DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, BUT I DO OWN MY CHARACTERS AND THE STORYLINE.
"You want me to draw a banner?" Christina asked as both she and Evelyn were getting ready for breakfast in the bathroom.
Christina was combing her dark shiny hair while Evelyn was brushing her teeth. "Yeah," Evelyn said with her mouth full of toothpaste.
"Why?" Christina asked as Evelyn spit the toothpaste out of her mouth.
"I want to make this sort of a club about girl supporting and empowering and I want to make all the girls of our year join." There was a silence between the girls before Christina started to laugh at her suggestion.
"Girls in our year hate each other, Eve." Christina reminded her and Evelyn started to gargle which was rather annoying to Christina.
The kitsune glared at the parselmouth who then spit out the water. "You're right about that but we can change it. We can bring girls together."
"Eve, that's like someone beating me in Quidditch which we all know it's impossible." Christina pointed out as both of them got out of the bed. Unlike them, Gabriela and Diana had woken up earlier and had gone to eat breakfast before the classes start.
"We both know that I love a challenge," Evelyn said with a smirk before she moved to wear her shoes.
"I think it won't work." Christina still wasn't assured with Evelyn's idea. "We hate each other. For example, I hate Lily Evans." Evelyn turned to glare at the kitsune but she paid no mind to the glare. "Mortice and Emily hate every girl that breathes including their roommates. Sierra Alastair hates your cousin with a burning passion." Evelyn's mind drifted to her last encounter with Elena in the girl's bathroom which she hadn't told her friends yet. She didn't think it was something to share with them even though she knew they wouldn't say anything to anyone about it. It wasn't her secret to tell. "Your cousin ignores you like you don't exist. Stacey Cox and her friends hate Marlene and her friends. Emmeline Vance can't stand Ivy Gray."
"Wait, how do you know all of this stuff?" Evelyn asked as she moved to get some milk for Sabrina who was still sleeping.
"I tend to notice things when I do my Quidditch tactics sometimes." Evelyn frowned as she poured the milk on the bowl for her cat.
"Like what?"
Christina didn't respond at first as she stopped to think. "Sometimes when we play against Slytherins, I think Carter needs protection from me. Not me from him." Evelyn raised an eyebrow at the kitsune knowing fully well where the girl was going. "Because Rabastan is one jealous boy."
Evelyn curled her lips. She had to yet to talk about Rabastan and the gift he had given her. She needed to gather her mind one day and talk to him about it. She didn't get what the necklace meant at all.
"And a confusing one at that," Evelyn added as Christina fixed her blue and bronze tie. "Is having a crush supposed to be confusing?"
"Don't ask me. The only experience I have of chasing over someone is chasing over the Golden Snitch." Evelyn laughed at the joke her friend made.
"So, have you found a name for this club of yours?" Christina asked as they descended the stairs that led to the girls' dormitory.
"We need people first and this group of people should choose a name together," Evelyn answered the questions as she reached the last step of the stair.
"Why do you want to make me a banner without a club's name?" The door of the common room opened and the two girls got out.
"I didn't tell when to do it. I didn't give you a deadline." Evelyn pointed out as they started to make their way to the other sets of stairs. Merlin, this school had lots of stairs. "I just want you to do it. You have a talent at art."
"I know, I've seen my work." One of the things that Christina and Evelyn had in common was their lack of modesty.
"Calm down, Cocky." Evelyn teased her with a smile. The kitsune turned to give her a disbelieving look.
"You're the one to talk, Baby Evie." Evelyn glared at the nickname but Christina ignored them by changing the subject.
"How are you going to tell the other girls about the club?"
"I'm going to enlist Gabriela to tell Mona who could tell the other Hufflepuffs girl. I will be enlisting Lily to tell the Gryffindor girls. I will be telling the other Ravenclaw girls myself and I will be enlisting Emma and Lucinda to tell the Slytherin girls." Evelyn explained her plan of spreading the news.
"You think everyone would join?" Christina scoffed but Evelyn wasn't going to let anyone discourage from her idea.
