October kept her eyes down as she walked across the grounds towards the school. The first years were stuck following Professor Kettleburn across the lawn and towards what appeared to be boats.

October quickly climbed into a boat to be joined by Remus, James, and Sirius. She glared once at Sirius before turning to Remus and trying to strike up a conversation with him. Sirius on the other hand, tried not to focus on her and instead turned towards James.

"Mate, what do you think her problem is?" Sirius asked in a hushed tone.

"I don't know. What did you do to the poor girl?" James asked as he quickly glanced over at October.

"I didn't do a thing." Sirius said as he looked at James.

"Sure you just called her psychotic."

"You know I didn't mean that. I was just joking around." Sirius said to defend himself as he looked out towards the castle.

"Whatever. But it's going to take a lot more effort on your part if you want her to like you." James said as the boats slowly came to a halt and the students filled into the castle and towards the great hall.

"Now when you get in there, the sorting hat will be placed on your head and it will tell you which house you are to be in. You will then go and sit at the appropriate table." Mcgonagall finished as she began to call names.

"Sirius Black." October looked up as she heard his name called. She watched the hat being placed on his head and then she waited.

"Gryffindor!" The hat finally shouted and she watched as the whole Gryffindor table broke into cheers.

October waited for her own name to be called. When she finally heard it, she couldn't get her feet to move.

"October McCay." She heard her name again and this time willed her feet to move forward. She sat on the stool and closed her eyes as the hat was placed on her head.

"Ah October McCay… I heard quite a bit about in Sirius Black's mind. You have courage October, but you also have a lot of sorrow and pain. You have made up your mind about people already without really knowing them. You are smart and talented at school, you would be great in Ravenclaw. But you are also brave and loyal to those who earn your trust, Gryffindor would also be an excellent house." The hat stated as October just glanced out at the sea of people before her.

"You should be put in…" The house paused for a few moments, "GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled and October threw the hat from her head and rushed over towards the table. She recognized Remus and sat down next to him.

"Congratulations October." Remus said as he pulled her into a hug causing October to flinch at his actions.

"You mean I have to deal with her even more!" Sirius shouted as he glanced up at James who slapped him on the back.

"Please tell me you got into this house.." Sirius begged and watched as James nodded.

"Yes! One good person!" Sirius shouted as he punched his fist into the air.

October scowled at Sirius as she turned her attention to a very up beat red head who had patted her on the shoulder.

"Hi, my name is Lily Evans. And you're October right?" October nodded as she gave Lily a look.

"Oh I heard Sirius mumbling to himself about you. He has quite a few things to say about such a pretty girl." Lily giggled as she shook October's hand. October found herself warming up to Lily and she looked over towards Sirius who kept glancing at her as she ate.

"Do you have a problem?" October finally addressed him as she saw the look on his face go from admiration to pure horror in the fact that October had caught him.

"No I don't have a problem. It's just your ugly face was in my way of staring at the pretty girl next to you. I thought that eventually you would get the hint and move." Sirius said as she smiled a little as he watched October's face drop. He could see the tears that started to build in her eyes and his smile started to drop.

October quickly got up from the table and ran out of the great hall, only to be followed by Lily and one of the older students, who knew the password to the dorms.

"October stop." Lily called and October slowed down a little, wiping the tears from her face.

"October what is wrong with you? Why are you letting him get to your head?" Lily asked as she walked so she could look at October's face.

"Because he says the same things to me that my dad does." October whispered as she looked up to meet Lily's eyes.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked, confusion filling her eyes as she looked at October, wanting to understand what she meant.

"I'll tell you when we get into the dorms. I don't want just anyone to hear." October said as she started to walk back towards the great hall with Lily, only to see students come flooding out of there, ready and eager to go to bed.

October and Lily joined the rushing crowed of students that were heading up to Gryffindor tower and walked with them, trying not to step on anyone or be stepped on themselves.

"Now everyone, the password… Dew drops." The student that had been leading them said, and the portrait of the fat lady swung open.

"Now make sure you all remember that, she will not let you in without the proper password." The student called before quickly rushing through the portrait hole and being followed by the small crowd.

Lily practically tore October's arm off as she dragged her up the steps to the girls' dormitories.

"Okay tell me the whole story." Lily said as she and October sat on one of the beds and Lily looked at her with a serious face.

"Okay.." October took a breath and prepared to begin her long story, "You see, my mom left when I was three because of my dad. He used to beat her whenever he was drunk. My mom tried to get him to stop drinking and it didn't work. When my mom left him, he stopped all together, wanting to be a better father to me. Well when he stopped drinking, his anger seemed to build up inside of him. He didn't want to unleash it on me, so it just stayed inside of him, just building and getting worse. Finally one day he just unleashed it, for something stupid, and he started saying mean stuff to me. He told me I was useless and ugly. I would never be the child he wanted. He really put me down. That's all he did for the first few months. And it didn't happen often mind you. Just every once and awhile. And then his anger started coming out more often and that was when he began to hit me." October finished her short little story and looked at Lily for some sort of response.