A/N: ok sorry for the long space between updating. Has anyone read HBP yet?I finished it on Sunday andI loved it!I cried at the end andI know i'm not alone lol. Well anyway I'll shut up now andhere's chapter 3 : )

Charlie and Harmony arrived at the Care of Magical Creatures lesson a few minutes late as Harmony had stopped every so often to stare at certain statues and paintings with a puzzled expression on her face. She had been particularly interested in the statue of the one-eyed, humpbacked witch on the third floor and had stood staring at it for about five minutes and Charlie hadn't wanted to pull her away just incase something jogged her memory.

Therefore, when Charlie and Harmony arrived at the paddock where Care of Magical Creatures took place, all of the other students were already there.

'Nice of you to join us Mr. Weasley, but I believe its ten points from Gryffindor for your tardiness,' Professor Kettleburn said when they approached. 'And who are you?' the teacher placed a piercing stare on Harmony.

'Um, I-I'm Harmony Smith. I'm new here.' Harmony answered, looking at Charlie for help. But before Charlie could say anything, Professor Kettleburn waved his hand dismissively and turned away from the two of them.

'Fine, fine – I just hope you are competent in this subject as I have no intention of recapping the full terms work for you.'

'Yes, sir,' Harmony said meekly, looking quite terrified of the old man.

'Relax, his bark's worse than his bite,' Charlie whispered to her. Harmony smiled gratefully at him.

'Today we will be conducting our lesson in the Forbidden Forest. All of you follow me.' Commanded the elderly professor, heading off towards the edge of the forest. There was a murmur of interest from the class – they rarely went into the forest and it always proved to be an interesting lesson when they did.

Charlie and Harmony joined the back of the group making their way down to the Forbidden Forest. Harmony was eying it nervously.

'Why exactly is it forbidden?' she asked Charlie.

'You sure you want to know?' Charlie asked jokingly. Harmony nodded. 'There's a lot of stuff in there you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley – or anywhere else for that matter.'

Just then a boy in front of them fell back so that he was walking at the side of Charlie.

'And you'd know all about the stuff in there wouldn't you, Weasley?' Jarrett Nixon said.

'Shove it, Nixon,' Charlie said gruffly to the obnoxious Slytherin. He had stopped trying to be civil to him a long time ago.

'Tut, tut, language Weasley, I was only stating that maybe you spend a little too much time in there for your own good,'

'And since when have you cared about my 'good'?' Charlie retorted.

'I never said I cared, Weasley.' Jarrett replied.

'So why are we having this conversation?' Charlie smirked when Jarrett was unable to make a comeback and sulked back off to his friends.

'Who was that?' Harmony asked, eying him with great dislike.

'Jarrett Nixon,' Charlie said, throwing Nixon a dirty look. 'You'll soon learn that all Slytherins are bastards, but he's the worst.'

By this time, they had entered the forbidden forest and their conversation ended, the whole class came to a halt in the middle of a small clearing.

'Ok class, quiet please. We are beginning the study of a new creature today and I would like you to actually remember some of the things you learn in this hour.'

Just then Hagrid, the Hogwarts groundskeeper, came striding through the trees.

'Sorry fer the delay professor – had ter deal wi' some Bowtruckles.'

'Quite alright Hagrid,' Professor Kettleburn answered the oversized man. Hagrid walked over to the professor and deposited what looked like a cow carcass at the man's feet.

'Would you like me ter call 'em sir?' Hagrid asked.

'Call what?' Charlie heard Jarrett whisper. Charlie had to admit he was very intrigued now – what were they going to see?

'Yes please Hagrid,' the professor answered and Hagrid brought his fingers to his lips and let out three shrill whistles.

'They should be along in a couple o' minutes, sir,' Hagrid said.

'Thank you. That will be all Hagrid.'

'Right y'are professor,' Hagrid said. He was walking out of the clearing but paused for a moment when he reached Charlie. 'Yer in fer a treat t'day Charlie,'

'What's he showing us Hagrid?' he asked eagerly. The groundskeeper was aware of his fascination with animals, particularly dragons.

'Yeh'll see,' he smiled from behind his tangled black beard before setting off once again.