"I'm not naive. I know some of them won't join but it's worth a try." Evelyn stated to her best friends as they continued to make their way to the Great Hall.
"Let's just hope it works then," Christina said and Evelyn hummed. She didn't want to press more on about the subject because a part of her thought that the kitsune didn't agree with her.
Soon, they entered the Great Hall and they took a seat in their house table. Evelyn took the one next to Gabriela while Christina sat next to Diana. The boys weren't present in the table.
"Where are the boys?" Evelyn asked the two other girls.
"Edrick and Carter realized that they haven't done their Herbology essay so they dragged Henrik to the library with them," Gabriela informed the blonde. Just then, Christina almost choked on the apple she was eating.
"We had an essay in Herbology?" She asked, shock written in her features.
"Yes, I was doing mine yesterday in the common room. You came and asked me what I was doing, I told you and you left without a word." Evelyn answered to the kitsune who was still trying to get to the fact that she had forgotten to do an essay.
"That was after the Quidditch practice. I can barely make two words after that. When does class begin?" Christina was frantic as she started to tap the table.
"In half an hour," Diana asked looking at the watch on her wrist.
Evelyn would have thought that Christina had used her kitsune powers at how fast she had gotten out of the table and headed to the Entrance Hall.
"That was too fast for a human being," Evelyn whispered to her friends who nodded in agreement. She decided it was time to tell them about her club idea. "I have an idea."
The two girls turned their attention to her and Evelyn cleared her throat to speak.
"I want to start a club. A club about girls supporting each other and empowering women." Gabriela raised an eyebrow while Diana had a smile on her face. "I think this school desperately needs it as it's a very toxic place when it comes to these things. We're going enlist the girls in our year and then gather the other girls from all kinds of years. Every girl who wants to get in, they will get in." Evelyn was about to say something else but she was cut off by Gabriela.
"Sorry for interrupting you but you should know that girls in our year don't get along with each other," Gabriela said what Christina already did when Evelyn told the kitsune the idea.
"I know that they don't get along but that can change. People change over the years and their opinions about things and all of us can too." Evelyn's mind drifted to her mother who had changed from a spoiled school girl who was raised to believe that purebloods were superior to the lovely and hardworking mother she was now. "I need to enlist both of you. I need you Gabby to talk to Mona to persuade the girls in Hufflepuff to come to the first meeting." Gabriela nodded in understanding and then Evelyn turned to Diana. "While you Dee are gonna help me talk to Flitwick and tell him about the club as he needs to find us a free time to use a classroom."
"Aren't you women in a mission?" Diana asked her with a teasing smile on her face. "I like the idea and I'm in it."
Evelyn squealed earning a few looks from people around her. "That's great!" She then started to put some jam in a loaf of bread she had gotten from herself.
The group of seven Ravenclaws entered the Greenhouse and she noticed that professor Sprout was already there. Evelyn was the last one to get in and she noticed that there wasn't any free seats next to her friends.
"Hey, Barty." She called her fellow Ravenclaw who turned to look at her with a blank face. "Can you please let me sit here?"
He didn't answer at first but when he did, he wasn't nice about. "You might not hear this world very often, Evelyn but no."
"A simple no would have sufficed." She shot back at him, she know understood what Carter meant with Barty not liking her. She looked around the room and saw that all seats were taken, except one close to Rabastan. She wondered who would switch places with her in this class.
"Miss Sinclair King, what are you doing standing up?" Sprout called making Evelyn look at her professor.
"I'm trying to find a seat," Evelyn answered to the professor. "But I find it a little difficult."
"There's a free seat right next to Mr Lestrange." Evelyn's first thought was that her Herbology professor knew that Evelyn had a crush on Rabastan. Her second thought was to run, pack her bags and head to Ilvermorny. Somehow she hated sitting next to him when the last time, they had been close to each other was when he had kissed her and she walked away.
She felt someone push her a little and she made her way to Rabastan who was staring at his essay like it was the most interesting thing he had ever seen.
