Welcome to Hogwarts

Disclaimer: Sadly *big fat tear rolls from eye* I don't own Harry Potter nor Dan, Emma, and Rupert....but I own myself, at Pyro owns some of herself.......I hope....~Lio~

Chapter Two: In which we meet Draco Malfoy, and scare more people!!!

Draco Malfoy had just arrived at Grimmauld Place, in a lot better shape than he had been a week ago when he had asked Snape if he could switch sides having seen what was the 'plan' from his father. Snape had already hurried over to inform Professor Lupin, ("The werewolf?") that Draco would also be bunking here for the summer.

Draco was definitely not happy about spending the rest of his summer with Potter and his friends, and he heard that they were training some kids who were late in showing their magical abilities. Sighing Draco began to make his way towards the staircase when a blur of black and red came hurtling right towards him.

Whoever it was knocked right into him, since she hadn't been paying attention where she was going. Draco had grasped her arm to keep her from falling right onto her face. The girl looked up at him. She had on the strangest array of clothes Draco had seen, and she looked as though she had jumped from one of those Muggle train stations. What really caught Draco's attention was her reaction to seeing him.

Her brown eyes grew large; she gasped, and then said, "You're Draco Malfoy!"

Draco's grey eyes got slightly larger, wondering how the hell this girl would know who the hell he was. He was still holding onto her arm, and she jerked away, still looking at him with wonderment.

"You're, I mean, when Moony said, oh my gosh," she spluttered. "You're really hot."

One side of Draco's lips curled up into a smile. "You think so."

She seemed to swoon, but before they could exchange any more words, a bright flash came from the banister above them. The Draco looked up to see who it was, and another girl held up some small muggle device and yelled, "Got your soul!" She ran a few steps, and then turned back. "And I'm sending it to," she paused, "Voldemort!"

The first girl started running after the one above who had already began to run. "Pyro, you are so DEAD! Give me back my goddamn camera!"

Pyro was running at breakneck speed back to their room, Lio close behind her. What she didn't know was that the hot guy Lio had been talking to was Draco Malfoy, on their list of sex-gods temporarily until they could really see him. Draco was struck slightly off by the bluntness of the girl above, but he heard a snort from his left, and saw Snape standing in the doorway.

"I see you've already managed to meet Miss Lynch and Miss Kahookele. Let me show where you are going to stay."

Snape then went up the stairs, Draco following him. He kept glancing at the other room hoping to catch a glance of the two girls, but no such luck. Snape showed him into a room with three bunk beds, three other guys were already sitting in half of the beds, but Draco had to take a double take because two of the guys looked like Weasley. Obviously one of them was the real Weasley, but the resemblance was a little creepy.

"Mr Malfoy, these are your other roommates other than Mr. Weasley, Mr. Grint, and Mr. Radcliffe."

The two other guys looked up and waved, Radcliffe looked a lot like Potter and it was slightly unnerving too. Weasley didn't even acknowledge him. Before Snape could leave the room, the girl called Pyro ran into the room and jumped onto Grint's bed, who looked at her and said, "What have you done now?"

Snape had already left; obviously not wanting to be around if anything else happened. "Lio's on a rampage. I got her picture," she said and held out the small muggle device Draco had seen before.

Grint laughed, and Pyro sidled over to where it would be really hard for her to be seen. Soon the girl who had run into Draco the first time, obviously her name was Lio, came in. "Dan have you seen Pyro?"

Radcliffe looked up, a smile tugging at his lips. "Why?"

Lio rolled her eyes. "She's got my goddamn picture, and my friggin' soul, and she is so going down."

Pyro was looking at Radcliffe; as though saying don't you tell her a thing. Radcliffe, however, nodded his head over to where Pyro was ineffectually hiding. Lio pounced, and managed to grab her camera back, the other three guys laughing at their antics, Draco couldn't hold back a smile either. Pyro kept saying, "But I must please the Dark Lord!"

Lio stopped, her camera now in her hand, and put her other hand out. "Hand over the prescription."

Pyro took out a piece of paper from one of the many pockets on her jeans, and held it over her head and said valiantly, "Never!"

"Than thou must suffer the consequences." And Lio began tickling Pyro mercilessly.

Pyro's shrieks from being tickled lured four other girls, two Draco recognized as Weasley's sister and Granger. The other two girls were dressed similarly to Lio and Pyro, the taller one was leaning against one of the bedposts. "Lio what did Pyro do now?"

"She stole my soul," she said, throwing the camera to the girl, who caught it easily. "And she wouldn't give me her prescription."

The other girl came towards them. "Energy," she said to the taller one, "is there any hope for sanity?"

Energy laughed. "What sanity? Lio and Pyro managed to skip that line along with many others when they were giving those things out."

"Hey, I happen to enjoy my insanity," Lio said, having let Pyro some mercy, and indicated her shirt, which said, "I don't suffer from insanity; I revel in it."

Another girl then joined their happy little group; Draco was kind of sitting off to the side, since no one was really noticing him. She looked quite a bit like Granger like Grint and Radcliffe looked like Weasley and Potter. Energy handed Lio her camera back.

Lio, however, didn't let Draco's presence go unnoticed any longer. "Did ya'll notice our guest, whom I like to call Drakie-kins?" Draco's jaw dropped at Lio's gall, but she kept going. "He's hot, huh? And he's got that accent too!"

Pyro and Energy and the others were rolling their eyes at Lio. Radcliffe spoke first. "Lio has a thing for British accents. You could make her the bloodiest happy girl by just talking to her. She's already swooning listening me speak."

Lio kept looking at Draco, but she was giving Dan the evil eye for doing that. "You're almost exactly what I expected," she said, and flashed his picture before he could do or say anything. She threw the camera back to Pyro and said, "Let's go load it onto the computer."

