Hey again guys! So here is chappie number two :) I hope you enjoy and get more of an insight of Cassie's personality and her relationships with her fellow students. (And hopefully where they will lead.) I would like to thank my first reviewer, jessirose85, and I give her a big box of virtual cookies :). Anyways, happy reading!
Disclaimer: I do not, as much as I wish, nor will I ever own Harry Potter. I only own my OC's and the plot.
Chapter Two: Potions With The Slytherins.
I awoke early in the morning, so early that Ginny, Tori, Parvati and Lavender were all still asleep. I got my uniform silently and snuck into the bathroom, taking the shower while it was still free. After pulling on my grey sweater, I went over to the vanity. I pulled my wand from the waistband of my skirt and did a quick drying spell on my hair so my platinum blonde ringlets bounced back up against my shoulder blades. I twisted a shorter piece that hung near my face and clipped it to the side. I put a dash of mascara and dabbed on some nude lip gloss. I was ready for the day. I slid my wand back in my waistband and went back into my dorm. Ginny was already up and changed. Tori was lightly snoring into her pillow. I stifled a giggle.
"Cassie, help me out." Ginny ordered, sneaking over to Tori's bedside. She waved her hand, gesturing for me to do the same.
"Okay, on three, we're going to lift the mattress." She instructed. She slipped her hands beneath the mattress and I followed her example.
"One... Two... Three!" We lifted the mattress which sent a snoozing Tori tumbling to the floor. Tori awoke with a start.
"ARE YOU BLOODY MAD? THAT IS NO WAY TO WAKE A PERSON UP! YOU TWO MUST HAVE A DEATH WISH!" She started screaming at us. We bolted down the stairs and into the Common Room, giggling madly the entire way before collapsing on one of the couches together, where we started laughing even harder. Tori had chased us down the steps in her pyjamas and our fellow Gryffindors were watching on with interest. Tori froze midway through ranting, realising that she was standing in the middle of the Common Room where boys and girls were lounging before going down to breakfast. Her cheeks turned steadily into a scarlet colour, matching the decor. Ginny and I had tears from laughing so hard and I silently thanked Merlin that I had put on water proof mascara. Harry and Ron were coming down from the boys dormitories with their room mates Seamus, who was dating Parvati, and Dean Thomas, I think that was his name. They stopped mid conversation and stared at the sight of us in front of them. Ginny and me were stifling laughter and Tori was in her pyjamas that had cows printed all over them saying 'Mooooo' and threateningly waving her slipper at us. Tori's eyes widened when she saw Dean and dashed back up the stairs to our dorm. Harry came over and pecked Ginny on the cheek.
"You are so evil." He commented, but he was grinning.
"You know it." She winked at him, "I did actually grow up with Fred and George for brothers. I had to hold my own." She reasoned.
Tori came down the stairs again fifteen minutes later in her school robes and was exaggeratedly ignoring us. The seven of us went down to breakfast in the Great Hall. I sat in between Ginny, and Tori, who was still ignoring us.
"Ginny?" I whispered, so Tori wouldn't hear.
"Mmm?" She mumbled, not really paying attention.
"Does Tori have a thing for Dean?" I pried curiously. Ginny's head snapped up in interest.
"Yeah, she does. Well, she won't admit it but it's obvious to the rest of us. Dean likes her back too, but again, he won't admit it either." She told me excitedly.
"I have an idea." I whispered back and I filled her in on my plan. We had Potions with the Slytherins this morning, a.k.a my brother. I nodded to Ginny and we put the first part of my plan into action. With a flick of my wand, Tori's books fell to the ground and Dean stayed behind to help her. I grinned, it was working so far. I sat with Ginny at the back and by the time Tori came back in, the only seat available was next to Dean. When Tori noticed this, she blushed. I gave Ginny an evil smirk and she grinned. Just then, a stout man with thinning grey hair and a robust belly came into the classroom. He commanded the attention of the class once he was standing at the front.
"Good morning class." He greeted us in a joyous manner.
"Good morning Professor Slughorn." We replied.
"Today, we will be making Living Death-" A bout of groans could be heard around the classroom, "I know we attempted this potion two years ago, very few succeeding. It, however, is a N.E.W.T level potion and therefore we will be doing it again today." He continued.
"Now, I will be assorting you into pairs. The person you're paired with today will remain your partner for the rest of the year. You will be partnered with a person from the opposite house as Headmistress McGonnagal believes it will promote inter-house unity." Professor Slughorn finished. I searched around the classroom until my eyes rested on Draco. I wondered if I would be partnered with him. I wouldn't mind, he is rather talented at Potions. When Slughorn got to the L's I resumed listening again.
