A/N: Hey, Carmen, thanks for the review. I hope more people are reading the story…. And it's about time I updated. If there ARE any signs of intelligent life out there reading this, please review.

Now, on with chapter 2….

The rest of the long ride to Hogwarts was uneventful. Lucy had finally got the prefects settled. Around mid-evening, the train stopped at the Hogsmeade station. Soon enough, the students were walking through the heavy oak front doors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Lucy paused just inside the door to the Great Hall. Her eyes scanned the crowd for any sing of a Head Boy badge. Okay, so she was curious. Big deal.

Her search proved to be futile and she entered the Great Hall. Lucy slid into a seat at the Ravenclaw table. Her presence was greeted by a chorus of "Hey Luce! How was your summer?"

Lucy answered with a nod of her head before truning to her best friend, who was besides her.

"Hey Connor."

The handsome boy turned to Lucy and smiled a goofy grin.

"Luce! I didn't see you on the train!" His eyes then fell on the Head Girl badge pinned to the front of her robes. "Hey! Congratulations!"

Lucy smiled. "Thanks…. In fact, I was wondering if you had the slightest idea who the Head Boy is?"

"Umm…." Connor scanned the crowded House Tables. Seeing his search was pointless, he turned back to Lucy. "No sign of him. But word on the train said his name is Lewis Riddle. You know, that one Slytherin guy…"

Hopefully, Lucy's eyes flicked over to the Slytherin table. Nope, still no sign of the Head Boy badge.

So, her partner would be the infamous Lewis Riddle. Lucy's heard about him, of course….. transferred to Hogwarts his fourth year, top grades on his O.W.L.S. exam, etc. The boy was supposedly a Hogwarts legend in the making. Not only did he excel academically, but also his social life was pinpoint perfection, and he had girls from all houses chasing after him. It was shocking that not once had Lucy seen him. In all her seven years at Hogwarts. But now, curiosity was itching at her. Now that she knew he was the Head Boy, Lucy couldn't wait to lay her eyes on him.

To Lucy, it took years for the meal to finish. Finally, the last morsels of desert vanished from the china plates. Lucy breathed a sigh of inaudible relief.

Students began filing out of the halls and Lucy joined them. Once out in the entrance hall, she climbed the endless flight of stairs to the fourth floor corridor. Once she located the door next to Ingrid the Intelligent, Lucy was hopelessly out of breath.

The portrait, which covered the entryway into the Head Common Room, was a colorful portrait of Ingrid the Intelligent herself.

"Good evening, my dear. You must be Lucille Redden. Behind my portrait lays the dormitory in which you will inhabit for the upcoming year. First, however, you must choose a password."

Lucy smiled at the portrait. How nice. So unlike the crude portrait of Frederick the Friar which covered the Ravenclaw common room. Biting down on her lower lip, Lucy contemplated the password. She thought back to the beginning of Hogwarts, of the great friendship Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin had shared.

"Um… how about frienship incroyable?" Lucy asked Ingrid.

The portrait smiled.

"Wow, you do know your French, my dear. And I must say 'Unbelievable Friendship' is highly relevant to Hogwarts."

"Unbelievable Friendship? Ha. That's a good one." The voice sliced through Lucy's euphoria, dripping with sarcasm.

She turned around sharply and heard herself inhale.

So here he was, the Head Boy. And positively gorgeous to the utmost degree. Black hair tumbled across his forehead effortlessly and into his eyes. Goodness, those eyes were stunning. Pale blue irises rimmed with black and thick black eyelashes.

He's unconventiontially beautiful. Lucy thought to herself as she surveyed the guy. A smattering of freckles crossed his nose, he had a deep dimple in his cheek, his hands were rather large, and his skin surprisingly pale. But in some odd way, he was gorgeous.

"I take it you're the Head Girl?"

His voice dragged Lucy from her survey of his appearance.

"Indeed I am."

A slight smile crossed his lips and stayed only for a moment.

"I'm Lewis Riddle. Pleasure to meet you."

Lucy inclined her head slightly to keep her composure calm.

"And you're Lucy Redden. Am I correct?"

Lucy stared at Lewis. "How'd you know?"

A secretive look took over in his eyes.

"I have my ways."

Lucy bit the inside of her cheek while she thought of this. He probably heard his slytherin comrades harassing her in the past.

"So, 'Unbelievable Friendship'?" Lewis asked.

"Umm… yeah. You know, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor were the founders. Right?"

Lewis smirked and nodded. "Indeed, but I was thinking more along the lines of 'l'ignorance est la racine de tout le mal'"

Lucy thought about this, mentally converting the French into English. "Ignorance is the root of all evil? Ha. Clever."

Lewis smiled and shook his head. "You're a tough one, Redden. But I guess 'Unbelievable Friendship' it is."

With that, the door to the new dormitories swung open and Lewis walked inside. Lucy rolled her eyes and followed it.

It was going to be an interesting year.