Chapter Two
Iris yawned and stepped out of her bed. The pug faced girl, or Pansy, greeted her.
"Morning. Put this on," Pansy ordered, handing her a uniform. "Then we have to go to the Great Hall for breakfast."
Iris looked at the ugly uniform and picked up some scissors on a nearby nightstand. She fashioned the uniform to look differently. It was a quite revealing white button up V-neck shirt that showed most of her stomach. Her navy blue skirt was just below her butt. The leather boots stayed the same, right at her ankle.
"Come on!" Pansy barked.
Iris decided that she did not like this girl at all and followed her into the common room.
Ron's mouth dropped a few feet when he saw what Iris was wearing.
"So, Iris," Pansy said, "aren't you going to introduce me to your incredibly hot boyfriend?"
"Ron? He's not my boyfriend, just my friend."
At these words, Ron was slightly gloomy because he could not get enough of her intelligence, passion for drawing, her unique words for describing things, and her spectacular looks. But on the other hand, he was content for 'temporarily' being her friend.
"Oh, this is Draco," Ron said to Iris, motioning to the boy next to him.
"Hellooooo," Iris said. "I mean, um, hello." The boy laughed and shook Iris' hand.
"You are quite amusing," Draco said.
Iris just nodded as she stared at the sixteen year old. He had sexily cut hair that was a silvery blonde. His eyes were calm rain clouds one moment and dark, stormy hurricanes the next. His smile was very charming, and Iris was wondering why girls weren't hanging all over him when Pansy added, "He's my boyfriend."
Iris decided that he just might be a nasty person and that was why he was going out with such an asshole.
"Um, would you guys like to go eat breakfast?" Draco said, obviously resenting that he had not broken up with Pansy before the gorgeous blonde had appeared in his life.
The four slid into the Great Hall, making quite an entrance. Ron was greatly noticed by the females and Iris seemed to be popular with her fans, or the boys.
The school pronounced the rumors true; two unknown strangers had come to Hogwarts.
As Iris sat down, she was bombarded with a bunch of greetings in her ear, namely from the boys.
"You guys," she said, "I may be single," this caused the boys to talk more, "but I am not looking for anybody. So, don't get your hopes up. I would just prefer to eat in peace." The boys groaned and sat back down at their tables.
Ron, however, did not handle the surrounding females in the same fashion, "Ladies, ladies! Plenty of Ron for everyone!"
"Ron, that is SO lame!" Iris laughed. The girls did not care, though. They just crowded more. "Look, Ron. I know you enjoy the attention, but one of them is sitting on my plate," Iris said.
"Are you jealous?" Ron said, hopeful.
"No, but the girl who is sitting on my plate is kicking me in the stomach."
"Ladies!" Ron announced. "There will be time later to talk and make out!"
The girls whined and went back to their seats.
"Let's go. I think I lost my appetite," Iris said as she pulled Ron out of the Great Hall. Ron noticed all the guys seemed to sending daggers at him with their eyes, and the girls were doing the same to Iris. Ron figured that they must have thought they were going out, and Ron smiled slightly. They exited the Great Hall and went to meet Professor Dumbledore. They reached his office, where he was waiting with a rather large man.
"Ron, Iris, this is Hagrid," Dumbledore said.
"Ron, Iris," Hagrid said, nodding his head to them. "I'm to bring yer both to Diagon Alley fer yer supplies."
Dumbledore handed them each a slip of parchment that had a list of supplies they needed.
When they got to Diagon Alley, Ron brought up the subject of their families. "Uh… Hagrid, what about our families?"
"Don't you worry 'bout that, it's bin taken care of," he said. "But now we gotta git yer some cloaks."
He led them to a shop that had ugly cloaks and robes. They were required to get 5 black robes and 2 of their color choice. Ron picked a dark red and a forest green one, and Iris picked a fire-red and a blackish- purple one. (They had already went to Gringotts where they exchanged a lot of muggle money they had for wizard money.) Next, they went to get their books. This was a rather boring experience, and they just let Hagrid get the books that they needed. Then they went and got potions ingredients. Iris made sure that she got a lot of dragon scales; she thought they were cool.
Then they went to go get pets, and Hagrid explained that they could only get a frog, rat, cat, or owl. Ron was going to get an owl, until he saw Iris looking at the cats. He decided to get one too, if she was going to.
Iris went to the woman at the cash register to ask about a grayish brown cat when she glanced behind the counter. There were five squeaking kittens.
"You have kittens?!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"They're just born a couple o' months ago. About seven weeks ol'. But the lil' one there is jus' about t' die, the lil' runt."
"I'd like that one!" Iris said, pointing to the runt kitten.
She picked up the small black kitten that had a little bit of white on her back and white paws. Ron decided to copy her some more and get a black kitten that had a completely white head and tail.
