Shinju: I am finally writing a Harry Potter fic!

Sango: And destroying the lives of all the characters as she goes.

Shinju: Oh it'll all work out eventually.

Sango: ….

Shinju: And now, a short intro to the staff.

Sango: I'm Sango, Shinju's twin and best friend. I provide encouragement, comments, and sanity.

Moriko: I'm one of Shinju's friends. I'm a strange hippie, and I don't show up much. But I do bring chocolate!

Mister Kat: I'm Shinju's muse. I provide inspiration, joy, and constant annoyance. I'm also known as 'that freaky stuffed cat Shinju insists on keeping'.

Shinju: And I'm Shinju, your beloved authoress. All bow before me.

All: …

Shinju: DRACO! Say. It. NOW.

Draco: This muggle, err, demon, owns nothing except Alice, whom she is welcome to keep so long as the girl stops RUINING MY LIFE!

Shinju: Special thanks to for bringing Foamy the Squirrel to life and allowing me to share his anger. We bow before you my lord Foamy.

Whispers were ringing through the Great Hall at Hogwarts. Dumbledore was standing patiently at the Head Table, with a young, robed and hooded girl next to him. She (they assumed it was a girl from her very upright and dainty stance) looked about the height of a 7th year, but nobody could really see her face. Her hair was hidden too under her dark robes that were the color of twilight.

The color of her cloak was a wonder in itself. Most robes were MIDnight colored, not TWIlight.

As soon as the noise died down, he began to speak.

"Once again we begin a new year. This year we have a foreign exchange student. She just moved here from Japan. Her mother has been home schooling her in magic, and so she is able to begin here in her 7th year. Please welcome the newest Gryffindor, Alice Nexfalinta!" smiled Dumbledore, valiantly speaking the girl's impossible last name, miraculously without making a single error. As the Hall burst into cheers, the girl walked down to the table. Harry and Ron scooted apart so she could sit. As she sat, she pulled back her hood, and Hermione had to gasp. The girl was absolutely beautiful! Her cotton candy pink hair curled and rested in two long, curly pigtails on the top of her head, and her sky blue eyes danced mischievously, silver streaks flashing in them. Thin silver hoops dangled from her ears like they had been made for her, while twin dots of silver rested just above. Her upper left ear was pierced with a little silver hoop that had topaz colored beads on it. Her skin was pale and flawless, her mouth pink and pretty. And when she opened her mouth, it was a sound to make men drool at her voice alone.

"Hello! I'm Alice! Are you Harry and Hermione and Ron?" she chirped, her voice the sound of bluebirds singing in the spring time. Hermione had to lean over and shut Ron's mouth. Ginny did the same thing for Harry.

"I'm Harry, that's Ron, and that's Hermione. Happy to meet you." Harry finally smiled. He silently prayed that this wasn't some kind of strange fangirl out to stalk them, or a religious nut out to save their souls.

"Oh good! Then I know I'm where I should be. I've heard of you all, and I'm not some strange fangirl, I'm the girl who's popped from nowhere to fix your lives!" she smiled. With that admission, they couldn't really do anything but nod and make polite conversation. She turned out to be a really nice girl, though she tended to flirt with every boy in a fifty foot radius. She made friends with EVERYONE at the Gryffindor table. Soon, dinner was done and they were getting ready to leave, when Alice turned around.

"Oh hang on! I'll just be a moment!" she begged breathlessly, in a way that sounded desperate and terrified that they would say no. Harry could hardly nod before she flew off to the Hall.

"I wonder what she forgot in there. She wasn't carrying anything in…" said Ron quietly before they heard a loud shout through the Great Hall.

"DRACO MALFOY! GET YOUR ASS OVER TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, NOW!"

The Golden Trio turned toward the Hall in utter horror to see Alice standing on a bench, one hand on a hip, the other cupped around her mouth, yelling for Malfoy the Ferret. They could see that she wore baggy, low cut black jeans under her robes, and tight black gloves with white fishnet under where they laced up, and white lace around the edges. The gloves didn't cover any of her fingers, just looped around the joint between her thumb and pointer finger. But none of that really mattered as they saw a confused and pissed off Draco marching towards them.

