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Harry/Ginny: Lily and Sirius Potter

Ron/Hermione: Robby, Paul, and Harriet

Bill/Fleur: Lyla and Kasey

Lupin/Tonks: Arisilla (Ari)

Neville/Luna: Thomas

Fred/Angelina: Connor, Dana, and Kendall

George/Verity: Catherine, Dane, Kameron

Cho Chang/Divorced husband Michael Corner: Michael and Lin

Erick (son of a member in the Weird Sisters)

Fiona Featherstone: Mysterious new Gryffindor

Anyway guys, I am way excited, because I finally finished this chapter. I had about 5 tests this week, so I had no time to work on it. I also had a concert last night and I got home really late.

Well, I hope you enjoy this new chapter! PLEASE let me know what you think of it! PRETTY pretty please with a Snitch on top?

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Disclaimer: I am writing a book, and have been for several years now!

J.K. Rowling, on the other hand, just finished her book series.

So obviously, I am not the owner of Harry Potter, because I am still writing. Got it? Good.

Lily and Ari shared a dorm room with three other 3rd year girls. One was Ellie Aria, a small girl who was beautiful but oddly coloured. She had fair, pale skin, and blond hair that was practically white—even whiter than Draco's hair—and constantly shone as if light was trapped in her hair. Ellie was very coy and humble, which could be one of the reasons why so many guys in the school liked her.

The next girl was Lilac Finnegan, Lavender Brown and Seamus Finnegan's daughter. She was very tall for her age, rather annoying in the way she loved to gossip and giggle, and always wore her brown hair in two long plaits. Lily could tolerate Lilac more than Ari could, but sometimes Lilac's prying habits drove her insane.

The last girl was Charlotte Warrington. She was the first witch in her family, but took to Hogwarts like a duck to water. She brought along with her a vast collection of muggle books and knowledge, and an eagerness for learning all that Hogwarts could teach her. Thankfully, she did not frequently quote "Hogwarts: A History" like her Aunt Hermione was rumored to have done, but she did inject facts into conversations sometimes. She was highly intelligent, and very headstrong.

When Lily and Ari got upstairs, two of their roommates were missing, and one of them was already asleep in bed.

"Man, I'm so bloody tired!" Ari yawned and stretched. She threw herself on her bed.

"You're not even going to change?" Lily laughed quietly, so she wouldn't disturb her sleeping roommates.

"No…I don't feel like it." Ari mumbled from her pillow. "'Night Lily."

Lily glanced over at Ari, who had immediately fallen asleep. Ari was prone to doing whatever she pleased, whenever she pleased. If she wanted to fall asleep, then nothing in the wizarding world could stop her.

One of the beds in the room had a poster of a teenaged guy with naturally good looks. He was holding a basketball, and was surrounded by teammates, who were also rather good looking. They were all dressed in red, as was the girl who was standing only a little behind him.

The sleeping girl underneath the poster had to be Lilac. She was the only witch Lily knew of at school who had unmoving pictures—muggle pictures (even though Charlotte was a muggle, she had not brought any of her pictures with her). Plus, the faint snores emitting from underneath the blanket were characteristic of Lilac.

The other sleeping girl had a small gray kitten snoozing on her bedside table. The kitten was so scruffy and fluffy that it resembled a small dog. This was obviously Ellie's kitten, Orbit. The kitten's name came from Ellie's love of astronomy, which was evident from the pictures of comets, stars, and planets that twinkled down at Ellie from behind her bed.

Charlotte was nowhere in sight. In fact, the trunk at the foot of the empty bed was periwinkle blue, with golden swirls on it, instead of Charlotte's ancient dark green trunk.

Lily yawned, and ignored the mysterious new trunk. She climbed into her pajamas, crawled into bed, and was instantly asleep. She did not even hear her window open, then close, one hour later.

"WAKE…UP!!!!" Ari screamed from above Lily.

"S'what's wrong with bed?" Lily mumbled, pulling her pillow over her head. Her bed was rocking back and forth, like it was at sea.

