Sorting and First class

Thanks you two for reviewing. Here's the second chapter. Dreams are going to be like this so you can tell them apart from the other stuff.

"So it's true…Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." A guy with white blonde hair said, stepping in front of Harry, Ron and Leah as they waited for McGonagall to return. "I'm Malfoy…Draco Malfoy." Ron sniggered and Leah elbowed him in the ribs. "Think my name's funny do you? No need to ask who you are. Red hair…and a hand-me-down robe…you must be another Weasley." Draco turned his eyes on Leah and a smirk crossed his face. "But I have to ask who this is."

"Leah Black." Leah said, before Ron or Harry could say something.

"I see." Draco said, he looked at Harry and Leah. "You'll soon find that some wizards are better then others. I can help you two there." Leah snorted.

"I think I can tell the wrong kind from the right by myself thanks." Harry said. Draco looked ready to say something but McGonagall had just come back and had tapped him in the shoulder with a scroll. Draco gave Harry a look and gave Leah a slightly longer one before moving away.

"We're ready for you." McGonagall said, turning and leading the first years into the great hall. Leah spotted Fred, George and their friend, Lee Jordan. She waved slightly at them and they waved back. She completely forgot about McGonagall until she looked back at her. "…I shall place the sorting hat on your head…and you will be sorted into your houses." She started calling the role.

When Hermione Granger's name was called, Hermione looked nervous and started talking to herself.

"Mental that one…I'm telling ya." Ron whispered to his friends, Harry nodded and Leah smiled.

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat called out and Hermione removed the hat and sat down at the Gryffindor table, near Percy. When the hat was placed on Draco's head, it hardly touched before it declared him a Slytherin. Then Ron's name was called and Leah gave his hand one more squeeze before pushing him forward.

"HA! Another Weasley…I know just what to do with you…" The hat said. "GRYFFINDOR!" Ron looked relieved as he went and sat next to the twins.

"Leah Black." McGonagall said. There were slight murmurs through the whole hall as Leah approached the stool and the hat. McGonagall put the hat on her head.

"Hmm…let's see." The hat said, although Leah was sure she was the only one that could hear it. "Very strong background you have. Both parents in Gryffindor…and one set of grandparents. Lots of qualities that would make you great for that house…but quite a few that would make you great for another house." Leah focused her mind on being set in Gryffindor. "Well…you want to be in that house…works for me. GRYFFINDOR!" Leah smiled and removed the hat before joining Ron.

"Harry Potter." McGonagall said.

"Shh." Leah said, looking at the twins that were talking loudly. She looked at Harry as the hat was placed on his head. He started muttering after a few seconds before finally the hat shouted out that he should be in Gryffindor. Leah clapped along with the others at her table and smiled at Harry as he sat next to her. "Just like your parents."

"What?" Harry asked, looking at her with a confused look.

"Uh…never mind…forget it." Leah said.

"No…Leah…tell me." Harry said. Leah bit her lip but at that moment Ron poked her hard in the arm. Leah turned to look at him and he was pointing at the table. "Whoa…look at all this food."

"Wow…here's something Fred and George were right about." Leah said, grabbing some food. She was glad Harry was distracted by the food. There was talking about family now. Leah sat quietly, idly moving her food around her plate.

"You ok?" Harry asked, Leah looked at him and nodded, forcing a smile. "You're not a family person are you?" Leah shook her head. "Me neither…the only family I have is my uncle, aunt and cousin."

"That's too bad." Leah said. She was thinking that, if Dumbledore wasn't so mean and sent Harry to the Dursley's, then he would have had a better life with a godmother. "I have my mom…and my grandparents…but I only see them once over the summer and once over Christmas Holidays. My grandpa is an aurora and my grandma is a healer."

"What does your mom do?" Harry asked.

"Umm…she mostly stays home with me." Leah said. "She went here…with her two best friends. Ron's mom and someone else. There were four guys that they always hung around with…well…five guys. One of them is Ron's dad."

"And the other four?" Harry asked.

"Umm…" Leah said, thinking. "I only know their nicknames. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs." Harry smiled. "Well my mom started dating Padfoot and fell in love with him. Her other friend started dating Prongs and fell in love with him."

"Cool." Harry said.

"Yeah." Leah said. "The last I remember of them…Prongs was…dead…and Padfoot was in jail."

"Sorry." Harry said. Leah wondered if he knew that Padfoot was more then likely Leah's dad.

"It's no big really." She said. "I never really knew them. I was almost a year old when that happened."

"I was almost a year when my parents were killed by Vo…uhh…You know who." Harry said.

"Voldemort." Leah said, but quietly.

"How come you're not afraid to say it?" Harry asked.

"My mom wasn't…so I'm not." Leah said. "I mean…it's just a name. There's no point in being afraid of it." Harry nodded. Dumbledore stood and did a speech then sent them all off to their common rooms.

"FIRST YEARS THIS WAY PLEASE!" Percy called out. Leah groaned and Harry looked at her confused.

"I forgot Percy was a prefect." Leah said as they stood up and followed Ron. "I can't believe I did…he walked around all proud of it and stuff. He kept mentioning it and I completely forgot."

"Lucky you." Ron said over his shoulder. "Whoa…the pictures are moving!"

"Wow." Leah said, although Ron could tell she really wasn't impressed.

"How long have you two known each other?" Harry asked.

"Whole lives practically." Leah said. "Remember I said my mom and his mom were best friends." Harry nodded. "Well me and Ron are pretty much best friends. His mom freaked us out though because I had to stay with them the last week of the holidays and, normally I stay in Ron's room with him, but she told me to stay with Ginny, his younger sister."

