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Aaliyah woke up, except it wasn't like the peaceful and graceful ones you see in muggle films, where the girl adorably rubs her eyes and birds start singing. No, she was woken up by a pillow being forcefully thrown at her head and the shrill voice of Rose Weasley shouting at her.

'Aaliyah Julianna Wilson, get your lazy arse out of bed or we will leave you here'. Aaliyah sat and groaned stretching out her limbs and cracking her knuckles, causing her friend Annie to wince loudly and give her a dirty look 'Must you insist on doing that'. Aaliyah laughed and hopped out of bed yawning ' How long till breakfast?', 'Half an hour' said Rose from across the room where she was currently struggling to put on her tights.

Aaliyah ran her fingers through her brown hair and walked into the bathroom wincing slightly at the feel of the cool tiles on her bare feet. She quickly showered and used a spell to dry her hair, before getting dressed and tying her hair up into loose pony tail. 'Ready' she announced to her for friends. The girls picked up their bags and walked to the great hall.

The four girls entered the hall which was already quite full and sat down at the gryffindoor table. Further down the table Aaliyah could see her brother laughing with his friends. Aaliyah then busied herself with piling her plate high with whatever food she could. She was just about to take a bite of particularly plump sausage, when Kensy jabbed her in the side. Causing her to turn to the blonde girl next to her 'What?'.

Kensy didn't answer, instead she grabbed the hair tie from Aaliyah's hair causing it to fall down around her shoulders, she then unbuttoned the top two buttons of Aaliyah's blouse. What are you doing?' Aaliyah hissed at her confused as to why her friend had interrupted her eating to make her look like tart.

'Liam Finnegan just walked in' she smirked 'and you're going to go to Hogsmeade with him if it's the last thing I do'. Aaliyah flushed bright red causing her so called friends to cackle at her embarrassment. ' But seriously Lea, I'm not surprised he's interested, you got hot over the summer' Rose said knowingly.

Aaliyah rolled her eyes 'What are you taking about?'. Annie tilted her head to the side ' No, I see what she means, you were always pretty Lea but you've gotten seriously fit over the summer'.

Aaliyah flushed, she had slimmed out over the summer and had developed some muscle in her arms and legs, but surely it wasn't anything noticeable. Kensy let out loud laugh 'Ironic isn't it' she grinned 'it's because of your brother you're about to become sexually active'. Aaliyah shrieked and buried her face in her hands 'Oh just let me eat in peace'.

She chanced looking up from her hands and began devouring the mountain of food that sat in front of her. 'Manners' Kensy sniffed. Aaliyah stuck her tongue out at her and went back to eating, her mother's cooking simply could not live up to that of the Hogwarts house elves'.

'You're so lucky Lea, you can eat what ever you want and look like a bloody model' Annie pouted pinching her sides. Annie Johnston, was the shortest member of their foursome, but what she lacked in height she made up for with her curves that had caused boys to swoon since third year.

Rose scoffed 'Please, I'd kill for your curves, I look like a bloody ten year old boy'. Before the girls could assure Rose that she is in fact much better looking than a ten year old boy, Professor Longbottom came over to give them their schedules.

'Let's see, here you are Miss. Line' he sorted through the pieces of parchment 'and Miss. Johnston and yours ' he said handing the girls their schedules. Then he turned to her 'As for you Miss. Wilson, I would like to have word with you about your schedule if you don't mind coming with me' he gave her a knowing grin 'I'm sure you won't mind missing some of your Double potions' She grinned back as her friends laughed. She was absolutely rubbish at potions, Last year she had accidentally singed off Lizzie MacMillan's eyebrows.

She followed Professor Longbottom out of the great hall. As she walked by Liam Finnegan, he grinned at her and sent her a wink, she gave him small wave and was sure she could feel colour rushing to her cheeks. While she was following Professor Longbottom she noticed that he had walked right passed his office. She was about to ask him if he had made a mistake, when he stopped in front of the large stone griffin that she knew to be the entrance to the headmistress's office. Aaliyah wondered what could be so important that the headmistress had to be involved, perhaps Proffesor Slughorn has requested that she should not be in his class anymore because of her tendency to blow things up.

