~This is the only story I am doing for now. My other one has been canceled due to lose of inspiration. I hope you give this one a chance though!~ _

Elena's POV:

I was officially sick and tired of my Slytherin housemates. For four years I have endured the comments and pranks that have been laid upon myself and my best friend, Kassandra Montgomery. The reason being is because we're both mudbloods, which means that even though we're witches, we were both born to human, or muggles as they're called to those in the wizarding world, parents. I will never understand why blood status matters so much to the others, but in Slytherin it seems to be a pretty big deal if you're a mudblood.

No one understood what it was like to be a mudblood in the Slytherin house except for Kassie. During our time at Hogwarts we have become the best of friends. She's just like the sister I've never had. Of course, I can never replace the sisters she lost, but she'll always be my sister.

I remember the day I found her crying in our dorm. She had been called out of Professor Snape's class by Headmaster Dumbledore our second year at Hogwarts. I knew whatever it was, it wasn't going to be good; Kassie was never called out of class. I found my answer when I got back to our room. She was on her bed crying in a curled up ball. I was worried. I had never seen Kassie cry before. Her sobs were so loud, I'm surprised Snape didn't come in to ask what was going on.

I walked over to Kassie's bed and sat on it, rubbing my right hand along her back trying my best to soothe her.

"It's okay, Kassie. I'm here."

She looked up at me with her red puffy eyes and sniffed. "They're dead."

There was nothing I could say to bring her parents back, and I knew it. I offered her my condolences. I continued to rub her back as she cried.

She was in so much pain and I didn't know what to do.

"Can you please leave me alone?" She buried her face into the pillow even more as if she was ashamed of asking it.

I nodded and stood up, removing my hand from her back. "I'm here for you, if you need me."

I slowly walked out of the room, but not before turning around to stare at Kassie one last time as she stayed huddled into a ball. I sighed, turning back around and walking out the door.

We had been through so much during our stay and second year really had changed her. She didn't care as much about what happened to her; it was as if she had given up. Before the accident, Kassie would just ignore the smack talk from our housemates; after the accident, she spoke up and defended herself a little more.

For a while, I was worried about her. She would become distant for a while, but when she came out she showed her true Slytherin side. It wasn't the side of evil, but more cunning. She knew how to get under someone's skins, but I believe she knew what she was doing. At least I hoped because charging at a pureblood Slytherin, hell even a half-blood, was dangerous in here. You needed to weigh all your options before getting into a Slytherin fight.

In our house, Kassie was the only person I trusted. Outside of our house was a different story. I had three best friends from the Gryffindor house: Harry Potter, the chosen one; Hermione Granger, the brains; and Ronald Weasley. There's not much to say about Ron, mainly because he charges first or if he doesn't charge it's because he's scared. It's almost always reason two.

There was also Fred and George Weasley, Ron's older, identical twin brothers. They were our pranksters. Whenever they were around, someone was laughing. This would be their last year. You could say I was an acquaintances with other members of Gryffindor like Seamus Finnigan, Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas, and Ginny Weasley. There was also Luna Lovegood from Ravenclaw.

Harry Potter was the chosen one and my best guy friend. Harry was just one of those people that you could trust with your life and he never judged you...not completely. He does judge the Slytherin house, except Kassie and I. Harry became the chosen one when Lord Voldemort killed his parents and then tried to kill him, as well. The only problem with that was Harry defeated Lord Voldemort as a baby, and up until last year at the Triwizard Tournament, we all thought he was dead. Harry had a terrible childhood while living with his aunt and her family. I felt so bad when I learned that his uncle treated him as if he were some kind of animal. Harry's always cared for everyone despite what they might have done to him in the past. His compassion and bravery is what makes me stand beside him.

Hermione Granger is a mudblood just like Kassie and I, except she was the lucky one and was put into Gryffindor. Although she does receive some torment from my housemates, her housemates treat her equally. Hermione loves learning just as much as Kassie does. You are most likely to find them in the library reading. They are a big help when we have to deal with something crazy going on at Hogwarts, like what happened in our first year with Professor Quirrell and the sorcerer's stone; our second year with the basilisk and Tom Riddle; and in our third year we had Sirius Black escape from prison thinking he was going to kill Harry, but it turned out he was Harry's godfather and we saved him from the dementors and Azkaban once again; and then our fourth year is when Harry was put into the Triwizard Tournament by Mad-Eye Moody who was really Barty Crouch Jr. and sadly it brought Voldemort back along with the death of Cedric Diggory, another competitor from Hogwarts.