"Neville Longbottom and Pansy Parkinson." I saw a girl who looked like a pug screw up her face in distaste and Neville, whom was in my house, have a look of pure horror on his face. I took it that these two did not get along.
"Cassandra Malfoy and Blaise Zabini." My eyes widened when I heard the cutie was going to be my partner, I looked over to where he was sitting beside Draco and flashed him a winning smile. He looked taken aback for a second and then flashed me an equally dazzling row of pearly whites.
"Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger." Slughorn called out. I saw my brothers face contort into one of utmost disgust. I shook my head at his callousness. I searched round for Hermione and saw she had a nearly matching expression. She caught my eye and I shot her a sympathetic smile. She gave a shrug as if to say 'What can you do?'.
"Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley." Ginny perked up immediately and winked at Harry, who grinned in return. A/N: Ginny is in their class because, technically they're eighth years returning to complete their seventh year which they hadn't been able to last year because of the war, so Ginny would now be in seventh year anyway so she shares a class with them.
Slughorn finished his list and placed it back on his desk. Tori raised her hand urgently.
"Yes, Miss. Mitchell's?" He asked, rubbing his balding forehead.
"Sir, you haven't assigned Dean or I a partner." Tori pointed out.
"Ah, I see. Well, there are no more Slytherins, so I guess I'll make an exception in your case. You and Mr. Thomas can partner together." He shrugged and turned back to his desk. I smirked to myself. This wasn't even a part of the plan, but it sure would help it along the way.
"Alright, rearrange yourselves so you're next to your partners. I have already set the necessary ingredients next to your cauldrons, so you can get started straight away." Slughorn beamed, as if he'd done us a huge favour. I picked up my books and walked over to where Blaise was sitting at a table that had a cauldron set up and an assortment of ingredients next to it. I pulled up a seat and placed my books next to his.
"Hey." He greeted, smiling warmly.
"Hi." I replied, kind of awkwardly. Merlin, what was wrong with me?
"So you're Draco's twin sister?" He asked, breaking the silence.
"Yep. So you're Draco's best mate?" I responded with a question. I reached for the Potions textbook on our table and flicked it open to the page that had the method for Living Death Potion. Blaise chuckled lightly.
"I guess you could call me that, carina" He answered. I raised an eyebrow at his pet name for me and grinned but I didn't say anything. I had been stirring the potion whilst Blaise added the ingredients. He was trying to chop the scarab beetles and each time he brought down the knife, it would skittle away.
"Here, give it to me. Stir the potion." I instructed. He gave me the knife and stirred. I placed the scarab beetle back on the board and pressed the flat of the knife against it, crushing the beetle so we were able to successfully extract its juice. Blaise just stared at it in wonder and then turned to face me. He shook his head.
"Intelligente e bella, definitivamente un Malfoy" He muttered in Italian that I couldn't understand.
"Pardon?" I asked, confused. We switched places again and he copied how I'd been crushing the beetles instead of chopping them.
"Never mind, carina." He replied. I shrugged and continued stirring. I glanced at where Tori sat with Dean. She was blushing as he showed her how to stir properly, his hand resting on hers and I saw Ginny and Harry conversing excitedly. I went back to stirring until I was interrupted by shouting coming from the other side of the room.
"Uh-oh." Blaise muttered under his breath. He had lost focus on our potion and was watching the source of sound. Draco was leaning against the bench, smirking and Hermione was red-faced and exploding at him.
"YOU INSUFFERABLE TWAT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST SAID THAT. YOU EGOTISTICAL, ARROGANT, POMPOUS, STUCK-UP, ELITIST LITTLE PRAT!" She screamed and strutted out the classroom. Everyone was silent and turned the attention to Draco, who had turned back to his potion, stirring it contentedly with a pleased, satisfied air. Ginny was shooting greasies at him as he smirked at Blaise. He noticed me watching and I glared at him. He raised his hands as if to say 'What?' and I just narrowed my eyes. I turned back to the potion which was simmering nicely.
"What do we do now?" Blaise asked as he put the last of the ingredients into the cauldron.
"We wait." I said simply. I didn't need to stir it anymore, I just needed to keep an eye on it. Blaise and I were chatting for the rest of class, since we had a double. We were talking about Quidditch when Professor Slughorn was coming around and examined our potions.
"Ah, Mr. Zabini and Miss. Malfoy. It definitely seems you've done a splendid job. We'll see in a moment." He commented. He pulled a single leaf out of his pocket and dropped it into the potion. The leaf was incinerated as soon as it touched the lethal liquid. Slughorn gasped and clapped his hands together.
