Red hair and a Hand-Me-Down robe? You must be a Weasley!

Chapter 10: Sirius takes me to the Centaurs

"Who's Leah?" Asked Sirius, walking away with me. "Oh. You know Luna Lovegood?" He nodded. "Leah is her niece. And she is very similar to Luna. And that's a fact" Sirius smiled. "All dreamy and mysterious. Right?"

"Yes. I think I'll be her friend. She seems really calming and nice."

"Where do you want to go? The hills, the brush ( which is a place of tall bushes. ), the quidditch pitch, the demon's hut or the forbidden forest?"

"Demons hut?" I exclaimed. "Where's that? I've never been."

"Well, that's what me and my brothers call it. It's actually called Hagrid's Hut. My father really liked him apparently." I whacked him with the back of my hand lightly. "Be Serious Sirius!"

"Stop saying my name twice! You only need to say it once anyway!" I pushed him, laughing. "You idiot!"

"So, where do you want to go?"

"Well, you said the forbidden forest, didn't you?"

"Yeah, ok. Let's go-!"

"Sirius, did you even hear the first word of Forbidden Forest?"

"What? Forbidden? Who cares! Do you want to go there or not?" I bit my lip, silently agreeing with him. I did want to go to the forest. But how much trouble would I get in if I were caught? "Oh, fine. Yes, I do want to go, but you have to promise me you won't let me get caught." Sirius grinned and strolled over to the mysterious wood. "Ready?" I sucked in a breath. "Ready." We walked into the forest, hand in hand. I looked back and saw that I couldn't see the entrance. "Uh, Sirius... I've lost the entrance." Sirius turned around, not seeming the most scared. He shrugged and squeezed my hand. "Don't worry Lola, I've got this all planned out." I raised a scared eyebrow. "Really?" I said shakily. He gave me a worried look and squeezed my hand again. "Yes. I planned this visit out before I came to ask you. Don't worry, it really just a nice surprise I planned out. Do you want me to tell it to you?" I shook my head.

Surprises? I love surprises! Then no, I won't let Sirius spoil it then. He took my hand and walked further in until we came out into a clearing. I gasped. There were so many horses here! No, they're not horses... Oh My Gosh! They're Centaurs! Sirius looked at me with a smile. He pulled me into a bush. "I talked with them earlier... do you... like it?" I smiled back. "Why wouldn't I? Can I go meet them?" Sirius nodded. "Just let me approach them first and then you can come after I introduce you." I nodded and waited as Sirius walked out of the bush. "Sirius! Your back! Where's- what's her name? Lola? Yes, where is she?" Asked an unfamiliar voice. "Yes, Lola is here. Come out, Lola." Sirius beckoned toward the bush I was in and I walked out. "Oh! Well, she does look really nice!" Said one centaur. "So this is the girl you were constantly talking about yesterday? Well, she looks quite sensible. I wouldn't mind making friends with her myself!" Cried another.

Sirius and I blushed. "Please do! Wait, is Frienze here? He's my astronomy teacher."

"No, he's back at hogwarts." Said the first one. "My name is Dulis. This is Bren and that is Ecklen." I tilted my head. Those are extremely weird names. "Ok then, where's that Unicorn? Markew! Where is the Unicorn?" The centaur called Markew waved his hand and a pearl-white unicorn came galloping into the clearing. "Oh! Sirius! Did you really plan this all out?" Sirius nodded. "I knew you liked Unicorns. I saw you in your first lesson of Care Of Magical Creatures. You looked like you loved the Unicorn."

"I did," I said, going red at the thought of Sirius planning this all out under my nose. I didn't need to approach the unicorn because it was already tamed. So I got onto her back and Sirius jumped on behind me. "Thank you!" I called out, and the Unicorn ran off.

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"Thank you." I blushed when we made our way to Lunch. "You welcome. That was fun though. You dressed?" Sirius asked. I nodded. We walked into the great hall. We had to separate because Sirius was in Gryffindor and not Hufflepuff. I went toward my table and saw Amber looking at Alana angrily. Oh no. I sat down next to her. "Amber why are you looking at Alana like she's an assassin"

"Cause she annoyed me!"

"Why-?" I threw out my arms and then something long, covered in brown paper landed perfectly into my hands. "Woah- ACK!" Amber cried as something hard landed directly on her head. "Owwwww!" She groaned. I heard guffaws of laughter behind me and saw Alana trying not to burst. I gave her a stern look and she turned back around. I picked up the long brown package that fell on Amber's head. "Here you go." I handed it to Amber who immediately ripped it open. "ITS A BROOMSTICK!" She shouted. I quickly opened mine to see if was another Comet 360 like Amber's. But alas, it was Nimbus 1000. I gaped at my amazing new broom. The two owls who dropped the packages flew over to Wren and Melody at the teacher's table. They smiled sweetly at us. We stared at our new brooms. "But... first years aren't supposed to have any brooms..." I trailed off.

By now, all the students were looking over peoples shoulders to see what me and Amber had gotten. "Woah! You must be a good quidditch player if you earned that!" Said a voiceover at Ravenclaw table. Then something else dropped from above me. I caught it. I ripped off the brown paper and looked at it. It was a broomstick servicing kit! A letter fluttered down onto my head and I opened it.

Dear Lola,

I am very proud of you for stepping up to help me last quidditch practice. You were very brave and very good at riding your broom. I have also presented your sister one because she would be jealous, and I do not want her to be that. I have asked Dawn if she agrees with me so I have decided to see if you would like to be a chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. You were very swift at flying and the perfect chance to fill in the empty Chaser spot. I hope you're very happy and excited.

I give you all my luck,

Wren Ravenclaw.

I smiled, then realised Dawn was up the front, talking. "So for those who don't know yet, we are holding the Yule Ball this year. There will be no Triwizard tournament, but merely a celebration for the graduating students in their seventh year. 1st, 2nd and 3rd years will count themselves as lucky because we will not let them miss out on this lovely opportunity. Now that you have this announcement on your mind, I suggest you start looking for a partner soon. Now, let the feast begin!" She waved her hands and smiled, making the food appear. I put my gifts under the table so they don't get greasy or dirty. I looked over at Gryffindor table, locking eyes with Sirius. He waved and smiled, pointing first at himself, then at me. I nodded and he nodded back. Then I saw Liam at the Ravenclaw table. I looked toward where he was looking and saw Amber stuffing her mouth with great chunks of pineapple pizza. I giggled as he lowered his gaze sadly.