September 15, 1993

We were two weeks into the first term of our fifth year at Hogwarts and our homework was already weighing us down like lead in water….

"Ugh… the homework is even worse than last year…" I moaned as I sunk into the cushions of my favorite couch, I was already behind in my Transfiguration and Potions homework

"I know…" Fred agreed as he sat down next to me, an exhausted look in his eyes.

"Well it is our OWL year…" George muttered as he sat down on the chair across from us, his face almost mirroring his twins.

"It's going to be killer…" I sighed as I picked up my quill and sleepily began to write down the first paragraph of my Potions essay, a couple of moments passed before I grew restless and muttered, "This is pathetic, who cares about the use of a Wiggenweld potion?"

Fred laughed, "Well it cures uncommon poisons Allie…"

I looked over at him in surprise, "Since when did you pay attention in class?"

"I don't, it's in the text book…" He smiled at me

I laughed at his amused face and went back to my essay, "It's just… when are we going to need to use it? It's not like we're going to run around dangerous creatures and get bitten, besides the likely hood that we'll actually have a potion on us is very slim… deeming it useless…"

George laughed, "Since when did you become so logical?"

"Good question…" I sighed as I put my hand under my chin and pretended to think.

They both laughed and went back to their work. It was then that Lee burst into the room followed by Angelina, Alicia, and Katie Bell.

"Good job you three!" he laughed as he ran over to us and slung his arms around Fred and my shoulders, "I wasn't expecting this much genius from you guys!"

"What?" Fred, George, and I asked at once; confused expressions were painted across our faces.

"Oh stop being so modest!" Angelina laughed as she sat down on the table.

"We know that it was you three that charmed the whomping willow pink!" Katie grinned as she knelt down on the floor.

"What!" I yelled in surprise, Fred and George just shrugged.

Alicia got a confused look on her face, "It had to be you three… you're the only ones crazy enough to do that… "

"Well we didn't…" I whispered, absolutely flabbergasted.

"Well if you didn't…" Lee said slowly, "Who did?"

Good question…"It has to be a new student…" I continued my voice thoughtful, "Someone who wasn't here before…"

"A new student? Allison to be able to charm and object of such a size pink would require previous magical instruction, I first year couldn't possibly pull a feat like that off…" Angelina reasoned

"It can't be anything else…" I whispered as I stared into the flames.

"An exchange student?" Fred suggested thoughtfully

"No we would know if we had an exchange student… how about a homeschooler?" I asked

"What's the likely hood that a homeschooled student would come to Hogwarts? And what's the likelihood that that same homeschooled student would be a prankster?" George asked.

I shrugged, "Just a suggestion… I'm just saying that it's possible…"

"Anything's possible Allie, but the likelihood that a homeschooled prankster just started at Hogwarts is very slim…" George sighed as he went back to his essay

There were a couple moments of silence before Alicia spoke, "Why would they wait to start pranking now? If they came in on the train they would be here for at least two weeks already…"

That question had an easy answer, "They would scope it out before trying anything… figure out the rules and the punishments before trying anything… Filch's schedule you know the basics…"

"You know Filch's schedule?" Alicia asked in surprise

"Yup…" I replied and held up a piece of paper with his times written down on it, "Memorized it by now of course… and we've always had a little extra help, it keeps us out of trouble… well most of the time anyway…"

Angelina, Alicia, and Katie raised their eyebrows.

"What?" I asked as I threw my hands up.

"Where did you get that?" Angelina asked

"Nicked it from his office of course! First year!" I laughed

Looks of surprise crossed over their faces before I laughed and continued in a more serious tone, "But that doesn't matter… what matters is who did this and where they are now."

"Well, there are only so many students at Hogwarts… many of them we've known since first year… the only ones that would be able to pull something like that off would be a NEWT student or a Ravenclaw…"

"A Ravenclaw wouldn't do something like that, their too noble…" Lee replied "and they care too much about their academics to have time to prank or having fun…"

"Geez, a bit stereotypic aren't yah Lee?" I asked as I turned around to face him

He laughed, "Well I guess… but it's still unlikely that a Ravenclaw would do something like that…"

"Then it has to be an older student…" I sighed

"More or less…" Lee shrugged, "But that doesn't really matter, it's time for dinner."

Fred and George who had been shifting their attention back and forth between their homework and the conversation looked up, hungry expressions on their faces.

"Boys..." I muttered, "Always hungry…"

Everyone laughed as we stood up and headed down stairs towards the great hall, but one question still remained in the back if my mind: Who did turn the whomping willow pink, and where were they now?

A/N Sorry for the late update, I've been feeling a little under the weather and have also had a serious writers block… Meh, anyways I'm quite proud of this chapter despite the length, I figured I was two days late updating and had to get something up for all of you so anyways here it is…my wonderfully short chapter without much action or romance going on… x sighs x Oh well, it's my birthday tomorrow and I'm going to be fifteen (So make it more enjoyable by gifting me your wonderful, wonderful reviews!) :)

Until next week :D

Drakefan077

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters or story line other then Allison; the mysterious know it all on the train, some minor plots, and other things you don't recognize… Everything else belongs to the wonderful writer JK Rowling who I idolize :D