Chapter Three

Harry, Hermione and Ron were going back to the common room when the stairs started to move. They held on while it moved.

"Let's go! Before they change again!"

Once they reached the top of the stairs, they looked around. A small giggle came from next to them. They turned and saw Serenity standing there. Ron jumped and shook his head.

"Bloody hell, do you always pop up everywhere?"

Serenity shook her head, "I was wondering why the third floor was forbidden. So I came up here, once I escaped Peeves. Why are you here?"

"The stairs changed. Now we really should be getting out of here before we get into trouble!" Hermione said turning. Serenity giggled but then turned. Her gasp drew Harry's attention and he saw Ms. Norris.

"It's Ms. Norris! Hurry, this way!" Serenity said kind of panicked. She led them down the hallway. Finally they stopped but realized that Ms. Norris was still following them. Serenity's eyes widened.

"I can't be caught! Oh…I'll get in trouble again!"

Hermione looked and walked over to the door. She pointed her wand and unlocked the door.

"In here!"

The four quickly ran into the room and shut the door. They waited a minute before relaxing.

"Bloody hell! That was close."

Harry nodded at Ron and looked at Serenity. She smiled at him and he suddenly noticed that the teddy bear that she carried around was not in her arms. Hermione's shaky voice broke Harry's concentration. He turned and looked at her.

"I…know why that door was locked."

The three looked to where Hermione was pointing and their eyes widened. The three headed dog stared at them and sent spit flying everywhere. They screamed and went out of the room as fast as they could barely shutting the door. Their breathing was heavy for a moment then Serenity looked at the three.

"I…should be going. Grandpa might get worried if I don't hurry up."

Hermione looked at her. "Who is your grandfather? If you don't mind answering."

Serenity went to answer but another voice stopped her.

"She is Dumbledore's niece, a pureblooded witch unlike you Mudblood."

Serenity turned and saw Draco Malfoy standing there with his arms crossed. What she didn't see was Hermione and Harry holding back Ron. All three of them had expressions ranging from pure hatred to a mix of embarrassment and anger. Draco walked up to Serenity and took her hand and kissed the back of it. She blushed and pulled her hand away quickly.

"At least I know that there is some….worthy people in Hogwarts. I'm Draco, Draco Malfoy. I have been wanting to make your acquaintance and to get you away from this filth." He motioned to the trio behind her. Serenity turned and looked at her friends then back at Malfoy.

"These are my friends…"

"Friends? Potter there is an orphan and a freak, Weasley there is so dirt poor that they have to reuse everything. And the Mudblood isn't worth anything."

Serenity stared at him a bit then glanced at the three. Her eyes widened a bit when she saw Hermione in tears and the other two furious. Serenity turned and drew herself up to her full height and narrowed her eyes.

"These very talented witches are my friends, Malfoy. And for your information, I am also an orphan. Ron's family may be poor but at least they teach manners AND…." She took a step toward Malfoy. "Hermione is not a mudblood! She's better then you EVER will be!"

Malfoy narrowed his eyes at the smaller girl. He went to say something else but her fist met with his chin and the force and shock of being hit knocked him back. Serenity turned and saw the shocked looks on the trio's face. She smiled.

"I'll show you a faster way back to the Gryffindor common room."

She led them back to the tower. During the trip the four talked about what Serenity had just done and about the year so far. Harry looked at Serenity and felt comforted that he wasn't alone in the fact that he didn't have parents. Plus after the incident with Malfoy, he saw that Serenity was a puzzle. While most of the time she seemed childish, Harry had seen the regal look that she had possessed when confronting Malfoy. Once they arrived at the common room, they were met by the Weasley twins.

"MAGNIFICANT!"

"BRILLENT!"

The four looked at eachother then at the twins.

"What are you two talking about?" Ron asked.

The twins went over and bowed low to Serenity.

"We are not worthy! Oh great one, we are not worthy!"

Serenity blushed brightly. Finally Ron snapped at their antics.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON?!"

The twins stood up. Fred looked at his brother.

"Well…" Fred started.

"This year, we have TWO new partners in our…little jokes." George continued.

"See we ran into Peeves and he asked us if we had seen Serenity because he had finished a joke that she requested."

Serenity's eyes grew bigger. "He finished it?!"

The twins nodded and Fred continued on, "We asked Peeves if we could help. But at first he said no…"

"So we said that it would be helping out you…" grinned George.

"And he let us help. But then he said that we had to ask you if we could continue with our services."

Serenity giggled, "Sure!"

The twins gave a shout of joy and bowed low to Serenity before taking off. Ron watched them shaking his head and Hermione looked as if she was confused about what to do. Harry looked at Serenity.

"What did you and Peeves plan?"

Serenity smiled mysteriously. "You'll see…"

This was sooo hard! Oye, I knew I had to post on this one but I'm stuck on a Lord of the Rings/Sailor Moon kick. But I FINALLY finished this! Thank you for all of the reviews! I'd say individual thanks, but I think I'll do that next chapter…lol, well thanks and enjoy!

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