'Ah, here they are,' came Professor Kettleburn's voice. Charlie's eyes scanned the field but he couldn't see a thing.

'What's he talking about?' Charlie whispered to Harmony. She lifted her hand and pointed slightly to the left of professor Kettleburn, yet Charlie couldn't see a thing still.

'Now raise your hand if you can see them,' Kettleburn said. Three people raised their hands, Harmony included. Charlie was getting frustrated now – what were they seeing?

'Ok. For those of you who can't see them, we are currently sharing this field with Thestral's. Now can anyone tell me what a Thestral is?' immediately, the hand of Robert Sullivan, resident Hogwarts know-it-all, shot up into the air, but at the same time there was a sharp intake of breath from Harmony.

'You okay?' Charlie asked concernedly. She nodded, not taking her eyes off Professor Kettleburn and supposedly the Thestrals.

'Yes, Mr. Sullivan?'

'A Thestral is a horse-like winged creature which can only be seen by those –'

'Who have seen death,' Harmony muttered under her breath along with Robert, but only Charlie heard her. Charlie gave her an odd look, but she only shrugged with a wide eyed expression.

'Excellent, Mr. Sullivan, ten points to Ravenclaw,' Kettleburn said and Sullivan gave a smug smile he always got when he got something right (which was very frequently).

The rest of the lesson was spent consuming fact after fact about Thestrals. Towards the end of the lesson, they were permitted to interact with the Thestrals, but Charlie found it unnerving to be touching something he couldn't see. When the bell rang up at the school, the whole class grabbed their bags and headed for lunch, but none of them escaped the clearing quick enough to avoid the two foot essay about Thestrals they were given for homework.

Back up at the castle, most of the school was already sitting down to lunch when Charlie and Harmony entered the Great Hall. Charlie led Harmony over to the Gryffindor table and sat down in the only space on the table, near his brothers Fred and George.

'Hi Charlie,' the twins said together. The two boys wore identical grins, making Charlie suspicious right away. The two boys were identical in everyway, from their Weasley trademark red hair to their freckles, and right down to their mischievous, pain in the backside personalities.

'You two, this is Harmony – she's new here. Harmony, these are my little brothers, Fred and George.'

'Hi,' said Harmony smiling at the twins. Although most people would not have seen, Charlie had known his brothers long enough to be able to read the look that passed between them – they were up to something.

'Hi,' one of the twins (Charlie wasn't sure which) reached over the table to shake Harmony's hand. 'I'm Gred.'

'And I'm Forge,' added the other. Charlie groaned. And they're off, he thought. Harmony had a bemused look on her face so Charlie quickly jumped in.

'Just ignore them,' he said turning away from his brothers.

'Gee thanks,' one of them said sarcastically.

'And we thought you cared,' the other said in a mock upset voice. Charlie responded with his middle finger and proceeded to pretend they weren't there.

'So how did you know about the Thestrals in Care of Magical Creatures?' he asked Harmony, grabbing a sandwich from one of the many plates on the table. Harmony did the same before answering.

'I don't know,' she answered finally. 'It just came from nowhere.'

'So you don't remember?' Charlie asked.

'Don't be stupid – how can she remember something she doesn't know?' the twins decided to interrupt again.

'She'd have to have known it to be able to forget it to remember it – idiot.' The other twin said. Charlie groaned once again. Being around his twin brothers always managed to give him a migraine.

'Do you two know how to take a hint by any chance?' he asked them before they could continue their rant.

'Nope,' they answered simultaneously, their face splitting into identical, wicked grins.

'Let me spell it out for you then – go away,' he said very slowly as though he were speaking to a two year old. However, he might as well have spoken to the table for all the response he got out of them. Thankfully, the bell rang just then, signalling the end of lunch.

'Let's go – we have transfiguration.' He stood up, eager to get away from his annoying brothers. But before he and Harmony left, he turned to face the two of them. 'Don't forget about Quidditch practice tonight.'

'Yes sir,' they answered in unison, saluting him. Charlie rolled his eyes and walked away, leaving his brothers to annoy someone else.

'What's Quidditch?' Harmony asked as they walked up the stairs to transfiguration.

'You're kidding, right?' he looked at her incredulously. 'Sorry, I keep forgetting. Quidditch is a sport played on broomsticks. It'll take too long to explain it now; you'd probably get it better if you came to a game.'

