Chapter 7: Sheer dumb luck!
Katherine's PoV
Last night was soooo not what I expected!
One, Amelia and I never thought we were going to bump into Andrew in the trophy room. Two, Malfoy didn't even show up to his own duel! Three, we ran straight up to the Forbidden corridor. Four, we didn't even get caught for sneaking out at night. Five, I saw that ginormous Minotaur inside the castle! Six, I spied that trapdoor that monster was standing on. Seve-
I would just keep on going with those unexpected things that happened last night and that would be very boring. And I do not bore people with lectures and things like that.
This morning, I was eating my oatmeal just the way I liked it. I had some brown sugar mixed with regular sugar and milk. It was so delicious!
Suddenly, I heard Aisley's shrill voice yelling at someone from across the room. Seriously! Can people have breakfast in peace for once?
"Taylor Wright! I am shocked! Did you just pour pumpkin juice on my brand new robes? What did I ever do to you? I mean if you spilled pumpkin juice on Malfoy or Thomas, that would make sense! But on me? YOU ARE CRAZY! THESE ARE MY FAVOURITE DESIGNER ROBES!" Aisley screeched.
Ahhhh, so Aisley was yelling at Wright. Aisley's usually the calm one though. Whatever, serves Wright right for almost getting Amelia in trouble. I heard Malfoy and Amelia scoff at Aisley's line about them.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR DAMN ROBES! YOU ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING THAT I CRINKLED YOUR ROBE, I RIPPED YOUR ROBE, OR I TOUCHED YOUR ROBES! YOU DON'T CARE WHEN JASON DOES SOMETHING TO YOUR ROBES! YOU JUST LOOK AT HIM LIKE HE DID SOMETHING AMAZING!" Taylor shrilled.
I felt someone's eyes on me so I turned around and saw Amelia looking at me expectantly.
That nerve that girl has! She always finds a way to get in trouble but just has to drag me into it!
"Don't even think about making Wright accidentally do something because one, that would get us in trouble, two, it would her look bad even if she deserves that! Thr- Argh! Why am I always listing things!" I complained.
Amelia rolled her eyes. She opened her mouth to say something probably telling me to calm down. But then she got rudely interrupted by a pug-faced Slytherin that sat in between Amelia and I. I think she just wanted to be popular by getting close to Amelia. "Hi, I'm Pukella Pugno," she introduced. Her name matches her appearance perfectly.
While Pugno was blabbering on about who-knows-what, Sco-Malfoy slipped into the seat next to me. He gave me a smile showing his perfect, pearly white teeth.
"Listen Jones, I'm really sorry I said those things that I shouldn't've said a few days ago. I don't want us to be enemies. You were a really fun person to hang around with," he said guiltily, "but you can't expect me to all friendly with Thomas."
I thought about his words for a moment. I really did miss studying with him in the library. I mean Amelia was great but she never really cared much about her studies. I must have quite a bit of luck to have Sco-Malfoy, wait, it should be Scorpius now that we're friends, right? As I was saying, I got luck. Sheer dumb luck!
I replied, "Amelia won't be happy so I suppose we can keep this a secret. I'm sorry for saying the things I said too."
He gave me a small smile then left.
"What did Malfoy want?" Amelia asked suspiciously.
"He was just ap-I mean he was bragging that his father got him a new…uh…broom! Yeah! A new broom for when he goes back home for Christmas," I lied.
Amelia just snorted with pumpkin juice coming out of her nose. I laughed giving her a napkin to wipe the juice from her face.
"Do you want to ask Wright what that big scene during breakfast was about?" Amelia voiced out her thoughts.
Truthfully, I was also very curious why Wright would spill pumpkin juice on Aisley. Those two were BFF's, weren't they?
Without waiting for an answer, Amelia dragged me over to the Gryffindor table and right up to Wright. Then, what surprised us both was she also grabbed Wright and started dragging us toward the doors of the Great Hall.
"Let go of me!" Wright and I yelled in unison.
"Stop thrashing and yelling, people are looking at us," Amelia stressed.
Immediately, we fell silent.
"Okay, now that we're somewhere private, Wright, spill. What happened during breakfast that your knickers in a twist?" Amelia questioned.
"And," I added my own question, "why did you spill juice all over Aisley?"
She glared at us both then blurted out, "I WAS TIRED OF AISLEY GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION FROM JASON! DOES HE NOT KNOW THAT I WANT TO BE ADDED INTO THEIR CONVERSATION! HOW OBLIVIOUS IS HE?!"
Amelia and I shared a look. It was an exclusion problem then.
We turned and looked at Wright. She looked absolutely mortified. "Please, please don't tell anyone what happened and what was said in this conversation. Please?" Wright begged her eyes filled with horror.
I nodded mutely.
Slowly, Wright left the room happily.
"That was exciting," Amelia choked out, unable to sustain her laughter any longer, she burst out laughing.
Laughter is contagious, so soon, I also burst out laughing. People gave us weird looks as they walked past us lying on the ground shaking with laughter.
After all our lessons, Amelia started to rush out, faster than usual.
"What's gotten you into a rush?" I asked, amused.
