"Aghh," Hermione exclaimed. "I can't figure out this ancient runes homework, and I don't have my notes."

"Borrow them from Kyla," Harry suggested as he worked on his potion's homework.

"I don't need her help," Hermione told him with sneer.

"It was just a suggestion," Harry defended weakly.

After a couple moments of trying to figure out her homework, she said, "Ah, I can't believe this. I'll be right back Harry, I need to get the notes."

Hermione hurried and went into her dormitory. She noticed Kyla's bag on her bed and went over to it. She opened it up and started searching through Kyla's school notes. Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment and read it over. Hermione frowned when she realized she couldn't understand her writing. Hermione thought at first that it was just Kyla's style of handwriting, but when she inspected it she realized that it was a whole another language. Hermione emptied out Kyla's entire bag on her bed and looked at all the pieces of parchments that had writing on it. Hermione picked up a piece of paper and read it out loud the only thing that seemed like English, "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral."

Hermione heard an "hmf" and she turned around to see Kyla standing there, holding an astronomy book. Hermione looked at her and flushed. She stammered out, "I was… was… looking for your ancient runes notes."

Kyla looked at the piece of parchment in Hermione's hand. Her eyes widened in shock and Kyla stormed over, grabbed the piece of parchment from Hermione's hand. Kyla stormed over to her bed and picked up all of her papers. Hermione cleared her throat and said, "Well, obviously you don't have them, so I'll go."

Hermione ran down the stairs and found Harry. She took a deep breath and said, "Harry, let's go to the library." Harry nodded and once they were in the library, Hermione said, "Harry, something is off with Kyla."

Harry's eyes widen and thought, oh god, she knows about Kyla. However, out loud he asked, "Do you know what is off?"

"Just something," Hermione told him. "I was looking for her ancient runes notes and I found all theses papers with strange writing on them. At first I thought she was trying to translate some of the runes, but the strange writing was on all of her papers."

"Strange writings, how strange? Are you talking like just scratch marks?" Harry asked.

"No, a whole other language," Hermione told him eagerly. "I knew something was off with her."

"Do you think it was a real language or a made up one?" Harry asked.

"It might have been real language, I think I recognized a couple of words to Spanish," Hermione told him.

"That's odd," Harry said. "I have no clue what that means."

"That's not all, I found this parchment that had some really strange writing on it," Hermione told him.

"What was it?" Harry asked.

"It was something like Ta-roll-e, or something like that," Hermione told him.

"Hermione that was a song," Ron said behind her. They turned around to see Ron standing there, looking angry.

"It was a song?" Hermione clarified.

"Yes, a lullaby that her grandfather used to sign to her. She had it written down so she when she was homesick she could just read it," Ron explained.

"Oh, it was a song," Hermione said, somewhat defeated.

"Yes, and what were you doing going through her stuff?" Ron asked, glaring at her.

"I was looking for her ancient runes notes, I needed them to do homework," Hermione told him.

"You could have waited and asked her," Ron scolded her.

"I didn't see the harm in borrowing her notes, I was going to put them back," Hermione defended.

"Hermione, you could have asked!" Ron yelled at her.

"What's the big deal?" Hermione asked.

"Hermione, Kyla knows you don't like her, but she would never go through your stuff without getting your approval, so give her the same respect," Ron told her.

"Ron, I didn't mean to upset her," Hermione said.

"Well, you did. She felt betrayed," Ron explained. "Hermione, you may not like her, but she is my friend so at least be civil."

Then he stormed off back to the Gryffindor tower. Hermione, huffed andgrabbed a book. Harry cleared his throat and said, "I think I'm going to head down to dinner now."

Hermione just nodded angrily, and kept reading. She didn't stop till she heard, "Granger right?"

She looked up and saw a dark hair boy with golden skin come up to her and she nodded. "Sorry, I couldn't help but over hear your little problem with Weasley."

"So," Hermione said dryly.

"First off, names Zabini," Zabini said, not offering his hand. Hermione nodded to acknowledge his presences without saying anything. "Now, about this Kyla, the one who isn't good enough for your cat, I think I can help."

Hermione stopped reading looked at Zabini and asked, "How so?"

"Well, since she isn't good enough for your cat, do you think she is good enough for me?" Zabini asked, with a devilish smile.

"You want me to hook you up with Kyla?" Hermione asked in disbelief.

"Well, either me or Malfoy, which ever one you chose," Zabini told her.

"How is that going to help me?" Hermione asked.

"It gets her away from your cat," Zabini told her, stressing the "your".

Hermione thought it over for a second. Then she asked, "Just how do you expect me to get Kyla to go out with you?"

"I have a plan," Zabini told her.

