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Chapter 21: The New Student

Lily woke up the next morning and was trying to think why her alarm was set earlier than usual. She thought it was the work of Claire and Sirius but then she remembered that the girls had to meet the headmaster in his office before breakfast to 'befriend' the new student that should be arriving.

She rolled out of bed and woke up Claire and Ella. They got out of bed with much force and got ready for the day, putting on their school robes and a little bit of eye liner and lip gloss. Once they were tidy and their hair was brushed they quietly made their way for the portrait hole with their book bag over one shoulder.

They noticed that quite a few people were already up and eating breakfast. They knew the boys usually wait until the last minute to get up so the continues their journey.

"Toffee" they muttered and followed the staircase to the Headmasters office. They knocked and walked in when the door opened for them. Professor Dumbledore was sitting at his desk and on one of the four chairs was the new arrival.

"Please take a seat" he said. They did as they were told and waited for him to go on.

"Well girls, as you know we have a new student at Hogwarts. This is Alexia Coert who has been sported into Gryffindor." he gestured to the shy girl. She stood up and they introduced each other. Alexia had big blue eyes and brown curly hair. She was shorter out of the four and was a little bit chubbier. She smiled nicely to the girls as they spoke for a few minutes.

"Now that you are familiar with each other we should get down to the great hall for breakfast." Professor Dumbledore said as they all stood up, "I will be there in a moment"

They left the office and made their way to the great hall.
"This school is very big" Alexia said looking around.

"Yeah, it is but you will get use to it and sooner or later you know the corridors like the back of your hand" Ella said, kindly.

"Ok, before we go in there we are going to tell you something about this school" Claire started.

"We are?" lily asked.

"This school likes to gossip. You shouldn't be worried too much but you may see people whispering when they see you here" Claire said.

"Claire, now she is going to worried. Way to welcome a new student" lily said.

"No, it's ok. I don't mind. Thanks for the warning but they have a right to whisper and what not. It would be strange if someone completely new was walking through your school especially nowadays" Alexia said bravely.

"Don't worry you will be with us so they will be alright" Lily said. Claire took it upon herself to link arms with Alexia. They enter the Hall and sat down in their usual spot. The girls saw the Marauders eating and joined them.

"Hey guys" Claire said. They all sat on a row.

"Hey, we were wondering-" Sirius started but when he noticed the presence of someone new he stopped. "Who are you?"

"Oh, guys this is Alexia. She new to the school" Ella introduced giving them all a hard stare to be polite. They smiled kindly.

"Well in that case, I am Sirius. Leader of the marauders and the Hogwarts sex god" he said shaking her hand across the table.

"Since when are you the leader?" James asked.

"I am the leader because I say so. I am far too good looking to not be" he replied.

"What's the Marauders?" Alexia asked.

"You don't want to know?" Lily answered.

James was about to explain when Dumbledore stood up and the room was instantly quiet.
"Morning everyone. As you probably already know, we have a new student at the school. Her name is Alexia Coert and she has been sorted into Gryffindor. Could you please stand up Alexia?" he asked. She did as she was told and smiled as everyone clapped and the Slytherins groaned.

"I am sure you will make her feel welcome. That is all you may finished your breakfast and head to your classes" he said.

Professor McGonagall walked quickly over to the group and handed Alexia her timetable. Luckily she was in most classes with the girls but few were different.

"Well looks like today, your subjects are the same as ours, well except for one but that's alright. We'll take you there" lily commented. They all got up and walked to History of Magic.

"I feel sorry for you" Sirius said to Alexia, putting his arm over Claire's shoulder.

"Why?" she asked.

"Because you just came to this school and your first class is History of Magic. You think they would warm up to it" he said.

"What's wrong with History of Magic?" she asked.

"It is the most boring class ever and the teacher goes on and on" Remus answered.

"Yet you take so many notes" James said punching him in the arm.

"Well I have to. I actually want to pass my exams this year" he replied punching him back harder.

