Katie awoke the next morning to the ring of her alarm clock. She was buried under her blankets and she stuck her hand out from under them and groped around the nightstand for it, but the first thing she grabbed was her wand so she mumbled "silencio" and the alarm turned off. She lay in her bed face down in the pillow for about five minutes then she flung the comforters off, sat up, rubbed her eyes, and checked the time, it was 5:55. She stretched and got out of bed and made her way over to the bathroom and when she opened the door she found her clothes neatly folded on the little vanity. Must have been the house elves. She thought and she turned on the shower and waited until it was hot, undressed, and climbed in and she took a relaxing shower since she had plenty of time before her first class. I don't even know what I have first she thought and she got out, wrapped a towel around her. She walked back out into the main part of the room, which was fairly warm due to a fire that was restarted while she was in the shower. Then she spotted something in the middle of the desk and she walked over and saw it was an envelope with her name written on it and she sat down in the chair, which was quiet comfy and opened it up and read the letter that was in it.

Katie,

I can see you found your room easily, I hope you like it. Your schedule is enclosed with this letter. Tonight there will be a meeting before your nightly rounds along with the other Head girl and boys in my office. It is very important and it starts promptly at 8:00, Headmaster Dumbledore will be there as well. I will see you in class later.

Professor McGonagall.

Katie read the letter over, folded it back up, and pulled out her schedule and it was the following:
Potions

Herbology
Defense against the dark arts
Transfiguration

Lunch
Care of magical creatures

History of Magic
Ancient Runes

"Lovely Snape first thing in the morning, I'm sure the rest of the seventh year Gryffindors are excited about that" she said to herself and then went over to her dresser and pulled out her school robes and pinned her head girl pin over the emblem on her left side. Then brushed her hair and went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth.

Once she was done, it was 6:45, fifteen minutes left until breakfast. She gathered up her books for the first half of the day, put them in her bag, and headed downstairs for breakfast.

When she arrived there were not that many students there yet, most of them did not get to breakfast until 7:30, classes started at 8:15. She went over to Gryffindor table and took a seat by herself, there were only about five other Gryffindor's there, and most of them she saw were first years. Worried they would get lost probably she thought and she grabbed some toast, jelly, and cereal. She finished putting jelly on her toast then she zoned out, she was not thinking about anything really, she was just tired.

Katie then felt someone tap her shoulder and she jumped about a foot in the air losing her knife she used to do her toast. She turned around to see a shocked Jeremiah.

"Oh I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you, I just wanted to ask if I could sit with you" he said as he picked up her knife.

"Oh, its okay don't worry, I just kind of zoned out, I do that from time to time, sure you can sit with me" she said and took the knife back and placed it on the side since it was dirty and grabbed another one. "So did you get the note from McGonagall?" she asked before she took a bite of her toast.

"Yeah I got it, the meeting is probably about how we have to step up security and all the different things keeping the castle safe…did you see we have potions first?" he said with a yawn and grabbed a muffin.

"Yeah…I'm so excited can't you tell?" she said with a laugh and she noticed the great hall was filling in now it was about 7:40 and she spotted the trio come in. That's what Katie dubbed Harry, Ron and Hermione, they were always together. Ron took a seat on the other side of Katie. Harry and Hermione were on the other side of the table and Ginny took a seat next to Hermione. The only word that came out of Ron and Harry's mouth was "Mornin'" and yawns and they both reached for food. Hermione on the other hand was very chipper this morning, to chipper for Katie.

"So I see we have Defense against the dark arts first thing today, and its Lupin. He's back"

Katie swallowed her toast hard. "Are you serious? That's great! He was the best teacher in Defense against the dark arts that I have seen yet, better then that Umbridge woman" and they are mumbled their agreement. Then Katie saw Lupin at the teacher's table, it puzzled her why she didn't see him last night, but she brushed it aside.

"Well, Jeremiah and I better be going, our first class is down in the Dungeons with Snape" she said and they all gave her a halfhearted smile.

"Oh I know you envy us oh so much" she said and laughed and her and Jeremiah walked off to class and she saw Ron looking at Jeremiah funny and then at her with the same look he gave her the night before on the train.

They made their way down the stairs and Katie thought about how this would be the first year she didn't have any classes with Fred and George since they were in the same year. She had been friends with them since day one.

"Potions is going to go slower then normal, I don't have Fred and George to keep me entertained," she said to Jeremiah with a sigh. They were at the dungeon and Snape was not there yet, and there were only a couple of other Hufflepuffs there. She leaned against the wall and she shut her eyes and thought back to when she first met the twins.

