Chapter 2

Strange Things

Disclaimer note: I do not own any Harry Potter Characters or Hogwarts. So don't sue. Nor do I own the name Ophelia I got it from one of Shakespeare's stories.

Author's note: 'something' is the cat or any animal for that matter talking.

If there's just 'something' with out an underline or italics that means it's someone's thoughts.

Kara's pov

Kara awoke the next morning to the sound of someone singing. She sat up in her four post bed and looked around. Hayley and Elizabeth and their new mate Kiera Halloran were sound asleep. "Who keeps singing?" Kara asked herself. Kara got up thinking that some fresh air would get the voices out of her head. She headed towards the bathroom and opened the window. Kara was wrong. As soon as she opened the window she heard more singing. Kara looked around and saw a bird sitting on the window sill. "Shoo!" Kara called to the bird. The bird turned towards her and said "I was just minding my own business." Kara thought she had gone mad. She thought she heard a bird talk. Thinking that she was crazy, Kara shut the window. 'Well fresh air didn't help.' Kara thought. 'I heard more voices. I thought the bird had talked to me.'

'The bird did talk to you. I heard it.' Someone said.

Kara turned around and saw a cat sitting in the door way. She looked down and saw the creature move. The cat moved towards the edge of the door. She began to scratch her back on the door. "I've gone mad. I thought I heard the cat talk." Kara thought to herself again.

'You have not gone mad I can promise you that much.' The voice said again.

'What am I doing? I thought I heard the cat talk. That's insane, I can't talk to animals. Its official I've gone mad.'

'You have not gone mad.' The voice said again. Kara backed away from the cat thinking it was filled with a demon or something to that sort.

'That's it. I am hearing things. For a second I thought I heard the cat talk.' Kara thought to herself.

'Of course I can talk, and you can understand me.' The cat said.

Kara backed towards the window facing the cat.

'Careful dear, if you go any farther you'll fall out the window. I don't intend to wake someone up and tell them what happened. I don't like bothering people when they are sleeping.'

'How in the heck could I hear a cat talk? That's not possible.'

'Anything's possible in the magical world.' The cat replied.

Deciding to give in, Kara sat down on the floor against the wall.

'Now that you have agreed with me, could you please get me some food? I'm rather hungry.' The cat asked.

'Who do you belong to?' Kara asked the cat.

'You of course, now could you please get me some food?' The cat asked hungrily.

"Have you been here all along?" Kara asked the cat out loud.

'Yes, I have been hiding under your bed, inspecting the new owner and her friends. You have very weird clothing I might add.'

"They're normal to me. I don't know whe-" Kara started to say, but was

interrupted by a noise. Kara looked up and saw Hayley standing in the door way looking confused.

"Who are you talking to?" Hayley asked her friend.

"The cat apparently she's mine," Kara informed Hayley.

'She'll think you've gone mad.' The cat told her owner.

"Quiet you," Kara said out loud.

"I didn't say anything," Hayley told her friend the truth.

"No, not you, the cat made a snide remark," Kara informed her friend.

"You're really starting to scare me you can't be talking to the cat," Hayley said.

'I have a name you know.' The cat protested.

"Well then what is it?" Kara asked the creature.

"What is what?" Hayley asked looking scared and confused.

"The cat says she has a name and she'd like me to tell you it," Kara said

'What is your name?' Kara asked the cat quietly.

'It's Ophelia, and if you don't mind, I'd like some food please. There's some food in the cabinet under the sink. Could you please get me some? I've been waiting for ten minutes now.' Ophelia said.

"The cat's name is Ophelia, and she wants me to get her food," Kara informed Hayley.

"You're crazy you know that right?" Hayley said in a teasing voice.

"Yeah I know, but I've got to feed Ophelia," Kara said as she began getting the food out for her new cat.

"Who's Ophelia?" Elizabeth asked, just waking up herself.

"My new cat," Kara said pointing to the white creature.

"She's beautiful!" Elizabeth exclaimed.