"Poor Rab, he's sitting next to the bastard." She heard Damian Avery whisper to his friends on the other side of the table and then he heard them all chuckle.
Evelyn pretended she didn't hear them and she thought Rabastan would do the same. "Don't listen to them." He whispered to her for only her to hear him.
Evelyn didn't say anything or even glanced at him. She was afraid of one of his friends would notice it.
She started to listen to professor Sprout and taking notes but her attention was soon taken by Rabastan touching her with his elbow. At first, she thought it was accidental but then she saw that he had written something directed to her.
Please don't tell me you have written an essay more than two feet.
Evelyn frowned and she glanced at his friends who were busy talking to each other or taking notes. She decided to write on her parchment and not his to make it look like she was taking notes.
Is something wrong with that?
She pushed her parchment a little to his directions so he could read it.
You're just making it more obvious why you were sorted in Ravenclaw.
You know how much I hate house stereotyping.
Of course, I should know. You never shut up about it during our lessons.
Evelyn gaped at his words and she smiled,
Hey, I don't talk about that so much.
Yes, you do. But you should know that you are the stereotype of Ravenclaws.
What do you mean?
You're intelligent, wise (too wise for your age), witty, creative, accepting, open-minded and curious.
Are just naming the characteristics of my house? Also, I'm not wise. I still have a lot to learn.
No, I'm complimenting you.
Evelyn's cheeks turned red at what he had written. She tried to hide her face to the other people as she knew she was a lost cause when it came to Rabastan seeing it. He had already seen it as he was trying to hide a smile.
Thanks for complimenting me, but we both know I don't need the ego boost.
Yes, you already have a big ego enough to fill the greenhouse
Are you insulting me now, Lestrange?
More like pointing the truth, King.
Evelyn's blue eyes moved to their professor who was still going on about the lesson.
I'm never seating next to you again. Again, it's Sinclair King
Why, Sinclair King?
Cause you distract me.
I'm gonna take that as a compliment.
Why?
Because it's a hard task to distract someone like you, Evelyn.
They kept writing to each other during the whole class oblivious to the whole class but one person. Elena who wasn't that shocked at the fact that Rabastan and Evelyn were talking.
She had noticed Rabastan's crush on Evelyn in the Halloween feast when he couldn't keep his eyes on her when she had sung for it. She had then noticed him glance at her in a few classes, in the hall or when she stopped to talk to Emma and Lucinda.
He was secretive and she couldn't blame his friends for not noticing as he was good at hiding it. He was good but Evelyn was great. It wasn't until now that Elena was sure that Evelyn fancied Rabastan too.
She didn't know Evelyn at all. Not like she knew Rabastan. She knew Rabastan since she was a little girl and she still had no idea what kind of person Evelyn was.
But she could notice the glint on Evelyn's blue eyes, she could notice how her eyes shined and her pupil dilated. What gave it all was the blush that had crept on Evelyn's face. Elena was sure that Evelyn had a crush on Rabastan Lestrange.
"Lucinda! Emma!" Evelyn called the two girls who were talking to each other. "Hey!"
"Hey, Eve." They greeted her in sync and she smiled at them. "What's up?"
"I wanted to talk to you guys about an idea I have." The girls turned their attention to her. "I have an idea about a club. A club with all girls who should support and help each other." The two girls shared obvious questioning glances. "We will have the girls in our year only and then get other girls from different years too. I would like for you to join us now."
"How did that idea came up to be?" Emma wondered.
Evelyn shrugged. "There are a lot of reasons, but I think we needed a lot in this time and age we are."
"Count us both in," Lucinda added and Evelyn sighed in relief. In her head, she had prepared a whole speech for this.
"I need your help to enlist the Slytherin girls in our year." The two girls' eyebrows shot up and Evelyn could have sworn that the eyebrows touched their hairline.
"All the girls from Slytherin?" Lucinda asked and Evelyn knew she was talking about Elena. It was obvious.
