Crystal: I said that would be the only authors note, huh? My bad…anyways, w00t! I got 2 reviews in the first, like, 8 hours this story was out! I'm so happy! Ok, so I got a question from a reader and that's basically what this note is for (you'll only see notes from me in that case, I already gave you the disclaimer). The 12 teenagers are acquainted with magic, as you said, because I never said the Harry Potter books didn't exist. In this case, they do exist, and all of the teenagers who are now there…have read them. They know who everyone is, they know where they are, etc. etc.

Crystal: All of the female characters are based off my closest circle of friends…and we're all only 13…I based it off how we actually act or would like to act, and I guess it just fit in with that curve of teenage living. Note: There are couplings in this story…so be sure to see lots of fluff. Mostly between me and the guy I want to end up with…cause…it's my story!

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I woke up early. I was stupid. It was summer, and I woke up early. And guess what I had to do then? That's right! Go to the bathroom. And now…I'm lost, too embarrassed to ask anyone for help. Not only because of the reason to WHY I was lost, but also because I wasn't wearing pants. Remember how I took them off to sleep? Yea…

I thought I'd be like 'I'll just go down the hall, go to the bathroom, and go back.' Thing is…I ran into a stairway before hand, and it decided to move…which leads me to my current predicament of just sitting on them till they move to a floor that's familiar.

Even if I HAD the courage to ask someone the way back, there was NO ONE to ASK! It was probably a little past, oh, 5am now…oh thank god…the stairs moved again, and this floor ACTUALLY looks familiar!

I stood, walking onto the floor and beginning to head down the hall, only going straight. That is…still a door opened in front of me and I stumbled into a suit of armor…I'll never be graceful.

The person turned and began walking towards me, and I sat there. Ok, I needed an idea. Ok, lets see, we had a portrait…that was asleep, a suit of armor that rebuilt itself when you knocked it over, a tapestry, another pictu-HEY! A tapestry!

I scrambled to my feet and squeezed behind it. Well, the pantless part of me. It was an incredibly thin tapestry, and that was the only part that fit. Maybe they'd walk past me…though when I saw the lantern, I thought differently, I squeezed my eyes shut, and froze when the footsteps stopped in front of me.

"Michelle?" Asked a voice.

"It's Mickey," I muttered, automatically, but then I opened my eyes. Oh great…it was David. Just my luck. I guess he was better then Chris, though… "Hey…Frosty," I muttered, rather then being corrected. I hated that. He smiled that…cute, side smile I loved so much.

"What are you doing out here?" He asked, raising his eyebrow. His awesomely, PIERCED eyebrow! I laughed nervously.

"Oh nothing, just…hanging out here…behind this…tapestry…" I muttered, and he gave me a look. "Oh fine! I got lost and I'm not wearing pants, don't even ASK why, and that's why I'm behind this tapestry," I muttered…in that fast way I talked. He nodded. He'd understood. Great…

"I'll take you back," he said, almost too calmly.

"Um…HELLO?!? I'M NOT WEARING PANTS…and…and…YOU'RE A GUY!" I said, but he just made a quieting motion with his hands.

"I know what sex I am, thank you, not quiet down before you wake the whole castle or before I'm forced to quiet you down," he laughed, winking, and I blushed. How would he…? I shook my head, and mumbled a meek 'sorry'.

"S'ok," he answered, slipping his arms inside the sleeves of his shirt…yea…then he TOOK IT OFF!

"Wh-wh-WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!" I hollered as quietly as possible, and he laughed, handing me the shirt. I took it, and kept my eyes on the shirt. Not him. The shirt.

"You can wear that, it should be long enough to cover anything you need covered," he smiled, and I smiled back…sorta. I slipped the shirt on, and saw that it fit me like a dress. A pretty short one, but a dress nonetheless. I nodded, and then walked out from behind the tapestry. "You can keep it," he spoke up suddenly, and I looked at him. "It looks better on you then it ever did, or ever will, on me," he smiled, and I blushed, beginning to follow him as he began walking back down the hall. He passed the door he'd come out of…which must've been the bathroom. For some reason…I didn't have to go anymore. No, I did not WET myself! Sicko…

He walked in through a door, holding it open for me, and I smiled a 'thank you' after I walked in. He closed the door behind my entrance, and then swept into a bow. When he stood, he spoke.

"Goodnight…Mickey, he said with a final smile, walking to his side.

"Night…" I answered with a small, wistful smile as I headed back to my own side…crawling into bed. He was so…charming. I smiled again, and fell asleep within minutes.

