CORA

"You're back" Sienna Lynox said turning her head towards the entrance of the common room. Cordelia Black was sitting in front of her with her notebook and pencil, drawing something like she always did.

"Luckily Sinister didn't makeus stay up till late, this time" Ron said sitting tiredly on the sofa next to Sienna, who smiled at him.

"I'm tired" Seamus said yawning "I'm going to bed" everyone waved at him who headed upstairs.

Penny noticed Cordelia and immediately she ran to her side to see what the girl was drawing. Cora was amazed at how much energy she had even at that hour.

"How's been your day?" Harry asked the girls. Cordelia let out a light laugh while Sienna groaned leaning back next to Ron.

"I've got detention tomorrow" she said.

"It's just the second week" Hermione Granger pointed out "How have you got detention?"

"We were at potion lesson" Cordelia said still showing the drawings to Penny.

"And" Sienna said "It wasn't my fault!" then she stood up "I think I'm going to sleep, night guys"

"See you later" said Cordelia smiling to her friend.

All first years were sit in the common room all sleepy, but too tired to get up.

"What we got tomorrow?" Neville asked from next to Cora.

"Transfiguration, History of Magic, Herbology and Flying lesson" Hermione obviously knew their schedule by the hand.

"We are going to fly on real broomstick?" Harry asked curiously at Ron, who nodded his head. Cora took a breath; Flying lesson was like P.E. in Muggle school, she had always done good, maybe the same would have happened the following day.

"Do you like Flying lesson, Cordelia?" Penny asked.

"Oh yes" the girl answered "Flying is a beautiful sensation, it's able to make you feel free" Cora felt the same when she ran, there wasn't a better sensation.

"Have you ever flown on a broom?" Harry asked Ron.

"Fred and George are on the team" Ron explained "As was Charlie, they shown me and Penny how to do it" at his words Penny nodded her head.

"I've read it's really difficult" Hermione said.

"You've read it?" Ron said sarcastically "That's a new" Cora let out a tired snort, sharing a look with Ron.

"Where have you read it?" Penny asked curiously to Hermione.

"Quidditch through the ages" she said "There are lots of tips"

"I would like to hear them" Neville said "My grandmother never let me on a broom" knowing how much Neville attracted accidents maybe she had been right.

"Flying isn't some kind of sport?" Cora asked looking at Ron.

"Sort of" he answered.

"So?" said Harry.

"So tips won't get you anywhere" Cora said standing up with a yawn "The only way to learn is practice. Now, sorry, but I'm going to sleep.See you tomorrow, guys"

She was really tired and she really didn't want to know what Hermione have read. She really didn't get that girl, why did she have to have everything and everyone under control, didn't it stressed her out?

Cora entered the dormitory and laiddown on her bed, she put an hand under her pillow and looked at the picture of her parents. She touched both her faces, wandering how her mother was doing without her. She wondered if she felt lonely. She really hoped not, she didn't want for her mother to be sad while she was at school.

"Goodnight" she said looking at her parents before putting back the photo at its place.

Morning arrived too soon as did Hermione's lecture on flying lesson. Neville was really anxious as Hermione was and he was the only one who was listening to her. Cora didn't have any expectation for that day, she didn't want any stress.

"What professor Snape wants you to do?" Cordelia's voice made her turn. The probably prettiest girl of the school was now talking to her friend with the heavy dark make up.

"Polishing stuff and the classroom" Sienna said before groaning "I hate him, I swear" Cora could agree with that, who wouldn't hate Snape.

"He is coming right now" Cordelia said trying to hide a smirk.

"Oh no" Sienna exclaimed, before the two Weasley twins arrive sitting at both sides of her.Cora looked at them trying to understand who was who, but it was almost impossible to distinguish them.

"Hey,Sien" one of the two said "It's a good day, eh?"

"Good day, indeed" said the other twin.

"What do you want, Weasley?" Sienna asked with an annoyed tone.

"My breakfast" he said taking a piece of bacon from Sienna's plate, who tried to stop him but failed

miserably.

"What are you going to do this weekend?" Asked the other twin "Now that we can go to Hogsmade, we can have a bit of freedom"

"Define freedom, George" Sienna said, surprising Cora, she knew who was who "When someone is forced to clean potion classroom 'til Monday" the night before Sienna had, infact, told them she had got detention.

