AN: Hi guys! Guess what! I've got a friend put in this story! It'll be pretty obvious who it is though.

After saying goodbye to our parents, Drakey and I boarded the express and immediately parted ways, Draco going with his 'friends' *Cough* Asskissers* Cough*. I on the other hand went my merry way to find an empty compartment where I could wait for my friends to get to me. While I waited I pulled out a book on focus rings Ollivander had given so I could know everything about the ring I was wearing on my hand.

Apparently it was far more than a simple magical focus like a wand, instead it had a powerful AI built into it with enough computing power to put the theoretical Quantum Computers of my previous timeline to shame. Exactly how that was possible the book didn't say, or how to activate it, but I guess the logical answer was simply magic. In addition to acting as a focus, the ring could also automatically create powerful barriers that went well beyond even the strongest shield spells, even able to block the Unforgivables, although doing that was hugely draining… I had no clue how it all fit into an almost clear gem but it was still awesome! There was a small problem though, it didn't mention anything about the earing that was resting in my earlobe, and it seemed like spells that needed complete control couldn't be done, my magic was naturally clogged, meaning that when I used it the magic would just sort of spit out, and the focus ring was able to make it a stream like it should be but it couldn't fix my control problems… So that meant no being a super ultra-god that shoots lasers and controls time for me… I may have been spending a lot of time with Kyara and her brother… But it did prove my theory that the Absolute GOD of Hyperdeath is just an OC!

I was so interested in my book I didn't hear the doors open, or my friends enter and sit down… I did notice when Kyara shouted in my ear, sending my flying forwards and off of my seat for a moment. "Sorry… I was just reading and well, it's kinda interesting." I said, rubbing my ear in embarrassment, and pain.

"It looked like it," Daphne said, "What is it though?" She asked.

"It's about this ring here!" I told them with a grin.

"Why are you wearing a ring anyway? I thought you need a wand." Blaise said curiously, her face scrunching up as she frowned.

"It's called a focu-u-us ring." Kyara said, her voice freezing as she coughed, she had a problem with her voice that made her repeat parts of words randomly. "It's l-l-like a wand but on your hand."

"Wow! That's cool!" Tracy said, leaning forwards to look at it closely.

"Apparently this thing has an AI in it but I don't know how to turn it on."

"More importantly, when did you get your ear pierced?" Daphne asked, pointing out the earring.

"It came from the ring, no clue what it does." I said with a shrug, as I did so, the small creature I had found in my room poked its head out of my pocket to look around.

"Aww so cute! Here little guy!" Tracy squealed as she spotted the little thing.

As she reached for it Kyara slapped her hand quickly. "Don't touch it!" She said quickly.

"Why not?"

"It's a Nemean Lion. I think this one's female…?" Kyara said carefully.

"Cool! I'm gonna call her Eva!" I said grinning inside, I had no clue that in this world, Temmies existed!

"Why?!" Kyara shouted upset.

"'Cause she's now my pet." I said as Eva jumped out of my robes and trotted towards the door, batting it open with her head and revealing Holly on the other side of it, looking even more nervous than the last time I had seen her. The baby Nemean Lioness looked up at Holly for a moment, before rubbing against her legs, purring happily.

"Huh… Eva doesn't seem to like many people. So that's kinda surprising." I said, remembering how she had bitten Draco's finger clean off for a whole five seconds, before we figured she was following me.

I stood up and picked up Eva, before guiding Holly into the compartment and sitting her down, plonking Eva in her lap where she curled up, purring happily as Holly hesitantly began to rub her ears.

"Guys, this is Holly," I said, "I met her in Diagon Alley. Holly, this is Daphne Greengrass, Tracey Davis, Blaise Zabini, Kyara Dreemurr and you've already met Eva."

"Hello," said Holly quietly, eyeing the three Purebloods through her fringe.

The action also served to give us a clear look at her forehead, which, as expected, was marked with the familiar, lightning bolt scar. While some might have immediately acting like tits and scare the shy girl, my friend's only reaction to spotting the scar was a slight intake of breath, before they ignored it. Again, the Neutral families used their heads more often than the Lights and Darks, preferring to step back and take everything in before acting. It would take a real idiot not to see that the last thing this shy girl needed was to be treated like some kind of hero.

