A/N: I own diddly squat, all Harry Potter characters are property of J.K

Rowling.

Chapter 3- The Mystery Girl

As they left the feast to go to their dormitories Harry spotted his mystery girl, she was still with Cho and her friends. There was a loud crash behind him but Harry transfixed on his mystery girl, could not bring himself to take his eyes off of her. She however turned to look at the commotion and her gaze met his.

Harry's heart skipped a beat. She was amazingly beautiful. Her hair was still slicked back into a ponytail but under the lights he could see that her hair was a unique colour. It was brown but it had a red shine to it. Their eyes locked after she brought her gaze down from his forehead. Her eyes were a mesmerizing blue-green colour which reminded Harry of the ocean on a perfect day.

Hermione distracted him by pointing out the fact Draco Malfoy had been unnaturally quiet as he had not yet insulted anyone of them in the 5 hours they had been back at Hogwarts. Harry looked for his mystery girl again only to realize that she had left to go to her dorm.

Back in the common room they were greeted with the wonderful scent of hot chocolate probably courtesy of the House Elves. Ron said aloud what Harry was thinking. "Hermione I hope you don't intend to start your nonsense about S.P.E.W this year can't you get it into your head that they are happy working for free!"

Hermione retorted with an irritated sneer.

Harry said "Yes Hermione please don't put us through that torture again"

Hermione's heart dropped. Harry thought that S.P.E.W was torture how humiliating!

"Good night you guys don't forget you need to be up early tomorrow for lessons" Hermione replied, trying not to sound too upset.

"What's up with her? She didn't even defend S.P.E.W!" Ron said.

Harry felt bad he knew what he said about S.P.E.W had hurt Hermione's feelings. He should have remembered that she was sensitive about the things she believed in.

"Hermione's right we better turn in we don't want to be late on our first day back! Come on Harry" Ron said distracting Harry.

Harry got into bed and as soon as his head hit the pillow he remembered his mystery girl he wondered what her name was and where she came from. He figured that she was probably in 7th year with Cho because she was hanging out with her. That made Harry a bit depressed. He might not have a chance with her because she was friends with Cho. He then made a mental note to remember that he had Defence Against the Dark Arts with the Ravenclaws. For a while he lay awake thinking about his mystery girl. She was so beautiful. All he wanted was to get to know her and take to another level. He hoped he might still have a chance. He would just try his best. Hopefully she would see something in him. He thought about the way she had looked at him, how their eyes had locked for that brief moment. He kept rewinding and playing the image through his head.

He then fell asleep and dreamt about his mystery girl.