Katie missed Leah, no doubting that. But it was weird now, Legend and Leah.. the girl shook her head as if to try clearing the memories that danced inside her mind, replaying themselves just to torture her with that awkward feeling that fluttered in her tummy.

She had homework to do! And all she could think of was how infuriating it was to know what she did; NO ONE in the group were suppose to be a thing, a couple - if you could even call them that. Katie snorted at the very thought. A slight twing of guilt followed.

This wasn't fair, she shouldn't have to feel guilty for thinking such things! They were apart of the same group of friends. Friends that had met, for the most part, long before starting school at Hogwarts.

It was common knowledge, an unwritten rule even, that someone within the group did not date or go out with someone else in the group. It was icky! What would happen if things didn't work out? That would cause problems. Problems Katie would have to deal with.

This was all Legend's fault! And a little of Leah's too, but Leah didn't know any better.

Leah not knowing better was not something Katie, or anyone for that matter, could often say. It was a rare occasion when saying that would be true, but the day had definitely come.

Poor Leah must have hit her head, the young Hufflepuff decided, nodding to no one but herself.

Taking one last glance at her homework, she shoved it aside and bounced off her bed, running out of the girls Fourth year dormitory without wasting a second.

It only took a second to remember she was in her pajamas, and backtracked into her room to change into her robes.

"LEGEND CHOSEN!" Kaitlynnh uttered shrilly. Finally upon making her way down to the grounds she found the boy laying on his back in the grass, his once peaceful expression turned to one of annoyance at her presence and tone.

"What did I do NOW, Mae?" Legend didn't bother looking at her.

During the time she was flying down corridors on a mission to hunt him down she had worked herself up from irritated to purely angry. The sad part was she didn't even understand why she felt so angry, but she didn't question it either.

"Oh, let me think.. Leah?!"

"What about her?" Legend still didn't open his eyes. Beside him lay a piece of parchment with 'Muggle Studies Homework' written across the top.

"YOU. HER. What were you thinking!? I'll TELL you what you were thinking! You were thinking, OH I'm LEGEND, I can do WHATEVER I want because I'm so awesome and couldn't care less about what my decisions do to anyone ELSE!"

With nearly every word she released, the pitch of her voice rose and fell.

Emerald green eyes finally opened, narrowing on her own dark chocolate brown ones. He looked about as happy as she felt.

Slouched in his chair with elbows on the top of his desk, Legend Chosen twirled his wand between his fingers. While the Professor came to some conclusion with whatever it was he was talking about to begin with, Legend had come to his own conclusion: Girls were stupid.

Especially the midgety ones with dark curly hair that stalk their friends. Yes, especially her. Katie was living proof of why girls had cooties, and boys should be smart and stay away.

Distracted, he dropped his wand. TINK-PLINK! Legend bent to retrieve it. The Professor glared, and so did someone.

Professor Shackleton was a great teacher. Professor Shackleton was Katie's Head of House. Professor Shackleton taught Arithmancy. As much as Katie wanted to be a good badger and make the woman proud, it just wasn't happening.

The basic idea of Arithmancy seemed easy. That was an illusion, a trick.

"This is never ending," Katie groaned, slumping back in her seat.

"WhatdidyadoCub," Legend questioned, pausing to swallow some of the juice filling in his mouth from the candy he continued to suck on. "Forget how to do math?"

Legend was probably joking aroud.

Katie and her dry sense of humor glared.

Defense Against the Dark Arts had left the Defense Against behind this term, apparently.

Neither the Lion or the Badger cub were enjoying their 'new Professor'. They didn't say it outloud, because that was unnecessary and just.. stupid. But it was agreed upon in a silent way, Katie and Legend style.

They were getting along at first, seated in the Library going over homework assignments and notes that were piling up. Of course, the two couldn't possibly keep up such a nice moment going for long!

"It is NOT killing homework, Legend. We've gone over this before."

"Yeah yeah, whatever."

The first snowfall of the year was one of the best days at Hogwarts, something many students looked foward to. The lake freezing over, blankets of fluffy snow covering every inch of the castle and grounds, students everywhere.

Playing, laughing, running, joking.

While snow was being squeezed into a firm ball between his gloved hands, emerald green orbs searched for a target. Over by the tree, he saw her.

Katie had her back turned, kneeling down to gather some of the white dust. With a mischievous grin, Legend swong his arm back and chucked the snowball.

