"Erica!" Parker waved from her stand.

All the houses were meant to stay with their houses at the stands.

"Parker!" Erica happily waved back.

"How are you?!" Parker shouted.

"Great!" Erica called to her.

"Come over!" Parker smiled.

"Already on it!" Erica began moving through the stands.

Parker hummed and crossed her arms, sitting back. Erica made her way to Parker, sitting down beside her.

"Hi." Parker hummed.

"Hey." Erica smiled."

"I didn't want you sitting alone." Parker sighed.

"Me either." Erica shook her head,"I don't think the girls like me very much."

"I don't see why." Parker looked at her.

"Me either." Erica shrugged," That doesn't matter though. Who needs them when I've got a friend like you?"

Parker smiled,"Erica."

"What?" She tilted her head to the side.

"That's sweet."

"Obviously, I'm made of sugar." Erica hummed.

Parker laughed and looked around,"Let's go fo the others."

"Let's." Erica nodded.

Parker took her hand as they made their way through the busy stands, finally arriving at the Gryffindor side.

"Ron!"

"Did you hear that?" Ron looked at Hermione.

"Ron, I'm right here!"

Ron turned around and looked. Erica had her arms crossed.

"Oh- Hi Erica. Wait... Why are you at this side?"

"Because I'm lonely and the only other person that likes me is Parker." Erica explained.

"Parker-"

"Hi." Parker waved from beside Erica.

Erica smiled at Parker.

"I suppose she can be here." Ron shrugged.

"Thanks for the approval, Ron." Erica hummed.

"Yeah thanks." Parker chuckled and stood beside them all.

"Now... Ah! There he is!" Erica pointed at Harry.

"Go Harry!" Hermione clapped as everyone cheered in the stands.

"Yeah!" Erica cheered as he took off.

"Oh hope he doesn't fail." Parker sighed.

"He won't." Erica assured her.

"I don't know, some of these Slytherin boys are tough."

"Well, if they get too rough, then I'm right here." Erica crossed her arms.

"You can fly?"

"I can fly,"

"Me too!" Parker smiled.

Erica grinned,"We should do it together sometime..."

Parker nodded in agreement,"Mhm."

"What's going on with Harry's broomstick?" Hagrid asked as they watched the match.

Erica squinted as she looked at Harry,"Well- It's going all over the place, out of control."

"It's Snape! He's jinxing the broom!" Hermione pointed after she had found the source.

Erica looked over and saw Snape muttering something, sat beside Quirrel.

"We have to stop him!" Erica grabbed Parker.

"And do what?' Parker asked.

"I don't know!" Erica started moving through the stands.

Parker quickly turned and chased after Erica. Erica hurried through, trying to get to Snape as Harry struggled in the air.

"What are we going to do?" Parker panted.

"I have an idea." Erica told her.

"Please share."

"Uh... Fire."

"Fire. You wanna set fire to a teacher?"

Erica was quiet,"...Yes."

Parker took a second before she nodded,"He gets on my nerves."

"Yay! I'm gonna burn a teacher!" Erica whispered as the snuck underneath Snape's seat.

"Do you know the spell?" Parker crouched down.

Erica nodded as she took out her wand, aiming it at Snape's robe and muttering,"Inflammato."

Snapes cape lit up and the fire slowly began to spread.

"We need to go." Parker grabbed Erica and ran.

Erica giggled as they ran off

"Your cape is on fire!" Another professor jumped.

"What?" Snape looked down and jumped up at the sight of the flames and stamping them out.

All the teachers around Snape jumped up too, losing interest in the match for a moment.

"Go Harry!" Hermione yelled as his broom stopped being jinxed.

Harry began flying around as normal, the snitch catching his eye.

After a while, Harry fell to the ground. Although, all you could see was him beginning to throw up.

"He's going to be sick." Erica shook Parker.

Harry leant forward and spat into his hand, slowly pulling it away from his mouth to reveal the Golden Snitch!

"How- What-" Erica shook her head before cheering loudly, Well done, Harry!"

"Woo!!" Parker clapped.

"He's so cool!" Erica smiled.

After the match was finished, everyone met up, they were walking with Hagrid while they explained what happened.

"Nonsense! Why would Snape put a curse on Harry's broom?" Hagrid chuckled.