She walked up the stairs to the headmistress's office and began to get a nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach, she knew that she had done something wrong but what if thought that she had. What if they thought that she cheated in her OWL's and that she was actually being brought here so her wand could be snapped. Or what if some crazy woman killed someone and used polyjuice potion to make themselves look like her and they were going to send her to Askaban. Her mind raced to hundreds of possible reasons as to why she was here most of which ended with her killed or worse expelled.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a laugh from professor McGonagall 'Don't worry Miss. Wilson, you're not in trouble we simply want to talk to you about Charms, please take a seat'. It was then Aaliyah noticed Professor Flitwick standing beside her. She was extremely confused as to why they would want to talk to her about Charms, it was her best subject.

'Miss Wilson, Professor Flitwick here has told me about your aptitude for Charms' Professor McGonagall said seriously but not unkindly 'He, Professor Longbottom and I have discussed it and we would like to offer you the opportunity to study 7th year level charms and take your NEWT this June'.

Aaliyah stared at her blankly but somehow she managed to form a sentence 'But Professor, surely you can't be serious, I'm good at charms but I'm not that good'

Professor Flitwick stepped forward 'Oh I beg to differ, why I haven't had a student with such a talent in charms since..' he scratched his head 'since Lily Evans' he beamed sharing a nostalgic smile with Professor McGonagal.

Aaliyah's first instinct was to tell him that he was mad but then she thought about what he had said. Aaliyah had never been told she had a talent for something before, sure she was good at Quidditch but it was her brother who possessed a natural talent for it. She couldn't sing like Annie, she wasn't good at makeup like Kensy, she wasn't smart like Rose, but charms had always been something that she had found easy and to her brother's horror fun. The fact that she could finally have a talent, something to make her stand out against her friends and brother's was the reason for her answer.

'Yes, I'd like to do it Professor' she said with a new found confidence.

Professor Flitwick clapped his hands together 'Excellent decision Miss Wilson, excellent'.

Professor McGonagal looked at her over her glasses 'Well now that's sorted we'll have to make a few changes to your schedule, when the rest of your year have charms you will have a free period and vice-versa' she said handing her the schedule ' Now off to class, double potions I believe'. Aaliyah nodded, barely holding in a grimace at the thought of potions. She was just about to close the door behind her when Professor McGonagal spoke again 'I'll be expecting great things from you Miss Wilson'.

Aaliyah flushed 'Th-thank you Professor'. It wasn't until Aaliyah had begun her trek down to the dungeons for potions that she realised what her decision would mean. She was going to be in the same Charms class as her brother. That should be fun

Aaliyah knocked on the door of the Potions classroom and walked in 'I'm sorry I'm late professor, I was talking to the headmistress'.

Professor Slughorn looked up from his desk 'That's quite alright Miss Wilson, you're just in time for us to assign partners for the year' he skimmed the piece of parchment in his hand let's see you can go with Mr. Potter. She looked over at the dark-haired slytherin and he nodded at her. She walked over to him and sat on the stool next to him.

'Hey' Aaliyah smiled at him 'What'd I miss?'

He ran a hand through his hair and smirked 'Just our best friends being partnered together' he said nodding his head to the right of the class. She looked to where he was gesturing and saw the familiar curly red mane that belonged to Rose sitting next to a boy with blonde hair that was sopale it had to belong to Scorpius Malfoy.

She grinned at him 'That should be interesting to say the least' she brushed her long hair, which now fell around her face thanks to Kensy, out of her eyes 'What are we even making?' she sighed.

'Draught of the living dead' he said opening up his textbook.

'Ill go get the ingredients even I can't mess that up' she laughed and walked over to the storage cupboard to get the ingredients. She went back over to where Albus was and placed the ingredients on the desk in front of them. She rubbed her hands together 'Right, give me something easy, that I can't mess up'.

Albus turned to look at her ' You can't be that bad, you managed to get a good enough gradde to get into this class'.

'Please, I barely scraped an E, while you as Slughorn has dubbed you the 'potions prince' probably got an O without trying' she teased.

Albus groaned 'ugh, that stupid nickname, Scorpius already gives me enough trouble about it, don't you start!'.

She laughed 'Fine, what should I do?'

'You can cut the Valerian sprigs and get the juice from the Sopophorous Beans'

She nodded and began cutting the Valerian sprigs into equal pieces, while Albus did the complicated stirring and added some sort of powder she didn't know the name of. She finished with the sprigs and tried to cut the Sopophorous Beans but they kept slipping out from under the knife. She held one of the large pearly-white beans between her fingers and ran the blade of the knife through it, but she quickly brought her hand to her mouth when she felt the sharp sting on the knife slicing her finger.

