Chapter 2:

~Phoebe POV~

I looked out the window and saw just the dark grounds of Hogwarts. A memory came to me as I looked, I could still see them doing it right now.

~Flashback~

I was 11 years old again, my first year at Hogwarts and lonely, after all who would want to be friends with me, even if they didn't know who I really was. I was staring out at the grounds when I saw four figures running toward the whomping willow. I heard that kids sometimes did pranks with the willow, but I thought anyone who went near it was crazy. Those kids were going to get hurt.

I decided I wasn't going to let that happen, some poor kid was about to get hurt because some older ones wanted to see if they were dumb enough to do it. I grabbed my cloak and snuck out of the common room. I made it through the halls; the prefects weren't that bright when it came to what I wanted. I made it to the grounds and saw tiny figures had almost reached the trees.

I knew better than to call out to them, one they were too far to hear and two it would alert the prefects. I silently and quickly took off toward the tree toward them, sticking to the shadows because I blend it better. I was almost there when one of the figures just disappeared. I narrowed my eyes and continued, just faster. I could see them better; they were staring at the tree, as if waiting for something.

I did a small gasp as the tree suddenly stopped moving and the guys hurried toward it, they were holding one of the other up a bit. I still couldn't see their faces; I refused to go to bed until I knew their faces so I could tell them to stop torturing new kids. I ran toward the tree as the kids disappeared and I was just about to follow when the tree almost hit me, but I moved barely in time.

The tree must have gotten control again, because it was attacking with such speed and what seemed like rage. I wasn't as fast as the tree and it caught me in the ribs and threw me against its trunk. I gasped for breath and sank to the ground, but fell back into a hole. I tasted blood in my mouth and my legs were slightly numb.

I pulled myself up by a root and saw I was in a tunnel, it was small and I knew I had to follow it. I made my way slowly but surely, my ribs were aching and my legs felt like jelly, but I continued, I wasn't taking defeat so easily. I saw an opening after what seemed like forever, I climbed outta the hole to see myself in a house.

I froze; this was the shrieking shack, the most haunted place in London. I stood up slowly, just waiting for a spirit to come and scream at me. I heard growling, like a monster. I looked around for the source and looked up the creaky stairs; I took a breath and started up them to get tackled back down by a black shadow.

I had snapped my eyes shut as we fell and felt something wet touch my cheek. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a pair of yellow eyes staring back. The wet thing was a nose, a dog nose; I blinked a few times and saw the shadow was just a black dog now standing above me. I heard something else and looked back to see something that was the strangest thing in the world, there was a stag standing to the side with a rat on its antlers.

I heard more growling, the same growl I had heard earlier. The dog grabbed my robe and started pulling me toward the hole. I was tossed back inside the dark hole and my vision was blocked by the three creatures. The rat was watching me while the other two faced toward the stairs. After was seemed like the longest time, the stag hopped into the hole with me, crowding the tiny space.

It was holding a piece of paper in its mouth. I took it and saw that the rat was gone from its antlers. I opened the paper and read the guy writing. 'Go wait by the entrance before you get killed, M.' I looked at the stag and it nudged me back toward the entrance. "Alright, I'm going, stop pushing." I hissed in a low tone and it seemed to understand because it stopped, then hopped out of the hole, leaving me alone.

I found my way back and sat at the entrance on a rock, no one was getting past me unless I said so. I yawned and stretched, then instantly grabbed my ribs in pain. Something had to be broken or at least cracked. I took long slow breaths and soon the pain wasn't as bad. I waited and waited until I could see the sun started to rise from the hole. I heard whispered talking and suddenly knew I had to pretend to be asleep, I quickly and silently curled into a comfortable position and closed my eyes.

"What? A girl?" one of the voices said. "Yeah, she must have seen us and followed." "How did she get by the willow?" "I'm not sure, but Prongs told her to wait up here." "And she listened." The voices died and I knew they were able to see me now. "She's a new girl, first year." "Yeah, I think I remember her from the sorting ceremony" "Really? I don't remember a girl with violet eyes."

I cursed myself for not wearing my contacts before chasing after them. "Maybe we just didn't really look. After all we didn't really care at the moment, Mooney's day was coming, and we were worried about that." "Guys, be quiet before you wake her." they got quiet for a minute. "She is pretty though, isn't she?" this voice was squeaky and weak sounding.

"Got that right Worm tail. She is very pretty; I might have to get to know her better." "Oh really Pad foot? Don't have enough fan girls already?" they shared a quiet laugh. "Alright, so who's waking her up?" no one said anything. "We can't just leave her here." "Why not? See how she got past the tree." "Pad foot!" "What? I'm just saying, to make sure no one else can get by so this doesn't happen again."

"Worm tail, go freeze the tree and we'll figure out who's carrying her." I heard footsteps coming toward me, then worm tail tripped over me and I gasped at the pain in my ribs. I pretending to wake up and rubbed my eyes. "Well at least we don't have to carry her." a voice said and I looked up at their faces. Worm tail must have gone, because there were only three boys standing above me.

"What's your name?" my vision cleared and I saw a guy with glasses and blue eyes smiling at me. "Phoebe…" "I'm James, this is Sirius and Remus." I looked at the guys he was pointing to. "How did you get past the tree?" Sirius said, getting close to my face. I felt my angry building; he wanted to make me another one of his fan girls. I glared and sat up completely, ignoring my pain and tossed my hair off my shoulders, hitting him in the face.

"None of your business." I hissed and he smirked, then Remus came over to me, sitting beside me. "Miss Phoebe, can you not tell anyone about this? It is a big secret." I looked into his tired sad eyes and nodded. "Where did the animals go?" I asked and heard someone call. "Its froze." Remus and Sirius left and James pulled me up, but I grabbed my ribs.

"Are you hurt?" "I'm fine." I managed to say and he shook his head. "You got in by mistake didn't you?" I looked away and nodded. "The tree hit me and knocked me into the hole." He helped me out of the hole, Sirius was glaring at us. "What took you so long? Making out?" I kicked a rock at him and he caught it. "Good aim, terrible speed." "Shut up Pad foot, she's hurt."

~End Flashback~

I sighed, letting the memory fade away. First meeting with the guys wasn't the best, but I hope I never forgot it. I climbed into bed and went to sleep, dreaming of old days.