All the girls then left to their room, and left the boys still smiling, though Draco felt slightly uncomfortable. He didn't know two of the boys he was now bunking with, and he was with Weasley, who was intent on glaring Draco down.

Radcliffe came over and sat on his bed, putting his hand out. "I'm Daniel Radcliffe, Dan for short. Snape didn't necessarily introduce us, though he doesn't like us all that much."

Draco shook Dan's hand. Before he could say anything, Dan said something that took him completely by surprise: "Why have you changed sides?"

Draco was taken back. He didn't know anything about this guy, never met him before, and it didn't look as though Weasley knew him quite that well either. "How do you know about that?"

Dan had a wicked grin on his face. "That's for me to know and you to hound Lio into telling you, who will enjoy doing so as she has already done to everyone else."

Draco just looked at him. "Why do you all care?"

Dan shrugged. Grint came over and said, "Rupert, and I'm sure you're trying to figure out why me, Dan, and Emma, the girl who looks like Hermione, look so much like them."

Ron looked up. The resemblance between him and Rupert was very obvious, though Ron was slightly taller, and just certain subtle differences. "Malfoy, just listen to them. Lio will be more than happy to tell you why she knows who you are, and I'm sure she must have freaked you out. She's freaks us all out, except Andie, Energy, and Pyro; they seem to be immune."

Dan nodded. "They are just as bad as she is, that's why. Well Pyro is, but Andie and Energy have their moments."

Draco quirked an eyebrow at what they were saying. "So where can I find Lio to explain?"

Rupert looked at his watch. "We ought to be heading downstairs to eat, or Mrs. Weasley will have our necks. You'll see her then."

The boys put whatever they had been working on up, and began to head down towards the basement kitchen.

***

Lio, Andie, Energy, Ginny, Hermione, and Emma were already in the kitchen helping Mrs. Weasley get dinner ready when the boys walked in. Snape had already left, not wanting a repeat performance of what happened on the girls' first night at Grimmauld Place. Taking their seat at the table they waited as everyone finished their chores.

Remus was the last to enter the room slumping down in the nearest chair. Lio and Pyro somehow managed to end up at the opposites and sides of the table, Draco sitting right next to Lio. Dinner was pretty quiet, everyone having their own conversations. Pyro and Andie were talking about something on a piece of paper, Energy was talking to Emma, and Hermione and Rupert were talking. Mrs. Weasley and Remus were talking to each other in hushed voices. Feeling kind of left out Draco turned to Lio.

"So, you're muggle-born." Great starter Malfoy, Draco mentally kicked himself.

"Yeah, well there's also more to the story, but me, Pyro, Andie, and Energy all went to school together, and we're all very good friends. Dan, Emma, and Rupert are... well," Lio faltered.

"Dan was talking about something about that. What did he mean?"

Lio looked slightly uncomfortable. "Well, er, the past five years at Hogwarts have been a, um, book series, muggle book series, and I'm a major fan."

"About the wizarding world!" Draco asked, aghast.

"Er, yeah, well, it's really about Harry, that's why Dan looks so much like him, he plays him in the movie."

Draco was stunned. "So Potter has more publicity than we could expect."

"Yeah, but I knew you and well you're definitely, on the, um, list."

"List?"

"Er, yeah the li-" Lio was cut off as Pyro yelled over to her.

"Lio! Half brothel-"

Lio joined in, "Half mortuary, Shag 'em 'n Bag 'em. The Knowing Touch. Sounds kinds kinky. It is Justin, it is."

They burst out laughing; Andie, Energy, Hermione, and Emma rolled their eyes; and Ron, Rupert, and Dan laughed. Draco kind of looked around as though everyone had dressed in drag and done the hula right in front of him. In the middle of the laughter, Lio's cell started to ring.

She took it out of her pocket and started to talk, Draco kept looking at the small device trying to figure out the hell it was. Lio was smiling and laughing, talking to someone. No one else was paying her much of any attention.

Draco turned back to his dinner, but he wasn't very hungry. Muggles knew about the entire wizarding world, but how? Before Draco could dwell on his thoughts, Lio exclaimed, "Would ya'll like to hear my little sister?"

Everyone nodded, most of them having gone through this before. Lio pressed a button on her phone and folded it, and little girl's voice was heard.

"Lio!" it squealed.

"Hey monkey butt, whatcha doin?"

The little girl giggled. "Talking to you!"

"What else are you doin?"

"I took a bubble bath with the Harry bubbles, an' Mommy let me use the Hermione towel!"

Hermione looked up having heard her name. "Really, did you have fun and streak for mom?"

The little girl laughed. "I nakie!"

Everyone at the table laughed. "Have you watched any movies?"

"Uh-huh, I watch Frolo, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Sully, Nemo, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Plounder, New Ariel, and other stuff."

Everyone was listening in rapt attention to Lio's little sister. "Wow!"

Lio didn't say much else because then he little sister asked, "What's Frolo's name?"

"I don't know, you tell me?"

"Baggins, what's Sam name?"

"I don't know, you tell me?"

"Gamgee, what's Harry name?"

"I don't know, you tell me?"

"Potter, what's Hermione name?"

"I don't know, you tell me?"

"Granger. When are you coming home?"

"I don't know, but I'll call you all the time."

"'Kay! Guess what?"

"What?"

"Chicken Butt!"

Everyone laughed. "Lio's gotta go, I'll call you again, 'kay?

"'Kay."

"Give Mommy and daddy a big hug from me."

"Bye!"

The line went dead, and Lio fixed her phone, put it back in her pocket, and when she sat down she looked up at everyone looking at her. "What? I told you I'm obsessed, a Potter-aholic, capiche? My sister liked it too, she likes Dobby okay."

Draco raised an eyebrow at Lio. "How do you know Dobby?"

"Er, well, there are movies." Everyone was listening to Lio raptly wondering how on earth she was going to get herself out of this one. "We know everything, I guess. Dobby was set free by, er, Harry, and he works at Hogwarts now."