"All of them." The girls then nodded their heads hesitantly. "Good. I'll tell you when the meeting will be. Bye."
"Bye." The two girls waved at her and Evelyn rushed to her friends. As always she didn't look where she was going and fell on the ground making everyone look at her.
"Nothing new to see here." She said when she noticed students around her laugh at her falling. "I practically fall everywhere I go."
She heard Edrick's contagious laugh a few feet away from her and she looked up to see her friends laughing. "What great friends I have." She told them as she walked by them.
"Sorry, Eve but you tripped on nothing. On nothing!" Edrick pointed out pointing to the ground and she let out a sigh.
"Shut up!" She passed them and they all followed her behind towards the dungeons as their next class was Potions with Hufflepuffs.
"Hey, what did Emma and Lucinda say about your idea?" Diana who had reached Evelyn's quick steps asked.
"They agreed to it and they would tell the other girls about it. By the way, you also need to help me get the other Ravenclaw girls." Evelyn eyed the four other girls that were walking ahead of them.
"Jenna will be easier to talk with, so will Loraine. But talking to Mortice and Emily will be bloody hard as they rarely used our names when they talk to us." Diana referred to the countless times when the two fellow Ravenclaw girls had called Diana a mudblood while they called Evelyn a bastard.
"It's better us than Chris or Gabby. Chris might just attack them while Gabby says that they make her nervous." Evelyn reminded her friend. Diana let out a sigh and said nothing else. She agreed with the tall blonde.
They entered the class to find Slughorn sitting in his table waiting for them. Evelyn took a seat and soon Gabriela sat next to her.
"Good morning, class." He greeted them and they all greeted him back by muttering a good morning to him. "Today, we will be brewing the Shrinking Solution. Now can someone tell me who invented it?" Many hands were raised including Evelyn's and Gabriela's. "Yes, Miss Sinclair." Evelyn rose from her seat and moved to talk.
"Zygmunt Budge," Evelyn answered as her mind drifted to the thing she had read about the man who had thought of himself as the best potioneer in the world. Which was true in her opinion as he had invented many potions and he had discovered the properties of plants and creatures.
"That's correct, Miss Sinclair. 10 points to Ravenclaw." Evelyn sat down and started to listen again to her professor. "Now Zygmunt Budge was a talented wizard but he was dedicated to his work."
"He was also mad." Stephen Plate, a fellow Ravenclaw that Evelyn had extended only five words with him for three years.
"I wouldn't call him mad, Mr Plate." Professor Slughorn said as he started to pace around. "He was just a little bitter."
"Probably was a Slytherin." Evelyn heard Greg Stebbins whisper to Amos Diggory behind her. By the look on her professor's face, he heard it too but he decided to ignore it.
"Boeht professor 'e was considered as vengeful, unstable and eccentric by de people aroond 'im," Henrik spoke making everyone turn to look at him. "Also 'e left de school when 'e was ahnly fourteen years ahld."
"You're right about him leaving Hogwarts at a young age but he did it because he saw himself above the education in Hogwarts at that time. There are still students who are above the education in this school." Slughorn said not realising that he had slipped out a little bit too much.
Everyone looked at him with interest to go on including Evelyn herself. "Now enough with the chat and start to brew the potion. The pair who does the potion will be rewarded with 50 points. Start your work now."
"I'll get the ingredients," Gabriela told Evelyn and the blonde just nodded her head. Evelyn looked at her friend who moved to talk to Mona who had also gotten up to get the ingredients for the potions.
Evelyn was glad that Gabriela had made a new friend, a friend who made her smile through the tough times the girl was going. Gabriela had been so shy in the beginning of the year, she barely talked to her and their two other best friends. But as the year progressed the girl started to come out of her shell and started to talk to Don and the other three boys in the group. She now even had a friend outside of their house. Evelyn was proud of her friend and the progress she had made.
Gabriela came to the table and noticed Evelyn's smile. "What?"
"Nothing," Evelyn responded and she looked at their cauldron. "Ready to win those fifty points?"
