A/N: Thanks for reading and reviews. They're really what gets me writing. This chapter is just a summary of Years 1-5. 6th Year starts next chapter and that's when the story really gets going. Also, on my profile, there is a link to my photobucket which has pictures for the main characters of the story. So, if you want to check that out, then feel free.

Disclaimer: I own the OCs. I don't own Harry Potter

Chapter 2
The year went on and Lauren quickly caught on to what they were learning. Rose was, by far the cleverest, of the first year Gryffindors, but being her best friend also made Lauren quick to catch on, with Rose's help of course.

The Gryffindor girls, while all friendly with each other, generally split into two groups. Rose and Lauren would sit together in classes, as would Alicia and Andrea. Natasha's best friend from growing up, Kristen Davies, was sorted into Ravenclaw, and for this reason, Natasha would often find her friend during breaks and would always sit with her in classes they shared.

The Gryffindor boys, however, were a different story. All four of them had quickly formed a tight friendship, despite rumors flying around about how James and Scorpius' fathers hated each other in school. In fact, to Lauren, it seemed that James and Scorpius were closer to each other than they were to Danny and Tom (though to be fair, Tom and Danny were closer to each other than the others too). However they all four quickly developed a close friendship and were soon identified throughout the school as big pranksters.

Rose insisted that her cousin was a nice person, but Lauren didn't see it. She had developed a fairly strong dislike for James Potter (and Scorpius Malfoy for you never saw one without the other) and she didn't see that changing, ever…little did she know.

James and Scorpius also became known as two of the brightest students in the year. The picked up what was being taught in lessons by, at most, their fifth try (despite getting in trouble for talking almost every lesson), and always received full or almost full marks, yet Lauren had never seen them open a book once.

First year came and went, with Lauren spending Christmas break at Hogwarts, along with Andrea. Andrea, she had discovered, was also muggle-born, and her parents were often away on business. It was a pleasant enough break and Andrea had now become one of Lauren's best friends.

Once break was over, work became harder, and teachers began warning about exams ("Already?" Andrea had exclaimed one lesson, where they had been given a lecture about the importance of sleep and study schedules).

Soon Easter break had come around and the castle was much louder, because everyone stayed.

Exams finally came and went. Lauren felt sure that she did well on all of them. Certainly better than Alicia, who had set the feather they were supposed to be levitating on fire.

Summer was what Lauren was dreading. She was not looking forward to going back to the abusive foster parents. But she went anyway, her friends too excited about their upcoming vacation.

Her summer was long and hard. It seemed to her that her foster father George was making up for not being able to do anything to her for the entire year and her beatings felt more and more painful each day (or maybe it was just that she had forgotten just how bad they were).

Relief came in the form of Rose at the end of July, when a letter came asking her if she wanted to stay with her for the last two weeks of summer. Her friends all knew that her birth parents were dead and that she lived with a foster family with many other kids but they didn't know how her foster parents were.

With the letter came an offer to pick her up from her house and an offer to drop her off at Kings Cross, to catch the train to Hogwarts. And it was only for that reason did George and Carla allow her to go.

The rest of her summer was extremely pleasant. She passed off any bruises she had left as her being clumsy (a lie that was easily believed because she really was a huge klutz) and the Weasley's and the Potter's were extremely nice to her. Even James was nicer than usual, though Lauren suspected that his parents being there was a major factor in that.

Second year came and went with James and friends playing more pranks. Nothing interesting really happened save for Andrea making Reserve Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team (James was given the actual spot…and Scorpius had made Beater, making them even more popular than before). James' brother Albus and his cousins Fred and Dominique had both been sorted into Gryffindor that year, as well, and chances were that if you were a first or second year in Hogwarts that year, you were friends with at least one (if not more) of the Weasley's.

Third year had been fun. Andrea was given an actual chasing spot from the Captain, Mitchell Wood. Mitch was a sixth year Keeper (as good as his father, many said) and a find of Teddy Lupin when he had been Quidditch captain. (Teddy Lupin who married Victoire Weasley- Rose and James had both been absent from school for a week in October for this). And as far as the Gryffindor Chasers went, they were unstoppable (they first won the cup that year). Andrea, James, and the last Chaser, Kelly Wood (Mitch's twin) all were fantastic, making close to 100% of the shots they took and between Andrea's ability to fly in small gaps, Kelly's knack for collisions that only hurt one way (not toward her), and James' talent for fouling without being noticed, the three teammates worked in such harmony that everyone in Gryffindor was dreading Kelly's leave and all other houses were cheering for it. More Weasley's were also brought into school, including Roxanne and Molly.