Dan had a wicked smile on his face as he listened and watched Lio squirm. Draco, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Remus, and Molly just looked kind of shocked at the knowledge. Dan decided he would take the heat away from Lio though it was kind of fun to watch her squirm when she made everyone else squirm.

"It was a pretty fun part to film because he's computer animated." Seeing everyone's blank faces, Dan explained, "He's not real, just made by other muggle things. They had a laser to move to wherever he was, and one part I have to look like I'm grabbing him and shoving him in a wardrobe."

Ron's eyes lit up when he realized what part he was talking about, though it really happened when Harry told him four years ago. "Yeah, Harry's uncle thinks he's doing something, right?"

"Uh huh!" Pyro said. "I love that part, there's a mistake in the movie though, when you first run down to stop Dobby you're in one position, and when the camera moves back to Dobby and then back to you you've changed."

Pyro got out of her chair and demonstrated. "Lio and I caught that."

Dan laughed. "Well nobody's perfect!"

Draco looked blankly at everyone throughout the entire conversation. "What on earth are you talking about?"

"You remember I told you about the books?" Lio asked, and Draco nodded. "D'you know what movies are?" Draco nodded. "Well they were put onto the big screen. Dan, Emma, and Rupert play the Trio, of course."

Draco's eyes then proceeded to become the size of dinner plates. "Highest grossing family movie ever," Lio said smugly. "Well since dinner is now over I believe it is time for us to practice."

With that Lio, Pyro, Andie, and Energy the proceeded back up to their room, Emma, Hermione, and Ginny following them. Draco just sat there gaping like a fish. Dan was sitting back in his seat looking slightly smug; Remus shook his head, and started to clear the table.

Dan broke the silence with, "Well I'm in the mood to listen to music," and went into the sitting room where the girls had been banned to doing their workouts because it was the only room in the house with a silencing charm on it.

Lio was already in there having donned her work out clothes, which consisted of a tank top and pyjama bottoms that had seen better days. She was putting a CD into her stereo and laying out the mats they used for yoga. Everyone else was slowly entering the room, Draco coming in after them curious as to what they were going to be doing.

Andie, Energy, Lio, and Pyro started to play the music and began stretching. Draco was sitting there kind of stunned by the kind of music that was being belted out of Lio's stereo system. It was certainly nothing he had ever heard before, but it was kind of catchy. It wasn't so loud that Hermione couldn't curl up on the couch reading a book. Rupert and Ron were chatting, and Emma and Ginny were practicing spells and laughing.

Lio was doing some weird and complicated moves that looked kind of painful. Andie, Energy, and Pyro were doing the same, but Lio's looked more.... evasive. Eventually they finished up with whatever they were doing, some of it looked as though they were trying to beat each other up.

***

Nymphadora Tonks looked up towards 12 Grimmauld Place. The house looked so severe and forlorn. She did not want to come but both Molly and Remus had contacted her to help with the new kids. There were now eleven teenagers in the house, four of which were American, and the strangest and most hyper girls any of them had ever met. Sighing, she mounted the steps and made her way to the front door.

Opening the door, Tonks found the house to be completely silent. Slightly unnerved by the lack of noise, Tonks went to the basement, where last summer you would be likely to find any of the adults.

As she neared the basement door, she began to hear voices faintly, until right at the door she could hear people laughing, caterwauling, and sounding as though the were having fun. She opened the door, and the sight that greeted her was fun and happy.

Two girls were sitting closest to the door were presently looking at a laptop and laughing hysterically at something and kept poking each other saying "bother!"; Ron was busy playing a sword fight with another girl with some of Fred and George's fake wands. Fred and George were also there. Ginny and two girls, one who bore a very strong resemblance to Hermione, were poking fun at one of their new tricks. A group of boys were in the corner laughing at something else.

Remus was the first to notice that Tonks had made it, having been standing right next to the door waiting for her arrival. He smiled, and said, "Everyone, I would like you all to meet Tonks."

Everyone looked over to where they were. The two girls nearest her, she noticed their clothing, which reminded her of the people she had seen while going to a muggle rock concert, jumped and yelled, "BOTHER!"

They burst out laughing, and eventually everyone else did too, though they weren't quite sure what they were laughing about. One girl, with black hair and red highlights, and a shirt with the Gryffindor crest upon it, put her had out and said, "Hello, I'm Cliona Niamh Lynch, Lio for short, and I am much obliged to see you."

She giggled, and the other girl came up, wearing a Slytherin shirt and held out her hand. "Chantelle Kahookele, Pyro for short, and would like to forewarn you that Lio is a loser."

Lio, however, didn't seem bothered with this statement, and curtsied outrageously. Two more girls came, one with very long light brown hair, and held her hand out. "Andrea Hughes, Andie for short," and the girl next to her, with platinum blonde hair and vibrant blue streaks, did the same. "Roscoe Vaughn, Energy."

Before any more introductions could be made, Lio made an announcement. "Pyro and I have found something incredibly hilarious, and we must share it."

Turning back to her computer, Lio indicated for everyone to gather around. Everyone sat down ready to watch as Lio clicked on something.

(A/N: I am sure that if you all are real HP fans, you have already seen Potter puppet pals. If not go to http://www.potterpuppetpals.com and laugh. I'm too lazy to write the script!)

Everyone was kind of stunned, except for Lio, Energy, Andie, Pyro, and three other of the kids. Remus looked as though he's trying very hard not to laugh, Ron looked as though someone had gone crazy, and everyone else was stunned and trying not to laugh. Eventually everyone began to laugh.

"Funny, eh?" Lio asked, carefully wiping tears from her eyes as to not ruin her eyeliner. "My favourite, and I believe we will all be bothering Snape sometime this year!"