"Oh Le…don't reply it please please please." Ron begged. Leah and Harry laughed at him. They ignored everything Percy said but the password and then followed everyone into the common room.

"Girls' dorm to the left, boys' to the right." Percy said, pointing. "You'll find your things have already been brought up for you."

"See you guys in the morning." Leah said. "Meet me here. I'll probably be awake before you two are." She followed the other first year girls up to their dorm, watching Harry and Ron disappear up the stairs to their own.

"I'm sorry." Sirius said. "Looks like I won't be around to see her grow up."

"No!" Sabrina said. Sirius took Leah and kissed her on the head before handing her back to Sabrina and turning away from her. Sabrina turned on Fudge, her eyes filled with anger.

"He killed Peter, Sabrina." Fudge said.

"Sirius would never do that." Sabrina said. "Peter was his friend."

"So was James and he betrayed him." Fudge said.

'WHAT!" Sabrina screamed, ignoring the cries from the baby in her arms. "HE WOULD NEVER BETRAY JAMES! HE WOULD RATHER DIE THEN BETRAY HIM!"

"Lower your voice." Fudge said.

"Don't you boss me around. Just because you're the Minster of Magic doesn't mean shit." Sabrina said. "You're still the same blundering old fool you've always been." Fudge's jaw dropped and Sabrina finally turned her attention to the crying infant in her arms. "Now I have to figure out what I'm going to do with my child now that her father's been taken away."

"It's for the best." Fudge said.

"For who?" Sabrina asked. "He loves her more then life itself. He would never risk getting thrown in Azkaban because he knew that it would mean he wouldn't be able to see her anymore." Sabrina's eyes were full of tears. "I hope you're happy. First my best friends get taken away…now my husband. He is not guilty and you know what…my daughter knows that…and she always will. Sirius didn't sent Voldemort," Fudge flinched. "After Lilly and James. They were as much a family to him as I am." Sabrina turned and started walking away.

flash

Sabrina carried Leah into Azkaban and walked quickly past the dementors and to Sirius' cell. She opened the door and put Leah on the ground.

"I hate those guys." Leah said in her small voice.

"I know." Sabrina said. They both looked around then spotted Sirius in a corner. "Wait here." Leah nodded and watched her mother walk over to her father before falling to her knees in front of him. She watched then heard screaming so turned around and found herself in front of Remus.

"Remus?" Leah asked, unsure as he bent over in pain. Her eyes darted to the sky. "Full moon…oh no." She backed away in horror as she watched Remus change then turn his head in her direction before charging.

"LEAH! LEAH WAKE UP!" Hermione said, shaking Leah who woke quickly. "You were screaming. Are you ok?"

"Uh…yeah." Leah said, sitting up and trying to control her breathing. "Just a bad dream…that's all."

"Are you sure?" Lavender asked. "You don't look so well."

"Maybe you should see the nurse." Hermione said.

"I'm fine…really." Leah said. "Just…remembering." The other girls looked confused but didn't press the matter. Leah didn't sleep the rest of the night.

When she met with Harry and Ron, both guys looked at her with odd expressions.

"Nightmare?" Ron asked. Leah nodded. "Flashback type?" Leah nodded. "Real bad?" Leah nodded. Ron nodded and Harry looked confused.

"Ok…I missed something." He said.

"It's a thing between me and Ron." Leah explained as they went down to breakfast. "He knows how I look if I don't get enough sleep so he asks the questions…done it so often he only has to say three words tops."

"Wow." Harry said. "So you have nightmares a lot."

"Practically everyday." Leah said. "Always involving my dad."

"Was he bad?" Harry asked.

"I…don't remember." Leah said. "The last time I saw him…I was five." Ron never knew who her father was. The only people who knew were her grandparents, mom, Molly, Arthur and Remus. Bill and Charlie had a vague idea but they never really saw Sirius much at all. They couldn't tell anyone anything anyways. Bill was in Egypt and Charlie was in Romania, having fun with dragons. Leah thought a lot about joining him when she was done school. She liked dragons.

"Uh…does anyone know where we are?" Harry asked suddenly. Leah looked around. She definitely did not know this part of the school.

"Nope." Ron said. "Looks like we should try to get to our first class then if we're going to get lost so easily."

"Yeah…come on." Leah said, turning and going down a staircase.

A while later they ran through a hall and skidded to a halt in front of the transfiguration classroom. They walked in and were glad that they didn't see McGonagall.

"Could you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?" Ron asked. Just then the cat on the front desk jumped and turned into McGonagall.

"Oh boy." Leah muttered.

"That was bloody brilliant." Ron said.

"Why think you mister Weasley for that fine assessment." McGonagall said. "Perhaps it would be easier for me to transfigure Mister Potter, Miss Black or yourself into a pocket watch? Maybe then two of you would be on time."

"We…" Leah said.

"We got lost." Harry filled in.

"Then perhaps a map." McGonagall said. "I trust you don't need one to find your seats."

"Now I understand what my mom meant when she said McGonagall was strict." Leah muttered after they had sat down and started copying notes.

"Yeah." Ron said. "No idea she was like this."

"Maybe we should talk about other things." Leah whispered to Ron after looking at Harry. "I think Harry might feel like we're leaving him out."

"Good idea." Ron whispered back. Leah sighed and continued with her notes. She knew this was only the first of the torture…especially because of Snape before the potions professor. She had heard all she needed from her mom and knew for a fact that she and Harry were more then likely going to be on Snape's bad side before he knew them. Leah idly wondered if it was too late to be transferred to a different school in order to get away from Snivillus…uh...Snape.

Second chapter. Just thought I'd add in the nickname there at the end for a little kick. And I added the bad part from the last chapter of the other fic into Leah's dream. Remember…need reviews or no updates.