" Mate! Mate, look! There's Jessica Cesari!" George Weasley shrieked as he, his twin brother, Fred, and Oliver Wood sauntered out of Madam Malkin's robe shop in Diagon Ally

Oliver's head shot to the direction of his best friends finger and watched as the small woman signed autographs and took photos with the crowd of people around her

"Come on!" Fred urged, dragging the two by the arms and shoving their way to the front of the crowd

"What's your name little one?" Jessica asked a thin, blonde child of no more than five or six as she knelt down to her height

"Savannah," The child said shyly, with her eyes fixed on the cobblestones under her feet

Jessica slid a finger under her chin and making the child's gaze meet hers, "Don't be shy, i'm a person too!"

The girl grinned as Jessica signed the notebook that was handed to her,

"She's an angel! Did you see that?" George beamed inching closer to the woman

"Yeah," Oliver mumbled before pushing his way out of the crowd

He didn't have a problem hearing about her on the radio or seeing her picture in the paper, but having her less than 5 feet from him was too much.

He trailed over to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor, taking a seat in one of the patio chairs that was set up outside and rubbed his temples

It had been two years since he had last seen her, and their goodbyes were far from civil.

"Oi! You okay, Wood?" Fred asked slapping a hand on his friends shoulder

"Just tired," He lied pulling himself to his feet, gathering all of his bags in the process

"She kissed me on the cheek!" George grinned, puffing his chest out

"That's great." Oliver muttered heading down the road toward the Leaky Couldron with his friends in tow

Oliver and Jessica were neighbors up until she was ten, and he, eleven. Ever since they could walk, they were inseparable. They discovered their love of quidditch around the same time, when their father's took them to watch one of Puddlemere United's pre-season games. She was two and he was three. They pretended to be quidditch players and played every day, no matter the weather. They seemed like they had the perfect bond until Oliver started school at Hogwarts. Jessica wrote Oliver each day he was gone up until his fourth year. That's when his replies slowly deteriorated.

Jessica was heartbroken at the thought of losing her best friend, he was the only one that comforted her when her parents divorced three years prior. Oliver was understanding when her father gained custody of her two brothers, Steven and Harry, as well as her. While her mother gained custody of her oldest sister Trisha, and her older twin sisters, Theresa and Mary. He convinced her nothing would change when she moved from Scotland to her father's home of Armenia. Jessica and her brother's would spend summers and Christmas breaks in Scotland in Oliver's home, and it seemed like everything was normal even though they haven't seen each other in months.

Jessica had gained feelings for Oliver through their letters during the school term, and decided to tell him the summer after his fourth year. He didn't feel the same for her, and that shattered the young girls heart. She avoided Oliver at all costs, she took up a summer quidditch league and quickly caught the eye of scouts for the big leagues. She was hand picked to join the Grodzisk Goblins of Poland. She was thirteen at the time, and trained with the best quidditch players they had to offer. She was flawless on a broom. She intercepted every pass of a quaffle and made 83% of the goals attempted, which was the highest percentage in Goblins history. The Goblin's couldn't pass up their new prodigy. She officially signed with the team on her 14th birthday, June 16, as a chaser.

She took the Wizarding World by storm. Everybody wanted a piece of the youngest chaser in quidditch history. She made millions over the next year from countless interviews, photo shoots, and games. The Goblin's also made it to the annual Quidditch World Cup, because of her. Some called her a quaffle hog, some called her Merlin's gift to quidditch.

"Cesari! My office! Now!" The Goblin's head coach, Marcel Barkowski called over the amplifiers,

Jessica was in the process of dodging bludgers that were charmed to improve her speed, and quickly swerved around the last one dipping her top of the line Firebolt thirty feet to the ground

Her feet touched down and she hustled toward the small office that was filled with news papers, play books, pictures, Goblin's memorabilia, and their new Quidditch World Cup.

"What's up?" Jessica asked curiously as she sat in one of his arm chairs, fanning out her sweat covered shirt

"Well, you know I want to secure your future right?" He began sitting up straight in his chair and playing with one of his quills

"Yes, and?" She narrowed her eyes and sat up right

"Well, your father told me that you don't have your wizarding degree.."