'Oi Weasley!' Charlie looked up to see his best friend, Damon Keyes, waving him over. He walked over to him, beckoning Harmony to follow him. Damon was stood with Caitlyn, Lori, Jason Taylor and Shaun Brent, the other two boys in Charlie's year.

'So next Friday, we're having a little early Christmas party – you in?' Damon said

'Seventh years only, your dorm.' Caitlyn added.

'So am I getting a choice?' Charlie asked.

'Not really, just thought we'd be polite.' Shaun said.

'Ok, I'm in.' Charlie said.

'Good, 'cause your sleeping in the common room if your not.' Jason said.

'So you enjoying it here so far Harmony?' Caitlyn asked, drawing attention to Harmony for the first time.

'Yeah, it's, um… interesting.' Harmony answered smiling.

'Its gets better, we promise.' Caitlyn assured her.

'Shouldn't make promises that aren't true, Katie,' Shaun said.

'All right everyone, inside please,' professor McGonagall's voice rang through the crowd. 'That means you lot too.' She nodded in their direction, giving them her trademark no-nonsense look. The seven of them traipsed into the room in single file, Damon in the lead. The group made for the back of the room and took seats at their respective desks. Harmony ended up sat on the end of the row next to Charlie.

'Quiet everyone,' McGonagall swept into the room and the class immediately fell silent. 'Before we begin our lesson, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to introduce a new student to the class. Ms Harmony Smith is a transfer student from Ayers Academy of Witchcraft in Australia.' She gestured to the back of the classroom and everyone turned to look at Harmony. Charlie noticed a blush creep up her neck and tinge her cheeks.

'Ok, now that's done, we will be continuing Monday's lesson on human transfiguration…'

'How did Dumbledore know the name I picked?' Harmony whispered to Charlie as Professor McGonagall launched into an explanation of the dangers of human transfiguration.

'That's the thing about Dumbledore, he knows everything.' Charlie answered.

'Think he knows how to get my memory back?' Harmony smirked.

'Right, everyone into groups of threes – you are going to attempt a simple human transfiguration spell on each other.' Charlie was immediately pulled away with Damon and Jason, leaving Harmony to work with Lori and Caitlyn.

'So how come you get to meet the new girl before the rest of us then?' Damon asked, flicking through his book, reading the instructions idly.

'Dumbledore asked me to show her around since she's on the same timetable as me,' Charlie shrugged. Well, it is the truth, just the edited version, Charlie thought.

'Not fair, how come you get first dibs on all the cute girls?' Jason complained.

'It's a gift,' Charlie replied. 'Now keep still, unless you want me to transfigure something else instead of your hand.' Charlie cocked an eyebrow. The rest of the lesson was spent with the only words spoken being the transfiguration spell and the ocasional string of obscenities when someone got the spell wrong.

At the end of the lesson, the group left the classroom minus Shaun, whose partner had turned his arm into a claw and then realized he didn't know how to turn it back, leaving professor McGonagall to fix it.

'So do you want to come to Quidditch practice with me – you can see what goes on in the game,' Charlie offered Harmony as they walked back to the common room.

'That's ok; I'm going to stay with Caitlyn and Lori tonight.' Harmony answered.

'Oh, ok. Well I'll see you later then; I have to go down to the pitch now.' With that Charlie left for the Quidditch pitch, feeling slightly put out that Harmony wasn't going with him, but not quite understanding why.

A/N: well there you go. did you like it - let me know and review!

Fantasy-yunit - i love charlie/mione fluff too! there just isn't enough of it around. thanx for your review : )

Lovelie - thanx : )

iluvQUOTES2004 - lol - yep lori's going to be a big pain in charlie's side when he's getting with mione.

amrawo - thanx : ) i haven't either unless it was one where mione goes to tom riddles time.

celi - thanx : D

AmoreFuget - i'm glad youlike it. i icked that name cos it sounds pretty close to her actual name. there'll be a little mione/charlie action soon - the next couple of chapters maybe : )

runaway mental patient- thanx : D

Porcelain Prayer - thanx : ) its great writing charlie becauewe hardly know anything about him so it gives you alot of freedom.