"I don't care what you say!" Cassi screamed at her parents. "I'm not letting you ship me off to live with some random cousin of yours in London!"

"Cassandra Emma Montgomery, I suggest you reconsider your tone!" Her father shot back. "You have toed the line one to many times; your mother and I told you that we would do this!"

"So because I go out and get a tattoo I have to fly all the way to London, live with random relatives, and attended a brand new wizarding school in the middle of my 6th year? A week after my 17th birthday!" She fumed.

"Exactly, but on the bright side you wont have to live with my cousins until summer." Her mother said soothingly trying to calm Cassi down.

"What, so I just show up at this school one day! Is that the idea?" Cassi was way beyond pissed at this point.

"You got the idea," her father continued, "and for the record, it is not just your tattoo that is getting you shipped to London; piercings, and your 'pranks' as you so fondly call them are just a couple in a long list."

"I hate you!" At that point she really meant it too.

"Well, look on the bright side, you leave the day after tomorrow, right after the New Year, so you won't have to deal with us much longer." Her father informed her.

"Well, geeze thanks for the memo that I'm gonna be sent packing in a whole forty-eight hours." With that Cassi stormed out of the kitchen and made sure to make as much noise as possible on my way to her room.

Forty-eight hours later, as promised, Cassi was stepping in to the family fireplace with a hand full of Floo powder in my left hand.

"Hogsmead!" She said and with that she was gone. Seconds latter Cassi landed in a fireplace with her things. The place seemed to be a pub of some sort. She had barley had time to pick herself up before an older woman appeared in front of her.

"Cassandra Montgomery?" The woman asked.

"Yes ma'am."

"I'm Professor McGonagall, from Hogwarts if you'll follow me please."

"Yes ma'am." After only a few minutes Cassi saw the school building, if you want to call it that. It was a beautiful castle to be exact. "Excuse me ma'am, is that the school."

"Yes my dear it is. Come now, it is getting a tad chilly, it's not a long walk."

Cassi was surprised by how right she was, looking up at the castle it seemed like it would have taken ages to reach it, but a mere ten minute walk did the trick just fine.

"Leave your belongings here; the caretaker will see that they are taken to your room." Professor McGonagall said motioning to a spot shortly after we entered the castle. "Please follow me to my office."

"Yes ma'am." Cassi responded as she took in the sight before her. Cassi had never seen such a beautiful place in her entire life. Almost in a trance she followed Professor McGonagall up the stairs; Cassi could not get over how beautiful this place was.

"Miss. Montgomery please take a seat." Professor McGonagall said motioning to a chair opposite her desk. "First things first, if you'll kindly put this hat on, it is the means by which we sort our students in to their respective house."

"Umm, okay." Cassi replied placing the very old hat on my head. As soon as it touched her head it was like it was speaking: You've got a good mind, a rebellious spirit, but I sense courage in you, yes you are indeed a brave girl . . . GRYFINDOR!

"Alright, that's settled then," Professor McGonagall said as she placed the hat back on its shelf. "moving right along, your mother's cousin's daughter is in the same house and year as you. It is my understanding that you will be living with her and her family during the holidays, is that correct?"

"Yes ma'am." Cassi said just as a light knock was heard.

"Enter please." Professor McGonagall called.

"You said you'd want to see me ma'am?" A tall girl with piercing green eyes and glorious auburn hair asked.

"Yes I did Lily, this is Cassandra Montgomery, your mother's cousin's daughter, I suppose that makes the two of you second cousins. Anyway Lily, Cassandra has been sorted into your house, I trust you will be able to show her around?"

"Yes Professor. Come on Cassandra I'll take you up to the common room."

Cassi followed Lily out the door and upstairs, "I'm Cassi by the way, no one really calls me Cassandra."

"Oh awesome; is it true that you got sent here because your parents got angry?" Lily asked.

"Ya, it's pathetic really. Thanks for helping me out."

"Oh don't worry about it at all, I'm thrilled you're here; my friend left at the end of our fifth year, so I'm simply ecstatic that you're here I know we'll be the best of friends. So, tell me what you did that got your parents so angry."

"I got a tattoo." Cassi replied sheepishly.

"Oh my God, are you serious? Where?"

Checking that no one was around, Cassi pulled up the back of her shirt to reveal tattoo that sat on the small of her back.

"Did it hurt?" Lily questioned.

"Like you wouldn't believe." Cassi replied grinning. "So, where exactly is everybody?"

"Oh, most likely in the common room."

"What! Lily take me to the lavatory first so I can see myself in a mirror before I meet all these people." Cassi begged.

"You look fine, but if you insist." Lily said turning down a small hallway.

"I look dreadful!" Cassi exclaimed as she looked in the mirror. In reality that statement couldn't have been farther from the truth. Cassi studied herself in the mirror, tousled her long blonde hair, and reapplied her mascara. "Well, that's the best I can do."

"I promise you look great, let's go. I can't wait for you to meet m boyfriend." Lily said as the climbed yet another flight of stairs.

"Ohh, boyfriend tell me!" Cassi exclaimed.

"His name is James, we really just started going out, its been oh about two months. He finally grew up, you wouldn't believe what an asshole he was in the beginning, but he shaped up nicely so I figured what the hell why not give him a chance?"

"Sounds awesome. Is this is?"

"Yup, Carpi Diem, that's the password by the way." Lily commented as the portrait swung open. "Come on, I'll introduce you to the gang."

Halfway across the common room James Potter and Sirius Black looked up as Lily entered the common room with the new girl.
"Look at that girl Prongs, she gorgeous." Sirius said to his best friend.

"Oh deflate your ego Padfoot, you barley know her anyways, don't go scaring her off."

"Lily who's that boy with the black hair?" Cassi asked as they entered the common room.

"The messy black hair and glasses, that's James."

"No the one next to him."

"Oh, that's Sirius Black, Cassi don't get any ideas, he's had more girlfriends than I can remember."

"So, I've had my boyfriends than I cam remember, maybe it's time I tried someone new." Cassi replied as she flashed a smile at Sirius Black.

A/N: Please read and review! Thank you so much!