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Chapter Three

Jade's Cousin

The next morning when Jade woke up she did not open her eyes, instead she just stayed where she was and she thought for a few minutes. Jade opened her eyes and then let out a small gasp. She had forgotten that she was now at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it felt so much at home here that she had just forgotten where she was entirely. She smiled to herself as she remembered her new friends as well. Fred and George were the best and she was happy that she met them on the Hogwarts Express. Jade stretched and she changed into her Hogwarts robes. Then she began heading down to the Great Hall for some breakfast.

On her way down to the Great Hall, however, Jade became lost. She was in a corridor and looking around in puzzlement when out of nowhere came Fred and George. When they laid eyes on her they grinned and Fred said,

"You got lost, didn't you?"

"Maybe. What does it matter to you? This castle is huge, you can't blame me." Jade growled in a slightly menacing way.

"Awe, don't worry about him. Everyone gets lost on their first day." George said elbowing Fred with a grin. Jade looked at the twins with a curious stare, then she said,

"Can you two take me down to the Great Hall then?"

Fred and George nodded and then they notioned for her to follow. Jade of course did and Fred and George showed her some of the secret passeges that took her down to the Great Hall in about five minutes. Jade walked into the Great Hall with Fred and George and all three of them took seats at the Griffindor table. Jade sat on George's right side and in front of Fred. As Jade sat down she saw Fred turn to his left and speak to an older boy.

"Hey Oliver. What's up?" Oliver Wood turned around and he looked at Fred.

"Not much I am just having trouble finding a some new beaters and a new seeker." He spotted Jade, "What's your name?"

"Jade." Jade replied.

"Do you play Qudditch?" Oliver asked.

"Yes." Jade said smiling. "Why?"

"Just want to know." Oliver grinned for a second. "What posistion do you play?"

"I can play anything. I am good at all the positions." Jade said narrowing her eyes, then she smiled, she knew why Oliver kept asking her these things. "No need to ask I will try out for the position of Seeker or Beater if you want me to."

"You're good." Oliver said with a grin. "How did you know that I would ask?"

"It was kind of obvious." Jade said helping herself to piece of toast, she was starving.

Someone tapped Jade's shoulder. Jade whiped around to see who it was and she came face to face with her smiling cousin. Jade couldn't help but smile now, she even laughed.

"Rachel (remember it is pronounced Rashelle) what are you doing here?"

"Just checking up on my best friend and favorite cousin." Rachel said pulling a strand of her long blonde hair out of her face.

"Yea right and I'm your only cousin." Jade said rolling her eyes. Rachel laughed. Fred and George could not help but notice that on her robes she wore a Slytherin patch.

"You must be Rachel." George suddenly blurted out. "So I hear you are in Slytherin."

George said the last word in a really nasty tone and Jade turned around and she gave him a really cold peircing stare. "Watch it." she muttered out of the corner of her mouth as a warning to George.

"Look I know that you are really good friends with your cousin even though she is in Slytherin but I still don't trust her." George muttered back.

Rachel knew somehow that Jade and George were talking about her so she interupted their "conversation",

"Just because I am in Slytherin it doesn't mean I am a bad person. I just tend to cause a lot of trouble and can be really mean somtimes even to my fellow Slytherins." Rachel dropped her voice. "To tell you the truth I hate them all. I would rather be in Griffindor."

Rachel straightened up and then walked back towards the Slytherin table. George's jaw dropped. Jade let out an exasperated sigh and she went back to her breakfast. Once again however she was interruped by the arrival of the mail. Jade looked up and to her surprise Justin fluttered down and he landed right in front of her, however he did not have any mail.

"Did you forget anything?" Fred asked when he saw Justin land in front of Jade.

"Naw, Justin just came to visit me." Jade said stroking the eagle's head with her forefinger.

Justin fluttered up onto Jade's shoulder where she promptly gave him a piece of bacon. Justin gobbled up the bacon and then he rubbed his head against Jade's cheek in an affectionate sort of way before he flew off to go hunting in the forest. Jade smiled, she was really glad to be here, she had so many new friends already and this school felt so much like home she felt as if she never wanted to leave it. She took a look around at Fred and George and then she grinned, she never wanted to leave.