"Why is your school split up into four groups?" Alexia asked.

"Oh honey you have so much to learn. Don't worry we will fill you in on all the details at lunch" Lily said.

"Mmmm, lunch" Sirius and Claire said together licking their lips.

They walked into the classroom and sat at a table.
"I feel like I am forgetting something" lily said.

"Me too" James said.

Lily concentrated for a while and stared at the desk.
"Lily is in her concentrating state right now. If we interrupt her she will most likely kick you in the nuts" Sirius said to Alexia.

"I'm a girl. I don't have nuts" Alexia pointed out.

"Then she will probably give you a nipple cripple." he grinned. "But because you're new maybe not"

"The meeting" Lily yelled. James and lily are supposed to be having a meeting this morning at the beginning of the lesson. They moved to the front of the class to ask permission to leave. On the way lily pulled Sirius hair.

"I can hear you when you talk and next time it will be worse than a kick in the balls or your hair ripped out" she whispered.

The others giggled quietly to themselves and watched as Sirius massaged his head.

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"Alright everyone, settle down" lily said.

"HEY! SHUT UP" James yelled as everyone stopped talking and looked at him.

"Thank you" she said. He just grinned and sat down.

"Now we are all here to make to go over the last details for the Ball and any other problems you have." Lily said.

"Alright, let's start. Almost everything is organized. Lily and I will get the decorations tomorrow and Hufflepuff and Gryffindor prefects will meet us in the Great Hall straight after dinner on Thursday night. Any questions so far?" he asked.

"That should be ok because Ravenclaw patrol on Thursdays so no problems should arise. So hopefully if you haven't gotten your robes for the Ball you have tomorrow to do so, otherwise everything is going to be on a tight schedule. Now has anyone been having problems with night patrols so far?" Lily explained.

They all shook their head so they moved on, "You probably already know we are going to be having cheerleading teams this year. We have organized when the auditions for the each houses. They will start after the holidays. Rosters will be put up around the school sometime next week" James summarized.

"Any questions on that?" Lily asked.

One hand shot up in the air, "Who is playing the first Quiddich game after the holidays?" the Ravenclaw prefect asked.

"Gryffindor and Ravenclaw".

"Ok guys. That should be it. Remember on Thursday we need your help so be there ASAP so we can get started and finish it at a reasonable time. Thank you" James said. They all nodded as they got up and left the room.

They were in the room alone for a few minutes and sighed. They rushed the meeting and realized it wasn't a very good idea because now they had to go back to class. They slowly walked together in a comfortable silence and re-entered the room taking their seats.

"That was a little quick for a meeting. How do we know you didn't run off for a quickie?" Sirius asked leaning back on his chair. Just as they were about to sit down they both kicked him and he fell backwards off his chair and landed on the floor with a thump.

Everyone turned back and laughed as he jumped up from his position on the floor.
"Never fear ladies, no harm will come to this face" he said, grinning widely.

"Not if I have anything to do with it" James said. (A/N: Does that sound right? Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks)

"Me too" Lily said.

"Me three" Remus added

"Me four" Ella said.

"Well at least now I know who my real friends are. Claire and Alexia" he said sitting down putting his arm around the two.

"CHICKEN" Claire yelled, waking up from her nap. "Did you say something?"

"Well at least I have Alexia by my side" he said smiling down at her.

She raised her eyebrows, "That's what you think?" she said folding her arms over her chest.

"That really hurt. Looks like I will have to go somewhere else and make friends." he said getting up and walking across the room to a table with three girls. He sat in the middle and gave them a heart-melting smile. They sighed and giggled as he rocked on his chair, smiling smugly at McGonagall.

"That's enough Mr. Black" the Professor said as everyone turned back to the board and continued teaching.

Claire rolled her eyes knowing he would come back and a few minutes later he did so.
He looked at his watch, "Five, four, three, two, one. LUNCH TIME!" he said as the bell rang. He ran out of the classroom, down the corridor and was in the Hall before the others even stood up.