"No pillows for YOU! Come on, its breakfast time!" Ari yanked the pillow away from Lily.

Lily sat up slowly, and rubbed her eyes. The bed was rocking because Ari was hopping up and down on her knees at the end of it.

"Stopppp Ari…" Lily trailed off as she noticed what was supposed to be Charlotte's bed at the end of the room. The bed sheets were twisted from somebody sleeping in them, and there was a half empty glass of water on the bedside table.

"Was Charlotte here?" Lily asked Ari. Ari stopped hopping and widened her eyes.

"Uh uh," she shook her head. "Nope, I never saw her." Ari slid off the bed and skipped over to the mirror.

Bloody morning personLily thought to herself. Ari screwed up her eyes in concentration, and with a pop noise, her feathery rock star hair was now long and streaked with blond. Bangs framed her face and chin, and fell in her eyes. "Like it?" She spun around for Lily.

"No, kind of boring," Lily told her wickedly, resting her chin in her hands.

Ari screwed up her eyes again, and with another pop, her hair was now half of the previous length, same hairstyle, and brown with bright blue streaks.

"Much better," Lily laughed. Ari waited impatiently for Lily to get dressed, tapping her foot and humming Weird Sisters' songs in a high-pitched tone. When Lily finished, the two girls headed downstairs, where Thomas was draped over an armchair.

"Finally!' he groaned. "My stomach is growling so loudly you'd think it was the giant squid making those noises!"

The threesome trooped downstairs, each a little tired, but excited about receiving their class schedules. They sat down for breakfast, surrounded by their friends, and dug into eggs, bacon, sausages, potatoes, pumpkin juice, and every other breakfast food imaginable.

"Schkan shu pash shee speffer?" Thomas asked Lily through a mouthful of food.

"What?" Lily asked, disgusted.

Thomas swallowed. "Can you pass the pepper? Please?" Lily grimaced and pushed a glass peppershaker in front of Thomas. Suddenly, there was a rushing flurry of noise above everyone's heads. Hundreds of owls swooped into the Great Hall, carrying notes and packages from parents to wish their children the best of luck on their first day.

Hathware, Lily's snowy white owl that resembled her father's ancient owl Hedwig, swooped in front of her.

"Hullo, hullo," Lily scratched her owls head, and bet her back. "What have you got for me?" Lily untied the letter attached to Hathware's leg and opened it.

Dear Lily (the letter read)

I know that you have heard this from me before, but when I was a student at Hogwarts, I always wished that I had parents that could send me a letter on my first day of school. It was a horrible feeling, knowing that after my parents, godfather, and headmaster died, I would never again receive any words of love or kindness. This is why I wanted to write to you, my loving daughter, so that you would always know that you have parents thinking of you every day. I hope your first day goes well, and that you don't get into too much trouble.

Love,

Dad

Dear Lily

I miss you already, darling! The house is very quiet without you, and you know how much I can't stand the quiet in such a large house! But noises aside, I love you and I want you to have a wonderful first day—and third year—at Hogwarts. I know you will do well. You are my daughter after all!

Love,

Mum

p.s. Have some fun, I know it must be easy to sneak past the ancient Filch and even easier with the Marauders Map, but don't be too harsh on Malfoy. This is going to be an exciting year for you; I can feel it!

Lily smiled and tucked the letter into her pocket. After dipping his beak into her goblet of pumpkin juice, Hathware took off for the Owlery.

Lily doubted it would be an exciting year. She longed for adventures like the ones her father had all throughout his Hogwarts days, but so far she had yet to come across a half-dead evil wizard, an animal that was actually a wizard, a long-lost godfather, or even a centaur. The hopes of having an adventure this year were pretty slim.

Suddenly, Ari nudged Lily out of her daydreams. "Oy, who's the chick with the fiery hair down at the end of the table?" Lily glanced down towards the end, already guessing who
"the chick" was.

