Hello there! Just as a disclaimer, this story was born on a Harry Potter Role-Playing website and was written by two different people on a thread. We had a few readers on there so I decided to post our story on here for all to read. I hope you enjoy reading it as we have enjoyed writing it. Now read on!
Aeryn Monroe stepped out of the carriage that had taken her to the entrance of Hogwarts. Waving goodbye to the 2 Hufflepuff girls and Gryffindor boy she had met in the carriage, she felt for her wand in her pocket before heading towards the entrance and into the Great Hall with all the other second to seventh year students. Seeing the castle the first thing of the year always made Aeryns heart soar. With its candlelit windows glinting in the night, Aeryn always felt like Hogwarts was winking at her, inviting her to another wondrous year. Grinning, she walked into the Great Hall and sat down near the front of the Slytherin table.
Aeryn always wanted a good seat for the Sortings; she loved to watch as the new students nervously made their way up to the Hat before its resounding declaration changed their lives forever. Plus, Aeryn was always secretly there to comfort the ever present new Slytherin student who was distraught at their sorting. Aeryn had been that student when she was a first year. Always having prided herself on being a basically good person, she had been saddened and confused at being placed in Slytherin. Being a Muggle Born hadn't helped either. Shaking these thoughts from her head, Aeryn studied the students around her as she waited for her fellow 6th year dorm-mate, Star, to come into the Great Hall.
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Star VonTussle ran up the steps of Hogwarts Castle with her robes extended like a cape behind her.
"HONEY! I'M HOME!" She yelled at the top of her lungs when she reached the Entrance Hall. She laughed at the looks she recieved from the students around her and waved at them with a wide smile. She then pushed past everyone and ran into the Great Hall. She stared down the Slytherin table until she saw her, she wasn't hard to miss with that crazy hair of hers, though as she was always changing it that became a wee bit more difficult. Right now it was a bright red.
"AERYN!" Star yelled above all the noise in the Hall. She received a dirty look from both Snape and McGonagall, and an amused one from Dumbledore. She looked up the the Professors Table and gave them all her best smile. Were they in for a year.
Aeryn jumped, startled as she heard someone yell her name. From the way the professors were staring at her or glaring at the person causing a ruckus in front of the whole Great Hall, Aeryn could guess who had screamed her name. Turning around, Aeryn smiled widely at Star and waved her over, patting the empty seat next to her. She hadn't seen Star since the end of last term on their ride home on the train, but she still looked the same, she was a Metamophmagus but she always stuck to the same default. Long black hair with shockingly green eyes sparkling as she made her own fun. Smiling, Aeryn shook her head as Star made a spectacle of herself. Star strutted over to her friend smiling and winking at random people as she went by. She even turned her nose into different shapes at a few students.
'At least the first years aren't here to see it', Aeryn thought. 'Yet', a voice at the back of her mind corrected her. The brunette took the seat next to Aeryn,
"Hi!" Star said loudly, taking the seat. "Ready for a magical year?" She laughed at her own joke.
"Hey Star! How was your vacation? Go anywhere grand with the family?" Aeryn asked. Star usually had pretty good stories to tell about her vacations and Aeryn couldn't wait to hear what kind of trouble she'd gotten herself into this year.
"Oh vacation was VERY interesting this year! Mum and dad lost me!" She beamed at her friend. She then told her how they had gone to Ireland for the Quidditch World Cup and to go exploring in caves and whatnot. Star had wandered off, as usual, and found non domestic goblins. She knew that they had never seen a human before so she wanted to show them one! "They tried to eat me!" She stated happily. She escaped by changing into a goblin and sneaking out, "Though I 'forgot', "she winked, "to turn back and my mum beat me with her purse!" Star laughed at the story.
"Wow, the Quidditch World Cup! You're so lucky Star," Aeryn said in awe. She giggled as Star told her goblin story. She had never met Stars mother, but from the stories she'd heard, she could imagine the look on her face as a goblin walked up to her acting like her daughter. Star beamed, the World Cup had been amazing! Ireland had won, they were the best team in the world if you asked Star.