"So? What does that have to do with quidditch? You pulled me from school two years ago." Jessica's patience was wearing thin. She rose from the padded chair, tapping her foot as she often did when her temper was being tested.

"Please, sit down. I was just thinking that since you're a major asset to this team, if you were to ever get hurt I would want you to become assistant coach or our defensive coordinator. But.."

"But, what!" Her hands were on her hips, as she knew he was about to say something to really piss her off

"But you need your wizarding degree to go along with the rest of the paper work and your father thought it would be a good idea for you to go back to school and get it, just in case.." He replied softly

"Just in case..." Jessica repeated as she sat back down only to shoot up again."JUST IN CASE! Are you kidding me! You want me to NOT play next season to go back to school? YOU'RE the one who took me out of school after YOU scouted me! I helped get the Goblins their first championship in thirty-seven years! You're just gonna give me up like that!"

"It wasn't fully my decison, but the more you think if it the more it makes sense.." He cowered back in his seat

"Who told you that you should let me go back to school?" She asked through gritted teeth with both hands leaning on his desk

"Your dad..."

"And you agree?"

"I think you should get the degree just in case you get hurt you can still stay with the team and not have to worry about a job, so yeah... I agree." The coach answered sheepishly

"Fine." She crossed my arms and spat, "We done here? You basically just fired me."

"I did not fire you. But, you will be placed on the disabled list, just until you get your degree..Your father has got you into Hogwarts, since your school will not take you back. You will be with your brother.. they have quidditch there too... so you can still play, and you could possibly scout for me while you're there.. you know, look out for the next you?"

"And how long will it take to get this 'wizarding degree'" She asked with her jaw still clenched

"Well, your father said that you'll be placed a year below your brother since you were accelerated."

"He's a 6th year.. that means I can't play for TWO YEARS!" Jessica snapped. She jumped out of my chair and threw her chair back to the floor

"NO! Relax, you can play when you're on break from school. Your Father said that your Christmas break lasts three weeks, and your summer break is a little over three months, that's plenty of time for you to step in and take over incase the boys can't take the pressure!" He smiled as he stood up and walked to the front of his desk and leaning back on it

"This isn't fair!" She snapped again, walking toward the door with her back to coach

"Jess-"

"What."

"You going to make me proud? I'm doing this for your own good."

Jessica rolled her eyes, but her face softened just a little. Turning to face her coach she was surprised when he pulled her into a hug that she slowly returned.

"Promise not to replace me for good?" She asked into his chest

"You know I won't, you're our weapon and we need you, little one. We just need a back-up plan to keep you."

She nodded, pulling away and made her way back to the last practice she would have for the next few months.

"So guess who's coming to Hogwarts?" Steven Cesari asked his fellow Gryffindors as he made himself comfortable in the compartment

"Who?" His sister Theresa asked, paging through a copy of Witch Weekly, "Damn, we just can't escape her!"

On the cover of Theresa's magazine was none other than her famous sister, posing inside of a keeper's post and holding a quaffle, with a quote underneath that read 'A quaffle belongs either in my arms or threw your hoop, I dare you to prove otherwise.'

"Our baby sister," He grinned as he opened the window

Oliver's head shot up with a look of disbelief on his face while Fred and George squealed like little girls at the thought

"Great.." Mary said with sarcasm dripping from her mouth, "How do you know?"

"Dad had her coach convince her that getting her Wizarding Degree was what's best for her career while she's still young,"

George's head turned in Steven's direction, "So where is she?"

"She'll be sorted when we arrive. Dumbledore didn't want the train ride to be a fuss because she was here,"

Oliver breathed a sigh of relief knowing that she wouldn't be joining them on the train, that gave him a few more hours to prepare for the roller coaster his heart would be forced on

The group was seated at their usual spot at the Gryffindor table, where they patiently waited for the sorting of the first years to finish.

After the last one was placed in Hufflepuff, Dumbledore rose to the podium, clearing his throat, he spoke, "This will be the first time in decades that Hogwarts has accepted a transfer, and I trust that all of you will show her the respect that she deserves even if you aren't fond of her."

His eyes twinkled in delight as he ushered for Minerva McGonagall to allow the transfer in

The Great Hall doors swung open, and there was Jessica Cesari.

