Disclaimer- JK Rowling has all rights to Harry Potter. I only own the character of Kate, and the plot of this story. 

Kate sat down at the Gryffindor table with her friends. She was sitting in between Harry and Hermione, and Ron was sitting on the other side of Hermione. The two of them had obviously forgotten about their previous fight. Sitting across from Kate was a rather handsome boy whom she did not know.

Then, as if fate stepped in to intervene, the boy spoke t her. He had an Irish accent that made him stand out. "Who are you? I don't believe that we have met yet."

"My name is Kate. Kate Aberdeen. I just moved here from New York," she said, smiling.

"Hello Kate, my name is Seamus Finnegan. You are the new girl aren't you?" He asked with a grin on his face.

"Yes, I am the new girl. I am guessing that Hogwarts does not get that many new girls, huh?" She replied.

"No, not really. So, you are an American, eh? Except for the accent, I would not have known the difference," Seamus said, still smiling. It was then that Kate noticed that his drink looked rather odd.

"Thanks. What are you drinking?" Kate questioned.

Seamus looked around cautiously before answering. "It's rum. Ever since my first year, I have been trying to turn water into rum, but I never was able to get it until over the summer. Next time us Gryffindor's have a party, we will have the right drinks."

Kate laughed out loud at this. Seamus claimed that he could turn water into rum, a claim that was clearly impossible. He seemed to be very funny, as well as good looking.

Meanwhile, down the Gryffindor table, Ginny Weasly, Ron's younger sister, was glaring at Kate. She had first begun to go out with Seamus at the end of last year, but he had broken it off. Now here he was, flirting with the new girl, Kate. It was horrible.

Ginny Weasly was not the only person watching, however. Draco Malfoy was staring at Kate, who appeared to be flirting with Finnegan! The idea was preposterous, but for some reason, Draco was hurt.

"Hey, mate, you alright?" Draco's best friend Blaise asked him.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just thinking that Pothead will be even more 'important' with the war and everything," Draco lied, still staring at Kate.

Blaise followed Draco's gaze and put the two together. "The new girl? You like the new girl? Well, she is pretty hot. Too bad that she is flirting with Finnegan."

"Her name is Kate Aberdeen and she just moved here from America. Her parents are good friends with my own. We have known each other ever since we were little," Draco said offhandedly.

"Aberdeen? As in Aberdeen Brooms? The makers of the new line of Firebolt's?" Blaise questioned with great interest.

"Yeah, that is her family. I bet that she is a brilliant Quidditch player. I wonder if she will try out for the house team." Draco replied vaguely.

"It will be rotten luck if she does. She must be superb at Quidditch. Speaking of Quidditch, did you get the new Firebolt XXL?" Blaise asked.

"Yeah, I just got it the other day. It is so much better than my old Nimbus 2001. That was a piece of rubbish. I can't wait for Quidditch to start up again," Draco said.

"That will be fun. Well, we better be going to class," Blaise said as he got up to go to class.

Draco watched as Kate got out of her seat and left with the Golden Trio. She was heading to potions, and Draco only hoped that Snape would not be as mean to her as he was to her friends. She was an Aberdeen after all. Everyone knew that the Aberdeen's were one of the most powerful and influential families in all of Britain.

When all the students arrived in Potions class, they discovered that Snape was just as grouchy as ever. The class found this out first hand when he decided to place them in assigned seats.

"Everyone line up against that wall! There will be no silly fooling around this year! You will have assigned seats so that you will actually pay attention in this class! Now line up and sit in your seat when I call your name!" Snape announced.

Kate lined up along with the rest of the class. She hoped that she would get to sit with Hermione. But by the looks of this long nosed, greasy haired man, this would be too much to ask.

"Potter! You will be sitting with Malfoy! Weasly! You will be seated with Zabini! Granger! You will sit with Goyle! Finnegan! You are to sit with Crabbe!" and so the list of names went on until Kate was left standing with a girl who very much reminded her of a pug.

"Parkinson! You will sit with Aberdeen!" shouted Snape. After he read Kate's name, he looked surprised.

He walked over to Kate and said, "Aberdeen? Are you in any relation to Aberdeen Brooms?"

Kate had a mixture of surprise and disgust on her face that this slimy looking man was talking to her. "Yes, actually, that would be my family. Why?"

"I know your parents rather well. They are... old friends. So, you are their daughter. Well, it's a shame that you are not in Slytherin. I imagine that your parents are quite upset that you were placed in Gryffindor. Oh, well, there is nothing that can be done," Snape said.

When the horrid Potions master walked away, Pansy the pug faced girl started talking. "So you are an Aberdeen? That must mean that you are really rich!"

"I guess that you could say so," Kate said in a confused tone.

"Oh my God, that is so awesome. My name is Pansy. I think that you and I should go shopping together! I know where the best shops are where there is no mudblood filth. It will be so much fun!" Pansy squealed.

"Mudblood filth? What does that mean?" Kate said, pretending to be like Jessica Simpson.

"You mean that they don't have the word 'mudblood' in America? That is odd. Well, a mudblood is a dirty person, like Granger, who was born to a muggle family. They are not pure bloods like us, so they are beneath us," Pansy explained.

"OH! Now I get it! You are one of those arrogant snobs who think that anyone who is not a pure blood is filth. Well, I got news for you. You are the dirt for being so closed minded," Kate said coldly.

Pansy appeared to be horrified at this shocking statement. "But you are an Aberdeen! Everybody knows that the Aberdeen's are one of the most powerful pure blood families around! Anyway, how dare you say that about ME?"

Draco, who had been listening in on the two girls conversation, turned around and said, "Maybe she said that about you because you're a stupid cow."

Pansy's eyes filled with tears as she said, "Drakie? How could you say such a thing? Don't you love me?"

His cool blue eyes turned into a steely grey as he yelled, "HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING ME DRAKIE! AND NO, I DON'T LOVE YOU, I CAN'T STAND YOU, LET ALONE LOVE YOU; WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO KEEP TELLING YOU!"

The tears that had been threatening to spill over now flowed freely down her face as Pansy ran out of the dungeon. Kate looked in amazement at Draco. Somehow, even though she hated Pansy, Kate felt quite angry at Draco. He had just been unbelievably cruel, and Kate did not like it at all.

"Draco Malfoy! How could you be so incredibly mean? Yeah, I know that Pansy is annoying, but you were down right cruel!" Kate said, glaring at the blonde boy.

Throughout the rest of Potions, Kate ignored Draco. She had other things on her mind, including the party in the Gryffindor Common Room tonight.

Authors note: I know, I know. This is a Draco/Hermione story! But how can I resist a chance for more drama?

Anna-Bananna890- No, you didn't sound mean at all! You gave constructive critism, which is really helpful. If you simply said, 'it was stupid', then that would have been mean. But I will try to make the characters sound more realistic! 

Caboodle- Thank you very much for the review, I appreciate it!