Fourth Year became a bit more interesting. James and Scorpius became, yet again, more popular, as girls had all started noticing that they were 'gorgeous'. Every girl fifth year and below thought the two boys were hot. Every girl, that is, except for five Gryffindor fourth years.

Rose screwed her face up in disgust whenever someone mentioned either one of them being cute. James was her cousin and Scorpius was over his house so much that she didn't see him as anything cute.

Alicia also wrinkled her nose in disgust. James and she had been close as children, given that their parents were pretty close and she claimed that blonds were not her type.

Natasha had also known James, not as well as Alicia or Rose, but they still saw each other enough for her to say that it would have been weird to date him. She also had a steady boyfriend, Dylan Daniels, and claimed she was perfectly happy with him. Though she did admit (in private, and just to the girls of course) that Scorpius was pretty cute.

Aside from Lauren, who couldn't stand either of them and would never date either of them, the only other one of the girls who didn't know James growing up was Andrea, and she was too busy crushing on Tom Corner to be interested in either one of them (though she also admitted that both of them were pretty hot).

Also in their fourth year, James' sister, Lily, and Rose's brother, Hugo, were both sorted in Gryffindor. Lily and Hugo were just as close as James and Rose (possibly even closer) and both quickly found friends, making their own little group.

Andrea and Lauren, as always, had Christmas at Hogwarts, this time with Tom Corner and Danny Finnegan. Andrea had been super excited to spend Christmas with Tom, and by the end of break Lauren considered both Tom and Danny close friends.

At the end of the first day of Christmas break, Rose, Andrea, and Lauren were sitting with Tom, Danny, James, and Scorpius, working on homework. Lauren and Rose were sharing a small sofa, working together on Transfiguration (their worst subject). James, Scorpius, and Danny were sharing a larger sofa working on their Potions essays (they were bouncing ideas off of each other and switching words and sentences around so it didn't seem like they were copying). Tom was sitting in a comfy arm chair, reading a chapter in the Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook (already having finished his Potions essay), and occasionally correcting Andrea's (who was leaning against Tom's legs, working) Charms essay. It was a quiet night in the Gryffindor Common Room.

Or at least it was, until the strawberry blonde head of Dominique Weasley came storming into the Common Room. Her voice could be heard shouting the Password to the Fat Lady and Rose and James had exchanged a look of worry.

Dominique stomped past a couple of scared looking children, muttering under her breath.

"Tu vas bien?" James asked hesitantly.

Tom, Andrea, Danny, and Lauren all looked over at him confused. Rose and Scorpius didn't acknowledge the fact that he was speaking French.

"Stupide Victoire et son stupide gosse. C'est tout ce que j'ai entendu parler. Tout au long de la journée. Il est tout simplement Victoire." Dominique ranted.

James stood up and went over to calm his cousin down. The two were rapidly conversing in French when Tom asked the question everyone was thinking.

"Where did James learn French?"

"Victoire, Louis, and Dominique's mom is from France." Rose said. She was referring to Teddy's wife, the fifth year Gryffindor and the third year Gryffindor. "And all of our parents thought it would be a good idea to learn another language. So Aunt Fleur taught everyone. We all know some basic French, but really, beside Victoire, Dom, and Louis because they're her children, James is the only one who really picked it up, fluently." Rose said.

James journeyed back over and sat down. "All the teachers have been asking her about Vic and the baby and she's annoyed." He explained, mostly for Rose's benefit because, while everyone cared for Dom, Rose was really the only one who was really concerned.

"Poor Dom." Rose said. "It must be hard."

"She'll be fine." James said. "She just needs some time to come to terms. Good call of Vic's though, making her Godmother."

"Godmother of who?" Danny asked.

"Oh, right." James said. "Teddy and Vic had their first kid over Christmas. On Christmas, actually." He added after a moment's pause. "Anyway, they named her Noelle Andromeda. Dom's godmother and I'm godfather."

"She's adorable." Rose added. "She's already got Teddy wrapped around her finger. She looks exactly like Vic, with her little blue eyes and this tiny little tuft of blonde hair on her head."

"Yeah," James said dryly "Looks just like Victoire. Fan-freakin'-tastic."

Scorpius laughed. "Got your work cut out for you, don't ya JP?" He teased.

Rose rolled her eyes. "Like you're not going to help him murder every guy who even thinks about looking at her."

Scorpius shrugged. "So what if I am going to. Noelle's even half as gorgeous as Vic is and we'll fighting guys off of her."

James nodded in agreement. "We can lock her in her room. Teddy will back us up."

"Victoire won't." Rose said.