Lio and Pyro looked at each other, identical evil grins on their faces. Tonks is trying to figure out with the hell is going on, and then Lio says something, "We must clue in our newcomer though. Tonks, Emma, Rupert, and Dan are special." Three kids turned and waved, all bearing a resemblance to Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "You see, the wizarding world has been written in a series of books chronicling Harry's years through Hogwarts. I am a major fan, VERY obsessed."

Tonks looked at her oddly. "Since when?"

"Okay, you know what movies are?" Tonks nodded. "Dan, Emma, and Rupert play Harry, Hermione, and Ron respectively in the movies. See?" She brought up a picture on her computer. It was the Prisoner of Azkaban movie poster. "We have the first five books, and there are three movies."

"So you all already knew about some of this stuff?"

"YUP! I am the obsessed fan, and I know a lot!"

Tonks looked around at everyone, and then with a slightly scared face she asked a question. "What's my first name?"

"Nymphadora," Lio said, without even looking up at her. "You say in Order of the Phoenix that you hate your first name, and you would prefer everyone to call you by your last name. Thus is why we call you Tonks."

Tonks just looked thunderstruck. "So, d'you believe us now?" Pyro asked, wagging her eyebrows for no particular reason.

"So, you are saying that the whole wizarding world has been written about in a series of books, mainly about Harry?" Tonks said cautiously, doubting everyone's sanity, not that there was much sanity in the room with Pyro, Andie, Lio, Energy, Dan, and Rupert.

"Pretty much," Lio said, still absorbed with whatever it was she was doing on the computer. "Are you happy now, 'cause I have some fanfics to beta, write and read." Lio turned back to her computer, her fingers clicking away rapidly at the keys.

Tonks looked around. Everyone had gone back to whatever they were doing to occupy themselves when she walked in. Lio and Pyro were quiet, however.

"Tonks," Remus said carefully. "Come on. I'll show you to your room and then we can talk." He picked up one of her bags when they walked out of the room and started up the stairs.

"Is Dumbledore out of his mind!" she nearly shouted about half way up. "Those... those... children, know more about us than we do! We're a muggle show for Merlin's sake!"

"You think they know a lot about you?" Remus said, walking into an empty bedroom. "Lio, the one with the computer, knows about my monthly absences. They all do." Tonks just stared, mouth wide open. "Yeah. They know just about everything about everybody. Lio knows the most since, as she says, she is obsessed. Then comes Pyro a bit. Andie and Energy are a bit quieter about the whole knowledge thing even though they will add their two cents when they want to."

"What about the other ones?" Tonks asked as they walked into a room. "Dan... Rupert... and Emily, was it?"

"Emma, Emma Watson," Remus corrected. "They know a lot about the characters they play as well as the others simply because it was their job. They had to know their characters according to the books. Ms. J. K. Rowling is the authoress I do believe. I'm still not quite sure if she knows about the wizarding world or if it was a fluke somehow..."

"It's too easy to be a fluke," Tonks said with a huff. "There's no way someone could know that much about us."

"You think they know a lot now. They know about Sirius, they know Snape's old nicknames, they know about the Order, they know-"

"Surely Dumbledore will not allow this to continue!" Tonks yelled. "Who know why they know this much? Sure, they say it's a muggle book series and movie series, but are we really sure we can trust them? Dumbledore has made mistakes before. Look at his line of Defence teachers! Excluding you, of course."

"I know what you mean," Remus said as he sat on the bed. "But trust me, I think Dumbledore knows what he's doing on this one. Come on, and try to keep an open mind about them." Remus led Tonks back downstairs into the living room to find it empty. "Where...?" He looked around, stared at Tonks for a second, and then looked around again.

"They're practicing," Snape drawled from the doorway. "I charmed one of the side rooms with silencing charms so they could practice that 'music' all they wanted. Greetings Tonks." (A/N: Creepy...)

"Snape," Tonks said, nodding her head. "What do you mean?"

Snape jerked his head toward the hallway and walked off; Tonks and Remus weren't far behind. They walked into a room after Snape only to be blasted at with loud music and singing.

"It's a classic line baby, 'I just wanna be friends'. But baby my friends don't have keys to my Mercedes Benz," they sang out. A few minutes later the song was done. "Sweet!" Pyro yelled. "I knew we could do a Kid Rock song just as good as he could! Yes! Come on Lio. I know you don't like his music, but that was so good." She high-fived Energy and then a hesitant Lio before doing a quick run through of a favorite drum solo. "Man I love playing the drums! Did you ever play anything Tonks?" she asked without looking up.

Tonks was speechless.

***Later that Night***

Lio was busy watching some movie as everyone else was doing stuff to occupy themselves during one of their 'study' breaks. Not that anyone was studying, unless that includes Hermione who is always studying. Pyro had her computer out and was currently giving into her OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and fixing her computer files to be organized to include all of her Hogwarts stuff. Andie was currently sparring with an invisible partner, headphones on jamming to her new box set of Nirvana, and Energy was attempting to look as though she was doing something while sleeping.

Rupert, Dan, and Emma were memorizing their lines for the next Harry Potter movie, much to the amusement to the other inhabitants of the house. They were given a time turner by Dumbledore, his own personal one, so they would be able to do all their studies and do whatever the muggle media might need for them to do.

Draco was sitting watching everyone with an amused expression on his face. He had shocked everyone by his change of side, and everyone found him to be a pretty cool guy. Well, Ron still thought it was all a bluff, but he was beginning to warm up to the idea.

Ginny was watching Pyro do stuff on her computer, Pyro explaining things the whole time. There was mostly silence in the room until Lio started laughing. Everyone turned to look at her. Lio was turning red from laughing so hard.

After everyone sat around staring at Lio trying to figure out why she was laughing, Lio stopped. "Man, whew." She wiped tears from her eyes.

"Care to explain," Pyro asked, having already returned to what she had been doing.