"What about your holiday? Anything interesting?" Star asked, she loved hearing about Aeryns holidays, since Aeryn was from the muggle world and Star was a half-blood growing up in a wizarding town. It was fascinating! When Aeryn finally stopped laughing she filled Star in on what she'd done that summer.
"Well," she started. "Like always, I swam for the first month of it. It was so tiring. I'd get home every day and sleep from 11 to 3 because I was so wiped out. But Dad and I still got to do a lot of fun things! We went to the zoo and saw a bunch of animals, we went shopping a lot, and I got my driver's license!" she finished excitedly. "It wasn't as grand as yours, but I enjoyed it. I got to see a lot of my Muggle friends too," she said happily.
Star listened intently at Aeryns story, she was enthralled. She had so many questions; What was a zoo? What kind of stuff did she buy with her father? Was a drivers license for the car, like an apparation license? But she wasn't able to ask any because of the first years walking in. Looking around excitedly, Aeryn and Star tried to guess which students would go where.
"I think...ah! There. That girl with the short dark hair? Ravenclaw," Aeryn whispered to Star confidently. "And...that boy with the longer blond hair, he'll be a Hufflepuff! Alright, I admit I guessed on that one," she said giggling.
Star laughed with her friend as they guess the houses of the new children. "See that boy? The one with the sneer? Definitely Slytherin!" She said pointing to a dark haired boy with dark eyes, he didn't look pleasant. The first years all gathered in front of McGonagall,
"When I call your name you will come up here sit on the stool and put on the hat-"
"It'll only hurt for a moment!" Star yelled out, the Hall erupted with laughs from the older students as the first years coward in fear. Star received a look from McGonagall that clearly said, 'Look who just got a detention.' Star gave her a bright smile. Star loved make a spectacle of herself and to make people laugh.
"Star!" Aeryn said turning around and giving her an admonishing look. Star just gave her a wink. This wasn't unusual, though she would normally wait at least a day before causing trouble.
Honestly. Why was she even surprised? Blowing some hair out of her face, Aeryn turned around as Professor McGonagall began reading out names.
"Bucket, Sophia," she read out and a small brown haired girl walked up to the stool looking at the Sorting Hat fearfully. McGonagall placed the hat on the shaking girls head as she shut her eyes tight. She opened her eyes and looked, confused, over to Star. Star laughed heartily at the look the young first year gave her.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the Hat yelled as the Hufflepuff table errupted into cheers. The older girls clapped for the girl as she went to join her new house.
The rest of the students went up and then the boy Star had pointed out (Martin, Valentino) was called and walked up to the Hat. It was basically a second Malfoy.
"SLYTHERIN!" the Hat shouted as the boy jumped off the stool and sauntered over to the Slytherin table. Star loved that she got the boys house right, though it was pretty obvious. She and Aeryn clapped for the boy, though Star was really just giving herself a high five over and over again. Aeryn turned to see Star giving her an I-told-you-so look. Sticking her tongue out, Aeryn turned around right as the boy walked past, giving them a wink before moving on to sit closer to the middle of the table.
Shocked, Aeryn burst out laughing then whispered to Star, "Well, he's definitely got the confidence of a Slytherin," she joked, looking pointedly at Star.
Star was actually surprised for once, she scrunched up her nose. That boy was creepy, she was definitely going to have to keep an eye out for him. "I have a feeling that boy is going to try and go on a panty raid, keep your knickers in a safe place." She smiled as Dumbledore was giving his pre-dinner speech.
Aeryn blushed as Star mentioned panties. "Star! Don't say that so loudly!" she whispered, embarrassed, and looked around to see if anyone else had heard. Goodness.
"Oh Aeryn, it's just a word! Panties, panties, PANTIES!" She got louder as she went on. She looked up and everyone was staring at her and her friend. Everyone. She didn't have to look at Aeryn to know that she was red. Star shrugged and looked down at the table, the feast had begun. Star got a bit of everything. And stuffed as much food in her mouth as possible, it was as if she hadn't eaten in days. Though those who knew her knew that this was just how she ate. She must have looked insane because when looked down the table and saw the first years, they all looked positively scared and confused. She reached into her pocket and took out a handful of candy and threw it to them. "Eat this, be happy." Star had candy on her person at all times, if she didn't she'd be a very irritable person and the other Slytherins would actually like her.
