Chapter 2

That night Jackie dreamed of nothing but what will Jimmy do to her, when he finds out she was sorted into Slytherin. Praise, beat, nothing? She wasn't sure but for one thing was for sure: she was afraid to tell him. He himself was in Gryffindor and he loved saying it; when she asked about his house he kissed her forehead and said he was a lion. She knew what he meant when she asked her mother, Chelsea had been in Ravenclaw. So how in the bloody hell did the daughter of a Slytherin and a Ravenclaw end up in Slytherin; Jackie cringed when she knew that she would turn out to be an evil kid. They say that Lord Voldemort was in Slytherin; everyone in her house turns out evil and into killers. They also say that Albus Dumbledore was in Gryffindor…. Jackie liked Dumbledore how could she ever turn against him, just because she's in Slytherin doesn't mean she'll turn out to be a murderer.

"That's right." She said aloud, kind of loud. She giggled when a girl snapped for her to be quiet, "Sorry." She whispered loud enough for her to hear it and got up to get dressed. She combed out her shoulder length blond hair and put it up in her hair clip to keep people from seeing the way it really looked then she went to the bathrooms and showered for almost twenty minutes and washed her hair probably ten times before getting out. Back in her uniform she went down to breakfast, there was a professor two then not even enough students to fill up one row of the table. She ate some eggs and ham before Severus came into the Great Hall. She finally noticed how nicely done the Hall was done. The ceiling was cast to look like outside, which was a dark blue, almost like night, with few clouds. The candles weren't lit but Jackie was sure that when she came back into the Great Hall for dinner they would be. The tables had a tablecloths that matched the house of the table it was for and the goblets were shiny and the plates clean with not even dust; the high table was beautiful with the plates, silverware, goblets all in the same typical place as the others. Baskets of food were spread out everywhere.

The food Jackie ate on her first morning, as a student was the best. Chelsea couldn't even cook this well. Not that Jimmy would let her mother cook anything, they lived on bread and whatever Jimmy wanted them to eat. Jackie took some steak as Severus sat down and stared at her.

"Your right," she said reading his face. "Too much," she said and put some back on the plate. But she also took some bread and buttered it up and treated her breakfast like a morning dinner. The biscuit was dipped in the sauce and eaten. The Orange Juice had no pulp in it so it was amazingly good; Jimmy always said that the pulp with make you explode because of the sodium and carbs. Although Jackie knew he only said that because of Chelsea and the starving diet he had her on. God forbid his wife and young daughter ever ate anything healthy, the world might blow up! Jackie smiled as she and Severus ate quickly and she got up as soon as she was done and went outside: she promised herself to get darker then Chelsea or her father. She didn't want to look like she was dead anymore or terminally ill with cancer or something.

As Jackie Cross stood up the mail came by owl and she sat down waiting for her own; Gyn would have a boring life because he'll never get the chance to deliver mail to her and she won't write home... Jackie's owl, Gyn rested on her arm and moved up to her shoulder and nipped her ear a little and flew with her outside. As the first year departed to go outdoor she saw about a dozen older students go into the stadium to practice for their sport. The Quidditch players this morning already had shower, eaten, and were completely ready for practice; the season didn't start until November but earlier the better. Jackie ran down to them, the captain of the Gryffindor team turned to her.

"May I watch you practice?" she asked, he smiled and nodded. She thanked him and ran inside the stadium and sat down in the bright sun. She barely watched because the sun blinded her, but it was worth it.

She waved at Lily Evans as she entered the stadium just as the Keeper threw the Quaffle at someone on the broom. Lily smiled but didn't wave back, she came over to Jackie and sat down next to her in the grass. As two small cast iron looking balls were released James and his three best friends came to watch the practice as well. Jackie kept her legs against her chest and her arms around her legs smiling as she watched the players play this sport of theirs. She frowned and yelled out when one of the cast iron balls came pelting at her and Lily but they were able to dodge them. Jackie sat up from her arms over her head and laughed and cheered even as the captain of the Ravenclaw team hit the bludger in a different direction. Jackie saw three people from his team go over to him, he looked down at the two first year girls and nodded and began playing again for a little bit. James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew came over to the two girls and James taunted Lily and she finally smacked him one; Jackie hid her laughter and looked back as another bludger came at them. James grabbed Lily and pulled her out of the way, Jackie ducked again and looked up.

Her blond hair was in her face and the clip was gone from the back of her head, but she found it and put it back in place. The two captains landed next to them.

"Sorry about that first years," they said.

"No worries," Lily said as she pushed James away from her. Jackie didn't respond and stepped back when the Ravenclaw Captain turned to her.

