CHAPTER 4

POV KATIE

"Katie Rebecca Cross, Lucinda Cross! Get out of bed, and come and eat breakfast." I ran down the stairs of the house and sat at my chair at the table in the kitchen. My father walked in and remembered to duck before he hit the doorway again. "Hey Katie there's a letter here, it looks really formal. The owl's glaring at me." I ran towards where Lucinda had an owl on her hand, I took the letter from the owl the address on the owl just said 'Katie Rebecca Cross' I opened it, the seal on the letter was a 'LoC' I wonder what it stood for? Around the edge there was a snake enabled on the wax. Inside the envelope there was a letter.

Dear Katie Rebecca Cross

You are officialy invited to the Peterson's annual winter gala.

On the 20th December, At Peterson manor in the winter gardens,

If you wish to come please floo to the address, 'Peterson Hall' at 1pm on the 20th December if you are late you won't be able to come.

From

Lady Peterson.

I saw there was another note in the letter I unfolded it and it stated in rather messy writing.

Hope you can come. Its formal wear before you ask the seal literally stands for 'Liberi of coluber' which translates into 'Children of snakes' (I don't understand why trust me I've asked alot.)

(By the way you have a plus one)

Georgia

I sent an owl back after my parents agreed, for the rest of the day I looked for a dress decided to bring my friend Millie, we had became friends since our mothers worked together. Millie attended the Beabautons and lived in France with her father's relatives during the school year; she always managed to come for birthdays and parties though. I sent a message using the floo. The reply I got was a simple you bet.

The next day I discovered that Georgia had also invited Rachel, Michelle and Frankie. When I thought of it the Petersons never invited any half-bloods. I wonder how Georgia... I have a feeling her step-mother doesn't know Michelle and Rachel are half-bloods... Sneaky I like it.

A few days past I decided to wear a simple blue dress with robes on the top. I flooed to Peterson Hall to be greeted by a woman with black hair and blue eyes, I smiled and politely asked "Excuse me, do you know where Georgia is?" The woman looked at me and said "oh, you mean Heiress Peterson she's with the other children in the informal living room." I nodded and followed Malfoy into a room, when I got out of the room I saw a beautiful Fresco of Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw. The latter waved and I smiled then I heard a yell "KATIE!" I spun around to be swarmed over by my friends. Georgia was wearing a red dress, Rachel and Frankie wore simple dresses in different shades of green while Michelle wore a simple creamy colour. I also noticed Blaize Zambi, Draco Malfoy, Daphne Greengrass, Neville Longbottom and a few people of nearly every house I noticed me and Rachel, Frankie, Michelle and Georgia were the only Gryffindors. Millie immediately started talking to Daphne.

POV Georgia

The Christmas gala was up to normal standards, absolutely boring until I showed Katie, Rachel, Katie and Michelle upstairs where my room was. Thank goodness the house elves cleaned it. Katie looked at me and said "From the state you leave our dorm in I'm guessing your family have house elves?" I nodded in reply and pushed my bookcase towards the wardrobe when it finally shifted into the position. Michelle said "Secret Passage!" I smiled and said "Yes, it leads to my private room once I show it to you you'll be able to come in and out whenever you please." I smiled at there surprised faces, and they followed me to a circular room, the walls completely covered in books apart from one wall that had two paintings on it. One was covered by a piece of fabric, which painting was of my mother, father, aunt, uncle and the man that betrayed them. The painting I never wanted them seeing. I pointed to the red sofa that they sat on, well Michelle, Rachel and Katie did. Frankie ended up sitting on the arm of the chair, I pointed to the painting of to them a sleeping woman and shook my head and yelled "MUM!" The portrait woke up with a start and I introduced her to my friends. Katie, Rachel and Frankie liked her since it turned out she rode horses.

POV Michelle

I sat on the sofa listening to Katie, Rachel and Frankie talk about horses to Georgia's mothers portrait, now I looked between them Georgia had her eyes and dimple when she smiled, and had her father's hair texture, I noticed that Georgia's mother hair was blonde and had one eye that was blue. Georgia pointed to some books in the room and said she wanted them back by the end of the holidays then sat at her desk and wrote into her journel and handed Rachel a package and just said "Give to Harry I won't be at Hogwarts until the 3rd day of school, I've got to see my great-grandmother on my mother's side, she's ill. She has something she wants to show me, I have a feeling it might be my aunt and uncle's will." After we had all left my mother took my hand and apparated me home after I said goodbye to everyone.

It was a few days till we got back to Hogwarts, I met Rachel, Katie and Frankie on the train. Hermione was there as well, Rachel as good to her promise gave Harry the package which was revealled to be two books on the inside cover of the top one it said:

"Icy, Please give this to Pronglet when he's twelve if this appears in your home."

In a different colour it said:

"Please give this to Prongslet. For my sake if anything happens to me and flower.

James Alexander Potter."

Harry looked at Rachel then breathed "Thanks Rachel, I think these are my fathers and mothers journals." Rachel smiled and said "I was given them by a friend." She then walked towards the common room. When Georgia came back she had got paler and when we asked her what was wrong she just said "Dead, She's dead the only member of my family who remembers or even talks about my uncle and aunt is gone. In her will she left me everything. I miss her..." When I hugged her, Georgia relaxed but I noticed she didn't cry until we were in our dorm.