"You won't be alone, Sien" the other, Fred, said "I'll be there"

Sienna glared at him "Of course! It's your fault"

Fred faked a shock expression "Me? You are the one who yelled at me in the middle of class"

"Are you kidding?" Sienna said back earning just a big smirk from Fred "If you hadn't thrown paper balls at me for the entire lesson I would have ignored you, like I always do"

Fred laughed "You don't ignoreme"the two of them kept arguing with each other while George turned to Cordelia.

"Are you going to Hogsmade?"

The girl nodded "I was supposed to go with Sienna, but a guy from Hufflepuff asked me to go so I think I'll go with him"

"Oh a date" said George with a smirk.

"I wouldn't call it like that" Cordelia smiled "What about you? No dates?"

George shook his head "No, no dates. The girl I like can't go"

It probably was Fay. Everytime she was around, George left his friends and brother to go and talk to her. While she was listening she hadn't noticed owls arriving with letters. Marsh was next to her nuzzling his head against her arm.

"Sorry, Marsh" she said taking the letter he had between his beak. She smiled when she read it was from Tyler. He told her about his new school and how he was glad that Dudley wasn't in it and he asked her how Hogwarts was and how were her wizard friends, then he told her how excited he was of using owls to send mails. He was so excited that it was a shame he wasn't a wizard, he would have had a lot of fun.

"It's a Rememberball!" Neville exclaimed making Cora turn "My gran send it to me, knowing I always forget things"

"That's so cute" Penny said from next to Ron, looking amazed the little crystal ball in his hand "Why's there red smoke now?"

"You've forgotten something" Hermione said and Cora frowned again. Even that? Why she had to know everything?

Neville was desperately trying to remember what he had forgotten when someone took the ball away from the boy, Cora didn't even have the time to turn that Harry and Ron had jumped on their feet, ready to argue. Not surprised at all Cora saw Malfoy with his two gorillas friends, Crabble and Goyle. Before anything could happen though Cora's aunt appeared next to them.

"What's going on?"

"Malfoy got my Rememberball, Professor" said Neville and Cora really wish Malfoy would have said something to make her aunt angry, but as a good Slytherin he always knew what he had to say.

"Just looking, professor" he said giving back the Rememberball and walking away.

"Why don't you leave him alone?" Cordelia's voice made her turn.

"Why do you care?" Malfoy said before returning to his table.

So Cordelia knew Malfoy, Cora wondered why?

That afternoon arrived fast and Cora found herself outside lined up with her fellow Griffindors and the Slytherins, looking down at a broom at her right. Madame Hooch arrived immediately and her appearence was a bit curious: her hair were short and grey and her eyes yellow as an hawk.

"What are you waiting for?" she backed "Get closer to your broom, hurry!" Cora shared a look with Seamus that just raised his eyebrows.

"Stick out your right hand over your broom and say 'UP'" Cora glared at her broom, not sure at all, it was all so new to her, more that she had expected.

She took a breath, trying to stay calm, she extended her hand over her broom and she spoke "Up!" and not surprised at all, her broom didn't move.

"Great…" She muttered glaring at her broom.

"Up!" Harry's voice made her turn and she widened her eyes when she saw his broom in his hand. She turned to look the others then and she saw Malfoy already holding his, Seamus raised his voice everythime his broomstick wasn't following his orders, Neville's hadn't move at all, while Hermione's was just rolling around.

Of course they kept trying, but not everyone succeeded, Cora didn't. After that Madame Hooch showed them how to properly hold a broomstick, Cora heard Harry and Ron laugh when the woman said to Malfoy he was doing it all wrong. And they were right. Malfoy had kept telling everyone how a good flyer he was and that he couldn't wait to start those lessons and Quidditch, a wizard game Cora's aunt was obsessed with.

"Now when I blow my whistle, you kick off the floor, hard" Madame Hooch said "Keep your broomsstady, rise a few feet and come straight on the floor leaning slightly forward. Ready – three – two" but suddenly Neville started to rise before Madame Hooch had blown her whistle.

"Get down boy!" She barcked, but Neville didn't look in the position of being in control of his broom.

