Chapter 1: The Year Begins
Helena walked into the Slytherin Common Room and smiled, "Still smells exactly like last year." She grinned and headed towards the girls dorm to start unpacking her things. When she arrived, she saw her cousin Cimorene and her classmate Natasha, starting to unpack as well. She smiled again.
"Hey you two," she said in her usual cheery manner, "how were your summers?"
"Spent most of it in Scotland." Cimorene said in her usual "already bored with the conversation" voice.
Natasha replied in a word, "Russia."
Helena, never feeling quite "in" with the Slytherins, decided to just go ahead and meet her two best friends at the Three Broomsticks as planned.
Helena would have been much better in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, but, her mother, a Strega-Borgia, as Cimorene's father was, basically meant she was destined for the colors Green and Silver.
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Necia and Corin sat in the Three Broomsticks and went ahead and ordered butterbeers.
"Where the hell is Helena?" Necia questioned
Corin simply answered, "I dunno" and sipped her butterbeer.
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Clarissa sat at the lake, feeling bored.
"Sixth year, wow, finally here." Clarissa whispered out loud.
Clarissa had the reputation of a slut. She wasn't, most people just called her that because she's dated just about everyone. Even Harry Potter himself. But that was last year, fifth year was a mess. Clarissa had vowed to not be so flirty this year. Although it was quite hard, being a Veela and all.
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Helena rushed towards the Three Broom sticks and saw her two best friends, sitting there waiting. Most Slytherin's resented the fact that Helena hung around Ravenclaws, it was very un-Slytherin to mix houses, it wasn't normal. But Helena didn't really care. She wasn't the normal Slytherin.
"Hey you two!" She hugged them tightly, "Wow, we haven't seen eachother since what, this summer?" She winked at them. Corin and Necia smiled, they were used to Helena's never dying energy.
They started talking about the normal gossip about the happenings of the summer mentioning words like, Veela, Slut, Clarissa, Sleaze...
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Matthew, already preparing for the new Quidditch Season, jumped on his broom seconds after he arrived and flew around the Quidditch Pitch.
"It feels so good to be here, on this field, Hufflepuff's gonna kick ass on the field this year" He yelled, not putting any mind to the fact that the Slytherin quidditch team was already there, warming up. "Oh shit." He thought, and surfaced.
"Logan, I heard your little remark up there on the pitch" Draco Malfoy, the team captain of the Slytherin team sneered. "You won't kick any Slytherin ass as long as I'm captain."
Matthew laughed, "Just watch, Malfoy, just watch." Matthew started walking away from the emerald clad players and laughed out loud "They're such ass holes"
Malfoy, hearing the laughing yelled "Whatcha laughing at Logan? Did your mummy not take the tag off your tighty whities again? Or are you just, special like that? I know some of you Hufflepuff's aren't exactly the brightest crayons in the box"
Matthew wasn't about to start a fight, he just simply yelled back, "Bugger off Mayfoy," and walked out of the pitch.
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After the three girl's long talk at the Three Broomsticks, Corin decided she'd go on a walk of the grounds, Corin, a very quiet person, was admired by many, but she was completely oblivious to the fact most of the time. She was beautiful, but in the way without trying.
She had gone out with Matthew Logan in their fifth year, but it didn't last very long, and even if it had, they didn't have much to talk about. Sometimes she wandered what would've happened if they had gotten past the first date. Would they still be together? She didn't know, she really didn't care, boys weren't Corin Danver's main interest. Never were, never would be. That wasn't Corin.
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Necia was the last of the three to leave the Three Broomsticks, the other two girls decided to go do what ever the wanted, Necia hadn't really paid attention, she was too busy thinking. So busy, she almost forgot what she was going towards. "Oh Right, Rowena's Pen. I need that Herbology book... Whitey chewed on the old one," she noted in her brain. Necia arrived at "Rowena's Pen" a bookstore, it was a quite small supply book store, but she had forgotten to get a new copy of 1,000 Magical Herbs and Fungi, her cat, Whitey had chewed on her old copy while she was packing. Her parents, pretty much threw the money at her. Necia's parents weren't really the loving type. They probably just sent her to Hogwarts to get her out of the house. They liked the fact of 10 months without Necia; their jobs made them very impatient and didn't really need her around.
Necia grabbed a second hand copy and gave the cashier a few sickles and left for the castle, still deep in thought, the only thing was, she couldn't quite put her finger on what she was thinking about.
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Helena, already prepared for her sixth year of Hogwarts stopped at the library before heading back to the common room. She had gotten a note from Snape so she could get some extra reading from the restricted section for an extra credit potions project. She gave Madame Pince the note and she opened the gate for her. She grabbed some books on the history of transformation potions, thanked her, and left. Helena, one of the smartest girls in her grade was favored by all the teachers. Mostly because she always seemed to be listening and loved to learn, but outside the classroom, Helena was the exact opposite.
Helena arrived back at the dungeon and sat at one of the hard steel chairs, there was nothing comforting about the Slytherin Common Room, she didn't really like it much. But no one was ever there, and it was perfect for studying.
A seventh year, Brody Conoway-Nevuz walked in and smiled at Helena, they didn't know each other, but Helena, quite the socialite said hello and continued reading.
"There isn't anything interesting about transforming potions" Helena mumbled and turned the page. But an extra few points would do the house good. With all Draco Malfoy's antics, they were constantly losing points, and Helena figured that an extra ten will contribute to getting the house cup. Helena might not be the typical Slytherin, but, like every other person in Hogwarts, there's one thing she didn't lack when it came to her house: Slytherin Pride. And she wasn't about to let the Gryffindor's get it again. Especially if Clarissa Cirqueau was in the house.