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Me: Hey! Sorry for the long wait…it was her fault! *points at V)
Violentdelight: Yeah right. Ignore her.
Me: Miss, I-can-only-speak-in-short-sentences.
Violentdelight:….that was the best insult you could come up with?
Me: -_-"
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Me: A nice short and simple disclaimer.
Violentdelight: Yep.
WindRider-Damia:
Me: Aww…thank-you! Hear that?
Violentdelight: No, your yelling in my ear.
Me: Oh, sorry!
Violentdelight: We're glad you like the story, hope you'll like this next chapter too.
Jupiter's Light:
Me: Will do!
Violentdelight: I'll make sure you do…muahahahaha.
Me: Eep!
JpandS:
Me: I wrote a cool chapter, YAY!
Violentdelight: Ahem, don't forget who helps you.
Me: Oh….I wrote a cool chapter, YAY!
Violentdelight: -_-'
Jewel:
Me: Meanie! Threatening me all the time!
Violentdelight: I like it, keep it up. Hmm…I think your hair will be interesting bright green, but the polka dots might be a little hard…
Me: AH!
Lady wolf, Moon, Kara, Kenoko:
Me: You saw the Chamber of Secrets? Lucky you!!!!
Violentdelight: I am remotely jealous.
Me: lucky!Lucky!Lucky!
Violentdelight: Dew's very jealous on the other hand…
Me: Lucky!Lucky!Lucky!
Tigeress Moon:
Me: You tell V!
Violentdelight: Fine, fine. Professor Avalon-Fox is actually me, in the weird light that my sister perceives of me.
Me: yep, yep! So if you like her, you'll like my sister, V, she's very cool and fairly cruel!
Violentdelight: Hey!
Makoto Almasy:
Me: I told you it was in the first book! It was really hard finding a good Ravenclaw boy too.
Violentdelight: I like Snape too. And as we said earlier, who's Professor Avalon-Fox? Me! ^-^
Me: Aren't I great? ^-^
Violentdelight: Hm….no.
Me: .
Girl of Darkness:
Me: Wow! You've got two of the couples right!
Violentdelight: And two wrong.
Me: You saw Chamber of Secrets too? Lucky!
Violentdelight: Oh no, here she goes again. *plugs ears*
Me: Lucky!Lucky!Lucky!Lucky!
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Chapter 7: Nuovo Arrivo*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next month continued somewhat uneventful. Ami continued to have a fear of brooms, which was steady disappearing as a crush on a certain young Ravenclaw boy was growing with each lesson.
Minako and Dean had become good friends and she was currently helping him with Charms, seeing as Minako was steady improving on that field, and Dean in return helped her in potions, which, Minako thought, was going horribly, even if there was a new teacher and he was at least twice as kind as Snape had been.
Raye's popularity in Gryffindor was somewhat obvious ever since she won thirty points for a dual in Defence against Dark Arts and winning it (even Snape was impressed). Along with that popularity, however, was George, ever following her with all kinds of pranks up his sleeves and little 'jokes' that he thought was funny, Raye had blown up at him at least five times a week... and that was a good week.
Makoto had kept an eye on Adramyttium, although they rarely talked, Adramyttium, like Makoto, seemed to just wanted to be left alone. Makoto had improved far rapidly in Defence Against Dark Arts and was top of her class, much to Malfoy's annoyance, in Potions and Herbology. A rivalry had started between Makoto and Malfoy, and it seemed they were always competing for the top spot any subject…occasionally he'd and gloat, and other times she would come on top, and gloat right back.
Makoto was walking down the hall towards the Dining Room, her stomach rumbling loudly for a meal.
"Makoto!"
Makoto turned as she heard her name. Adramyttium was running towards her, slightly out of breathe.
"Did you hear?" Adramyttium asked, straightening out her black robe.
"Hear what?" Makoto asked, wondering what Adramyttium was talking about.
"It turns out our Potions teacher has a son transferring here." Adramyttium said, her pale face unusually flushed.
"That's nice." Makoto said, turning away to continue her path to the Dining Room.
"It's closed you know." Adramyttium said, following Makoto.
"What is?" Makoto asked, confused, her eyes spying on the Dining Room, her stomach imaging all the delectable goodies ready to be devoured.
"The Dining Room, they closed it early today. Because everybody was going to Hogsmeade, remember?"
Makoto felt like smacking her head. She had decided to stay at Hogwarts while everyone left for Hogsmeade, thinking that she'd finally get some peace and quiet…apparently she would get no supper as well.
If glares could burn, the Dining Doors would be a pile of ashes by now.
"If you want, I can show you where the kitchen is." Adramyttium offered shyly.
"Thanks." Makoto said, walking beside Adramyttium.
They walked in silence for a while, passing several corridors, stairs and waving at paintings before entering the kitchen.
Makoto had to keep her jaw from opening in amazement.
A huge kitchen, one she would die for, was right before her eyes, and it had tons of elves all running around placing things in order, putting spices in to this meal, putting this in a gigantic freezer…
"What would you like to eat?"
Makoto looked to Adramyttium who had interrupted her thoughts.
"Anything really." Makoto said, still in shock.
While Adramyttium was asking an elf to get some food together, Makoto moved silently, observing the elves at their work, while pratically drooling at some of the objects they used to cook with.