Katie was running through the crowd by herself, her mother didn't come because she was drunk at home. It was her first year, but she knew exactly where to go and how to get there. She got to the barrier and she held her trunk next to her, leaned on the wall, and checked her watch, which she didn't have, and she slipped through with ease.

She was tall for her age, she had always been. Her hair was down to the middle of her back, lose and flowing as she walked forward. She was walking towards the train when she heard louder yelling over the loud crowd as it was. She didn't look to see where it was coming from though she just kept walking with her head bent staring at the ground then something hit her and she was knocked flat on her back.

"Oy Fred I think you smushed her!" she heard someone yell then the weight was lifted off her and there were two identical faces inches from hers.

"Sorry about that" one said

"Yeah, he shoved me and I fell" the other said and Katie thought she was seeing double and she sat up and looked at them both.

"Wait…are there two of you? Or am I seeing double?" she asked seriously and they both looked at each other and laughed.

"No there are two of us, I am Fred, the one that landed on you" Fred said.

"Yeah, and I am George" George said and extended her his hand to pull her up.

They were fairly tall themselves, taller then her, and they both had bright red hair and brown eyes. There freckles were the same as well.

"Well, I am going to have a hard time telling you two apart" she said with a laugh and shook their hands

"Oh don't worry about it, our mum can't even tell us apart half of the time" Fred said, the only way she knew it was Fred though was because he was on her left side.

"Well let's get on the train before we miss it" George said and they walked over and said goodbye to their family, which was all red heads. Then they came back, they climbed on the train and got a seat together, and between their witty remarks and jokes, a friendship formed.

"Ah hm"

Katie was pulled out of thought when she heard that and she opened her eyes to see Snape next to her unlocking his door. "Not falling asleep are we Miss Bell?" he asked.

"No Professor just thinking that's all" She replied and stepped into the room. She took a seat in the second row with Jeremiah on her right and Amy Krank, her friend from seventh year on her left.

The first day of class he had already assigned them a one foot essay due Wednesday on malted worms tongue.

"Sounds tasty" Katie said to Amy as they walked out. Amy was one of her good friends, though she was different then Katie. The thing was Amy liked guys, a lot. Sure, Katie was a flirt and she messed around with a couple but Amy had many guys under her belt, literally. She had gone all the way with a couple of people, and most them were just a one-night thing. Katie on the other hand was still a virgin and Amy teased her about it. Saying she could get any guy she wanted, most of them practically threw themselves at her, which was true Katie had many admirers.

"So Amy, are you still dating that Max kid from Hufflepuff that you were dating over the summer?"

"Him? No way, no I am staying single, its fun, I can flirt and still do things with lots of guys" she said and smirked at Katie and Katie just rolled her eyes.

"You are such a goody-two-shoe! You really need to get out there more. I know at least twenty guys that would do anything just to be with you, even if it was not a serious relationship, just to get with you" She said as she popped a piece of gum in her mouth. They were now walking out on the grounds to herbology.

"Yeah who?" Katie said in a non-believing voice.

"Do you really want me to name them…I may have to get out my list" she said joking

"Well let's see here, Max, both of the Weasley twins, my brother, Jeremiah, Jacob from Ravenclaw, um Montague from Slytherin, Ron Weasley…"

And Katie interjected there "Whoa, back up! Fred and George! Jeremiah? Ron! How do you know all of this?" She said wanting to know. Amy smirked at her.

"I love doing this to you, its so much fun" she said and Katie stopped and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Okay, okay, I know about Max because he told me not to long ago. The Weasley twins, I don't know how you didn't know that, it was so obvious, plus they asked me to ask you if you liked either of them last year. Jeremiah, come on, I'm friends with him, of course I am going to know, and Ron, I found out from a reliable source."

Katie was a little dumbfounded. "Are you sure all those people like me?" she said.

"Of course I am, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything" Amy replied as they opened the door to the greenhouse.

Katie took her notes still in a state of shock. Wow I do have a nice selection, Max is just no, no way, Jacob not my type, Montague, let's not go there, and the twins I don't get to see really, and they are my best friends they are like brothers to me, and they probably got over it over the summer. That leaves Ron and Jeremiah. Ron is my best friends younger brother, and they liked me, so I don't know, but Jeremiah isn't bad at all, and we are both Head girl and boy, that could be fun…"

The bell rang and Katie headed off to her next class.