Hello, all my lovely readers! I am currently working on this, I haven't received many votes on Visenya's house but, I am still waiting by the time I post this I of course will know. Shoutout to alaskanwoman25 and Dreaming of far away for their support and review it s much appreciated. Now, just to clarify she did in fact use the time turner to catch up, and she took some placement exams to see if she could start in fourth year. I'm hoping this will be a long chapter and I want my chapters to start being longer in general.

Regrets collect like old friends

Here to relieve your darkest moments

I can see no way, I can see no way

And all of the ghouls come out to play

And every demon wants his pound of flesh

But I like to keep some things to myself

I like to keep my issues strong, it's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind

I can never leave the past behind

"Visenya Black!"

I looked around the room, I hadn't realized I was getting so close to the front. One minute I was counting my teeth the next I'm being called to be sorted. I stumbled forward, not knowing where to look or what to do, McGonagall grabbed my shoulder and guided me to the stool. I sat down and tried not to look so nervous.

I glanced over to my friends? Can I officially call them friends now, I'm not sure? They were all smiling hugely and giving me a thumb up. I could feel something being placed on my head, and then suddenly I could hear a voice in my head.

"oh, what is this? Oh, that simply won't work."

Not knowing what it was seeing I couldn't help but ask.

"what won't work?"

"well, Slytherin would be best. But, we could put you in… oh no, that won't work either. You have a peculiar mind yes, and your wand it's Blackthorn."

"wait if Slytherin would be best why not?" I noticed the students began whispering to themselves, this shouldn't be taking this long. "and yes, I have a Blackthorn."

I remember the shopkeeper seemed a little shocked about my wand. My mom brought me to the store and introduced me to Mr. Ollivander. First, he brought me a Hazel wand, it had shattered the windows in his shop after I waved it. He brought me a Hornbean and after waving it nothing had happened so, he left us alone while he went in the back. He brought back out a pear wand sparks flew from it and caught the papers on his desk on fire, my mother seemed a bit troubled by all the wands we had gone through. He brought me a Holly, and when I waved it, the papers moved off the desk instead, Mr. Ollivander seemed happy with this, he went to the back again and my mom's face grew grimmer.

He brought out three new boxes, and placed them on the desk he drew out Cherry, and handed it to me.

I waved my wrist slightly and the candles blew out, he swiftly took it from me and muttered "close, not quite." He drew out a white looking wand and my mother demanded to know the name, he simply replied "Silver-Lime" she began to tell him no, to take the wand back she knew it wouldn't work, to take it away. Looking angered probably by my mom's assumption she knew better than him. He handed me Blackthorn and suddenly I felt a tiny shock go through my hand, Mr. Ollivander looked at my mother delicately "since we can't try Silver Blackthorn must be your match."

I didn't mind, I liked my wand it was beautiful. He had told me something that brought a chill to my spine as we turned to leave.

"wands made from that wood need to pass through hardship or danger to become truly bonded." I thanked him for all his help and left to the shop.

"so, you might have truly been paired with Silver-Lime? You're a unique individual indeed however, you're not well suited for Gryffindor though Hufflepuff might be better for you."

"wait but, you said Slytherin so why are you still deciding?"

He took a moment before responding "where you should be is not always where you belong"

"why though, I don't understand." he didn't answer me right away, in fact he didn't answer my question at all.

"I know so much more than you could possibly understand. Now, I ought to put you in Slytherin however, I think your place is…"

"RAVENCLAW!"

I felt the hat being lifted off my head and could barely hear McGonagall's voice in my ear whispering congratulations over the thunderous applause. I walked over to my newfound table and sat down, Cho had scooted over, so I could sit next to her.

"what did you two talk about? I think that's the longest I've ever seen the sorting hat take." I wasn't able to answer her question because many Ravenclaws turned to shake my hand and introduce themselves.

The girl sitting next to Cho introduces herself as Rosalie Justane, she was blonde and had curls much like mine however, I had a feeling hers were natural.

The boy to the left of me I recognized from the train ride, he looked as if ashamed I assuaged his nerves "Hello, again Casimir." I smiled at him as nicely as possible to show him there were no ill feelings. He had light brown hair that had a fluffy texture to it, fair skin, and unreal blue eyes. My sister would call him a pretty boy. She said a pretty boy could never be called hot, sexy, or cute, he could only be a pretty boy. I wasn't quite sure what she meant but, I'm certain he was a pretty boy. He smiled in response "I'm glad you were sorted in our house" he smiled at me I decided he must trust me enough, and maybe we'll grow to be friends. I wasn't afraid to be an outcast but, I was smart enough to know there are dark times ahead I need as many friends as possible. And I knew how to get people to like me, I didn't like to do that it felt manipulative but, the more people liked you the more they trusted you and would be willing to stay by your side. I was just the type of person that liked to keep to themselves, I didn't need the interaction with other people. Although from the schooling I did over the summer it wouldn't hurt to have friends I could turn to if the workload got rough.