They stood up and walked to the Hall took a pile of food, and Sirius, and sat outside under the tree.
"I really like Hogwarts although it is really big" Alexia said before taking a bite of her sandwich.

"Iz wealy ool, vut not thcat big" Sirius said with his mouth full.

"I'm sorry, I don't speak Martian" Alexia replied.

"I like you" Remus said as they laughed.

"I said. It's really cool but it's not that big when you get used to it" Sirius huffed.

"I think that will take a while" she replied. "I really want to go for a swim in the lake. It looks so nice"

"Don't ever go and swim in the lake" Ella said.

"Why?"

"Let's just say it is home to many sea creatures including a Giant Squid who isn't as friendly as us" James told.

"Ok, well thanks for the warning. Anyway, you were going to tell me about the school and the four houses" she said.

"Right. So four wizards discovered the school. Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. They all had different views of how the school should be run" Lily started.

"Ravenclaw thought the school should for the intelligent who study hard for what they want. Helga Hufflepuff thought the school should be run fairly so everyone is treated equal" James told.

"Gryffindor believed that the school should be for people who were willing to use magic in the right way. They would also have bravery, courage and all that. But then you get Slytherin who only thought that magic should be thought to people who were pureblood" Sirius told.

"So they decided to have four groups and people with the same beliefs would be sorted into the groups to make it easier. Those beliefs had to come from the heart; if you were truly brave then Gryffindor is the house for you. That is why we have the Sorting Hat, he knows what is in your heart" Remus finished.

"What if you are sorted into a house and later on you change your view on things, do you have to stay on the same house?" Alexia asked.

"No Dumbledore will call you to his office and you will be resorted. That only happens when he thinks the time is right" Ella said.

"Wow, do you know anyone that has changed Houses?"

"Nope" they all said.

The bell rang and they headed to their next class, but Alexia wasn't in it with them so they took her to her class before running to their own. Alexia took a seat by herself at the back of the room as everyone else started to come in. Her professor who she didn't know the name of started the lesson and she started to take notes.

The door swung open and a chubby boy with watery blue eyes ran into the room and stopped by the professor.
"Late again Mr. Pettigrew. Next time I am afraid it will be a detention; now please take a seat next to Miss Coert"

He looked around confused, "At the back of the room Mr. Pettigrew" the professor said again, very impatient.
He took his seat and looked at her for a minute.

"Hi I'm Alexia" she said quietly introducing herself.

"Um... I'm um P Peter Pettigrew" he stuttered nervously. He watched as her beautiful curly hair fell in her face only to be flicked behind her. She smiled warmly and he started.

"So, do you usually sit alone in classes or do you have other friends?" she asked.

"Um... M-My friends are in a different class to me, you know the 'Advanced class'" he answered using his fingers as quotation marks.

"That sucks. Well I'm your friends now so you're not alone" Alexia said giving a quick smile and looked at the board when the professor turned around.

"Mr. Pettigrew I know Miss Coert is pretty but can you please pay attention" the professor asked.

"Thank you" Alexia said as a few people giggled.

"Now I want you all to write down these notes and study them because we will be having a test next week"

They all wrote down their notes and the bell rang. Gathering their equipment Alexia and Peter walked to their next class together. The other three Marauders and their girlfriends came back to help Alexia find her way to her last class for the day when they saw she had a new friend.

"Hey guys, how's it going?" Lily asked greeting them nicely.

They turned around and Alexia smiled, Peter glared but mostly at the boys behind them.
"Hey Peter is in my next class as well so we were going together" she explained.

"Ok, do you want us to go?" Claire asked.

"Um... if you want to. I don't mind" she replied.

"Please go" Peter said turning around and walking away.

They all exchanged glances and left Alexia to catch up with him. The others made their way to their next class.

"What was that all about?" Alexia asked.

"It is a very long story" he replied.

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There you go!

I am very sorry it took forever for me to update and I didn't mean to keep you waiting for so long.