''Honestly Fred, don't you ever grow up?'' I huff. Dusk jumps onto me then onto my case.

''No!'' He laughs and I chuckle back and haul my rather heavy bag downstairs. Dusk balances herself on top of the pile. We travel to kings cross station in the charmed Ford Angelia. The barrier stands, awaiting our arrival. I start to get impatient as muggles float around.

''That's it.'' I snap and, not listening to a word Molly says. I lean back against the barrier and fall back with my bright pink spotty trunks and fall into Blaise again.

''Hey there Kathy.'' He smirks and I give him a big hug. He's grown a lot over the last six weeks and he's now a foot taller than me. So is Malfoy. Oh great. Even Ron's taller than me! I feel so short. Ginny appears beside me, takes one look at my Slytherin friends. Looks at me, stifles a sob and run's into a compartment carrying a tattered black diary. I leap into the nearest compartment and find Shannon, Ginny and Padma all in a compartment. Ginny was sobbing and curled up next to Shannon. Dusk bounds over and gives her a huge lick like a cat.

''What's the matter Ginny?'' I ask and she takes one look at me and bursts into stifled sobs. Dusk whimpers and curls up under a chair.

''She doesn't want to be sorted into Hufflepuff.'' Shannon says, sadly.

I burst into laughter.

''Sorry but Ginny, the one who helps me prank everyone, be in Hufflepuff? Ridiculous.'' I smirk, she hugs me and stops snivelling. I could tell she was really nervous. ''Who wants to do karaoke?!'' I laugh and everyone agrees with me. We get a few complaints as I just randomly and purposely sing out of tune to annoy everyone. Yey! It works.

''Shut up!'' Groans several people from each side of our compartment. We actually sing karaoke and I didn't know Ginny was good at singing.

''Where is Ron and Harry?'' I ask, hanging out the window on the prefects orders. I see Harry and Ron driving the ford Angelia. I burst into giggles. ''I see your casually hanging around Harry!'' I shout, he hangs out the window.

''Definitely!'' He shouts, he must've fallen out as he was scrambling back into the car. I laugh and shake my head, then slouch back into my seat in my compartment. I run to the toilet to change into my robes, without bumping into anyone- which is unusual for me, but the way back didn't go like that.

''Ow!'' I exclaim as I run into someone. ''Sorry.'' I say with my head down.

''Mind where you're going.'' He sneers but stands in my path, the hallway is empty.

''Get out my way.'' I say, trying to shove past him, he's like a brick- he stands his ground and is a lot stronger than I expected him to be. He must've bruised my shoulder just my imitating a brick wall.

''Only if we're friends.''

''No way.'' I say, folding my arms. A prefect walks out a compartment. ''Malfoy, will you please get out of my way?''

''Not unless you say please.'' He smirks evilly. I smile fakely and sweetly at the same time.

''Please,'' I say in a small voice so he can barely hear me, ''GET OUT MY WAY!'' I shout and now I'm really irritated. I thought Abbey was good at annoying me. He steps back smirking and allows me past. How that boys mind works- I cannot fathom. I walk into my compartment and Ginny smiles and hug's me.

''I'm so going to get into Gryffindor, how you didn't I don't know?''

''The sorting hat was torn between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.'' I smile. She laughs and we sit down. Dusk bounds in after me and leaps under the seat again.

The rest of the train journey is pretty boring after Hermione walks in and starts droning on about work. I pretend to be fascinated but Shannon's giggling to Ginny about how you can always tell if I'm putting up a facade. We step off the train onto the platform and into a carriage, luckily it was empty and I read for the whole journey. It's so easy to get caught up in another characters world and problems than your own.

I could see the huge castle looming into view as my eyes averted up from my rather amazing book. I love Percy Jackson. I'm reading the first book. Cool, huh?

''Hello is someone in there?'' Ginny asks waving her hand in front of my eyes. She knocks the back part of my hair and I suspect it looks like I have a huge mane of hair for a face.

''I am not amused.'' I say blandly with a frown on my face. I sniffed, brushed my hair out of my vision , failed to keep in a smile. Everyone laughs, I burst into giggles too and we step out of the carriages. I stroke the jet black enormous horse like creature, with leathery wings and a long nuzzle. It neighed and a few people jumped in shock. I followed Shannon into the great hall, feeling nervous for this year. It had gone unusually well so far.

I sat down quietly at the table and waited for the first years to be sorted. The hat burst into a different song.

''Ann Zola.'' McGonagall read out. The list had started and Zola crept up quietly and jittery looking to the hat on the stall.

''HUFFLEPUFF!''

''Bunsen Dexter.''

That's one creepy name- Bunsen burner- fire and Dexter- just sounds evil. A tall gothic looking boy trudged up looking rather bored.

''SLYTHERIN!''