"look! Harry's got himself in a bit of trouble again eh Cho?" she blushed in response at Rosalie's teasing. Making note of that I tuned back into what the Head Master was saying, my mother told me a lot of stories about him. She didn't seem to care for Dumbledore much but, I my parents haven't been the most reliable when it comes to honesty.

Professor Flitwick came around to introduce himself to me,

"I just wanted to let you know, your test results had come in late so, there were no more dorms left in fourth year. However, it seems you Ms. Chang and Justice get along just fine so, for this year you can dorm with the third years." He reminded me of someone I wasn't sure who though, he seemed kind though. "that's no problem professor." I smiled gratefully, Cho and Rosalie were bouncing in their seats they were both squealing "yay! We get to dorm togetherrr"

The feast lasted for a while, I felt like there was an endless supply of food, I wonder where it even comes from. I was scooping more Jell-O onto my plate when I began to feel like I was being watched, glancing around the room I thought I might see whoever it was. I didn't see anyone but, I kept my guard up, I felt like maybe I could feel it coming from behind me but, I didn't know anyone from Slytherin.

"hello earth to Visenya." I was so consumed in my thoughts I hadn't noticed Cho was talking to me.

"I'm sorry what were you saying?" she looked exasperated but repeated herself "you know anything about Quidditch? We're looking for players, you could totally try out." I didn't know a lot about quidditch so, I didn't think it would work but, I didn't want to pop her bubble.

"hmm maybe, I don't know if I can balance all that and school." She looked unconvinced and scrutinized my face, after a moment she vacated her spot and went over to the other side of the hall. I was listening to Rosalie's and Casimir's conversation when I turned my head and caught the Malfroy boy looking at me. It wasn't a glare so much as a stare, he didn't break eye contact when I noticed him staring.

I was going to wave when Cho plopped herself back down "hopefully you're not doing anything this weekend because we have plans, as in you and I." I wasn't sure what she had planned but, it was then Dumbledore declared it was time to turn in. we were escorted to our dorms, I had never been to the castle so, I found myself being guided by Cho and sometimes Ros. We were heading up the stairs when we came across Hufflepuff Cedric made his way over to me and swept me up in a bone crushing hug. I was so taken aback I didn't have time to hug him back or say anything, as quickly as he came he went.

After the surprise hug from Cedric we made our way up to the dorms. I discovered in order to get in our lounge we have to solve a riddle. After we made our way up to our dorms I was surprised my luggage had made it here, I forget everything is magic here. I introduced myself to the other girls in the dorm and made ready for bed.

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I was a proud person at times but, I knew when to admit I was bested and I was. It was my first day, I had gotten up extra early to eat breakfast and find my classes, I had left shortly after a screeching woman could be heard outside the dining hall after the mall had arrived. I had no classes with Cho or Ros today, and I didn't want to depend on Casimir so, I was on my own. I couldn't find the room for history of magic and I was afraid to be late, I was walking down a hall when suddenly a voice startled me.

"Neta, Neta is that you?" I looked around the hall for the source of the voice and found no one "on the wall dear" I turned around and saw a woman with hair as silver as mine and eyes just as grey, she was wearing a dress that tells me she's from the Victorian era. Her hair was up in an extravagant bun with loose curls around the frame of her face, and a violet ribbon tied around her neck.

She must be a relative "who are you?" she looked mortified at my question

"who am I? How could you not know me, did Le- wait who's your mother?" I backed away from the portrait, I didn't want to know anymore lies my parents kept from me so, I turned on my heel and ran away. I could hear her from down the stairs, I turned to see if she followed and remembered she's a painting.

After a few more minutes of wandering around I found history of magic class had not yet started so, I settled in and got my quill and parchment paper ready. I knew none of these Ravenclaws so, I didn't expect any of them to sit with me but, a nice boy did. He introduced himself as William, we didn't talk much just every now and then to tell each other how boring this was. This was not what I was expecting, I was expecting the class to be all ooh and ahh and it was no different than what I was learning back home.

Trying very hard to focus on what the professor was saying I leaned forward in my chair and that's when I saw it. I saw flashes of images, a boy with dark curls and a snake's body slithering around, I saw the name Tom Riddle and a bird made completely of flames. I could have sworn they were only flashes but, when the flashes stopped I was being tapped by William and he was already packed up. I gathered my things and headed to my next class for the day, I went through ancient runes, and advanced charms without a single whatever it was.

After Charms I headed straight to my dorm and wrote a letter to my mom about what had happened, ask her about the woman in the portrait and also to check in let her know what house I had been sorted in. I sealed my letter and set out to find the owlery, I know it's in one of the towers I just don't know which one. I headed up to the tower and found the astronomy tower I assume so, I headed up to the other one and found the owlery, I thought this was the oddest way to send a letter, I hadn't really sent a letter in my world either so, I couldn't judge.

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School I had learned was no different in one world or another the subjects however changed but, it was still all the same. It was Friday and I was free, and I had no idea what to do with myself, at home I could watch movies go to a friend's house. Instead I headed up to my dorm and decided to paint.

My mom still hadn't written back to me, she would avoid this probably for a while and I couldn't understand why. I knew a few things for certain though, there are more lies my parents have not told me, and I was beginning to see things I couldn't explain or control, and lastly, I didn't understand my place in either world.

