Chapter 12

They walked past muttering portraits and creaking suits of armor, and climbed narrow flights of stone stairs, until at last they reached the passage where the secret entrance to Gryffindor Tower was hidden, behind an oil painting of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.

"Password?" she said as they approached.

"Er -" said Harry.

They didn't know the new year's password, not having met a Gryffindor prefect yet, but help came almost immediately; they heard hurrying feet behind them and turned to see Hermione dashing toward them.

"There you are! Where have you been ? The most ridiculous rumors - someone said you'd been expelled for teleporting here" replies Hermione.

"Well, we haven't been expelled," Harry assured her.

"You're not telling me you really teleported here?" said Hermione, sounding almost as severe as Professor McGonagall.

"Unfortunately, we were in a desperate situation, so Makai and I teleported all of us here", said Key.

"You better hope she isn't in trouble", said Hermione.

"Forget the lecture, tell us the password", said Ron, impatiently

"It's wattlebird,'" said Hermione impatiently, "but that's not the point--"

The portrait of the fat lady swung open and Key was pulled in.

Qin and Syria hug Key.

"It's good to see you too", Key tells Qin and Syria.

"Are you really, Key Walker?!" smiles a girl.

"I am, who are you?" asked Key.

"I am Nyphadora Shadowbutter, first year", said Nyphadora. "I'm half fae and half witch".

"Oh, nice to meet you, Nyphadora, do you have a Nickname?" Key smiles, as she shakes Nyphadora's hands.

"Yes, most people call me Dora or Shadow, most often Shadow", said Nyphadora.

"I prefer Shadow", said Key

Nyphadora smiles after Key says that, and says "So, you don't think it's odd that I'm half and half".

"Of course not, my friend Makai is half and half, so I'm cool with it", said Key.

"I'm so glad, because to be honest I was worried being in the same house as you", Nyphadora admitted.

"There's no need to be worried, I'm still a regular person, nobody special", Key reassures Nyphadora.

"Regular? But you are the cousin of Harry Potter and you are pure blood fae, plus you are magically more powerful", Nyphadora pointed out.

"True, except me being magically gifted, I mean there are many other faes  that I feel a way more powerful than me, I just try to do my best so I can help my cousin", said Key.

"Which she doesn't need to, I can take care of myself", said Harry.

"Oh, I thought you would've walked away", Key says to Harry.

"Why? You have everybody captivated right here", said Syria.

"Sup, Syria", Key smiles.

"Hey, you got some explaining to do, why did you teleport all of you here?" replied Syria, with her hands on her hips.

"Well, we hit a little problem, can we mention this later", Key mouths.

Syria nods her head and Qin winked.

The story switches to Li talking to three faes and then, a first year witch appears.

"Excuse me?" asked the first year witch.

Li gets up, smiles, and says "Yes".

"Can I be apart of your group?" asked the first year witch.

Before Li could answer, one of the faes who has silver/red hair, wearing a Hufflepuff robe appears in front and looks at the first year witch, then says "Why would a witch want to join a fae group?"

"Well, I have been interested in faes, since people know very little about them, plus I heard that all faes are kind hearted, and I'm not good at making friends, if this is a fae only group, then I'll leave", The first year witch explains.

The fae who questions the witch feels bad, the witch was about to walk away, but another fae says "Wait! Do you really care that much?"

The witch turns around and says "Yes, my mom always read the book of faes to me to put me to sleep or distract me and the power I read into it, I thought faes might be lonely since they don't interact with witches or wizards".

"What's your name?" asked the third fae.

"Ishador Autumn", The witch smiles.

"My name is Flare Jumpygriddle", said The third fae, while holding out his hand.

"Pleasure", said Ishador, as she shakes Flare's hand.

"I'm Midnight Oliveclover", said the first fae.

"I'm Mountain Wrinklegriddle", said the second fae.

"And I'm Li", said Li.

"Does this mean we are friends?" asked Ishador, looking excited.

"Duh", said Midnight.

Ishador hugs Li, Midnight, Flare, and Mountain

"This is going to be fun", said Li.

"Agreed", said the other faes.

"How sweet", said Betty.

"You have wings!" smiled Ishador with sparkly eyes.

"I do", said Betty. "I'm Betty, nice to meet you".

"I'm Ishador", said Ishador, while shaking Betty's hands.

In Ravenclaw's common room, Liza is reading a book, when a hand tapped on Liza's shoulder.

Liza looks up and sees Toni.

"Hello", said Liza, as she puts her book on the table that was beside her.

"Sup, your name is Liza, right?" smiled Toni.

"Yeah, and you're Toni", said Liza.

"Yup, so am I really the only fae in this house?" asked Toni.

"Yup, hard to believe", said Liza.

"Very, by the way what were you reading?" Toni agreed.

"I'm reading this book is a fairytale story about a fairy falling in love with a wizard, it's a", said Liza, looks around and whispers. "A muggle book".

"Oh!" Toni whispers. "How did you get it?"

"I found it in a lost and found bin", Liza explains in a whisper.

"Can I read it with you?" Toni asks Liza in a whisper.

"Sure", Liza whispers.

Toni and Liza read together.

In Slytherin's dorm, Keni and Devin are listening to Makai's story to what really happens.

"This elf is causing you alot of trouble", said Keni.

"Yeah, especially Harry and Key", said Makai, looking worried.

Somebody laughs.

Keni, Devin, and Makai turns around to see Vernoica with Luci and Dave.

"Get lost, Veronica", said Devin.

"I'll go, but I must tell you, if you and your little friends want to cause trouble, take a lesson from a pro, that's it", said Vernoica.

Vernoica walks to Makai, and whisper in her ear "Good luck".

Veronica, Luci, and Dave walk out of the room.

"So, what happens now?" Makai asks Devin.

"Easy, we need to be super aware of the kind of trouble that will come", said Devin.

"Which I sense won't be that easy", Keni figured out.

"Which I agree that, as well", said Somebody.

The person who has long blonde hair, white skin, eyepatch, wearing a Slytherin robe.

"Nice to meet you, i'm Almond Greenfreeze, pure fae", said the person.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Keni", said Keni.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Devin", said Devin.

"I'm Makai", said Makai, holding out her hand.

Makai and Almond shaking hands.

"I'm guessing you have heard rumors of us being the 'top faes' of this place since we are friends with Key Walker", Keni guessed.

"Yup, is it true thar you are best friends?" Almond asks Keni.

"Yes, we are, do you want to meet her or do you want to be actual friends with us?" Makai asks Almond.

"First, I want to ask, how did you become friends with Key?" Almond asks Keni, as she walks closer to Makai.

"We met at our secret headquarters, me, Devin, Betty, Li, Qin, and Amy along with Gem", Keni explains.

"What about you?" Almond asks Makai.

"I was stuck in a pocket dimension", said Makai.

"Interesting", said Almond.

Keni, Devin, and Makai tell Almond their stories and becomes friends.