All of them looked between each other, who was going to tell Hagrid?

"Why was he trying to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween?" Parker sighed, taking one for the team.

"How do you know about Fluffy?" Hagrid questioned.

"Fluffy?" Hermione asked.

"Yeah, he's mine, got him from a Greek chap I met in the pub last year. I lent him to Dumbledore to guard the-" Hagrid stopped himself.

"Yes?" Harry gestured for him to go on.

"No more questions, that's top secret, that is." Hagrid shook his head.

"But, Hagrid, whatever Fluffy's guarding, Snape's trying to steal it." Harry sighed.

"Rubbish." Hagrid shook his head again,"Snape's a Hogwarts Teacher, he'd never do anything like that."

"Hogwarts teacher or not, I know a spell when I see one. I've read all about them. You've got to keep eye contact and Snape wasn't blinking." Hermione added.

"I'm telling you, you're wrong! I don' know why Harry's broom acted like that, but Snape wouldn't try and kill a student!" Hagrid refuted them,"Now, listen to me, all of you, you're meddling in things that don't concern you. It's dangerous. You forget that dog, and you forget what it's guarding, that's between Professor Dumbledore an Nicolas Flamel-"

"Nicholas Flamel?" Parker turned her head.

"Oh... I shouldn't have told you that, should not have told you that. Hagrid walked off.

"Nicholas Flamel?" Harry looked at them all,"Who's that?"

"Ask Hermione or Parker, they're the smart ones." Erica shrugged.

"Me?" Parker gasped.

"Mhm." Erica nodded, she thought Parker was super smart.

"I... I am taking that." Parker pointed.

Erica smiled brightly.

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Parker yawned and walked out of the dorms and into the common rooms where some students were, most had gone home for Christmas.

Blaise was sat on the couch, reading a new book that he'd received.

"Oh! Blaise!" Parker ran up to him.

"Huh? Oh, Parker!" Blaise smiled,"Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas." Parker smiled, she had her hands behind her back, holding something.

Blaise raised a brow, hiding something beside him on the couch.

"I hope you don't mind- But I got you something." Parker hummed.

"Oh, I got you something too." Blaise informed her.

"You did?" Parkers eyes lit up.

"I did." Blaise smiled at her, revealing the wrapped box.

Parker pulled the box out from behind her back and handed it to him as she smiled,"Thank you."

"No, thank you." Blaise handed her his box.

"When do you want me to open this?... After you want something done?" Parker raised a brow.

"Pardon?" Blaise blinked,"No, you can open it now. It's a gift."

"Oh- Right." Parker nodded slowly as she opened her present.

Blaise waited eagerly to see her reaction.

"You got me a stationary set?" Parker smiled.

"Mhm, look at the little rubbers." Blaise pointed.

Parker moved her eyes up to the rubbers that were designed to look like magical creatures,"Oh this is perfect."

Blaise smiled,"So you like it? I was scared you wouldn't."

"Of course I like it." Parker smiled, bouncing a little on her feet,"Oh! Open yours."

"I am, I am." He chuckled.

Parker hummed and watched as he unraveled the item.

"No way? I've wanted this for so long." Blaise's smile grew,"Thank you!"

"I heard you mention Gatsby so I managed to get one." Parker nodded.

Blaise smiled at her warmly, Maybe we could read it together sometime?"

Parker looked at him and nodded,"I'd like that."

"Blaise, what are you doing?" Draco questioned as he walked over.

Blaise blinked,"Reading."

Parker sighed and crossed her arms and looked at her brother,"Hi Draco."

"Hi Parker, Blaise is supposed to be helping me with something right now."

"Well Blaise and I are talking."

"Blaise."

Blaise slowly turned to face Draco.

"Come on."

"Well I-"

"Blaise!"

Blaise sighed before he waved to Parker and walked over to Draco. Draco spun on his heels and began walking away.

"..Bye Blaise." Parker sighed and held her present close.

"Bye Parker.." Blaise looked down, clutching his present as he followed after Draco.

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Neville had finally left the Gryffindor common room, he waited until most of the people who were going home for the holidays had left.

"Neville!" Erica hopped out of a portrait.

"Ah!" Neville jumped.

"Oh, sorry." Erica chuckled,"Merry Christmas!"

"Merry- Merry Christmas." Neville held his chest.