"You have to get to class." he gruffed, she frowned.

Based on where the sun was she learned she still had at least a half an hour until class started without her. "Actually we have at least-."

"No, I said you have class. they can stay."

"That's not-," she realized what he meant. "Just because I'm in Slytherin doesn't mean you can tell me what to do," he frowned.

"Actually I can: I'm a Prefect."

"So?"

"Get out of this stadium Slytherin, you can't be in here. In November when the season starts your house will have our plays and they'll use them against us." Jackie couldn't help thinking what she voiced.

She shook her head, not moving from her spot; she went over and sat back down. "I'm not moving because I don't care if your Head Boy, what make you think they won't take your plays or whatever you called them?" she asked pointing to the Gryffindor Captain, they looked at each other.

James laughed, "She has a point."

"Thank you James," Jackie smiled. then frowned as the Ravenclaw Captain came to wards her, she took that immediately as a threat and got to her hands and knees and crawled between his knees and turned and kicked him. She's seen her mother do that to Jimmy, Chelsea prayed that night thanking God that Jimmy didn't kill her.

When he turned around she thanked her God that he didn't have the broken nose Jimmy had that day. The Gryffindor Captain grabbed her from behind to pull her to her feet, she yelled out and turned and rammed her foot into his own.

"Don't hurt me," she cried. Fear was on her face and it was showing, more then anything else. the Captains looked at each other, she wasn't asking, she was begging for them not to hurt her.

"I was just going to take you the castle, I swear." Jackie only nodded, her hands hurt suddenly. she looked down at the, she used her thumb to get a piece of wood free from her skin. That only created a crease in her palm and nothing else. Jackie Cross thanked her God again and looked up at them; Sirius stepped forward.

He spoke kindly and with care, "Come on I'll take you back to the castle." he said smiling at her, she saw the other players hovering in the air, quiet, so they could hear what was going on.

Then a soft whistling came through the air and the same damned bludger came at the first year Slytherin, "i hate this game." Jackie muttered as Sirius jumped and landed on top of her so she didn't get hurt. he laughed.

"You'll get used to it I'm sure." he said, "Sorry." he added, "I'm Sirius Black is you didn't already know." he added and helped her again, she nodded.

"Jackie Cross," she muttered and the Captains yelled for their teams to get the bludgers back into the box they came in. Jackie muttered something and was asked to repeat it.

"I just said the Snitch thing is over there." she repeated, as they watched they found she was right. The gleaming gold of the beautiful walnut ball sped over to them and Jackie not realizing what the Snitch meant in the game, held out her hand and the ball went into her palm. The crease was gone.they all stared at her as her fingers captured the ball, James asked how she did that.

She shrugged, "I just held out my hand- was I not supposed too?" she asked quickly, only James shook his head. "Oh, I'm sorry; it just came over to us. I assumed it wanted to be caught."

The Captains laughed a little and told the first years the game rules as they went up to the castle. the Gryffindor Captain asked Jackie if she wanted to ride the broom he had in his hand, she was convinced when they practically put her in it and it hovered in the air. She was as tall as a seventh year and even taller then Jimmy for the first and only time in her short life. The other teammates came to follow them at a fast pace, Jackie and Sirius looked at each other when they sped past them to show off probably; Jackie assumed.

Sirius kept his hand on the broom handle Jackie was on and she smiled at him whenever he looked at her. James smirked at his best friend when Sirius Black looked back at him. He glared back and would turn to Jackie again who would usually be watching the Gryffindor Captain always asking questions about the rules. Jackie's feet finally touched the soft wet grass by the Entrance Hall doors and swayed... used to walking anymore.
Lily and Remus spoke throughout the walk back to the castle and James watched Jackie as he listened to the Captain, by the time they had gotten back to the castle- she was riding the broom without holding on and looked totally comfortable. James wanted to fly too, and asked if he could try when they got to the castle. Jackie slid off and the Captain gave his blessing so James jumped on and flew off, showing off of course because that's what James Potter does best... especially when Lily is around. A few minutes before class was due to start Severus found Jackie with the Gryffindors and she told excitedly what happened in the stadium, although she wasn't smiling when she told him about kicking the Ravenclaw Captain in the butt and into the wall. Severus laughed and led the way to class.

I would just like to note that the only characters I own are Jackie, Jimmy, Chelsea, Jamie and Jodie, and Gyn (pronounced 'gin'). Miss. Rowling owns the HJP characters of course! Please when ur done reading, respond becase otherwise I won't continue and I have a few surprises planned for this story. Thank you to those who read and also to those who respond.