She was a small young woman, only 5'4, with a beautifully carved curvy body. Her skin was a deep tan and had perfectly sculpted features. Dark brown hair reached just below her ribs, and there was a pair of deep brown eyes to match.

With a small smile on her face the young woman guided herself up to the stool where she would be sorted.

"Jessica Cesari," Professor McGonagall smiled before placing the sorting hat on top of Jessica's head

The look of shock that came from Jessica's face earned a few sniggers once the hat began to speak,

"Hmm.. a tough one to place.."

Oliver's eyes were fixed on the golden plate in front of him, not daring to look up at the woman who's heart he broke just a few years ago.

"You alright?" Steven asked, glancing across the table

Oliver grunted in reply, he was too busy listening to the hat pondering where to place the only person in the world who knew Oliver better than he knew himself.

"Wise beyond your years, but you wouldn't fit well in Ravenclaw.."

A mixture of protests came from the Ravenclaw's table, earning a few cheers from the other houses

"You're a logical thinker, and are loyal to those you chose to surround yourself with, but I will not place you in Hufflepuff. Very brave, you like risks. Ahh, respectful. Your goals are what drive you. Better be.."

This was the moment of truth for the two houses that were literally holding their breaths,

"Slytherin!" The hat finally boomed

Her eyes met the stunned faces of her siblings as she lingered down to the end of the cheering table, taking a seat in between two dark haired boys

"Oh no.." The twins whispered, a look of despair written all over their faces as they watched Jessica shake hands with the Slytherin Quidditch team

"Like father, like daughter." Theresa remarked, rolling her eyes and poking at her meal

"Shut up, 'Reese!" Mary snapped pushing her twins shoulder

"I always said she'd be a Slytherin," Oliver stated, observing the smiling woman and taking a bite of his steak

"So, what are your names?" Jessica smiled at the students surrounding her

"I'm Marcus Flint. Captain and chaser of the Slytherin quidditch team." A guy with dark hair, dark eyes and a very crooked grin stated, he then began to point in the direction of other boys

"That is Miles Bletchley, my keeper-" A boy with brown, shaggy hair and blue eyes winked at me before Marcus pointed toward a pale boy with black hair and dark eyes

"That's Cassius Warrington, another chaser," The boy smirked my way before Marcus turned my attention to another boy, this one with short blond hair, freckles, and blue eyes

"He's Graham Montague, my last chaser," He moved closer and whispered "He's a bit feminine.."

Jessica laughed softly as he went on "That's Lucian Bole and Peregrine Derrick, my beaters." The two oversized boys nodded in her direction as Marcus searched the table

"My seeker is a fourth year, his name is Alex Martinez. He's down there, the one with the two girls hanging on him." He reported pointing a few seats down

Jessica quickly grabbed his hand and placed it into his lap, "Didn't your mother teach you that it isn't polite to point?"

"Oi, are you the police?" he smirked, staring her in the face

She rolled her eyes then placed some roasted potatoes with carrots and baked chicken onto the golden plate in front of her

"What year did they place you in? I've heard your old school had you in classes two years your senior." Miles inquired tilting his head, watching the girl eat

"I am a sixth year, but i'm fifteen." She replied after swallowing the mouthful of chicken, making sure to try to maintain a good impression

"I know you probably don't want to talk about quidditch, but how are you gonna manage your career and go to school here?" Cassius asked stuffing his mouth with whatever he had on his fork

"My coach has placed me on temporary leave. I'll play during the Christmas and summer breaks and will train with the team as the opportunity presents itself during the year."

She looked down and toyed with a carrot, no doubt saddened by the loss of the most important thing she has ever had,

"The password for our house quarters this year is Salazar, but i'll be here to help you with anything you need.." Marcus said, shortly before plunging a piece of pot roast into his mouth

"Oi! Real cute Flint!" Miles ginned as some piece of unidentified food fell from his mouth

"Real cute Bletchley!" Flint mimicked chuckling through his full mouth

"You lot are such pigs! There's a lady at the table!" Graham scolded slamming his hands in his lap and pursing his lips

"You sure there's just one, mate?" Cassius laughed dodging a slap from Graham

Jess smiled at the boys and turned to Marcus "When do we go to the dorms?"

