Hey guys! So I'm back and very, very frustrated at the moment bc I sprained my ankle in gymnastics and I probably won't be able to compete for our first post-season meet but whatever. So here you go, chapter 14

Ron's POV

The exchange students were a bit weird, and I couldn't say I liked that they were friends with Malfoy, but they all seemed pretty nice. Lunch was going by peacefully until Natsu stood up and looked over at the Slytherin table. "What'd you say metalhead?" he called.

"Just talking about how when we get back home we're going to fight and I'm going to beat the ever-loving crap out of ya," Gajeel threatened casually. Natsu gave a devilish smile.

"Is that so? I'm all fired up!" he exclaimed. "Maybe I can push you onto a mine cart like I did at the Grand Magic Games." Whatever that was a reference to Gajeel didn't seem to appreciate it.

Natsu turned to Lucy after listening to their conversation a little bit more. "Hey Luce, Draco challenges you to a fight when we get back."

"Do I have to?" she whimpered. "Anyway I can't promise that I'll be able to use Scorpio like I did last time. Although he doesn't seem to mind if I summon while he's on a date unlike his girlfriend," she pondered that for a moment before shaking her head.

Harry, Hermione, and I were sitting next to the exchange students and were having a separate conversation about Snape after their outburst was finished. "Poisonous toadstools never change their spots," I observed. "Anyway I've always thought Dumbledore was cracked trusting Snape, where's the evidence he ever really stopped working for you-know-who?"

"I think Dumbledore's probably got plenty of evidence, even if he doesn't share it with you Ron," Hermione snapped. That's when Harry lost it as he started yelling at us, the five foreign people glanced at us. The students from Fairy Tail glanced at us in surprise.

"Why are you yelling at each other like that?" Natsu asked, tilting his head curiously.

"Because we had a disagreement," Hermione answered stiffly. The five looked at each other incredulously before looking back at the three of them.

"And that's a reason to fight each other?" Gray questioned. Evelyn snorted and Lucy was choking back laughter. "What?"

"Well it's just, you and Natsu fight all the time over things you disagree on," Erza teased still laughing softly.

"But we mean it in a fun way," Natsu countered.

"You're nakama," Lucy pointed out, "all of you should be supporting each other."

"What does it mean to be nakama?" Harry asked.

"It means that you're essentially a family," Lucy defined. "For example, everyone in Fairy Tail is nakama even if there are a lot of fights. One time this was proven was when my father paid a group of wizards to get me back from Fairy Tail so I could go home. Even though the fight almost destroyed us nobody would let me go." Lucy gave a sad smile at the memory.

"Well this isn't your school," I snapped. "The different houses make it impossible." They all glanced at each other and sighed.

"They're hopeless," Evelyn concluded.

"Come on, we're going to be late for divination," Harry excused us. "Come with us and we'll show you where it is."

When we arrived Natsu and his little sister almost retched at the smell. "They were right, this smells terrible," Evelyn wrinkled her nose in disgust. The five of them sat together while Harry and I sat at the table next to them.

"Welcome new students," Professor Trelawney greeted the Fairy Tail wizards. "Oh I see such dreadful fates for all of you," she announced dramatically and the five friends shot each other worried glances. Trelawney turned to Natsu first, "fire will consume you and lead to your ultimate demise." If she expected a negative reaction she was way off. All of them burst into laughter and even Erza, who seemed more mature than everyone, was laughing. "And you," she whirled to Erza, slightly frustrated that her predictions weren't being taken seriously, "will lose a fight that will result in you being paralyzed." More laughter exploded from the exchange students at the seer's predictions while Erza looked offended for some reason. Finally she cast her gaze at Natsu's little sister before releasing a small gasp.

"Oh dear girl, the horrors you've lived through, they were terrible." Evelyn stopped laughing and her jaw clenched. The other four exchange students became serious instantly and shot dirty looks at Trelawney. Natsu had an arm wrapped around his sister's shoulders protectively and was whispering something to her. Evelyn was nodding her head at what he was saying but she looked…haunted.

"That was odd wasn't it?" I muttered to Harry, glancing at the table next to us.

'They're definitely hiding something," Harry added. "But they seem so nice, they can't possibly be death eaters. Besides they're not even British."

"But they're friends with Malfoy," I argued.

"Welcome back to divination," Professor Trelawney interrupted our debate. "You will find on the tables before you copies of The Dream Oracle. Dream interpretation is a most important means of divining the future and one that may very possibly be tested in your O.W.L." After instructing them to read the introduction and be in groups of two. I glanced around to see who the Fairy Tail students had paired up with.

Evelyn had looked around the table and seemed to wonder who to pair up with. She locked eyes with Natsu and her brother gave her a reassuring glance. Lucy had gone over to sit next to Erza. Gray was the only one left without a partner. The pink-haired wizard insulted, "looks like no one wants to pair up with you frosty!"

"Natsu, go partner with Gray," Erza commanded and Natsu, Evelyn, and Gray's faces fell.

"Wait, Erza I can't." Natsu protested. "I need to be the one to talk with Evie!" His voice dropped so I could barely hear it. "What if she has one of her nightmares?" Erza paused and considered this for a moment.

"Natsu, I can pair up with someone else, it's not a big deal," Evelyn tried to calm him down even though she seemed reluctant.

"Professor Trelawney?" Lucy raised her hand. "Can we have a group of three? That way we can get more practice in interpreting dreams and we won't have to tell our dreams to people we're not comfortable with." The seer gave Lucy a look before conceding. "Thank you Professor," she turned back to her friends. "So, Natsu, Evelyn, and I can be together and then Erza can be with Gray," Lucy negotiated. What had Evelyn gone through that made them so protective over her? Was what she went through really that bad that only her brother and her other friends could hear about it?

"Thanks Luce, we owe you," Natsu gave her a blinding grin in appreciation. When I turned my attention back to Harry he was asking me what dreams I had had recently.

"Well, I had one that I was playing Quidditch the other night. What d'you reckon that means?"

"Probably that you're going to be eaten by a giant marshmallow or something," Harry guessed sarcastically. When divination was finally over the seven of us all wandered down to see what our new defense against the dark arts teacher would be like.

So yeah. Thank all of you guys so much for all the follows and favorites. I honestly never expected to get this many.