I heard something around the lines of "Quidditch" and "Must fly again" and "Practice with Cane".
I face-palmed. I totally forgot about her Quidditch practice.
"Well, have fun!" I said encouragingly.
She nodded her thanks then dashed out of the Transfiguration classroom.
Slowly, I grabbed my heavy book bag and went to the library and saw a boy with a mass of white blond hair sitting on my armchair.
Immediately, I knew who it was.
Smiling deviously, I grabbed my wand, pointed it Scorpius and whispered, "Wingardium Leviosa"
I watched him fly up slowly toward the ceiling then I pulled my wand back and watched as he fell back onto the armchair.
Scorpius awoke with a start and a girlish squeal. I broke out laughing while he sent me a death glare.
Suddenly from behind me, I saw the evil Madame Knifio, the cruel librarian scold me and shushed me. She had dirty blonde hair. When I say dirty blonde, I don't mean the shade of blonde hair, I mean her blonde hair was dirty like it hasn't been washed in ten years. She had dark beady black eyes that looked like a beetle. It was rumored that she and Abercrombie shared some romance.
Scorpius rolled his eyes at Madame Knifio and grabbed a potions book he was reading before he fell asleep that fell on the ground when he flew up to the ceiling.
Madame Knifio slinked back into the bookshelves and Scorpius and I were alone once again.
There was a very awkward silence before Scorpius decided to cut the tension, "So where's the Girl Who Lived To Annoy Me?" he asked with chuckle. I rolled my eyes and answered, "The Girl Who Lived, is at, don't tell anyone that you know this, it's supposed to be a secret, Quidditch practice. She is supposed to be one of the youngest players on the Quidditch team in a century!"
Scorpius' eyes grew wide in surprise and disbelief.
"That's impossible! First years aren't allowed brooms therefore they are not allowed on the Quidditch team!" He whisper-yelled, conscious that he was in the library.
"Well, when your friend knocked Andrew's Remembrall out of Wright's hand," I said pointedly looking at Scorpius, "and then Amelia dived for the Remembra-"
"You make her sound so heroic" Scorpius interrupted while joking.
I rolled my eyes at his rudeness. "As I was saying before I got so rudely interrupted, Headmistress McGonagall saw her dive and twisted the rules a bit so she allowed Amelia on the team," I explained knowingly.
Scorpius nodded without interest. "I don't like the name Kate as a nickname for you," Scorpius said changing the subject so suddenly, "it's not that original. Katherine is too long though. How about…uhhhhhh…I got it! Rin! You know Katherine?"
I rolled my eyes again for like the fifth time this hour! I will never understand that boy's mind. "Whatever," I said waving off his excitement.
"You're such a killjoy, you know that Rin?" he said emphasizing on my 'nickname'.
I stuck out my tongue in an immature manner. I checked at the time and my eyes nearly popped out of my head! It was already 7 o'clock! I've been here laughing with Scorpius for two hours! Well they say time goes by when you're having fun, right? I definitely had fun with Scorpius.
"We have to go dinner now. Amelia might come looking for me," I told Scorpius hurriedly. Without waiting for an answer, I grabbed my things and without checking to see if I dropped anything, ran out the door.
As walked I into the Great Hall, I immediately spotted Amelia sitting at our usual spot at the Slytherin table.
She waved at me and I flashed her back a peace sign.
When I started walking toward the Slytherin table, I saw Taylor and Aisley whispering amongst each other. I guess those two reunited.
As I sat down beside Amelia, I saw Scorpius swaggering into the Great Hall. When he saw me, he gave me a small smile but then quickly changed it back to a sneer when Amelia turned around.
I grabbed a chicken wing and started eating.
"What happened to the bracelet you had on before? You know, the one with a bunch of charms on it?" Amelia asked, trying to spark a conversation.
"It's here! See, right her-" I proved but then I found out Amelia was right. The bracelet I got from my grandma was gone. The bracelet that I never took off- IN THE LIBRARY!
Shoving some bread into my mouth, I sprinted to the library. When I looked at the spot Scorpius and I were sitting at, the table was cleared and nothing was there. Slowly, tears began to run down my face.
Crying silently, I walked back to the common room.
On my way back, I saw a flash of white-blond hair, I looked behind me but saw no one there.
'I must be really tired," I thought to myself.
Pulling the covers over me, I fell into a peaceful sleep.
The next morning, I woke up in a mess with tear stains still on my face.
'Why was I crying last night?' I asked myself inside my head.
Then it hit me, I lost my bracelet in the library but now it's not there.
Sadness overcame me once again.
Climbing out of bed, I grabbed a pair of old jeans and a Slytherin t-shirt. Throwing a black robe on, I walked over to the curtain separating my bed and Amelia's. I pulled it open and started shaking her and yelling in her ear.
"Wake up Sleeping Beauty! It's already nine! We'll be late for class!" I cried, pretending to panic.
Jumping nearly a mile into the air, Amelia screamed, "WHAT?! AND YOU CHOSE TO WAKE ME UP NOW?!"
Rolling on the floor laughing, I managed to choke out, "Jk! You are sooooooo gullible!"