"Since I will help this kitten to grow strong and lively, I will call you Ignatius, which means 'Fiery One'. I don't care if Ignatius is a boy's name," Iris said, cuddling her kitten.
"That's cool… mine's name is Pyris (pronounced PEER-iss, not PY- riss). I think he's cute," Ron said. They left the pet store with cat cages in hand, and went to go get their wands. When they got there, an old man named Mr. Olivander started giving them wands to try.
He handed Iris a wand.
"Holly, 11 inches, containing one phoenix feather… no, no, that's no good… try this… redwood, 9 ½ inches, containing a unicorn tail hair… no… ah, let's try this. Oak, 12 inches, containing one phoenix feather and hmm... that's peculiar, some fur of a demiguise. Demiguise fur is not usually in wands as it can make certain things invisible. Odd, odd. Yes, yes, that's the one! This is your perfect wand! Good and pliable! Alright, now for the boy."
He handed Ron a wand, this one being very large. "Oak, 14 ¾ inches, two unicorn hairs. No… here, mahogany, 10 inches, dragon heartstring… no…" Olivander tried about three or four wands before finding Ron's wand. "Maple, 13 inches, containing a single unicorn tail hair. Yes this is it. Nice match, if I do say so myself." Ron, Iris, and Hagrid went to go look for more supplies. Iris ran up to a window where a broom was sitting on a stand.
"Pyrotek 4000," Iris read off the handle. "I want it!"
She looked at the money she had left, "I have just enough money so that I can buy this and still have some left over!"
She entered the store and bought the broom, coming out with a large grin on her face. "You gonna get one, Ron?"
"Nah, I'll just save my money," he said, and they finally went back to Hogwarts, with bags of school supplies.
When they got back to the castle, it was nighttime. Hagrid went to tell Dumbledore that they were back, and Ron and Iris went back to the Slytherin common room. They went to their dorms and unpacked everything. They brought their kittens back down to the common room and they sat in front of the fire.
"I don't think it looks like Ignatius is dying. She looks fine to me," said Ron, holding up the female kitten to the light.
"Well, in my care, I'll keep her happy and healthy!"
"I trust that you will," he laughed.
"Hey, Ron?" Iris said, lowering her voice so no one else could hear her.
"Yeah?" Ron said, wishing for everything in the world for her to pronounce her deep love for him.
"You're my best friend here and the only person I can trust. I don't care if you do or don't feel the same, I don't want to hear it. Goodnight, I'm going to get some sleep."
Ron thought of how he was disappointed that she didn't love him like that, but very content on knowing that she was almost there as he watched her climb the stairs to her dormitory.
Ron jumped as someone spoke to him.
"Hey, Ron. Sorry to spook you, but I need to ask you a couple things," Draco said.
"Oh, hi. Sorry."
Draco said down in the armchair Iris was in earlier, "I need to know if there's anything between you guys."
"No, we're just friends. Very good friends," said Ron, his heart breaking at having to say they were JUST friends.
"K. That's good to hear. Um... is she single?"
"Yeah, as far as I know."
"She doesn't have any brothers that would beat me up if I went out with her, does she?"
"No, but she has an older sister. The sister wouldn't beat you up though."
"Can you tell me some about her?" Draco asked.
"Well, I've only known for a little while, but Iris obviously likes cats, she takes good care of her hair (it smells like vanilla if you get close to it), she hates math, her favorite colors are red and black, she loves the beach, she snowboards in winter, she likes revealing clothes, and this morning at breakfast she said that she wasn't looking for a boyfriend."
"Damn."
"The not looking thing might have just been an act to get the surrounding boys to go away, but I don't know."
"Thanks, man. Let's go to bed."
At about three thirty in the morning, Ron went to the common room. Crabbe and Goyle were snoring too loudly and throwing things at them made them louder.
He found Iris curled up by the fireplace, stroking Ignatius and looking thoughtful.
"Hey," said Ron.
When he got closer, he almost screamed. Iris' hair was no longer to her butt; it was to her shoulders. The bottom of the hair was completely red and it was also highlighted.
"Y-your hair-" He stuttered.
"I know. Do you like it?"
"It looks fantastic!" he said honestly.
"I was looking in our school books and I found a hair changing spell. It took me hours to perfect it."
"Cool."
"Do you want to change your hair?" she asked.
"Yeah. I think I'd like my hair to be purple."
"Purple? Well, whatever floats your boat," she said, raising her hand (with her wand in it) and whispering 'purpelikinshantium'.
Iris took out a compact mirror and showed him his newly purple hair.
"Thanks!" Ron said, and then added, "Why are you down here anyway?"
"I couldn't sleep. Pansy was talking in her sleep about being naked on a beach with some guy named Ron. Would you know him?"
Ron laughed and sat down next to Iris. They talked for a few hours and went to spend the rest of the night in their own beds instead of the common room.
