The next morning Sirius woke Jane and Harry up at 10:00am looking frantically.
"Jane wake up, it's late. Come on" Sirius said. Jane opened her eyes confused.
"Come on Jane snap out of it we're late!" Sirius said getting out of the room, slamming the door, and going to Harry's room to wake him. Jane sighed, sat up, and looked around.
"HARRY, JANE HURRY UP!" Sirius yelled from the kitchen. Jane sighed again and got up. She got dressed in black skirt that went to her knees, a white blouse, and black ankle boots. She put her hair on a ponytail. Sirius yelled at them again so she grabbed her trunk that had anything she needed and went downstairs. There she found Sirius pacing back and forth. She stared at him, Why is he so nervous? she thought. She couldn't ponder on that any longer because in that moment Sirius looked at her and ushered her inside the kitchen to wait for Harry who came into the kitchen a minute later.
"Okay you are going to eat on the train" Sirius said. "Now grab an arm each, we are going to apparate to the station" Harry and Jane took hold of Sirius hand and felt an uncomfortable tug in their navel and the next thing they saw was the red Hogwart Express. Jane stumbled a little and had to hold on tightly to Sirius arm to steady herself.
"I know is uncomfortable but one gets used to it" Sirius said sounding a lot calmer.
"Sirius, are you okay?" Jane asked suddenly. Harry and Sirius looked at her curiously.
"Yes, why do you ask?" Sirius said.
"Um, no reason" she answered making her way to the train. She found Ginny in a compartment alone and she entered.
"Mind if I sit here?" Jane asked the little red head.
"Sure I don't mind, is Harry joining us?" Ginny asked her voice full of hope.
"I'm not sure" Jane said slowly. "I'll be right back, I have to say goodbye to Sirius" Jane got out of the compartment and made her way to Sirius. She found him talking to someone and as she got closer she noticed that someone was Cedric's mother.
"Oh there is the lovely girl who landed on my house yesterday" Mrs. Diggory said smiling at Jane. Jane smiled but looked down blushing.
"Oh Jane, and here I thought you weren't going to say goodbye" Sirius said amused.
"Hello, Mrs. Diggory" Jane said ignoring Sirius's comment. Sirius smiled and said "Say, where is the young man who escorted Jane yesterday"
"Oh, Cedric is probably with his friends or his girlfriend" Mrs. Diggory said.
"Oh girlfriend?" Sirius said keeping an eye on Jane who had gone pale all of the sudden.
"Oh yes, he started dating Cho in the beginning of summer" Mrs. Diggory said. "I thought Jane knew since they seem to be good friends"
"Oh no, we are not that close" Jane said coldly and both adults raised their eyebrows at her. "Well, goodbye Sirius I have to go" she added, her voice trembling a little. Mrs. Diggory didn't notice but Sirius did.
"Alright, Jane don't forget to write" Sirius said.
"Sure, bye Mrs. Diggory" Jane said waving and making her way to the train. By the time she entered the compartment she had a few tears in her eyes and she was grateful only Ginny was inside. She sat down across Ginny and stared out of the window.
"Jane, you okay?" Ginny said concerned.
"No" Jane said but she kept staring out the window. Ginny didn't say anything else, but then again she didn't have to since at that moment Hermione entered the compartment.
"There you are" She said sitting down beside Jane. "Ron and Harry sent me to tell you where our compartment was"
"I'm fine, don't want to leave Ginny alone" Jane said quietly.
"Jane are you okay?" Hermione said looking at Ginny who shrugged, but her face had a concerned look.
"No" Jane answered again but didn't take her eyes off the window.
"Oh, shall I look for Harry?" Hermione said concerned.
"Don't tell him anything, please Hermione" Jane said this time looking pleadingly at Hermione.
"Oh Jane, what is wrong?" Hermione said hugging Jane. Jane cried harder and remembered the last Halloween when their rolls had been reversed. They stayed like that a long time and even Ginny joined their embrace. After a while Jane calmed down and they broke the embrace and the three sat down on the same seat with Ginny in the middle and Jane beside the window leaving Hermione close to the compartment door. The train had already left the station and was making its way to Hogwarts rocking slightly. None of them talked but they didn't need to. They were comfortable in silence not wanting to push Jane, giving her space. The food cart passed but, even though she hadn't had breakfast, Jane didn't buy anything. Ten minutes after that the compartment door opened and the girls looked at who was there. Jane's heart fell when she saw Cedric holding hands with Cho.
"Um, hi my name is Cho and this is Cedric. We were wondering if we could sit here our compartment is kind of crowded thanks to the Weasley twins" Cho said irritably. Jane and Ginny glared at her, while Hermione looked curiously at Cedric and then at Jane wondering why hadn't they correct Cho saying they already know each other.
"So, can we?" Cho aid looking impatiently.
"Can you?" Jane snapped standing up and leaving. Everybody stayed quiet for a moment.
"That is not what I meant. Merlin, she is as thick as the Slytherins" Cho said. Hermione and Ginny looked at each other and stood up.
"We'll go with her you can stay here" Hermione said. However before they could move the Weasley twins came inside the compartment and Jane wasn't far behind.
"Go, your compartment is empty now" Jane said sitting back down without looking at them. The twins sat down across from her and smirked at Cedric mouthing "Told you" at him. Cho seemed irritated but instead of leaving she made Cedric sit beside the twins and she sat on his lap. Hermione made an "ah" noise and sat down beside Jane. Ginny stayed standing assessing the situation quietly.
