"Ok guys have fun!" Minerva said as she grabbed Williams hand. She gave Ronnie a concerned look and then turned her attention back to William. "Shall we go get one of these butterbeers you speak of? Don't worry about Diet Coke I have enough in my dorm to last me awhile." Minerva laughed and thought of her stash of food and pop that sat under her bed.

"Yes, same to you!" he said to Minnie as she left. He then turned to Ronnie. He hugged her "I am really really sorry" he said to her as he hugged her

"I actually don't know. Maybe." she said. "I kind of wasted a lot of my money on my new broom. . ." she said. "I want to spend the rest wisely, if you know what I mean." she said smiling.

"Oh I did?" she asked with a laugh. "You had me worried too!" she said smiling. "Oh I don't know. I haven't really thought about it." she said, looking around at all the candy.

Ronnie noticed Harvey seeming a bit nervous. She tried to show that she hadn't noticed and nodded her head. "I'll show you around. It's real nice." she said, smiling. "You two have fun!" she said winking at Minnie.

Erin was in so much business staring at the two girls, Nessie and her friend or bestfriend, just from the tight hug they shared, one could say that. Seeing her friend Minerva waving at her, she responded by a slight wave. She was not really the type of person who drools on waving upon seeing someone whom she always see at Hogwarts.

Eventhough, she was glad she had a friend like her who makes Erin feel like she was never alone. Was that...? She was with someone. Maybe, that was the guy Harvey was talking about. Minerva's new boyfriend!

Then, she felt a tap on her back. Turning, she was shocked to see Harvey. If Erin was not yet used to this kind of situation, how much more with the ex-boyfriend Harvey whom Erin knew loved Minerva with all his heart? "Harvey! Hey, you're here! I'm actually with some new friends."

Looking at the guy who introduced himself to her as William, so that was his name, "Hi William." They were holding hands! Ow Em Gee!



"Nice to meet you too Zara," Erin said with a wide smile. She wanted to present a nice attitude during introductions. The craziness would follow. Just from the look of Zara, she seemed like the girl who would go for adventures. She was a lion after all.

Celebration? Turning to look at Nessie, she was ready to open her mouth and ask the reason of a sudden celebration. Any occasions today? As far as Erin knew, it was not her birthday or Nessie's. Maybe, Valentine's Day? But before the words come out from her lips, Zara already spoke. Erin decided not to interfere with the conversation anymore. They were celebrating because of Zara's homecoming. Ha! What happened to her anyway? Why was she gone? Feeling a little awkward to ask, she just stayed there, ready to strike up a new conversation where she could keep up. "I guess, I should say this, welcome back Zara!"

Ronnie hugged him back, not even thinking about letting go. "What are you sorry about?" she asked with a small laugh.

" Ok, let's go get the butterbeer" Wiliam told Minerva. " I am glad you have enough Diet Coke in your dorm room" William said to Minerva. " Let's go now" William smiled holding Minerva's hand.

'WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? Celebrate because I'm back? Was I really spaced out for so long that I needed a welcome-back party. Oh dear, I guess I have been away for so long.' Her best friend and her new friend needed a reply, so Zara had to say something besides talk to herself in her mind. Gee, being able to think and respond normally was becoming a little hard for Zara with all that not-speaking-to-anyone-or-looking attitude she's developed after the departure of Patroclus.

"Uhm, that would be great. Thanks, Nessie. Thanks, Erin," Zara said smiling at them both. "Where do we go then?"

To eat? To play? To hang around? To swim? To have a party? Endless possibilities swarmed through Zara's mind as she hoped deep inside her heart that they wouldn't have to pass the moving staircases on their way.

"Oh you did! I wanna see this new broom of yours! oh ok no problem." he said to her "Oh ok!" he said watching as she looked at all the candy "Oh yes, I would love to see this little village, it looks real nice" he said to her. She then said bye to Minnie and William as they left.

When asked with a small laugh why he was sorry all he said was "I am sorry for everything that I could see on your face." he said as he hugged her tighter and closed his eyes, vowing to be a better guy for this Great Girl in his arms.



"Hey, yep I am here, with Ronnie. As you can see Minnie is not alone either." he said turning around to look at them. "Oh ok, nice to see you are still making new friends, oh by the way thanks for teaching me that dance, what was it called? whatever it was I enjoyed it, we should do it again sometime. Anyways I dont want to take up too much of your time, have fun you guys!" he said to Erin.

Honeyduke's! Katrina's favorite shop, especially for candies. The first year went inside and looked at all the containers. THE CANDIES AND CHOCOLATES! Katrina did have a few galleons, sickles, and knuts to spend so why not use some?