"Oh, God" Cora muttered looking the broom fly higher and higher, then suddenly Neville looked down and after a moment he was falling down, no one could have done something and when he landed a loud 'crack' was heard.

"Is he alright?" Pervati asked to no one in particular.

"Broken wrist" Madame Hooch said helping Neville to his feet "Nothing serious, boy, don't worry" Cora frowned letting go of her broom, the broken wrist could be nothing but the trauma Neville could have maybe was something.

"None of you has to move, while I take this boy to the hospital wing" Madame Hooch said "You leave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you could say Quidditch"

"Poor Neville" Penny said to Ron "Everything always happens to him" and she was right. He had visited the hospital wing something like four times in not even two weeks.

"Did you see his face, the great lump?" Malfoy's voice made her growl. And all the Slytherins started to laugh with him.

"Would you ever shut up, Malfoy?" Cora said coolly.

"Ooh stiking for Lomgbottom, Cora?" Cora glared at the girl who had just spoken. Pansy Parkinson, Slytherin, was the female version of Malfoy: annoying and nasty "Never thought you'd like fat little crybabies"

"Pancy, you need some brains to be able to think" Cora answered without even looking at her. Some Gryffindors laughed, while Pansy just looked at her angrily.

"Look" Malfoy said ignoring them "It's that stupid thing Longbottom had" when Cora saw the Rememberballgrowl left her lips making Seamus look at her.

"You can't take that" Penny said "His grandmother gave it to him, it is a present"

"See if I care" Malfoy got closer to Penny, but Ron get between them glaring at the Slytherin with close fists.

"Give it here, Malfoy" Harry's voice made them turn in silence to watch and a nasty smirk appeared on Malfoy's lips.

"I think I'll leave it somewhere Longbottomhas to find it. Up a tree maybe"

"Give it here!" Harry exclaimed trying to take it from Malfoy, but the boy mount on his broom and flyed up. He wasn't lying he knew how to fly "Come and get it, Potter!"

Cora turned her head to Harry who had already his broom in his hand, ready to follow Malfoy. His determination was visible in his eyes and Cora knew he was going, even if he didn't know how to fly.

"No!" Hermione exclaimed "Madame Hooch told us not to move, you'll get us in trouble"

But Harry ignored her, kicking his feet on the ground and flying towards Malfoy, looking that scene Cora couldn't help but smirk, she hadn't expect all that determination from the shy and quite boy from number 4.

Girls gasped while Ron yelled "Get him, Harry!"

"Go, Harry!" Cora yelled next to him.

It was surprising how Harryflied naturally, he seemed to know exactly what to do, like he had done it all his life and Malfoy had noticed. He tried to hide it but he got fear in his eyes.

"Give it here. Or I'll knock you off of that broom" Cora heard Harry call. Malfoy looked puzzled "No Crabble and Goyle uphere to save your neck, Malfoy" Cora's smirk widened.

Malfoy tried to fly away from Harry, but he was faster following Malfowy very close, but suddenly Malfoy stopped yelling "Catch!" And with a movement he had thrown the Rememberballaway.

Every Gryffindor gasped, knowing it was even to see it now. But Harry speeded his fly towards no where in particular, he lean over and suddenly he stopped before flying back. The more he got closer the more it was possible to see he had something in his hand.

"He got it" Penny exclaimed "Ronnie, he got it!"

Everyone cheered but as soon as Harry landed on the ground a voice called for him.

"HARRY POTTER!" Cora turned her head to see her aunt's strict face while she was walking towards them.

"Never in all my time at Hogwarts I've seen – you could have broke your neck" her aunt said furiously. Harry couldn't get expelled because of Malfoy.

"But it wasn't his fault" Cora said stepping forward,

"Be quiet, Miss McGonagall" her aunt said.

"But Malfoy…"

"Enough Mr. Weasley. Potter, follow me" Her aunt said strictly. They had started to walk when Cora called again.

"That's not faire, aunt! At least hear us out" her aunt stopped and looked at Cora reproving.

"I said enough, Cora" the girl growled knowing she shouldn't have called her aunt, but she was just furious.

"That's not faire" Seamus said.

Sound of giggling made her turn to the Slytherins. Harry couldn't pay while Malfoy was there laughing with his friends.

That's not faire.