A little while the door opened and someone poked his head in. It was a boy with brown hair and blue eyes, fairly tall I suppose. I didn't recognise him very well but then again I didn't talk to people often, mostly I just messed with my hair or read books.

"Hello. You don't mind if I sit in here do you?" He asked calmly, seeming really Slytherin.

"Sure!" I said, ignoring my Friend's splutters of shock and Kyara's teeny tiny blush on her face.

He nodded silently, sitting next to Kyara, taking up the last seat in the compartment.

"So what's your name?" I asked curiously, kicking my legs slightly, kicking Tracy's legs hard.

"Virgo…" Tracy growled annoyed.

"Heh… Sorry Trace." I said embarrassed, stopping the kicking.

"John Lovegood." He said passively.

"Are you related to Luna Lovegood by any chance?" Daphne asked him.

"She's my younger sister." He said, his facing never changing… So he was also someone new in this world… Weird!

"Cool!" I said with a grin. "I'm Virgo Malfoy! Nice to meetcha!" I said as he stared at me. "I'm trying to be friendly here!" I grumbled annoyed, getting a slightly wary look from him.

About half an hour later the door burst open again to reveal the red-headed form of Ronald Weasley. Now, while I did really like Ron in my previous life, the fact Harry was a girl here didn't meant I wasn't willing to give him a chance. Well, unless…

"Oh, wrong compartment," said Ron with a sneer, "There's no way Holly Potter would be sitting with a bunch of slimy snakes like you."

He did that. The moron shut the door, leaving four angry Purebloods, a passive John and a highly exasperated me.

"What a moron," I said, "I pity the fools who have to share a dorm with him."

"Speaking of, what houses do you guys want to get into?" Asked Tracey.

"Ravenclaw," I responded immediately, "I know I won't fit into Hufflepuff, Gryffindor's right out, even if it's just because I don't want to put up with my brothers ranting and there's no way I'm sharing a common room with Drakeypoo for the next seven years." I said, using another nickname I made up on the spot.

That triggered a discussion between Kyara, Daphne, Tracey and Blaise over houses and which would be best to be in. I just sat back and pulled out a cat toy that I used to play with Eva. Holly seemed content to just sit and watch the discussion, still petting Eva. The lion cub looked like she was in heaven as she batted at the catnip filled toy in front of her while Holly rubbed her belly. John just kept staring at me.

Things continued in this vein until lunchtime rolled around and we were interrupted by the snack trolley. After we pooled our funds and buying enough sweets to feed Ron in the average bashing story for 10 minutes, which while I liked them I didn't like that Ron always got bashed, he's one of the most loyal in the stories, the others resumed their conversation while Holly curiously studied the wizarding sweets, particularly the Cauldron Cakes. Noticing her interest, I grabbed one of the cakes and offered it to her.

"Here, it won't bite," I said.

Holly looked hesitant, before taking the small cake and, with another nervous look at me, took a tiny bite. She froze, her eyes widening slightly, before the cake vanished in a flash and she was licking the chocolate residue of her hands.

"So adorable." I muttered before I could stop myself.

Holly blushed brightly and ducked her head, but not before shooting the pile of cauldron cakes on the seat a look of longing. I suppressed the urge to give the girl a hug, instead pushing the stack of cakes towards her. Her eyes lit up and she shot me a grateful and surprised look, before going to work on the chocolaty treats.

"Not a word," I said, pointing at Tracey and Blaise, who were grinning at the exchange.

"I have no idea what you mean," said Blaise, going back to the book he was reading.

Tracey on the other hand had no such qualms.

"Daww, that's so cute!" She said, "Our Virgo's got a crush!"

I immediately went red and hid my face behind a book as the others burst out laughing, including Kyara. I shot her a betrayed look, which she responded to with a grin. I glanced at Holly, but she was too distracted with her cakes to notice the exchange. However, that didn't change the fact that she looked absolutely adorable as she bit into the cakes, her eyes closed and little blushes of pleasure on her cheeks. If this was an Anime, I had no doubt that she'd be a chibi with floppy dog ears and a big, fluffy tail. It didn't really help that the ribbons she wore in her hair did actually look a bit like ears and seemed to be twitching in response to her emotions. My fingers twitched slightly, wanting to just wrap myself around her.

