A/N: Yay! 4 reviews ! lol... so excited. Anyways, this chapters kinda boring. Just a mini reunion with sum of the band n Hermione meeting some of the band. If i get 2 reviews I'll post up cuz this chapter isnt all that good lol. Enjoy.

Chapter 17

"Now," Professor Sprout called, "get into groups of four, please. I'd like two from Gryffindor and two from Hufflepuff to make a group. And no, Miss Granger, you do not have to be in the same group with your assigned partner."

Katie and Summer immediately made a group with Alicia and Marta, while Zack and Freddy got together with Frankie and Leonard.

"Hey!" Katie said hugging Alicia and Marta, once Professor Sprout had each group examining young Mantifius. "I missed you guys so much!"

"Yeah," Summer agreed. "How have you been?" She chirped. Katie thought that Summer was the happiest she had ever been ever since the day she arrived at Hogwarts.

"Awesome!" Marta exclaimed. The girls took their seats. "Have you guys made new friends yet?"

"Loads! What about you?" Katie asked.

"Marta, here, is way too shy!" Alicia said, nudging Marta. "She insists on not meeting ANYBODY!"

"Marta! Come on!" Summer encouraged. "You have to get to meet more people! How will you ever make friends?"

"I don't know," Marta said. "It's just… their English accents. They are so different from ours! And I was talking to this girl in my dormitory. She thinks that I'M the one that has an accent! It's so weird!"

"You'll get used to it!" Katie assured.

"Oh, and Katie… I was meaning to ask you!" Marta remembered. "I saw you with some guy on the stairs. He was, like, holding you!" She chuckled. "What's up with that?"

Katie racked her brain to remember what Marta was talking about. Then she suddenly remembered last night. "Oh yeah! You see, my foot got stuck in this trap step thing."

"What's that?" Alicia asked.

"Well, it's this step that will, like, engulf your foot when you step on it," Katie exclaimed. "They were made as pranks and stuff."

"So what does this have to do with this guy holding you?" Marta asked grinning.

"Well, he kind of helped me out of it. Me and Freddy were racing and I kind of ran into Harry, and then he sort of didn't let me fall. No biggie!

"So that's his name? Harry?" Alicia asked. "Old fashioned..."

"Uh, I guess so…" Katie said. "Think of it as retro."

"So is he nice?" Marta asked.

"Definitely! He's pretty cool," Katie admitted.

"Oh wait! Is the Harry you're talking about the Harry Potter guy that like almost got killed by Lord What's-His-Face?" Marta asked absent mindedly examining her Manifious.

"Yeah," Katie said quietly. "Did someone tell you the story?"

"Yup. My assigned partner told me all about it. Pretty scary, huh?" Marta jotted down some notes about her Mantifius.

Katie tried to change the subject. "So who are you're assigned partners?"

"Mine is this girl named Hannah Abbott," Alicia answered. "She's awesome! I didn't like her at first, but now we're really good friends."

"My assigned partner is this girl named Susan Bones," Marta said. "She's really shy around me. I don't know if she likes me or not. She's really quiet."

"You'll loosen her up. I know it," Katie assured.

"So what about you two?" Alicia questioned. "Who are your assigned partners?"

Summer pretended that this question wasn't asked, so Katie spoke up. "Mine is actually Harry."

Marta and Alicia's faces immediately lit up.

"Oh my god! Seriously!" Alicia exclaimed. "That must be so cool, to have a guy show you around!" Alicia stole a glance at Harry. "He's pretty cute, too."

"Yeah, I totally second that!" Katie agreed.

"Who's your assigned partner, Summer?" Marta asked. Katie held her breath, scared of Summer's reaction.

"The meanest, most nastiest girl in Hogwarts," Summer replied bitterly, not even looking up. "I hate her! I can't stand her! We have absolutely nothing in common! She's a big know it all, and she thinks she's better than everybody else."

"Summer, that isn't true!" Katie said quietly. "Hermione is a really nice girl. I haven't really gotten around talking to her but she seems really awesome! As for having nothing in common, you two are the most alike pair of people I have ever met!"

Professor Sprout announced for the class to start repotting the Mantifius.

Summer glared at Katie. "I thought you were my friend, Katie! I can't believe you would actually compare me to her! That is such an insult!"

"Summer! What are you? Two years old?" Alicia exclaimed. "Don't get mad at Katie just because of some girl you don't like!"

"Yeah Summer," Marta agreed angrily. "I bet you haven't even given this girl a chance!"

"She hasn't," a voice behind Summer said. Summer turned around to see Hermione facing her.

"Listen Summer," Hermione said. "We might not get along, but at least I don't tell the whole world what a 'bad person' you are!"

Summer was speechless that she was overheard. Then she got up some courage. "Well, I'm only telling my friends to be careful of cruel girls just like you." Summer grabbed her Mantifious and stormed to another table.

"I'm sorry about Summer," Katie told Hermione. "I guess this isn't one of her best days."

"I see," Hermione said quietly. She played with her pot of Mantifious that she had in her hands. "I was wondering if I could have some of that powder for my plant. Neville spilled ours all over the floor."

"Of course! You want to sit with us?" Katie asked.

"Sure," Hermione said gratefully, taking Summer's spot.

"Oh, these are Alicia and Marta," Katie told Hermione, introducing her friends. "And this is Hermione."

"Hey," Alicia and Marta replied in unison.

"Hi," Hermione replied friendily. "So you're part of the band then?"

"Yup," Alicia replied, examining her own Mantifious.

"What are your positions?" Hermione asked, examining her Mantifious.

"We're back up singers," Marta answered proudly.

"Cool," Hermione said. "Oh wait! I remember you two! You came to our tower, looking for Summer and Katie."

"Yeah, that's right!" Alicia said. "Then we couldn't find them so we sat on the steps… and apparently watched Katie and Harry." Alicia winked.

"What happened?" Hermione asked. Katie quickly recounted the story. "Aw! That is so cute!" Hermione gushed. "He probably likes you! I'll ask him!"

"No! Don't!" Katie cried wide eyed. "He'll probably think I made you ask him!"

Hermione sighed jokingly. "Fine…" Marta and Alicia giggled. They liked Hermione, despite of all the things that Summer said about her.

The lesson ended. The class walked out of the greenhouse. Katie hugged Alicia and Marta, because she knew she wouldn't be having conversations like this with them in a while now. (Hermione had told her before the lesson that Professor Sprout hated having students in the same groups every lesson.) Then Katie went up to Eleni, Frankie and Leonard and hugged them too. Frankie was so excited to see Katie that he lifted her up into the air.

"Frankie! Put me down!" Katie exclaimed for the tenth time, laughing at the same time.

"In the snow? All right, if you say so!" Frankie said. Frankie threw her up into the air. Katie screamed with enjoyment and fear at the same time. At the last minute Frankie caught her and put her on her feet.

"Frankie! I'm going to kill you for scaring me like that!" Katie exclaimed and chased Frankie all the way back to the castle.