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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Lucky and I hollered as we bolted deeper into the caverns of Gringotts, the next day. I was wearing David's shirt, still, with caprice now. I don't know why I didn't call him Frosty…like he probably would have liked. Well, I liked David better…
Eh…I'll probably never be able to wear those pants again…ever…oh no, another drop…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Lucky and I screamed again, and then…the cart just had to take an immediate stop…sending me, Lucky, and Sarah forward…into David, Richard, and Chris. We all mumbled 'sorry'…at the same time.

"Personal Jinx!" Sarah called, as Chris helped her out of the cat. (She was on the edge, I was on the other. Lucky got, well, lucky, and got to sit in the middle. Everyone else was in a cart not too far behind us.)
"On who-ohhhahhh!" I yelped as I was hurled forward again as the other cart hit us from behind. David laughed, turning around and helping me sit up again.

"We really need to stop meeting like this," he laughed. I Smiled nervously.

"Yea…" I laughed nervously, mimicking my previous smile. "Anyways…jinx on who?" I asked.

"Um…" Sarah muttered, and then looked at the other cart. "Ren! Personal jinx on Ren!" Sarah called. Ren gave Sarah a look.

"I wasn't even HERE!" Ren called back, and Sarah huffed.

"S-s-so! Now I get to hit you! You talked!" Sarah said, and began chasing Ren who had just gotten out of her cart. I laughed, standing and climbing out of the cart, as well. And I was the laaaaaaast one out, too.

"AHEM!" Called the goblin who was leading us, and everyone froze. He shook his head, muttering to himself as he walked toward the large door. "Teenagers…American teenagers," I heard him say, and I rolled my eyes. "Keys, please," he called back to us, and all of us handed him a key. All of them were on chains, and each key was different.

…Flashback…

"Oh! Before I forget…" Dumbledore said, as they stood around an inner tube in their 'room'. The inner tube would serve as a portkay. Dumbledore held out his arm, and 12 chains dangled from it…each with a different color key.

"Your keys for Gringotts, your first stop…it would be extremely bad for you to go without these," he said, handing them out to each person. I held mine in my hand, turning it over and rubbing my thumb over the odd engraving on the back.

"Sir, why are they on chains?" Daniel asked. Dumbledore smiled in an almost mysterious way, but it was more gentle, more…twisted.

"These keys, as you can see, are very tiny. But…they are more important then just opening the doors to the money that is left for you. Much more important. Now hurry along."

…End…

I wonder, still, what he meant about them being more important…anyways, this door was weird…the one we were at. A lot different then any of the doors we'd passed coming down here. And believe me, we had passed A LOT!

The goblin (I think his name was Egmont) put six keys in the six key holes that were on the door; mine, Sarah's, Lucky's, David's, Chris's, and Red's. (Pale red, pale blue, silver, ice blue, forest green, and dark red keys.) That door slid open in diagonal triangles, and another door was appeared. It, too, had 6 key holes. He put in the remaining keys, holding the first ones in his other hand. Maggie's, Ren's, Ellie's, Tom's, Nathan's, and Daniel's. (Cerulean blue, pink, sea foam green, neon yellow, black, and ocean blue keys.)
There was a click, and this door split like a tic-tac-toe board…except, with an extra horizontal line. Each of these had their own key hole, as well. Great…more key holes…

Egmont returned our keys on their chains to each one of us, and we all walked up to a door. Each one…had a symbol, and all of the symbols were different. Hey! There were symbols on our keys too! Come to think of it…the door in front of where Richard was standing…it…looked like the one on my key. Maybe…
I quickly looked at the marked side of my key. Well…it certainly didn't match the door I was at. I quickly walked over to Red's door, and before he said anything, I shoved my key in the doors keyhole.

"What are you doing?" He asked, narrowing his eyes at me, and I shrunk back against the door. Ok…next time…I'd think BEFORE I acted.

"Leave her alone, Red, I'm sure she has an explanation…" David said, looking at me. I nodded, still against the wall of doors. Red let out a 'fine', and stepped back. With that, I gave a sigh of relief. Jeez, I really owed David…a lot…

"On your keys…did you guys notice there are symbols?" She asked, looking at them. A few people nodded. "Turn them over…you'll see…to the side that usually doesn't show. If you look at yours…and then at the door (which have symbols, too, if you hadn't noticed)…your key's symbol should match one of the symbols on the door…" I said, and everybody looked at their own keys before going off to search for a door.