Doomsday was lurking around the corner and it hadn't even been a whole 24 hours since they arrived.

Then they noticed that Pansy was hanging onto his arm as he moved, which was what accounted for his being pissed off.

"For the last time, get off me!" he snarled at Pansy, who only hung on harder and made whimpering sounds.

Alice smiled cheerfully and skipped right on up to meet them.

SLAP!

A very surprised Pansy was lying on the floor, her hand to her now very pink cheek. Alice was now beaming little rays of happiness, her smile saying 'hit her? me? now why would you ever think such a thing?' Draco looked ready to start laughing, and Harry and the rest were about to start laughing with him.

"H-how dare you…you…YOU HIT ME!" shrieked Pansy, flying to her feet in a fine fury.

"And if you insist on hanging onto him like that, I'm afraid I'm going to have to do it again. Now turn around and walk away so that I don't have to pound your sorry ass into the ground." smiled Alice, her smile now laced with iron and steel. Her eyes had begun to flash evil and malice. Pansy slunk away. Alice took a deep breath and turned around.

"Draco!" she trilled, hugging him tightly. He looked at her in surprise and more than a little fear.

"Draco! It's me! Alice!" she pouted, as though to imply that his forgetting her was simply the worst that would ever happen to her. His face suddenly light up in recognition.

"Alice!" he laughed, swinging her in a big wide circle. Harry and Ron stood there, jaws dropped. Neither one could believe that Draco was smiling.

Draco. Malfoy. Was. Smiling.

It's the end of the world as we know it, it's the end of the world as we know it…

Hermione simply stood there. Something about them twirling around, smiling and looking so happy was making her jealous. Wait, jealous? Whoa now, I do NOT like Malfoy! Never in a million years! No bloody way! she thought, ordering her traitorous mind to agree with her. But you do. it argued back. She bit her lip and tried hard not to cry, reminding herself that he and she hated each other.

"You two….know each other?" Harry finally managed to get out. Alice nodded.

"We knew each other as kids, but then…" her voice trailed off as she looked at Draco, her eyes asking for permission, but he gave her a slight shake of the head. She sighed, and continued.

"Then my Mom decided to move to Japan, and we c…didn't want to make the owls go that far, so we haven't talked since." she smiled, beaming at Draco, who gave a small smile back. Then he remembered.

"Alice, I'm not welcome here. I'd best be off before they remember that too." he said, his voice almost sad. Alice looked around, confused. Then she saw Harry and Ron, reaching for their wands, and Hermione glaring. If looks could kill, Draco would have been lucky to be dead. She looked at Draco, whose hand was on his wand too, then started laughing.

"Alice! Get away from him or Harry might hit you on accident!" ordered Hermione, fearful for her new friend's life and sanity.

"I've got it!" trilled Alice, spinning out to the middle of the group. Whipping out her wand, she flourished it a few times, then made her move.

She pointed at Draco with her wand, then the Golden Trio.

"I'm going to get all of you to be friends by the end of this year! What's more, I'm going to pair each of you up with the person who's right for you!" giggled Alice. Draco's face became a whole lot paler all of a sudden. He ran up and grabbed Alice by the shoulders.

"No! No way are you going on some insane mission to ruin my life again! Don't you dare do it Alice!" shouted Draco. Alice just shook her head and danced her way up the stairs.

"Oh and by the way. Hermione and Draco, you two are leashed together. I'm changing all your classes so that you're together, since you only have about the distance between the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables. Don't worry, Hermione, it lets you go to bed separately, but not when I arrange with Dumbledore for you two to share a room. After all, she's Head Girl and he's Head Boy! It only makes sense! Ta ta!" she called over her shoulder. Draco just put his head in his hand. Harry and Ron were stuck staring at the now empty staircase.

Oddly enough, Hermione was the one who talked first.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"

Shinju: If you want to know what Alice looks like, it's more a punk version of Miwako from Paradise Kiss, the manga. Type it into Google!

Sango: Till next time!