September 1st, 1971 (Still Jessica's POV):

I woke up on the morning of September first to birds chirping and my brother's melodious voice. Just kidding. I actually woke up to James screaming his head off about "Where's my owl? Where's my wand? Where's my underwear?" Eww. I took a shower, brushed out my long chestnut locks and braided it into a headband like hairstyle.

I got dressed in gold flats, a Gryffindor shirt, a red skater skirt, and the necklace my dad got for me for my tenth birthday. As I glanced in the mirror I could see my hair slowly turning yellow as I thought about what Hogwarts would be like.

James bursts into my room singing (more like screeching) the Hogwarts song.

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts-"

"James." My hair is slowly starting to turn red.

"Teach us something please-" His voice cracks as he hits the high note.

"James." The bottom part of my hair is all red. If a part of my hair is red, that means that I am gradually starting to become whatever emotion my hair is.

"Whether we be old and bald-" My hair is now all red.

"JAMES!! Shut up, will you?"

If you would like to know, here are my Metamorphmagus hair colors and what emotion they correspond to. Red is angry (as you've seen); you've seen my highlighted orange hair which is frustrated; yellow is happy (again as you've seen); green is jealous; blue is sad; you've seen my highlighted purple hair which is embarrassed; pink is love; white is scared; and black is serious. The black color is always all. If I get even angrier, my hair grows a deeper red. I know all of these colors because James once made it his mission to have my hair go to all of the colors it could. I was royally pissed when that day was over. Once my hair turned two colors at once-red and orange. I can't change my nose to a pig snout or something; the only thing I can do to change my appearance is to change my hair color. I tried to change my hand into a werewolf's claws to scare the crap out of James, but I can't (A/N: Sorry Remus!!). Rowena and Nimbus are in their cages; I'm holding onto Rowena's and my dad's holding onto Nimbus's.

Next thing I know, we are at King's Cross Station staring at a wall. Dad passes Nimbus to me. I give a skeptical glance to my mom.

"Really, do you really think we are dumb enough to run into a wall?" I comment.

She smiles at me. "Honey, this is the entrance to Platform 9¾. You just run through the wall. Look, I'll go first." She runs towards the wall and my hair is gradually turning white. When she's an inch from the wall, it's a full white.

As Mom hits the wall, she disappears. James and I glance at each other, shrug, and run towards the platform together. We're twins; we're each other's halves. We enter the Platform in wonder, and look around us.

As I walk around the Platform trying to find the luggage compartments, I hear a grating voice belonging to one Walburga Black. Pureblooded inbred idiot. She is almost shouting at her son, Sirius.

"Now, you have to get into Slytherin house. No associating with Mudbloods, filthy half-breeds, or blood traitors. SIRIUS ORION BLACK!!! Are you listening to me?"

"Yes mother."

"Now get on that train. I don't want to be here any longer than I have to. Filthy Muggles." My hair had been growing redder and redder until it settled on a deep red, almost black.

"You'll write every week, won't you Siri?" Regulus Black, the youngest Black, asked.

"Yes, Reggie. I'll write to you. Maybe I'll even send you some sweets. Pumpkin Pasties?"

"Yes please Sirius! Those are my favorite candy!" The brothers embrace, Sirius resting his chin on top of Regulus's head. Walburga pulls them apart, muttering under her breath about Muggleborns (although she used a stronger word) and half bloods (again a stronger word). My hair had settled into its normal color.

I slowly walk up to Sirius Black. He seems way nicer than his mother, and I could see his eyes rolling imperceptibly as his mother talked. "Hi, I'm Jessica Potter. Who are you?"

He responds, "I'm Sirius. Sirius Black. I'm completely different from the rest of my family, except Andromeda and Reggie."

I smile at him. "I can tell. I heard your conversation. Do you want to sit with me and my twin?"

"Sure," he accepts, grinning. We drag our trunks over to the luggage, and put them in the train. Nimbus and Rowena are staying with me, which I like. "What are your pets' names?" He asks.

"Well, the owl is Rowena after Rowena Ravenclaw, and the puppy is Nimbus after the Nimbus 1000."

"Cute names," he comments. Sirius doesn't seem like one of those pureblooded maniacs that follow a noseless bald guy.