I turned back to the one which my key was in, and turned the key till it stopped turning. I heard a click sound inside the door, and heard many other clicks from other doors. When the last click had sounded from someone's door, we all turned to look at one another. Why wasn't it working?
Then, all at once, the doors popped open, creating a large cloud of multi-colored dust. When it cleared before us, we all saw one large vault. Divided into 12.

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"Alright, we have books, robes, ingredients for potions, and classroom necessities," Daniel said, reading off a list as we all walked down Diagon Alley, carrying a large shopping bag each. It was quite a sight, especially with all of us in our American 'muggle' clothing. Well, except for Ellie. It did attract A LOT of stares. Then again, none of these people were students. Most of them looked to have graduated Hogwarts decades ago.

"So…that leaves wands," Nathan said.

"And pets!" Maggie added.

"Yea, you can't forget pets," Tom nodded. I smiled. This guy seemed to like animals just as much as Maggie.

"Ok, well, we'll do wands first, since those are mandatory," Daniel said, and everyone nodded. We reached Ollivanders shop in no time…thing was…the shop was WAY too small to hold all of us.

"Well, we'll go in groups of 6 again," he said, and everyone nodded. Again. What was with all this unison nodding, anyways?
"Oh! I call Ren's group!" I called, grabbing her arm and clinging to it.

"Me too!" Sarah and Maggie called at the same time. They gave each other looks, and then stayed quiet for a few moments. "Me too!" They called again, and continued shouting it at each other.
"Oh! I want to play!" David laughed, and mocked ran for me. I froze as his arms lopped about my waist. "I call Mickey's group!" He laughed, and he clinged to my waist in the same fashion I did to Ren's arm. I blushed, and not normal blush…RED ZONE blush! I hid my face in Ren's shirt as the talking around me continued. It quieted down after a while, meaning one of the groups had went inside. David finally let go of my waist, and I let go of Ren, standing with my face still tinted pink.

"You ok? " David asked, looking at me. He was reclined against the building, hands laced behind his head, calm as ever. He was ALWAYS calm in these situations.

"Oh yea. Fine. Couldn't be better…" I muttered, and glanced to the side where Ren and Sarah were laughing at me. "Shut up…" I glared…or tried to. They just laughed more. Meh…

"Uh…you guys…" Ellie's voice broke through the laughter. Everyone looked at her, me included. "You…you need to get in here…now," Ellie said, stressing the word now, and then disappearing into the shop again. We all looked at each other, before hurrying into the small shop. And let me tell you, it was crammed. Nathan even had to stand in the doorway. (He'd been the last one in…since he'd been…chasing pigeons outside…)
Ollivander stood behind the counter, where I saw what Ellie had been so eager about. Sitting on the counter were twelve wand boxes, all open. They were all glowing different colors, the colors of our keys. 'ARGH!' I thought, standing on my tiptoes. 'I can't see a thing!'
I let out a cry of surprise as I felt myself lifted into the air, and then realized David had lifted me up on his shoulders. So…I could see over everyone. Had he been watching me try and look over everyone? Had he been…watching me, period?
"My, he sure is flirty…" I muttered, trying to find a place to grip my hands. I hated heights…

"Here," he said, holding his hands up, though his arms still held my calves so I wouldn't feel unsafe in that way. "And yes, I am very flirty," he grinned, and I blushed. I hadn't meant to say that out loud…then again…why was he flirty with me?
Anyways, I could the wands clearly now. They were all different in length, and had a symbol on them. The symbols that were on our keys…and the vault doors. Those were the part of the wand giving off the glow. What was so special about these symbols?...Ollivander walked to one side of the line, picking up the first wand. Its glow was ice blue.

"David Frost," Ollivander said, and I feel back a bit as he walked through the crowd. I gripped his hands tighter…and he gripped back. "I'm afraid you'll have to set Ms. Weber down, Mr. Frost," he chuckled, and I blushed. David just laughed along as he let me down. I stood beside him, now squished between him, Maggie, Daniel, and the counter.

Ollivander held out the handle to David, and he reached for it, but Ollivander pulled it away. David gave him a look, while raising his eyebrow. Did I mention it was PIERCED AND TOTALLY AWESOME?!?!?...ok, sorry, shutting up now…

"Before we start, it is clear that all these wands are made of ebony. But, they are not the same. This one…16 ½ inches, ice phoenix feather," Ollivander said, and then held the wand out for David. I watched intently, and wondered…the wand glowed ice blue, the core was a feather of an ice phoenix, and his nickname was Frosty. Yea, I know his last name is Frost, but…it was uncanny…what was with the ice and snow?

