Today was the day that Ava has been waiting for all week,

Flying Class.

She walked to class with Donna and Mary and was bouncing along beside them.

" Ava calm down" Donna laughed. Ava jumped beside her. " How can you be so calm at a time like this?, I love flying, we don't even play Quidditch and we are better flyers than Malfoy

Mary laughed too "That's true, but we just don't show how exited we are so we don't completely embarrass ourselves in public" Ava stopped bouncing and calmed down a little bit, " your right, I will save it for the flying"

" So where is everyone else?" Mary asked. Ava knew she meant the rest of their group of girls.

" They said they would meet us there" Donna said.", " they wanted to go to the library for a little bit" Ava sighed

" Why do they always want to go to the library?" she asked. Donna shrugged " Don't ask me", " maybe they are making something?" Mary suggested. They all shrugged and walked around the back of the school to the grassy area, there waiting for them was a teach with short white hair and had yellow eyes like a hawk. There were already a few students waiting there, Ava, Mary and Donna all walked over to the other students, while they waited for the Slytherins to come. Finally when they did show up. The Madam Hooch walked over to the students and said rather loudly

" Good morning class, now we are going to learn harder skills on broomsticks today, now as you all go up in the air I want you to turn your broom down, and then sharply up to make it do a zigzag" She looked at all the students to make sure that they understood her and put her whistle to her mouth, and blew

The students did as they were told. Ava was the most successful. Neville was the least successful, Madam Hoock had to take him to the hospital wing yet again, every year in flying class he would break something.

When Madam Hooch was out of Sight Malfoy laughed " What a stupid Oaf, how many times must I tell him to land on his fat ass?"

The Slytherins laughed, but Ava found no humor in what he just said.

Luckily She wasn't the only one that was angry. Harry stood up and walked up to Malfoy. " Shut your mouth Malfoy" He said in a cold voice. Malfoy just smiled meanly " Yeah and who is going to stop me?"

" We all will" Ron said. Ava looked and all the boys got up and faced Malfoy, arms crossed and they were all glaring at him. Mafloy had a flicker of fear in his eye.

Ava couldn't help but snicker " What a coward", Ava thought. Malfoy heard Ava and turned his hard stare towards her. " What Mudblood! Agree with me that Neville should learn to land on his ass, I assure you it would be the much softer and less painful way for him" The Slytherins laughed and Malfoy smirked at Ava,

Ava looked disgusted " Actually Malfoy I was laughing at the fact that you think your so tough when the truth is, your only brave when you have your daddy and your fat friends to back you up" She heard Donna and Nancy laugh behind her and even some of the Slyhterins were trying their best not to grin.

Malfoy's face looked shocked that he would embarrass him in public, then he snarled at her, Ava didn't like the look in his eyes, his eyes showed that he was furious and that he wanted to crush her little body in his hand.

Ava had a feeling that his stare did not go unnoticed for all of a sudded he felt Donna's hand grab her wrist and slowly pulled her to where she and the rest of her friends were, she saw Seamus shift over a little away from where the other boys were standing and slightly covering Ava as if shielding her from Malfoy.

Soon all the Slytherins got up and stood beside him, giving all the other houses looks as if they were daring them to come and fight them. Ava was sure that one of the Slytherins was going to run at them any second, but all of a sudden Madam Hooch came out and walked over to her class. " Now class, Lets begin!".

The rest of the class period was just kids flying around bumping into one another and falling off the broomsticks. . She didn't mean to brag but she was sure that she and Harry were the best flyers of the class. She got glares from Pansy Parkinson and a few of her friends. Ava landed very gracefully and was giving a proud smile from Madam Hooch.

Because of her and Harry's excellent listening skills they both got 10 points each for their house. Gryffindor cheered and the Slytherins groaned.

After class Donna, Ava, and their group of friends were walking down the hallway laughing. At the end of the hallway they could see Pansy and her friends leaning against the wall. Waiting for them. Ava and Donna looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

They walked up to them and Pansy and her friends pushed off of the wall. Evelyn rolled her eyes " What do you want Parkinson?", Pansy gave Evelyn a death glare then she looked at the whole gang of girls and sneered " I would watch each others backs if I were you, us Slytherins can get pretty nasty and if you even think of crossing one of our paths, we can get you back." She then turned and looked at Ava " you better stay away from Draco, he likes me and if I catch him winking at you or talking at you again I would watch out if I were you". Pansy then turned and she and her friends hurried away.

Ava blinked. " Did we just get threatened?"

Mary's eyes were wide " I hope she won't do anything to bad". Donna looked at her and smiled " what could she do that we cant handle?, she is a coward like Draco, they were meant for eachother" The girls laughed and continued walking to their next class.

At lunch the girls decided to skip lunch and head right to the library. Their teachers didn't give them that much homework and they decided that if they finished it, they would have the whole night off. They all had a lot of potions work and Evelyn had to practice her charms. Ava was passing all of her courses easily. She found magic so easy. She concentrated very hard on spells and she worked hard on her homework. The only course that she was having trouble with was potions. Professor Snape seemed to hate every one and seemed like he wanted all the students to fail. She tried the best she could but it never seemed good enough.

