(Author's Note – New chapter, guys. Yes we will have Sophie meet Gulderoy Lockhart but let's just she won't be swept away by his good looks and his achievements. As for everybody else, well... remember, Hermione always have a crush on him and that will annoy Sophie, especially that it will distract Sophie from speaking to her in Defence against the dark arts. As before, I don't own Harry Potter. Enjoy!)

Last time: Harry and Ron has invited Sophie to Diagon Alley to help buy their school supplies. Sophie agrees so she will meet them. Although, she is not looking some celebrity called Gulderoy Lockhart who talks himself up a lot in the newspaper.

Come back, Sophie

Please come back to us

Please let me hold you

Please let us see you

I woke up with sweat pouring down my bow. Wow, what a dream, did not see that coming. Mum, dad? Was that you? I looked at the clock, 8:00. I get out of bed and I see a letter on my table. Looks like Ron's reply but how did Minnie get inside? The Windows were closed. Well, I think they were. I picked it up and I saw another letter. Auntie Andy left it there for me.

Minnie arrived this morning with your letter, I took it up to your room but you were still asleep so I left it there.

I opened the letter and started reading.

Dear Sophie

That's great to hear. Oh also, Hermione is coming too so we will make a day of it. When I mentioned that guy who tried to ask her out, I remember reading that she will kick your ass the next time she sees you. My dad will come and pick you up at nine so make sure you're ready by then.

Your friend, Ron.

Nine O'clock. Ah well, better get up and get ready. I decided to have Breakfast before I have a shower because I'm hungry. I went down to the kitchen but my aunt wasn't there but there was another note on the dining table. I picked it up.

Have an emergency meeting I've been summoned to. There is cereal up in the cupboard and make sure you are ready before Arthur arrives.

Great, no fancy breakfast this time. I reached up into the cupboard and grabbed the cereal and just had that. I see that Aunt has left the wizardry newspaper here. I think it's called the Daily Prophet. I decided to have a look at it.

Book signing

Get your chance to meet Mr Gulderoy Lockhart in person. He will be doing a book signing today to celebrate the release of his autobiography, Magical Me. We also like to congratulate Mr Lockhart after it was confirm by the Ministry that he will be filling the boots of The Defence against the dark arts, after the original teacher, Professor Quirrell decided to resign before the end of the school year but close people of Mr Quirrell say they have not seen him since his shocked resignation. Anyway, we wished Lockhart good luck in his role.

Oh, great. An celebrity will be teaching at Hogwarts but in some way, he will take the limelight of Harry, making his year a bit better. And they say that Quirrell resign from his job, oh they know so little. I finished my cereal and I left to have a shower. I run the shower, and it was so nice, a hot shower always washes away the stains of the day. After I dried myself off, I chose to wear a black shirt with some short jeans and some sneakers and I decided to wear my Gryffindor coat, ah, it's so nice to wear that again. Alright, 8:55. I'm standing by the door, waiting for Ron's dad to show up. Just then, there was a flash of green light that comes from the fireplace. I turned around and show a man in my house. He had red-hair and he was chubby, in his forties or fifties at best. He was wearing a wizardry hat and some greenish-grey suit. I pulled my wand out and I pointed it at the intruder.

"Who are you and how did you get inside my house?" I said to him.

"You must be Sophie Lestrange." He said, cheerfully.

"How did you know my name?" I said.

"Ron has told me a lot about you." He said.

"You know Ron?" I asked him.

"Of course I know who he is, I'm his father." He said. "Arthur Wealsey, at your service." I put my wand down and I walk towards him while putting away my wand.

"Sorry about that." I said. "I didn't know who you were."

"That's no problem." Mr Wealsey said.

"But still, how did you get here?" I asked him.

"Oh, I came through the fireplace." Arthur said.

"The fireplace?" I said, confused.

"Yeah, I use floopowder to get here." He said.

"Floopowder?" I asked. Alright, now I wish Andy was here, I've got no idea what's he talking about.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Andy told me that your still adjusting to the Wizardry world." He said then he started to look around my fireplace, looking for something. "Ah, here we are." He said, grabbing a pot of dirt.

"Why did you grabbed that vase of dirt?" I asked.

"This is Floopowder." Arthur said. "We use this to get around. This fireplace is connected to Diagon Alley. So We will be using this to get there."

"What? I-I don't know how to do it." I said, nervously.

