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Chapter 65: Old friend

"Come on Eve, get out of there. You're gonna get sick."

"No I'm not! It's the same as swimming in the lake behind my house. I've done it in the middle of winter and never got sick."

"Maybe, but Minnie said not to do that. She'd know. I'm sure your mom told her."

"Auntie is just overprotective. Just like she's with you. If she told you not to ride your broom anymore, would you listen to her?"

"I-well, probably not, but I don't ride high, whereas the Black Lake is freezing cold. Please, she won't let you stay the night if you get sick. You know how strict she can be."

"Well, maybe I-"

"Selene, Evelyn, if you want to eat, you should come now, its getting late. And I think you'd probably like to eat some pita." We heard a female yelling from the castle's direction.

"It's pizza auntie, not pita."

"Come on Eve, she doesn't spend her days in the muggle world. And the house elves don't usually make pizza."

"Maybe, but when someone's right about everything, any time they mess up it's fun to tease them. It pisses them off." I rolled my eyes at that, she liked to tease everyone, not just the ones who were always right. Mostly poor Theo.

"Come on, letrs go get Theo. I bet he's hungry too." I suggested.

"Wait, he's here?!?"

"Oh my, Eve, you look so surprised. Yeah, he's here. But so are you, so he was in the Forest the whole evening. Really now, you had to expect that at some point. You don't even let the boy breathe."

"I'm not so bad that he could get scared off. It's just fun."

"If you say so…"

"Come on you can't really-"

"I can't hear you!" I laughed, running away to the forest.I knew I pissed her off, but she had to know how that was at some point.

"Theo!" I entered, knowing he wouldn't really go too deep in the forest, since usually on evenings, the Thestrals were close to the edge of the forest.

"What?" He emerged from the shadows, a suspicious look on his face. "She can't be gone already. What are you two plotting?" he said, looking at me with suspicion.

"Do you even know how late it is? It's half past nine. Besides, we're not the evil demons you seem to think of us as. We're just kids."

"Maybe you can be human, but Eve…"

"She's just joking. I don't say that I agree with her, but she's not trying to kill anyone."

"If you say so… Now, what's for dinner."

"I was sure you'd ask." I smirked dragging him out of the forest, both of us ignoring the electric shock when I got hold of his arm. Food was usually the only thing that could get him close to Evelyn when he decided to hide. He was too afraid of what she might do if he got close enough on those occasions.

I hadn't seen her in four years. But when she got down from that boat, I recognized Evelyn Amthar immediately. Raven hair and ocean blue eyes, slender yet strong body and a stance that emitted so much wit that some would feel suffocated. Still, I had to admit that she changed a little. She seemed more mature, though I couldn't have expected her to keep acting like when she was 9. In a word, I was surprised to see her.

I've been friends with Evelyn since we were two or so. Minnie was her mum's aunt, even though she called her auntie, so I spent a lot of time with her. I always admired her because she was very outgoing and brave and I used to tell her all the time that for sure she'll be in Gryffindor. Theo was with us all the time too, and we were inseparable, even though sometimes he hid when Eve's teasing got too much, because she could get too far without realising. But at the end of the day, we were still the best of friends. When we were about seven though, Theo stopped coming to the castle and I didn't see him again till the World Cup when I bumped into him, so there was just the two of us left. It wasn't the same, but at least I still had her. But when we were nine, she told me something that saddened me deeply. Due to the purebloods' deep displeasure because of her father's attempts to teach the parents of muggle born kids about the wizarding world, they were not quite safe in England anymore. There had even been an attempt to curse her father when he was leaving the Ministry one day, so her parents decided that it was better for them to move from the country. They settled for somewhere in North, so the chances that she might come to learn at Hogwarts went from little to non existent. So, in a span of two years I lost both my best friends. That's when I turned to learning. It was a good way to stop thinking of everything that could've been. We had to cutany means of contact, because it was safer that way. I never thought I'd see her again. But there she was, standing tall in a group of mostly boys, and maybe, just maybe, I could get a part of my friend back. And that if she remembered me.

"Sel, are you ok? You haven't said anything since the students arrived. I thought you were feeling better. Wanna go to the Hospital Wing?"

"I'm fine Mione, just a little shaken. I-didn't expect them to arrive like that, let alone have an entrance like the one they had."

"You're right. Those girls from Beauxbatons are just so…inappropriate. I mean, most of them aren't even of age. How do their parents allow them to dress like that?"

"Calm down, it's a uniform. Besides, the clothing standards in France are different from the way they are here."

"They want to sit down. Quickly, make way!" Ron told us after the Headmasters told their students that they can sit. But he was too late, as the ones from Beauxbatons sat at the Ravenclaw table and the ones from Durmstrang at the Slytherin one. I looked at that table, stiffling a laugh when I saw Draco silently fangirling over Krum, and then I saw Theo three sits down, looking wide eyed, clearly surprised at Evelyn, who was sat in front of him. She didn't seem to notice him though, as she was looking around the Great Hall. She wasn't looking like the rest of the guests, like it was a new place to them, trying to take in all the details. No, she looked like she was home, but she was clearly looking for someone. I hunched my back, hiding behind Harry, who was sitting in front of me. I wasn't ready for this. And I certainly didn't want her to see me like this; at least not until I was back to normal. Besides, I would have to be the one to tell her that Theo ended up in Slytherin, and not Ravenclaw as we predicted. Because she wasn't likely to recognize him tonight. I learned long ago that her sense of observation is completly non existent when she is eating.

It was going to be a far longer year than I expected…

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