Chapter 2: "Mione, are you crazy?
"GRYFFINDOR" (Yeah, like you guys didn't guess!)
The Gryffindors applauded. Juliet joined her house mates.
"And now, I remind you that the Forbidden Forest is…well, forbidden! And a list of What Not To Do In The Corridors is available in Mr. Filch's office. Well, now…let the feast begin!"
All the students started eating. After about two hours, Hermione and Ron started leading the first years to the common room. Juliet was going to follow them too, but Harry said he'd help her himself, otherwise he would be alone.
In their way to the Gryffindor tower, they found Nearly-Headless-Nick.
"Hello, Sir Nicholas!" Harry said.
"Hello, Harry! Had a nice summer?" the ghost asked.
"Yes. Great." Harry answered.
"Oh, is that the new student?"
"Yes, Sir Nicholas. Juliet, this is Sir Nicholas, the Gryffindor official ghost"
"Oh, nice to meet you" she said. She was a little white, though. Maybe it was the first time she was seeing a ghost.
They said goodbye to Nearly-Headless-Nick and made their way to Gryffindor tower.
In the Gryffindor common room, Harry introduced Juliet to his friends.
"Nice to meet you Juliet!" Hermione said. "You see, I'm a Muggleborn too!"
Both girls talked about that subject for a while. When everybody had gone to bed, Hermione and Ron left the common room for their night patrol.
Harry and Juliet started talking about the Wizarding World.
"…and then there's the Knight Bus…it's really fast." Harry told Juliet.
"How is it?" Juliet asked, curious. She, like Harry, wasn't sleepy at all.
"It's a little weird. I mean…it's cool, because you're so fast and the Muggles can't see you. But sometimes you feel like you're going to be sick." Harry explained.
"Harry? Juliet? What are you guys still doing in here?" Hermione asked, as she got in the common room with Ron.
"We're talking" Harry answered.
"At three o'clock in the morning? You should go to bed!" Hermione said.
"C'mon, Mione, it's the first night…" Ron tried to help.
"Still it is wrong! Harry's in seventh year, but Juliet is in 5th! And she's new!"
"Oh, I'm really sorry, Hermione. I…I better go to bed. Good night." Juliet went to the fifth year dormitory.
Harry tried to tell her to stay, but she wouldn't.
"Mione, are you crazy?" Harry asked his friend.
"What did I do?" the head girl asked. Ron laughed.
"What did you do? Hermione, Juliet's new, she doesn't know the rules. And what's the problem about staying here so late?" Harry said to Hermione, angry.
" Well, Harry, I don't want any troubles. You see when we were in the train, professor McGonagall told me we, head boys and girls, should help the new girl in her first weeks at Hogwarts." Hermione explained.
"You scared her! She'll think Hogwarts is horrible" Ron said.
"Ok…I'll talk to her tomorrow…" Hermione said. "Oh, here's a 7th year timetable. Tomorrow I'll give Juliet hers." And she gave Harry a timetable.
"Great. Snape at nine o'clock!" Harry said. After that, the three friends went to bed.
In the next morning, Harry woke up and made his way to Defence Against The Dark Arts.
"Well, I see you're all here" Snape said "Open your books and start reading chapters one and two. I want an essay about Thesterals at the end of the class."
Even though nobody agreed with this essay, Harry heard the others open their books and he did the same.
The Thesterals are a rare specie, walking to extinction. Nowadays, the only known herd lies in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's grounds. Only those who have witnessed a death can see them.
"Don't tell" Harry though, smiling. At least he knew something about that. Thanks to Hagrid. "I wonder if Hagrid was supposed to teach this in fifth year".
At the end of the class, everybody delivered their essays.
Harry tried to look for Juliet before Charms, but he couldn't find her.
"Good Morning, class!" said professor Flithwick. "Today we will practise some spells we studied last year. I hope you remember them all!"
Harry, Ron and Hermione got together in a table and started to work.
After the class, Harry waited for Hermione to go with him to lunch, so she would apologize.
"Hermione…don't forget about Juliet".
When they reached the Gryffindor table they found Juliet talking to everyone, making new friends.
The trio sited down in silence.
"Oh, Hi Harry! Ron! Hermione! How are you guys?" she sounded much happier than the previous night.
Harry and Ron looked at Hermione.
"Err…Juliet?" Hermione said.
"Yes?"
"Well, I just wanted to apologize to you. Last night I was too hard!"
"Oh…" Juliet said. "No problem. It's ok".
"Really, I am sorry. I mean…it's not like I did it on purpose. I'm a Head Girl, I had to follow the rules. You see, I'm not usually that hard, but professor McGonagall always expects me to be watching everybody and…" Hermione said really fast.
"Hermione?" Harry said. She stopped. "She got your point."
Hermione looked at Juliet. The fifteen year old brunette smiled. Harry felt good.
