Disclaimer: (forgot to do one before so oops!) yeah, I own Kyla, but sadly that is it! grr, you think J.K. Rowelling would like to share Ron with me, but she doesn't want to! grr!
"Kyla O'Connor, I presume?" Professor McGonagall asked Kyla. Kyla nodded, and McGonagall pulled her to the side. "Have you heard about the sorting hat?" Kyla shook her head, and McGonagall explained, "It's a hat we put on your head and it sorts you into a house." McGonagall took out a rolled up hat and unrolled it. She shook it out and showed it Kyla. Kyla nodded and McGonagall placed it on her head.

Well, look who we have here, the heir to the Ireland throne, the hat said in Kyla's head. She cleared her throat and the hat said, Yes, well we should we place you. You have brains for Ravenclaw; you aren't really ambitious that rules out Slytherin.

Bueno… Kyla thought in a rather impatient mood.

Well, you must have courage if you were able to- Kyla coughed, and then the hat called out, "Gryffindor."

McGonagall took the hat back and said, "I believe you know Mr. Ron Weasley, he is in Gryffindor also, so just find the table with him."

Kyla nodded and followed the last of the students in the Castle. She spotted Ron and walked over to the table. There was an open seat next to Harry and right across from Ron. Ron flashed her a grin and said, "That's great, you made it in Gryffindor."

Kyla nodded, and returned Ron's grin. Hermione glared at her and said, through grinded teeth, "How great."

Harry didn't say anything and stared at his empty plate. Kyla looked around and absorbed everything she saw, the atmosphere and the ancient, majestic look, the feeling of a safe home. All the castles she had ever seen were nothing like this. To her they were cold, harsh, uninviting, and a prison. Soon the sorting ceremony began, and Kyla turned her attention to the scared first years. As they went up to the McGonagall, some of them we trembling so much that the hat almost fell off of their heads. Kyla wasn't paying attention to which house the first years were sorted into, and eventually they were all sorted.

Dumbledore stood up and started talking, greeting all the new students. Kyla looked up a down the teacher's table. Finally her eyes land on Severus Snape, who looked angrily back at her. Harry, who was used to Snape glaring at him, leaned in and whispered to Kyla, "I can't tell if he's glaring at me or you."

Kyla shrugged in response, and Dumbledore finished talking. Food appeared, and everyone started eating. Ron started talking to Harry about Quidditch. "So, who do you think will be the next chasers?"

"Well, I know Ginny really wanted try out for that position, and I think some third years were talking about how they wanted to try out also," Harry responded.

"Great, Quidditch," Hermione said as she rolled her eyes. She looked at Kyla and seized an opportunity. "Are you a fan of Quidditch, Kyla?"

Kyla looked up from her plate, shrugged and shook her head a little bit. Hermione smiled and said, "I think Quidditch is great." Harry looked at her shocked, and rolled his eyes. He felt like laughing at Hermione for lying like that. "I only get annoyed when people talk about it non stop."

Kyla smiled slightly and just nodded. She reached for a roll when Nearly Headless Nick floated through the table, which caused Kyla to jump back in surprise. Nick greeted them all, and headed towards the end of the tail. Kyla watched him very curiously, as he floated through the table. Ron watched and then explained, "That's Nearly Headless Nick. He's the house ghost; see every house has their own ghost. The ghost you want to avoid is the Bloody Barren; he is the Slytherin's house ghost and trust us, don't mess with him. You'll also want to avoid Peeves. He isn't a house ghost, just a really big nuisance."

Kyla nodded, as she tried to remember everything he just said. Ron smiled at her and said, "Don't worry, we'll help you out."

Hermione glared at Kyla, who found the courage to smile back, smugly at her. This infuriated Hermione even more, but she couldn't do anything about it. Soon everyone was done eating and they started heading up towards dormitories. As they reached the Fat Lady's portrait, Hermione paused and waited for everyone to crowed around. She cleared her throat and said, "Ok, everyone, the password is Smuckers. Everyone got it?"

They nodded and they followed her in. Ron and Harry sat down on the couch as Hermione explained the dormitory. As Hermione lead the first year girls up the stairs, Ron looked at Harry and asked, "Do you know who is the other Prefect?"

