(A/N): Hey guys! We have passed the 27,000 words mark, how awesome is that? *Cricket chirping* Damn you cricket! *Shakes fist at cricket* Anywho, I hope you don't think that some characters (Kelly) are snobs, or is being a bitch or anything, cos seriously, that's not cool. She just lost her entire family to go to the one place she's wanted to go her entire life, so she's miserable and ecstatic at the same time, which causes her to have random breakdowns into tears. The other two have problems too, later though. Hope you enjoy the chapter, especially my best reviewer, FutureRulerOfTheWorld!
Disclaimer: Me don't own it.
Kelly
I sighed angrily as I stormed out of the Great Hall, flying past the students who had woken up on their own, much later than everyone else. I turned the corner into an abandoned corridor and sat around the corner on the other side of the corridor on a step. Alone, sitting on a cold step in an abandoned corridor, oh wonderful! I thought, crossing my arms on top of my knee's, burying my face in the crevice of space so no one could see the silent tears cascading down my face. The heated liquid carved its track down the side of my face, for once I wished that I hadn't worn makeup, for it was probably ruined by now. Taking a deep breath I tried to clear my mind, something I had never quite been able to do. The attempts were futile, my head was too full of those annoyingly loud buzzing thoughts and the way they spiraled around in there.
"The place I've wanted to go my whole life, and when I get here I'm bloody homesick, how sucky is that?" I whispered in question to the empty area surrounding me, not caring if people thought I was crazy. As I sat there, curled into myself, I thought back to all the memories I had had with my family, and the friends I had that weren't here. I sighed, rubbing my eyes on the tips of my skirt, which had pooled around my feet when I sat down. I sniffed, trying to clear away the blockage so I could breathe again. Getting to my feet, I hurried back to the Gryffindor common room, which was totally deserted as everyone was already either down at breakfast or on their way to Hogsmeade. I sped u the stairs, taking them two at a time, pushing open the door to the dormitory I shared with Angelina, Alicia Spinnet, Abigail Gent, Imogen French and Tessa Knight. I know, a lot of female Gryffindor third years with names starting with A, huh? After deciding no one was present in the room, I rushed to the bathroom where I was she my face free of all the makeup covering my face before grabbing my bag I had bought to hold my makeup from the cupboard above the sink I had chosen. Living with four other girls makes you a wee bit territorial, so, since there was more than enough, we decided to each have our own sink. I brushed my teeth to free them from the remainders of the food I had eaten for breakfast, and after making sure my face was dry, reapplied my makeup as if nothing had happened. I examined myself in the mirror before slipping the makeup bag into my clutch with my wand, making sure I could still get to the latter in a hurry. Smoothing a little curl of hair that had come away from the rest, I headed back down to the Great Hall, holding my breath and remaining very focused on where I was going so I didn't look over the side of the Grand Stair Case and have a freak out session. Approaching the Great Hall, I was in a much better mood than the one I had been in when I had left it, only maybe ten minutes before hand. A song popped into my head, I Will Not Bow by Breaking Benjamin, and I started to hum to the tune swirling through my head. As I was nearing them, my group of friends, one of the few groups still in the hall, glanced up at the same time, finally catching sight of me, and looking confused but happy.
"Well, are we going to Hogsmeade or what?" I asked, glancing at them one by one for the answer.
"Sure, why not." Nikki shrugged, smiling but still confused and what I thought looked like a little suspicion. The others removed themselves from their positions on the hard wood bench, starting to walk slowly towards the Entrance Hall. As I caught glimpses of all the students at Hogsmeade through the trees, my heart panged and the happy grin fell from my face for a second before righting itself so the others wouldn't see. Taking a step out of my way, I trod on a rather large, and rather crinkly looking leaf, smiling at the familiar crunching as it fell apart beneath my foot. Remaining in the middle of our pack, we reached Hogsmeade, and immediately headed to Honeydukes Sweet Shop. After buying their wares, the others wanted to leave and go to the Three Broomsticks, but since I hadn't bought anything yet, I ushered them away, telling them I'd catch up with them later. As soon as they were out of sight I pulled a bag out of my pocket and filled it with all kinds of sweets before making my way to the cashier, who looked at me sceptically before I forked over the coins he needed for the purchase.
"Me and a bunch of my friends are having a get together, and we wanted to just go nuts, so they told me to find food. I think I went a little bit overboard, but hey, you can never have enough candy, right?" The woman nodded eagerly, as I expected her to. Once outside, I shrunk the bag so that it would fit in my clutch, safely tied u so the now tiny sweets wouldn't come out and roll around in there. Tracing the path to the Three Broomsticks, I reached the store and entered the pub, joining my friends at the table they had picked, sipping on the glass of water they had set aside for me. The first time we were here they had served me Butter beer, and I didn't really like it as much as I thought I would. Then again, I'm not much of a fan of butterscotch.
"So, did you get what you wanted?" Fred asked, eying my clutch sceptically, causing me to giggle.
"Yeah, I didn't get much." My god, 'I didn't get much'? I basically bought out the entire shop!
"That's good." He replied, shooting a glance at his brother, who looked just as confused with the situation as I did.
"Okay. Mr Kooky." I said the last bit quietly, though everyone still heard me, choking on their Butter Beer's as they tried to hide their laughter.
"Whatever Ms…damn you!" I grinned and gulped down some water. After spending hours in Hogsmeade, walking around and chatting, we finally decided to visit the Shrieking Shack, something Sarah, Nikki and I were very excited about, and what Fred, George and Cedric were worried about, even though they would never admit to it in a million years. When we reached the barbed wire fence we could barely see anything of the haunted shack, and decided to get a closer look, since we knew that we would be safe from 'ghosts'. With the boys calling after us we sped through the gap in the fencing and raced towards the building, turning to look back occasionally to make sure the boys were still following us. Finally making it to the old wooden door we peered through the windows, getting an idea of where the events set to happen in two years would take place. Grins spread across our faces as they boys dragged us gently but hurriedly away from the 'most haunted building in Britain.' It was decided that we would go back to the Castle now, since us three girls were causing way too much trouble to stay. We wouldn't be coming back tomorrow, for certain reasons, but I'll tell you about that later.
(A/N): Hey again guys! I just wanted to mention the fact that I have written and updated 21 chapters in 1 month and four days. Hah! Go me. Anyway, the point of that was to tell you that I actually usually only have a vague idea of what's in the next chapter, if that, so I need anything that'll help. I haven't left my room except for school and to eat and pee, so I hope you do enjoy this story, which is also the longest fanfic I have ever produced, the next longest being only 16 chapters. Good luck and have fun!