Albus looked up from the steamy cauldron 'Are you okay?' he asked concernedly. Aaliyah examined her finger and saw that there was a thin shallow cut.

'It's fine, it's not even bleeding, it's just these bloody beans, they're impossible to cut!' she exclaimed.

'Try and crush them' he offered.

Aaliyah raised her eyebrows 'What?'.

He chuckled 'Here give me the knife' Aaliyah silently handed him the knife, and watched in awe as he used the side of the blade to crush the bean and juice came flowing out of it.

Aaliyah shook her head and laughed 'Merlin, now I know why they call you the 'Potions Prince''.

He flushed slightly and ran a hand through his hair 'It's nothing really I just modified the instructions slightly to make it easier and to get the maximum amount juice from the beans.

Aaliyah began to crush the beans and squeeze the juice into the bubbling cauldron 'Bloody genius is what you are'.

The rest of the class passed rather quickly. The only incident was when Aaliyah nearly added Monkswood instead of Wormwood to the poition but Albus noticed before she could cause the potion to blow up in their faces. Professor Slughorn walked up to their desk 'Let's see what our Potions Prodigy has made today!' he beamed. Albus looked at her and pulled a face at their Professor's antics. 'Hmm, colour looks right' he dropped in a small leaf and it turned black and shriveled up 'Positively Perfect!' he beamed 'Well done you two'.

Aaliyah's mouth dropped opened and she turned to Albus 'Albus Potter, you are officially the best potions partner I've ever had' she announced.

He shrugged 'Well it's like you said I'm a genius'.

Aaliyah plodded down next to Rose at the Gryfindoor table, 'Hey' she said and the three girls replied with a chorus of hellos.

'So what did Longbottom want this morning' Annie asked her between mouthfuls.

Aaliyah grinned 'Well, I was offered the chance to do 7th year charms and take my NEWT this June'

The three girls looked at her in shock and she could've sworn that Annie nearly fell of the bench. The silence was finally broken by Rose 'Oh my God Lea, that's amazing!' she squealed

'What did you say?' enquired Annie.

'Well at first I was going to say no, but then Flitwick started talking about how I'm apparently talented and I said yes' she told them.

'Who would've thought our little Lea is actually a genius' Kensy cooed.

Aaliyah rolled her eyes 'Oh shut up' then she smirked 'So Rosie, how are you finding your new Potions partner?'

Rose groaned 'Ugh, Malfoy is so annoying, do you know what he said to me, he said that I looked pretty, who does he think he is!'

Kensy nodded 'the nerve of him' she said sarcastically'

'I know!' Rose agreed 'he is such an arrogant prat, I mean is he stupid or does he realise how gorgeous he is, ugh I hate him!'

Kensy and Aaliyah shared a look and the three girls all struggled to hold back laughs. 'Sounds Dreadful Rose' Annie giggled.

The girls went back to eating their lunches and making idle conversation. Aaliyah felt someone sit down beside her and she looked up to see Liam Finnegan.

'Hey Lea' he grinned at her.

She tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear 'Hey Liam' she smiled.

'So Lea I've got a free period after lunch and was wondering if you want to hang out'

Aaliyah's smile fell when she realised she wouldn't be able to accept his invitation 'Actually I can't I've got charms after lunch'

He looked confused 'I'm in your charms class and we don't have it till Wednesday'

She flushed 'I'm actually doing 7th year charms this year'

He looked surprised 'Oh, maybe some other time then?' he asked

'Ya sure'

'See ya later then' he grinned.

'Bye' she waved.

She turned back to her friends who all giggled 'Aww, Lea, you two are so cute!' Annie squealed.

'But seriously Lea, we need to work on your flirting skills' Kensy berated.

'Oh Hush, she did great' Rose argued.

Aaliyah laughed 'Anyway I need to get to charms, my brother and Potter in the same class, yay' she sighed.

The girls laughed 'Have fun' Rose waved.

Aaliyah walked into the Charms classroom and took a seat at a desk two rows from the back. A few of the people who where in the classroom looked at her curiously, wondering what 6th year was doing in a 7th year class but she managed to go more or less unnoticed until her brother and her friends entered the class room. She could hear them thunder into the classroom, laughing their heads off. She had avoided sitting in the back row in the hope that her brother wouldn't notice her. It didn't work.

