Hello and Welcome to Chapter 2! :)
FAIR WARNING: this story is MOSTLY about OCs… it's supposed to be about some of Harry's years at Hogwarts through the perspective of other students who attend… if you hate OCs with a burning passion, I am sorry to hear it… I promise you there are no Mary-sues or special-weird-ass-chosen-ones-with-super-ultra-mecha-powers!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Harry Potter and its respective canon characters… I mean, that'd be totally awesome… though I'm not as good a writer as Jo so maybe not so awesome… but Harry and Hermione TOTALLY would've been a couple!
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Matt awoke with a great jolt to see the slick face of Aria Parker staring down at her. "Holy shit, Parker! What're you trying to do, give me a fucking heart attack?"
Aria tsked at her heartily, "Language Matilda, language…"
Aria always stressed Matt's proper name, sometimes she felt it would be better for her to just use 'Matt' like everyone else, it might piss her off less. To be fair Matt always called Aria by her last name, just to piss her off, but still… Aria should know better first thing in the morning, Matt was decidedly not a morning person.
"You didn't answer my question," she spat at the girl above her, "what the hell did you think you were doing?"
"I was simply trying to get you up for breakfast, you were out like a log…"
"Yeah, I'm sure you had nothing but good intentions," Matt spat out quickly before Aria could begin her usual rant about Matt's unattractive sleeping habits.
"Honestly Matilda, I'm not sure why you dislike me as much as you do…" That stupid smirk said it all and Matt snorted, glaring up angrily, having still not moved from under the warmth of her blankets.
"Stuff it, Parker, or I'll stuff it for you…"
Both Matt and Aria smirked at each other, each trying not to burst out laughing. They did this sort of thing nearly every morning, and it was nice to know that being "mature" 2nd years hadn't messed with their usual routine.
Aria flipped her dark blond hair back, as though she found herself far more important than she actually was and Matt had to use almost all of her self-restraint not to laugh at this. Aria was easily the most intimidating girl in their year, because unlike Matt nobody ever even considered starting anything with her. Her family was rich and important, to be sure, easily within range of punishing anybody's family outside of Hogwarts and she was capable of ruining them from within.
Aria wasn't exactly a popular girl, nobody really liked her… except for Matt… but nobody messed with her either… except for Matt… and Aria seemed to appreciate the total lack of bullshit she got from Matt.
"I said stuff it, Parker." Aria huffed her pretend disapproval and started getting her bag ready.
"You stuff it, Matilda." Matt grinned as she threw off her covers and set about getting dressed.
The two of them got ready in silence for a while and it wasn't until she heard a loud roar of laughter from the common room that Matt's usual foul mood began to set in. "I'm going to kill that Draco Malfoy!" Matt roared, glaring at the door and beginning to make a move for her wand.
"Whoa there, Matt…" Aria warned, her usual "threatening" tone, more often than not only reserved for people who particularly pissed her off, "Do not do anything stupid…." Aria grabbed a hold Matt's shirt and looked at her warningly, "It's too early."
Matt cooled down a little and muttered something that probably sounded like a 'thanks'.
"Don't mention it," Aria spat, the unspoken 'ever' left hanging in the air. "Just please don't lose your temper, I'm notcarrying somebody to the hospital wing again because you couldn't control your hex."
"Relax, I'm trying to keep my nose clean this year…besides that one little bitch had it coming after what she did…" She'd thrown on her jeans, shirt, and robes and was beginning to stuff her bag full.
"Yes, how could I forget, she said Malfoy was cute," Aria teased, punching Matt lightly on the shoulder, "Just don't make me save you from detentions this year."
"You don't have to keep saving me, you know…." The embarrassment in Matt's voice was clear but either Aria didn't notice or she chose to politely ignore it.
"I believe I've grown rather fond of you Matt," Matt cringed at the nickname that only Risa seemed to respectfully ignore, "I don't mind saving you… all the time."
Matt looked at Aria's teasing smirk in mock disbelief, "Aria, have you ever been fond of anything in your entire life?"
Aria smirked at her, in her usual way, and replied gently, without any of the expected malice, "A few things, yes."
Matt couldn't help but smile as she threw her bag over her shoulder and walked down with Aria to breakfast.
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"Matilda!" Risa shouted happily, as she waved from the Ravenclaw table. Matt smiled and waved back, which incited the usual amounts of sneers from the Slytherin table. Aria glared at said objectors and they quickly turned their attention back to their food.
The two of them were standing only a few seats away from Malfoy and Matt felt her mood drop a million times deeper at the sight of him. Her dislike for most people, even her stupid prick of a brother, was nothing to her dislike of Malfoy.
Many girls from every year had been perfectly civil until they found out that Matt was related to their great crush, Euan (and in the case of many Slytherin girls this happened despite Euan being a Gryffindor). Their civility often quickly turned into false attempts at friendship, anything to get close to Euan, but Matt just as quickly made it clear that she did not like her brother and wouldn't help anybody get with him, not even her best friend Risa. Their attempts at friendship then almost always turned to malice. Most often found ways to "attack" Matt and get back at her… whatever; the jealous ravings of some idiot girls were none of her concern, especially someone who liked her brother of all people…
The boys were an entirely different matter, they weren't all bad. Some were the usual, stupid and shallow, and some were pretty good guys, but most just really didn't pay her any mind. Matt knew she'd never be as popular as Euan, he was the good looking sibling, no denying it. Matt was in no way ugly, but she certainly made no effort to appeal to the opposite sex, and everyone seemed to be much happier that way. So girls didn't like her because of Euan and boys usually didn't care.
She couldn't care less.