Aeryn blushed hard as Star screamed about undergarments. Glaring into the table, Aeryn focused as hard as she could into making herself intangible: maybe she could fall through the floor and then die. Still blushing and concentrating on becoming a ghost, Aeryn looked at her friend. The feast had just begun and was already hoarding as much food she could in the safest place on her person: her stomach. Aeryn chuckled through her embarrassment and took some grapes from the fruit tray in front of her.
"Aeryn, what's a zoo?" Star asked, mouth stuffed with food.
Aeryn sighed, she was beginning to think the girl had been starved all summer with the way she was eating. Tilting her head questioningly, Aeryn replied, "Well, its a place you go, and they've got all these different kinds of animals living in special habitats. You can go and see how they live in the wild without actually being in the wild." Aeryn looked at Star, confused. "Do you not have them in the Wizarding World?" she asked.
Star shook her head, "You just go and look at animals?" She asked."Do they do anything?" She furrowed her brow, 'What would a wizard zoo look like?' she thought, she imagined one. Dragons in cages, breathing fire. Unicorns roaming around. Odd.
"Well for certain animals, usually the aquatic ones, they have shows and stuff where they do tricks. The trainers show you how they train them and they can make them do flips and such," Aeryn said finally looking up at Star who appeared to be off in her own world. Sighing, Aeryn finished her grapes and took a Pumpkin Pasty from the tray that had appeared in front of her. "Hey Star, do you know what classes you've got this year?" Aeryn asked, breaking her from her stupor.
Star had been listening to her friend and was adding the facts about the muggle zoo into her wizard zoo. 'I could sell this zoo idea and make a nice profit off of it, I'll give half to Aeryn of course. She did give me the idea after all. I wonder if she's mad at me now for yelling about undergarments?' She thought. She was shaken from her thoughts by her friend.
"My classes? I'm taking: Potions, Transfiguration, DADA, Herbology, Divination, Charms and History of Magic." She made a disgusted noise, "I wanted to make sure I was well-rounded, education wise, I'm already well-rounded socially." She said with a laugh. "What about you?" She shoved a whole pastry in her mouth and chewed slowly, mostly cause there was so much food in her mouth that there was no other way she could chew.
"I'm taking Potions, Ancient Runes, Herbology, Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, DADA, and Astronomy," Aeryn replied, ticking them off on her fingers as she counted. Thinking a little bit, she continued, "Yeah. I didn't pass my O.W.L.s for Divination, but I don't particularly want to take that class anyways. Personally I can't wait for Astronomy. I heard we might get a new teacher for that class! I can't believe we're both still in Potions! I heard Snape was only taking those who passed the exam with an O. No offense Star, but you actually paid attention in his class?" Aeryn joked, giggling at Star.
"Of course I paid attention! I'm not daft!" Star said, placing her hand on her chest in fake offense. "I'm the only Slytherin that Snape hates! I have to pay attention, I don't get to slide by like his pets." She laughed, Snape never liked her. She didn't act like the other Slytherins, she was eccentric and didn't have a stick up her ass. He didn't like that at all. And since Star was so small, at a whopping 5'2, she tended to slip down under her table and sneak around putting things in peoples bags and potions when they weren't looking. She was one of the reasons for the many scorch marks on the ceiling and floor. "Of course YOU managed to get in! You're the smartest in our class!"
Aeryn blushed at Stars compliment. "I'm not the smartest. I just happen to 'have an aptitude for concoctions'," she said giggling and quoting her O.W.L. Potions examiner from the year before.
"Riiight, you're been modest. You know that you're the smartest! You'd probably be Snapes favorite if you didn't hang out with me" Star laughed.
Aeryn rolled her eyes at the thought. "Anyways, I'm really excited for all of the free time we'll have this year! I have 2 free periods on top of all of the breaks we get this year. Of course, I'll be needing that to do all of my homework, but it'll make it go by so much faster."