"Yeah, Seamus got it," Harry told Ron. Ron broke out laughing, which Harry joined in. Harry then noticed Kyla looking around the common room. Harry asked, "So Kyla, where did you say you were from?"

"Dublin," Kyla answered him, and continued looking around.

Kyla yawned and Ron said, "Well, we should probably get to bed, big day tomorrow. Night Harry."

Kyla waved goodnight as Ron showed her the stairs up to her dormitory. Kyla found her four-poster bed, and changed for bed. She plopped on her bed and found herself at peace. However, her sleep was anything but peaceful.

Kyla was sitting on a rock wall, watching a girl who had a sullen face, and red-brownish hair pulled back in a ponytail. The girl was sitting on the ground even though it had just rained. She was looking at two graves, and one tear rolled down her cheek. Finally the girl got up and said something to the graves, and started to leave. Kyla followed the girl until they reached an ancient garden. There was a statue of a woman holding a baby, which was covered in vines. There was another statue of fairy sleeping on a daisy. The girl walked around the garden and stopped at a small fish pound. Kyla moved closer to the girl, and saw the girl was playing with a ring. The girl held the ring in between her fingers, and stared at it. Then the girl stared into the pound till a hand was placed one her shoulder. The girl sighed and said, "It's about time. I've been waiting forever. What took you so long-"

The girl was whirled around, and she saw it was a large man, with dark eyes, glaring at the girl. The girl opened her mouth to say something, when the man waved his wand and put the silence charm on her. The man grabbed her wrists and squeezed, causing the girl to drop the ring she was looking at. The girl looked shocked and tried to pull away from him. The man pulled her closer and said, "Be a good little girl and we won't hurt you too bad, Kyla."

"No!" Kyla cried out, as she sat up straight in her four-poster bed. She looked around and saw where she was, and sighed in relief. She laid back on her bed and took a couple deep breaths. She realized during her dream she had broke out in sweat. She wiped off her forehead and stared at the ceiling.

Hermione threw a pillow at Kyla and whispered harshly, "Be quiet, I'm trying to sleep."

Kyla threw the pillow back at her, but didn't say anything else.

The next morning Ron and Harry were awake, dressed and waiting for Hermione and Kyla. Lavender and Parvati came down the stairs, whispering and giggling. The heard Lavender whisper, rather loud, "I thought they were going to kill each other."

This caused Parvati to giggle even more, and then she spotted Ron. She giggled and then asked, "Ron, what's the deal with Kyla?"

"Yeah, is it true you two spent the summer together?" Lavender asked, with a sly smile.

"Who told you that?" Ron asked astonished.

"It's just a rumor," Lavender told him. "So, did you two?"

"Did what?" Ron asked trying to be angry, but he was smiling.

"Well, tell us, how much time did you spend together?" Parvati asked.

"I don't really see how any of that is your business," Ron told them.

They both giggled and Lavender asked, "How did you meet her?"

"She's a family friend," Ron told them.

The giggled as they went down to get breakfast. Finally, Kyla came down the stairs, and she greeted Ron with a smile, but when she meet Harry's eyes, her face quickly dropped. Harry looked at her and said, "You're not much of a talker are you Kyla."

Kyla shook her head, and Harry asked, "Are you shy?"

"It just takes her a while to open up to people," Ron told Harry. As Ron said that, he patted Kyla's arm. At this gesture Kyla smiled at him, while Harry frowned.

"Good morning, I hope I didn't keep you waiting long," Hermione apologized.

"No, but let's go get some food," Ron said, smiling at her.

They headed down to the great hall, and got some food. Ron sat down across from Harry, and Hermione sat next to Ron on his left, and Kyla took his right. Harry could see this was going to get ugly. Their schedules were handed out, and Ron groaned. "Man, double Potions with Slytherins again!"

"Well, at least it isn't till Friday," Hermione suggested helpfully.

"Yeah, well, I've got Magical Creatures next, how about you?" Harry asked.

"Yup, I still got that class, you Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Yes," Hermione told them and asked Kyla, "how about you? Do you have Magical Creature also?" Kyla shook her head and Hermione said, "Oh, what a pity."

Ron looked at her schedule and said, "Yeah, your first class in on the third floor, and the next door after the trophy room."

Kyla nodded and whispered very quietly, "Gracias."