Matt had Risa, the best friend in the entire world. She had Aria, a good companion and a supportive friend amongst the Slytherins. She had (though she often didn't care to admit it) her brother and his friends, who always looked out for her well-being. She had several acquaintances amongst the Slytherins, both boys and girls (mostly ones who would never admit to liking the perfect Gryffindor, Euan). She even had an "acquaintance" in Hufflepuff, Louis, who never seemed to understand that "no" actually meant "no" and had taken to sitting next to her in any class he could (much to Aria's great annoyance).
She really didn't care who all (girls or boys) had started hating her, or started liking her, or just didn't care… they were none of her concern… for Matt it was true genuine apathy, they annoyed her but she didn't really hate any of them….
But Malfoy… something about Malfoy just made her loathe him with every fiber of her being… she shouldn't, she tried to never hate anybody (except Euan of course), on principle, but damn he was just so infuriating!
"Stop glaring, Matt, it's unsightly…" Aria whispered from next to her, steering her over to an empty section of bench.
Matt looked at her disapprovingly, "You sound like the prat."
"Yes, Matilda, you often tell me that I am the echo of your dear brother, but I honestly must side with Euan in most cases… you don't present yourself as very lady like or attractive."
"Well, Parker, that's 'cuz I don't care about that kind of stuff…" Matt muttered grabbing a plate full of eggs and bacon and starting to stuff her face.
"Clearly…" Aria responded, disgust written on her face and etched deep into her voice.
"Oi! Matt!"
"Oh no…"
"Hello Euan," Aria greeted lightly. Even she thought him handsome, the stupid git, and Aria was about as hard to please as they come.
"Hey Aria, how's Matt been behaving?"
"Not so well I'm afraid; she almost went and hexed poor Malfoy, again…"
Both Euan and Matt smirked at this, the use of the word poor had been only too funny and it was clear that all three of them were trying not to laugh.
"I'm sure he deserved no such treatment, he was being no more of a git than usual, I'm sure!" Euan stated, his false look of being aghast added still more humor to the situation. Matt couldn't help but notice Malfoy looking over. He, like many other boys in the school, didn't really care for Euan, and the proud Gryffindor standing so defiantly over at the Slytherin table seemed to bother him… which of course pleased Matt immensely.
Matt watched as some poor Hufflepuff girl got out of her seat and walked over, smiling sweetly at the three of them. "Good morning, Euan!" She beamed up at him and then turned to grin at Matt. "I'm sure your sister has told you all about me," the look on Matt's face suggested otherwise.
"Obviously not," Aria commented starkly from the sideline, sounding almost bored, as she bit into a piece of toast.
"Well, as you can imagine," she inserted a giggle just for good measure, "Poor Matt probably just didn't have the time… I am very close to her good friend Louis after all," Matt snorted into her glass of pumpkin juice and Aria started clapping her on the back, trying to refrain from laughing herself. Anybody who imagined that Matt and Louis were good friends was either legitimately mentally disturbed, blind, or just plain stupid… in this case the girl looked the latter. "Well anyway, I thought I'd introduce myself, as a friend of Matt's, of course!"
The look on Euan's face was almost comical as he tried to recover from the look of shock at this horribly obviously fake story. He looked over at Louis, who was as oblivious as ever, making small talk with the 3rd year Wayne Hopkins.
He smiled down at her, a smile so obviously fake to Matt but utterly unnoticed by the idiotic Hufflepuff girl (how could Matt have pitied her for even a moment?) who blushed faintly.
"Thanks for that, I'll be sure to get my sister to tell me all kinds of stupid stories about you." Matt and Kyla both tried very hard not to laugh, and the Hufflepuff girl turned a dark shade of red and ran back off to her table, looking to be in quite a state. Almost as if to prove at least part of her story had been true, she did sit down next to Louis who gave her a look of greatest sympathy before he turned to wave at Matt, a huge grin plastered onto his face.
"He's probably about as bright as your dear Clara…" Matt commented, one eyebrow arched as Louis turned back to talk to his fellow Hufflepuffs.
Obviously sensing the storm over at the Slytherin table Risa had come over to the party.
"Morning, Matilda…" Matt nodded.
"Morning, Aria." Aria looked up, bored.
"M-m-morning, Euan," she blushed and earned herself a glare from Aria as Euan teasingly lifted her hand and kissed it.
"Morning, princess," he whispered, smirking.
The Hufflepuff girl started silently fuming, stuffing her face with toast, once again Matt tried not to laugh. "Shove off Euan."
"But my dearest sister, I must greet the ladies how they deserves to be greeted," he turned, smirking, and bowed to Aria, "My lady."
Aria smirked at him and Matt gave a loud, obviously fake sneeze. "Oh my, would you look at that… I'm afraid I must be allergic to bullshit!"
"Matilda!"
"Sorry, Ris." Matt grunted, returning to her food. "Go away you lot, this is the Slytherin table." She stuck out her tongue at Euan who simply smiled down at her.
"Right, wouldn't want any of you lot to rub off on us," he waved at both Aria and Matt and pulled Risa away. "Later, sis, behave!"
"Shut up, you stupid prick!" In her rage Matt failed to notice, though Aria did not, Malfoy and his cronies pointing at the lot of them and smirking.
Sorry it was just more filler, I've not gotten everybody introduced who's going to have any sort of role (this chapter was mainly for Aria and Louis) so yeah… the plot should start moving soon! Just a reminder that Matilda (matt), Risa, Aria, and Louis are all in their 2nd year at Hogwarts… which means Harry Potter (and co.) are in their 3rd year. Everybody is canon except for: Matilda, Risa, Aria, Louis, Euan, Clara, and the random Hufflepuff girl XD (including Wayne Hopkins).
I hope you enjoyed it, and if you did please review (if you didn't please review as well, I'd love to know how to get better!)… reviews = crack, and I'd love to have some :) … it makes me write faster .:wink:.