Fortunately, a distraction arrived before I could succumb to the desire to squeal and hug Holly.

The distraction in question was a knock at the door, which opened to reveal a nervous looking Neville Longbottom and a bossy looking Hermione Granger.

"Can we help you?" I asked, doing my best to keep the relief out of my voice.

"Has anyone seen a toad, Neville here's lost one," said Hermione.

I winced at the tone in her voice, a faint hint of condescendence and bossiness, or as I liked to call it, the-stick-up-the-ass-disease. Oh dear, I really hope I can do something about that before it gets her in trouble.

"Sorry, we haven't," said Tracey.

"Hang on," I said as they turned to go, "Let me try something."

I held my ring up.

"What's your toad's name?" I asked, ignoring the curious look Hermione was giving my ring.

"Um, Trevor," said Neville.

"Accio Trevor the Toad," I said, waving my hand towards the door.

There was a startled croak and a large, fat toad shot into the compartment and into my hand. I handed the slimy critter over to Neville with a grimace. I hated toads, they were so slimy, and gross, and not adorable at all unless it's a baby.

"What spell was that?" Asked Hermione once Neville was done thanking me, "I didn't see it in any of our course books."

"That's because the summoning charm isn't taught till the fourth year," said Daphne, "It requires decent amount of focus to pull off and most 11 year olds aren't capable of it."

I shrugged and let my arm flop, letting it rest like it should be by my side.

"Really?" Asked Hermione, looking intrigued, "But I thought First years couldn't cast upper year spells. I've tried a few simple spells just for practice and it's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was ever so pleased, of course, I mean, it's the very best school of witchcraft there is, I've heard. I've learned all our course books by heart, of course, I just hope it will be enough. I'm Hermione Granger, by the way, who are you?"

I sighed deeply as my companions shot looks at one another, a little taken aback by the speed of Hermione's speech.

"Some spells require too much magic for First Years to pull off, which is why they're not taught until later" I said, "The Summoning Charm is not one of them. As for our names, this is Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, Tracey Davis, Kyara Dreemurr, John Lovegood and Holly."

My pureblood friends nodded as I pointed at each, maintaining the 'proper Pureblood image' before the scion of the Longbottom family. Holly meanwhile was eyeing the newcomers wearily as seemed to be normal for her. John just sat there creeping me out.

"And I'm Virgo Malfoy."

The reaction was immediate as Neville paled and Hermione scowled. I sighed as I took in their expressions.

"Let me guess, you've already met my idiot twin? Well you don't need to worry, I'm nothing like Dray Dray."

Neville relaxed slightly, but Hermione still looked weary.

"But I read that the Malfoys are a Dark family," she said.

Daphne, Tracey and Blaise all winced at that and sat back to watch the fireworks. My face immediately went completely blank.

"I suggest you leave Miss Granger," I said, my voice perfectly level, but very clearly pissed the F off…

I hated being tarred with the 'Dark' brush just because of my last name. While I highly doubted I'd ever be considered 'Light', I was very much Grey thank you very much! Hermione looked surprised at my sudden change of mood, but I was too busy suppressing the urge to blast her with my strongest Reducto to notice.

"But…"

"I agree with Virgo, Granger, you should leave," said Daphne.

"Yeah, she really doesn't like being marked as Dark because of her family name," said Tracey, eyeing my clenched fists, "The last idiot who did that ended up with a broken jaw."

"And other parts we shouldn't really talk about here." Kyara added, remembering the drunken light sided wizard that had tried to kidnap and rape me, needless to say Kyara was impressed, as violent as she was.

That got Hermione moving and she vanished with Neville in tow. I took a deep breath and tried to get my temper under control before I put my fist through the window or something. An odd effect of having dense magic was that it also affected the body, making muscles and bones denser and thus, stronger. While not superhuman, my strength was definitely higher than the average 11 year old boy. I was distracted from my anger when a small hand, impressive because I have tiny hands, touched mine and I looked up to find myself looking into a pair of large, green eyes. Holly and I stared into one another's eyes for a moment, before I nodded and relaxed, my anger ebbing as quickly as it had risen. Despite not saying a word, Holly had still managed to convey a sense of understanding. Of course she did, she'd know all about being associated with a label assigned by others. I smiled at Holly, before looking down at Eva as she hopped into my lap and curled up, providing another source of comfort.