Fiona Featherstone was calmly eating her eggs and potatoes, oblivious to the commotion starting at the other end of the table.

"Who is that? A Gryffindor?" Thomas asked.

"We would only be so lucky!" Robby said at the same time Paul said, "She better be a Gryffindor!"

"She's really pretty," Lilac said jealously. "Her hair is amazing."

Even Sirius had noticed her. "Who is that?" he questioned Lawrence, who shrugged back.

"No idea mate, but I've never seen her before. I wonder who she is."

"Her name is Fiona Featherstone," Lily said aloud. Everyone swiveled in her direction.

"How'd you know that?" Robby and Paul asked angrily.

"We met last night. I don't really know much about her…" Lily trailed off, seeing as how everyone had started whispering down the table "Her name's Fiona."

Lily was about to stand up and go say hello to Fiona, but Professor Forte was starting to pass out the Gryffindor' class schedules. Professor Imogene Forte was the head of Gryffindor. She had replaced McGonagall when she became headmistress. McGonagall had been very picky about who was going to be in charge of Gryffindor, and had finally settled on her cousin, Imogene Forte, as the best candidate. Professor Forte was very much like McGonagall: though stiff, prim, and proper, she had loving admiration for her former house, and had a lot of love and pride for Gryffindor.

"Miss Potter," Professor Forte handed Lily her schedule. Lily scanned it.

"Looks good so far…we've got Herbology with the Hufflepuff's again, no surprise…and Divination is with Ravenclaw…oh no, we've got Potions AND Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Slytherins!" Lily exclaimed sadly.

"No, not again!" cried Ari. "I sent in a letter over the summer to Forte, telling her not to rope us in Defense Against the Dark Arts or Potions with the Slytherines!" Ari leapt out of her seat. "I'm going to go and have a word with her!" She dashed away down the table, where Forte was handing Dana and Kendall their schedules.

Well, at least Connor has someone to sit with in Potions and D.A.D.A. now. Lily thought to herself. She glanced over at the Slytherin table. Poor Connor was sitting by himself, absently playing with his fork.

"No go!" Ari exploded as she hurried over. "That dung for brains said that I couldn't affect the house scheduling!" she said furiously, plunging back into her breakfast. Through each bite, Thomas and Lily could hear her saying things like "Lousy" "Forte" "Stupid sniveling Slytherins" and "Not fair".

Though Lily was equally upset, she was however happy to see that Connor would be sharing two classes with her. No wait, three classes. Lily glanced back down at her schedule, and saw that the Slytherins had Care of Magical Creatures with the Gryffindors.

"Well, come on, we've got double History of Magic," Thomas told the still-angry Ari and Lily.

"Oh great…" Ari started off on another strand of angry remarks, and accused Forte of being rather nasty things, the most harmless being "dung for brains." She also accused Professor Binns, who still taught History of Magic, of being an evil ghost who took pleasure in being mean and boring.

When the threesome reached the class, the Ravenclaws were already forming. Her cousin Kameron, a third year like Lily, broke away from his gaggle of friends to greet her.

"Hullo cousin," Kameron gave Lily a brief hug. "How was your summer?"

"Fairly boring. So, looking forward to an exciting History of Magic class?"

Kameron grimaced. "Not particularly, no." Suddenly, Kameron's eyes widened at the sight of something behind Lily. "Hey, who is that?" Lily turned around.

Fiona was standing quietly away from all of the students. "Be right back," Lily muttered to Kameron, and approached Fiona.

"Hey," Lily said to her, unsure of what to say other than, "So, you're a third year too?"

Fiona smiled slightly, and did not seem as stiff as she had the previous night. "Yes, that's right. A third year." She looked out over to the gaggle of students, her were now pushing and entering the classroom. "Shall we go in?"

"Hey Lily, saved you a seat!" Ari called to Lily as she entered the classroom. The small tables held two students each, and since there was an odd number, Thomas volunteered to sit alone so that he could scoot his desk closer to Ari and Lily's desk. Lily turned to Fiona.