"I have 2 free periods too! Though, I doubt that I will be using it for homework. I now have 2 extra hours of play time!" Stars eyes got wide and shinny, almost as if she was about to cry."I'm so happy!" She gave a fake (Or possibly real) sniff before returning to her food like a starved animal.
"Where are you putting all of that?" Aeryn asked seriously.
I think it goes to my bum. But I'm not exactly sure..." Starsaid with a full mouth looking at her bum.
Aeryn let out a loud noise that sounded somewhat like a snort and a scoff. "Please Star," she said rolling her eyes. "We both know that nothing goes to your butt, and even if it did, you could change it so no one would know," Aeryn finished pointedly looking over at her dorm mate.
Star had looked up from her food at the noise her friend made, "Oh, well that's true." She said with a chuckle.
"Do you think you'll take the Apparation test this year?" Aeryn asked Star, watching her as she continued shoving food in her mouth.
"Of course I'm taking my test! I've been waiting my whole life to Apparate! I suppose it's like your driving license? Are you taking it?" Star responded with her mouth full. As usual.
"I suppose I'll take it. It would definitely be easier than driving a Muggle car. I turn seventeen this November so as soon as I'm out of Hogwarts I'll be able to use magic at home. Oh my Dad is so looking forward to it," Aeryn said laughing.
"I can't wait to do magic whenever I want! So much more mischief! I can do anything I wa-" She was talking very loud and probably would have gotten louder if she hadn't been interrupted by an explosion from behind the girls.
Whipping around quickly, Aeryn looked at the Gryffindor table with wide eyes as a firework zoomed out of the Great Hall and exploded in the entrance way. The Gryffindors were laughing at a 4th year by the name of Seamus who was covered from head to toe in soot and looking utterly confused. Aeryn noticed that the Weasley twins, two Gryffindors who had a knack for getting themselves into trouble were laughing particularly hard, and having heard about Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes the year before, she could guess where the firework had come from.
Star looked from the dirty boy to the two gingers, eyes wide with excitement. She was impressed by their stunts and sometimes wished that she had thought of them, though she was sure they felt the same way about her. For some reason the two groups had never actually met, they just heard about each other.
Rolling her eyes, Aeryn looked over to Star who had lights in her eyes like Aeryn had never seen. "Star, I forbid you from falling in love with them. Or even looking at them," Aeryn said grabbing Star by the shoulders and turning her around. "You get us into enough trouble as it is," she muttered under her breath
Star gave her a big smile, "Oh, Aeryn, you silly girl. You know that you can't control who you fall for!" She joked, giving her a wink. She laughed at the face her friend made."Are you barking mad? I've never even met them! How can I fall in love with someone I've never met?" She laughed, turning back to look at the twins."Though, I do admit. They are rather intriguing."
"No!" Aeryn said smacking Star lightly on the back of her head. "I can tell you want to be part of their pranks. But you stay away from them. Do you realize how destructive you are on your own? Multiple that by 3 and you guys would blow up Hogwarts!" Aeryn was only half joking. While she was careful most of the time, Aeryn knew that Star could sometimes get carried away when she was having fun. "And please," Aeryn said rolling her eyes. "I can tell you love them just by looking at you." Aeryn frowned and waved her hand in front of Stars eyes. "Hey, are you even listening to me?" Aeryn threw her hands in the air, exasperated. "I'm done!" she said folding her arms and laying her head on the table.
Star rubbed the back of her head absentmindedly. She was half-way listening to Aeryn, she was in her own head thinking about what kind of devastation she and the twins could cause if they teamed up. She heard something about blowing up Hogwarts 3 times and loving it. She shook her head and looked over to Aeryn, Stars eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Why are laying your head on the table?" She poked her friend in the side."Is wittle Aeryn sweepy?" She laughed, she looked saw Malfoy staring at the two girls in disgusted and confusion. He never liked them because they 'weren't true Slytherins' and tended to glare at them when they did something un-Slytherin, like caring about someone. Or in Aeryns case, existing.
"Oi, Malfoy! I know we're dead sexy but get your bloody eyes off us!" She said before she threw a Pumpkin Pasty at his blond head.
