A/N: Number 12. My apologies in advance, this one is short chapter but I felt I kinda of needed to wrap up this short section before moving on. And, as it is short, I promise to update a bit sooner with a longer chapter, so it's all good! Thankyou for those who have reviewed, I appreciate it greatly!! Anyways enough of my blabbering, on with le story =)
Disclaimer: Harry Potter is not mine...sad times
Fiona's POV
Quidditch try outs went well, and I successfully managed to get the position of chaser, as well as Sirius. James had also been successful in getting seeker. All three of us sat down on the edge of the pitch as Alex tried sorting out the position of keeper and beaters (him being the third chaser). Remus was trying out for beater and I was pretty confident he would get it. Anyway, we hadn't been sitting down for too long when Sirius' voice broke the silence.
"Ally took her time getting down here" he remarked, trying to sound casual. I turned to face him, eyebrows raised giving him a sceptical look. He just stared right back at me.
"Mm-hmm. She got a bit caught up" was all I said, and I could see Sirius frown as he tried to decipher this.
"What, with Masters?" James asked. Evidently someone had been paying attention.
"Yup, with him" I confirmed with a nod. Sirius frowned a little and James carried on looking at me.
"What?!" I exclaimed when he didn't stop.
"What happened?" he asked me curiously. I just grinned.
"You'll have to ask her that one" was all I said by way of answer. He just frowned before turning his attention back to the pitch.
It didn't take much longer, and soon enough I was waiting for the girls to join me. The boys were lingering about the pitch, talking to Alex about the up and coming matches.
"Take your time guys" I yelled out to them once they were beginning to get a little closer.
"You were saying?" Ally said from beside me. I jumped.
"Merlin, don't do that to me!" I exclaimed, going to whack her before realising that I was standing next to her bad hand.
"You were the one who yelled" she retorted and I just sighed in defeat.
"So how'd it go?" she asked me as we waited for the others to catch up.
"Great. Got chaser" I told her smiling. Ally beamed at me before hugging me slightly awkwardly..
"Well done!" she said happily.
"You were so trying to prove a point then weren't you?" I asked her, eyebrows raised. I saw confusion flash across her face, as a frown appeared.
"What point?" she asked, looking up at me.
"About the hugging congratulations" I told her, and I saw her understand as she rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"Hey Fi, how'd it go?" Lizzy asked, finally approaching us with the rest of the girls.
"It went really well, got chaser" I replied happily as Lizzy gave me a hug.
"Well done you!" she exclaimed, and I caught Allys attention as she rose her eyebrows at me as if to say 'see, I'm not the only one'. I just rolled my eyes as I grinned at her. The rest of the girls all gave me a hug as we made our way back up to the castle. I was walking along with Lizzy and Ally as Alice, Lily, Susan and Mandy walked ahead of us.
"So what do you make of Will Masters asking Ally to the afterparty?" Lizzy asked me, as Ally nudged her.
"What?" I asked abruptly stopping, eyes widening. The boys had been walking behind us and they now stood with us.
"Yeah, what?" I heard James ask, the frown in his voice obvious. Ally blushed a little as she looked down.
"Will asked me to the Ravenclaw afterparty, but its only if they win" she hastily added in, hesitantly looking up.
"Of course Ravenclaw will win" Sirius muttered, although I'm pretty sure Ally heard as she turned to look at him. I turned to Lizzy who had a grin on her face and eyebrows raised. I knew exactly what she was thinking. I looked at Sirius, who was looking straight back at Ally, a small frown on his face. Obviously Sirius didn't approve.
"What's wrong with Masters asking her Sirius?" I asked, an innocent tone to my voice. Lizzy laughed, only to hastily cover it by coughing. Sirius turned in my direction, the frown still on his face.
"I didn't say anything was wrong" he said quietly, before grabbing James and Remus and walking off. Ally looked between me and Lizzy, and I'm pretty sure that she would have crossed her arms if she was able to.