"Would you like to sit with us?" she asked. Fiona shrugged, which Lily took as a yes, and led Fiona to Thomas's table. Thomas looked very excited as Fiona made her way over his table.

"Thomas I am Longbottom," he spoke in a rush, and then blushed as he realized what he had just said. "I mean, I am Thomas Longbottom."

"I'm Fiona Featherstone. Pleased to meet you." Fiona smiled and held out her hand. Blinking hard, Thomas took her hand and let Fiona do the shaking. He was far too dazed to actually notice how odd—and laughable—he was acting.

Lily and Ari clamped their hands over their mouths, snickering. Only when Ari let out a snort did Thomas snap back into reality.

"Arisilla Lupin, but my friends call me Ari." Ari nodded to Fiona.

"And you already know me," Lily concluded.

"Settle down class, settle down," Professor Binns had just floated into the classroom. He launched into a boring lecture that seemed to have been the continuation of his lecture from the previous year.

Thomas began taking notes—he loved History of Magic, for reasons that were unknown to his best friends—while Ari and Lily began to play Hangman on Lily's paper.

"I am not going to let you copy my notes if you do this all year again!" Thomas hissed to them. Lily and Ari rolled their eyes and then batted them at him until he gave them one last glare and went back to his notes.

Ari set her pencil down and reached into her bookbag, drawing out a piece of spare parchment.

So, what's with this new girl? Ari wrote, and then slid it over to Lily.

I don't really know. She's a bit off, don't you think? Lily wrote back.

Yes, of course she seems off! Look at her now!

Lily looked over at Fiona, who was staring down at her desk so intently it looked as if she could already do non-verbal spells, and was trying to shatter the desk into a million little pieces.

Sure, she looks odd right now, but I'm sure if we got to know her she would be perfectly normal. I mean, if I hadn't known you before I came to Hogwarts, I would have thought that you were a strange, lonely person, Ari.

And you don't believe this now? I am most definitely strange, how dare you hint that I am normal!

Lily laughed and slid the parchment into her pocket. When it was finally time to go, Fiona was among the first to whisk out of the room.

"Not very friendly, is she?" Ari asked aloud.

"She is very pretty. It makes up for it." Thomas replied. Even though he had been very intent on his notes, the minute class was over he had watched Fiona leave the room with a wistful eye.

"Thomas, you are ridiculous!" Lily jokingly pushed him as the threesome left the room. They were heading towards their next class, Herbology, when Malfoy (Junior, of course) and his cronies stepped in front of Lily, Ari, and Thomas, stopping them in their tracks.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is again. Potty Jr., Wolf Girl, and Loonybottom!"

"WOLF GIRL?" Ari screeched in laughter. "Wolf girl? That's the best you got?" She stepped forward and stomped on Malfoy's foot. "You idiot, I'm not even a werewolf! Get your facts straight before you go making nicknames up. And at least be fair and use my last name for a nickname. You used Lily and Thomas's last names, why can't you use mine?"

Malfoy looked stunned. He had not expected someone to tell him to change the nickname, instead of telling him to stop using it. He was very surprised that he had not affected Ari in a serious, negative way. He couldn't believe that she was treating this like a joke!

Malfoy snapped his jaw shut. "Well, I just thought you'd like to know, Potty Jr., that you're going to be wishing your father was here if that rumor becomes true."

"What rumor?" Lily asked, getting angry.

"What rumor?" Malfoy mocked Lily, snickering. "Wouldn't you like to know? There's some talk about some things happening here at Hogwarts, but I'm not going to let you in on anything!" Malfoy sneered at Lily, Thomas, and Ari, then beckoned for his cronies to follow him. "You'll be sorry if it happens!" he called over his shoulder.

The threesome stood in silence, until the heard the signal to hurry to their next class. They raced along the corridor to the greenhouses. As the approached the entrance to Greenhouse 3, where most of their class had already assembled, Thomas asked Lily and Ari in a estranged and stunned voice, "What was that about?"