did you know that you just won the 'most Beautiful Girl in the Room' contest? The first prize is a night with me!"

"Really?" Sarah said sarcastically "Well, can I ask you, are you legal?"

"In this country, yes." Fred retorted "You know there must be something wrong with my eyes because I can't seem to take them off you!" Soon Remus had clued in to what was going on and was paying attention as well. Soon the flirts came quicker and quicker...

"Oh no I choking I need mouth to mouth quick!"

"God must have been in a good mood today."

"Smile if you want to sleep with me."

Sarah however didn't smile and delivered the final flirt: "Hey kitten," she purred into Fred's ear "why don't you spend some of your nine lives with me?"

Fred couldn't think of anymore pickup lines and raised his hands in defeat. The kids and Remus cheered for Sarah who blushed. After a few more minutes of pleasant conversation Sarah asked to be excused and she made her way out into the garden. When she left Remus was flooded with questions from the kids.

"Remus," Hermione asked "Why did you have to be named her legal guardian? Does she really need one?"

"Yes she does" He answered "She's all alone here; if anything happens to her or if she gets into trouble with the ministry then she needs someone to help her out. Plus I wanted to. She's a really sweet girl!"

Other questions came and he answered all of them in turn until they were satisfied. Ron Harry and Hermione decided to go up to Ron's room, considering that Sarah had not yet come in from the garden and Harry wanted to get his friends opinions about the one person that might be able to find Sirius. Or if he really was dead she could at least help him find closure. Either way Harry was sure that he and Sarah had a lot to discuss...