I decided to give you guys another chapter today because I'm nice like that. Well I also might not get a chance later because of house cleaning. Ugh. Anyway on with the story!

Harry POV

It's been a month since school began and the Flock was fitting in with the other Gryffindors effortlessly. Everyone's wings were really hurting because they had to be kept tight against their backs at all times. Harry was still having dreams about Voldemort which were freaking both himself and Fang out.

Quidditch tryouts had come and gone. He, of course, was seeker. Unsurprisingly Max, Fang, Iggy, and Nudge all tried out. Iggy and Fang replaced the twins as beaters. Max and Nudge went for the chaser spots and beat out everyone else easily. Wood was still keeper and captain of the team, but most of the old team was booted out. Only Wood, Katie, and he were left. The twins weren't bummed about losing their spots on the team because of who they lost to. The Flock members would win easily. They gave Fang and Iggy pointers on where to aim the bludgers and such.

Angel was top of her class and surprisingly Nudge was second best. Gazzy was fourth because a Ravenclaw had gotten better marks from Snape, but that wasn't his fault. Snape was an utter git. Hermione had a heck of a time keeping ahead of Max and Fang who were tying for second. Iggy was fighting to keep third place because of all of the Ravenclaws deciding that they needed to beat the Gryffindors. It was something about Hermione always being the best and that they needed to prove themselves smarter than us.

Nudge's friends were always with us now. They were amazingly fun to be around. Even though Poppy was a Lestrange she was pretty cool. A few days after the sorting, her parents wrote to her that they disowned her. All of her stuff was sitting in the dorm because her parents didn't even want the furniture that was once hers. They said that it contaminated their house with her traitorous germs. She wrote back, with help from Nudge, with American insults. There had been no reply for two weeks.

Max and Fang were as lovey-dovey as usual and Harry was trying to work up the courage to ask his crush, Cho Chang, to go with him to Hogsmeade the next weekend. So far he'd had no luck.

They were all heading down to dinner, stomachs rumbling all the way.

"Hey Harry want to ask Professor Dumbledore if we can go 'stretch our backs' after dinner?" Max asked with a grin.

"Sure, I'm in." he replied.

Everyone, even Poppy, Alison, and Bethy (as Bethany liked to be called) knew what they would really be stretching. He couldn't wait for his flying lessons to begin. He was still an amateur flier and the others had promised him they would teach him how to fly with wings if he taught them how to fly on brooms.

They all sat at one end of the Gryffindor table. Most of the others avoided their group because they didn't want to sit near a Lestrange. Poppy didn't mind it though, she just flipped them all the bird and got down to eating her dinner. The Flock, Harry, and Ron all ate with gusto and didn't even notice when they began to eat dinner.

After that first morning Professor McGonagall made sure that no one stopped the group on the way to any meal. She didn't want to see food flying from Gazzy's mouth. She knew about their situation and apparently Malfoy actually had gotten a detention for 'harming the welfare of multiple students and her'. He never did come anywhere near them on the way to the Great Hall after that.

They ate until they were full and then chatted with each other. In the middle of the table where the teachers had a hard time hearing what they were saying, Fred and George were telling Iggy and Gazzy about Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. The boys were scheming up products that exploded because of the Flock members' pyromania. Nudge, Poppy, Bethy, and Alison were discussing everything at a rapid fire pace at the very end of the table because Poppy wanted to be as far away from the other Gryffindors as possible. He was sandwiched between Ron and Hermione. Ginny was next to Max and Fang and was mock gagging in his direction every once in a while. Next to her was Neville trying to talk to her about a plant of his. On their other side were Angel, Total, and the pets. Angel and Total were apparently describing the different kinds of wine and cheese to the others. Some were listening, but most were talking amongst themselves. Harry shook his head and decided to save Ginny from having to deal with the resident love birds, no pun intended.

"Hey Max where to you want to go to stretch our backs tonight?"

"Uhhh… maybe in a place where no one would dare to look that is green? We would have to get permission to go there though. Too bad no Slytherins are allowed in there." She replied speaking in code.

She probably wanted to go to the Forbidden Forest.

"Is it forbidden to them?" he asked grinning.

"Yup." She replied popping the 'p'.

"Cool, we'll have to ask Dumbledore then. Can you tone it down a little with the loving looks? Ginny was turning green."

She scowled at Harry and blushed brightly. Fang just kissed her cheek and chuckled.

"May I have your attention please? I have a very important announcement."

The hall went silent at Dumbledore's words and everyone including Harry turned to look at him.