Picking herself off the floor while glaring at me she said to herself, "Gah! Stupid Jones! Oh well, I'm already awake. I'll just plan some revenge.
"I can hear you!" I sang.
"That's the point!" Amelia sang back, mocking me.
Sticking my tongue out, I walked out the door, knowing Amelia would follow.
"Ahhhhhh!" I cried out tripping over the stairs. An arm reached out and caught me before I fell. I turned to look at my savior and see who it was.
"Watch it!" Scorpius commented. I smiled at him. He smiled back but the smile didn't reach his eyes. Did he look a little guilty? Deciding to just forget about it, I waved to him and left to eat breakfast.
The rest of the morning went by quickly with nothing special happening.
Walking into the Great Hall with Amelia by my side, I smiled toward my teachers and started skipped toward the Slytherin table.
While I was passing the Gryffindor, I saw Wright moving her wand with her arm wildly.
"Expelliarmus!" she cried.
Po'd that she couldn't disarm her opponent. She started waving her hand crazily.
I couldn't take it anymore so I yelled, "Stop! STOP! You're doing it all wrong. And besides, it's expelliarmus, not expelliaaarmus."
She glared at me. "Think what you want at least I'm not a know-it-all Slytherin that's a Muggleborn. I never knew that Slytherin took in Muggleborns, maybe it's just that you're weirdly different," she sneered.
I sniffed, "Why Bob, WHY do I have to be different?" I thought to myself.
I blinked back tears and I started running to the doors of the Great Hall.
I dashed into the girl's lavatory went into a stall and cried. I cried and cried.
I don't know how long I cried but I must've cried for a long time because when I finally finished crying, the sky was already dark.
I exited the stalls but I wasn't prepared to see what was there in the girl's lavatory.
It was a…
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Dragon!
I screamed.
"Kate! Run! Let's go!" Amelia called out but I was glued to the spot.
Suddenly, the dragon blew a gigantic blast of fire toward us and Wright, wait, Wright was here? Anyway, she screamed across the washroom and said, "Duck!" Amelia and I ducked underneath the sink as the fire just skimmed the tip of our hairs.
Wright picked up a metal pipe and chucked it at the dragon's mouth.
Aisley suddenly came running in and took a maddening jump and kicked the dragon in its buttocks.
The dragon roared and turned to breathe fire towards Aisley.
Amelia sprang up and landed on top of the dragon's head, right between its ears. Amelia stuck her wand up the dragon's snout.
The dragon fumed. Like literally, there was fume coming out of its ears. The dragon roared and started stomping its feet. It used its claw to pick up Amelia by the feet and started spinning her around.
"Ahhhhhhh! Do something!" Amelia screeched.
Wright pulled out her wand and paused for a moment. She turned her head to look at me for assistance.
"Twirl and flick!" I said reassuringly.
"Expelliarmus!" Wright cried. Immediately, Amelia flew out of the dragon's grasp and fell right on top of Wright.
"Is this how you repay me for saving your life?" Wright grumbled.
Amelia just grunted.
"Look behind you Kate!" Aisley warned, pointing her finger at the dragon that was behind me.
I spun around and saw the dragon lumbering toward us.
Suddenly, a flash of yellow light streamed past my ear and hit the dragon in the eye.
The dragon swayed and then collapsed, cracking the tiled floors.
Slam!
"What has happened here? And what are you guys doing here Ms. Thomas, Ms. Wright and Ms. Emoarmy?" Professor Martel asked.
Ah, so she hasn't spotted me yet. I decided to repay them.
I stepped out of the corner and whispered,our enough for them to hear, "It was me Professor. I thought I could take on the dragon because I've read all about them," I explained, "If Amelia, Taylor and Aisley didn't come, I would probably be dead."
I could see the three girls staring at me in shock.
"If that is really the case, well then,I am very disappointed with you. Five points from Slytherin," Professor Martel scolded, "and give points to Grffindor, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Not many first years can knock out a full grown Chinese Fireball. Those points are for sheer dumb luck!"
I hung my head and walked out og the washroom but I was stillbecause that I didn't really lose any points because Amelia earned them back for me.
"Rin! What happened?" a guy's voice called out. I was confused who was Rin? Then I remembered, Rin was the nickname Scorpius gave me.
I looked up and saw Scorpius looking at me worriedly.
'Later,' I mouthed to him. He nodded and strutted toward the Great Hall.
Then, Amelia, Taylor, wait, when did I start calling her Taylor? Oh well, she saved me so I guess we're friends now. Anyway, Amelia, Taylor and Aisley came up to me, we all said thanks in unison.
There was a long awkward silence. Then we all started laughing.
I guess when someone saves your life, you're stuck with them as your friend.
A/N:
Finally! Chapter seven is out! This took me a long time. Hope you liked it! Just to make sure, Amelia is Harry Potter of the group (Which is Zenya!), Taylor is the Ron of the group (Which is kanpekinashi!), and Katherine is Hermione! (ME!)! Scorpius is Draco Malfoy and I absolutely LOVE Dramione so Katherine and Scorpius would basically be Dramione (Scorine?).
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