Harry and Ron came in not long after Alia and Hermione did and Harry sat to Sombra's left, and Ron to Hermione's right.

"What were you, Flitwick, and Trelawney talking about earlier?" Alia asked.

"Just my dream." Sombra responded. "It turns out I have the Inner Eye, and Trelawney said I should tell Flitwick in case I had an important dream tht needed to be reported to the Headmaster."

Alia nodded in understanding and turned to face Flitwick as he gave them their instructions.

Once he finished, Sombra grabbed her wand in her left hand, pointed it at the feather, and said the incantation. "Wingardium leviosa." Immediately, her feather began to float, and she directed it high towards the ceiling.

"Oh, well done!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed. "See here, everyone. Ms. Black's done it! Splendid."

Alia followed and got it on her first try as well.

Ron then proceeded to butcher the pronunciation, and Hermione corrected him before executing the spell correctly as well.

After class was done, Ron complained about Hermione to Harry and another boy who blew his feather up. Unfortunately, Hermione heard him and started crying.

"I think she heard you." Harry said.

Sombra rolled her eyes. "No shit, Sherlock." she snapped before running after Hermione. "Hermione, wait!" She caught up to her. "Where are you going?"

"Somewhere he won't bother me." She snapped. "Besides, you're his friend. Aren't you going to make fun of me too?"

"I am his friend..." she said, "but I'm not going to make fun of you. I know what it's like to be bullied, and I don't want to do that to you." She paused. "If you want to get away then follow me. I know a place."

Hermione followed Sombra up the tower steps and into the astronomy tower where Alia was.

"Hermione, I'd like you meet my friend, Alia.'

"Pleasure to meet you, Alia." Hermione said.

"Pleasure to meet you too." Alia responded. "I see Sombra's brought you up here so you could have some peace."

"How did you...?"

Alia laughed. "The astronomy tower's not much good for stargazing unless it's nighttime. If you're here during the day, something's going on."

"Ron was making fun of her. She got upset." Sombra explained.

"Ah..." Alia said slowly. "That's never fun. Getting picked on, anyway."

"How would the two of you know?" Hermione asked. "You're both so beautiful. Sombra, you've got black hair and blue eyes that make you gorgeous at eleven. Alia, you've got light brown hair, and brown eyes that go together perfectly."

Sombra sighed. "I'm a Black. My uncle was a murderer and a maniac. Practically my whole family were death eaters at some point. That's not something you can escape getting bullied for."

Alia responded next. "I'm a half-blood, and I went to a muggle school before this. I was a nerd. Kids bullied me for that." Alia took something out of her bag. "Are you two hungry?"

Sombra nodded. "I'm famished. Hermione, what about you?"

Hermione smiled. "I could do with a bit to eat."

Alia pulled three tins out of her bag. Each one had steamed pork, boiled carrots, and a side of rice. Sombra and Hermione each took a tin.

"Blimey, Alia. This is amazing!" Sombra exclaimed.

"This is so good!" Hermione readily agreed.

Alia smiled shyly. "My parents thought I should learn to cook. I asked the house elves if I could try a recipe in the kitchens, and they let me use a section. I made extras in case Sombra brought a friend."

Hermione turned to Sombra shocked.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Sombra questioned playfully. "I wouldn't have brought you up here if I didn't like you.

Hermione beamed. "So, we're friends? All three of us?"

Alia grinned. "Of course we are! And as friends I need to ask a favor of you two."

"You're not going to ask us to help you hide a body are you?" Sombra joked.

"No, you dingus." Alia pulled out. "Have either of you ever tried Ovomancy?"

And just like that, Hermione and Sombra found themselves cracking eggs, and telling the future according to how the yolks fell. The three were laughing and smiling, and they all felt happier than they had in a while.

"Oof." Alia teased. "That yolk really fell hard." and then in a bad imitation of a divinator's voice said, "You are going to have a difficult life, Sombra Black."

Sombra laughed. "The funny part is, it's probably true. Well predicted, Alia."

"Or maybe it's saying that you need to lighten up a little, or your life will be weighed down." Hermione joked.

Sombra's jaw dropped, and she mocked offense, "Ouch, Granger."

The three of them laughed, and sat there for a couple more minutes before deciding to go back to their dorms.

After they got down the stairs, they heard a noise; they turned around and saw a troll at the end of the hall.

Terrified, the group backed up slowly. Then, the troll turned and looked in their direction. The three girls held their breath, praying the troll wouldn't see them. It saw them and immediately charged after them. They screamed and ran as fast as they could trying to get away from it.

"Make sharp turns!" Sombra cried. "It might make it easier to loose him!"

Several sharp turns later, they crashed straight into Harry and Ron.

"Harry!? Ron!? What are you doing here?" Sombra exclaimed.

"We came to warn you about the troll!" Harry shouted.

"The troll is already chasing us, thank you very much. We know about it." Hermione stated.

"And it's catching up." Alia warned. "We've gotta go!"

The group ran and tried to get to the stairs, but they were unfortunately cornered before they could make it.

Thinking quickly, Ron shouted, "Wingardium Leviosa!" his actions causing the troll's club to levitate. After a bit, the club fell on the troll's head, knocking him out.

"Is it dead?" Alia asked fearfully.

"No." Harry answered. "It looks to be knocked out."

"We should probably head back to our dorm rooms before we get caught." Hermione said.

The group nodded and headed for the stairs.

"Thanks for reminding us to get out of there." Harry acknowledged.

"Mind you, we did save their lives." Ron exclaimed.

"Mind you, they might not have needed saving if you hadn't insulted Hermione." Harry reminded him.

"What are friends for?" Ron replied, making Hermione smile.

Hi, the reason this one came so quickly is because I had it written out while I was still makibg adjustments to the previous chapter. Please review. I really appreciate it and it helps motivate me to keep writing if I know you guys like it.