Erica smiled and hugged him.

"Oh." Neville looked at her, moving his arms to make sure they wouldn't hurt her before he slowly hugged back.

Erica soon let go and took out a little box from her pocket.

"What's this?"

"Open it."

Neville was hesitant at first but he opened the gift. Erica watched excitedly to see his reaction.

"A rock?" Neville smiled.

"Mhm, it looks like a frog." Erica nodded, "It's not much but... I just thought you'd like it.'"

"I love it." Neville looked at her.

"I'm glad." Erica smiled.

"That reminds me-" Neville went into his sweater pocket.

Erica blinked in surprise, did he get her something too?

"My granny- She made these." Neville held out a pair of knitted gloves,"They're too small for me."

"And have tiny hands." Erica held them up.

"So... I thought you might like them."

"They're really nice!" Erica smiled and put them on,"Thanks, Nev!"

"You're welcome. And thank you for my frog rock." Neville laughed.

"No problem!" Erica gave him a thumbs up.

"They fit all right?"

"Mhm." Erica showed her hands.

"I'm glad." Neville smiled,"You aren't going home for Christmas?"

"No, my parents are away seeing my brother Charlie in Romania so Ron and get to stay."

"Romania?"

"Yeah, he works with dragons there!" Erica smiled.

"Dragons?!" Neville's eyes widened.

"Dragons!"

"I could never." Neville shook his head.

"I want to do that when I'm older too, I love dragons!" Erica told him.

"You'd never catch me working with em."

"I'd protect you from them, don't worry." Erica patted his shoulder.

Neville looked at Erica,"Thank you."

Erica smiled at him,"Well, I've got to go see my brother now."

"Of course." Neville nodded,"I'll see you later."

"See you later, Nev." Erica hummed as she said the password and got inside.

Erica hopped through and looked around the Gryffindor common room, decked out for the holidays.

Her eyes then landed on Ron, talking to... Nobody.

Ron turned his head and looked at his sister,"What you doing here?"

"Well, I came to wish you a merry Christmas but you're stood here talking to yourself" Erica pointed.

"Am not."

"Are too!"

"He actually isn't." Harry pulled the cloak off his head.

"Holy-" Erica jumped back, Woah, you got an Invisiblity Cloak?"

"My dad left it to me." Harrry nodded.

"Well, that's nice." Erica smiled and adjusted her sleeves that were too big for her.

"I see you got mum's jumper." Ron nodded.

"I did and, uh, she made it a bit too big for me."

"You'll grow into it.' Ron shrugged.

"It's so cozy!"

"Mines is scratchy." Ron complained.

"Sucks to be you then."

"She just favours you!" Ron pointed.

"Not true!"

"It's true, Harry." Ron told him.

"Nu uh!" Erica crossed her arms.

"I don't know who to believe." Harry laughed.

"Me." Erica told him.

"Right." Harry nodded.

"Now Ron." Erica threw a small package at him,"Take it."

"What's this?" Ron asked, holding it up.

"Your present."

"You got me a present?"

"You're my brother, of course I got you a present."

"I feel so special." Ron smiled.

"You better, I only got a few people presents."

"Who?"

"You, Harry, Parker, 'Mione and Nev."

"You got me something too?" Harry looked at her.

"Mhm." Erica handed it to him gently.

"Thanks." Harry smiled, "I'll open it soon."

Erica smiled warmly.

"You'll need to give 'Mione her's when she comes back, she's off with her family." Ron shrugged.

"I know." Erica sighed.

"Well I can't wait." Ron shook his head and opened his present.

"Well?"

"You got me rocks?" Ron blinked.

"Do you like them?" Erica asked him sweetly.

"Yes... I love them." Ron spoke hesitantly.

Erica smiled happily.

"You'll never believe it, but I... Mum never sent me your gift. I-I did ask for it!"

"That's okay." Erica told him.

"I don't have money." Harry admitted.

"You don't need money for a gift, it just needs to come from the heart." Erica patted his shoulders,"So I found some pretty rocks and painted on them!"

"I do quite like my rocks. Harry smiled as he looked at them.

Erica smiled excitedly. She did seem to notice that some people didn't really like her... But she had friends so it was okay!

"Where are you off to now?" Harry asked.