"As soon as we're done eating we can go. You ready to go now?" He raised his eyebrow before glancing at the guys still stuffing their faces with every type of food on the table

"Yeah." She replied dropping the fork on her plate and taking a sip of water

"I'm going to take Jess to the common room, you lot coming?" Flint asked before grabbing an abnormally pink cupcake and taking a huge bite

The boys nodded and stood up

"Hold on though! I have to say goodnight to my brother and sisters,"

"But they're Gryffindors.." Flint said, grabbing her arm to stop her

"They're my family. If you have a problem with me going and talking to them, oh well!" Jessica snapped ripping her arm from his grip and racing over to their spot on the Gryffindor table

"Baby sister, you alright over there?" Steven asked as his sister hugged Mary from behind

"Yeah, the boys were nice. Just a little weird about you guys being Gryffindors. I don't know why, though." She replied kissing Mary on the cheek and moving over to Theresa and repeating the process

"Gryffindor and Slytherin have a sort of rivalry. The Slytherin's think they're Merlin's gift to the-, oh THAT'S why you were sorted there!" Mary teased smiling as I rolled my eyes

Jessica made her way over to Steven and looked to see if Marcus and the boys waited for her, and to her surprise, they did. They were at the doors of the Great Hall

She kissed her brother on the temple and bid everyone a goodnight before making her way back to her new friends

"I'm surprised you all waited for me." She said smirking

"Well, we couldn't let our new friend get lost on her way to the dungeons" Miles smiled as he snaked his arm around her petite, but strong shoulders

"Right." Jessica smiled back as they followed Marcus down the hall, turning down a cooler hallway

Taking a short flight of stairs down, the group entered a corridor where the walls were stone with torches being held up by very detailed stone snakes

"It's a little dark down here, but you get used to it." Miles smiled

Jessica tilted her head up and gave him a smile in return "I hope so,"

"Okay, the entrance to our common room is behind this wall here. All you do is step up and whisper the password and it lets you in. Give it a try?" Flint instructed holding his arm out toward the wall

Removing herself from Miles arm, she stepped up "What's the password again?"

"Salazar" Flint whispered looking around

She made a face and whispered the word toward the door and not even a moment later, it flung itself open

"Come on in, princess." Cassius smirked sauntering in and flopping onto one of the emerald leather sofas

Jessica followed behind and sat on the corner across from Cassius

"So where do we sleep?" She asked taking in her very green and silver surroundings

Miles arm found its way back to her shoulders, then by using his free hand, he guided her face with his fingers and pointing to a set of stairs that led to a black door that read 'Sixth Years"

"You, my dear, are up there. All of the doors have names on them-"

"You would know, wouldn't you mate?" Flint sniggered

Miles narrowed his eyes before continuing "All of the doors have names on them, so you'll be able to figure out where you'll be sleeping, love."

"There aren't many girls in Slytherin, so you'll probably only have one or two roommates." Graham said stretching out on an arm chair

"Go see whose name is on your door!" Miles shrieked

"Yeah, we don't want you stuck with some loon!" Marcus smiled

She shook her head with a small smile before heading up the small flight of marble stairs that led to the dormitories

Opening the 'Sixth Year' door, a hallway that had at least 30 doors on either side was visible

Jessica must have walked by eight of them before finding hers in the middle.

'Jessica Cesari'

'Kara Smith'

'Daphne Greengrass'

Curiosity got the better of her, so she swiftly opened the large black door

The room was obviously charmed to be bigger on the inside. It had silver walls and dark wooden floors. It had three black twin size canopy beds that were next to each other, but separated by huge armoires. Another black door was on the far side. Peering in, it was a simple bathroom, complete with double sinks, a toilet, a shower and a tub that were in Slytherin colors as well

It was a beautiful dorm, after stepping out of the bathroom, Jessica quickly trotted back down to the boys

"Who is Kara Smith and Daphne Greengrass?" She asked flopping back into my spot

"Kara Smith..." Cassius pondered rubbing his chin smirking

"She's a slut. Daphne's mean." Miles shrugged

"Really?" Jessica whined throwing her body back against the sofa

"Kara loves the quidditch teams!" Flint smirked sliding his hands behind his head and propping his feet on the coffee table

"Oh, sweet Merlin!" She groaned pulling my arm over her eyes

"She actually isn't too bad after you get to know her, babe!" Graham protested reaching over to slap Marcus's feet down

"Well boys, I'm going to go get settled in.." Jessica started standing back up and smoothing out her skirt

"Meet us down here tomorrow morning and we'll show you how to get back to the great hall from here." Flint said with his eyes still closed

"I remember the way. I do workouts in the morning, so i'll just meet you there. When do they start breakfast?"