"Well, me being the loser that I am have noticed something. Okay, we all know who Alan Rickman is?"

Everyone nodded. "Okay, well I was watching Love Actually, and Alan Rickman plays in it. He plays a guy names Harry!"

"Now that's messed up!" Pyro said, laughing.

Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Draco looked at each other the importance lost on them.

"Okay, right before Sorcerer's Stone, Dan was in a movie called The Tailor of Panama, and his on-screen dad's name was Harry. Pierce Brosnan was also in the movie, and he had played in a movie called Dante's Peak. His on-screen character was a geologist with the name Harry. Make sense no?"

Draco rolled his eyes. "You're screwed."

"I know, you can blame Pyro; this was my weekend."

"No, it's next weekend," Pyro said, without even looking up from her computer screen. "Diana was this weekend. Oh, how will this work now? What with us four going to Hogwarts, and Maria and Diana not?" Lio, Pyro, Energy, and Andie burst out laughing.

***

Almost three weeks into the holidays, and the girls, Dan, and Rupert had progressed very nicely. They were at the level they needed to be, and Lio, Andie, Pyro, and Energy were slightly ahead. Unknown to them, Remus, Tonks, and other order members were taking Harry from the Dursleys that night.

***

Harry had been quiet throughout the flight to Grimmauld Place, and Remus was worried. Harry hadn't said a word to them, and he was scared that Harry was just keeping all of his emotions inside himself and not letting them out. Not that he really had anyone to let his emotions out to. He was unable to write anything in letters since they could be confiscated, and he probably wasn't much in the way to write something such as that down.

Disconcerted, Remus led the way up the walk to the derelict Grimmauld Place. Everyone following him in silence, Remus opened the door. Filtering inside Tonks, Moody, Shacklebolt, and Vance headed towards the basement kitchen where they were to be having an order meeting soon.

Harry stayed in the entryway; afraid to make any noise because he didn't know Mrs. Black's portrait had long since been demolished. In the silence he could slightly hear what he thought was a stereo blaring, and upon further listening he realized that it was coming from the upstairs. Going up the stairs, curious as to what whomever it was up there was listening to, Harry heard singing, live singing.

Before he made it to the last step, a door to the left of the stairwell banged open, and a girl came out of the room. She was wearing a very small tight shirt that revealed her very toned body, and mini shorts that said, "Rock" on the behind. She was walking backwards still talking to whoever it was inside the room, but Harry couldn't hear what she was saying. When she got closer, another girl yelled, "Shut up, Lio!"

"I can't shut up but I can grow up, but I don't want to because immaturity is so sweet," Lio said really fast, walking faster towards Harry, still backwards, and right smack into him.

Harry fell back; Lio looked guilty, and was trying to get herself up from the awkward position she was in. Getting up, Harry kind of just stayed where he had fallen, Lio turned around to offer him a hand to help him up.

"I'm really sorry," she rambled, "but I tend to be the clumsiest person in the world."

Pyro was coming out of the room, making sure that Lio hadn't hurt anyone since she heard some kind of commotion. She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw whom Lio had knocked over. Lio was still not paying any attention, but Pyro could see that Harry was at a complete loss for words. Lio did that to some people.

"No problem," Harry eventually got out, and Lio opened her eyes. She finally saw the person she had been obsessing over since she was eleven years old. Trying not to frighten Harry, she, of course, already knew about how much Harry hated his fame.

"Well it's finally nice to meet you Harry," she got out, somehow without seeming nervous. Pyro was proud since Lio is the worst liar in the world, and does horrible under pressure.

"Who are you?" Harry asked, curious as to whom this strange girl was.

"Cliona Niamh Lynch, Lio for short, and you're Harry, though I was wondering if we could change your name because at my muggle school there is this Asian dude who is REALLY perverted, and has your name. Well, first only."

Pyro rolled her eyes. "Lio, get a life, and stop pestering Harry."

Harry looked over Lio's shoulder, and saw Pyro leaning casually on the wall. He had never seen more outrageously dressed girls. They looked like the kids who his relatives would never give a second glance.

"Since Lio is being lazy, I'll introduce myself. I'm Chantelle Kahookele, or Pyro, since I LOVE fire."

Lio rolled her eyes. "But I'm still not giving you the incantation to fire..."

"Hmph. I could just ask Flitwick, or even Sevvie-kins."

Lio snorted with laughter. Harry looked between the two, one eyebrow quirked up in curiosity and slight fright.

"What did you call Snape?"

"Oh, Sevvie-kins? Just a little nickname I have for him, but if I'm suicidal, I could call him Precious Little Sevvie-kins."

Harry was thunderstruck. "Well, if you are ready to see everyone, they are in that door, but to warn you, Drakkie-kins is here too."

"Malfoy? What the hell is he doing here?"

"Er, he had a change of heart?" Pyro suggested.

Before Lio or Pyro could get Harry into the room, he went into the room adjacent to them and locked himself in. Rolling her eyes, Pyro said, "I'll go get Moony," and she disappeared down the staircase.

Shaking her head, Lio knocked on the door Harry had locked himself into. Before she knocked again, everyone came flooding out of the girls' room to see what had been taking so long. Hermione was the first to speak up.

"Lio, what are you doing?"

"Attempting to get ya'll's friend out of the room he just locked himself into."

"Harry's here?" Emma, Rupert, and Ginny asked eagerly.

"Yeah, and he has just locked himself in a room. He's obviously hiding himself in his own emotions and pain. Something I know, from experience, to be completely useless."

Hermione and everyone else in the room just shook their heads knowingly, "Like we could ever get him to talk," Ron said, his eyes downcast. "He's said barely a word since Sirius died. But who could blame him?"

"He was so excited," Hermione whispered. "He was finally going to leave the Dursleys'. Sirius was his way out."

