I warned them, didn't I? I told them they wouldn't be welcomed to the practice. That they would think they were stealing our strategies. But do the listen to me? No. I sighed angrily and shook my head as we waited for Snape in his office. I know I shouldn't have reacted the way I did, but what was I supposed to do?
*Flashback*
Before we started practice, I saw vaguely saw Harry and Ron in the stands far up. No one else seemed to notice yet. We went into the air and we started. I had to wait for a while after they let the snitch and then try to look for it. It was harder because the sun was behind thick clouds. But I still found it quickly. I turned and Harry and Ron had their mouths open. I smiled slightly and raced to the goal posts. But as I got there, Courtney yelled "Gryffindors!" We all turned and saw Harry and Ron make it worse by trying to run away. Everyone on the team was furious, including me. They could get me in big trouble with these people and they make it worse by running away? While they started to fly over there, Bobby stayed behind. "Did you tell them to do this?" he demanded. "Is that why you always sit by them?" I shook my head. "No I didn't. I didn't even know they were there! Why does everything have to be my fault?" He stared hard at me. "If you didn't tell them to do this, stop them. Do a body binding curse." Without showing emotion, I nodded and flew after the others. "Protrificus Totalus." I muttered and they fell to the ground. Bobby flew up to me and patted me on my back, then went over to the others who were standing around Harry. "So, looks like we got some spies. Olivia, did you have anything to do with this?" John turned to me. But Bobby saved me. "No, I already asked her. And to tell she wasn't lying, she was the one who caught them." John nodded and then turned back to the frozen boys. "So what will we do to the Gryffindors? How about we teach them a little lesson?" He took out his wand and pointed it at them. "Expelliarmus!" His wand flew into the air and I caught it before it could fall over the edge of the bleachers. "What the hell was that?" He stormed over to me and took the wand from me. "I didn't do anything!" I yelled at him. "My wands not even out!" "But you can do wandless magic." He wasn't helping my crappy mood. "It wasn't me." I said it slowly, trying to control my anger. He just shook his head and looked at everyone. He stopped suddenly and went and took Courtney's wand from her. "Why did you stop me?" he asked quietly but threateningly. She shrugged and folded her arms. "Why are girls so stupid?" he waved his arm in Courtney's and my direction. I have had enough by then. "What is your problem?" I yelled. Almost everyone on the team stepped back, fear on all their faces. But I didn't pay attention to them. "What do you have against girls? I'm ten times smarter than all of you retarded people!" By the look on John's face, it looked like I had scared the crap out of him. It looked like that with everyone. Except Harry. He understood me fine. Their jinx had worn off by now and they were getting up. But Ron looked pretty scared too. "Calm down Olivia, you don't have to yell." Harry muttered. Ron turned and looked at Harry in disbelief. "Harry, you really need to learn the difference between languages." I told him sternly. "Or if you can just stay in English, we would really appreciate it." John said under his breath. I turned and glared at him and he flinched back. "Just shut up." I said through gritted teeth. Tom (the other chaser) came between us with his wand raised and pointed at me. "If you think you're so tough, why don't you fight me?" he said. I smiled. "Sure. I'm fine with that. Let's see who's more powerful." With that, I took out my wand and pointed it at him. "Incarcerous!" I yelled and he barely moved out of the way. "Obscuro!" he yelled and a blindfold appeared over my ears. I crouched to the ground and was silent. "What are you doing Potter?" That idiot. He showed me where he was. "Levicorpus!" I said and I could tell I hit him when he gave a yelp of surprise. "What? How did you see me?" he demanded. I wasn't listening though. I heard foot steps coming our way and I stayed silent, seeing who it was. By the uneven stepping I could tell it was Sev. I stood up straight. "Professor Snape." I said and pointed my wand to the back of my head. I thought of an easy spell that makes hot air come from my wand. It quickly loosened the tight knot and I took the blind fold off to see Sev glaring down at me. But I was used to it so I stood straight and had my best emotionless mask on. He turned to Tom and flicked his wand. He fell to the ground hard. "Potter, Markley, follow me." I followed him without fear and Tom was walking silently behind me.