Aeryn groaned as Star created yet another disturbance to the peace. She heard the Gryffindors cheering for Star as she (Aeryn could only assume, as she didn't want to look) had probably chucked something at his head. Maybe I should pawn her off on the Weasley twins, Aeryn thought. At least I'd have some quiet for once.Aeryn looked up to see Star about to get into an argument with Draco as he yelled about telling his father what she'd done. Sighing, Aeryn put her head back down. She knew she'd miss it if she wasn't a part of Stars crazy antics. And besides, what else did she have to do at school? Besides hers and sometimes Stars homework...
Aeryn brought her head up as she heard the Head Boy and Girl calling for the Slytherins to head down to the Common Room. Seeing a streak of red out of the corner of her eye, she looked over to see that the Weasleys had multiplied. Oh, wait, no they hadn't. There were just four of them now as they walked out of the Great Hall. Aeryn felt Star pulling on her arm as she led her out of the Great Hall. Right before they got to the staircase however, Star pulled Aeryn into an empty classroom. "What are we doing now?" she whispered to Star, pulling her arm back. "Shhh," Star put a finger up to her lips and smiled as they waited for the corridors to clear. "If you get me expelled on the first day Star, I will end you," Aeryn grumbled as she sat down to wait.
"Oh, don't worry. You won't get expelled, you're with me!" Aeryn gave her a look, "Metamorphmagus, remember?"
Aeryn couldn't help but admit that Star had a point. 5 years of sneaking around the castle with this girl and they'd never gotten anything worse than a detention with Hagrid cleaning out the Hippogriffs troughs. Aeryn hadn't even minded that too much; she liked Hagrid.
ABout an hour later Star pressed her ear against the door, silence. Her face broke into a smile, "Come on then, let's go." She opened the door slowly and pushed her head out and peered at the empty corridor. She opened it fully and walked out checking to make sure wasn't around any corners, 'Why is she a Mrs?' Star thought. She looked at Aeryn who looked a bit livid, "Oh come off it, I've never gotten you into too much trouble." She stated. "We're doing two-ish things and then we're going to the Common Room." She grabbed her friends hand and started dragged her to the kitchens.
"Two-ish?" Aeryn raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, two-ish. Now come on!"
As they jogged to the kitchens, Aeryn was thankful she'd been smart when choosing her footwear today. After her 3rd year of being friends with Star, Aeryn had learned two things: if you wanted the last Cauldron Cake, forget it and not to wear anything with a heel on it. Aeryn was currently wearing some new shoes she was particularly proud of at the moment. They had a canvas sole, which caused her steps to make no noise as she followed Star from corridor to corridor.
Turning around every so often to make sure Mrs. Norris wasn't behind them, Aeryn crashed into Star once they arrived in front of the entrance to the kitchens. "Ouch Star!" she whispered to the girl just staring at the doors. "Well?" she asked, getting off the floor and dusting off the back of her robes where most of her weight had landed. "What are we doing here?"
Star burst open the doors, "We're getting revenge my good friend. Snape gave me detention for throwing a dessert item at Malfoys face." She spat.
"Of course you got detention. Why are you surprised? Snape hates you Star," Aeryn said.
Star walked up to a House Elf she had grown very fond of. "Hello Dobby!" She smiled at the little Elf.
"Oh Miss Star it's so good to see you!" She gave the Elf a hug, his tennis ball eyes shining in delight.
"It's good to see you too!" She put him back down.
Aeryn shook her head as Star greeted a house elf like an old friend. 'Of course she knows the kitchen staff', she thought.
"So do you want the usual Miss?" Dobby squeaked.
Stars eyes sparkled a bit. "Yes!" Aeryn gave her a look that was a mixture of confusion and frustration."I mean no." She looked back at Dobby."I need a favor Dobby."
The Elf gave her a smile, "Anything Miss, Miss Star has always been so nice to Dobby. Always staying up late and listening to Dobbys problems. Dobby would do anything for Miss Star!" He finished with a squeak. Stars eyes glistened, 'Excellent' Star thought.
