Chapter Three.

Hexes and Horrid Girls.

"First years never used to be able to bring their brooms to Hogwarts so anybody caught messing about will result in their brooms being confiscated 'til the end of the year!" Madame Hooch barked. Marcus' eyes grew wide, his fingers reached the gold engraving of his Airborne 8000, the best broom on the market.

"If you haven't got a broom, put your hand up."

Elinor, Matty Hinderson and Hufflepuff's Janet Lee and Dennis McCartney slowly, nervously raised their hands.

"You're muggle-borns, I expect?" The first years nodded slowly.

"That's fine." Hooch's intimidating look softened into a kinder smile. "I know how hard it is to buy a broom for you. I'm going to lend you some of the schools Firebolt 2002's. Until you've brought your own." She handed them the broomsticks. Elinor rubbed the broom's smooth, beaten wood with her fingers. Rubbing it with her cloak, polishing the tarnished engraving.

The lesson progressed quite well from then on, Elinor felt a tingle run down her spine as her broom flew up to her the first time she ordered it to.

"Now mount your brooms and fly!" Madame Hooch ordered.

Most of the class clambered, quite unsurely onto the brooms, especially the muggle-borns, half bloods and an almost Squib named Morgan Lewis. But as soon as Elinor slid on to her borrowed broom, she took of, laughing, graceful. Swooping through the trees, the girls brown hair escaped from it's ponytail, flying out behind her. Exhilarating.

Soon she was joined by a grinning Marcus and a clumsy Hugo.

"I… just… can't… get… the… hang… of…it!" he moaned as Matty Hinderson, the muggle-born swooped past.

"This is amazing!" Matty cried. "I love flying!"

"Just wait 'til you play quidditch!"

"What's quidditch?"

"Well.." Marcus began "It's like, what's that muggle sport called? Bugsy, you have to-" he paused mid-sentence , way, way, way down below sat the Slytherin girl, up against a tree.

"Matty, Hugo, Elinor. Get Molly. We need to go and see who that Slytherin girl is."

Matty and Elinor swooped off.

"Marcus," came a slow dreamy voice from behind them. It was Jenna Brown, sitting on her broom, she had painted swirly flowers all over it. "That's not a Slytherin, she's wearing standard Hogwarts tie," she pointed at the girls black tie.

Molly swooped over closely followed by Carl, Matty, Hugo and Elinor, who was swooping around, showing off quite a bit to Madame Hooch who was saying things like "Look at the little muggle-born girl!"

"Guys, mount downwards," Molly said, also noticing the girl.

Now, I must tell you, when Molly said guys, she meant Marcus, herself, Hugo and Elinor.

Not Marcus, Hugo, herself, Elinor, Lucy, Carl, Matty and of all people Jenna Brown.

"Um… hi." Molly said, she'd kept it quiet but the sorting hat considered putting her in Gryffindor so she thought it would only be fitting that she spoke up first. "I'm Molly Weasley, these are my friends and family; Lucy and Hugo Weasley, Jenna Brown, Marcus Malfoy, Elinor Jones, Matty Hinderson, and Carl Maddison. Who're you?"

"Mina Johnston." The girl muttered.

"What house? Year?" Elinor asked nervously.

"What's it got to do with you?" the Johnston yelled, she snatched Elinor's broom and snapped it in half.

"HEY!" Marcus yelled, he felt classical Malfoy annoyance rising up inside him. "That was Elinor's! In fact! It's the schools!"

"Malfoy?" Johnston asked.

Marcus grunted.

"Well, I've heard of you, won't really stand for a hex. If you must know, I'm older than you! I know more things!" she whipped out her wand and muttered something under her breath.

Elinor felt a pulsing on her hip, she was being slowly dragged backwards as if being pulled by a magnet. At that same time, Lucy felt the same thing too.

"Wh- what's happening?" Elinor stammered, noticing she and Lucy were getting closer together.

Johnston grabbed Marcus' broom who yelled. "Oi! That's the new Airborne!" and took off over to the Forbidden Forest, everybody watched as she flew off and landed right in the middle.

"Hello?" Lucy asked cockily "Elinor and I? We're joint at the hip!"

Everybody (except from Jenna Brown) turned around and gasped, Lucy and Elinor had gotten so close together, the magnetic pulse had magically sealed them together.

"Hang on a minute," Hugo said, obviously thinking of the correct spell. "Well, this could maybe work. Episkey!"

The girls felt a burning sensation at the edge of her hip "Ouch!" they said simultaneously but they stayed together.

Madame Hooch suddenly pushed her way through the little crowd of eight. She noticed the snapped broom and broom less Marcus first .

"What on earth has happened here? Merlin's Pants!" She noticed the two stuck together girls. "Weasley! What did you do?"

"Me?" Lucy exclaimed surprised.

"Or me?" Molly cocked her head to the side.

"Or me? Hugo asked.

"Argh!" cried Madame Hooch. "Just! Which one of you did this?"

"Weren't me, miss!"

"Nor me!"

"Don't look at me!"

"I didn't do it!"

"Look, I may be advanced but I'm not that advanced!"

"Do you really think it was me miss?"

Madame Hooch looked like she was going to burst with rage.

"If you don't own up then… detention! All of you!"

"What!?"

"No. It was a girl!"

"Don't be silly, children. Detention for all of you. Double detention for Miss Jones and Mr Malfoy for losing or breaking their brooms. And Weasley!"

"What" Lucy, Molly and Hugo all asked in unison.

"Double detentions for all of you too!"

"Miss! Why?"

"You are a Weasley, you have to be involved somehow, oh and Mr Malfoy. A triple detention instead. You get involved somehow too."

"But miss. How am I meant to get to detention?" Lucy asked.

"You and Miss Jones can head off to the Infirmary."

Lucy and Elinor tried to step forwards but fell over instantly.

"For Merlin's sake!" Madame Hooch cried before muttering a spell which caused them to float towards the castle. "Miss Brown, go with them please."

Jenna Brown skipped towards Hogwarts, smiling in utter serenity.

"Honestly," Molly muttered "She's like a mini version of Auntie Luna, loopy she is."

You could tell this girl was related to Ronald Weasley.

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A.N: Finally a new chapter!

Sorry, I've been having problems with fanfiction so this hasn't been posted as quick as I'd liked it too.

But I hope you forgive me all the same!

Thanks to my two beautiful reviewers!
Love ya!
Isla..x xxx