"Don't worry, I will teach you. Stand in the fireplace." He said. I walked into the fireplace and it felt odd. "Now, take some floopowder." He put the vase out in front of me and I put my hand in there and I grabbed some. "Ok. Now all you got to do is say the destination and you dropped it but make sure you say it clearly otherwise the floo network could send you anywhere. I stood there shaking with freight, oh god, I'm going to stuff this up.

"Diagon Alley." I said and dropped the floo into the fireplace. I felt like I was being sucked through a tube and when it stopped, I slid into the floor and I hit the table. I had dust all over my clothes, oh Andy is going to kill me. I got up but I started to cough uncontrollably. Then a rough hand started whacking me in the back.

"There, there Sophie, let it all out." I recognise the voice to be Ms Wealsey. I turned around and I was pulled into a hug by her. "So good to see you." She said to me while squeezing the life out of me.

"Great to see you, too." I said then she let go. I tried to regain what's left of my breath. "So where the rest of the family?" I asked her as Mr Wealsey came through the fireplace.

"Ah, Sophie, nice to see you still in one piece." He said. "I see you already met my wife."

"Yeah, we met on the platform earlier this year."

"Good to hear. Right, come on. Time to meet the rest of the family." He said. We started walking into Diagon Alley, still as busing as last year. I looked around and I enjoy this place. We reached and I saw all of these red-haired kids and a bushy-hair one. Great, they are all here.

"Sophie." Hermione said as she hugged me.

"Please, no more hugs today." I said. "I already had a part of my life sucked out of me."

"Sorry." She said as she let go of me.

"Don't worry about it." I said. "Ron." He came over to me.

"Hey Sophie, having fun?" He said.

"Of course, of I am." I sais but then I'm grabbed by two pair of hands.

"Hey, Sophie." Two voices said. The twins.

"Fred and George." I said.

"Oh, so she does remember us." Fred said.

"Yes. We thought you would forget about us" George said.

"But I didn't." I said to them

"That's why we are in your services." They said in unison. I was happy with these two, we are going to be best friends. Then I see the smallest one there and she saw me and ran to me.

"Sophie." She said.

"Hi, Ginny." I said. "How's your holidays?"

"Great. I got to meet the Boy-Who-Lived." Ginny said to me.

"The Boy-Who-Lived? You mean Harry?" I asked.

"Yeah. He is so cool and cute." She said but turned a shade of red after she realised what she said.

"Oh, sounds like someone's got a crush." I cooed. "Speaking of Harry, where is he?" I asked as we walked in Flourish and Botts.

"A mishap with the floo." Ron said. "We don't know where he is."

"Perfect." I said. Then I saw a moving picture of a man which I assume that is Gulderoy Lockhart himself. Geez, how can anyone fall in him? He looks like he has won the lottery.

"Is he such a cutie?" Hermione said.

"Yeah...WAIT, WHAT?!" I said.

"He is a fighter." She said. "He says so in his books. Did you know, he tame a werewolf to save a town from despair?"

"Hermione, have you read any of his books?" I asked her.

"N-No." She said.

"Then how do you...?" I started but then I was cut off by a boy who started to speak.

"Hermione." He said. Hermione went rigid. Oh, god is it... "So good to see you." Yeah, It was Manuel. the guy was dressed in a bright red suit

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I got a letter that I was a wizard. I know, right? And now, my day's complete, my love is here." Manuel said. Hermione was going a shade of Magenta. I can hear Ron snickering behind me.

"Is that him?" He asked me.

"Yep." I said.

"Then she's going to be a long year for Hermione." He said. I laughed at that and Hermione was shaking with embarrassment. Time to put her out of her misery.

"Is that Harry?" I said while grabbing her hand.

"But We were talking..." Manuel said but we were lone gone. I never seen Hermione get so embarrassed in her life

"Thank you." She said.

"No Problem." I said but my eyes goes wide with shocked. I saw Hagrid, the big giant man from Hogwarts and he had Harry with him, Harry still looks the same, just a bit messier. Hermione turned around and raced up to him. I joined her shortly after.

"Harry. Hagrid." She said.

"Hello, Hermione, Sophie." Hagrid said to us.

"Oh, it's so good to see you." I said to Harry.

"Well, it's great to see the two of you again." Harry said.

"What did you do to your glasses?" Hermione said, pulled her wand and pointing at his glasses. "Occulus Reparo." A light shot out and immediately fixed his glasses.

"I definitely need to remember that one." He said.

"You will be right now, Harry? Right I'll leave you to it." Hagrid said and took off.

"Come on, everyone has been so worried." We both said and the three of us went back inside the bookshop. We went to the front of the shop where the rest of them were waiting.