"Yeah, and my dad lied. That doesn't mean Harry gets to hurt himself and those around him," Lio said a little coarsely. She turned and pounded on Harry's door. "Harry! This isn't the way to do this! I know! I've been there!"

"What's going on?" Remus asked as he, Tonks, Pyro, and Snape appeared.

"Harry's locked himself in his room because he heard Draco was here and changed sides," Lio said, taking a break from pounding and yelling. "Does he do this often?"

"Yes," Snape sneered. "Let him cry. The Gryffindor Golden Boy has always worn his heart on his sleeve. If he wants to pout, let him. I think-"

"Can it, Snape," Energy growled.

"Excuse me?" Snape sputtered.

"She said shut the hell up," Andie supplied. Lio went back to pounding.

"Girls!" Remus reprimanded. "Professor Snape is your professor and you will treat him with the respect he deserves. And you need to watch your language. Besides, while I do not appreciate Professor Snape's remarks about Harry, he is somewhat right. Harry has been doing this a lot lately. He will come out when he wants to. He won't talk about it, but he'll be okay."

"You sure about that?" Lio asked softly. It got deathly silent. Everyone had been shocked at Energy and Andie's words, then angry with Snape's, and finally calmed by Remus'. But Lio's words evoked two very different emotions: confusion and fear. "It was pretty easy for me to hide; it'll be easier for Harry. It took me years, Remus, years. This is not the way to deal with things."

Although it took him a few minutes, Remus finally joined Pyro, Andie, and Energy in their world of understanding. Everyone else remained confused. "Oh sweet Merlin," Remus whispered.

"Lio's right," Draco said. "I may not like Potter, and I may not know what she's talking about, but keeping things locked up is not the way to do things. And I'm sorry I was the one to push him over the edge."

***

Harry sat on the other side of the door, seconds away from putting silencing charms up when the girl stopped banging on his door. He heard Snape's cutting remarks, and then two voices he didn't recognize defending him. What's going on around here? He wondered. The girl was pounding again, trying to get him to open the door. It wasn't long before she stopped again.

"You sure about that? It was pretty easy for me to hide; it'll be easier for Harry. It took me years, Remus, years. This is not the way to deal with things," the girl said. Years? What is she talking about?

"Oh sweet Merlin," came Remus' voice. And then, shock of all shocks, came Malfoy's voice. Apologizing! What the bloody hell is going on? "Harry, please," Remus begged. "At least talk to us. We're all just as upset as you. We understand-"

"Nothing!" Harry yelled at the locked door. "You've never been betrayed like this, Remus! And that's what he did: he betrayed me! He promised me freedom and then wrenched it from my grasp. And I hate him for it!"

"Poor you! Poor, pitiful Harry. No one knows what you're going through. No one has ever been lied to. No one has ever lost a loved one," Lio ranted. "Never mind that Draco's dad now wants to kill him. Never mind that Remus lost three of his best friends and another went to prison for twelve years. Never mind that he's a werewolf. Never mind that Pyro's family is all kinds of fucked up. Never mind that Energy's family is just as bad if not worse. Never mind... that some of us... that I know exactly what you're going through. So open the door, Harry. Don't just lock us out."

Harry threw the door open, madder than he had ever been, than he could ever remember. He was so mad, he couldn't even yell. "How do you know what I'm going through? You're not British. You don't know what's going on. You don't know what happened. You-"

"Know more about you than you think," Lio said as she pushed Harry back into the room, kicking the door shut, and pushing Harry against the wall. She placed locking and silencing charms on the door. Between clenched teeth, she whispered, "I want you to stand here, silently, while I talk to you. Your life for the last five years has been written down in a fictional book series, one for each year of school. The first three are movies as well.

"I am a huge fan, and I know everything there is to know about you." Harry turned his head away, but Lio grasped his chin and turned it back. "I want to tell you something that only my friends really know about. Remus has some clue, but not the whole story." With this, Lio let Harry go and lowered her right arm guard.

***

"What's she doing?" Remus asked, his ear against the door as he tried to listen. "Is she hurting him? Will he be okay alone with her? What is she doing!"

"Take a major chill pill, Remus," Energy said. "She'll talk some sense into him and everything will be fine."

"Or she'll kill 'im," Andie added as she and Pyro turned to go back to the room. "Either way..." Remus was shocked speechless.

***

Remus stood outside that door until dinnertime. He jumped when the door was thrown open and Lio stuck her head out. "Krea- oh! Remus! What are you doing here? If you're waiting for Harry then I must insist that you go eat dinner. We're not done. Kreacher!" The house elf appeared with a pop! "Could you bring dinner for two and leave it outside the door? Please and thanks." With that, she snapped her head back in the room and closed the door.

Remus stood there in shock until Andie walked by. She turned when she reached the stairs. "Remus? Please come to dinner? I know you're worried about Harry, but Lio knows what she's doing."

***

"So your dad is the reason you did...?" Harry looked around awkwardly.

"Yeah, right bastard he is. I'll never really be over it, but at least I can live with it. Andie, Pyro, and Energy have seen to that."

Harry nodded, still holding an uneaten sandwich in his hand. It was obvious he hadn't been sleeping well by the black bags under his eyes, which contrasted with his fair skin. "About the books... could I see-"

"You wanna see 'em? Hold for a moment." Lio went over to the door, opened it quietly, and poked her head out. Her wand in hand, she summoned her books. She came and sat back down with five books on the floor in front of her.

Harry picked up Goblet of Fire, and started flipping through the pages slowly. "I can tell this is American by the way it's typed." As Harry was looking at the books, one of his voluminous sleeves showed a thin white and mangled wrist. There were a few scars on his wrist: some healed, some fresh.

Grabbing his wrist, Lio asked quietly, "How long?"

Harry had enough presence of mind to look ashamed. "This summer," he said hastily, yanking his arm out of her grasp and pulling his sleeve back down. They sat in silence for a few moments, the tension building gradually. Suddenly, Harry cringed.