'Tell her I said thank you very much. I think so too.' Ophelia said.

"She says thank you for calling her beautiful," Kara told Elizabeth.

"Wait, she says?" Elizabeth asked then threw a curious glance at Hayley.

"For some reason, Kara thinks she can talk to animals," Hayley explained.

"It's true, I can talk to animals," Kara said as she put the food down for her new cat.

'About time,' Ophelia grumbled and began eating.

"We should wake Kiera up. It's getting late we need to get going," Elizabeth suggested.

"No need, I'm up. I've been up and I heard everything you guys were talking about," Kiera told her new friends.

"Well then, let's get dressed," Hayley said.

'And you can leave me alone while I am eating too' Ophelia muttered. Hayley had been playing with the cat's tale.

"Hayles, stop, the cat doesn't like that when people do that to her," Kara informed her.

"Oh I'm sorry I didn't know," Hayley said embarrassed.

'That's quite alright' Ophelia muttered again.

"She forgives you," Kara said looking at the cat.

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Nicole's Pov

Nicole awoke not remembering where she was. She looked around and saw green everywhere. Then Nicole remembered she was in Hogwarts. She couldn't believe it Hogwarts of all places. She'd never thought she'd go there. Her room mates were still asleep. Two of them were really mean to her. The other one was a little bit nicer which was strange considering she was in Slytherin. Her name was Neala Lawler. She befriended Nicole the moment Nicole came into their room. The other two were mean and didn't like new people.

Nicole wanted to get her clothes so she could go to the bathroom and change but she was too tired to get up. With out a warning, the clothes that she had picked out the day before appeared on her bed. Nicole sat up looking confused. 'How in the hell did they get here? I put them on the chair last night' She asked herself. Nicole tried to summon something again to prove she was not going mad. She thought of her wand that was on the near by table. It appeared right next to the clothes. 'What in the hell?' Nicole thought again. Nicole went into the bathroom and changed her clothes. She decided that she'd wait for Michelle in the common room, and then they could go get breakfast together and meet up with the others.

(Author's note: Sorry your part was short Nicole at least you got your powers!)

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Michelle's Pov

Michelle saw Nicole waiting for her as soon as she came down the stairs. She also noticed a boy looking at Nicole.

"Good morning Nicole," Michelle said.

"Hey, I've gone mental," Nicole stated.

"What do you mean?" Michelle asked.

"This morning I was too lazy to get out of bed. I wanted to get changed in the bathroom so I didn't wake the others up. They're not exactly nice people except for one of them. When I thought about my clothes that were picked out, they appeared right next to me. Then just to make sure I wasn't seeing things, I thought of my wand. It appeared next to them," Nicole informed her friend.

"That's strange, did you know that there's a boy behind you looking at you? He's been that way for the past five minutes," Michelle stated.

"No I didn't know that," Nicole said turning around. The boy noticed that they were looking at him. He bolted for the door way and was out of sight.

"Let's follow him," Nicole suggested.

They chased after the boy. Finally, the two girls were able to catch up to him. Nicole grabbed him by the arm and turned him around.

"Why were you staring at me this morning?" She asked.

"I recognized that you two were new and I thought I could help you. I know who is mean around here and who to avoid," The boy suggested.

"Why would you want to help us out?" Michelle asked him.

"I'm not like the other Slytherins," He replied.

"What's your name?" Nicole inquired.

"Devlin Crenshaw and you?"

"Nicole Malfoy and this is Michelle Parkingson," Nicole said.

"Wait, did you say Malfoy? Are you related to Draco Malfoy?" Devlin asked.

"Yes, he's my grandfather, why?" Nicole asked him.

"I've heard so many stories about him. How he turned against the Dark Lord then he killed the Dark Lord and his Father," Devlin said. By now they were walking towards the great hall.

Devlin stopped for a moment thinking hard. He turned to Michelle and looked past her. People were heading their way.