I also pointedly ignored the looks I was getting from the others, and by that I mean my normal friends, not John's creepy one or Kyara's big goofy grin that she had.

The next annoyance didn't come until the sun set and the lamps turned on, shortly after we all changed into our school robes and was, as expected, my idiot brother and his sycophants.

"Ah, here you are Virgo," he said, "I've been looking for you all trip."

"Yeah right," was the thought going through all our heads.

"I was hoping that you'd come and join me in my compartment," continued Draco, "It is, after all, only proper for us to sit together."

"Sorry Drakey, but I'm sitting with my friends," I said, indicating to my companions.

This also served to draw Draco's attention to Holly, and John but he was ignored.

"Oh, and who's this?" Asked Draco, barging into the compartment as if he owned the place, "What's your name girl?"

Holly shrank back behind me in response to Draco's harsh tone and how he was looming over her.

"Well? Answer me?"

I grabbed Draco's arm and shoved him away from Holly, placing myself between them.

"Enough, Dray Dray," I snapped, "Can't you see you're scaring her?"

Draco looked like he was going to argue, but the sight of Daphne, Blaise and Tracey fingering their wands, Kyara holding the knife I had seen at Ollivander's and Eva stood at my feet, hackles raised and teeth and claws bared made him think twice. He turned on his heel and marched out of the compartment, pausing at the door.

"You should be careful, sister," he said, "Raising your hand against your future head of house like that."

I raised my eyebrow at the threat.

"Dray, I am the heir to the Black Lordship," I said.

Draco scowled at that little reminder. Due to the laws of the Magical World, the oldest child always inherited the father's name, meaning that Draco would one day be Lord Malfoy, while the rest of the children inherited any other Lordships from the mother's side. Since there was, officially, no Lord Black at the moment, that meant that, should Sirius snuff it without a will, the Black Lordship would automatically default to me. And that particular Law was one of Merlin's Laws, the cornerstone laws of the Magical World that could not be changed by anyone other than Merlin's heir.

Draco stormed out of the compartment, leaving me to sit back down. I turned to Holly, intending to ask if she was OK, only to be confronted with a look of awe and gratitude that was actually a little intimidating.

"Nicely handled Vi," said Blaise, using the nickname I had tried for so long to get to be used.

Just then, a voice echoed through the train.

"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to the school separately."

We all began to pack everything up, including the few sweets that hadn't been eaten. Eva would have been put back into her cat crate, that we bought just in case, but she point blank refused to leave Holly, which was understandable since the girl now looked really scared. I placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, doing my best to ignore the slight flinch. She seemed to draw some strength from my touch however and shot a small smile at me. Sooooo cute! As it happened I noticed Kyara look at John for a moment before her pink, rosy circle cheeks flushed to a deep red, yes she blushes in circles and it's adorable.

The train slowed right down and finally stopped, heralding a crush of people in the halls as everyone pushed their way toward the door and out onto a tiny, dark platform. We stayed in our compartment until the crush died down slightly before following. The air outside was cold, making me glad I'd payed a bit extra for robes with warming charms built in. A lamp came bobbing over the heads of the students from one end of the platform, followed by a deep and heavily accented voice.

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Holly?"

Hagrid's big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads, causing Holly to shrink back behind me slightly. Hagrid didn't seem to notice however and continued to call for the first years.

"C'mon, follow me — any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!"

We followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path, slipping and stumbling over exposed roots and in wet mud. Nobody, talking, being too focused on trying to keep their balance.

"Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."

There was a loud "Oooooh!"

The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers. I took in the sight of Hogwarts laid out before me, mentally noting that the real thing was about 100 times more awesome than how it appeared in the films.

'Well, let's get this party started.'

AN: Hi! New chapter up for you guys! Can you guess who I'm going to be shipping other than the main pairing? You get a pat on the head if you can.