Sorry this has taken so incredibly long, I cannot apologize enough! I do leave this chapter on a little cliff-hanger and cannot wait to see what you guys think!

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Twilight.

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Bella realised how ridiculous she must have looked.

She just fell down a flight a stairs, only to have her twin brother- who she hadn't seen in person since they were a year old- save her from impaling on the floor, in front of an entire hall of people.

And to add to her embarrassment she was now blushing so much she was sure she resembled a fire truck.

After Harry asked her if she was alright he led her to the long table filled with Gryffindor's, on both sides. As Bella took a seat beside Harry she looked over to two older, red headed, twin boys as one of them said "Two Potters! With both of them in Gryffindor we're bound to win the house cup this year!"

She saw Harry talk briefly with another red headed boy, who was seated next to him, who appeared to be related to the other older twins, seeing as he had the same hair colour and complexion. After making a short remark to the boy Harry went to turn back to the students, who were still being sorted, after making eye contact with Bella and smiling. Bella smiled back, shyly and started to calm down a bit as she watched the other four or five children get sorted. After everyone was sorted into their appropriate houses Dumbledore stood up from his seat the head table and addressed the hall of people.

"Now that all of the affairs have been settled, I believe it is time for a feast."

Dumbledore smiled and clapped his hands together. All around the hall gasps of amazement and laughs of joy surrounded. As Dumbledore sat down Bella looked in front of her to see food all over what moments ago, was an empty table. Bella looked over at Harry who was smiling as he started to dish some chicken onto his plate.

After Bella had all the desired food on her plate she looked over to see Harry looking at the boy he talked to earlier, only to see the boy stuffing his face! She laughed a little bit and went to start eating her own food.

"So how are you?"

Bella looked over to Harry. She was trying her best not to be shy but she was having a hard time trying not to overthink everything she was going to say to him- she wanted everything to go smoothly between them, seeing as this was their first time seeing each other in years. "Okay. Better now. Thanks for helping me earlier."

"No problem," Harry smiled.

"So, how is everything for you?"

"A little overwhelming, but exciting so far!"

"Just wait until classes start. That's what I'm excited for."

As dinner went on, they discussed what they expected from classes and what some of their favorite things were and also about their growing up.

That was when Bella got nervous. She had to be careful not to mention Severus and lying to Harry wasn't a very good way to start off their relationship, but Bella knew Severus never would have asked her to lie if wasn't for an extremely good reason. So she did. Bella told Harry of how she grew up surrounded by Hogwarts walls and by the wizards that resided there. Harry admitted to being jealous of how Bella grew up, but in a way Bella was jealous of how Harry grew up. Even though Harry told Bella of how the Dursleys weren't the nicest people around she wondered what it would have been like to have been raised in the Muggle world. She wondered what it must've been like to have three constant presences around, instead of not knowing who was going to be looking after you that day.

Not that Bella did not like growing up the way she did. She loved everyone in her life. She just wished Severus was more constant- parent like. But Bella also knew that wasn't in Severus' nature to be doting like a parent was.

As Harry and Bella talked they found that not only were their upbringings different but that they as people differentiated a lot. Bella wondered how they would ever get along. But seeing as so far things had been going alright, she was trying to think positively.

So far Severus' promise was holding true.

During dinner Harry introduced Bella to Ron- the red headed boy from earlier. He was outgoing and was very chatty during dinner. This made Bella a little uncomfortable but Harry and Ron got along perfectly, and knowing Harry felt comfortable with Ron made Bella more comfortable. Bella was pretty sure she was going to be seeing Ron around a fair bit over the next year.

As dinner came to an end the first years were told to follow their house prefects to the common rooms.

Harry and Bella walked together in the group of first years and Bella saw Harry's amazement as they walked up the changing staircases. Bella understood his amazement but didn't feel it herself. She had grown up in Hogwarts and knew more about it than most fifth years. All of the astonishment and excitement the other students were experiencing was not what Bella was feeling. She was used to Hogwarts and it's wonders, although she knew she still had much to discover there, she was not as astounded as everyone around her and it made her feel out of place. At the same time she felt confident in the fact that she could navigate herself around the school and not feel lost in it, as she was sure some of the others students would.