I was about to get my paints out when Cho came storming into the dorm "hey! There's something you totally need to see it's Ros come on!" I scrambled off the bed and went with her. We had made it to the door when I realized I forgot my wand, I double backed and grabbed it from my drawer. Cho led me down several corridors, it was a good thing I was in track, she didn't pause for a rest or anything.

We were outside of the castle running to somewhere in the distance "Cho, where are we going? Shouldn't we tell someone?" She didn't bother to turn to respond, "no time" was all she said to me.

We came to some field with towers in it and a stadium, it looked like a bizarre football field. She had let go of my hand and ran forward without me.

"wait Cho! Where's Ros?" I kept running trying to keep up, I followed her down to a tunnel and out in the center, was a group of people. I stopped dead in my tracks, I was confused, what was going on? Cho had reached the group and turned back to look at me.

I walked towards them "so, what's going on guys?" Katie turned from the group "and break! Alright you guys know what to do, gotta couple weeks till Quidditch starts up." She looked at me as if just noticing I was there "oh, Visenya you came alright, I'll assist you."

Suddenly things started making sense, yeah, Ros wasn't here. This was a lie to get me down here, I also realized this is probably where Cho disappeared to the first night. Sizing me up "alright I know one of the seekers last year was about your size, she was in Ravenclaw though. Cho! Come with me to your locker room!" Cho who was doing circles in the air flew down and left with Katie.

I attempted to protest "but, I, I don't know how to fly." They didn't seem to hear or care it could be either one.

I looked around and noticed everyone was in the air doing tricks or racing from end to end, and so, I decided I could sneak away if I was quick enough. I was walking away casually towards where I had entered when someone swooped down in front of me, and I heard that Scottish accent again. "if you looked anymore casual, you'd be Friday." I began to laugh, turning from him. He was nice but, he wasn't going to stop me from escaping. "yeah, I remembered I have some paper due for ancient runes so, another time." I tried dashing away but, he was in front of me "I'm in ancient runes with you and we don't have any paper due" of course he was, I took a deep breath. He was smiling at me, the kind where the person caught you lying and you both knew it.

Huffing out loud "alright, there's no paper but, Quidditch just isn't my thing." He grabbed his chest dramatically, I smiled wider at his reaction. He flew at my pace towards the exit, never taking his eyes off me "have you played before?" he asked coyly.

I blinked a few times, thinking I was imagining his behavior. I walked backwards still talking to him, "well, no I haven't." he smiled gently "well, how do you know if it's your thing or not?"

I couldn't argue with that but, I didn't want everyone knowing I couldn't fly and then everyone would be trying to teach me, and it would be overwhelming. I shook my head Oliver was making me feel funny, I couldn't think clearly.

It was then a few more people in Gryffindor outfits and other houses startled us. "well, well Wood I can't say we expected better." I turned to see it was that girl Anna from the train and other faces I had only seen a few times in the halls. The rest of our group in the air hadn't noticed the exchange happening below them, she approached Oliver slyly "I'd be careful Oliver, a pretty face is dangerous. Don't let her house fool you, no matter what she's still a Black, allying yourself with her won't go over well with your fellow Gryffindors." She brushed past him, a few of her friends from other houses called me "Death Eater" and the Slytherin's called me Traitor.

I looked to Oliver and I could see him deciding and anyone who had doubts about me, I didn't want in my life at all. But, I wanted him to keep talking to me to assure me he didn't care about what they said. I listened to the sound of them kicking their brooms up in the air and Anna flew by "time to start practice, captain?" she said uncertainly. He turned back to me but, flew off.

I was left standing there, watching him go. I couldn't tell you why that stung me so much, he was nothing to me. Maybe it wasn't him at all but, the sign that no matter what I do, some people will never see past my name. Cho had walked towards me, Katie I had seen took to the sky on her broom, Cho hurried over to me. "alright it took some digging but-" I cut her off "I don't think I should be here Cho, thank you for trying though."

She looked crestfallen "why don't you think that? Visenya you're our friend, I wanted you to come." I didn't know but, my eyes had gotten puffy "why don't you ask Wood?" she looked up to where Wood was, and I left. She didn't come after me, to give me most likely space.

As I made my way up to the castle I let myself cry, I hated crying. I hated letting those people get to me, and I was so mad at myself for believing a few friends would make everyone forget. Most of them weren't even my friends Wood was a sign of that. I don't know what choices my parent made but, I wasn't my parents. No one was going to make me feel like that again, I was never going to let someone talk to me like that again.

Alright so that was the third chapter so sorry for the wait, I got sick and now I have a gum infection. Talk about rough Christmas huh? Haha well, we're learning more and more about Visenya and her roots. I already have the next chapter done just waiting on some more reviews and stuff. I wanted her in Ravenclaw to show the different dynamics of every house. Yes, I made some mean Gryffindors because they do exist, and Oliver I don't know if he'll be a love interest or not. What do you guys think? Anyways and questions, comments, suggestions definitely message me!