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Juli-Ann's Pov

Juli-Ann awoke and sat up. She was excited because she was in Hogwarts. Not to mention, she was related to Oliver Wood, the famous Quiddich player. She looked over towards Katie's bed to see if she was awake yet. 'Good she is.' Juli-Ann thought.

"Morning Katie," Juli-Ann greeted.

"Too early," Was all that Katie said.

"I know, but we have to get up. We start our new classes today. Not to mention, we start a new life," Juli-Ann said.

Juli-Ann thought for a moment to herself. 'In the old world, I was related to Michelle by being her twin. I wonder if I'm still her twin.'

"Hey Katie, do you think that Michelle and I are still twins?" Juli-Ann questioned.

"What do you mean?" Katie asked.

"Well in the real world, we are twins. But in this world, we are in separate houses," Juli-Ann explained.

"Well just because you're in separate houses doesn't mean that you're not twins. Remember Padma and Parvati in the series?" Katie pointed out.

"Oh yeah, good point," Juli-Ann realized that Katie was right. She hoped that she and Michelle were still sisters.

"Well we might as well meet the others downstairs. I told them that we would meet them in the common room, that way we can all walk down there together," Juli-Ann told Katie.

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Hayley's Pov

Hayley turned around just in time to see Katie and Juli-Ann coming down the stairs. She greeted them, and then the five of them headed out the portrait hall.

"Anything new guys?" Juli-Ann asked Hayley.

"Kara's gone insane," Hayley said.

"What do you mean?" Juli-Ann and Katie asked at the same time.

"She thinks she can talk to animals," Hayley responded.

"What that's insane," Katie stated.

"But it's true. I have a cat named Ophelia and she's white," Kara said.

"I didn't know you had a cat," Juli-Ann said.

"Well in this world I do, and I can talk to her," Kara said defending herself once again.

The girls continued to walk down towards the first floor. They saw Nicole and Michelle talking to some boy they didn't know. Nicole turned around and saw her friends coming towards her.

"Thank goodness!" Hayley said and gave her a big hug.

"Hey guys, what happened?" Nicole said returning Hayley's hug.

"Kara's gone insane," Hayley stated again.

"I can talk to animals and they think that's weird," Kara told Nicole.

"You can what?"

"Talk to animals. I have a cat named Ophelia and I can talk to her,"

"You're not the only one who's gone mental," Michelle said joining in the conversation.

"What do you mean?" Elizabeth asked.

"Apparently, Nicole can get things with her mind. She was sitting on her bed looking at her clothes, and then the next thing she knew, they were right next to her. She thought about her wand which was laying on a near by table and it appeared next to her too," Michelle said. The boy looked at her confused.

"Who's he?" Kara asked noticing he was there.

"This is Devlin Crenshaw, and he's helping us out," Nicole introduced Devlin.

"Hi, Nice to meet you," The others said. The five girls introduced them to Devlin.

The eight of them decided to go into the great hall to eat. The Slytherins said good bye to their friends and went their separate ways. The new Gryffindors went to their table, sat down, and began to eat their breakfast. Hayley couldn't wait until the day began. She wanted to know what it would be like to be a Hogwarts student. Hayley had no idea what the day had in store for her and her friends.

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(Author's note: I hope you guys liked the second chapter. I need help with some special powers. So far I have the ability to talk to animals, and Telekinesis which is Nicole's power. Devlin Crenshaw is my friend Andrew. We used his last name, and came up with another one. He's going to play a part in the story. As you can see, he's not like most Slytherins. Neala Lawler is a made up character, not to mention she's my idea. I liked the name and thought she'd go right in Slytherin. So I put her as one of the other people who would help Nicole and Michelle out. I will update as soon as I find time. I will also try to update during my classes at school. Sorry for spelling Pansy's last name wrong in the first chapter. I will have more of a story started in the next chapter. Please don't forget to review. One more thing, Katie and Elizabeth, your point of views will be the first ones that I add in the third chapter. Sorry that you didn't say much. Thanks to Elizabeth for helping me come up with the two new girl's names that I introduced.)