Mischievous Melody
The girl with crazy hair ran down the hall, 5 minutes late to her class. Her bleached hair on top was bouncing up and down, revealing the black layer of hair underneath. She skidded as she turned the corner, almost knocking down a bunch of first years.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no" she was thinking.
She glanced at her watch, now she was 6 minutes late to Potions.
She was almost there, so close, when….. BAM! She was tripped by Peeves who put a slightly visible wire to trip any students running or walking to their classes. She fell to the floor with a thud, her books flying everywhere. A couple of 6th years were snickering at her. She glared at them with such intensity as she picked up her books that they all ran away before she could beat them. She wasn't scary really, just a bit annoyed. It was her 5th time this month being late to Potions class. It wasn't her fault that her alarm clock never worked! She finished gathering her books, when Mr. Filch came down the hallway.
"Aha! Decided to be truant today, eh?" he asked.
"No! No! I was on my way to class, when I tripped over Peeves's wire! I swear!" she replied.
She turned around to point to the wire, but it had vanished!
"Nice try, but I know you're record. Let's see what Dumbledore has to say about this!" he cackled.
She groaned. At least she wasn't going to Snape, that would have been worse.
The punk-haired girl sat in Dumbledore's office, waiting nervously for the Professor to say something.
"You know", he finally said, "You really do resemble your sister. She was clumsy, woke up late like you did, and a bit of a trouble maker. Not to mention you look like her, Ms. Tonks."
This part was true. She really did resemble her older sister. She looked like her, was a metamorphogus, and, apparently, seemed to follow in her sister's footsteps. Well, almost all of her footsteps. Unlike Nymphadora, she was in Ravenclaw. Quite a bright girl, really, but was just a bit of a fool.
"Yes headmaster, everybody says that." She replied.
"Yes well, just like your sister, I'm going to let you go. Hurry and get to Potions class, and be sure that next time, Jenny doesn't tinker with your alarm clock again" he said with a wink.
She walked out of Dumbledore's office relieved. That was the 5th time that Dumbledore had let her go freely, and she was wondering whether he would do it again. Too wrapped up in her thoughts, she paid no attention to the red-haired girl waiting to see Dumbledore, and walked straight into her, knocking down both of their books into a pile.
"Sorry" she mumbled.
"Oh, it's no problem" she said with a warm smile.
"Hey, I know you, you're Ginny Weasley! You can hex and jinx like no one has ever done! That Bat-Bogey hex you did on Malfoy the other day was pure genius!" she said with excitement.
"Hehe yeah. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I don't know you. What's your name?" she asked with a giggle.
"O-oh….t-that's not r-really important." She stammered.
"No, no, I insist. Wait a minute…. Don't I have Potions class with you? Nobody really knows your name, but you really are famous for upsetting Snape more than anyone in our year" she said with a devilish grin.
The girl couldn't help but smile to herself.
"Yeah well", she mumbled, "not as many times as my sister Dora. But, you know, maybe I can break her record."
Both of the girls laughed.
"I'm Melody. Melody Tonks. Nymphadora's younger sister." Melody said.
"Nice to meet you" Ginny replied. "I better get going, I have to see Dumbledore. I kind of…well…. Lets just say that Luna won't get picked by Snape for staring out into space anymore"
Melody laughed. If anyone would stand up to Snape, it would definitely be Ginny.
"Maybe you, me, and Luna can hang out some time?" asked Melody.
"Sure, this weekend is Hogsmead weekend, why don't we all meet up at The Three Broomsticks?" suggested Ginny.
"Can't wait." said Melody.