I shook my head a bit, clearing my thoughts, and then watched as David grabbed the wand. And as his fingers sunk into the handle, which to seemed to memorize his grip (making it his), a spider web of ice blue spun from his fingers. When Ollivander set the wand in the box again…it was streaked with ice blue. How…?

"Very good, very good," Ollivander muttered, wrapping up the wand. "That is clear enough…everyone…go ahead…pick up your wand," he said, and I picked up the one in front of me. Somehow…I knew it was mine. And as I picked it up, as I memorized my grip into its handle, the spider web of color reflecting off my key streaked across the black of the wand. I continued to stare at it as Ollivander handed David his box. He then stood in front of me. It was then I noticed we were all standing in a line…and I was second, after David. Basically, it went David, me, Maggie, Tom, Chris, Sarah, Nathan, Ren, Lucky, Richard, Daniel, and Ellie.

Ollivander began going down the line, in order.

"13 inches, a strand of Siren hair. 14 inches, a strand of a light goblins hair. 14 ½ inches, the pollen of a lightning born flower. 17 inches, the spirit of a wood nymph. 12 ¾ inches, the heartstring of a silver dragon. 16 inches, the thread of a dementors cloak. 13 ¾ inches, a shard of an obsidian crystal. 15 inches, fetal unicorn hair. 17 ½ inches, essence of a salamander spirit. 17 inches, a heartstring of a sea serpent. And finally, 12 ¾ inches, the scales of a dryad," Ollivander finally said, finishing off with Ellie.

That was too…confusing…but I'd caught it. A strand of Siren's hair…awesome. I looked down the counter as Ollivander wrapped up my wand…and everyone else's were streaked with color, too. And I realized something, trying to drone out the fighting between Nathan, David, and Red about who's wand was 'longest'. Like mine…like David's…all of theirs were streaked with the color of their key.

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Even after we'd paid for our wands and left Ollivanders, I still gazed upon the box (in my bag) which contained my wand. We were sorcerers and sorceress…is that why our wands were so different, so unique, so…peculiar?

"Ow…" I let out to myself as I hit into Chris's back. I guess I haven't been watching where I was going…but…he just kept walking. No scold?...weird…

"Ok, so we got the menagerie…" Daniel said, pointing to one shop, "and the owlery," he said, pointing to another shop.

"Who all is going to the menagerie?" He asked. Almost all of us raised our hands. "Ok, and that leaves everyone else going to the owlery," he finished, and at that we split into two groups. Maggie, Nathan, David, Sarah, Tom, Richard, Daniel, Ren, and me all headed into the menagerie. Which left Lucky, Ellie, and Chris to the owlery. I might head in there…I didn't know exactly what I wanted, yet.

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As we entered the menagerie, I saw Sarah quickly run over to a small cage. Oh…those…things. They were like…fuzzy…and…buzzed and stuff. I didn't know what they were called. The third book had never really mentioned it. Anyways, Red and Nathan had paired off and were talking quietly about…something. They seemed to be getting along and…looking for something. Wonder what that was…

And that was when I bumped into the cage. Well…more like fell into an open cage. But don't look at me that way! I mean, when you're shopping you expect everything to be in their place…not to be cautious about bumping into things and falling into open cages!!!

Ok, sorry, cooling down. I glanced nervously around me, and then stood. Ren had hurried over to the cage, holding a white cat with a black tail, black spots on its head. It was actually a kitten.

"Are you ok, Mickey?" She asked, setting the cat on a shelf where it waited patiently in a patch of sun. The thought made me smile a bit. This cat and Ren seemed to fit together.

"Yea, I'm fine…just a little surprised," I smiled nervously as I took one of her hands after I'd dusted myself off.

"Good…and stop being ditzy…that's my job," she laughed, sticking her tongue out at me, and I laughed as well as I began to climb over. Till…I heard the growl. I slipped from Ren's grip and landed on the hay-like floor again. On my butt…

"Ren…" I said uncertainly, looking up at her, and she was staring wide eyed at a creature at the other end of the cage. I big…black…creature. With big…glowing…eyes. I screamed, ramming into the side of the cage my back was facing. It was sturdy…this animal probably needed it.

I heard lots of running, but I didn't look away from the thing…I just kept eye contact…and the first thing to break it was David landing in front of me.

He quickly turned to me and picked me up, heaving me out of the cage where I was caught by Tom and Red. They set me down, and I looked in the cage. The creature had walked forward, and David was approaching it. All of a sudden, the creature lunged at him and he landed on the ground. MY breath caught in my throat and my hands squeezed the cage I was gripping. Then I realized…the creature…was licking David's face. IT was in the light now…a wolf…with a large scar that ran through his eye. I almost clasped. They were PLAYING!!!!!?!!!!!?