As soon as they made it into the Gryffindor common rooms they were directed to go to their respective bedrooms.

Harry turned to Bella and smiled. "Well I'll see you in the morning then!"

"Yeah." Bella smiled.

All of a sudden arms encompassed Bella in a hug. Bella stood shocked for a moment before wrapping her arms around Harry, returning the hug.

After a moment Harry stepped back and with a wave and "night" went up the stairs to the boys' bedroom.

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Bella couldn't sleep.

Whether from the nerves of classes tomorrow or the overwhelming feeling of seeing Harry, she didn't know. But what she did know was that she needed to get sleep for tomorrow. So she did what she always did in these kinds of situations- she read.

As Bella went to get her book on Hippogriffs, from her bedside table she noticed that there was a light coming from another one of the beds. Upon further inspection she saw a girl, one of the girls from dinner sitting up in her bed with a light coming from her wand. The girl had curly frizzy hair and bangs. The light from her wand was being pointed at a book. As she clutched her book to her chest, Bella leaned slightly to see the title of the book- Hogwarts: A History. Bella smiled and turned to go back to her bed when the girl looked up from her book. Bella gasped and she and the girl locked eyes and the girl smiled at Bella when she saw a book in her hands.

The girl whispered. "Can't sleep?"

Bella shook her head and with a blush that couldn't be seen in the dim light, mustered up enough courage to say, "You either?"

The other girl smiled and shook her head as Bella did.

Bella did not know what came over her, after all she was never good at conversation with her own peers, but she blurted out "What do you think of the book?"

The girl replied still smiling. "It's good so far. I'm learning a lot."

"It's a pretty good read."

"You've read it?"

Bella nodded.

"Not a lot of people I know have read books like this- they find them boring."

Bella sat down on the end of her bed. "I know what you mean, but I find them quite useful."

The girl took her illuminated wand and made her way over to Bella's bed and sat down. "Have you read An Illusionists' Guide to Potions?"

"Yeah! It was pretty good. But not as good as Finding Remedies: The Forest Guide."

"Oh, I haven't read that one, yet."

The two girls continued to chat about books they read and eventually their conversation turned to classes. Their conversation continued until another girl in the room sat up abruptly from their bed and whispered "Will you shut up?!"

Bella gasped and she and her chatty companion turned to the girl who had started to get back to bed and looked at each other.

Bella said "We should probably get to bed."

"Yeah." The girl started to make her way back to her bed when she suddenly turned back to Bella.

"My name's Hermione by the way. Hermione Granger."

"I'm Bella."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Bella."

"It's nice to meet you too."

Smiling, Hermione turned back to her bed and climbed in as Bella did the same.

Bella's head hit the pillow and she fell asleep almost instantly, but not before thinking that she may have just made a new friend.

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The next morning was more hectic then Bella thought it was going to be. Waking up late and not finding Harry at breakfast her morning has not gone as planned. Hermione had been the one to wake her up, seeing as the two of them had slept in and both decided to get breakfast and head to class together. Bella found Harry on her way to transfiguration class. He was with Ron and both were standing in the middle of a hallway packed with students. When she and Hermione met up with them everyone made quick introductions and Bella led everyone to class, where they were just in time.

After the slightly hectic morning Bella was happy to get into the routine she expected with classes. As it was the first day there had been nothing major being taught, so far, only some introductions and light note taking.

But now, as Bella sat ready for her first potions class, she was sure that was going to change. After all Severus- Professor Snape- (she had to get used to calling him that) had a 'reputation' to uphold. Bella smiled to herself. Sev had made sure to tell her that she would have to get used to him as a teacher and not as her guardian.

She remembered replying something along the lines of, "Of course. After all you do have a 'mean' reputation to uphold". Sev just looked at her, while she smiled at him and shrugged her shoulders. Bella knew how students saw him.

If she was honest with herself she was intrigued to see for herself how he was as a teacher.

So, with sitting with Harry to her left and Hermione to her right she was waiting, with anticipation, for her first potions lesson to begin.

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Yep! Next chapter the first class with Snape! What do all think /want to happen?