It hit target.

"SCORE!"

"She better not pet me again, I'm not a DOG!" Legend complained as they waited for the others. He already looked grumpy with his arms crossed and an annoyed look on his face.

Briefly, Katie wondered what had gotten his wand in a knot. She didn't ask.

The 'she' he spoke of was Leah Moon, a new friend as of less than six months ago. Leah had patted Legend's head that first day; Legend hadn't forgotten.

"Obviously. If you were a dog, I would feel bad for thinking about smacking you with a newspaper. You'd probably be better behaved too,"

"You're not a Gryffindor."

"No, really?" Sarcasm dripped from Katie's tone, an eyebrow arched up at the green-eyed boy.

"Don't give me that look, you're the one that's confused!" Legend insisted.

Katie's attention drifted toward a couple of students walking by, probably on their way to Hogsmeade. It was the weekend, after all. They were free to go if they wished.

"Did you hit your head earlier?"

The boy snorted. "No."

"You sure?"

He rolled his eyes and pointed out what she wasn't noticing. Her red, plaid skirt and matching red knee-high socks. Her favorite color. A Gryffindor House color.

"Don't you ever shut up!?" Legend demanded loudly, the anger that shown in his face mirrored in his voice.

She had said his name again. His real name. Outloud. In front of people.

Kaitlynnh knew better than to call Legend 'Lysander'; he loathed his birth name. Part of her wondered, silently, if it was because of whom had given him this name.

"Let me guess, you're going to go cry now! Grow up, Kaitlynnh."

Tears built up. He walked away.

She would never admit it, but it was times like these she wished for a timeturner to undo her mistake.

Katie sighed, shifting on her four-poster bed and pushed her face into her pillow.

It had been a long time since they last spoke.

At first it was out of anger, Katie had wanted nothing to do with Legend after that day in Diagon Alley, just as he wanted nothing to do with her.

He had yelled at her and shoved her off the bench she stood on. Not for no reason, of course.. she had called him Lysander.

But that was summer. It was now the end of winter, and still nothing.

This must be what depression feels like..

Legend gave her a funny look, obviously wondering why she was at his window late after the sun had gone down.

"What are you doing here?" It didn't come out snappish like she had expected. He sounded confused, and maybe even curious.

She didn't blame him.

"I have something for you." Katie informed him, happily. She kept her arms behind her back, so he couldn't see whatever it was.

He eyed her suspiciously, leaning his elbows on the windowsill. "Why didn't you give it to me earlier?"

Katie knew he thought she was up to something. But that didn't matter.

"I have a present for you."

Now he looked REALLY suspicious. He wore that look, the one that said "Since when is Katie NICE" or "Since when does Katie randomly give people PRESENTS ... at night, no less"

Katie frowned. He was ruining it.

"It's not my birthday."

"Not yet, no. I really didn't.. I don't think.. you should just open it now." She ended up mumbling. "It's not anything bad. It doesn't explode or anything, just.. open it." Katie shoved a little silver and blue box at him.

"Happy Early Birthday, Lizzard."

With an eyebrow raised, he replied, "Not Lizzard."

Settled at a table in the Three Broomsticks, Katie waited for her friends to join her. They had planned to meet up, and she was first here.

"Look Mat! A leprechaun," Legend announced jokingly, appearing with Matias by his side.

The partners-in-crime had arrived.

"COOL! Can we keep it? Hey Katie, why didn't you dye your hair green?" Mat pretended to pout.

"We can fix that for her!"

Make that the Terrible Troublesome Trio.

"You will do no such thing, Cyrus!" Katie replied sharply, smacking Mat's hand away and adjusting the sparkly green clip that kept her curls at bay.

"Legend, please tell me you didn't add MORE rat spleen! I already put that in, I told you when I did it."

"No you didn't, I told you I was doing that part. You were suppose to be chopping the daisy roots!"

Katie grimaced as their potion turned orange before they were even finished.

It was already ruined.

Legend sighed exasperatedly, folding his arms on their desk, away from the lit cauldron.

"I told you. If you would have listened!"

Legend sat up and raised his hand, "Professor! I need a new Potions Partner. I don't like mine, she's annoying."

"Divination class is easy, all you do is make stuff up. Watch!" Legend made a funny face and let his hands hover over the crystal ball, waving them a bit. "I seee.. Katie marrying the giant squid!"

