Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. He and his friends belong to J.K.
Rowling and Warner Bros.
The Gryffindor first years were divided into groups. The exclusiveness of each group was so tight that some teachers even called the cliques gangs. There was the first clique made up of all girls, Olivia Cunnings, Sarah Grant, and Imogene Oztarse. Then there was the all boys group consisting of Henry Johnson and Neil Pazell, both of which hung out with Whitney Snape and Joyelle Tyson quite often. The last and probably most well known clique throughout the halls of Hogwarts was Aubrey Potter, Jessica Weasley, Toni Luztgov, Kevin Malfoy, Angel Jordan, Lenny Bolewick, and Corey Killoney.
Hardly anyone remembered Tina Figg, not even Joyelle, whose bed was right beside Tina's. Then again, Tina's specialty was not being noticed. She was muggle born and at her old school she had been invisible to everyone. She missed her mother and her younger brother terribly and often spent her time in her four- poster bed, the curtains drawn tightly around her private little enclosure. There she drew and dreamed, her two most favorite things to do. But sometimes drawing and dreamy were very lonely.
One day Tina was busy sketching the venomous Severus Snape. Despite his bitter attitude and cruel demeanor, he was one of Tina's favorite people to draw. His face had so many different sour expressions and sharp angles that Tina sometimes snuck into the dungeons in her free period and crouched in the corner, watching him pace up and down the rows of cauldrons, striking fear into the heart's of students. She was just finishing a sketch of Snape hissing at a frightened third year Hufflepuff when the curtains to her bed were thrown open.
Tina gave a small yelp of surprise and leapt back onto her pillows, throwing her sketchbook into the air in the process. Standing at the right side of her bed was Toni Luztgov, the girl on the other side of her bed. Toni's curious look turned to alarm.
"Goodness!" she cried in an apologetic manner. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you! I mean, I came up here to change and I saw that the curtains to your bed were closed and I wanted to know who slept here."
Tina had drawn secret portraits of Toni from across the common room. Her favorite part of drawing Toni was always coloring her in. Toni had honey blonde hair, gray-green eyes, and, whenever possible, she dressed in bright and colorful muggle clothing.
"You're name's Tina, right?" Toni asked after a long uncomfortable silence. "I see you sketching a lot in the common room. Brey, Jess, and I always wonder who or what you like to draw." Tina blushed. So three of the most talked about girls in her year talked about her sketches.but at least they knew she existed. Finally Tina plucked up the courage to speak.
"Well, I sketch people, mostly," she said somewhat meekly.
"People?" Toni asked, quirking her eyebrow a bit and putting her hands on her hips.
Trying to shake off the feeling of being interrogated, Tina answered back, "Yeah, just people around school."
Toni nodded and suddenly her eyes fell on Tina's sketchbook, which lay open to the barely finished sketch of their Potions professor. Her expression went from penetrating to interested within seconds. Before Tina could stop her, Toni's hand had shot out and grabbed the book. Her eyes scanned the picture, focusing first in the angry face of Snape and then on the frightened look on the young student's face.
"Wow!" she said quietly. "You've got talent. It's almost as if you've captures a piece of Snape himself." She paused a moment. "Bloody hell.I'm almost afraid he's going to jump out and yell at me!" She burst out laughing and flipped a few pages back, to a finished and colored drawing of Whitney Snape and Joyelle Tyson. After studying that picture Toni handed the sketchbook back to its owner and asked, "Want to come to dinner with me? I mean, you can tell us about your drawing and meet my friends in the process."
Toni paused again. "You know Aubrey and Jessica, right?"
Tina shrugged, nodded, and stood up. "Who doesn't?"
And just like that, Tina Figg found herself some friends.
***
Morgan Morris was sitting in the library when they came in. Toni, Jessica, and the newest addition to the group, Tina strolled in and plopped down at a table not far from Morgan's. Aubrey, for some reason, was not with them. All three girls were giggling quietly to themselves and in Tina's hand the sketchbook she took everywhere. Morgan knew that Midas had once seen a sketch of Tina's in the common room, of Aubrey. Secretly he had taken it for himself and it was now at the bottom of his school trunk. Sometimes Morgan worried about his friend.
With growing curiosity, Morgan crept behind a bookshelf and tiptoed quickly to the place right behind the table at which the three girls were seated. Maybe they would talk about Aubrey- it would cheer Midas up to hear about his dream girl. Straining his ears, Morgan tried to listen in on the conversation. There had to be some reason that Aubrey-who Whitney had said was obviously their leader-wasn't present. It wasn't long until Morgan was rewarded with the answer.
"So, girls, how are we going to do this?" That was Toni. Morgan sighed wistfully. Just like Midas liked Aubrey, he liked Toni.the sweet, sassy, unpredictable thing she was. She had her arms crossed and was wearing a most business like manner. "I mean, I really like Devin, but we all know there are better men out there for our girl." Morgan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. So they were trying to set up Aubrey. But with whom? That was something his friend would surely want to know.
