Snap, Crackle, Bang!
Chapter 37
Bellatrix growled, her fists balled at her sides, one encasing her ornate wand, "Stupid fucking Potter- interrupting my plans."
Evan looked at her sceptically, "You really think it was going anywhere? If it wasn't Potter, then she would have done it. She looked just about ready to hex you into oblivion, if you ask me. Besides, you saw what she did to me! Her anger isn't something I particularly want to deal with again."
"You were both dumb enough to insult the mudblood in front of her," Lucius drawled, from his spot on the Slytherin common room sofa, his arm draped over Narcissa's shoulders.
"Shut up, I don't see you doing any better," Bellatrix hissed, her eyes narrowing to slits.
"If I recall correctly, it was your mission from the Dark Lord himself," He shrugged, as always, exuding an air of haughtiness.
"Rossier was the one stupid enough to get himself hexed by her!" Bellatrix's knuckles were white as she balled her fists, a small, subtle hint of the well of anger that lay within her.
"Evan, try to stay out of the way of people, won't you?" Narcissa interjected, "It was troublesome to try to get rid of your pinkness, the other day."
Evan shrugged nonchalantly, as if he didn't have a care in the world, "I don't know how she did it, honestly. One second I was normal then the next I'm pink."
"Just avoid making her angry," Lucius suggested, "Kagome Higurashi- she's the transfer, isn't she?"
"Yes!" Bellatrix exclaimed her wild eyes meeting his, "We've been over this!"
"The one with the dark hair, blue eyes, really hot? That one, Lucius." Evan laughed, "She gave me horns the other day, I'd stay away if I were you- she's got quite the temper."
"You don't seem too bothered by it," Narcissa remarked- she usually stayed out of her sister's madness, but this time, she was intrigued by the girl the Dark Lord had sent her sister after.
"I was, but you know what? She's hot when she's mad," Evan grinned, "She a pure-blood?"
Bellatrix tapped her finger against her chin for a second, her anger temporarily forgotten, "Perhaps- but she's a blood traitor. You've seen how she defends the mudblood- she hexed you. She could be pure-blood, even if she doesn't put any value on it. How else could she get that jewel if not inheritance from an old wizarding family?"
"She could be a half-blood," Evan suggested, "Maybe that's why she's so fond of the muggle scum."
Lucius nodded, "That's probably how she has the jewel then- remind me again why the Dark Lord wants her jewellery?"
"Who are you to question our Lord?" Bellatrix snapped, pointing a finger accusatorily at him, "His reasons are beyond you!"
Kagome shivered, "It's always so cold down here."
Mary agreed with a nod. It was only minutes before their Potions class would start, and they'd decided to come away from the banks of the lake to come down to their class early. When they got there, though, they found no Professor Slughorn, and instead opted to wait outside in the dungeon hallways, which were equally as cold as the potions classroom itself.
"Can you believe James and Sirius somehow set off a dung-bomb in the library today?" Lily sighed, sounding disappointed but unsurprised they would do something like that.
Mary shrugged, "Leah told me all about it at lunch, her friend Marceline was there, you know, the half-french girl. She said she'd never seen anybody quite as angry as Madame Pince after the explosion- they're lucky to be alive."
"Honestly, they don't know how to behave," Lily complained, her back flush with the stone dungeon wall.
"It's been six years, Lils. Do you really expect them to start behaving now?" Dorci laughed, playing with a strand of her blonde hair.
"Kagome, love!"
The Japanese Gryffindor turned around, greeting Sirius, who was accompanied by the rest of the Marauders, with a smile, "Oh, hey."
"Thanks for the help with Muggle Studies, love. Handed it in and Professor Yale loved it- James is the only one with a Muggle Studies detention now," He grinned, earning a huff from James.
"You should have just gotten the detention with me- now I have to scrub the floors alone," He whined.
Lily shot him a glare, "You two set a dung-bomb off in the library!"
"Yeah," Sirius laughed, "I've never seen Madam Pince look so murderous before!"
James shuddered involuntarily at the memory of her fury upon finding out they were the ones to 'commit such a heinous act', "Truly terrifying."
"How many points did we lose for that?" Lily asked with a sigh.
"Only a hundred," James grinned, "You'll have earnt it back by the end of Potions."
"A hundred?" Lily clawed at her long red hair, "You have to stop!"
"Only if you go out with me," James winked at her.
"No!" The redhead protested, folding her arms over her chest.
"Don't look now," Mary muttered, nudging Kagome to get her attention and subtly pointing to a hallway on their left, going deeper into the dungeons, "But here comes trouble."
Kagome glanced behind Mary, easily spotting a crowd of Slytherins making their way down the hall. At the forefront was a boy with long ash blonde hair, tied in a ponytail at the nape of his neck. To his side, was a smaller boy, who looked remarkably like Sirius, his dark hair barely meeting his shoulders. There was the boy Kagome hexed the other day, who turned his head to avoid her piercing gaze. And lastly, there was Severus Snape, who Kagome easily recognised from that day James hexed him by the lakeside.
Sirius grinned, elbowing James, "If it isn't Lucy, Reg, Rossier and Snivelly! All together!"
"Black," The boy with the long ash blonde hair acknowledged him coldly, his pale blue eyes narrowed.
The boy that looked alarmingly like Sirius kept walking, not stopping in his stride, unlike the rest of the Slytherins, as he disappeared down the corridor.
"Rossier!" James laughed, "You're not pink anymore. I have to say, it suited you. Took us a while to master the charm to do that."
Evan glared threateningly at James, "You mean you did that, and not her," He pointed to Kagome.
Sirius looked at Kagome, and then back at Evan, shaking his head, "I'm offended you wouldn't think of us when you mysteriously turn pink."
"She did hex me," Evan supplied, looking warily at Kagome, who shot him a glare.
"You deserved it," She said simply, her hands on her hips, the anger she felt towards him still lingering.
"Damn right you did," James agreed, "Fancy having horns again?"
"We're not here to hex each other," Lucius seemed rather uninterested in James, or Sirius and instead turned to look at Kagome, who was glaring at Evan, looking somewhat ready to hex him again if he so much as breathed in a way she didn't like. "You must be Kagome."
She turned around, her attention now off Evan, much to his relief, "Yes, I am."
"I'm Lucius Malfoy," He stepped towards her, "Pleasure to meet you." He gave her a charming smile, his eyes roaming her face imploringly, waiting for a reaction.
Kagome took his outstretched hand, shaking it slowly, "Nice to meet you, too."
Sorry about slower updates, guys. I can't update next Sunday, so I'll hopefully be doing a double update to make up for that! I've had some feedback saying you'd like more time skips? Yes? No? Let me know, please review!