"You all have bought your dress robes I assume? Well if you haven't I suggest you have your parents send something to you because this year you will be attending the Yule Ball. What is the Yule Ball? It is a sacred tradition during the Triwizard Tournament which we will be hosting this year! Mr. Crouch, Mr. Bagman, I, and the other school headmasters will be judging. Because of past deaths we have made a new law that to enter you must be at least seventeen years of age."

His statement was met with anger by the Weasley twins and many others. He called for silence and explained about the other rules of the tournament. He told the hall about the workings of the Goblet of Fire just before the doors burst open and the Beaubatons students poured in followed by the most enormous woman Harry had ever seen. She was introduced as the headmistress, Madame Maxine. Dumbledore told her to go sit up at the staff table and the students to go sit at any of the tables they wished. As one they moved to the Ravenclaw table and sat down. Then in came the Durmstrang students with their headmaster, Karkroff. They all sat with the Slytherins. Dumbledore told them to go back to eating and engaged in a conversation with Madam Maxine.

Pretty soon the new students began to send glances toward the divided Gryffindor table.

"Well don't just sit there and stare at us! If you are so curious why don't you come over here and ask us why we're divided." Poppy yelled.

Most of the glancing ended. No one came forward until the pets went over to her to calm her down. There was a gasp of awe from the Ravenclaw table and a small, but extremely beautiful girl rushed over cooing about how cute they all were.

"Hello my name is Gabrielle Delacour." She said nervously.

Poppy grinned at her and said, "Well come sit down with us. I'm, sure that the pets will all love you!"

"Thank you?"

"My name is Poppy Lestrange."

"Thank you Poppy, you can call me Gabby if you like."

Poppy nodded and introduced her to all of the pets as the rest of the Great Hall looked on in interest. They all chatted together and then Gabby was introduced to everyone else at the table. She ended up seated with Poppy, Nudge, Alison, and Bethy sharing stories about themselves and their lives.

"Why are you not sitting with them?" Gabby asked.

"They don't like me because I'm a Lestrange." Poppy muttered flipping them the bird for the second time that meal.

"Why?"

"My parents as sadists and evil gits, that's why. I'm supposed to be over at the Slytherin table like them, but I turned out a Gryffindor. Most of my house hates me because of the parents that disowned me and insisted that none of my things- including furniture- contaminate their house. Now all of my stuff is shrunk down and shoved wherever it fits in the dorm, my parents hate me, I'm on the Death Eater burn list, and to top it off they won't even fill in the space between themselves and my friends even though I am at the very end of the table."

"Oh…" Gabby murmured sadly.

Poppy put her arms around her new friend and said, "I refused to be anything like them when I was six. There was no way I was going to consent to being in Slytherin anyway."

Gabby smiled and began to talk with everyone again. She made sure to shoot glares at the other side of the table every few minutes.

Harry looked around and saw the looks on the rest of the faces in the hall. They were shocked at the Gryffindors. This was Slytherin behavior. The Slytherin table was shocked because she'd openly dissed their house, her parents, and her own house. The new comers were just confused because of their lack of proper English language lessons.

"Off to bed all of you! You may choose to sleep wherever you wish as long as you sleep with the same sex." Professor Dumbledore announced.

"I need to tell my sister that I'll be staying with you tonight." Gabby cried happily as she skipped over to a girl who looked quite like her and exchanged a few quick words in French before skipping back over the girls.

"I brought some spa stuff in my luggage, want to go get it with me?" she asked already tugging on their hands.

"Spa stuff! I've never done anything like that before! Is it fun? Does it make you look prettier? Can Max come do it too if she wants to? Oh and Hermione and Ginny too! Do you have nail polish? I've always wanted to try some of that! Can I borrow it for the Yule Ball? Oh we need to try our dresses on again and figure out what to do makeup wise. Do you know Angel got a tiara for her dress? She got it out of her wand." Nudge was saying as they rushed out of the hall.

Max shook her head, "There is no way in heaven or h-e-double-hockey-sticks that I will go through that torture!"

Fang chuckled at her declaration and began pulling her out of the Great Hall. Harry followed suit and was followed by Ginny and Neville. He turned around and saw the rest on their half getting up and moving away. He smiled at Dumbledore who winked at him.

"Oh and one more thing ladies and gentlemen, for those who need to 'stretch their backs' they can do that where and when they intend. Mr. Filch won't bother you. I don't think anything could."

Harry grinned extra widely. They would fly the next night. Tonight the girls sans Max were having a spa night.