Katrina took a few milk chocolate fudge (Galleons a Pound? Umm...) and got a pack of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. She never ate them since she lost her last box. But yeah. The little girl went to the counter. She paid... how much is this? A galleon for the fudge and 8 sickles for a pack of Beans. Katrina searched her pocket for some money and gave the lady in the counter a galleon and 8 sickles. Katrina then left. Enjoying the sweets she bought.

Oooh! These new friend of hers was really starting to make Erin feel the happiness at Hogwarts. She had not yet enjoyed herself this much. Talking about having a party and all. Her stay here had never been this exciting. She was not even thinking of her homeworks or her egg journal or even the research she needed to accomplish for History of Magic.

Erin heard Zara extend her gratitude upon hearing the welcome back party. She responded with a shy smile towards the cutie Gryffindor. "Do you mind?" started Erin. "Why are you away?" Looking at the two girls, her face blush. She should not have said that. It may even spoil the day.


"Hi Ronnie," Erin smiled at the girl. She remembered from the Girl's Bathroom with Minerva.

Turning towards Harvey, "The Cha-Cha slide. And thank you. I've got to submit my homework. Thanks." The feeling was weird with her two friends. She felt that certain aura between them that was not yet ready to come out but will come out definitely. She was sure, they were still in love with each other. Why'd they broken up actually? She'd never know. A heart to heart talk with Harvey may spill everything. She'd wait for that.

The question blew Zara away. I guess it's time to finally let it all out, hm, Zara? Nothing else to lose anyway, Patroclus is gone so why not? He'll never be back, probably.

After biting her lip and taking a deep breathe she began, and tried to make it as short as possible to prevent herself from crying, "It was well, because of an incident with someone. This caused me to be really depressed."

And it all dawned back on her. The reason why she never noticed that so much time had passed since she last spoke to a person normally. The reason that made her keep to herself and trust no one for months. Patroclus. You're gone yet you keep coming back to that little girl's heart. Trying to make it non-detailed, she went on, "Then during that depression time, people sort of thought I disappeared. But truth is, I'm actually there always. My head down, hair covering my face so they really didn't notice me. Often I'd walk at the hall without anyone noticing who I am because I was spaced out. I didn't see anyone either since I didn't look at anyone else. I really can't remember anything at all that happened these past few months that I've been at Hogwarts. I stopped attending classes, and usually spent most of my time walking around, loitering." Zara ended. Yeah, that was pretty much as she remembered things. She didn't know if she got into trouble but she did discover lately this wound she had on her knees and elbows. Maybe she fell at the stairs because of not paying attention? Oh well, who cares, she doesn't even remember where she got it from.

"I'll show you at some point." she said smiling. "Oh its wonderful. I always wanted to spend time in it with a friend...or a boy...but I never got the chance." she said. "I used to watch couples walking together and stuff. . ." she said, wondering why the heck she was telling Harvey this.

"Aww!" she said laughing. "I only was making that face because I felt bad for you...you know." she said, nodding her head towards Minnie and William. She then smiled as he hugged her and she held on tighter.

Erin felt really awkward upon asking the question. Even her bestfriend Nessi, if she really was, did not say anything. Was Erin pushing her limits that much? She gotten even more shocked when Zara started to talk.

Depressed. She was actually depressed. Hearing Zara's talk about being an outcast, she knew that feeling. Just after her Mummy died, her Daddy didn't talk to her or her sister or anyone from the family apart from food and money. "Well, now you're back. Let's not go over the past once again. Past is past and the present is what's important. I promise you, I'll be your friend from now on, Zara," Erin said with so much concern turning to Nessie, "If that's okay with Nessie of course."

This was the Hogsmeade.

It was Tiffany's first time to come here since she was a first year and she really knew little about here. When she first got in, she noticed the candy shop at once that she decided to walk in and check it out immediately. As she opened the door, she saw a girl walking out from the candy shop. Her face seemed to be familiar for Tiffany. "Did I meet her before?"she asked herself. She waved at the girl so as to catch her attention.

Katrina realized she forgot her cloak inside Honeyduke's. Oh no. Katrina ran back inside. But while she ran, she heard someone move or wave at her. Katrina looked back. Oh, look! It was Tiffany, the Gryffindor girl she met a few days ago. When Katrina retrieved her cloak, she waved back at the Gryffindor, smiling to show she was glad.

