"Maybe I should buy some of these and plant them in Merula's dorm."
Cyra said as she tossed around a blue and red firework, smirking when she earned a look from Penny.
"I thought we agreed you would take it easy on Merula?"
"Oh come on, a bunch of harmless fireworks scaring her half to death isn't the same as blasting her with Furnunculus. Besides, my house or not she can be a bloody prat." Cyra retorted.
"Prat is an understatement."
Rowan agreed, earning a chuckle from half of the group.
"I have to agree. She can be a bloody bitch." Tonks retorted, suddenly taking the shape of the aforementioned girl and doing a rather comedic impersonation, causing their group to burst into laughter.
"Please never do that again. Now every time she challenges me to a duel I'm going to burst into laughter thinking of the Tonksfied version."
"Then my work is done. Some humility will do her some good. Did you hear what she said to the first year Gryffindor yesterday?"
Cyra sighed as she half-listened to the latest gossip about what her housemates had gotten up to.
Merula and her group of weirdos usually got up to something atleasttwicea day and Cyra found herself at odds with them at least thrice more than that so this was nothing new and besides that, her mind was still stuck on what Penny had said.
It was nearly painfully obvious by Liz's reaction that she hadalmostbeen stereotypically Slytherin or either just an antisocial dolt who thought about nothing but the stupid vaults and barely anything else.
That had been until Rowan had gotten hurt. She had—after all—started to realize there was more at stake then. She had even taken a break from the vaults and had met Caira Lobosca and the equally talented and irritating Gryffindor Skye Parkins.
Yet she wentbackto the vaults in the midst of the second year and endangered Bill Weasley.
"Hey, Cyra. You okay over there? You look like that Ben kid did when Nick showed off the executioner's handy work."
Tonk's voice ripped her from her thoughts.
"Actually, can I talk with you for a minute?"
"Sure."
Cyra knew she shouldn't be intimidated by the other girl, after all, she had to deal with more intimidating people on the daily. Yet here she was, intimidated by the mischievous Hufflepuff.
"I know that ever since we met I've been a bit….well to be blunt, I've been a complete tosser lately."
She confessed, only to find the other girl's hand on her shoulder a second later.
"Hey, you lost a brother, and from what I hear your parents haven't been a big help. No one blames you for being a bit narky, mate."
Tonks's response caught Cyra off guard. They weren't very close, having only officially met this year, and yet, something about Tonks made her believe the girl as sincere.
"Maybe, but I passed some really unfair judgments on you and I'm sorry for it."
Tonk's just arched a brow.
"Well, I thought you had no sense of humor at all so I guess I can forgive you."
"So the first Hogsmeade trip is in a week, right? I should be able to get my marks up enough to go. I mean I did barely scrape by last year outside of Charms, flying, and potions."
Cyra said as they walked back toward Hogwarts for lunch, both her and Tonks relatively dirty from what had been an attempt at a race which ended with them both being saved serious injury by Rowan's cushioning charm.
"Hey, I could always tutor you. I'm pretty good with the history of magic." Rowan responded, earning a sigh.
"Thanks, Rowen. That is one class I hate with a passion." Cyra said, then added as if on afterthought "Speaking of passion, where did Skye vanish off to Penny? We had a friendly Wednesday and she wasn't there."
"She took a bludger to the shoulder during a private training course with Gryffindor. She'll be alright to play by the match next week. I thought you didn't like Skye?" Penny answered, causing the Slytherin to groan.
Great, now I have to explain myself to the Skye Parkins fangirl.
She thought as she tried to find the right words to use.
"It's not that I don't like her. It's just that I think she has her royal head up her royal ass so far that she no longer sees common sense."
"And yet you defend Merula, who does the same thing."
The tone of Penny's response caused her to really wish she could turn into a bird and fly away.
"I don't deny Merula is a bitch but there is a difference between them. Sure, they both have skills they brag about but Skye has a superiority complex, Merula is just a blowhard with a nasty streak….besides...at least Icanflatten Merula."