Hello! IIII'MMMM BACK! And extraordinarily hyper. I'm grounded, which explains why it took forever to get this up.


Disclaimer: I, unfortunately, will never own HP.

"So, how was your summer?" Ron asked Harry. They were in the common room, having left the Great Hall quickly.

"Same as usual. Ron, what's going on?" Harry was still rather confused.

"You bloody idiot," Ron said. "We've been over this!"

"So? I'm still confused as hell."

"We came to pick you up. Dumbledore wanted us to."

"We still haven't seen Dumbledore. He was supposed to be there to meet us."

"Well…he's busy! Dammit, Harry, I dunno!"

"You've picked up a worse mouth over the summer."

"Ah, what the hell. Anyway, who's that new girl that was there?"

"No idea."

"Ah, probably just someone who came early as well with a Harry Potter fan club. Drop it, why don't you?" Harry's curiosity had been piqued.

Flashback:

"Welcome back to Hogwarts." A girl about his height and age had been standing there waiting for him. She had long black hair and startling blue eyes. "My name is Kyoko. I'll be looking out for you, so to speak, while you're here before school starts."

"Um…" was all Harry could think of to say. "Didn't catch your last name." She didn't seem to hear him.

"Leave your bags here. They'll be taken up later. Please don't leave the castle unless informing one of the teachers."

"Are you a kiss-up?" Ron asked.

"No. Nice meeting you, and good-bye." She disappeared with a flick of her hand.

End Flashback.

"It was weird. But she seemed pretty cool," Ron added, noting Harry's blank expression.

"We haven't seen her since."

"Well…look, mate, I don't know. She's probably a member of the Order."

"She can't be. She's under eighteen."

"She has to be powerful. I've only seen Dumbledore do a trick like that."

"Then go and investigate, Harry! But can we stop talking about her now? It's driving me mad."

"Yeah, sure. How was your summer?"

"Bloody brilliant. Hermione came by for two weeks. It was great. We played Qudditich a lot."

"Hermione plays?"

"Well, she's not brilliant, but she's not exactly horrible either. Your summer?"

"Dull as ever."

"Hm. Figures with relations like yours."

"Thanks, Ron," Harry said, a bit put out.

"Anytime." The door swung open to signal the arrival of someone else. He turned to see whom it was, and was enveloped in a large hug from Hermione.

"Harry!"

"What about me?" Ron mumbled.

"Are we jealous?" Harry teased. Ron's ears turned pink.

"N-n-no!" he stuttered. Hermione gave him a hug too.

"The rest of your family is coming at the regular time," she told him. "I'm here early because Dumbledore said you might as well have some female company. Speaking of which! I met someone new."

"Name?" Ron asked, uninterested.

"Kyoko." Harry's head snapped up so fast that he bumped the top of the drawer.

"Ow! What?"

"Kyoko. Are you ok? Malfoy was picking on her-"

"Malfoy! He's here?" Ron shouted.

"Yeah. Dumbledore decided to let him stay. I'm guessing his parents are away on Death Eater business," Hermione said.

"Malfoy was picking on her?" Harry asked.

"Yes. Anyway, it's all okay. He got a whipping." Harry learned something new- and partially dangerous. Kyoko was tough.