"Hi Tiffany!" Katrina said. Usually, this was awkward but she wasn't the type of Slytherin girl who'd hate Gryffindor, based on most of the people's belief of Slytherins hating Gryffindor. No. BIG NO.

Finally the girl turned back and Tiffany realized that the girl was actually Katrina, Tiffy's slytherin friend.

She grinned."Katrina, it seemed like it's been a long since we last saw,"she chuckled after she had finished that sentence. Tiffany was really happy to meet Katrina here since her friends didn't come along with her and now she got one. She peeked into the bag that Katrina was holding. "What have you got?"she asked curiously, looking for some goods to buy.

Katrina ran to Tiffany. Oh she never saw this Gryffindor ever sine then. "Yep, I agree with you." Katrina smiled. "You seem alone today."

Katrina gave Tiffany a pat on her shoulder. "We could go together." Katrina smiled. Yeah, she was also alone. Erin was with someone else, and Beezus was with Raven at Madame Puddifoot's. Then Tiffany looked at her bag full of sweets. "Oh, I just bought them here. Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans & some Fudge."

Harvey listened as she talked about spending time in the village, then she said she felt bad for him. He looked at her and then Minnie and William and then back to Ronnie "Well no need to feel bad for me as I have you, just as she has.... William. Anyways forget all that. Let's hang just like you have wanted to. Come on tell me where you want to go first, or do you want to look around this shop first?" he asked her excitedly looking at her "This is going to be the first time I have hung out with outside of school, its going to be fun!" he said excitedly

Ronnie smiled. "Do you like William?" she asked, she felt it was kinda rude but it kinda slipped out. She wanted to know. Well of course, she didn't like him but not to the point where she hated him.

"Okay." she said. "I don't mind where we go...as long as I'm with you I'm good." she said grinning.

"William. Yes, we are friends. Why is there a reason for me to not like him?" he asked wondering why Ronnie was asking this. "Well I feel the same way, we are now at stalemate. Dont know where to go. If there is somewhere you want to go or see or even have a walk we can go. So what's the destination?" he asked her

"Oh...no no reason." she said shaking her head. "I was just wondering." she said. "Well. . .I don't really know. Umm....want to just walk?" she asked.

"Oh ok, but if there is something I should know then I want to know ok? Minnie is our friend we dont want her to get hurt now do we?" he asked her knowing her answer. "Sure lets go out onto the main street shall we and take a walk and talk, hey that rhymes walk and talk. Huh funny."

WHAT???? Her Zarrawara was depressed. Ness stood looking at her bestie with her mouth open. This was NOT okay. Ness gave Zara the biggest hug ever and whispered in her ear. "We'll talk about this later." she knew Erin was just trying to be helpful, but Zara had just met her and not many people opened up so quickly to people they had just met. As she pulled back from her hug she looked at her bestie again. "I Hope you okay now." she said with lots of concern in her voice. Ness herself had been going through some stuff too, but it was probably no where near as bad as what Zara was going through. She wondered how she had never recognized Zara all those times. She frowned a little not very happy that her best friend was not okay.

"Erin's right." she said with a little nod as she agreed with the firstbie. What was in the past, was in the past. Ness needed to move on from the past too. She giggled as Erin asked if she minded that Zara would be her friend, she didn't get why Erin needed her permission. "of course I don't mind." She smiled at the firstbie.

With that, Zara gave Nessie a grateful smile knowing that Nessie'd instantly understand what her smile and her eye contact meant to say. She had to admit, it was nice having friends back in her life. Turning to smile next at Erin she said, "Thank you, Erin. Of course you can be my friend, no need to ask Nessie."

Zara chuckled a bit, Erin was too polite. Maybe she should be in Hufflepuff too, but perhaps she has her reasons in being at Ravenclaw. Smart, maybe. Setting all that thinking aside, Zara's eyes lingered on the whole lot of chocolate she held right now. She still had to pay for them. Yummy, delicious, chocolate goodness.

"I'll be right back, you too. I'll just go ahead and pay for these at the counter," Zara grinned with much more emotion and happiness. She had friends to go back to once she's done paying for these chocolate. She had companions. She had Nessie, and a newly found friend...Erin.

Zara went ahead to pay for the chocolates she had in hand which she had picked out earlier.

Raven walked to the Honeydukes. Anger to her family made her wanted to buy so many sweets!!!!! A pound of milk chocolate fudge, 10 chocolate frog, 10 sugar quills, 10 ice mice, 10 droobles, 5 peppermint humbugs...

SO many sweets she bought, so much galleon she spent.

Never worry, MY father got a very much wealthy from Passed-away grandpa, right? she tought arrogant.