"What have we been talking about all evening!" Lio yelled. "I told you what I did, what happened to me. What I almost did would have killed at least three other people, all of which are in this very house! Do you know how many people would be crushed if they found out about this? What if you were to cut too deeply? What if-?"

"I were to kill the bastard?" Harry seethed. "I do this for two reasons, the main being that it hurts Voldemort. Just like the link through my scar hurts me, the cutting hurts him. That's why I do it. Don't ask how I know that it hurts him, I just do." Harry put the sandwich down and stared at the plate with disdain.

After a few moments, Lio asked softly, "You said there were two reasons you cut. What's the other one?"

Harry looked up at her, eyes hollow and emotionless. "It feels good."

***

"How are we supposed to do anything without Lio?" Pyro whined as they ascended the stairs after dinner. "We can't practice without our lead singer. She's always set the pace for our exercises and sparring. She-"

"Will be out soon. She and Harry can't stay in there all night long," Energy said reassuringly.

"Or can they?" Andie asked in a tone of voice that meant she was suggesting something completely off topic.

"Andie!" Energy and Pyro groaned together. "Just... spar with me Pyro," Energy said as Andie walked over to the CD player and popped Chevelle in. The Clincher began playing moments later, allowing Energy and Pyro to move around the room, occasionally hitting each other. After a while, each resorted to their beds to get on their laptops.

Energy was writing some new songs for the band, Andie was looking for some more Sirius pictures and Pyro was surfing the Internet. Suddenly, she gave a very girly squeal. "OMG!" she practically yelled. "Where's Lio when you need her! Look what I found! Look what I found!" She turned the laptop around so Andie and Energy could see. At the top of the page, in big bold letters, read '404 Ways To Annoy Professor Snape'. "We are so going to do this!"

"Do what?" Lio asked as she walked into the room and headed straight for her bed. She lie down on her back and put her right arm over her face. After a few moments of silence, she moved the arm slightly to look at the other three girls. "Now what? Why is no one saying anything?"

"Your arm guard is down," Energy said.

Lio looked at the arm above her head blankly. "Oh. So it is. Huh." She fixed it so it covered her wrist and forearm once more. "So, what is it that we're going to do again, Pyro?"

"Oh! I found the coolest thing ever, Lio!" Pyro said, jumping up and dragging her laptop over to Lio's bed. "I was surfing the net when I found this: '404 Ways To Annoy Professor Snape'! Isn't this cool! And there are all kinds of weird things for us to do! Get him drunk; charm his hair into dreadlocks; wolf howl from a very good hiding place! Can we do them, can we Lio? Please please?"

"I don't know," Lio said in an exaggerated tone as she sat up to look at the screen. "I mean, I don't want to hurt the poor man." There were three identical scoffs from various places around the room. "But on second thought let's do it."

"What are you doing now?" a voice drawled form the door.

"'Ello Drakie-poo!" Energy called from her bed. "Pyro has just found something of interest on the internet. A muggle thing, just accept it. Anyways, it's called '404 Ways To Annoy Professor Snape'. And we're going to do all of them! It's a total score!"

"I'm leaving. Don't get me involved. I still have respect for the man," Draco groaned as he pushed off the door to head to the guys' room.

"Tell the others!" Andie called after him. "This is going to be so awesome. I thought our band practices and weird dressings and stuff were payment enough for his snarky attitude and the way he acted at dinner that first night. But this... this is going to put him in a psych ward."

"That's one of the things on here," Energy said. "'Have him committed.' This is going to be great!"

Draco poked his head back in the door. "Can I do a few?" he asked.

***

At one o'clock the girls still hadn't gone to bed. Each was on their own laptops picking out different ways to annoy Snape that they wanted to do. Except for Energy. She was still writing a new song for the band to practice soon. Pyro and Lio were sitting on Lio's bed, comparing things as to who got to do what so there wasn't one person doing way more than someone else. Andie sat in a chair in front of them, adding her thoughts every few minutes.

"I did it!" Energy suddenly shouted. Three heads looked up at her with confused expressions. "I did it! I finished the song! Here you go!" She handed the notebook that she wrote all her songs in to Lio. Andie stood and moved to Lio's right so she could look at it as well. Pyro was already on her left.

The song read:

Why do women have to choose

Like we have nothin' to lose

Why do men treat us like dirt

When we do all the damn work

Is it because we wear a skirt

You think we deserve the work

While we slave on our knee

When you watch the damn TV

Women need love

Women need trust

Women need men

Who will do what they must

To treat us like a queen

Like we're superior beings

If it wasn't for us

You'd still be in the dust

So show us some respect

Like we're in a jet

Also in a limousine

Eatin' good, French cuisine

Why don't you do all the work

And see how it feels to be treated like dirt

You wear the skirt, and pay all the bills

Do all the laundry and all the other thrills

Women need courage

Women need bronze

Women need men who will show us what we're worth

Who always thought we were far more betta than dirt

I'll leave your sorry behind

In South Caroline

So straighten up and fly right

Or I won't be there tonight

Women are equal

Women are people

Next time you think

Of actin' like a creep

Rememba this song

So your relationship will be strong

Act like a real man and show her her worth

She might stay with you tonight

There was silence for a moment. Then, "I like it!" Andie said enthusiastically. "I mean, it's pretty straight forward. Not much room to misinterpret anything. I think we should practice it. Now."

"We can't you idiot," Pyro said. "It's one o'clock in the morning!"

"Then let's go eat breakfast!" Energy said sarcastically.

It was lost on Pyro. "No dumbass. Breakfast is in the morning, but not for another, like, five or six hours."

"Then let's speed up time," Energy said, still messing with Pyro's head.

"You can't speed up time! You can't mess with time at all!" Pyro shouted.

"Hermione and Harry used a Time Turner in one of the books," Andie stated.