"Yeah, I am," Gabriela responded with a determined look etched upon her face.
"Marls!" Evelyn called for the blonde who turned to look at her. Marlene was sitting in one of the window nooks but she wasn't alone. When Evelyn reached her, she noticed Sirius on the other side. "Am I interrupting something?"
"No," Marlene responded.
"Yes." Was Sirius's annoyed answer leaving Evelyn baffled for a few seconds.
"Don't worry, Sirius, it won't take long," Evelyn told the dark-haired boy who didn't say anything else. "I have an idea."
"That doesn't sound good." Evelyn frowned a little at Marlene's reply. "Last time you had an idea was to see the rumoured Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest."
"I was curious and you showed no bravery when you said no." Evelyn pointed out earning an eye roll from Marlene.
"I'm sorry that I place my life in a higher regard than my bravery." Marlene snapped at the blonde Ravenclaw.
"Can you hurry, Lynn? I have to leave soon and I can't stand Marlene here complaining that I don't spend time with her." Evelyn glanced at Sirius and she heard Marlene huff. It was clear that they had an awkward tension between them and Evelyn didn't know how to react to it or what to do.
"Okay..." She trailed off as she started to fidget with her hands. "So, I have this idea to make a club with girls when we can support and help each other. We can talk about many common topics when it comes to women and the stigma that is put on them. We will ask girls in our year to join first and then other girls from different years can join too. So are you in it? And can you enlist Lily to help you get the other girls in it too?"
"I guess I can do that, Lily will be thrilled," Marlene responded with a smile.
"Good." Evelyn smiled before turning to Sirius who didn't seem to have even paid attention to what she had just said. "Was that fast enough for you?"
"Not enough." He responded with a bitter smile and Evelyn let out a frustrated sigh.
"Sorry to disappoint you." She responded with a smile. "See you both in Charms."
"You won't be seeing us in Charms." Evelyn turned to look at Sirius with an eyebrow raise realising that the couple were skipping the class.
"Well then, I hope you have fun and don't get caught." She responded before giving them a small wave and heading to the Great Hall to eat lunch.
"Juliet, I heard you are making a club about supporting girls," Carter spoke to her before she could even sit down in the table.
"You're doing what?" Loraine York asked as she stopped from eating her salad.
"I have an idea to make a club about us girls for support each other," Evelyn told Loraine but she looked at her three friends too. "It will be the girls of our year only and then we will let each other people join too. Do you want to come?"
"I would rather spend time with a werewolf than come to that club." Emily pointed out and Evelyn turned to look at her with an annoyed look.
"You don't have to insult werewolves only to make a point." Evelyn snapped at the girl who rolled her eyes. "And to be honest, people like you, Emily, desperately need this club."
"You're only doing this for attention." Mortice pointed out without even looking at the blonde.
"Mortice, come on." Jenna scolded her friend before giving Evelyn an apologetic look.
"We all know she is an attention seeker. Her whole family is. Her mother, her uncles, her cousins. Cain breathed to get attention." Evelyn frowned at the fact that Mortice knew so much about her family than her. She would never peg her uncle for an attention seeker.
"If Eve wanted attention, she can easily just flash or prank someone." Christina came on Evelyn's defence. "She asked you to join a club about supporting girls which is what this toxic environment needs and you and Emily couldn't help but throw insults at werewolves and her distaste for them."
"Girls, there is no need to fight," Edrick said and Evelyn knew he was right. There was no point on fighting with them.
"Look just try to come in the first meeting, if you don't like it then you have every right to not come back. It's not mandatory, it's free will." After that, Evelyn turned to get herself a chicken wing and some salad.
"By the way, I talked to Marlene and she is going to enlist Lily to get the other girls in Gryffindor. Have you talked to Mona?" She directed the question to Gabriela who was reading a book while reading.
"Yeah, she agreed to it," Gabriela responded and Evelyn couldn't help but let out an excited squeal.
"This is going great!" She exclaimed, her voice high enough for the other people in the table to hear.