Ava groaned. She looked up and sighed at her friends " I just can't seem to get this course, potions is so hard". Stacey laughed " it is a bit difficult but all you have to do is read the instructions and listen to the professor". Out of all their friends Stacey was the only one of them that was doing well in that course, she actually seemed to like it. Ava stared at her " I don't know how you do it Stace" Every one laughed and Stacey moved to sit beside Ava to help her.

After dinner that night the girls all sat around the fire in the dorm. It was nice to have just the girls there hanging out alone without the boys. They never really had a girl's night yet. It was all quiet and peaceful until Nancy broke the silence.

"You know we haven't had much boy talk lately" She winked and the girls giggled. " Yeah, everyone has to say some guys that they think are cute" said Gemma. Ava blushed, she was never going to tell her friends who she thought was cute. Not even Donna. Elaine went first. She thought that many Slytherin boys were cute and everyone else could not help but agree, they may be evil but they did have a lot of good looking boys. Gemma told everyone that she likes smart guys and chose a few guys from Ravenclaw, she thought Michael Corner was very good looking and Ava couldn't help but disagree, she thought that his hair was way to long. Then Gemma named a few other boys from each of their houses and a lot from Gryffindor. There were a lot of good-looking guys in Gryffindor. Then Gemma giggled and blushed. " Do you know who I also think is very good looking?".

Everyone looked at her with curious looks. Gemma blushed even harder and said " Ron, Seamus, Harry, and Ben and Tyler". Ava blushed when Gemma mentioned Seamus's name and she noticed that Donna blushed as well when Ben was mentioned. All the girls agreed with Gemma and then they looked over to Donna. Donna looked down and said " I don't know, you guys already mentioned all of them already" Elaine rolled her eyes " oh come on Don, we all know that you think Ben is totally hot, you guys are always talking and meeting with each other in the library.

Donna gave Elaine a nasty look " We are just really good friends Elaine, do you have a problem with us just being friends?" Elaine shook her head " No I didn't say that, I am just saying that it looks like that you two have eyes for each other".

Ava knew Elaine was right, but she was not going to say it out loud. She knew that Donna liked Ben a lot, Donna had told Ava herself. She was not going to mention it to any of the other girls though.

Before Donna had time to shout a nasty comment back at Elaine, Hermione stepped in " Okay Ava it is your turn". Ava was thankful that Hermione changed the subject, she didn't want her friends fighting, she looked over at the two and they were giving each other nasty stares. Ava just shrugged " I don't know everyone already mentioned all the guys that I thought were good looking too, but I thought that a lot of Hufflepuff boys were not bad looking". Everyone agreed with her. Gemma looked at Ava " you aren't going to mention anything about Seamus?".

Ava blinked " Why would I?", Gemma squinted at Ava " I don't know but there is something going on between you two" Ava laughed a fake laugh " of course not, we are just friends, do you see the way he teases me all the time?" Elaine shrugged " Boys tease girls when they like them". Hermione nodded " yeah and he is always sticking up for you and he seems to care about you"

Ava was starting to get a little frustrated but she stayed calm " I promise there is nothing going on between us, maybe he does stick up for me against Draco, but he isn't the only one, you all do and we are just friends and nothing is ever going to happen between us." Everyone nodded quietly to her and continued their conversation. Donna and Ava looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Her friends could be so annoying at times.

Later that night when everyone else went to bed. Donna and Ava were still sitting curled up against the fire. Ava loved the cozy feeling the fire gave her and would tend to sit rather close to it. Once she sat so close to the fire that her clothes caught on fire.

" Elaine really bugs me sometimes, telling everyone about what me and Ben do. It isn't her right to tell everyone". Ava agreed with Donna but another question popped in her head. " Donna do you like Ben?"

Donna blushed. " I don't know, he's alright I guess. He is so kind and sweet to me and he makes me laugh." Ava grinned. " Donna if you like him, then ask him to hang out by the lake or something" Donna shook her head frantically " No No, if I did that he would think I like him and he would think I am obsessed or something or weird, I am just going to keep it a secret, can you do that for me?" Ava hugged her " Of course I will, I won't tell anyone"

Then Donna grinned mischievously " so what's this about Seamus". Ava sighed, she knew it was coming and she was prepared " Don honestly we are just friends, he teases me all the time, even if I tried he wouldn't want anything to do with me. He could get any girl he wants" she pulled her knees to her chest.

Donna gasped " so you do like him?"

" I didn't say that"

" But you implied it"

" So?"

Donna put her hands on her hips " stop being so difficult, its okay if you think he is good looking, I wont tell, anyone". Ava smiled at her " Thanks". Donna hugged her " we're best friends we can tell each other anything".

Ava hugged Donna back " I dont know, even though he is an idiot, i can't help it but i just love his smile, and when his teasing grin" Donna smiled at her as Ava stood up. She rubbed her backside, it was a little hot from sitting so close to the fire. Donna also stood up and yawned. " I am going to bed, tomorrow we can talk more about you know who" She winked and then went upstairs with a pleasant " Goodnight!"

Ava laughed and said goodnight and walked over to the bookshelf. She just finished the last book that she read and wanted to start another one. Ava loved to read, she had an amazing imagination, she would day dream all the time in muggle school, she was an average student then, she had marks that hovered around B's to A's. She never failed though or got a C. But she never got perfect either. Now in Hogwarts, she was getting more than prefect marks. I guess because she didn't have to daydream as much in class, because all her dreams were coming true.