The plane landed at The London Magical Airport. Hestia introduced Tiannah to her parents, while Tiannah introduced Hestia to her own. Tiannah said goodbye to Hestia and gave her parents huge hugs. They hopped into their family car.

"So, I didn't tell you this in the letters, but we won the School Cup!" she exclaimed happily. Her parents engulfed their daughter in praise. As they reached their home, Tiannah grinned broadly. Her parents opened the door and she stepped into her home.

"So that Hestia seems nice," Jane, Tiannah's mother, said thoughtfully.

"Yeah, she is! I've made heaps of new friends. Hestia is my best though, even though she is really eccentric and girly. Honestly, she had a thing for a professor..." she trailed off, sighing.

"What about Oliver, then?" Tiannah's Dad, Daniel, teased.

"Who's Oliver?" Tiannah joked.

"Your bloody best friend, I'm hoping," a familiar Scottish voice said in indignation. A broad grin crossed Tiannah's features and she ran into her best friends arms.

"I haven't seen you in ages," she said, her voice cracking slightly.

"Well, I'm here now," he said consolingly to his best friend.

"God, you've grown!" Oliver said in surprise. Tiannah was always tall for her age, bu she had grown considerably over the year. She giggled and stood on her tiptoes, so she was Oliver's height. He looked annoyed.

"I am taller than you, and it will stay that way," he said warningly. Tiannah stuck her tongue out at Oliver but laughed.

"Can you help me unpack?" she asked, putting on her best puppy dog eyes.

"Fine," Oliver groaned. They walked upstairs, with their arms around each other's shoulders.

"So, Ollie, I didn't tell you this, but we won the school cup! Our team won by two hundred points!" Tiannah said happily, grinning. Oliver tackled her in a hug and congratulated her.

"I bet they were calling you the star Chaser," he said, happy for his best friends' achievements. Tiannah frowned slightly. How had Oliver known? He shifted uncomfortably. Hestia had told him that. She dismissed it and started unpacking her stuff. Oliver helped his friend unpack her items, grateful for her company again.

The holidays passed very quickly. Oliver was getting sad at the prospect of not seeing his friend for another year. On the second last week of Tiannah's holiday, Hestia arrived at her doorstep.

"Hello!" the blonde girl squealed, hugging her best friend. Tiannah called Oliver from upstairs and he ran down.

"Hi, I'm Hestia Lawrence," Hestia said to Oliver, who shook her hand and gave her a meaningful look. They, of course, already got to know each other, due to letter correspondence. Tiannah noticed this exchange, and felt extremely jealous. Hestia noticed this and gave her friend an apologetic look. Hestia, after all, was almost certain that the two harboured feelings for each other, feelings other than friendship. Oliver and Tiannah were going to do some more Quidditch practice, as they had done all holidays, but Hestia hated Quidditch. The three friends walked down to a nearby field, and Hestia and Tiannah talked about the former's time in Italy. Oliver was feeling a bit annoyed. Hestia and Tiannah had the whole year together, and he had little under a week. But, if Tiannah was happy, that was fine. After all, they had been joined at the hip all summer.

The day came when Oliver had to say goodbye to his friend again.

"Oliver, you will get onto the Gryffindor Quidditch team. We have been training all summer. You will be the best Keeper there is, and you will smash Marcus Flint," Tiannah said, in a fierce but reassuring voice. Oliver gave his friend one last wave as she left to go to America.

"So. This year I was thinking that we should definitely get fitter," Hestia said unexpectedly, while they were flying to America.

"Well, I do heaps of Quidditch training, so I don't really need to," Tiannah replied.

"Well, fine, but can you train me?" Hestia asked with wide eyes.

"God, Hest. You really don't need to get any fitter," she said, rolling her eyes. Hestia had a tendency for unusual outbursts.

"But I want legs like yours!" the blonde whined.

"Well, play Quidditch. I have been since I was four, so just play for eight years," Tiannah answered bluntly.

"No way! Actually, I'm fine with my legs, thanks," she said. Tiannah laughed at her friend's wackiness. As weird as Hestia was, Tiannah couldn't think of a better friend to navigate the halls of Salem Witches Academy with.