The argument ended with both sides agreeing to disagree. The end of fourth year flew by, all of the Gryffindors passing their exams.

Lauren spent all of her August before fifth year with Rose, and the last two weeks of it in France on the beach with Rose's family, James and his family, and Scorpius (who had spent his entire summer at the Potter's). One day had been devoted to shopping for school supplies in Diagon Alley (Rose had been made Prefect and James was the new Gryffindor Quidditch Captain) and then they came back to France for a couple of days.

Throughout the summer, Ginny had taken a new fascination in photography, and there were thousands of pictures from this trip. Pictures she promised to pass on at some point this school year.

By now, everyone at Hogwarts knew about the dynamics of the five Gryffindor girls.

Rose was the smart, studious one; the one who never broke a rule. That was further backed up when she was made Prefect. She didn't care much for dating and guys- boys were into her, but she wasn't much into them (Most of the guys that actually liked her for her were kind of nerdy and she couldn't stand any of them really).

Alicia was crazy one. She was always energetic and, like her best friend Andrea, was always up for a good time. She liked to be comfortable and was always ok with who she was. She'd had a couple of boyfriends, super serious with each one of them, and always being crushed by them (but she had her girls to help her recover and she always would have them).

Andrea was the party girl. She wasn't hard core or anything, but she was always looking for a good time. She liked dancing around at Post-Quidditch game parties, and birthday parties, and any party that James and his friends found excuses to throw. She'd had her fair share of boyfriends, none of them staying around for long.

Lauren was the friendly one. Everyone knew her and liked her. She loved to laugh and smile. She spoke to everyone. There were very few people she didn't like (James Potter still being one of them. They still fought like crazy…when they weren't trying to avoid each other. She and Scorpius, however, had settled their differences during a Potions semester. She still didn't understand why he was friends with James, but she and Scorpius were now sort of friends). Like Alicia, Lauren had a couple of serious boyfriends, being crushed by two and mutually breaking up with the other two (she was still friends with both of them).

Natasha was the fashion guru. No matter what the occasion was, she would always have something mentally picked out for her girls. Each girl had their own style which really tied in with their personalities. Natasha liked bold prints and crazy styles with big silver jewelry. Rose liked conservative but cute clothes, of many styles with some tasteful gold or silver jewelry. Alicia preferred clothing that was comfortable. Give her some sweats and a t-shirt, and she'd be happy for life. She did like dressing up occasionally…but only if it was comfortable. Andrea liked skirts and party shirts, to go with her partying personality. And Lauren? Lauren liked her fun bright colors with a pair of jeans and some big wooden jewelry.

The five girls were even closer now than they were before. Every Saturday night was considered Girls Night and whether it be painting nails or movie night (Rose's mother had taught her a charm that allowed muggle electronics to work inside Hogwarts. It was the only rule bending thing Rose did), the girls always had a fun time.

Fifth year was OWL year, and the workload was much harder. But everyone was happy when the end came and examinations were over.

As soon as Lauren got off the train with Rose, she was met by James with Scorpius. And quickly after that, she was met by James' mother and Rose's mother.

After smothering all four of them with hugs, Ginny passed an envelope to Lauren. After peeking inside, Lauren realized that these were the pictures Ginny had from last summer. Deciding to look at them late, she joined the conversation.

"How were your OWLs?" Ginny asked, generally to everyone but looking at her son with a worried expression.

James waved his hand through the air, indicating that he thought they were easy. "Piece of cake, Mom"

"And History of Magic?" Ginny asked. Though James wouldn't need the subject for what he wanted to be, she thought it was important to pass it still.

James rolled his eyes. "Ridiculous. Ready, listen to one of the questions." He didn't wait for a pause and blurted out the question. "Please describe, in detail, Harry Potter's quest to find and destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort." Ginny and Hermione laughed. "I had things in my answer that he didn't even teach in class. It's not going to be my best grade," James continued. "but I definitely passed History of Magic."

Ginny nodded, satisfied. "Good, and how about the rest of you."

"Good." Rose answered. She and her mother shared a look, that basically said they would dissect the exams at home.

"Mine too." Lauren said.

"I did great, Mrs. P" Scorpius said. Ginny's eyebrows rose. "I mean, Ginny." She smiled.

Alicia came over to the group. After greeting everyone, she dragged Lauren and Rose away from them to say good-bye to the girls.

The five girls hugged each other separately, then went for one big group hug.

All five of them were thinking about how great their lives were going right now. Lauren wasn't even worried about going home yet.

But, you know, things can't always stay perfect. And their lives were about to be shaken up.

Which is where our story really begins.

A/N: Thanks for reading! Drop a review if you could, it would be great.