Chapter Two: Wild Centaurs
Samantha hadn't talked to her cousin Kenneth since the first day. She hadn't really had time. Besides, Slytherin and Gryffindor students generally didn't talk much.
"Kenny!" Samantha cried as she raced towards him across the field. They were outside with Professor Collin, the grounds keeper. He was teaching them how to go about handling wild centaurs.
She stopped just short of running into her cousin.
Kenneth smiled at her. "Hello Sam." He said in his soft manner. Samantha grinned at him. She had really missed him!
"Oh Kenny! How has your first week been?" She asked excitedly. He looked all right…
"Better than I expected it to be. How was yours?" He asked her.
She smiled again. "Brilliant. I love it here, I truly do!" She exclaimed. Then she frowned. "So everyone in Slytherin House is treating you well?" She asked softly.
"Of course we are! Slytherins take care of their own!" A new, smooth voice said. Samantha looked up, and met the startling gray eyes of Chaos Malfoy.
They stared at each other for a moment.
"Yeah, so do Potters." She said finally.
The stared each other down for a few more seconds before Kenneth stepped between them.
"Sam, Chaos, stop. We're supposed to be paying attention." He said softly.
Samantha and Chaos both smiled and looked at Kenneth.
"Okay Kenny." Chaos said softly, for only him to hear. But Samantha heard it anyway.
"Now, who wants to be first?" Professor Collin asked.
No one said anything.
"How about Miss Simon and Mister Malfoy? You do recall when I said this should be done in pairs?" They nodded, even though they didn't know a single thing he had said.
Chaos and Samantha stepped foreword and took the apples that Professor Collin gave them.
A young centaur, no more than three human years old, came forward slowly.
Chaos held out his empty hand, Samantha held out the apple.
The centaur grabbed the apple from Samantha and started to eat it.
"There there." Chaos said, going foreword to pet it. It shouted something and kicked him. He flew into Samantha, and they went flying.
He ended up landing on top of her against a tree.
The young creature rand off, while the class surrounded them.
"Gerroff a me!" Samantha said, her voice muffled from being squashed by Chaos.
Chaos got off of her, and then helped her up.
"Idiots! Were you even listening?" Professor Collin asked.
They shook their heads, looking at the ground.
Professor Collin scowled. "Minus ten points each." He said. They hung their heads as their House mates groaned.
"Now, off to the Infirmary, the both of you. You too Potter, to make sure they get there." Professor Collin said.
Kenny, Chaos, and Samantha started off.
"Stupid Malfoy." Samantha muttered. She knew all about her family's history with the Malfoy's. And it wasn't pretty.
"Stupid Gryffindor." Chaos muttered, glaring at her. The glare was partially ruined because he had to grab his side form the pain.
"Stop fighting! It doesn't matter what house we're in! It doesn't matter what our names are! Just stop being so stupid about it!" Kenneth shouted.
Samantha stopped. She could count on one hand how many times in her life she had heard her cousin shout. She gaped openly at him.
"Sorry Kenny." Chaos murmured.
Samantha nodded.
"Kenny's right. Just because of who our parents and grandparents are…it doesn't mean we should fight. Truce?" Samantha asked, holding out her hand.
Chaos was going to shake it, but a flash of that Malfoy dignity hit him hard.
"I won't fight, but that doesn't mean I have to be your friend." He said, sneering. Samantha growled.
They made it to the infirmary without fighting anymore, but they were all tense.
"Oh my, what happened?" Madame Pomphrey, now in her late eighties, hurried around, seeing to Chaos's cracked rib and Samantha's concussion.
"Now, no class for either of you today. Stay here and rest. Potter, you go on back now." Kenneth nodded and left.
Samantha reclined in the infirmary bed Madame Pomphrey had told her to use. Chaos reclined in his own bed as well.
"You're fault." Samantha, never one to give up a fight, murmured when Madame Pomphrey left.
Chaos sighed and looked over at her.
"Was not. If you hadn't run over to Kenneth, we would have all heard what Professor Collin had to say." He said.
Samantha glared at him. Stupid pureblood, always blaming everyone else, she thought in her head.
A/N
I would like to thank everyone who reviewed so far. Well, hope you liked it. Please R&R, okay?? More soon.
Oh, and Collin is kinda like Hagrad, but a real Prof.
