circles; h.potter

chapter four- a disregard for rules

"you looks very familiar Miss, does Dobby knows you from anywhere?" Asked Dobby in slight confusion.

"I'm sorry Dobby, I don't think so," shrugged Liana as she helped herself to some cake that had been placed on the table next to her.

"Come on Liana, I have to help you with your homework so Christina doesn't have a fit during your exam time, Dobby-" Grey paused as he saw Liana smiling to herself in a self satisfied way, she was secretly very happy that her brother had mentioned her to the elves.

It wasn't very often that any of the Holly's even spoke about family these days, so to be mentioned felt like a honour.

"I'll be sure to bring Liana back soon," promised Grey with a nod, looking hard at the table legs and blushing slightly.

Dobby clapped his little hands and suddenly more house elves gathered all around them, trying to hand them food and drinks as the pair made their way to the corner of the room where there was a little more seclusion.

When they had finally politely brushed off the persistent house elves, Grey pulled a piece of parchment out from where he had hidden it in his robe pocket. It looked like a page that had been ripped out of a library book. Liana tossed her charms textbook onto the table and sighed.

"Okay, let's start then."

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REMUS John Lupin had been having a good day so far. The classes had been fairly uneventful. Of course there had been the second year class where Colin Creevey had managed to magically superglue himself to his desk, but other than that it had been a rather peaceful day.

However that was before he encountered the third year Gryffindor class.

And oh boy were they a class.

To start with Harry was in that class and he was the spitting image of James, even down to the way he would try and flatten his hair when he thought he saw Liana looking, or adjust his glasses, how he would keep his head down but still joke around with his friends made it almost impossible for Remus to focus.

Then there was Hermione Granger, the smartest witch of her age for sure. With an extensive knowledge, perfect manners and a very kind heart. Ron Weasley, with an appetite the size of the titanic and the maturity of a seven year old but it was easy to see how these three were some of the most popular teens of their year or even the school. They all had looks, humour and brains.

Finally, the most noticeable student for Professor Lupin was Liana Holly. She was someone he found very hard to figure out, despite always thinking of himself as good at reading people. She seemed unreadable. She had the kind of aura that radiated secrets but easily matched the other three with her good looks and personality. She was a very captivating person, the kind that would make you feel special if she chose to give you any attention at all. Somehow Remus Lupin still couldn't quite fathom her, maybe it was because her looks reminded him eerily of a woman he used to know.

Liana stood beside Ron and Dean that lesson, her arms lazily flung over both their shoulders as she leaned back casually, her bag tossed at her feet and her hair looked even more tangled than usual, her Gryffindor tie no where to be seen either. Professor Lupin couldn't bring himself to even tell her off.

"Now today we will be studying a new creature," he introduced as he circled the quaking wardrobe that stood before them, instantly drawing the attention to himself and silencing all conversations.

"Does anyone have any idea as to what this is?" He asked smoothly.

"That's a boggart that is," called out Dean from his place beside Liana, his arm casually trying to snake round her shoulder. Liana snorted quietly and swatted his hand away.