The silence that followed was deafening. I could feel every eye upon me. Harry looked shocked. Ginny relieved. Ron, George, and Fred oblivious. Hermione, smug. I quickly said, "The game is over." The net disappeared. I quickly got up and fled the room. I did not go back to my room. I could not stay in this house. My secret was out. I had to leave.

I ran out of the house into the back yard. I cried, "Accio Firebolt! Accio Trunk!" My stuff flew towards me. I used a levitation charm on my trunk and grabbed my broom. Just and I was about to push off, I heard a voice behind me. It said stop.

I turned around slowly and looked Harry straight in the eyes. "Harry," I said, "you were not supposed to find out. You aren't supposed to know. I have to leave. I need to go. The ministry is going to kill me. No one was supposed to know."

Harry looked confused. "I know," he said. "Somehow, I've always known. I always believed I had a sibling. When you came today, I was sure. You looked just like me, we could even be twins!"

"Harry, we are, and were not. I would explain but you know to much. I want to stay here, but if I do, I will have to explain everything. I can't do that, not yet."

Harry sighed. "I know," he said. "I won't ask about it. You won't have to tell. Please stay."

Now it was my turn to sigh. I knew that I wanted to stay. I had finally found a home and a family. I did not want to leave so soon. I found myself walking toward Harry. We met in a loving hug, an understanding. A truce.

That summer was the best I had ever experienced. I was finally happy. All of us spent it together. We played, we laughed, we flew. I finally felt like I belonged somewhere. Such a feeling.

I woke up one morning to the sound of tapping. I looked around the room until I spotted a black owl at my window. Thebes, with a parcel for me. Groggily, I pulled myself out of bed and opened the window for my beautiful owl. I gently took the parcel and read who it was from. My hand began to shake as I opened the envelope. Inside, the letter was written in a neat scrawl.

Dear Lizzy,

We are please to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding. We hope that you will join us this year. You will begin as a 7th year, but you will be allowed to take special Auror courses.

With Much Respect,

Professor M.

I read the letter four more times. I could not believe my eyes. I now had a school to go to. A school that would allow me to persue my dreams. Finally, I belonged. I quickly got dressed and ran down the stairs into the kitchen. Harry, Ron, and George were already in the kitchen. I ran over and gave Ron a huge hug while screaming in delight. I continued to hug everyone in the room. I was so happy, but I was getting a few funny looks from Ron and Harry.

I quickly explained that I had been accepted to Hogwarts and that now I would be able to attend school with them. Both of them broke into a smile. Apparently, it is not often that they accept new students after first year. I was so happy. Soon everyone in the kitchen was jumping up and down and screaming with me. Such a sight to see.

After a while, George said, "I'll help you to get your supplies. You will be in our year and I need to get my book anyway."

"Thanks," I said, "but I planned to go with Fred to get my stuff. The three of us could go. Would that be okay?"

"Sad to say, Fred is out of town today. He went with Arthur to the ministry today." Mrs. Weasly informed me.

"Oh…" I said. "Sure George, we can go together."

The two of us left to go shopping. Everything was going fine. George was hitting on me a little, but not enough to make me worry. We had finished buying our books, potions supplies, and parchment. All that was left was to buy new dress robes for George and all types of robes for me.

We entered the store together and George walked up to the counter. He said, "The beautiful young lady here will be attending Hogwarts this year and could use some robes. Both for school and for the dances."

The lady took my size and handed me my new Hogwarts robes. They were plain and had no emblem on them. I knew that I would have to be sorted with the first years. As for the dress robes, I got to choose. I took a couple of them into the dressing room. I tried on a couple but none of them looked right. I began to give up.

George knocked on the door to the dressing room. He said, "I found one that I think will make you look beautiful."

He handed me a light blue dress with a few white bows on it. It was long and was cut of that it hugged my curves. I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked good. I walked out of the dressing room and George smiled. I knew I had found the one. I bought the dress and the two of us left for home.

A few days later I found myself on "the" train. The Hogwarts Express. The train was one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen. The train to, from what I've been told, heaven. I was thrilled. Harry had to go because he was a prefect and had to go to a meeting with Hermione. Ron, Fred, and George had to leave to go play a few tricks on the Slytherins and Ginny went to go find some hot boys. That left me.

I walked to the back of the train until I found an open compartment. There wasn't one. I did find one with only one person in it though. I pulled my trunk into it. The boy had blond hair and gray eyes. He was kind of cute, just kind of.

I said, "Do you mind if I sit in here? Everywhere else is full."

"I don't care," he said.

"Thanks. By the way, my names Lizzy. What year are you?"

"I'm Draco. I'm a seventh year. You?"

"I'm a seventh year to."

He looked up with an inquisitive look on his face. He checked me up and down until his eyes fell on the spot of my robe where my house emblem should be.

He said, "Are you new?"

"Yes. I used to go to a school in the Americas. It was very small."

He said nothing. He looked out the window for a long time. I was hurt. Rejected so soon. I had just gotten here. I pulled out my wand and spent some time conjuring small animals and placing them in a cage. Finally, I lost interest. I accidentally flicked my wand in the wrong direction and my cage full of animals flew into Draco and opened. Who knew that the boy was afraid of rodents?

He did let out quite a scream. I found it funny but he, to put it nicely, was ticked. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at me.

"You will pay for that insult," he told me.

I simple smiled and pulled out my wand as well. I could take down anything. I had mastered non-verbal commands and quickly thought expeliarmus. His wand flew into my hand. Draco looked a bit shocked by my skill. Pocketing his wand, I left the compartment, summoning my trunk and broom behind me.

I found Harry, Ron, and Hermione in a compartment a few minutes later. I sat down with them and told them about the new "friend" that I had made today. They all laughed very hard and told me that he was their enemy. A Slytherine more evil than anyone else in the school. I was strongly instructed to keep the wand, it might come in handy, for leverage.

When the train pulled to a stop, I ran to the window. I wanted so badly to see my new school, but of course, it was raining so I was not able to see anything at all. I followed Harry out of the train. Outside was one of my new teachers. He held a sign with the word, Lizzy, on it. I walked over to him saying, "My name is Lizzy."

"I'm Professor Lupin. I teach Defense Against the Arts."