For Mystii's 30 Drabbles in 30 Days

Chapter 1: The Eyes

Prompt: Sapphires

"Wake up, mate. You're going to be late!"

Lysander stood over me. I glared at him through one eye. I was not one who liked being woken up early.

"What time is it?" I mumbled groggily.

"Six o'clock!" Lysander trilled.

"You woke me up," I growled, "at bloody six o'clock?"

"Uh-huh," Lysander agreed.

"Why?" I demanded.

"Because otherwise you were going to sleep until nine and get more points deducted from Ravenclaw," Lysander explained.

"Still," I mumbled, shifting in my bed. "Six o'clock is a bit harsh."

"Still, you're going to be late anyways, Lorcan," Lysander snapped. "Now, out of bed!"

"Make me," I retorted.

"I will," he announced. He walked a short distance and turned around. Lysander fiddled around with his wand before pointing it straight at my chest. I dove for my wand, when he said: "Levicorpus!"

I was hoisted out of my bed by my ankle. I knew I had had it coming. Lysander jerked me until I was out of my bed and placed about three feet above the floor, then he released me. I groaned as my head collided with the wooden floor.

Lysander smirked wildly. I glared at him.

"I'm going to get you for that," I snarled.

"Sure you will."

With that, Lysander departed from the common room running as fast as he could. I checked my watch. It wasn't six o'clock, it was nine fifteen!

"No wonder he said I'll be late anyways," I muttered, swearing under my breath.

I grabbed my clothes and flung them on. I grabbed two socks that didn't match and put on my shirt backwards. I also noticed that the jeans I had grabbed were at least two sizes too small.

"Damn it," I muttered, struggling to force them on.

"Here, engorgio. What's the rush, Lorcan?"

"Well maybe, just maybe, I don't want to be late for class," I snarled angrily as my pants grew to fit.

I turned to glare at whoever had helped me. It was a stupid question with an obvious answer. I turned, and found that the person I was glaring at was Lucy Weasley.

"How did you get in here?" I demanded.

"Lysander said you wanted to see me," Lucy answered simply. She didn't shy away when I glared at her.

I cursed Lysander under my breath. He would pay for that part of it.

"Go away Lucy," I mumbled at last. "You'll be late for class…"

"Hmm… I don't think Professor Chang will take off too many points," Lucy replied. "She doesn't dote on us as much as Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, but she's the head of our house. I'm sure she won't take away too many points."

Lucy was probably right, but that didn't take away the fact that Lysander had pulled a trick on me. I sighed and began to walk out of the dormitory. Lucy walked next to me patiently.

The halls were deserted, so we should have been running. But I didn't want to run. I wanted to walk, to savor the moment of peace. I feared that in a second, some teacher or student would run into the corridor and break the silence, but it was still there. I was glad.

The only sound was the patter of our feet as they collided with the marble floor and the sound of our breath. Lucy pushed a lock of golden hair from her eyes, but it swung back disobediently. In that second, I hated that thread of hair more than anything. While she brushed it back, I saw the most beautiful eyes ever.

They were ocean-blue. They sparkled like little sapphires, or like when drops of sunlight ripple on the water. They were beautiful.

But then the lock of golden hair fell back into place. They shadowed the eyes. I had only seen them for a split second, and I was beginning to doubt what I had seen. Were the eyes blue, or green, or a turquoise sort? Had they been sapphires, or emeralds, or perhaps something different altogether? Had I just simply assumed that the eyes were blue because that was how I had always imagined them? No matter what color they were though, I knew the were beautiful, and I yearned to see them again…

"Lorcan? Are you okay?"

Lucy's voice broke my thoughts about the eyes, and the eyes, those beautiful, priceless blue eyes that glittered like a shattered piece of blue china, were Lucy's.

Sorry, forgot to mention: Lucy and Lorcan are in Ravenclaw!