"No, you're vision is incorrect. Though you were close, because I predict you will be meeting the giant squid personally very, very soon." Kaitlynnh retorted.

"What did I miss?" Jae asked, taking a seat next to Kayla and Danny.

Kayla gave him a welcoming smile, answering simply; "Katie and Legend arguing over the giant squid again."

"Becoming a bit obssesed, eh?" Jae teased.

Legend - Lysander Chosen - had signed up for Quidditch.

Sure Alexis 'Lexi' Chosen was the former Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. She loved the sport.

But Legend? He hated it!

Where was the logic behind that?! . . . Then again, Katie could ask the same of a lot of things he did.

"Okay, so tell me again you're brilliant plan?" Katie asked one sunny morning, picking at a croissant.

He sighed and rolled his emerald green eyes, "I'm going to play to prove how dumb it really is, and to prove anyone can do it."

"Would Alexis approve?"

Legend shrugged. "She won't know."

"Zap. Zap. Zaaaaaaap." Legend repeated, poking Katie with his wand tip as she ignored him.

Correction: Tried to ignore him.

"ZAP!"

"Legend, if you do that one more time I'm going to do to you what bug zappers do to annoying, buzzing, gross bugs."

Her patience was very, very short and running out.

He had known her since the age of five or six; he knew that all too well.

"ZAPZAPZAP!"

"LEGEND CHOSEN!"

Laughing, the blonde somehow managed to stand and run down the path that laid ahead of them. Grabbing her bag, Katie ran down the pathway after him.

Storming over to her bed, Kaitlynnh ignored the tears streaking down her unusually red face.

She shoved the pillows to the floor in her fury and collapsed on top of the covers, curling up.

"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NICE!"

"WHY DO YOU CARE?!" Legend had yelled at her.

She had tried to compose herself, "Because you're both my friends."

"No, Kaitlynnh. You've known me for years, but you chose him."

"I did NOT choose ANYONE!"

"You take HIS side over MINE, that's CHOOSING!"

Kaitlynnh grabbed the Hogwarts, A History copy from her nightstand and threw it across the room.

"I'm not touching that, you probably poisoned it." Legend protested, eyeing the baking sheet of cookies.

Kaitlynnh rolled her dark eyes toward the ceiling, scooping up a cookie with the spatula she held in her right hand.

Noticing a little hand sneaking over, she quickly grabbed it. "No, Hayley. Have one of those-" she pointed to the last batch that were cooled already. "You're so dramatic, Legend. Why would Lainie be eating one if that was the case?"

Legend seemed to consider what she said. He retorted, "So what! I bet they taste like socks; since when can you bake?"

Katie sat at the Gryffindors table, surrounded by her lion friends. It was the opening feast of yet another term.

Her gaze locked on the line of Firsties waiting to be sorted, a small group caught her attention more than the others.

From her seat, she could see a small girl with boys on either side of her; they looked like they were arguing, or perhaps the boys were teasing her.

Katie nudged each Legend, Mat, Kayla and Jae, pointing out the children. She had never looked through a Pensieve before, but somehow the scene before her felt oddly similar.

"Want a banana?"

"No."

"Want a banana split?"

"No."

"Want a.. banana pancake? Piece of banana bread? Banana-"

Kaitlynnh turned narrowed dark eyes on the boy, anger slowly running through her.

Legend found it funny. He thought it was all fun and games. he always did, as far as Katie was concerned.

"I'm ALLERGIC to bananas."

"Soooo you can't have anything with banana in it?" He asked, his expression one of pure innocence.

She didn't find it cute. At all.

"Legend, one more time you say 'banana' I'm going to squish one in your eye."

Legend didn't take her seriously.

"Chicken?" Legend sounded odd. Confused?

Katie didn't bother turning around; it was a strange, random question. "You know I don't ea-"

"No, chicken-"

"Are you calling me a chicken?" She asked sharply, barely looking up at him through her fallen curls.

"Not this time. LOOK-" Buck, buckaaaaaa! Legend was interrupted by the clucking of an aggitated chicken running their way.

The blonde haired boy remained safe, sitting on a low tree branch.

Katie spun around and practically fell over, wide-eyed. "Since when does Grandma Angelina have a chicken!?"

Watching, Legend held his sides, laughing as Katie ran off.