"But she'll never really say that she likes him. I mean, all Kevin said was that she acted all weird when she heard he had a date to the Yule Ball," Tina countered. Morgan's eyebrows shot up. So Aubrey liked a boy other than Devin. Wasn't that interesting?
Jessica snorted. "Well, I know my cousin real well, and I know that she's got it bad for him. But she also won't admit it or make a move towards him. Go figure.I mean, everyone can see how hung up on her he is."
"I know," Tina said, giggling. "Boy, does Angel have it bad! Poor guy.I think they'd be real cute together." Morgan's curiosity deepened. The only Angel he knew of was Angel Jordan, one of Aubrey's best friends. A boy that she had known since birth. Did they mean him?
As if an answer to his question, Jessica said, "Mrs. Angel Jordan.Aubrey Potter-Jordan.Aubrey Jordan-Potter.Aubrey Jordan." Morgan almost snorted with amusement. That loudmouth of a little kid liked Aubrey? Midas would certainly be interested that.
"Yeah, well.Kevin said that Angel talks about her in his sleep!" Tina whispered. All three girls began to giggle. Morgan, believing that he now knew enough, crept off towards the library door, intent on finding Midas.
***
Tina watched Morgan leave out of the corner of her eye. "Good. He was listening to every word we said," she whispered to Toni and Jessica.
"Wonderful," Jessica whispered. "You were brilliant for figuring this out Toni."
Toni grinned. "Yeah, well, I figure that he'll be running strait to Midas with that information. Now that boy has not one but two competitors for Aubrey! He'll have to make his move!"
"But poor Angel.Are you sure he won't mind if we use his name for this?" Tina asked. "I mean, Midas might get a little.violent." But the smiles on the faces of her friends had disappeared.
"You mean you didn't ask him?" Jessica asked, the panic in her voice barely contained.
"Toni said to use his name!" Tina cried. All eyes focused on Toni.
"Well, I was just using an example.Besides, Jess, didn't you say that those two kisses once?" Toni shot Jessica a look.
"Well, they're nothing more than friends!" Jessica snapped, frowning. "I mean, we've known each other forever.Those two would never go out! For heaven's sake, they were born only an hour apart!"
"Well then," Toni said, grinning, "this'll prove to be very interesting!"
The Gryffindor first years were divided into groups. The exclusiveness of each group was so tight that some teachers even called the cliques gangs. There was the first clique made up of all girls, Olivia Cunnings, Sarah Grant, and Imogene Oztarse. Then there was the all boys group consisting of Henry Johnson and Neil Pazell, both of which hung out with Whitney Snape and Joyelle Tyson quite often. The last and probably most well known clique throughout the halls of Hogwarts was Aubrey Potter, Jessica Weasley, Toni Luztgov, Kevin Malfoy, Angel Jordan, Lenny Bolewick, and Corey Killoney.
Hardly anyone remembered Tina Figg, not even Joyelle, whose bed was right beside Tina's. Then again, Tina's specialty was not being noticed. She was muggle born and at her old school she had been invisible to everyone. She missed her mother and her younger brother terribly and often spent her time in her four- poster bed, the curtains drawn tightly around her private little enclosure. There she drew and dreamed, her two most favorite things to do. But sometimes drawing and dreamy were very lonely.
One day Tina was busy sketching the venomous Severus Snape. Despite his bitter attitude and cruel demeanor, he was one of Tina's favorite people to draw. His face had so many different sour expressions and sharp angles that Tina sometimes snuck into the dungeons in her free period and crouched in the corner, watching him pace up and down the rows of cauldrons, striking fear into the heart's of students. She was just finishing a sketch of Snape hissing at a frightened third year Hufflepuff when the curtains to her bed were thrown open.
Tina gave a small yelp of surprise and leapt back onto her pillows, throwing her sketchbook into the air in the process. Standing at the right side of her bed was Toni Luztgov, the girl on the other side of her bed. Toni's curious look turned to alarm.
"Goodness!" she cried in an apologetic manner. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you! I mean, I came up here to change and I saw that the curtains to your bed were closed and I wanted to know who slept here."
Tina had drawn secret portraits of Toni from across the common room. Her favorite part of drawing Toni was always coloring her in. Toni had honey blonde hair, gray-green eyes, and, whenever possible, she dressed in bright and colorful muggle clothing.
"You're name's Tina, right?" Toni asked after a long uncomfortable silence. "I see you sketching a lot in the common room. Brey, Jess, and I always wonder who or what you like to draw." Tina blushed. So three of the most talked about girls in her year talked about her sketches.but at least they knew she existed. Finally Tina plucked up the courage to speak.