The rest of the day passed pretty quickly, and before we knew it we were heading down to dinner. The boys hadn't been around all afternoon, not that I was too suprised by this. Although I did suspect that they were planning something. Anyway, it ended up being me Lizzy and Ally walking down to the Great Hall (Lily and Alice had gone down earlier).
"Sirius seemed a bit peeved earlier" Lizzy commented suddenly. I turned to look at her, a small smile on her face. Looking in Allys direction I could see her frown a little, obviously confused by this.
"Did he?" she questionned, looking between me and Lizzy. I sighed, although I was unable to keep the grin off my face.
"Yup. Most definently to do with Will asking you to the party" I told her and she just rolled her eyes. Clearly she didn't believe our theory about Sirius liking her. Ally said nothing else and we continued walking down to dinner. Walking into the Great Hall I could see the girls sitting about half way down and looked round for the boys. I found them quickly, only to frown a little. Sirius was talking to Chloe Baker, who looked to be in her element. We walked past them, and I was glad that he had the decency to look a little guilty when he saw us.
"Sirius" I greeted, a little icily. He rose his eyebrows at me, and I could see a small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. Chloe just glared at me, Lizzy and finally Ally.
"Who's that?" she said extremely rudely, head pointing in Allys direction.
"None of your business" I replied, and I could see a look of distaste cross her face. Ally obviously felt a little uncomfortable with the current situation and she shuffled around.
"Hey Fiona, Ally". I turned and saw Alex and one of his friends, Callum Laws approach us. Ally was clearly very grateful for his appearance and she beamed at him.
"Hi" she greeted happily.
"See you later Sirius" I told him, completely ignoring Chloe as we moved further down the table, Alex and Callum with us.
Ally's POV
I should have known I would have been brought back to reality soon enough. Not everyone you meet is going to like you. It seemed the case with the girl who was talking to Sirius. I didn't feel at all comfortable with the situation I had been thrown into and so hearing the voice of someone I recognised (even if it was only a few hours since I had properly met them) was so much of a relief to me. I turned away from the awkwardness and turned to see Alex and another boy with him walking towards us.
"Hi" I said very relieved to have some sort of escape. I hadn't looked at Sirius throughout the whole exchange and didn't plan to now. Fiona gave him a somewhat cold dismissal as we walked towards the others.
"So you've seen huh?" Alice asked as I took a seat next to her.
"Sure bludy have" Fiona replied, grumbling. Alex took a seat next to me, and his friend on the other side.
"Don't mind if we join you do you?" he asked, even though they had already made themselves comfortable.
"Course not Capt'n" Fiona responded, giving him a mock salute at which point he just rolled his eyes. As was beginning to become a routine, I awkwardly began to pile my plates as everyone dove into conversation.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. Ally, Callum. Callum, Ally" Alex said, leaning back slightly. Callum had blonde hair with greeny coloured eyes. He smiled back at me, not saying anything due to the food that had already been crammed into his mouth. I returned the smile as Fiona began talking Quidditch with the two boys, leaving me to talk to the others.
We hadn't been eating for too long when we were interupted.
"Glad to see you're in the same state I saw you in yesterday".
Looking up I saw Luke grinning down at me. I just rolled my eyes but was saved the trouble of answering when Alex spoke up.
"Luke, mate. Joining us?" he asked. Evidently the two were friends.
"Yeah, I might as well" Luke replied with a shrug, taking a seat next to Fiona.
"Evening girls, Lily" he greeted everyone of the girls with the typical smile he reserved for events such as these. Having being adressed personally, Lily blushed and looked down at her plate, hurridly continuing to eat. I glanced over at Luke who looked slightly amused and looking in my direction he just shrugged.
"So I'm guessing you two know each other?" Alex asked, looking between me and Luke.
"Yeah, we grew up together" Luke answered him with a grin. Alex returned this and then engaged Luke into a further conversation about Quidditch.
