Golden yellow light spilled invitingly from the large oak doors; I pushed my way through the noisy crush of students towards them. Not one person complained--why would they? I was Gizzy Benoite, and no one challenged Gizzy Benoite. Class mates I hardly remembered shouted greetings to me over others heads, I waved absentmindedly while searching the crowd, looking for two people in particular. When I finally spotted Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Black they were already through the doors. I whipped my head back around, as, with a jolt, my shoe crashed into something hard, I realised it was a stumpy looking 1st year. He looked up at me accusingly.
"What?!" I snapped. One of the perks of being a dedicated Slytherin was never having to apologise.
He whimpered in reply. I tossed my golden hair and smiled maliciously, well since he was here why not have a little fun? I bent down patronisingly, my signature chunky stilettos usually put me a good inch above the average height, and this little guy was definitely not average.
I flashed my pearly whites almost menacingly. " Do you know who I am?"
"G-G-Guisley B-b-b-" The first year stuttered hopelessly.
"Alright, I haven't got all day. So, is your father the dwarf, or perhaps your mother?" Despite the fact I was practically crouching down, my head was still higher than the boy's was. He looked confused for a moment. Wait for it. Three. Two. One…I saw a glimpse of realisation on his face before the boy blushed scarlet, turned around, and ran away. I flashed a smirk at the onlookers, brought myself back up to my full height and strode through the remaining space towards the doors. But once again I was interrupted…
"Oi, Gizzy! Not gonna come and say Hi to your favourite Gryffindor then?" A deep voice rang out from behind me. When I said no one challenged Guisley Benoite I guess I forgot to mention the one exception.
Reluctantly, I turned towards the noise, my heels clicking on the stone-paved ground. I sighed inwardly. Standing in front of me was Sirius Black, he seemed to have grown a foot over the holidays, but his windswept black hair still hung around his high cheekbones and his glinting eyes still bored playful holes into mine. His lips twisted into a smirk, it always felt like he was laughing at some inside joke.
"Sirius, darling, how lovely to see you again." I chimed, sarcasm dripping from every word.
"Picking on children younger than you now? Well, I guess the mental age is the same at least." He replied.
"Ooooh, been working on that one over the summer?" I smirked.
Before Sirius had the chance to reply, a dusty teacher in robes that looked as if he'd forgotten to wash them over the holidays started ushering the remaining students inside. Sirius winked and disappeared into the crowd. I shook my head, stupid Gryffindors. I still didn't know why Sirius had been sorted there; he was a pureblood like me, but a reluctant one to say the least.
"Well here we are. To our new students, welcome and to our old students, welcome back. Now I am sure we are all drooling at the prospect of our first feast in a long time..."our headmaster's gravel-like voice rang out across the hall. I couldn't help but wonder how long he had been working at Hogwarts; someone new would have to take over soon. It could have just been the distance but as I squinted down at the man's feet I would have sworn he was wearing carpet slippers. I rolled my eyes to the large ceiling, now displaying a calm night sky, and voiced this to the Narcissa and Lucius, who were sitting either side of me. They both suppressed a laugh.
"Nutter." Muttered Lucius, flicking his platinum blonde hair away from his pale face and resting an elbow on the table. Narcissa giggled and nodded.
Luckily it didn't take long for us ignore the headmaster and tuck into the masses of food laid out before us. In what seemed like the space of two minutes the hall had begun to empty and we were lounging around, feeling incredibly full, telling each other the details of our summer holidays.
"PARTY IN THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT!" I heard someone yell over the racket of a multitude of rowdy students, each trying to exit the hall at the same time.
Narcissa and I exchanged glances and cheeky smiles. A party wasn't a party without Narcissa and Gizzy. Lucius joined us with a knowing look as we headed towards the 3rd floor.
"No need to ask where you two are going then?" He smirked.
Lucius's shock of platinum blonde hair fell over his face; his piercing grey eyes looked us over with a mischievous glint. He stopped to smile at Narcissa momentarily before taking his place in between us and linking arms. Lucius wasn't the type to commit, but this year, well something told me he might just change that reputation. On the subject of relationships my mind strayed, who-oh-who would I go out with this year? Not to sound big headed but I got a lot of requests. The problem was accepting the right guy. I always thought I went for the most obvious choice, the best looking, the one I had the most in common with and all that but…well there was never much of a spark…
"Gizzy!" Narcissa's voice woke me from my thoughts. "We're there."
I smiled and stepped into the crowded room, lights flashed and music blared all around me, I could feel the adrenaline rush already. "Good to be back?" Yelled Lucius over the noise.
"Hell Yeah."