"Well, I sketch people, mostly," she said somewhat meekly.
"People?" Toni asked, quirking her eyebrow a bit and putting her hands on her hips.
Trying to shake off the feeling of being interrogated, Tina answered back, "Yeah, just people around school."
Toni nodded and suddenly her eyes fell on Tina's sketchbook, which lay open to the barely finished sketch of their Potions professor. Her expression went from penetrating to interested within seconds. Before Tina could stop her, Toni's hand had shot out and grabbed the book. Her eyes scanned the picture, focusing first in the angry face of Snape and then on the frightened look on the young student's face.
"Wow!" she said quietly. "You've got talent. It's almost as if you've captures a piece of Snape himself." She paused a moment. "Bloody hell.I'm almost afraid he's going to jump out and yell at me!" She burst out laughing and flipped a few pages back, to a finished and colored drawing of Whitney Snape and Joyelle Tyson. After studying that picture Toni handed the sketchbook back to its owner and asked, "Want to come to dinner with me? I mean, you can tell us about your drawing and meet my friends in the process."
Toni paused again. "You know Aubrey and Jessica, right?"
Tina shrugged, nodded, and stood up. "Who doesn't?"
And just like that, Tina Figg found herself some friends.
***
Morgan Morris was sitting in the library when they came in. Toni, Jessica, and the newest addition to the group, Tina strolled in and plopped down at a table not far from Morgan's. Aubrey, for some reason, was not with them. All three girls were giggling quietly to themselves and in Tina's hand the sketchbook she took everywhere. Morgan knew that Midas had once seen a sketch of Tina's in the common room, of Aubrey. Secretly he had taken it for himself and it was now at the bottom of his school trunk. Sometimes Morgan worried about his friend.
With growing curiosity, Morgan crept behind a bookshelf and tiptoed quickly to the place right behind the table at which the three girls were seated. Maybe they would talk about Aubrey- it would cheer Midas up to hear about his dream girl. Straining his ears, Morgan tried to listen in on the conversation. There had to be some reason that Aubrey-who Whitney had said was obviously their leader-wasn't present. It wasn't long until Morgan was rewarded with the answer.
"So, girls, how are we going to do this?" That was Toni. Morgan sighed wistfully. Just like Midas liked Aubrey, he liked Toni.the sweet, sassy, unpredictable thing she was. She had her arms crossed and was wearing a most business like manner. "I mean, I really like Devin, but we all know there are better men out there for our girl." Morgan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. So they were trying to set up Aubrey. But with whom? That was something his friend would surely want to know.
"But she'll never really say that she likes him. I mean, all Kevin said was that she acted all weird when she heard he had a date to the Yule Ball," Tina countered. Morgan's eyebrows shot up. So Aubrey liked a boy other than Devin. Wasn't that interesting?
Jessica snorted. "Well, I know my cousin real well, and I know that she's got it bad for him. But she also won't admit it or make a move towards him. Go figure.I mean, everyone can see how hung up on her he is."
"I know," Tina said, giggling. "Boy, does Angel have it bad! Poor guy.I think they'd be real cute together." Morgan's curiosity deepened. The only Angel he knew of was Angel Jordan, one of Aubrey's best friends. A boy that she had known since birth. Did they mean him?
As if an answer to his question, Jessica said, "Mrs. Angel Jordan.Aubrey Potter-Jordan.Aubrey Jordan-Potter.Aubrey Jordan." Morgan almost snorted with amusement. That loudmouth of a little kid liked Aubrey? Midas would certainly be interested that.
"Yeah, well.Kevin said that Angel talks about her in his sleep!" Tina whispered. All three girls began to giggle. Morgan, believing that he now knew enough, crept off towards the library door, intent on finding Midas.
***
Tina watched Morgan leave out of the corner of her eye. "Good. He was listening to every word we said," she whispered to Toni and Jessica.
"Wonderful," Jessica whispered. "You were brilliant for figuring this out Toni."
Toni grinned. "Yeah, well, I figure that he'll be running strait to Midas with that information. Now that boy has not one but two competitors for Aubrey! He'll have to make his move!"
"But poor Angel.Are you sure he won't mind if we use his name for this?" Tina asked. "I mean, Midas might get a little.violent." But the smiles on the faces of her friends had disappeared.
"You mean you didn't ask him?" Jessica asked, the panic in her voice barely contained.
"Toni said to use his name!" Tina cried. All eyes focused on Toni.
"Well, I was just using an example.Besides, Jess, didn't you say that those two kisses once?" Toni shot Jessica a look.
"Well, they're nothing more than friends!" Jessica snapped, frowning. "I mean, we've known each other forever.Those two would never go out! For heaven's sake, they were born only an hour apart!"
"Well then," Toni said, grinning, "this'll prove to be very interesting!"