"Hm, I'm not sure. might go see Percy. Oh! Or Ced.

"Have fun." Harry smiled.

Erica gave him a thumbs up and began her wandering. On her travels, she saw a familiar raven haired girl walking herself, looking around.

"Parker!"

Parker jumped and turned around and smiled,"Erica? Hi!"

"Here, I got you a present!" Erica gave it to her.

"You got me a present? I got you one too." Parker smiled as she opened her present.

Erica smiled excitedly.

"You got me rocks?" Parker tilted her head.

"Mhm!" Erica nodded happily.

"Aw! They're painted!' Parker smiled.

"I did it myself." Erica hummed.

"You're a very good painter." Parker nodded.

"Thank you!"

"I love the detail on the snakes skin." Parker pointed.

"Anything for my best friend!"

"I'm your best friend?"

"Mhm, you're my best friend."

"Well, you're my best friend too."

"Yay!" Erica cheered.

"Oh! Open mine." Parker handed her a thinly wrapped box.

"Ooh, thank you!" Erica opened it, her eyes lighting up at the sight of the necklace.

"It's a yellow jade crystal." Parker hummed.

"I love it!" Erica quickly put it in,"It's so shiny!"

"You're welcome." Parker held her rocks yo her chest.

Erica smiled happily.

"I'm really going to cherish these rocks." Parker laughed.

"You better." Erica pointed.

"I will." Parker pointed back.

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Once Erica was back in the Hufflepuff dorms, she noticed something wasn't right on one of her shelves.

"Where are my rocks?" Erica asked quietly.

Hannah looked up from her book as she sat on her bed.

"Hannah, have you seen my rocks?"

"What rocks?"

"The ones that were there." Erica pointed at the empty shelf.

"The ones with the weird paintings?"

Erica nodded slowly before squinting,"Hannah, your book is upside down."

"So?"

"How are you reading it?"

"Because I'm special and can do things you can't." Hannah shrugged.

"Hannah... What did you do?"

Hannah glanced at her and crossed her arms.

"Hannah?"

"Why do you like your stupid rocks so much?"

"They're n-not stupid!"

"They're rocks." Hannah rolled her eyed.

"What did you do to my rocks?"

"They were taking up space on the shelves so I threw them out."

"O-oh... Well-Well that's okay. I'll just... I'll find some new rocks.." Erica fiddled with her hands.

"They're rocks. Get over it!" Hannah groaned.

Erica nodded slowly and hurried out of the room as she rubbed her eyes.

"Oh! Erica, hi." Cedric bumped into her.

"H-hi, Ced."

"You okay?" Cedric noticed her upset.

"I'm fine." Erica assured him.

"No... No you're not." Cedric pointed.

"I am.."

Cedric gave her a look, taking her hand as they walked to the common room. Erica felt herself start crying, she didn't want to... Cedric sat them down on the couch before he looked at her.

"What happened?" He rubbed her back.

Erica leaned against him,"Hannah threw away my rocks.."

"Your rocks? The one you had collected?"

"Mhm.."

"Aw, well we can always get some more." Cedric assured her.

"I k-know." Erica rubbed her eyes.

"Why did she do it?"

"I don't know."

"Well... I'll have a chat with her." Cedric nodded,

"Don't do anything bad to her, okay?" Erica looked up at him.

"She's a first year." Cedric laughed.

"I know but... You get very angry sometimes." Erica rugged on his sleeve.

"Because silly girls shouldn't tease you."

Erica bumped her head against his arm gently.

"Hannah is just... She's not a nice girl." Cedric sighed.

"Are you sure?" Erica asked him,"Y'know, maybe if I gave her a chance-"

"Erica."

Erica looked down,"Ced, why don't they like me?"

"Some girls are just... Nasty. But you can't let it annoy you." Cedric sighed.

Erica curled up against him.

"Say you won't let her upset you."

"But that would be lying and lying is bad."

"Well, in this case you gotta tell the truth."

"But she probably will upset me." Erica sighed,"I'm not strong like you, Ced."

"What am I here for? Huh?" Cedric ruffled her hair.

Erica giggled softly and shook her head.

"If she bothers you, let me know, okay?"

"I will." Erica nodded.

"Promise?"

"Promise!"

Cedric nodded and hugged her side. Erica quietly hugged back.