Iris yawned and stepped out of her bed. The pug faced girl, or Pansy, greeted her.
"Morning. Put this on," Pansy ordered, handing her a uniform. "Then we have to go to the Great Hall for breakfast."
Iris looked at the ugly uniform and picked up some scissors on a nearby nightstand. She fashioned the uniform to look differently. It was a quite revealing white button up V-neck shirt that showed most of her stomach. Her navy blue skirt was just below her butt. The leather boots stayed the same, right at her ankle.
"Come on!" Pansy barked.
Iris decided that she did not like this girl at all and followed her into the common room.
Ron's mouth dropped a few feet when he saw what Iris was wearing.
"So, Iris," Pansy said, "aren't you going to introduce me to your incredibly hot boyfriend?"
"Ron? He's not my boyfriend, just my friend."
At these words, Ron was slightly gloomy because he could not get enough of her intelligence, passion for drawing, her unique words for describing things, and her spectacular looks. But on the other hand, he was content for 'temporarily' being her friend.
"Oh, this is Draco," Ron said to Iris, motioning to the boy next to him.
"Hellooooo," Iris said. "I mean, um, hello." The boy laughed and shook Iris' hand.
"You are quite amusing," Draco said.
Iris just nodded as she stared at the sixteen year old. He had sexily cut hair that was a silvery blonde. His eyes were calm rain clouds one moment and dark, stormy hurricanes the next. His smile was very charming, and Iris was wondering why girls weren't hanging all over him when Pansy added, "He's my boyfriend."
Iris decided that he just might be a nasty person and that was why he was going out with such an asshole.
"Um, would you guys like to go eat breakfast?" Draco said, obviously resenting that he had not broken up with Pansy before the gorgeous blonde had appeared in his life.
The four slid into the Great Hall, making quite an entrance. Ron was greatly noticed by the females and Iris seemed to be popular with her fans, or the boys.
The school pronounced the rumors true; two unknown strangers had come to Hogwarts.
As Iris sat down, she was bombarded with a bunch of greetings in her ear, namely from the boys.
"You guys," she said, "I may be single," this caused the boys to talk more, "but I am not looking for anybody. So, don't get your hopes up. I would just prefer to eat in peace." The boys groaned and sat back down at their tables.
Ron, however, did not handle the surrounding females in the same fashion, "Ladies, ladies! Plenty of Ron for everyone!"
"Ron, that is SO lame!" Iris laughed. The girls did not care, though. They just crowded more. "Look, Ron. I know you enjoy the attention, but one of them is sitting on my plate," Iris said.
"Are you jealous?" Ron said, hopeful.
"No, but the girl who is sitting on my plate is kicking me in the stomach."
"Ladies!" Ron announced. "There will be time later to talk and make out!"
The girls whined and went back to their seats.
"Let's go. I think I lost my appetite," Iris said as she pulled Ron out of the Great Hall. Ron noticed all the guys seemed to sending daggers at him with their eyes, and the girls were doing the same to Iris. Ron figured that they must have thought they were going out, and Ron smiled slightly. They exited the Great Hall and went to meet Professor Dumbledore. They reached his office, where he was waiting with a rather large man.
"Ron, Iris, this is Hagrid," Dumbledore said.
"Ron, Iris," Hagrid said, nodding his head to them. "I'm to bring yer both to Diagon Alley fer yer supplies."
Dumbledore handed them each a slip of parchment that had a list of supplies they needed.
When they got to Diagon Alley, Ron brought up the subject of their families. "Uh… Hagrid, what about our families?"
"Don't you worry 'bout that, it's bin taken care of," he said. "But now we gotta git yer some cloaks."
He led them to a shop that had ugly cloaks and robes. They were required to get 5 black robes and 2 of their color choice. Ron picked a dark red and a forest green one, and Iris picked a fire-red and a blackish- purple one. (They had already went to Gringotts where they exchanged a lot of muggle money they had for wizard money.) Next, they went to get their books. This was a rather boring experience, and they just let Hagrid get the books that they needed. Then they went and got potions ingredients. Iris made sure that she got a lot of dragon scales; she thought they were cool.
Then they went to go get pets, and Hagrid explained that they could only get a frog, rat, cat, or owl. Ron was going to get an owl, until he saw Iris looking at the cats. He decided to get one too, if she was going to.
Iris went to the woman at the cash register to ask about a grayish brown cat when she glanced behind the counter. There were five squeaking kittens.
"You have kittens?!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"They're just born a couple o' months ago. About seven weeks ol'. But the lil' one there is jus' about t' die, the lil' runt."
"I'd like that one!" Iris said, pointing to the runt kitten.
She picked up the small black kitten that had a little bit of white on her back and white paws. Ron decided to copy her some more and get a black kitten that had a completely white head and tail.