"So Gin are you going to be standing up the whole way" Fred started.
"I wouldn't recommend it" George added.
"But..." Both of them started only to be interrupted by Cho.
"Would you shut it" She snapped.
"Nobody is holding you here leave if they bother you" Jane snapped at Cho. Cho stayed speechless and snuggled closer to Cedric who looked uncomfortable. Jane narrowed her eyes but didn't say anything. The twins smiled at her but didn't talk either.
"Should I leave?" Ginny asked.
"Don't be ridiculous sit beside Hermione" Jane said. Ginny hesitated looking at everybody in the compartment.
"Come on Gin, don't go" Jane said and Ginny sat down beside Hermione. Jane smiled and everybody noticed her hair change from black to red to brown to a chestnut color and back to black with red bangs. Everybody looked at her but none of them commented except Cho.
"That is so creepy" She whispered earning glares from everybody (even Cedric).
"What, saw your face on the mirror" Jane said. The Weasleys and Hermione snickered and Cedric frown but the amusement on his face was very clear. Cho blushed and said "No, it is creepy how false you are. If it wasn't for your ability you would be very ugly, right?" Jane looked at her with an apparent calm face but her eyes were turning darker by the second while her hair started turning blood-red. That drove Cho over the edge, she stood up and left.
"Jane what the bloody hell was that?" Cedric said. "She didn't deserve that"
"Oh, now you know me?" Jane said glaring at him. The others in the compartment grew really quiet as if someone had put a silencing charm on them.
"What is wrong with you Jane?" Cedric said standing up.
"Well I don't really know" Jane mumbled changing the mood. Her shoulders sagged, her eyes turned back to green, and her hair turned black completely. She leaned against the window and looked down. Cedric looked at her as if he wanted to comfort her but instead he left the compartment. The Weasley twins looked at each other and then at Jane. They both reached for Jane pulling her slightly. She looked at them and stood up sitting between her best friends who, both, put an arm around her shoulder. The rest of the trip happened without any situations and soon they were getting off of the train.
"Oh, I forgot how magnificent the castle looks" Hermione said.
"I know" Jane said from between Fred and George.
"Come on we ride on the carriages now" Hermione said excitedly. Jane looked up at the twins and smiled, they smiled back at her and started walking.
"Hey Hermione, where are Harry and Ron?" Jane asked suddenly.
"No idea, they are probably on the carriages" Hermione answered.
"Probably" Jane said. The four of them got in a carriage and made their way to the castle. They got to the castle and sat down on the Gryffindor table. Jane started to look around for her brother wondering where he and Ron could be.
"Jane relax he'll come" Hermione said. The students kept coming in but none of them were Harry or Ron. They even saw Malfoy and his bodyguards enter looking terrible. Malfoy had a black eye, Crabbe had a broken nose, and Goyle had a broken and swollen lip. Jane relaxed knowing that was Harry and Ron's work and they probably had been caught. When all the students were seated McGonagall entered followed by the first year students. She put the stool and the hat on top of it in front of the teacher table and turned to the scared new students.
"Fred, George out of curiosity did you talk to the new students at all?" Jane whispered smiling.
"You hurt us Jane" the twins said at the same time smirking.
The sorting was long but when they got to Ginny and she was sorted in Gryffindor all the Weasleys (except Ron who wasn't there), Jane, and Hermione cheered louder than anyone in the Great Hall. The sorting ended and Dumbledore stood up.
"There are times for long speeches but this is not it, so tuck in" the headmaster said and the tables filled with food. Jane started filling her plate with food and was eating really fast, after all she hadn't eaten at all that day.
"Jane slow down you look like Ron" Hermione said and Ginny, Fred, and George laughed.
"M ungr" Jane said with her mouth fool. Hermione looked at her with a disgusted look making Jane laugh and choke and then laugh again. The feast was very satisfying to everybody and after they had eaten dessert the headmaster stood up again. He presented the new DADA teacher: Gilderoy Lockhart and told and reminded the school rules to the students. After the speech everybody started going to their respective common room. While they were walking Hermione stopped to ask the password to Percy but Jane kept walking distracted and tired. She walked taking a shortcut through a corridor that was usually empty. She kept walking distracted until she smacked into two people who were obviously snogging each other senseless.
"Oh I'm so sorry I wasn't looking" Jane said blushing madly.
"Oh you again" Said an annoying female voice.
"Oh, Cedric... Um Cho sorry" Jane said again and ran away. Cedric watch her go and imagined himself following her, stopping her and kissing those beautiful soft lips.
"Cedric, do you know her?" Cho asked him snapping him out of his fantasy.
"Uh yeah so do you" He said slowly.
"Don't talk to me like that" Cho said turning away from him, leaving him confused.
Jane ran until she was in front of the Fat Lady. There she just watched the portrait.
"Are you telling me the password" the Fat Lady said.
"Wish I could" Jane said sitting down on the floor waiting for someone to come. Nobody came and she knew curfew had passed, so no one was coming and she probably would sleep there.
"What are you doing out?" someone asked her. She looked up and saw Percy.
"Um I don't know the password" She said quietly.
"Oh, well come on I'll let you in" Percy said. Jane got up from the floor while he said the password. They both went in and Jane thank him before going to her dorm falling to her bed without changing and instantly falling asleep.