That was to be expected, next another girl.

'' This girl is a second year transfer from Beauxbatons- Winter Serena.''

She was normal height, had long black hair, which had blue highlights in, huge inky black eyes, that had a hint of blue in them, they were framed by a huge amount of black eyeliner and blue flecks in it. She was tanned, beautiful but deadly looking and looked like a rebel.

''RAVENCLAW!'' The hat screamed and the only space was beside me. I shuffle up.

''Hello there, name?'' She miles a French accent, all the boys were swooning over her.

''Katrina Lilith Cyrus- yours?''

''What a beautiful name, I think you heard my name up there, your being too polite- It's Serena Clara Winter.'' She says and holds her hand out and I shake it softly. She has a soft grip and she looks over at Theodore Nott. He helped pick on me with Malfoy occasionally.

''Oh he's good looking, who is he?'' She giggles. I smirk.

''Honestly, no he's a bully, I don't know any house apart from Slytherin that get along with him.'' I smirk. She seems really nice.

''Thanks for the advice.'' She smiles as he looks at me in a funny way. I shrug my shoulders and he goes back to looking bored at Parkinson, who's chatting him up.

Shannon looks at me with a sneer on her face, I beam at her.

''What are you doing with her.'' She asks the new girl and gestures to me.

''Shannon?'' I ask.

''Shove off, I never want to speak to you again. Pansy told me what you done to her earlier. ''

''Pansy now is it and what?'' I ask.

''You cursed her into a slug.''

''I never did such a thing- but I don't understand- why believe her? She looks like a pug- I don't need to make her more of a disaster.'' I say shrugging my shoulders. Shannon looks at me and turns away with Padma. Padma shoots a dirty look at me too and turns away. I put my head in my hands and listen to the sorting and it drags on and on and on. I feel someone tap my shoulder lightly.

''Ignore her, she's being a coward. She's probably jealous of you?''

''Jealous of me? Me? Are you thinking straight, who in their right minds would be jealous of me, I'm just an ugly nerd show-offy thing.'' I snap very quietly- and harshly. ''Sorry.'' I mutter to Serena, a moment later.

''It's okay you always feel stressed when you've fought with someone. You've still got me as a friend and I bet everyone- well pretty much everyone would want to be friends with you.'' She says, looking over at the Slytherin table. I laugh. We start tucking into the huge feast that lay upon the table in front of us and I didn't see Ron nor Harry that evening. We all scramble upstairs in front of the prefect and answer the riddle of the door to the common room.

''Oh hello, Miss Cyrus and who may your friend be?''

''Hello Rowena- this is Serena Winter.''

''Lovely to meet you, anyway what gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?''

''Uh- Would that be a towel?'' Serena questions.

''It most certainly would, goodnight Miss Winter, Miss Cyrus.'' She says and the portrait door creaks open. We rush upstairs to my dormitory and I see three doors instead of just the normal two for our year.

''There's normally just the two doors.''

''I found our names.'' She says.

''Cool.'' I mutter and the blackboard with our names on it, reads

Katrina Lilith Cyrus

Serena Clara Winter

''I love your name its exotic like the hurricane.'' Serena laughs. I smirk and we walk inside. Instead of the normal Egyptian cotton that greets my eyes, blue and bronze silken sheets meet my green eyes. I hurry to my bedside and run a hand over my duvet cover. We need to prepare our beds.

''We normally-''

''My mother and father arranged with Albus Dumbledore for us to have a luxury dormitory. They paid some extra money for us, I know you're true family.'' I gave her a look of excitement and polite curiosity. ''I'm sorry, I'm forbidden to tell you- my third and first cousins are as well.''

''Sorry, I'm going to give you a hard core personality assessment.'' I giggle. Much to my surprise she opened up her arms and answered.

''Of course! Fire away.''

''What blood type are you, as a matter of interest?''

''Pureblood.'' She says.

''Who are you first and third cousins?'' I blurt out before I could stop it.

''Shannon Amelia Slewyn is my first and Draco Lucius Malfoy is my third. Oh yeah and her real name isn't Shannon- its Enya. She wanted to keep it secret because it means fire- like evil fire. Dark magic. ''

''You have really evil cousins.'' I say, giggling.

''I know, especially Malfoy- he's one sorry excuse for a wizard.'' She mutters. I burst into laughter.

''That evil ferret face annoys me so badly, I did beat him up though once with Ron Weasley.''

''Amazing!'' She gasped.

''Thanks!'' I sing.

''Oh yeah, lets unpack and everything. Have you read all your schoolbooks?'' She asks.

''So I'm not the only one who does apart from Hermione.'' I giggle. She laughs.

That night is a blast- we eat sweets and laugh, we talk about everything- boys, make up, fashion. This is what I missed Shannon just acted bored. So did Padma.