"Kyla, can I talk to you for a second?" Hermione asked Kyla. Kyla glanced at her uncertain, but nodded. Hermione led Kyla up to their dormitories, and shut the door behind her, putting a silencing charm on the door. Hermione sat on her bed and started, "Listen Kyla, I'm sorry. I should have asked you first. And I had no right to route through your things like that."

Kyla nodded and head back towards the door. "Wait," Hermione called after her. Kyla turned around and Hermione said, "Ron wants us to be civil towards each other, so if we could give off the impression that we don't hate each other, that would be great."

Kyla nodded and Hermione unsilenced the door. As Kyla walked out she saw Ginny, Lavender and Parvati whispering outside the door. Once the door open and Kyla left, they rushed in and Kyla paused to over hear the conversation. She heard Ginny ask, "Hermione what happened?"

"Oh, well," Hermione said, her voice sound on the verge of tears. "I came in to apologized, she sealed the door, and then started yelling at me. I tried to apologized and tell her that I had no right to go through her things and she kept yelling at me more. She called me stupid and said I was," it sounded like Hermione broke out into tears at this point, but she managed to say, "she called me a cow."

There was a gasp from the three girls, and Kyla heard Lavender say, "No, I had no idea she was so horrid. How dare she call you that!"

Kyla's mouth dropped open and she stormed down stairs. She pulled out a book and a piece of parchment to give the illusion she was working, so she wouldn't be disturbed. In fact, she was only working on writing in English. She was getting better at it, now it didn't take her a half hour to write a five sentences paragraph. Eventually she fell asleep.

An aging man held a little three year old on his lap and was making faces at the girl. A lady in her early thirties with light brown hair, with blonde highlights, stared uneasy at the two. Kyla pulled up a chair behind the aging man and also made faces at the three year old. The brown hair woman asked, "Father, why are you here?"

"Helen, why are you so upset to see me again?" Helen's father asked in a thick accent.

"Father, you know why," Helen reminded him.

"Why so formal with your da?" Helen's father asked.

"Because she blames you Papa," Kyla told the man.

"Papa," the three year old said in a baby tone voice.

"Yes, very good Kyla," the man said, praising her.

"Why do you bother to teach her who you are, you're just going to leave her?" Kyla's mother asked.

"He was there for me more then you," Kyla retorted to her mother, even thoughHelen couldn't hear her.

"You know I wouldn't leave you if I didn't have to," Kyla's grandfather said.

"Danniel Iver, I want you to leave," Helen told Danniel fiercely.

"Papa go?" three year old Kyla asked, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Hush, don't cry little leprechaun," Danniel said to Kyla. He cleared his throat and started to sing, not very well and in a raged voice, "Over in Killarney, Many Years ago, Me mither sang a song to me, In tunes so sweet and low. Just as simple little ditty, In her good ould Irish way, And I'd give the world if she could sing, That song to me this day. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush now don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish lullaby."

Three year old Kyla giggle, while Kyla groaned and asked, "Why did I find that so soothing? He can't sing at all!" But Kyla still giggled at her grandfather.

"Danniel, leave," Helen told him sternly.

Danniel nodded and put little Kyla down on the ground. He ruffled up the little girl's hair and left. The three year old Kyla started crying and pulled out a necklace her grandfather had slipped her before he left. It was a silver four-leaf shamrock on a silver chain. Little Kyla quickly hide in her pocket, not showing it to her mother. Big Kyla looked down at her own neck, and saw the very same necklace little Kyla had just hid was on big Kyla's neck. Kyla played with it a little, until she felt something shake her.

"Kyla, Kyla, wake up," Hermione said, shaking Kyla awake.

Kyla woke up and blinked at her. As Kyla recognized who had wakened her, she felt anger rise in her, but then quickly died down when she remembered her grandfather singing.

"Kyla, it's late and I thought you might want to sleep in your own bed," Hermione suggested. Hermione looked at Kyla, and noticed something reflecting the moonlight. As Hermione moved in to get a closer look she asked, "Is that a necklace? Can I see that?"

Kyla hand flew up to her charm, and she frantically shook her head. Then she fiercely said, "No."

"Ok," Hermione told her and then walked way. Hermione paused at stairs, hiding so Kyla couldn't see her and carefully observed Kyla. Kyla took a couple of deep breaths and sang to herself, "Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral."

Kyla couldn't say the rest, but that small part did the trick. Her charm and necklace disappeared, but Kyla knew it was still there, just well hidden like her Papa would have wanted.

Hermione found this curious, but quickly scurried up the stairs. As Hermione listen to Kyla get into bed, she couldn't help but be glad about her plan with Zabini.

The next day in potions, Snape was handing out their latest quizzes. He was shaking his head and making disappointing noises in the back of his throat. When he only had five quizzes left he said, "As disappointing as all your quizzes were, there were some exceptions. There was one O, two Es, and one A."