"Come on, let's get a compartment." I comment, and we run onto the train. I open one door and see a couple snogging. "OK, not this one." We repeat this many times, barring the running into a snogging couple part, until we find my brother's compartment. He is sitting with a sandy brown haired boy with scars on his face and another boy with mousy brown hair and plump. I walk into the compartment and plop down onto the seat next to my brother and put my legs in his lap. Sirius walks in a second later and sits next to me. "Hey, I'm Jessica Potter, this idiot's twin sister. And you are?"

"I-I'm Remus Lupin," sandy-hair quietly says.

"I'm Peter. Peter Pettigrew," mousy-hair comments.

"I'm Sirius."

"Serious about what?" My lovely twin is not the brightest wand in Ollivander's.

"No, that's really my first name?"

"Well then what's your last name?" Why is James so nosy?

"It's um... it's" Sirius seems very tense. I'm going to save him from whatever he is so stressed about.

"Your mother really named you that? From what I saw, I don't think she appreciates a good prank or joke," I comment.

"Yeah... I'm actually named after the dog star, one of the brightest in the sky."

Lily walks in with a guy with greasy black hair. Just pointing out a fact, don't Crucio me!

"Hey, Lily! How are you?" I comment. James is just staring at her like an idiot.

"I'm doing pretty well, except my sister Petunia hates me. She's jealous that I'm a witch and she's not. This is Severus Snape."

"Hi Severus! So, what houses do everyone want to be in?" I ask.

"Gryffindor where dwell the brave at heart!' Like my dad," James says while hoisting an invisible sword. Severus snorts and shakes his head. "Got a problem with that?" James finishes.

"No. If you'd rather be brawny than brainy..." Severus comments. That hurts a little.

"Where are you planning on going, seeing as you are neither?" Sirius retorts. I glare at all three of the boys. Lily is infuriated and drags Severus out of the compartment.

"James Fleamont Potter!! Sirius! Why did you do that?!?" I slap both of them upside the head. "Getting back to our conversation, I want to be a Gryffindor." I reply.

Sirius sighs. "Well, all of my family is in Slytherin."

"And I thought you were all right, mate," James comments.

"Maybe I'll break the trend. I'd like to go to Gryffindor."

"I like that thought. Remus, Peter, what houses do you want to be in?" I ask, trying to continue our conversation.

"Uh, I think that Ravenclaw is the best for me, but Gryffindor sounds interesting," Remus comments.

Peter blushes. "Well, some third-year Slytherins said that I would be a, and I quote, 'a good-for-nothing Hufflepuff,' but I think that I could be a Gryffindor. I don't really know though."

Sirius flushes red with anger. "What did they look like?"

"Well, the boy had platinum-blonde hair, one girl had the same type of hair, and the last girl has brown curly hair that looks like a rat's nest."

"Well, those are my lovely cousins-Narcissa Black and Bellatrix Black. Pretty-Boy Malfoy is Narcissa's future husband. I'm nothing like them."

I smile at Sirius and give him a gentle hug. I feel like the five of us are going to become best friends.

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After 2 hours of laughing, joking, and talking, we finally arrived at Hogwarts. We walked out of the train and saw the tallest man I have ever seen. He must have at least some giant blood in him. He introduced himself as Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.

"Four to a boat," he said. The four boys got into one boat while I got in a boat with Lily and two other girls. One blonde haired girl and another brunette curly haired girl.

"Hi, I'm Emmeline Vance. Who are you guys?" said the brunette girl.

"I'm Marlene McKinnon," replied the blonde.

"Jessica Potter at your service," I smiled widely and glanced over at Lily.

"I'm Lily Evans. What houses do you guys want to be in? I feel like I could be either a Gryffindor or a Ravenclaw. Probably Ravenclaw."

"Gryffindor all the way!!"

Marlene agrees with me, while Emmeline thinks she is best in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor as well. I feel like Emmeline is a Gryffindor from what I've seen, but I just met her.

Then I hear a splash. I quickly turn around and see Sirius in the water with my twin nearly hyperventilating in laughter. Remus is helping pull Sirius back into the boat, while Peter is laughing like James. Sirius, once in the boat, promptly shoves James into the water. Peter continues to laugh while Remus, rolling his eyes, helps James into the boat as well.