Hermione huffed as she saw Ron lean in closer to Kyla. She stabbed her sausage with her fork, and glared at it. They ate in silence because Hermione and Kyla were trying to their best not fight, Harry knew saying anything would send Hermione off her rocket, and Ron was just plain hungry. As they finished eating, Ron said, "Well, we better get going." He looked at Kyla and asked, "Are you going to be alright to find your first class alone?"

Kyla nodded and Ron bided her goodbye. Kyla took one last gulp of her orange juice and walked off to her class. She wasn't the first one there, a girl with blonde hair pulled into two French braid pigtails, was talking to a girl with sandy brown hair that was wavy. They both stopped and looked at her curiously. Kyla smiled weakly and took a seat in the back of the room. The girl with sandy brown hair came up to her and said, "Hi, I'm Mandy Brocklehurst, a Ravenclaw and that is Hannah Abbott, a Hufflepuff."

"Kyla O'Connor, Gryffindor," Kyla she told them, and pulled out the recommended book for the class.

"Are you new here?" the blonde girl named Hannah asked.

Kyla nodded, and started looking through the book. After a moment of silence, Mandy took over the conversation by asking, "So, where are you from?"

"Dublin," Kyla told them, not looking up from her book. As the rest of the class started to fill in, Mandy and Hannah went back to their seats. The bell rang and a dark hair boy ran in looked for an empty seat. He found it next to Kyla. He threw his bag on the table, sat down and sighed.

"I hate this class," he muttered to himself, but loud enough for the people around him to hear. He looked at Kyla and said, "You're new. Do you have a name angel?"

"Kyla," she told him dryly.

"Name's Blaise Zabini, but call me Zabini," he told her as he extended his hand. Kyla took his hand and nodded. Zabini slummed back in his chair and said, "Kyla, hmm, Malfoy was saying something about you. Apparently you are a feisty one."

Kyla rolled her eyes, and looked through her book, but Zabini wasn't going to quiet talking. "I hate this class, it is such a pointless class. Who really needs this class? I'm only taking this class because my mother thinks it best if I give the appearance that I give a damn about muggles."

Kyla shifted and tried to focus on her book. Just then the professor walked in and started talking. Somewhere in the middle of the professor's talk, Zabini asked, "Hey, if there is a quiz can I copy off of you, that way I don't have to pay attention?"

Kyla groan, leaned he head on hand, and thought, Dear God, when is this over?

"How was you first class?" Ron asked, in the Gryffindor common room, during their break. Kyla glared at him, and Ron asked, "That bad?"

Kyla nodded and Ron said, "Well, you had Muggle Study, so you couldn't have expect it to be good."

"Hey," Hermione said, and hit Ron. Ron looked at her confused and Hermione explained, "Muggle Study is a good class."

Kyla nodded in agreement. Ron rolled his eyes and muttered, "Yeah, whatever." Then he said louder, "I think we all have Transfiguration next, can't wait for that."

Harry nodded, and Hermione started talking about what how hard Transfiguration was going to be, and what sections do they think they were going to go over first. Hermione would have kept talking if Harry hadn't said, "I think the first Hogsmeade trip is in October."

"Great, I can't wait," Ron said.

"Hey, unless you guys want to be late, we better get going," Hermione said, as she headed out the portrait.

Harry followed her out, while Ron lingered with Kyla. Kyla went to follow them but Ron held her back. She looked at him, and blinked a couple times. Ron smiled and said, "There's something I should tell you about Potions." Kyla nodded, and Ron said, "Well, you are going to need a partner, and since you don't want people to know you can't speak English, do you want to be my partner?"

Kyla smiled, blushed slightly and nodded causing Ron to smile. Ron looked at his watch and said, "Wow, we better get going or we will be late."

Then the two of them hurried off to Transfigurations.


A/N: wow, eckles whoa! that was a really long review! I think I am going to use something like that little conversation you posted for a later chapter! and thanks for reviewing! (espically to all my friends who reviewed, snape's gurl, onlyonceinforever) (yeah, eckles and Dracy are the only people who I don't know personally who reviewed! I feel like such a loser, but who cares, because obviously I have friends, since my friends reviewed!)

A/N2: whoa! call me butter because I'm on a roll! hehehe! really lame and cheesy! but I have added like three chapters in two days! koodios for me! and any one else who has ever down that.