"Breakfast is at 8:30, babe." Graham answered smiling

"I'll see you all then. Goodnight boys,"

When she got up there, her OCD kicked in and she cleaned out the drawers and wiped the hangers before putting her clothes away in the armoire and the third closet closest to her bed that she claimed & charmed to have her name engraved on in big, cursive letters. Jessica pulled out her own set of pink and white polka dotted sheets and put them on the bed along with the giant stuffed puppy she received from her father when she was five and her brothers blue knit blanket

The door creaked open to reveal a tall girl. She had long, red curly hair, blue eyes, and was very thin.

She smiled at Jessica before taking a seat on her bed, "Hey! I'm Kara,"

"Jessica." She replied dryly, focusing on the plastic container that held all of her boxes of shrunken shoes

"Amplitudo!" the small pile was now above their owners hip, so she began packing them in her closet according to what type of shoe they were

"How old are you?" Kara asked, sprawling out on her bed watching Jessica move back and forth from closet to pile

"15, you?"

"I'm 16. Where you from?"

"Scotland, moved to Armenia, now I live in Poland."

"Really? Is it nice there? I'm from Ireland!"

"That's nice, and yes it is."

"Are you related to the Cesari's in Gryffindor?" she asked tilting her head as Jessica looked at her incredulously

"No, we just have the same last name and look alike." Was the only sarcastic reply that would be given

"Okay, little miss cranky. Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Nope. I worked too much for one."

"Quidditch player, right? I think I've saw you in a few magazines,"

"You guessed it."

"Do you not like me or something?" She snapped turning on her heels and walking toward me

"I don't know you well enough to 'not like you'" Jessica quoted before adding, "But I have heard some rather vulgar things about you from Marcus and the boys."

"Let me guess, that i'm a broom hopper?"

Jessica raised her eyebrow, how did she know?

"Yeah, I figured they would have said that." She smiled rolling her eyes

Jessica made a questioning face before Kara started again, "Back in my third year, my first boyfriend was a beater for the team. His name was Mike and he cheated on me with my then, best friend. So, I cheated on him with the other beater, Chris, to get back at him. Then last year I dated the chaser, Cassius, and he really got into my head. He had me believing I loved him the second week I was talking to him. He only wanted me for sex though, he left me as soon as he got what he wanted.." she trailed off at this thought and Jessica felt a small twinge of guilt for judging her so quickly

"You need to be more careful, honey. People will judge you for everything you do," Jessica said taking a seat on her bed, finally finished with the shoes

"Yeah, I know that now!" She smiled weakly

"Well, hopefully you're past it now, yes?" Jess asked running her hand through her hair

"I am, I hope we can be friends? You seem really cool. I don't have many girls for friends, just Daphne and her little sister."

" I don't have many friends either," She chuckled pulling her bath products and pajamas out

"Brilliant!" Kara beamed jumping up and putting more of her things away

"I can't wait to show you hogsmeade! It's going to be so fun!" She giggled before changing into her pj's

"What's that?" Jess asked setting the water for her shower and stepping in

"It's like a little village with all these shops! It's so nice! It has everything a girl could ask for!" She sighed before coming into the bathroom and brushing her teeth

"Does it have a quidditch shop?" Jessica asked while scrubbing her hair

"Yeah, I think it has two or three sporting goods shops."

"Thank Merlin!"

Jessica stepped out of the shower minutes later, drying herself and changing into a tank top and a pair of boxers, compliments of her brothers closet.

"I'm going to bed, I have workouts in the morning." Jessica yawned

"You're absolutely bonkers! I hate waking up early and adding exercise is bloody tourture." She stated distastefully picking up a magazine

"Goodnight Kara," Jess smiled turning off her light and turning away from her, drifting into a peaceful sleep