We finally dock into Hogwarts and we get out of the boats. I say goodbye to the girls and a good luck and leave to find the boys. Once I get to them, my twin and Sirius, still sopping wet, glance at me and then at their clothes. Getting the message, I slowly back away from them as they approach me with creepy grins on their faces. They reach me despite my best efforts and gather me into the biggest hug I've ever had. I'm now completely and utterly soaked. I slap both of them until they let me go, and then I take my wand out of my robes. I got dressed on the train, so now I'm in a grey pleated skirt, white blouse with the Hogwarts logo, a black tie (tie changes once you get sorted), and the black Hogwarts robes (robes change once you get sorted). **A/N: for bottom picture, scarf is not included**

"I will kill you both when you don't expect it!!! Aer calidus (hot air in Latin; my incantation for Hot-Air Charm)" My clothes dry immediately. My mother taught me this spell for when my clothes get really wet. It worked pretty well today! I repeat this spell for James and Sirius, who thank me right after. I replace my wand inside my robes and start walking with everyone else.

Hagrid leads us to a woman with grey hair pulled into a bun and a stern look on her face.

"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid. Apparently this woman's name is McGonagall. I like Minnie better.

We walk into the entrance hall and look around, speechless. We walk through the school until we reached the door in front of the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall turns around and stares at us.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room. The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours. The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
I smile at the boys, who smirk back. Except Remus. He's a sweetheart. James tries to flatten his hair down, but it doesn't work. I see Marlene examining her reflection in the gleaming candle holders. I nervously twirl my hair around my finger as I look down at my uniform. Everything seems to be dry and in order. That's good.
"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly."  (A/N: Italics are from the book.) 

Professor McGonagall returned shortly and opened the door to the Great Hall. As we walk in, I see a table decked out in green and silver. The Slytherin table. To the immediate right of that table is a table with blue and bronze students sitting and talking quietly to each other, Ravenclaw. To the right of that table is the Hufflepuff table with yellow robed students. Finally, at the table fully to the right are the Gryffindors. I'm hoping to join them, but if I don't, I'd prefer Ravenclaw.

As we walk in front of the students, I see Lily glancing around in awe, Marlene gasping in shock, Emmeline looking at all of the students in wonder, and the boys smirking. However, I see Sirius nervously looking at the Slytherin table. I can see his cousins sitting there. The oldest, Andromeda Black, seems to be reading a book, but I can see her sneaking glances at an older Hufflepuff boy. The middle, Bellatrix, is smirking at everyone in sight and wrapping Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange around her little dark finger. The youngest, Narcissa, is fawning over Lucius Malfoy. I manuever my way over to Sirius's side and grab his hand. I squeeze it and let it go soon afterwards (A/N: I might need a ship name for Jessica and Sirius. Jirius?).

Professor McGonagall walks up to the ratty Sorting Hat. His mouth opens, and he begins to sing.

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,

But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your black,
Your sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.

You might belong in ,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in ,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old ,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

Everyone starts clapping, and then Professor McGonagall calls the first name.

"Aubrey, Bertram."

We sit in silence until the Sorting Hat shouts out, "RAVENCLAW!"

We wait until the B names are spoken, and then "Black, Sirius" gets called out. I hold my breath.

Sirius, his face pale, walks up to the stool and sits. His grey eyes look up at me, and stay there until the Hat covers them. He sits there, shakes his head, and nods.

"GRYFFINDOR!!" All of the Slytherins are in an uproar while the Gryffindors are clapping.

Yet more names are called until we get to the E's. "Evans, Lily."

I'm pretty sure the Hat was deliberating between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor, but two minutes later it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR" as well.

Then McGonagall shouted, "Fortescue, Alice." A brunette girl with a pixie cut walked up to the hat and sat down. A few minutes later, the Hat shouted out "GRYFFINDOR" as well.

Remus was a while later. I'm pretty sure that he was in the same predicament as Lily. He seems nice, so maybe Hufflepuff? All I know is definitely not Slytherin for him. "GRYFFINDOR" was the final verdict.

Marlene was next out of our group. Not even two seconds after the Hat touched her head, "GRYFFINDOR" was yelled out to the approving claps of the right-most table.

Peter was next. He was a Hatstall, where the Hat took five minutes or more deciding. Finally, after nearly six minutes, the Hat called out "GRYFFINDOR" and Peter ran to the Gryffindor table. Without giving the Hat to McGonagall. He ran back to McGonagall with the Hat amidst everyone's laughter.

Then it was James. "GRYFFINDOR" was shouted before the hat touched his unruly black hair. I was next.