Ronald Weasley is a strange person sometimes. I find myself wondering what goes on in his brain; it's like he doesn't have a filter for his mouth. I haven't even mentioned his appetite which can be disgusting most of the time. Despite his flaws, he's a good friend—a little judgmental—but he's always there when you need him. No matter what has happened, Ron is always there trying to help. Although during the tournament he hated Harry because he felt betrayed that his best friend would put his name in the cup, which never happened and he soon realized that too after watching Harry have to escape a dragon. He was like Seamus at first, but believed Harry when he said Voldemort was back. Ron has made fun of Hermione to a certain point that has been described as flirting, which is hilarious. I don't understand why he didn't ask her to the Yule Ball, but you could see his jealousy of Viktor Krum for taking her. It was quite funny. Kassie thinks they'll end up together by the end of the year, but I doubt it. They are both very much in denial.

Luna Lovegood knew a lot, but most people thought she was crazy since she knew so much and would randomly speak about it. Luna wasn't that bad; in fact, she was quite nice to be around since she never judged or pried into your life. I enjoyed her company.

Seamus Finnigan reminds me of Fred and George sometimes. He was a half-blood with a knack for exploding things up; it was his specialty. It was our fourth year that Kassie had been dating Seamus. She was a sucker for his Irish accent. Those two were inseparable and were just too cute together. He truly made her happy. Of course, as a true Slytherin, I threatened that if he broke her heart, I'd crucify him. He got the message, I believe. However, our friendship with Harry put a strain on their relationship causing them to break up after about a week of Harry claiming Lord Voldemort was back.

Neville Longbottom was the perfect match for Gryffindor, even though he didn't believe it at first. He might have been scared of some things, but he was a brave guy despite what had happened in his life. His parents had been murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange along with a few others. Neville was just as smart as Hermione was and a pureblood. He didn't care about blood-status like my house did. In fact, no one except pureblooded Slytherins truly cared.

Dean Thomas was a very caring person. He had a lot of courage and had that vibe that he protected all he cared for. Dean had dated Ginny Weasley, much to Ron's dismay. It was quite funny to see Ron fume at Dean snogging his little sister. They fought a lot too, though. Although, I couldn't blame him since I mostly saw Ginny using him to get to Harry. I'm not sure she even loved him like he did her.

Ginny Weasley was Ron's younger sister and a year below all of us. We all knew of her crush on Harry, so it was no surprise that she would resent me. There was a time between our fourth year that caused her to stop talking to me all together. Harry had liked a girl in Hufflepuff named Cho Chang, but then she went to the Yule Ball with Cedric Diggory, a boy who was killed by Voldemort's didn't like to talk about that night much and I can't blame him. Ginny, however, began to date Michael Corner from Ravenclaw during her third year until she broke up with him, and has recently moved onto dating Dean. She'll always have eyes for Harry, though.

Harry and I had a complicated relationship from the start of our third year when things began to change for all of us physically. We had that undeniable attraction, but at the same time we wanted to stay friends. We eventually gave it a shot, but when he claimed Voldemort was back, it put a strain on not just Kassie and Harry's friendship, but mine with hers. We were trying to stick by our boyfriends, but that lead us to stop talking to each other for an entire day after harsh words were said. Kassie told me she broke up with Seamus two days after that and I felt terrible. I knew she cared for him, so I told Harry it would be better if we were friends and he agreed. I never wanted to ruin my friendship with Kassie, so in the end we both gave up our boyfriends who were at odds with each other.

Besides my friendships and relationships, I've had my own share of enemies. I live in the same house as them sadly. There is the infamous Draco Malfoy and his cousins, Asher and Carrie Lestrange, along with Blaise Zabini and Pansy Parkinson. The others are not as bad, but get caught in a room with one of them, and it's a fight to the death.

