Sorry it's taken me SO long to update this. I've just been so busy, with soccer, and drama and a few personal matters; I'm just finding time to be able to update my stories. Now I have a couple more stories that I'll be posting in a bit, but I felt like I needed to update this one. Well, one, 'cause it's the first story I put up on and I haven't updated it in the longest of times.

Disclaimer: Don't own the HP, but man if I did…

Chapter 11: Reminiscing and run in with Peeve.

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"Gryffindor!" The Sorting Hat's voice echoed through out the quiet study.

Jazz blinked at the light that was now shinning brightly in her eyes. Professor McGonagall was standing in front of her.

"Very well, you two girls," she said meaning Jazz and Annie," your trunks and belonging will be up in your Gryffindor dormitory and yours," she said now facing Kiwi, "will be placed in your Ravenclaw dormitory. For now you three will stay here to eat, after you're done, head to your houses. Oh, and the head boys and girls of your house will be your guides for the first couple of weeks. Any questions?" Not waiting for an answer, she walked out of the office closing the door behind her.

"Um… yeah… I do. Like how about, I dun' no how do we get to our dorms!" Annie said sarcastically. "Man some people can be so impatient."

"That's definitely a teacher I can tell we'll get along with." Jazz said rolling her eyes.

"Obviously, you two are always set out for trouble. I was surprised that our house last year even had points left, after with what you guys had done."

"We were not that bad!" Jazz shot at her sister.

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"How about that midnight kitchen raid?"

"OK that's one."

"Plus it was my idea, I was the one who was hungry." Annie said trying to back Jazz up.

"Then there was the time when you guys snuck out and slept outside with Michael and Josh. Oh, and how can we forget the time you two started the food fight, our house had to clean up the Hazy Hall…"

"How can we forget, Alex still hasn't let that one go." Jazz mumbled.

"And the time you took every owl in the Owlery, and sent Howlers to Professor Curdle..."

"That was a good one though." Annie laughed. "Man, remember the punishment we had to do?"

"Yes! Oh my gosh, they had us wash the floor at the entrance, mugle style!"

"Ha! But we used our wands any way!"

"And when professor Curdle found out, he made us made us write, 'I will not use magic when I am prohibited to.' But all we ended up doing was writing note back and forth for like an hour or two. Then used copies of last time we wrote it. When was that? Like a week before?"

"Yeah, something like that..." Laughed Annie, reminiscing on good times.

"That's beside the point!" Kiwi snapped, get frustrated with the pair. "With just Harry Potter that house almost had nothing left! One time they lost over200 points in one night just because of him, and now with you two, I wouldn't doubt that that number doubles."

"Oh, you're over exaggerating. First off it was only 150 and they won it back at the end of the year. Jazz said, matter-of-factly.

"How do you know that?" Kiwi asked suspiciously.

"He told me on the train."

Annie glanced over at Jazz, who mouthed 'don't ask.'

The girls continued to eat their sandwiches and talk for another half hour. When the last sandwich was eaten, Jazz felt like she was going to explode she had eaten so much. " I'm going to be sick…" she muttered.

"Well that's you fault, eating half of the sandwiches."

"Oh shut it, kiwi, at least I eat."

"Are you calling me bulimic!"

"No, I'm calling you anorexic. But that's not the point-"

"I think we should go and try and find our houses." Annie jumped in, stopping WW3 from happening.

The girls picked up their stuff and walked out in to the abandoned hallway. Torches lit the way through the hall. Every step they took echoing through the hall. Then out of nowhere Peeve popped out yelling something that was lost in the screams of Kiwi, Jazz and Annie.

"You should have seen your face!" cried Peeve. "Ah! Oh no it's a ghost!" he said floating on his back laughing. "For newbies you sure do scare easily. Oh this will be such a fun year."

"Oh, give it a rest Peeve, you were only lucky this time. I wasn't expecting to see you till tomorrow morning when you'd be scaring first years just outside of the Great Hall." Jazz said, glaring at Peeve.

"Hold on just one second missy, how did you know my name was Peeve?"

"Oh, I've heard all about you and your little pranks, Peeve. I'd watch out before some one just might get you."

Peeve flew down closer to Jazz, just inches away from her face. Jazz glared back at him, never blinking. "And just who do you suppose will do that? You?"

"No but we might." Came a female voice.