"Is that really all boys talk about?!" Alice exclaimed from beside me. I shrugged,
"Kinda. I haven't heard them talk about anything else" I replied, a small smile on my face. Alice just rolled her eyes as we both continued eating.
Dinner seemed to go on for much longer today than usual. This may have been because there was a whole mixture of us sitting together. I had managed to conspicuously take my tablet with no questions asked. Thinking that today hadn't been too bad at all I was thoroughly let down when Professor Ford approached the Gryffindor table.
"Miss Turner. Would it be possible for you to make a quick trip up to the Hospital Wing?" he asked very politely. I sighed, knowing exactly what was going to happen.
"Of course Professor" I replied, keeping my tone as polite as possible. I looked at Luke to see him frown in concern.
"Just the hand" I told him as I got up. Alice stood as well but I shook my head.
"I'll be fine really. I'll meet you up in the common room" I said to her, and with that I followed Professor Ford out of the hall and up to the Hospital Wing.
"How many more of these do I have to have?" I asked the Professor after just having received the third injection.
"You'll only need one more tomorow and then you'll be fine to just go with the tablets" he told me as he discarded of the pain inducing needle.
"How did your practising go?" he now asked, turning to fully face me.
"Really well actually thankyou. I managed to get used to the feel of my wand in my left hand" I happily told him.
"I'm glad to hear it. Make sure you get a good rest tonight though" Professor Ford said, a serious tone creeping into his voice.
"I will, and thankyou sir" I told him sincerely. He just smiled and waved me away. I slowly walked back up to the common room, concentrating on the direction I needed to be going on. Thankfully I managed to find my way without any incidents, and as I entered I looked round for Fiona, Lily and Alice. Managing to find them I began to walk over to them when I was stopped.
"Hey Ally" I heard a familiar voice greet. Turning I saw James smiling at me from their usual spot by the fire. However, looking closer I saw that Sirius and the girl he had been talking to earlier were there. Neither had noticed me, of which I was grateful.
"Hi James" I said politely, not going over.
"Why don't you come and sit with us?" he asked, very keenly it has to be said. I shook my head,
"I was going to go and sit with Fiona, Alice and Lily" I told him, still standing a bit away. It was at this unfortunate time that Sirius looked up in my direction. Seeing me, he gave me a crooked smile. The girl he had been sitting with finally saw that she no longer held his attention and frowned in my direction.
"Oh, okay" James replied a little reluctantly and I gave him one last smile before turning away from them.
"Hi guys" I said in greeting when I finally made it over to the three of them who were sitting in the corner. They all smiled up at me as I took a seat in one of the armchairs.
"Who is that?" I asked Fiona, and I'm pretty sure she knew who I meant.
"Chloe Baker" she replied very shortly, not going into much detail. I just nodded in ackowledgement as a silence settled on us.
"I really don't know why he wants to talk to her" Fiona spat out suddenly. She seemed kind of mad and so I thought I'd better not say anything. Instead, I chose to try and stifle a yawn; the duel effects of the tablet and injection seeping through my blood system. Lily and Alice said nothing, although the latter did have a small frown on her face. Fiona sat there, frowning the the direction of the boys, occassionally muttering a few words under her breath.
"I'm going to go up to bed" I announced after a short while of seemingly awkward silence. All three looked up at me.
"Already?" Lily asked, a small frown in place.
"Yeah, I had the injection as well as the tablets so I'm feeling it now" I told her with a small smile. The frown eased to be replaced with her own smile.
"Okay, goodnight" she said, and Alice and Fiona both smiled and said goodnight as I headed for the stairs. I didn't stop, nor did I look to the side when I passed where the boys were sitting. Instead I chose to walk straight past them and hurridly up the stairs. Once in the dormitory I released a breath I hadn't realised I had been holding. I managed to get changed quickly and as I lay in bed I reflected back on my first week here. It had been so different from Beauxbatons. People here seemed really nice, and everyone had made an effort with me. I began to drift off at this point and my last remaining thought was what would the rest of my time here at Hogwarts be like?
