Disclaimer:Mrs. JKRowling owns Harry Potter…etc. except for some of the spells in this story that I BS/made up because I was too lazy to look them up!
Alexis woke up by the sound of rattling. She looked up and saw her owl missing. The only thing left in its cage was a pile of ashes. She sat up from bed and slowly walked towards the cage. She looked around the room. The owl was nowhere to be seen. The gate/door of the cage was closed shut though, so she couldn't have escaped.
Alexis ran over to Hermione's bed.
"Hermione," she whispered, shaking Hermione's shoulder, "Wake up! Owlnics is gone!"
Hermione groaned, "Is it time for breakfast?"
"No, it's me—Alexis. Owlnics is gone! I can't find her anywhere."
Hermione looked up. Alexis was almost in tears. "What do you mean?" she asked Alexis.
Alexis pointed to the cage, "See, she's not in the cage. I can't see her anywhere."
Both girls hurried to the cage. "See", whispered Alexis, "she's not in there. Where could she have—"
Alexis was stopped by the sound of rattling. A baby bird was buried under the ashes.
"What the—"started Alexis, "How did this happen?"
"What do you mean?" asked Alexis, patting the baby owl, "How did what happen?"
"Your owl—I mean—I thought only phoenix could be reborn in its ashes."
"Really? I—oh yeah, I remember Dumbledore saying something about her being half owl, half phoenix."
"Wow!" exclaimed Hermione, "That's so neat—"
"What—what happened?" asked Lavender as she and Parvati woke up, stunned by the noise that Hermione and Alexis was making.
"Nothing!" Alexis and Hermione answered, "Go back to sleep!"
"Well, we better get back to sleep also," said Hermione as she walked back to her bed, "Classes starts tomorrow."
"Yeah," Alexis yawned, "Good night." She looked at Hermione, who was all ready fast asleep. "Good night, "she whispered again, this time to herself.
Alexis woke up around 6:40 in the morning. Hermione was already awake. She was organizing her books for the 5th time. Alexis looked at her and smile. "Well, I guess you can't be too organized," thought Alexis, "Mostly when you're Hermione Granger."
Alexis got changed into her robes and headed to the commons with Hermione.
"I hope today goes well. I mean, I have never gone to a wizard school before."
Hermione looked strangely at Alexis. "I thought you went to "Wizarding Institution".
Alexis stooped suddenly. She knew she was in trouble.
Well—um,
I did, but it was nothing like this—much different. We had to—um,
hey Hermione! I'll race you to the Great Commons."
"Wait, there's no running permitted in the halls," yelled Hermione as she saw Alexis running ahead of her.
Alexis stopped running back and turned towards Hermione. "Well, if we get there soon and finish breakfast fast, we could have more time to read our books!"
Hermione ginned, "Well, I guess—you better catch up with me," and with that, Hermione raced past Alexis.
"I thought there's no running," Alexis teased.
"We're not running," laughed Hermione, "We're speed walking!"
When they got to the commons, only 5 students were there. They were the same 5 that were there early yesterday. Both Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall were there. There were sitting far, far away from each other. As the two girls went in and sat down at the table, Professor McGonagall gave both of then a welcoming smile.
"I wonder where Harry and Ron are?" asked Hermione, "They should be here by now." She looked around the room. More and more students were coming into the commons. They seemed like they're in a rush—like they just remembered something important.
"Alexis grabbed a muffin. "They're probably still sleeping," she said. Then a hand touched her shoulder.
"Who's still sleeping?"
Alexis turned around and saw Harry and Ron.
"Nobody," Hermione said, "You guys better eat fast. It's almost time for class!"
"But we still have 30 minutes to eat!"
Hermione threw a piece of bread at Ron. "There's only 9 minutes till breakfast ends. Did you check your schedule? Professor Dumbledore changed the time."
"No wonder everyone was here before us," said Harry.
"Well, in that case," said Ron, "Dig in!" He grabbed a muffin and basically stuffed it in his mouth and swallowed.
"Mind your manners, Ronald!" scolded Hermione.
"See mate," said Seamus who was sitting by Ron, "That's why I had the house elves wake me up."
Hermione scowled at this. Seamus saw that he had angered Hermione so he left before she'd give him another SPEW talk.
Harry sat there. He didn't even touch his breakfast.
"Why aren't you eating, Harry!" Alexis asked in a worried voice.
"Not hungry, I guess," he answered, "I'm just a little tired."
"I would be too," mumbled Ron, "If that scar keeps waking me up at ni—"
"Ron!" yelled Harry, "I told you not to tell!"
"Sorry mate," apologized Ron, "Me and my big mouth," he whispered to himself.
"Harry, your scar is hurting?" asked Hermione, "why didn't you tell us? Maybe we should tell Professor Dumbledore?"
Ron looked at Alexis, "Harry scars hurts because 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Name' is mad or angry," he explained, "You probably heard his story before."
Alexis smiled, "That's the reason I'm here," she thought.
"No, No" said Harry, "It's ok. It's not a big deal. We don't need to bother Professor Dumbledore."
"But— ", started Hermione.
"Its ok!" said Harry, "We should probably get to Potions now. Don't want to be late or Professor Snape might yell at us."
"What's the difference," muttered Ron, "He'll blame something on us anyways."
"He can't be that bad, can he?" asked Alexis.
"Oh no," answered Ron, "He's the meanest and cruelest professor ever. And I mean EVER. I should have failed my owls in Potions so I wouldn't have to take his class anymore."
"You would not, Ronald!" scold Hermione, "Mrs. Weasley would have a fit."
"That's true," Ron whispered, grabbing his books. "I mean, even George and Fred passed the owl."
Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Alexis walked out of the Great Common and then straight to Potions.
Author's Note: I know that George and Fred didn't pass any owls but let's just say they did. AND…REVIEW please and tell me what you think!