Ren and Maggie patted my shoulder.

"It's alright, honey," Sarah said, walking over and carrying a light blue colored fuzz-ball…thing. "Like all guys, he's just immature," she said, and we all nodded. Right she was, right she was.

I walked away, shaking my head, looking around. What did I WANT?!? It seemed everyone had found something. David was getting that…scary wolf, Nathan had a beautiful fox perched on his shoulder, Tom was leading around an orange dingo with great happiness on his face, Maggie had a raven pecking her on the head, Red also had a fox though it was more orange and rough then Nathan's, Daniel also had a wolf…but it was gray, and then Sarah had her fuzz-ball thing! I had nothing…but…Ren…

"ACK!" I let out as the girl on my mind popped up behind me. She giggled, and I turned to look at her with a look. I rolled my eyes after she laughed more. I'd never been too good with those…

"What happened to the kitten?" I asked her, having recovered from all the shock this store was giving me. I wouldn't be surprised if I DIED here…

"Oh…" Ren said, sounding a bit disappointed. She placed it with a smile and shook off the tone of her voice with her hand. "I decided I wasn't ready for a kitten…too much work…but I DID find something you might like…actually, Sarah's fuzz-thing found it…" Ren muttered, taking my hand and pulling me along. I could tell she was crushed about not getting the kitten. And then I thought of something…Hmmmm…

"Quack!" Let out a small bunch of ducklings in a clear circle holding by the window. I practically got stars in my eyes.

"DUCKIES!" I squealed, looking at all of them. Which one, which one, which one? The group of girls behind me laughed, and I laughed a bit along, as I picked up a small white-ish tinted duck that seemed to be the runt of the group.

"Ah, he's precious," Maggie said in her 'puppy' voice. No, I didn't mean to say baby. Maggie had a puppy voice, not a baby voice.

"Yes…and I dub him…Jack!" I laughed. "Jack Samuel Weber…" I smiled, cuddling the small ball of cream fur to my cheek. It let out a ruffled 'quack' and reminded me of Sarah's 'Jonathon' voice…

"This is Eddie…" Maggie smiled, now holding the raven on her hand. It was pecking constantly at her skin, but she didn't seem to mind at all.

"And this…is…er, well…" Sarah said, holding the fuzz-ball thing above her head. She shook it a bit and it made 'whooping' sounds. We all stared at it oddly. "Uh…I don't know yet…I'll…think about that later," she said, mentally reminding herself she had a GREAT way of cheering people up, now. After that, we all headed up to the counter and bought our new mates, though Ren went outside. As she did, I gathered the girls around me.

"Ok, we'll include Ellie and Lucky in later but…lets buy Ren a birthday present," I said, and they both nodded enthusiastically. I quickly explained the plan, and Sarah quickly grabbed the kitten. We paid for it, and the lady said she'd fill out the second part of our plan. We smiled, and walked out, seeing Ren chatting with Lucky and Ellie.

"…what the HELL is that, Sarah?" Lucky asked, looking at the small fuzz-ball which she had put a collar and leash on.

"No idea, but isn't it cool?" She asked, and everyone laughed.

"I…guess…" Ellie said, weirded out. Sarah shook her new pet, and it made another 'whooping' sound. We all cracked up, and then I 'eeped' as I was tackled to the ground. I opened one of my eyes to see David's new 'friend' on top of me. I whimpered, and then felt him lifted off.

"Look, Mick, ya got a new friend," David laughed, and I didn't respond. Maybe his friendliness was being a bit…too annoying. I looked at what resided in the cages Lucky and Ellie held.

"Woah…those are awesome…" I said, looking at them from all angles. Lucky held hers up proudly. It was a deep black…but also sparkly blue. It had silver-like eyes with dots of blue in them.

"I named her Sapphire…and it's pretty clear why," she said sarcastically, and a few of us laughed. Ellie held hers up lazily. It was a brown color…black tipped wings and all.

"I called him Treks," she said simply, shrugging.

"But…don't you like Star Gate?" Maggie asked. Ellie just shrugged again.

"What was I supposed to name him? Gates?" She asked, and shook her head. Maggie shrugged with a mutter of an 'I dunno…'. We all laughed…for…no apparent reason. Tension breakage, maybe?

"So…let's go home then?" Daniel said, and everyone nodded. I kept close to my friends…and away from David's wolf.

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