"Oh Harry dear, we hope you only gone one grate too far." Ms Wealsey said, dusting him off.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Mr Gulderoy Lockhart." "The owner said.

"Oh, here he is." She said as a blonde haired, middle-aged man came out. He was wearing a suit which, I'll admit, looks good on him. But it will take more than good looks to impress me.

"Mum fancies him." Ron said which earn a slap from his mother.

"Make way, little girl. This for the daily Prophet." A photographer said and started taking pictures of him. He looked at the camera with an big smile on his face

"Well, Harry. At least he'll take the spotlight off you." I said to him

"True that." He responded.

"It can't be, Harry Potter?" Gulderoy said. Harry went wide-eyed.

"Uh oh." I said. I tried to grab Harry but the photographer beat me to it.

"Harry Potter." He said as he pulled him out od the crowd to where Lockhart was standing.

"Big smile, Harry. Together, we rate the front page." He said as a picture was taken. "Ladies and Gentlemen, what a amazing moment this is. When Harry step into Flourish and Botts to purchase my autobiography, Magical Me." He said which he got a applause. Me and Ron just look each other. "He will, in fact, he will leaving my entire collection free of charge." He said. Harry left the front looking very embarrassed.

"Give me those, I'll get these sign. You all wait outside." She said. I stayed with Hermione who standing in front of the line.

"Do you really need to get the book ?" I asked her. She just shot me a glare.

"Your name, please." He said as he took the book.

"H-Hermione Granger and S-Sophie Lestrange." She said. What? I didn't want to get it signed.

"Ah, Hogwarts students. It'll be a pleasure to be teaching you. You'll love what I've got planned this year." He said as he handed the book back. Something tells me that I won't.

"Why did you mention me?" I said to her.

"Why not?" Hermione said. "You're my friend."

"You..." I started but I saw a man talking to Harry. Oh no It was Draco Malfoy, my cousin and his father by the looks of it. Me and Hermione raced down there and he was saying something. Harry must been talking about the Dark Lord.

"You must be very brave to speak his name or very foolish." He said.

"Fear of a name only increase the fear itself." Hermione said.

"And you must be Miss Granger." He said. "Yes, Draco told all about you and your parents." He said then looks to her parents, who were talking Mrs Weasley. "Muggles, aren't they?" Hermione looked upset. I know

"Hey, leave her alone." I growled at him.

"Ah, Sophie. It's nice to meet you." He said. "Lucius Malfoy." we meet at last." He put his hand out to me.

"Oh, you must be Draco's father. Sorry, I don't shake hands with half-twits, especially with one that offends my best friend." I said to him.

"Oh, that tone, just like your mother." He said. "You look so much like your her, expect for your eyes, they're your father's." He then looked to the Wealseys. "Let me see, red-haired, vacant expression, tacky second hand book." He took a book out of Ginny's cauldron. "You must be the Wealseys."

"Children, it's mad in here, let's go outside." Mr Wealsey showed up and said.

"Well, well, Wealsey Senior." Lucius said.

"Lucius." Arthur said.

"Busing time at the Ministry, all those extra raids. I do hope they are paying you overtime." Lucius said. "But judging by the state of this, I say not. What's the point of being a disgrace to Wizard if they don't paid you well for it."

"We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy." Arthur said.

"Clearly." Lucius said. "Associating with muggles and I thought your family can sink no longer." Lucius said as he put Ginny's book back into her cauldron. "I'll se you at work." He said and left the store.

"See you at school." Draco said and followed suit.

"I want to punch

We left the shop, still a little annoyed about what they said. I looked at Hermione and she was smiling at me.

"What?" I asked her. She grabbed me and pulled me into a hug.

"Thanks for standing up for me." Hermione said after letting go of me.

"No problem. Besides you're my friend." I said. "Expect when you're squeezing the life out of me." Hermione let go of me straight away. I waved everyone goodbye as I enter the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron, grabbed some floopowder and shouted, "Tonks Residence." And I dropped it and whoosh, a couple of seconds later, entering my lounge room, sliding in.

"Hello Sophie, How was your day?" Andy said.

"Absolutely..." I said as I dust myself off.

(Author's Note – There we go. The people talking to Sophie in that little dream sequence is of course Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange, praying for her to come to them. Any mistakes, I'll will fix it up tomorrow, or whenever. Next time, Sophie heading back to Hogwarts and seeing some weird things while there. Like and review if you have any questions. Until next time, Kizzard245 out!)