"Take a guess who got the O," Malfoy whispered loudly to Zabini and they stared at Hermione.

As Snape handed out the quizzes he gave the A to Zabini, an E to Malfoy. As Snape reached Hermione, he said, "A shocking surprise." He handed Hermione her quiz and it had an E one it. Hermione's mouth hung in surprise and she didn't know what to say. Then Snape walked over to Kyla and said, "Another shocking surprise."

Kyla took he test and saw it had the O on it. She smiled weakly and shrugged. Ron looked at her in surprise, and mouthed "wow". The table behind Ron and Kyla noticed Kyla's O and they exclaimed, "You got the O?"

Hermione glared at Kyla, who was skinning into her chair. Hermione was so angry she didn't say anything to any of them for the rest of the day. She stormed off to the library, where she ran into Zabini.

"So, how did you like that potions class?" he asked with a smirk.

"What do you want?" Hermione asked.

"The Hogsmeade trip, get me the date," Zabini told her.

"How?" Hermione asked.

"Trick her," Zabini suggested.

Malfoy came in and signaled Zabini. Zabini cleared his throat and said, "Well, I'll leave you to work out the details."

Zabini walked out of the library and leaned against the wall, and waited for Malfoy to talk. Malfoy glared at Zabini and asked, "What was that about with Granger?"

"Nuttin," Zabini told him and started walking towards the Slytherin dudgeon.

"Zabini, don't turn away from me," Malfoy told him. "What happen with the mudblood?"

"It's nothing too important," Zabini told him.

"What?" Malfoy asked again.

"Kyla," Zabini told him.

"What about O'Connor?" Malfoy asked.

"I'm going to take her care of her," Zabini told her.

"What!" Malfoy yelled.

"She's going to be mine," Zabini told him with a smug smile.

"No, back off her," Malfoy told him.

"Why, don't you have Pansy?" Zabini asked.

"Zabini, stay away from her," Malfoy told him.

"If you want her, you're going to have to fight for her," Zabini told him.

Malfoy started laughing and said, "You know if I wanted her, I could have her just like that." He snapped his fingers.

"I wouldn't be so sure, I already have her as a date for the upcoming Hogsmeade trip," Zabini told him arrogantly.

"How did you manage that?" Malfoy sneered.

"I've got an insider," Zabini told him.

"Who?" Malfoy asked.

"That's none of your business," Zabini told him and walked off.

Seamus who had been listening since Zabini said 'Kyla,' quickly ran back to the Gryffindor tower. As he ran into the common room, he spotted Harry and Ron sitting in the corner. He ran over to them and said, between his breaths, "Ron… Harry… Malfoy… Zabini…"

"What about Malfoy and Zabini?" Ron asked.

Seamus took a couple deep breaths and then said, "I over heard Malfoy and Zabini talking. They were talking about who was going to date Kyla."

"WHAT!" Ron exclaimed.

"Malfoy told Zabini to back off Kyla," Seamus told him.

"Just why do they think they have a shot with Kyla?" Ron growled.

"Zabini said he already was going out with her on the Hogsmeade trip," Seamus explained him.

"How did he manage that?" Harry asked.

"He said he had an insider," Seamus told them.

Hermione walked in the common room and notice a crowd around Ron, Harry and Seamus. She walked over to Neville and asked, "What's going on?"

"Seamus just said that someone's an spy for Slytherin," Neville told her.

"What?" Hermione asked shocked.

"What Gryffindor would sell out another Gryffindor to a Slytherin?" Seamus asked, and Hermione shifted uncomfortably.

Hermione slowly made her way up to her dormitory unnoticed. She found Kyla lying on the bed doing homework. Now was her best time. Hermione cleared her throat and said, "Kyla, can I talk to you?"

Kyla glared at her, but nodded. Hermione opened her mouth to say something, when Ron came up the stairs. He knocked and asked, "Kyla, can I talk to you?"

Kyla put up one finger and went out to see Ron. Ron pulled her in a whisper and asked, "Kyla, are you planning to go on the Hogsmeade trip?"

Kyla shook her head and said, "No."

"How about you come with Harry, Hermione and me to Hogsmeade? We can show you around properly," Ron suggested.

Kyla looked at him uncertain, and shook her head. Ron looked at her pleadingly and asked, "Come on, why not? It will be fun."

Kyla sighed and nodded her head. "Great," Ron exclaimed, smiled and went down the stairs.

Kyla turned back and looked at Hermione. Hermione sighed and said, "Never mind." As Hermione walked back down the stairs she thought, This is going to be harder then I thought.


A/N: I probably won't be able to write because now I have to fight for the computer with me sisters, yuck! I wish my sister didn't need to come home but, alas, she does. darn! thanks for reviewing everyone, and I'll try to write more! thanks for reading!