It flew towards her as though it was meant only for her. Of course, Katie and Angelina disagreed. It was a quick fight, but somehow Angelina snagged it. On the outside she was smiling, but inside she burned. that had been her cloak! Alicia turned her eyes back to Professor Lockhart. Alicia had been one of the first Gilderoy Lockhart fans. She was even fan number 3 in his card holders group. The only two higher than her was was some man that no one ever saw named Roy Heart, and some girl that lived in France. Katie and Angelina didn't know about her number. She had waited and used a different name to get a different number. So for everyone else, her card number was 769. Katie was 763 and Angelina was 891. So it just wasn't fair that Angelina got the cloak!

That night Alicia pulled out her new journal. Inside she wrote all her daily observations on Lockhart. She would mail the fan club with the edited version under the name LockedMyHart. She had quite the following, or so the newspaper crew told her. The version she sent ranted about how an unworthy girl had managed to gain something personal from their star. Angelina may have not been named, but every girl in the school threw her dirty looks after that. Alicia felt momentary joy, but it quickly hollowed and she felt worse then ever.

Alicia felt torn. On one hand, how could she possibly even imagine hurting this cloak. On the other hand Angelina didn't deserve it. Closing her eyes she released the spell. There was a splat, and Alicia peeked out to see the cloak slowly sinking into a vat of tomato sauce. She spelled it to be invisible for an hour and left the bedroom. She was sitting in the common room when she heard Angelina find the cloak. She rushed to her friends side.

Alicia buried her face in her hands on the train ride home. How could she have been so stupid? She had already cancelled both of her fan club cards. Even her number 3. She had written to the fan club with the details of Gilderoy Lockhart's disgrace. But now she couldn't believe that she had been so obsessed with him that she had turned against her best friend. Angelina had found out a week before the disgrace, but Katie had sided her her and now Alicia was alone on the train. A tear slipped out of her eye as she looked at the passing countryside.

Alicia lifted her chin as she entered the platform. She had not received a single letter from Angelina or Katie. Her chin wobbled a little but she ignored it as she climbed onto the train and opened whatever book her mother had handed her moments ago. She didn't look up when the carriage door opened. It didn't matter who it was. She kept reading.

When Alicia glanced up a few minutes later, the book hit her lap as she found Angelina and Katie sitting there. They were both reading something of their own, but they looked up at the same time. Angelina opened her mouth but before she could say a word Alicia was crying. "I'm so so so sorry. I don't know why I did that. Please forgive me." Alicia was surrounded by the other two girls in a hug and the others began to cry as well. Angelina forgave her, and so did Katie.

And so when they arrived at Hogwarts for their fifth year, they walked arm and arm through the main doors. Gilderoy Lockhart was never mentioned again.

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Prompts: Alicia Spinnet, Sauce, Burn