"I'm just glad that you have an idea that won't risk someone's life like the one to swim in the lake and look at the Giant Squid." Henrik pointed out making the others laugh.
"That was after drinking too much Butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks." Evelyn defended herself but her friends didn't seem to believe her.
"Juliet, you have outrageous ideas all the bloody time," Carter spoke. He frowned when his group of friends scoffed at him.
"Romeo, have you forgotten your theories?" Evelyn reminded him and he rolled his eyes.
"I got one about the owner of Hog's Head-" He began to say but they stopped him by groaning. Edrick even smacked him in the back of his head. "Merlin's beard, Ed. You didn't need to hit that hard."
"Yes, he did. Now, stop talking and eat your lunch." Diana ordered the boy who surprisingly started to eat his food.
"Come in," Flitwick called from his chair in his office and looked up to see Diana and Evelyn enter his office. "Miss Hurkle and Miss Clumsy, to who do I owe this pleasure?"
"To Evelyn's brain," Diana answered and his eyebrows raised at her words.
"That brain is quite extraordinary." He pointed out before motioning for them to take a seat.
"It's because of the owner of it." Evelyn pointed out to the head of the house.
"Ever the modest, Eve," Diana stated, sarcasm laced in her words.
Evelyn smiled at her before turning to look at her Charms professor who had an amusing smile on his face. "We want to start a club."
"A club?" He repeated and the two girls nodded their heads in answer.
"A club with girls when we will support each other and show the true power of being a woman," Diana explained to him and he looked interested. "We will start with girls in our year first and then try to make other girls from all years join."
"Every girl can join. The club isn't about skill or interest in the subject, it's about uniting girls so we could raise women in the same pedestal as men." Evelyn continued to explain. Diana nodded with every word Evelyn said.
"The club won't be mandatory, it's free will," Diana added.
The two girls shared a look and waited for him to say something. "I have said this before and I'm saying this now. You two are too smart and mature for your age. Most of the kids in your age are too busy studying or pulling some pranks to do something like this." Both of them smiled at him.
"Maybe that is the reason why we were sorted in Ravenclaw." Diana pointed out and he let out a chuckle.
"That is highly possible. But I'm being honest about you two, in fact, the whole group of yours. All of the eight of you." Evelyn couldn't help but smile when he included Don in their group like they did even though the boy was in a magic school in France. "This club idea is good and very well thought. I like the initiative and I am sure that professor Dumbledore would like it too."
"That's great. I'm glad you like it." Diana let out a sigh of relief.
"Do we need to talk to Professor Dumbledore? We can write him a five thousand words essay on why we need and why it's important to have it." Diana furrowed her eyebrows at Evelyn who just shrugged in response.
"There's no need for that. I will talk to the headmaster and give you an answer tomorrow." He told them.
"Thank you, professor," Evelyn said as she got up from the chair. Diana followed her. "Good day." He gave them a nod and they walked out.
He couldn't help but chuckle when he heard the two girls squeal with excitement outside his office.
It seemed like professor Flitwick had been right about professor Dumbledore as he had agreed to the idea of the club. As three days later, Evelyn was sitting in one of the tables in an empty classroom that wasn't used. She wasn't alone as Gabriela, Christina and Diana were in the classroom too. Cristina was writing in her Quidditch notebook, Diana was reading a book while Gabriela was studying her wand like it was the first time she had seen it.
"What if no one comes?" Evelyn asked as began to pace the room. It would be an embarrassment if no one showed up.
"They will, Eve. Don't worry." Christina tried to assure her without looking away from the notebook.
Evelyn started to pace around the classroom but stopped when she heard the door open. All the girls' eyes darted to the door only to see some of the Gryffindor girls.
Evelyn tried not to show any sign of relief that someone had shown up. "Take your seats." She motioned to the chairs in the classroom. Marlene sat with Dorcas, Mary with Lily and Hestia with Alice.
"We told the other girls in Gryffindor to come but we didn't get a clear answer," Lily informed Evelyn who ran a hand through her hair.