Draco Malfoy was an annoying, spoiled pureblooded Slytherin whom thought he was better than everyone else. During our first year, he had an older brother named Damon, whom was in his sixth year of Hogwarts; he graduated a year later. I would have thought they were twins with the white-blonde hair and grey eyes they had, if Damon hadn't been taller and more built than Draco had been at eleven. I never had problems with his brother, but it was known that he was just as cruel as Draco. Draco had gotten taller in the last four years than when I first met him and almost completely looked like his older brother had. Draco was always seen with Pansy Parkinson; she was more like his slut than friend. This was Slytherin house; anything is possible. Draco was not just my housemate, but my tormenter. Every chance he got, he bullied me and if it wasn't me, it was Kassie. I knew Kassie had it bad for him around our fourth year, but when she began to date Seamus, I thought it was finally over. I had known about her crush during third year, but it only got worse. Kassie kept it to herself, not wanting our entire house to know, but I knew. Despite all the pain Draco put us through, she cared for him, which is something I will never be able to understand.

Asher Lestrange was Draco's cousin and the fraternal older twin brother to Carrie Lestrange. Both were just as evil and cunning as their mother Bellatrix. Asher was sometimes worse than Draco was whenever he got the chance to torment me. Asher had his father's looks while Carrie had their mother's. Asher was tall at five' ten'' and well-built like his father with dark, slick hair. He was one of the few people who managed to creep me out whenever he was around. I didn't trust him at all.

Carrie Lestrange was the younger fraternal twin to her older brother Asher. She was evil, I would give her that, but she was worthless. She could never do things for herself. If there was a problem, she would get Asher or Draco to fix it for her. She was always tormenting Kassie, which always put me on edge. I would happily kill her if her stupid brother and cousin weren't in the way. I would celebrate the day I killed her because it would be one glorious day. Carrie wasn't as tall as her brother, but she was two inches taller than Kassie, whom was quite short, standing at only five' two''. She had long, shiny dark hair and thin lips just like her mother did. I was a good three feet taller than her, which, in my case, was a good thing. She has been dating Blaise Zabini since fourth year and it has made it extremely hard to fight her when she messes with Kassie. She's like Kassie's personal tormenter. She's just as bat-shit crazy as her mother.

Blaise Zabini is not as bad as Asher, but he is just as bad as Draco; he's willing to kill you in cold blood if you cross him. Blaise is smart and cunning, more so than I can say for a few of my housemates. Blaise has been dating Carrie since their fourth year and is extremely protective of her, although he seems to be a bit attracted to Ginny. He's tall for his age at five' nine'' with dark skin, and equally dark eyes that seem to ignite a burning sensation within you. His stares creeps me out because he just stares at you with the sense that he's waiting for the perfect moment to kill you.

Pansy Parkinson...it's no surprise she's friends with Carrie. They were made for each other. They're both insecure and love to poke fun at the insecurities of those that were beneath them. Most people described Pansy as having a pug face. She was medium height and had dark, long straight hair. She bullied Kassie and me, but mostly just verbally, never physically. Sometimes our tormenters got clever with their tactics and we suffered through it. Pansy is attracted to Draco and is super jealous of Draco being with anyone else, so I'm surprised Kassie hasn't gotten killed yet. Kassie could take Pansy on, if she truly wanted to.

It was a new school year and it was already turning out bad since Cedric's death. Kassie spent the summer with my family again, which she's been doing since second year. My parents thought of her as another daughter and they're proud to hear she's doing well in school. They were a bit skeptical to let us come back this year after what happened last year, but they knew we enjoyed learning about ourselves more each year.

We did spend our last three weeks at the Burrow where the Weasley family lives. Ginny tolerated me for that time since I was a guest and it would have upset her mother, Molly. Molly was like a second mother to all of us considering she was always there asking if we needed anything. It was her who would take Kassie and I to retrieve our school things each year since my parents couldn't always come.

Things changed this past summer at the Burrow, though. Ron and Hermione had always had a crush on one another, but would never admit it to anyone or themselves. However, Kassie noticed that they began to flirt and look at each other in certain ways when the other one wasn't looking. It was rather cute, and it was true what they said: opposites do attract.

As for myself, there was a part of me that was hoping I could get back together with Harry. It had started again; we began to have that strange complicated attraction, but no matter how I felt, I couldn't betray Kassie. Unless Kassie had seen Harry and I together, and gave her permission, I would not get back together with him no matter how much I wanted to. Harry was the first boy to notice me and not because I was a mudblood in Slytherin. He noticed me for me, but our friendship has always, and will always, matter more. Nonetheless, there would always be a special place in my heart for him.

