Soaring through the sky, I feel free. I feel myself. In my animagi form, I have no limitations and no restrictions. Leahs form is a Hawk and I am a raven. It doesn't surprise me that we are both birds. We are sisters after all.

I fly back to the grounds at Hogwarts and call to Leah. She calls back and lands next to me. Once we change back to our human form, we walk round the corridors and catch up.

"I haven't really spoken to anyone. This girl showed me where the common room was but that was it. What about you?"
"I spoke to Lily, obviously. There is this girl called Alice, she seems nice. I spoke to these two boys at the feast, but I can't remember their names."
I don't tell her about what they said about Hufflepuff. She doesn't need to know and I don't want to upset her.

We both go back to our common rooms and I make my way up to the girls dormitory. As I enter, Lily comes rushing towards me. "Where were you? I was about to send a search party!"
I laugh. "Just exploring, like I told you."

She sits on my bed and pulls me down with her. "So, we really didn't get a chance to get to know each other that well on the train."
I nod, waiting for her to continue. "Tell me about yourself."
I let out a small laugh. "What do you want to know?"

"Hmm..oh, are your parents magical?"
"Both of my parents are magical. The whole family are. What about yours?"
"Oh. My parents are both muggle. So you're a pure-blood?"
I nod and a silence seems to fall upon us, but Lily breaks it. "So, what did you think of Dumbledore? Find him interesting like I said?"
The mention of Dumbledore reminds me of what he said to me before we entered the Great Hall.

I mumble, "Yeah, interesting."
I must have seemed distracted because Lily frowns at me. "Something wrong?"
"No. Just thinking about something what Dumbledore said to me. Does he always talk in riddles?"
She smiles. "Yeah. He does that alot." Yawning, she gets up off my bed and climbs into her own. "Night."

Changing into my pajamas, I climb into bed. My mind once again drifts towards the events of the day and before sleep takes me, I see the boy from the feast. And his reaction when I practically shouted at him. The thought makes me smile.
-x-

Lily wakes me the next morning so we can go to our classes. Getting out of bed, I notice that my robes have arrived. Putting them on, Lily shows me where our first class of the day is, and she tells me to take a seat next to her. I watch as the others take their seats and I notice the boy from the feast.

"Hey Lily, who's that?" I say, pointing towards him, who is currently laughing with a small, blonde haired boy.
She looks over and rolls her eyes. "Sirius Black. Why?"
"Just something he said at the feast. I didn't know who he was."
"Just ignore him." Lily turns her head towards the front of the class, where the professor is about to start the lesson.

After class, Lily and I headed to the common room. I sit on one of the sofas whilst Lily goes up to the dormitory to retrieve something.
"Aria?"
I turned in my seat to see one and only Sirius Black.
"What do you want?"

He shuffles awkwardly where he stands. "I'm sorry about what I said about your sister. I don't want to spend the rest of the year with you hating me."
I sigh.
"It's ok. New start." It's obvious that he doesn't apoligise often, and I can see that the thought makes him uncomfortable.

He smiles and my breath caught in my throat. God, this boy is attractive. But only a little.
"Thanks," He dropped into the seat beside the sofa. "I'm Sirius Black."
He stuck out his hand and after a second, I shook it. "Aria."

"What, no surname, Aria?" Before I can reply, Lily says my name.
"Aria?" I turned my head towards the stairs where Lily stood, glaring at Sirius.
I realise that our hands are still joined, so I snatch mine back.

I get up off the sofa and make my way towards Lily.
"Is he bothering you?"
I shake my head.
Lily doesn't look convinced but doesn't press the subject.
"Lets go." Oh, right. Lily was showing me where all the classes were.
Heading towards the portrait, I pause and turn back.
"Bye Sirius."
He waves and as I'm stepping through the portrait, I hear another male voice.
"Who was that, Padfoot?"
Padfoot? I scoff under my breath. Weird nickname.
-x-

Sinking into my bed, I sigh with relief. Lily and I must have spent at least an hour or more walking around the many corridors of Hogwarts. She showed me where the Herbology classrooms were and took me to Hagrids hut. He's nice, but I wouldn't like it if he fell on me.

Since I am free of lessons today, Lily and I sit around in the common room. We were through our fourth game of cards when the boy who was with Sirius at the feast sits next to Lily.
Lily sighs. "James, please leave me alone."
James. I finally have a name for the face behind those glasses.

James frowns. "Lily, I thought we were on good terms now."
"We are," Lily mumbles. "but I know what you're going to ask me, and the answer hasn't changed."

This time it is James who sighs. "I know, but I can't help asking."
He gets up to leave. The suprise in his eyes when he sees me is evident in his eyes.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. I'm James."
I contemplate whether or not to bring up the feast. But since I forgave Sirius, I guess I should forgive James too.
"I'm Aria."

He nods, and it's when he's walking away I realise that it was him who had called Sirius Padfoot.
"So, what's the deal with this guy? First the boy on the train and now him? You're a real heart-breaker, aren't you?"
She blushes a violent shade of red. "It's not what you think. James and I have a complicated relationship."

I snort. "I know all about complicated relationships."
"Really?"
"Really," I say.

"Back home, I was in a relationship with a guy who went to my school. He was a muggle, obviously. But since I didn't get my letter to Hogwarts, my parents thought it would be best to send me to muggle school. But anyway, we started out as friends and one day he asked if I would go on a date with him. I said yes.

After that we went out for months. But things got complicated. I won't go into details. But basically, we broke up and we agreed to stay friends, but its never been the same since. I guess he never really got over it."

All through my story, Lily listened eagerly. "No offence, Aria, but my relationship with James isn't even remotely like that. But I appreciate you telling me. You didn't have to."
I shrug. "I'm over it."

But there was a flicker of doubt inside my mind as I said this. Was I really over it, or was I just lying to myself?

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