'Lea!' Christopher exclaimed, he walked over and sat in the seat next to her. His friends all followed suit, Fred Weasley sat on her other side and Ciaran Wood and Potter sat in front of her.

She groaned 'Great, your all sitting here'.

Christoper looked at her confused 'You're a 6th year, Lea'

'Well spotted' she told him drily.

'So why are you here?' he chirped

She figured that if she told him the truth he'd leave her alone 'Professor Flitwick thought that I should be in this class instead of the 6th year one'.

Christopher groaned 'Oh where did I go wrong, my sister is a nerd'. She rolled her eyes.

'You know that's quite impressive' Ciaran Wood said to her, she smiled at him, out of all her brother's friends she had always liked Ciaran the best.

Christopher tilted his head from side to side and she knew that there was something he was dying to ask her 'Oh spit it out already?'

'So what did Finnegan want at lunch?' he said innocently.

She rolled her eyes 'Why were you watching me?'

'Answer the question' he said seriously

Aaliyah sighed, if he was going to be a prat she'd give him a taste of his own medicine 'Well if you must he was wondering which broom cupboard I wanted to meet him in to shag, I'm thinking the one on the fourth floor, what do you think?' she said sweetly.

Fred snorted from beside her and she could see Ciaran and Potter trying to hold in laughter. Christopher meanwhile looked like his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets and he seemed to be shaking with anger 'I think that Finnegan is about to be a dead man and forbid you from talking to him again'.

She snorted, he was so gullible 'You can't forbid me from doing anything'

'Yes I..' he noticed the look on her face '..you were joking weren't you?'

'Yep' she said popping the p.

Potter ran a hand through is hair and snorted 'It's not like Finnegan would be interested in your little sister anyway'.

Aaliyah felt her blood boil, Potter always said things like that to try and tear her down and he never called her Lea or even Wilson, always Christopher's little sister. She glared at him, and all thoughts of hiding her date from her brother disappeared and were replaced by anger 'Actually Liam came over to ask me to Hogsmeade she seethed, bending the truth the slightly.

Before a full on fight could develop between the two, Professor Flitwick walked in shutting the door behind him. 'Welcome back class, I hope you all had a good summer' he squeaked 'We have a new addition to the class this year, Miss Wilson from 6th year, I'm sure you'll make her feel welcome'

Aaliyah felt the blood rush to her cheeks as everyone turned to look at her, she really did need to work on her blushing problem.

'Today we will be working on conjuring water, the incantation is Aguamenti, let me demonstrate' he said the spell and with a flourish of his wand a stream of clear water flew from its tip. Aaliyah noted the way he moved his wand in a swirl shape. 'Now I would like you all to spend the rest of the class trying'.

Next to her her brother forcefully waved his wand while saying the incantation and nearly hit himself in the face in the process. On her other side Fred seemed to be just jabbing his wand in front of him and Aaliyah wasn't sure if he was attempting the spell or he was simply trying to hit Potter in the head. She hoped it was the latter.

Aaliyah decided to practice the swirl hand motion before attempting the spell. She did this a few times but stopped when she noticed Potter looking at her 'Has the Charms genius forgot the spell' he teased.

She felt another wave of anger rush through her, she gave him a pointed look and did the hand movement again this time accompanied by the words. She said the spell clearly 'Aguamenti' and jet of water flew from her wand and quite satisfyingly hit Potter right in the face.

'Look everyone, Miss Wilson's got it!'Professor Flitwick exclaimed with a somewhat proud look on his face 'Ten points to Gryfindoor'. She turned to Potter and smirked at him. He turned away grumbling something about 'arrogant little 6th years' but she found she was too pleased with herself to care. Aaliyah:1 Potter:0

By the end of the class the only other person who was able to get the spell was surprisingly Potter. But he only got 5 points so Aaliyah viewed the class as a win. The bell rang and Aaliyah said a quick goodbye to Christopher, Fred and Ciaran and pointedly ignored Potter. She walked out the door and saw Rose waiting for her 'Hey, how was 7th year Charms' she asked.

Aaliyah thought about the class and gave the only suitable answer she could think of 'It was interesting'.

Well that's it chapter 2 is finished and I must say I'm quite proud. I've just spent the last 3 days finishing it and its nearly 4,000 words. I hope you all enjoyed it.

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