"Potter, Jessica."

I walked up to the Hat and sat down. I looked at everyone, and then worn brown fabric obscured my vision (A/N: Italics is hat, normal is Jessica).

Well, well. The twin to the kid before.

'You're the Sorting Hat, right?'

Yes I am. Hmmm, not Hufflepuff, that's for sure.

'Wait, did you just insult me?'

No. I'm just stating facts. You have a great mind, yes. Ravenclaw is definitely a possibility. There's courage, oh my goodness. There's a lot of courage. But there's also ambition.

'I am NOT going to Slytherin. You put me in Gryffindor or I swear to God I will tear you apart.'

I can literally feel the hat smirking.

Okay then, if you're sure.

"GRYFFINDOR!!"

The hat is lifted off of my head. I can hear my brother's shouts of euphoria over everyone else. I smile and walk casually over to the Gryffindor table, sitting in between Sirius and James. Lily is right across from me, Remus is across from Sirius, Marlene is across from James, Peter is sitting on Sirius's left, and Alice is sitting next to Marlene.

Around two hours later, "Vance, Emmeline," is the last name called.

Three minutes later "RAV-GRYFFINDOR!" She smiles giddily as she runs down to our table. She slides into a seat next to Alice. We introduce ourselves to each other and Dumbledore begins his speech. Five minutes later, food arrives! I smile and pile shepherd's pie, bangers and mash, and a little bit of spaghetti bolognese onto my plate. I start eating while talking to everyone.

Dessert comes once everyone finishes their meal, and I get some treacle tart, custard tart, and some chocolate ice cream as well. I have a fast metabolism, so I'm pretty skinny and I can eat a lot without gaining weight.

The prefects stand up. Both are redheads, and introduce themselves as Molly Prewett and Arthur Weasley. I ship them together. They bring us to the Fat Lady's portrait and say the password, which is Caput Draconis (dragon's head in Latin).

We enter the Common Room, which is filled with lush couches and armchairs, wooden tables, and an ornate fireplace. Molly says that the girls's staircase is to the left, while the boys' is to the right.

I gave James a hug and went upstairs with Lily as the four crazy boys-my brother, Sirius, Remus, and Peter-went up their staircase. There was a wooden sign on the door saying: 

First Year Girls Dormitory:

Lily Evans, Alice Fortescue, Marlene McKinnon, Jessica Potter, and Emmeline Vance

I push the wooden door open and immediately see five four-poster beds in a circular room. I immediately walk over to the bed nearest to the window and drop my robes on it. I search the room for my trunk as Lily puts her robes on the bed next to mine. Marlene, Alice, and Emmeline walk in as one talking to each other. I finally find my trunk next to Rowena and Nimbus's cages. Rowena is out of her cage and perching on my trunk while Nimbus is chewing on a chew toy in her cage. Rowena flaps her wings and flies through the air towards the windowsill and settles down onto it. I pick up my trunk and bring it over to my bed. Nimbus starts whimpering as I start to unpack. I quickly walk over and take her out of her cage. I finish my unpacking the moment everyone else does.

"Hi guys, I'm Jessica Potter. My favorite color is light pink, red, or gold. I am a pureblood, but that doesn't matter at all."

"Well, I'm Lily Evans. My favorite color is emerald green because it's the color of my eyes. I am a muggleborn, so I don't know much about this stuff other than what is in Hogwarts: a History."

"Yo, I'm Marlene McKinnon, and my favorite color is a soft yellow. I'm a half-blood because my mom's a pureblood and my dad's a muggle."

"I'm Fortescue. Sorry, Alice Fortescue. I love the color hot pink. I'm a pureblood, but I don't care one little bit."

"I'm Emmeline Vance, and dark blue is one of my favorite colors. I'm a half-blood like my mom, but my dad is a muggle."

"Well, ladies," I said, "I think that we are going to be great friends!! I'm going to bed now; does anyone else want to sleep too?"

Everyone agrees and I close my curtains around my bed. I cuddle Nimbus close to my chest and my eyes slowly close as I fall deeply asleep.

Author's Note: Hi! I hope you all are having a good day/afternoon/evening. I haven't updated as much as I would like, but here I am. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.

QOTD: What is your favorite Sirius Black quote?

AOTD: "Get away from my godson."

               -GryffindorPadmeEaton