I looked up as I heard the door slam pulling me out of my thoughts. My head turned to see Kassie looking upset about something. I could take a wild guess and say it had to do with certain house members that were related to Bellatrix.

"You want to tell me what's wrong?"

Kassie sat down on her bed and grabbed her book. "No," She replied opening her book up and beginning to reading; I couldn't tell if she was reading it or just simply staring at the page, frustrated.

I sighed. "Was it Carrie?"

I didn't get an answer. Kassie stayed quiet as a mouse, continuing to stare at the page. I had enough of this bitch. It was time someone put Carrie in her damn place.

I stood up from my desk; no one had wanted to share a room with one mudblood, let alone two, which gave Kassie and I plenty of room to have two desks and a bookshelf put in. Our desks were cherry oak and placed almost side by side, with a little trash basket in the middle of them. I grabbed my wand off my desk, placing it inside my robe, and made my way to the door, quickly opening it and walking out without a glance back at Kassie.

I didn't bother to close the door because I wanted to get to the bottom of this. I knew it had to be Carrie because usually she would be in almost tears if it were Draco, Asher, or even Blaise. I doubt Pansy could cause Kassie to become this frustrated, so my only guess was Carrie. She hadn't even given me a hint, which in its own way meant it was Carrie. Even if it wasn't her, I'd still kick her ass for the fun of it.

Whispers and stares were given to me as I walked through our hallway and into our common room to find Draco, Asher, Carrie, Blaise, Pansy, and Draco's lovely followers Crabbe and Goyle sitting around laughing. Carrie was on Blaise's lap having a ball, probably laughing at Kassie. I made my way to stand in front of them and crossed my arms over my chest.

Asher was the first to look up and narrow his eyes at me. "What do you want, mudblood?"

My attention wasn't pointed at Asher; it was directed straight at Carrie, and I was trying to burn her with my glare. "What did you say to Kassie?" Carrie looked up at me, trying to feign innocence, and smirked. "Nothing she didn't deserve."

I walked closer and bent slightly over. "If you ever mess with her again—"

I was abruptly cut off by Asher's glaring gaze as he stood up to tower over me. I wasn't intimidated if that's what he wanted to accomplish. I would stand my ground for Kassie. "You'll what?"

"I'll kill her." I simply smirked very sinister like. It was surprising at how Slytherin I could be sometimes. It was even more surprising if it was Kassie; she was the sweetest person you could know besides Luna.

Carrie moved off of Blaise's lap smiling at me as Draco and Blaise both stood up glaring. I will admit, I was good at fighting and spells, but three against one wasn't completely fair. I wouldn't survive, I knew that much. I'm not an idiot, but I just can't let Carrie get away with this.

"I think the mudblood needs to learn her place," Draco sneered.

Asher smirked directly at me. "I believe you are right, Draco."

I knew that smirk. He was thinking of something, possibly deadly. Asher was cruel, and for me threatening to kill his sister, he'd kill me ten times worse.

I stood up straight, refusing to be intimidated by these three. "I'm not afraid of you."

"I think you are." Blaise always had a deep voice that sounded like it belonged on a man; too bad he was just a boy.

Asher began to walk around me which caused my stomach to flutter in fear. His eyes were penetrating through my body with a burn. It wasn't a painful burn, but you could tell he was there, that his eyes were on you the entire time. I wouldn't be able to get my wand out and defend myself before he had the chance to hex me.

"Enough," A deep voice from the shadows commanded.

I turned my head to the right to see Professor Snape walk over from out of the shadows.I took a deep breath. Thank God he's here. He's all for Slytherin and making sure we don't get into trouble. Professor Snape might get a bad reputation, but he always the backs of the students in house, even mine and Kassie's.

Professor Snape stopped when he was right by Draco and gave us all a serious, bone chilling look. "There will be no fighting in our own house. If word got out to anyone, our reputation would be ruined. Understood?"

We all nodded.

Professor Snape's eyes connected with mine. "Miss Abbott, I suggest you go back up to your dorm and try not provoke any of your housemates anymore today."

"I provoked them? Yeah, right! They bully us!" I wanted to shout at him. I knew better than to argue with our Professor, however, so I just nodded.

"Yes, Professor," I whispered.

I slowly walked around Professor Snape and back down the hallway toward my dorm. I failed this time, but I will get my revenge on Carrie, one way or another.

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