Peeve turned around to see Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Padma Patil standing behind him. "Oh, I'm shaking in my boots, Granger. And just what you lot have up your sleeve?"

"Oh, why don't you just go scare some first years." Padma said walking past Peeve over to Kiwi.

"That suits me just find." Peeve said pompously as he soared away through the wall.

Padma turned to Kiwi. " Hi, my name is, Padma Patil, I was cam to show you to your house."

"Oh, cool, I'm Ki- "

"Kimberly" Jazz coughed.

Kiwi shot her sister a dangerous look at her sister. "I'm Kiwi Taylor, nice to meet you."

"Cool, you're gonna love it here." Patil started, as she and Kiwi made their way down the hall towards their house.

"So, I see you've met Peeve." Ron said.

"Yeah. Isn't he just the nicest?" Annie said sarcastically.

"Oh don't let him bother you." Hermione looked down at her watch. "We've got about 15 minutes till curfew so we better get a move on."

"We wouldn't want to be around when Mrs. Norris starts her round about." Harry told the gang.

"Who's Mrs. Norris?" Jazz asked.

"Oh, he's professor Filth's cat. She helps him patrol the halls after curfew."

"Oh. Why don't we want to be around when she walks by, what would she do scratch us?" Jazz laughed

"No," Ron said, " She'd go off meowing to him and then we'd be in deeper trouble. He's already got it out for Harry, Hermione and I."

"Well, then we'd better get going. Now shouldn't we?" Annie suggested.

"Our dorms aren't that far just up a couple of flights of stairs and through the Fat Lady's painting and we're there." Hermione said starting to lead the way, while Jazz, Annie, Ron and Harry followed behind her.

"Through a painting?" Annie said thinking Hermione was crazy.

"Yeah, The Fat Lady's painting. We tell her the password for the Gryffindor common room."

"And who's the Fat Lady?" Asked Jazz.

"She guards our common room to make sure nobody but Gryffindor's get in. Hey guys," Harry said directing his attention towards Ron and Hermione, "remember when serious broke in?"

"Yes, he almost scared the Fat Lady to death. She hid in other painting's frame until Dumbledore had to coax her out." Ron chuckled.

"That's not funny Ron, he could have seriously hurt her." Hermione snapped.

"Umm… Who's Serious?" Annie asked. 'They wouldn't mean Serious Black would they? The one that Jazz told me about?"

"Uh… he's just somebody from a couple of years ago who played a trick on the Fat Lady." Harry covered.

"Oh, ok. Did he graduate or something?" Jazz asked, knowing that he was lying.

"Yeah, haven't really heard of him since." Harry looked down at the floor. 'I wish he was still here.'

The crew walked in silence, Harry thinking of Serious, Jazz feeling sorry for Harry and his loss, Annie examining the castle, Ron not being able to think of anything to say and Hermione concentrated on getting back to the house. Memories of Serious' last night rushed into Harry's head. Once again he mentally kicked himself for falling for Voldermort's stupid trap. 'If only I had just listened, and not jump to conclusions about a stupid dream. If I hadn't done that and travel all the way to the Ministry of Magic, he just might have been alive today.'

Harry shoved his hands in his pockets. 'Neither can live, while the other survives.' Dumbledore's voice rang out in his head. ' So either I die… or I'll have to kill him…'

Harry was jerked out of his thoughts as re realized that they were standing inside the Gryffindor common room. Hermione was leading Jazz and Annie up to the girl's dorm.

"Night guys." The girls called.

"Night." Ron turned to Harry. "You alright buddy? You were a little spaced on the way back. Jazz went to ask you a question but you didn't seem to hear."

"Really? I didn't even realize she did. I was just thinking bout some stuff." Harry scratched the back of his neck.

"Serious?"

"…Yeah…"

"Come on, let's get to bed." Ron made his way up the stairs, Harry following close behind him. When they reached the top of the stairs, Harry turned towards the door for the girls dorm, where Jazz had walked through.

"… Hello? Earth to Harry." Ron was waving his hand in front of Harry's face.

Harry shook his head. "Err… what? Sorry…."

"Man you really are out of it today."

The boys walked into their dorms and closed the door behind them.

So there ya go, an update right before the book is released (it's 10:46, an hour and 15 minutes to go!) hehe can't wait till tomorrow when I get it!

Hope you liked it! Questions.