"Let's just hope that they show up," Evelyn said as she looked at the watch on her wrist.
The girls around started to talk with each other as Lily had started a conversation with Diana about the book she was reading. The only one who wasn't talking to someone was Christina. She was busy with her notebook.
The door opened again and Evelyn was immensely happy to see Mona and all the other girls from Hufflepuff enter the room. She saw Mona skip her friends and start to talk to Gabriela who forgot that she had been talking to the Gryffindors and Diana.
The other Hufflepuff girls were Emmeline Vance, the girl that Don had kissed, Ivy Gray, Sarah Dolores, Ella McEwen, Claire Clarke and Regina Monroe.
"Welcome." Evelyn greeted them and they all returned it with a simple one. The only ones left were the Slytherins and the four Ravenclaws.
Evelyn looked at her watch and noticed that only five minutes were left. She wasn't worrying that much since more than 13 girls had showed up and she wasn't including her and her friends.
The door opened again and Evelyn was surprised to see Mortice, Emily, Loraine and Jenna enter the room. Mortice had a scowl in her face, Emily didn't look interested at all while the other two girls seemed more curious about it.
Evelyn waited for the Slytherin girls and the four other Gryffindor girls. Soon, the Gryffindors showed up but there was no sign of Slytherin. Not even Emma and Lucinda. She had wanted the Slytherin girls to come desperately because they were the ones who were treated wrong just because they were sorted in Slytherin. They were students in Slytherin who had turned bad like Lord Voldemort but they were great ones like Merlin. She wanted to make them feel like they were welcomed by the other houses, she wanted to make them feel like they were part of Hogwarts just as much as anyone in the room. But she also was afraid that those girls were the first to be on the full support of Voldemort and his followers in a few years. She hoped that they hadn't already made their minds.
She saw that it had passed five minutes since the meeting started. She didn't feel like she needed to wait more.
"Hey, everyone." She called and everyone turned to look at her. "It seems like everyone who wanted to come came." She heard some scoffs but she ignored them. "Now, we all know why we're gathered here-" Evelyn stopped talking as the door opened and she waited to see who it was.
She was immensely surprised to see her cousin enter the room first followed by other Slytherin girls. Elena didn't say a word and she didn't acknowledge the looks that were sent in her way when she entered it. She only kept her head high and took a seat. Joanna Crabbe took the seat next to her. Lucinda and Emma took their seats and they were followed by Mira Royce and Felicia Nolan. The only two girls who didn't show up were Sierra Alastair and Amycus Carrow.
"Is this everybody?" Evelyn asked looking at the girls. Elena was the one who responded by giving her a simple nod. "Alright then." She took a deep breath, tried to stop her shaking hands and breathed out. "Like I was saying before, we are gathered here to form a club. A club for girls about girls. Our first goal is to support and learn from each other." She began to say. "As girls from the same year, we all seem to lack some sort of understanding for one another. This is a club to open our eyes and minds, so we could support each other. We all come from different places, have different families and have experienced different things. Some of us have it harder than the others and we need to understand that, so we could help each other."
Everyone was silent and all of their attentions were turned to her. Evelyn took a deep breath before continuing to speak.
"We need to help each other to show our worth, skill and power. We need to recognize that some girls have it harder than the others." She noticed Diana gulp. "Boys indeed have it easier than us, well, some boys, but it's also true that some girls have it harder. Some girls are discriminated because of blood status, race, class, sexual orientation and many other things. It will be foolish for us to think that we're all the same and we're treated the same when we are not. Some of us who have it easier than others should try rising the others who have it harder." Evelyn looked down at her hands. Why were they still shaking? "We should remove the stigma that is upon women. We should empower each other to achieve greatness. We should be there for each other. That's why I decided to form this club. To support each other and I think you girls joining will mean so much to this club. As everyone here can bring a special element to the group. We are all in different houses and we all have amazing personality traits that will make this club so good. When the professors talk about houses uniting, this club is a good opportunity to tell the school that houses can't get along with each other, but we can learn to."