Aeryn started paying attention when the Elf told "Miss Star" that he'd do anything for her. Oh no. They were completely going to abuse this house Elfs loyalty for evil.
Aeryn pulled Star out of earshot of the House Elves. "Star, what are we doing in here? How is a House Elf going to help you get revenge?" Aeryn was completely confused. Nothing Star did ever made any real sense, but at least she usually explained it in a nonsensical way before they were going to do it. Aeryn had a feeling she wouldn't be getting much sleep that night as Star began telling her the plan.
Stars face grew bright. "Well, Miss Monroe. House Elves can apparate anywhere, even in Hogwarts. First: I'm going to ask Dobby to pop into Dracos dorm room and swipe me one of his tacky, personalized, cuff links. Second: I'm going to ask him to cook up a great big smelly pot of fish head soup. Third: We're going to go find Peeves and he's going to repay me a favor." She said holding up her fingers as she went through the list. "Finally: We're getting supplies from the Potions classroom." Aeryn gave he a blank look Star gave her a shrug, "I need some so I can make some special fireworks." She laughed and walked back to Dobby.
"Dobby, can you please go into Draco Malfoys dorm and get one of his personalized cuff links please? And make sure you're not seen." She gave him a smile and a pat on the head.
"Of course Miss Star!" He squeaked and with a pop he was gone. Star turned to her friend and gave her a smile.
Aeryn's mind was whirring as she made a list of the plan Star had outlined for her. First, Malfoys cufflinks and fish head soup. Pretty obvious. But Peeves? And how had Star come to require a favor from him? Lastly, supplies... Aeryns train of thought came to a screeching halt. "Star! From the Potions classroom? Are you mad?" Aeryn said with wide eyes. Starting to pace, she asked, "How exactly do you plan to get in there? Snape practically sleeps in there!" Aeryn whispered, growing more and more frantic every second. She never should have come. She was going to be expelled! Star grinned at her with mischief in her eyes. "What?" Aeryn asked. "Star please, just tell me. I'm getting too old for all this madness."
Star only gave her fellow Slytherin a wink just as Dobby appeared.
"Here you go Miss Star!" He said as he handed her a cuff link, it was even tackier than she thought: A 'DM' with a snake wrapped through the letters.
"Oh it's like he wanted me to do this!" She said gleefully and tossed the cuff link to her friend. Aeryn had to admit the cuff link was gaudy.
Star leaned down to look at Dobby, "One more thing Dobby. Could you cook up a big pot of fish head soup?" She looked at Aeryn with another wicked smile and leaned closer towards him and whispered in his ear, handing him something Aeryn couldn't make out. Dobby whispered something back to Star and she gave him a nod and a hug. Star straightened up and grabbed her friends arm and started walking out of the kitchens, sneaking a cupcake. "Say goodbye Aeryn." She said taking a bite out of her cake.
Aeryn tried to ignore it when she felt her stomach drop as Star and the House Elf whispered to each other. As Star grabbed her arm, Aeryn turned back to look at the House Elf who had already gotten a large cauldron out and was humming merrily. Giving up on answers for the time being, Aeryn sighed and asked resignedly, "So Peeves or Snape next?" as they walked through the corridors.
"Oh, Peeves definitely. Snape doesn't do to bed until 10." Star said as she opened the doors leading to the corridor.
"Why do you know that!" Aeryn asked completely a nerved by the information her friend had.
"Oh Aeryn, this is not the first time I've snuck in to knick supplies." Star laughed. 'Now where would Peeves be hiding?' She thought looking right and left. She decided to go back toward the staircase, "Come on. Now if I were an annoying poltergeist where would I be?" She said quietly. They snuck around corners and up the stairs, they found themselves on the third floor when they heard cackling and crashes coming from a nearby classroom.
"Found him." Star sang playfully. She burst open the door and found Peeves up turning a teachers desk. "Hello Peeves, did you miss me?" She gave him a cheeky smile. He looked up at them, desk dangerously close to tipping over. "Oh lookie here! It's Miss VonTrouble!" He dropped the table back to it's former position and flew over to the girls. "I'm here to get my favor Peeves."
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