And The Master Of Riddles
Deadly As a Serpent
Cleaver as a fox
Do you know how he moves?
You probably do not..
I saw him the other day
Just passing by
How could this Serpent of mine
Be the way I die?
Chapter 2: Black Rose
(By Aino)
"Oh there you are!" Mina said Running over to a tall girl. Mina's eyebrows raised in shock when she looked at the back of the girls hair. It was Solid Royal Blue.
"What happened? Are they picking on you again?"
The girl tuned around to meet these words.Her name was Aino Blight. She was fairly tall for her age, had bright brown eyes and shoulder length hair that slightly curled on the ends. A large form was plastered on her face. Aino was a very bright girl. Yet at the same time, was very....slow.
"Actually..." replied Aino, "I was teasing my elder brother at home and he accidentally (though I wouldn't call it that), Hexed my hair blue."
Aino lived with her three brothers; Evan, Robert, and Julious Blight. They and Aino were big troublemakers. Always torturing their Muggle neighbors, threatening to pull rabbits out of their ears if they even layed a hair on their front sidewalk. It was quite a sight to see the Muggles almost walk right into the middle of the street to stay away from the Blight house when they passed. Naturally Aino's parents weren't very happy about this. They fond themselves constantly calling the Ministry so that they could preform memory spells on the neighbors when their kids had the urge to torture them.
"How long do you think it will stay that way?" Mina asked curiously.
"About a couple weeks I suppose...My brother didn't get the chance to reverse the Hex before my parents came into the room"
Mina sighed, "I don't know what to do with you.."
"I don't know ether.." Aino sighed, not taking heed to her own words. Mina stared at her and then snickered.
"You here to get your spendings too?" Asked Mina.
"Yeah! With all the money my daddy has Mina, you'd think he would buy me a Firebolt to sweep the floor!"
"TO WHAT?!"
"Daddy says that muggle sweep their floors with their prized brooms! Isn't that weird?"
Aino's Father was a top ranking worker at the Ministry of Magic that worked in the Muggle apartment. It was the Blight's job to act,talk,and live like Muggles in their homes so that they could go further into the study of Muggle life. Aino was always carrying strange Muggle devices or other odds and ends around. If Mina didn't know any better, Aino would have been a unoticable disguised Muggle even though she did not have any Muggle relation at all. Since her Dad, Johnathan Blight, was fairly popular and well known, His family have acquired a high income over the years.
"Speaking of brooms..The Hogwarts rules say that we can't play Quidditch on the first year...But I suppose they can bend that.." Mina said in a mischievous tone.
"Ooooo..I love the way your mind works! You and I know that we aren't foreign to Quidditch!I'd be surprised if they DIDN'T let you play!" Aino replied.
Just then Mr. Sailure and Johnathan Blight emerged from the vault's doors. They were carrying exceptionally large pouches of Wizarding money for their daughters. Mr. Sailure and Johnathan Blight have already been acquainted and have known each other for several years. Their daughters were known to be big time spenders and shopaholics so they knew better than to give them a small amount of money.
"C'mon!" Mina called grabbing her bag of money and motioning Aino to follow her out of Gringotts into Diagon Alley.Aino did the same, she grabbed her bag from her dad, waving goodbye to the two men.
"Johnathan and I will be picking up your books,robes, and other things! But be sure to meet us at the wand shop in a couple hours so we can get the right ones for you!" Mr. Sailure called out over to the girls.
"Okay!" Replied Aino "See you then! We are going to go get our animals!"
Mina and Aino raced down the streets out to the shop that contained a wide variety of animals. Everything from frogs and rats to magical creatures that they had never seen before. Mina and Aino were skimming through the animals among the cages and shelves.
"Hmmmm..What do you suppose we should get?How about cats?"
"Nah" Mina replied, "It would give people the reason to call me my pet name"
"Oh that's right Kitt'n!" Aino winked at Mina who grinned sheepishly.
"How about toads?" Aino asked.
"Are you insane?!" Mina yelled, "We would be the only girls in Hogwarts with toads in their pockets."
"Yeah, they are pretty boring any ways..." Aino sighed "That leaves owls! What kind should we get?" As if their words were head across the room, two twin Eagle Owls chirped excitedly, flapping their long wings. Mina and Aino turned to look at each other and grinned.
Out of the pet shop, Owl cages in hand, Aino starred at her hyper owl in it's cage then stared at Mina's.
"Well I'll be damned..." Aino said
"What is it?" Mina replied
"Look! They look exactly alike! Even the patters on their feathers are positioned perfectly!"
"Well the clerk did tell us about the twin owls...What did you expect?"
Out of the corner of Mina's eye, A boy her age and height walked by. He had straight sliver blonde hair and sinister blue eyes. He didn't look like he was in a very good mood. Mina tore her eyes away from the boy when her owl started making a ruckus.
"Quiet you!" Mina hissed at the cage.
"What'd you name your owl?" Aino asked
"I named her Vitanny! but I like calling it Tawn" Mina chirped. Tawn hooted excitedly in her cage.
"Mine's name is Serenity! But you can call it ...Serenity" Aino laughed uncomfortably.
"Hey Aino? Did you see the guy walk by a few minutes ago?" Mina asked, looking around for the silver blonde.
"No, but we can look for him if you are soooo interested in it!" Aino nudged Mina who glared back at her. Aino followed Mina toward where the mysterious boy was walking. They finally caught up with him at the bar. Mina could see his entire profile now. The boy was slightly taller than herself, just by a few inches. He had a nice build and a handsome face and dark blue robes. His mood looked normal now. He was talking to two other boys in the bar who were laughing.Mina built up her courage and walked over to where the boy was. Aino leaned back on the bar table and watched with a smug look on her face.
"E-excuse me sir" Mina said as she walked up to the boy. He turned his head to look and the lightly flushed looking girl with her brown hair up in a ponytail.
"May I help you?" The boy said.
"Um..I couldn't help but noticing you outside a while ago.. May I ask what your name is?" Mina spoke in a small voice that only the Silver-blonde could hear. He smirked.
"Well I guess my charm works over here too!" He yelled at the two boys who were talking to him earlier. They laughed again.
"I'm Draco Malfoy" The boy finally said.Malfoy looked over his shoulder to see his two friends still laughing.
"Oh! I've heard of you father, Luscious Malfoy? He works for the Ministry?" Mina asked.
"That's correct Miss, may I ask your name now?" Malfoy questioned.
"My name is Minako Sailure! But my friends call me Mina" Mina said extending her hand. Malfoy shook it with a smile still on his face.
"I heard you wanted to go in the Slytherin house from my dad..truth is I actually want to go in there too.." Mina said uncomfortably but them smiled.
"Well it was a pleasure getting acquainted with you Mina, I hope you get into the Slytherin house so we can talk more" Malfoy replied. Malfoy took his wand out from under his robes and conjured up a very pretty black rose and held it out to Mina. Mina took the rose gratefully. As Malfoy and his two friends walked away, Malfoy said something over his shoulder to Mina;
"The Black Rose never dies... It has beauty until the end of time and after"
Aino watched the three boys exit the bar. She tilted her head politely at Malfoy and nodded as he did the same and they were gone.
"That's a nice flower Mina...I bet yer' gunna hit first base in two weeks with that one!" Aino nudged Mina again.
"AINO! I-I didn't mean for it to sound that way!" Mina blushed bright red and dropped her gaze back down at the black rose.
It Never dies..
"Yeah yeah" Aino said brushing some of her blue hair out of the way."we better go find our dads before they get mad at us for staying out so long."
"Okay" Mina replied, her mind still on the beautiful flower colored as dark as the night itself.