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Harry grinned as he sat at Gryffindor table amongst his strange new group of friends. They were shocking, unpredictable and exciting in a strange contradictory sort of way and he felt slightly more at home with them. Of course he was hurt by Ron and Hermione's reactions to him when they saw his new wardrobe and then laid eyes on his new friends but there was nothing he could do about the sour looks gracing their faces as they sat further down the table. When he noticed Alyssa's concerned look he smiled at her reassuringly – there was no sense in worrying your 'sister' to the point where she'd stalk you until you dropped dead of paranoia. No point at all. Harry ducked his head and carefully chewed his roast beef.

"Harry, are you okay?" Casey asked worriedly. It seemed Alyssa wasn't the only one to pick up on Harry's mood because Casey leaned forward and felt his forehead. It was unlikely anyone noticed the icy glare coming from the direction of the Slytherin table as Casey flashed her arse to the entire hall. "You have a bit of a temperature." The blonde muttered, frowning slightly. Harry blushed and ducked his head again.

"I'm fine." He assured her with a half smile. Casey shrugged. None of the new girls had been sorted into houses yet. That was being held in the headmaster's office after the feast.

When the students finished eating Dumbledore commanded them up to bed with the exception of the heads of houses and the new girls. The remaining members of the school started for Dumbledore's office and reached it in record time – mostly because Alyssa was frustrated by the slow pace and practically dragged the headmaster up to his own office forcing the others to hurry after them. Dumbledore smiled. The infernal twinkle making itself known in his blue eyes.

"Girls, as I call your names would you kindly sit on the stool and wait for the hat to sort you into your houses. Dayna." The old man requested. Dayna stepped forward, her brown flecked green eyes surveying the room as she sat on the stool and the hat was placed lopsidedly on her head. After three minutes of silence the hat spoke, "Ravenclaw."

"Shari." Shari moved forward and sat down as Dayna moved away from the hat slightly sulky. The tall girl had wanted to be placed in Gryffindor. The hat thought once more and shouted, "Slytherin."

"Toni." Toni sat on the stool and was placed in Ravenclaw after ten minutes of thinking on the hat's behalf.

"Casey." The blonde girl sat down and was immediately put in Gryffindor and last Alyssa took her seat on the stool and smirked. The hat barely brushed her head before it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!" Grinning she stood up and smiled at everyone. Everybody but McGonagall and Snape smiled back.

"Well girls I think it is now bed time. So, your heads of houses will show you to your dorms. Goodnight." Dumbledore beamed

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Alyssa scowled in annoyance as she trailed behind Professor Snape whom was apparently under the impression that he could treat his students however he pleased and not face the consequences. She was fuming silently because she didn't want to give the Professor a reason to suspect her when she extracted her revenge. And she would have her revenge . . . vindictiveness could be a blessing sometimes. Shari was trying not to laugh out right at her best friend's annoyance.

"So, Professor Snape . . . would you ever have an affair with a student?" She asked curiously. It was probably her imagination but she thought she saw the man's step falter.

"No." Snape answered coldly. Shari took on an innocent look in her eyes. It was more than a little disturbing to witness it.

"What about if I was that student?" She asked sweetly. Once again she thought she saw him falter. He tossed a glare over his shoulder.

"No." He stopped at a blank wall. "The tapestry is the entrance to the Slytherin common room, the password is-" Here Snape grimaced. "-Rastafarian Bong-fest. Due to your circumstances you have your own rooms; Draco is waiting inside and will show you." When he was finished talking he turned to leave.

"What, no goodnight? No goodnight kisses?" Alyssa asked sarcastically. Snape glared at her before striding away. Rolling her eyes Alyssa turned to the open tapestry and walked through the archway into the Slytherin common room. She scanned the room until her eyes landed on Draco. She stalked over to him and glared up at him wondering if there was a spell to increase her height. She was 5 while he was 62. She growled.

"Okay Blondie! I'm in a bad mood so show me to my room NOW!" She ordered. Draco smirked and patted her head, solely to aggravate her. She tried to bite his hand, which he was not expecting. "Don't shit with me!" She warned. Shari was laughing as she stood behind her, shooting Draco sympathetic smiles every once in a while. Draco sighed resignedly.

"Follow me." He muttered turning into a passageway. As he went he explained things to them. "This passageway is where the private rooms are. Yours are at the end, and they're joined by an ensuite bathroom. They always decorate themselves to match a person's mood when they walk into them. One of Dumbledore's dumb ideas."

"Don't pick on the old coot!" Alyssa snapped. Draco glared at her before gesturing to a door. Alyssa stalked past him and into the room slamming the door. Shari grinned at Draco and said goodnight, via kissing his cheek, which caused him to balk and work to keep his dinner in his stomach, and then walked into the other room. Draco grimaced and wiped his cheek.

"Disgusting!"

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Casey growled as she stalked around the dorm attempting futilely to block out the constant babble about homework that Hermione Granger was spewing at her. She had barely stepped in the room when it had started and now, two bloody hours later, it was still going. She tossed a glare at the bushy haired girl and grimaced when she saw she wasn't paying attention . . . actually it seemed that she had fallen asleep and was still babbling about homework . . . oh how was Casey going to live through this? She had been told that she was meant to have her own room but there wasn't one vacant at the moment. CURSE THESE OLD SCHOOLS . . . and their lack of spontasmic guys – or girls for that matter.

"What did I do to deserve this?" Casey groaned as she dropped onto her bed. She closed her eyes and imagined being home. And not that fake home but actually home. Home where she was accepted, where she was loved, where she had an actual family.

The agency, the Wiccan organisation, where she had been since she was ten.

In every person's soul there is a second soul, usually it is small and insignificant being something along the lines of a mouse or a sparrow. But every couple millennia there is a surge and a number of strong spirits are released into the world. Casey was one of those spirits 'The Spirit of the Lioness.' But she was in no way the most powerful . . . could never even dream to match the power of . . . the true phoenix.

The phoenix Fawkes was of course a phoenix but it wasn't a true phoenix. It was a descendant. No a true phoenix was so much different, they were human as well as bird . . . two forms. Two powerful bodies, morphing smoothly from one to another.

They were the all-powerful rulers and they would never fall!

But was the world intelligent enough to catch the phoenix before it returned to where it came from?

Casey didn't know the answer to this but if asked . . . well she highly doubted humanity's intelligence.

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Okay I know it's a bit hurried but I'm in school. I hope you enjoyed it though!

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Lapis Sanura