"Well done, well done! It's perfect!" He exclaimed gleefully. I smiled brightly at him and he beamed with joy.
"I'm having a little exclusive start of term party and I would love for you two to come." He said excitedly. I nodded along with Blaise.
"You can leave class once you clean up." He told us before moving to the next table. Blaise put away the used bowls and I used a vanishing spell on the potion. We had lunch now and we walked down together.
"So what's the deal with my brother and Hermione. She is nothing but nice, why does he rile her up?" I inquired, trying to see his reasons. Blaise shook his head and then paused, considering something.
"Can you keep a secret?" He wondered. I nodded and he leaned toward me until he was next to my ear.
"I think he likes her. He can't shut up about how she does this or that and how it pissed him off in some way or other. That's my theory." He whispered. His breath tickled my neck and a shiver passed through my spine. I shook off the feeling and faced Blaise again.
"You know, that actually sounds reasonable." We arrived outside the Great Hall and I remembered that I had to see Draco. I decided to take some pumpkin pasties and muffins with me.
"See you." I waved Blaise off. He gave me a nod and dug into his lunch. I used a levitating spell on my little platter of food and tucked my wand back into my skirt. I skipped through the corridors and up staircases until I came across a painting of a young woman in an old-fashioned dress.
"Grindylow Nails." I said and the portrait opened into a common room with red and silver furnishings. I saw Draco lounging in an armchair by the fireplace. He barely glanced up when I came in. I sat on the three seater lounge near it.
"Draco, what did you say to Hermione in Potions?" I began gently. At this he looked up.
"Nothing." He murmured. I was starting to get angry. I wasn't very patient.
"Draco, you most obviously did not say nothing! I don't see what sort of sick satisfaction you get from tormenting Hermione, but she has been nothing but nice to me and everyone else. Just tell me what you said!" I demanded.
"I called her a know-it-all, annoying, filthy mudblood." He shrugged, as if it were perfectly okay to say that to someone.
"DRACO, HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT HER, MUCH LESS TO HER! THAT IS DISGUSTING MANNERS AND I'M SURE MOTHER RAISED YOU TO ACT BETTER! NO WONDER SHE BLEW UP AT YOU! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW RUDE YOU ARE!" I shouted at him. His eyes widened in shock at my reaction.
"You're lucky I haven't hexed you into an oblivion." I threatened, my hand automatically moving to rest on my waist atop my wand. I heard someone cough and whipped around to see an affronted looking Hermione standing at the entrance. I immediately replaced my scowl with a forced smile.
"Hello Hermione." I greeted, my voice tight.
"Hey Cassie. Er, I was just wondering if you would like to join Ginny, Harry, Ron and I for the rest of lunch. We still have twenty minutes." She offered kindly.
"Sure, I was just leaving. But before I do, I think that there was something Draco would like to say to you." I answered pointedly and Draco's features turned incredulous. We glared at each other until he let off with a relenting sigh.
"Fine... Sorry, Granger." He mumbled, barely loud enough to hear. Hermione was watching on with surprise.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you, could you repeat it a little louder?" I taunted. I knew I was pushing it but Draco deserved it after saying that, to a friend of mine no less. If looks could kill, I'd be dead right now with the death glare Draco shot me.
"I'm sorry, Granger." He repeated, louder and very tightly. I could tell every muscle in his body was restraining him from grabbing his wand and hexing me. I smiled cheerily.
"Okay, let's go." I said to Hermione, who was blinking back to reality. She exited the portrait first. I peered back over my shoulder and Draco was staring after me sourly.
"I hate you." He mouthed silently.
"Love you too, bro." I grinned and winked at him. Draco just rolled his eyes. I followed Hermione down to the Great Hall to finish lunch.
So, I hope you enjoyed and keep reading! It hasn't really shown Draco and Cassie's relationship as bro and sis yet because I'm not absolutely sure where I wanna go with it. I know that Cassie is powerful because of her Malfoy gene's, as is Draco, however, Cassie is brave and courageous (that's another reason why she's in Gryffindor) enough to use all of it, which makes her so dangerous... sometimes ;) anyways, it's sort of weird between them in some ways because Cassie's grown up knowing about him but he's grown up without knowing her (I'll explain more later in the story) so it makes it a bit odd between them because Draco has to allow this new person in his life but at the same time, he's kinda always wanted to have a sister to look after and protect (in my story ;P) so yeah :). Anyways, again, click the blue link that says: Review This Story. Go on, click it. Thanks to all those who review. 3.