"Since I will help this kitten to grow strong and lively, I will call you Ignatius, which means 'Fiery One'. I don't care if Ignatius is a boy's name," Iris said, cuddling her kitten.
"That's cool… mine's name is Pyris (pronounced PEER-iss, not PY- riss). I think he's cute," Ron said. They left the pet store with cat cages in hand, and went to go get their wands. When they got there, an old man named Mr. Olivander started giving them wands to try.
He handed Iris a wand.
"Holly, 11 inches, containing one phoenix feather… no, no, that's no good… try this… redwood, 9 ½ inches, containing a unicorn tail hair… no… ah, let's try this. Oak, 12 inches, containing one phoenix feather and hmm... that's peculiar, some fur of a demiguise. Demiguise fur is not usually in wands as it can make certain things invisible. Odd, odd. Yes, yes, that's the one! This is your perfect wand! Good and pliable! Alright, now for the boy."
He handed Ron a wand, this one being very large. "Oak, 14 ¾ inches, two unicorn hairs. No… here, mahogany, 10 inches, dragon heartstring… no…" Olivander tried about three or four wands before finding Ron's wand. "Maple, 13 inches, containing a single unicorn tail hair. Yes this is it. Nice match, if I do say so myself." Ron, Iris, and Hagrid went to go look for more supplies. Iris ran up to a window where a broom was sitting on a stand.
"Pyrotek 4000," Iris read off the handle. "I want it!"
She looked at the money she had left, "I have just enough money so that I can buy this and still have some left over!"
She entered the store and bought the broom, coming out with a large grin on her face. "You gonna get one, Ron?"
"Nah, I'll just save my money," he said, and they finally went back to Hogwarts, with bags of school supplies.
When they got back to the castle, it was nighttime. Hagrid went to tell Dumbledore that they were back, and Ron and Iris went back to the Slytherin common room. They went to their dorms and unpacked everything. They brought their kittens back down to the common room and they sat in front of the fire.
"I don't think it looks like Ignatius is dying. She looks fine to me," said Ron, holding up the female kitten to the light.
"Well, in my care, I'll keep her happy and healthy!"
"I trust that you will," he laughed.
"Hey, Ron?" Iris said, lowering her voice so no one else could hear her.
"Yeah?" Ron said, wishing for everything in the world for her to pronounce her deep love for him.
"You're my best friend here and the only person I can trust. I don't care if you do or don't feel the same, I don't want to hear it. Goodnight, I'm going to get some sleep."
Ron thought of how he was disappointed that she didn't love him like that, but very content on knowing that she was almost there as he watched her climb the stairs to her dormitory.
Ron jumped as someone spoke to him.
"Hey, Ron. Sorry to spook you, but I need to ask you a couple things," Draco said.
"Oh, hi. Sorry."
Draco said down in the armchair Iris was in earlier, "I need to know if there's anything between you guys."
"No, we're just friends. Very good friends," said Ron, his heart breaking at having to say they were JUST friends.
"K. That's good to hear. Um... is she single?"
"Yeah, as far as I know."
"She doesn't have any brothers that would beat me up if I went out with her, does she?"
"No, but she has an older sister. The sister wouldn't beat you up though."
"Can you tell me some about her?" Draco asked.
"Well, I've only known for a little while, but Iris obviously likes cats, she takes good care of her hair (it smells like vanilla if you get close to it), she hates math, her favorite colors are red and black, she loves the beach, she snowboards in winter, she likes revealing clothes, and this morning at breakfast she said that she wasn't looking for a boyfriend."
"Damn."
"The not looking thing might have just been an act to get the surrounding boys to go away, but I don't know."
"Thanks, man. Let's go to bed."
At about three thirty in the morning, Ron went to the common room. Crabbe and Goyle were snoring too loudly and throwing things at them made them louder.
He found Iris curled up by the fireplace, stroking Ignatius and looking thoughtful.
"Hey," said Ron.
When he got closer, he almost screamed. Iris' hair was no longer to her butt; it was to her shoulders. The bottom of the hair was completely red and it was also highlighted.
"Y-your hair-" He stuttered.
"I know. Do you like it?"
"It looks fantastic!" he said honestly.
"I was looking in our school books and I found a hair changing spell. It took me hours to perfect it."
"Cool."
"Do you want to change your hair?" she asked.
"Yeah. I think I'd like my hair to be purple."
"Purple? Well, whatever floats your boat," she said, raising her hand (with her wand in it) and whispering 'purpelikinshantium'.
Iris took out a compact mirror and showed him his newly purple hair.
"Thanks!" Ron said, and then added, "Why are you down here anyway?"
"I couldn't sleep. Pansy was talking in her sleep about being naked on a beach with some guy named Ron. Would you know him?"
Ron laughed and sat down next to Iris. They talked for a few hours and went to spend the rest of the night in their own beds instead of the common room.