"Prisoner of Azkaban," Lio immediately supplied, still looking at the song.

"Ah! You're all driving me sane!" Pyro yelled.

"What's going on around here?" Snape demanded, bursting through the door.

"Ah! Why are you here!" Pyro yelled, grabbing her jacket to cover up the sports bra she was wearing to bed.

"I heard yelling so I came to investigate," Snape supplied, looking uncomfortably toward the hallway once more. "Is everyone okay?" He didn't sound affected by anything; he still sneered.

"We will be once you leave!" Pyro yelled, inching behind Energy and Andie. "Go away! Get out!"

"Pyro!" Remus called, running toward the room. "Are you okay!"

"God, he knows the sound of my voice," Pyro groaned. "I will be if you would both leave!" she yelled in response.

"Why? What's-?" Remus stopped when he looked in the room. Everyone was in various degrees of dress. Well, undress it looked like. Pyro had a jacket held up to her neck so he guessed she wasn't wearing much underneath. "Yes, well," he stuttered, his face going red. "Severus, I do believe there is a cup of tea with my name on it. Care to join me."

Snape muttered something, but left anyways, closing the door behind him.

"Stupid Snape," Pyro nearly growled, dropping the jacket.

"That's what you get for wearing a bra to bed," Lio teased.

"Oh shut up Lio," Pyro said, throwing a pillow at her.

"I can't shut up but I can grow up, but I don't want to 'cause immaturity is oh so sweet," Lio said quickly, dodging another pillow from Pyro.

***

Harry was sitting at the table the next morning when everyone trickled in for breakfast. A few were amazed that he was still around, especially when Draco sat down next to him to eat. A tense 'Good morning' even passed between them. Remus pulled Lio aside to ask what was going on and she simply told him to wait and watch. The last two people down were Pyro and Snape, but they didn't go unnoticed as they ran into each other in the hallway. Literally.

"Kindly watch where you are going, Miss Kahookele," Snape snapped. (A/N: Ugh!)

"Why don't you pronounce my name right, Severus?" Pyro bit right back.

"That's ten points from-" He stopped, not knowing which house she was in to take points from. His blunder caused him to tense up slightly. Pyro wouldn't let it go though. She smirked and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Ha! Made a mistake. First time for everything I guess." She turned and started to walk away, but Snape's quiet voice stopped her cold.

"Don't worry, Pyro, because soon I will have the house you're to be in," he practically hissed.

"Lay off Snape," a new voice joined. Pyro turned to see Andie, Energy, Lio, and Harry standing in the doorway. It was Energy who was talking. "Leave her and us alone. All we've done is give you the same treatment you've given us. I thought Rowling was making it up in the books, but she caught your snarky attitude real fast." Snape was trying to burn holes into each person there with simply his eyes.

"I am allowed to give you whatever 'treatment' I deem necessary," he continued after a moment. "I am your teacher."

"Not yet you aren't," Andie replied with as much venom as he was giving.

"What's going on out there?" Remus called. "Severus? Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Yes," Snape said, barely raising his voice. "Straight from the leaves if you've got it." He stalked past them, careful not to touch anyone.

"Come on," Harry motioned after a moment's silence. "Let's go talk Quidditch or something. You do know what Quidditch is, don't you?"

"Of course!" Lio cried in outrage. "You're only the youngest seeker in a century! I think Pyro should try out for the team. She'd make a good beater the way she hits. Of course, she'd have a bat..." She paused as if to rethink her opinion of placing a bat in her friend's hands. "Then again, maybe not."

"Hey!" Pyro cried out. "And I wouldn't want to be a beater; I'd want to be a spectator. Can't very well concentrate on the game when Sean Biggerstaff is playing right in front or beside you, now can you?" She seemed to go off into her own little world. Andie placed an empty cup just under her. Emma giggled softly.

"What's that for?" Ron asked.

"What? The cup? It's for when she starts drooling," Andie answered.

"Who's this 'Sean Biggerstaff' character?" Ginny asked slowly.

"Who... Who is Sean Biggerstaff?" Pyro stammered, snapping out of her daze and slowly rising to her feet. "You don't know who Sean Biggerstaff is? Everyone knows who Sean Biggerstaff is! How can you not know who Sean Biggerstaff is! He's only-"

"Not at Hogwarts anymore," Lio reminded Pyro. Pyro slumped into her chair.

"I forgot."

"I had figured." Lio took a swallow of her tea and then sighed before explaining. "I keep having to remind myself that none of you, besides you three, know about the movies. Sean played Oliver Wood in the movies and Pyro thinks he's hot. But hey, since he's not at Hogwarts anymore, maybe you can try out for beater. What do you think Harry?"

"Well-"

"No," Pyro said quickly, cutting Harry off. "With my track record, Lockhart will show up suddenly to fix whatever I've screwed up and I'll end up liverless or something of that sort. If re-growing bones is painful, I'd hate to have to re-grow a major organ overnight."

"You know about Lockhart?" Ron asked.

"Chamber of Secrets," Lio provided. "Second year at Hogwarts."

"You're a little bit scary at times," Rupert said, repeating a line from one of the movies.

"Do it again!" Energy said, practically bouncing in her seat.

"I retract that statement," Rupert amended, pointing at Pyro. He turned the finger to Energy. "You're a little bit scary at times."

"So you think Oliver is hot?" Harry asked Pyro. She nodded enthusiastically. "Would you like to meet him?" All conversation that involved Energy, Pyro, Lio, or Andie stopped at these words. "I go visit him all the time and his team's in town since they don't have a game for a few days. I'm sure Remus would let me take you guys."

Pyro's mouth gaped like a fish. Then she suddenly fell over onto the floor in a dead faint.

A/N: Oh Pyro, whatever would we do without you! Nehoo hope you enjoyed the chappie!!!!!!!!!!!! ~Lio~