Lessons started a day after they returned. They moved common rooms, as they were now second years. However, the girls decided to keep the same sleeping arrangements, as it had worked well the year previously. Sally was shy, so she and Lilliana, who was bookish, got along well. Hestia and Tiannah, despite the fact that they were different, got along the best. Calista was one of those lovely girls who got along with everyone. If things got too crazy in the dorm, Lilliana and Sally were good at calming things down. Tiannah was also close to Lizzie, Tanya, Maddie, Dolly, Christina and Anna, all of whom were on her Quidditch team. The first lesson for the day was charms. The charms professor, Professor Orion, was an elderly woman. She was strict, but quite fair too, though Hestia found her to be very biased against blondes.

"Honestly," Hestia complained when class was over, "she treats you like you are a genius, and yet when I answer a question correctly, she praises me like I am five!" she huffed. "And she does the same to Lizzie and Christina!" Tiannah knew that Hestia could become really worked up by people treating her as if she was dumb, so she did her best to comfort her.

"Hest, she's just an old teacher. Who cares what she thinks!" Tiannah reasoned, not wanting Hestia to be angry all day.

"True, and she is probably just jealous of my looks!" she said arrogantly. Tiannah laughed.

Oliver was yet again on the Hogwarts Express, sitting next to Ken.

"God, stop being so miserable. You obviously had a great summer, judging by that photo," Ken said in awe, pointing to the photo in Oliver's hand, with himself, Tiannah and Hestia.

"Why would that be an indicator that my summer was great?" he asked, very perplexed.

"You're standing next to two beautiful girls, one of which is your best friend!" Ken said incredulously to his friend.

"Beautiful?" Oliver snorted.

"So, you wouldn't mind if I went to your house these holidays, and asked her out?"

"Hestia? Yeah sure, go ahead," Oliver dismissed.

"No, I mean Tiannah. Are you sure you wouldn't mind?" Ken asked, knowing that it would annoy Oliver. He felt a stab of anger. Ken noticed this on Oliver's features.

"Nah, don't worry mate. She's yours. I have my eyes on the blonde. Can you arrange for me to see her?"

"What? Oh, yeah, I'll ask Tiannah," he replied absentmindedly.

Tiannah began her private training with Theo. Hestia noticed that the crush Tiannah had on him had become bigger over the holidays. There was good reason too: he was a fifth year, with hazel eyes and blonde hair. Hestia kept teasing Tiannah about this, to the brunette's dismay. "Well, Tiannah, Oliver will be devastated!" she teased.

"About what?" she asked, though she had a vague idea about what her friend was insinuating.

"This crush on Theo! God, didn't you even think about how Oliver would react!" Hestia tutted.

"Oliver won't care at all, because I have been telling people this my whole life: we are just friends. Anyway, Theo and I won't happen. I just like him, is all," Tiannah shrugged. Hestia looked skeptical. Tiannah shook her head."Look, I swear! That's all that will ever happen. Why would Theo fancy me? And why would Oliver care?"

"Girl, you are gorgeous! And I don't know about Oliver, but Theo is crazy about you!" Hestia said, her eyes bright. Well maybe I do know about Oliver. But I don't think she even knows yet, she thought.

"Thank you, Hestia, but I doubt it," she snorted.

"Yes! That's it!" Theo yelled to Tiannah when she did a particularly good dive and roll. Tiannah landed and panted.

"Woah! That took forever!" she puffed.

"But it was worth it! It was perfect!" Theo said, patting the blushing girl on the shoulder.

"Thanks!" she said, her blush not subsiding. Hestia gave Tiannah the thumbs up from the sidelines. Theo was staring at Tiannah while she was looking at Hestia, who was mouthing something.

"Sorry," she muttered to Theo, as she walked towards Hestia.

"What the hell are you trying to tell me?"

"He was staring at you! Eek!" Hestia squealed, jumping up and down.

"Hestia, put that loved crazed brain away and be sensible. As if," Tiannah said firmly, though her heart was pounding madly.