*End of Flashback*
So here I am now, sitting next to Tom, and it's Harry's fault. "How did you know where I was? Or that it was Snape coming?" I turned in my seat to face him. "I knew where you were because of your voice. I heard where it was coming from and I reacted fast before you could move away. And with Snape, I could tell by the way he walks." He raised his eyebrow but kept silent. Sev came in then and silently went to his desk. "Markley, how did this happen?" Sev stared down at him. "Potter here let two Gryffindors come to our practice. And-." "It wasn't me! After I caught the snitch I looked up and they were sitting there!" Sev waved his wand and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't speak. I folded my arms and listened to Tom's side of the story. "As I was saying, we started practice normally and after a few minutes, she had caught the snitch fast again, and then Courtney noticed the stupid Gryffindors were sitting on the bleaches. And it just happened to be Weasley and the other Potter. The ones she has been sitting with." Sev turned to me and removed the spell. "Is this true Potter?" I sat up straighter. "I didn't let them come-." He held up his hand. "Is this true?" "No! And after everyone saw them and they tried to run away, who stopped them? Who put them in a full body binding curse so they couldn't leave? I did!" Sev looked at Tom. "Is that true?" he asked. Tom slowly nodded his head. "But Potter, did you let them come?" I shook my head quickly. "But what made you so mad that you started talking Parseltongue?" Sev asked quietly. "John was accusing me of stopping him when he was going to jinx the Gryffindors, but when he saw it wasn't me, he called me stupid. Up to that point I was trying to control my anger because everyone was mad at me, but that set me off." He nodded. "You two may leave. But make sure no one from Gryffindor gets to the practice again." We nodded and left. John was waiting for us at the end of the corridor. "Are you two in trouble? We really need you guys for this game next week." He was really worried, it was easy to tell. "We're not in trouble. And I'm sorry I lost my cool at practice. It won't happen again." John gave me a small smile. "Sorry I called you stupid. Its good you guys can play, we really do need you guys, you're like the best players we have. Except for me, at least." Tom and I laughed at that. I turned to him. "I really am sorry." He smiled. "It's alright. I have to remember that you would be a very dangerous enemy." I smiled and we made our way to the common room. "By the way, what did you say earlier?" John asked. I frowned. "I just said that I was probably smarter than you and I asked what you had against girls." He nodded understandingly. "I have nothing against girls. I was just mad earlier." We walked the rest of the way in silence. When we got to the door, John stopped us. "Um Olivia, people heard about what happened, and ah, a lot of people might be afraid of you." He trailed off. "Well, I guess we should make quite an entrance, shouldn't we?" I smiled. They both gave me confused faces. Wait, I was talking about something a muggle would do. "Making an entrance is when you enter dramatically." I explained and they nodded. I laughed and opened the door. The people in there went silent when they saw it was me. I made my way over to the staircase and walked up without stopping to talk to anyone. I went up to the dormitory and sat on my bed with a big sigh. "You just have to go and scare everyone, don't you?" I looked up from the floor and saw Sophie, another third year. "I don't mean to." I mumbled and looked at the ground again. "It doesn't matter sweetie, you still do it. And you scared my Bobby. I don't appreciate that." I looked up at her again. "Just leave me alone please." I said and laid down. She just sat by my feet. I sighed but didn't do anything about it. "Listen, I'm fine if you scare other people, but not Bobby." "Okay, I'll try not to next time." She shook her head. "No, that's not good enough. You need to mean it." I sat up and stared her in the eye. "I won't do it again." She smiled and stood up again. "Good." She said simply and went downstairs. Girls are to demanding and dramatic. And people wonder why I don't hang out with them.
Ron's POV
Now I feel bad. Olivia hasn't talked to us all week (It's Thursday). When I try to catch her eye, she glares at me and looks away. "Hey George, are you still going to Hogsmeade with Olivia on Saturday?" Harry asked at dinner. George looked over at her. "I don't know. I'll ask her." Harry nodded and looked down. "Is Olivia still mad at you two for what you did?" Hermione came up behind us, scaring the living daylights out of me. When I saw it was her, I just nodded and looked down at my food. "Well, are you guys going to go talk to her?" she asked. I looked at Harry and shook my head. He did the same. "If you don't she'll probably think you guys aren't sorry. That won't help anything." I turned to her. "Why is she so mad at us?" I asked to nobody specific. "Because people blamed it all on me, and they said I wasn't a true Slytherin. And I told you guys not to come. Now most people in my house are afraid of me because they I'm a Parseltongue. But being that some people think I really do belong in the house." I turned at the same time Harry did and we almost banged our heads together. She was standing there with her arms folded and two Slytherins behind her. One of them was the one she fought with. He looked like a seventh year. "You're talking to us now?" Harry said annoyingly. She raised her eyebrow. "Not my choice." She nudged her elbow to the guy on her left side. He looked like a fifth year. "I'm sorry I acted the way I did." They guy she had nudged to spoke quietly to her. She turned to him. "But Bobby, I don't cuss, and I won't start now." He smiled. "Is that all?" Harry asked. She nodded and turned and turned, but then changed her mind. "George, I still would like to go to Hogsmeade with you if you're still up to it." I turned to see George was smiling and nodding. I sighed. He just had to have her? Out of everyone in the school, it had to be her? She waved to him and went back to her table. I watched as she left and the seventh year lean close and whisper something to her. She smacked him on the arm and he laughed. I really wish she could be mine.