Evelyn noticed some girls that shared looks. She knew it would be hard as the hatred and rivalry went deep between them, but she knew it wasn't impossible. It needed time, patience and dedication which she hoped everyone was willing to give.
"This club is being created because of what is going outside with our community right now." She saw that many of the girls' fall and some glanced at Slytherins, specifically Joanna and Elena. "The club is supposed to open up some people's minds about blood status, purity and everything with it. Our club supports all people off magical community whether they are purebloods, half-bloods, muggleborn, squibs or half breeds." Evelyn heard someone scoff and she sighed. "Also, I want to bring attention to something that happened a few days ago. Marlene, here," She pointed to her friend. "Was attacked by Stacey," She stared at the girl and everyone turned to look at her. The girl's shoulders dropped down and she looked down. "Because if I'm not mistaken, she's dating a bloke that Stacey likes."
"We're all entitled to our opinion." Vera McLaggen came to her friend's defence.
Evelyn scoffed. "There is a difference with having an opinion and attacking another girl just because she's dating a boy you fancy. Marlene had to go to the hospital because of your friend's petty attack." She pressed her lips together. "While we don't have boys in our clubs, we stand for fairness and that includes respecting someone's privacy. So, if you're going to continue with giving Sirius Black unwanted presents and following him behind like stalkers, you might just leave."
She wasn't surprised that Vera, Stacey and Florence May all walked out of the room. She shook her head and let out a sigh. It didn't seem like the girls took Sirius's report as a warning if they were bothering to stop.
Regina Moore raised her hand and Evelyn motioned for her to speak. "I know what they did to Marlene was despicable, but should it be considered that bad for them to leave."
"It may be trivial and small, but it doesn't erase that what they did was wrong," Evelyn stated. "If they attacked Marlene just because of a boy, what do you think they will do when it comes to more." Regina pursued her lips. "We are to spread awareness, share experiences and talk about our lives. I think if we do that, we will start to develop more sympathy and empathy towards each other."
She walked to the desk and picked up a parchment that was on it. She turned around holding it.
"In this parchment, we will be writing the names of the girls who want to join the club. I have already put my name on it and I will be putting this one in the desk for you to write your names." Evelyn placed the parchment in the desk and set a quill with some ink by it. She took a seat to the chair in the table and she waited for them to write their names.
She saw Mortice and Emily walk away, but Evelyn wasn't hurt. She knew that many girls including herself would be more comfortable with it. Her friends all signed their names and after that Marlene, Lily and the remaining girls came to sign it. The Hufflepuff girls signed their name as well and she saw Lucinda and Emma get in the line.
Her blue eyes landed on Elena who was talking to her friends. She couldn't hear what they were talking about, but she was sure that her cousin and Joanna were arguing. Soon, Elena got up from her place and Evelyn thought that she would leave. She surprised her by turning towards the line and waiting to sign her name. Her friends followed her as well
When they were finished, Evelyn couldn't help but smile that she had gotten twenty-two girls to join the club. She only hoped that they could make a change in their school. A change for the better.
This chapter truly begins a new journey for Evelyn that I hope you will enjoy. We will dig more into Evelyn's goals, dreams and motived for her life while she gets to know a few people around her aka Rabastan, Elena and Lily. But, we're also going to see Evelyn being introduced to someone really important to her and we will learn more about the rest of the Soaring Eagles.
Guest: I'm so happy to hear that you are loving and enjoying the story, I hope you enjoy the rest that it's going to come. I have seen After and to be honest, I disliked the movie. I didn't like the main characters, their relationship and the plot of the movie, but I understand why some people will like it. I don't see much of familiarity between Hardin and Rabastan to be honest because they come from different worlds and Rabastan remains to be a bit of mystery to Evelyn, so you're still going to learn more about him. So much more. We will be seeing Don soon and he will appear in a lot of chapters during summer, but I can't say anything about him coming back. Don is going to stay in Beauxbatons for awhile.
Next chapter, A Day With The Soaring Eagles