"So, how do you like our school so far? Anything like you school back from where you're from?" Adramyttium asked shyly, her eyes staring at the ground as she asked Makoto her questions.
"I like this school, and for my old school,
well…it was different from this…" Makoto said, her voice trailed off as a huge
platter of food appeared before her eyes, cut turkey, mashed potatoes
overfilled with gravy and a side helping of turnips and corn.
Quickly munching down the delicious meal and thoroughly enjoying the watered
ale that had a hint of raspberry to it, Makoto glanced over to Adramyttium who
was watching the elves work.
"So…are you related to Professor Avalon-Fox?" Makoto asked after swallowing her food.
Adramyttium smiled at Makoto's smile.
"Yes…I'm her sister."
Makoto's eyes widened at this piece of information.
"Really?" She asked interested as she swallowed another bite of turkey.
"Yeah, my sister was sort of a prodigy in Runes, and she graduated a witches university rather quickly and decided to come back here to Hogwarts to teach. We both were in different houses too, it's kind of funny really." Adramyttium said, hidden amusement in her eyes as her face remained pale and lack of many emotions.
"What country are you from?" Adramyttium sudden asked as Makoto had finished her last bite.
"Japan…you?"
"A little country in South America called Ecuador…have you heard of it?" Adramyttium asked.
Makoto thought hard for a bit, no little country by that name coming to her mind. Finally shaking her head, Makoto asked Adramyttium to explain.
A strange look come across Adramyttium's face, it seemed to light up somehow as her eyes glazed over, her mind lost in memories of the past as she described the climate, the kind people, the mountains and the sudden sunsets and sunrises…the majesty of waking up in the morning, looking out her window and seeing a snow-capped mountain, the little terrors of earthquakes shaking the seemingly fragile houses, but never strong enough to truly break the strong walls. She described the tall walls around the houses to keep the thieves out, and the delicious exotic food.
It was as if a well had broken and all that had been kept inside had broken up in a wind of fury.
After a while of talking, Adramyttium realized she had been talking for quite a while and blushed.
"Sorry." She said, her blush turning her ears and cheeks a bright pink.
"It's ok, I liked listening. So I take it you really liked it there." Makoto said, Adramyttium nodded her head.
"I miss it. I like it here, but I still miss my home. What about you, do you miss Japan?" Adramyttium asked.
Now it was Makoto's turn to into memories of the past.
"A little, but not really. I was mostly bored there, sure exciting stuff happened, but I needed change." Makoto turned to Adramyttium and smiled. "How about we head back upstairs, I'll show you my dorm room."
Adramyttium gave a shy smile back, her eyes telling all.
"I would love too."
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"You really did that?" Adramyttium asked Makoto, her face flushed from the ill success of keeping her laughter in.
"Yeah, Malfoy's face was hilarious, it so was uptight and I thought for a second he would explode by the way he looked." Makoto said, laughing freely.
Ever since that night at the kitchen, she and Adramyttium had become good friends. It seemed that all her friends had found other really good friends to be with.
Adramyttium and Makoto had both confided in each other their secret crushes in the school. For Makoto, it seemed that however annoying and snobbish Malfoy was, she couldn't help but have a mini-crush on him, but that mini-crush wasn't one to make her drool all over him and beg for a date, she still had her pride and dignity!
'There is no way I am going to humble myself by asking that snobbish, spoiled, conceited, hot, intelligent, okay, getting off the subject here.' Makoto blushed at the thought.
She and Malfoy were still competing for top spot in Potions, currently he had bet her by gaining five points. They actually kept scores, she was only two points behind, and she would bet him, even if it killed her…okay, maybe not go that far…
For Adramyttium, the new student, who was the son of the new Potions teacher, she had a major crush on him…though she had yet to find out his name, which caused for endless teasing from Makoto.
"I can't help it if he's so hot, and, and I'll only been able to see him from a distance!" Adi had protested on more then one occasion of the girl's teasing.
Ami and Terry had definitely gotten off on the right foot, and the whole group couldn't help but to tease Ami, watching her blush and stammer when Terry's name was called up.
Raye still had twin problems with George, and couldn't see the way everyone else could see, the crush George had on her was the reason why he had bothered her so much.
Minako and Dean were becoming really good friends…but that's where it remained…but the rest of the gang were plotting otherwise…they were endless matchmakers.
Speaking of endless matchmakers….
"Wood's back!"
Raye looked up from her comfortable chair to the excited face of Ron Weasley, excitedly shouting out in the Gryffindor's Common Room his exciting bit of news.
"Back?" Hermione Granger asked, along with several other students now crowding around the Weasley.
"Yep! He's going to couch Quidditch for the school team! A new thing has passed with the Ministry of Magic, and they've agreed to have school competitions of Quidditch! Harry's going to be the seeker I bet." Ron said proudly, Harry flushed slightly, and turned the subject back to Wood.
Suddenly the doors to the Gryffindor room burst open. Raye watched with interest as a young man with short dark hair and wearing black robes, walked came into the room…and was instantly hounded by students.
"Wood!"
"Wood's Back!"
"We'll beat the Slytherins for sure now!"
The acclaimed Wood brushed off some admiring first years that were clinging to his robe, and walked over to a big comfy chair and plopped down.
"It's been too long." Wood told the crowd.
Raye noted all this with mild interest before going back to her book…only to be interrupted by George.
"It's really great that Wood's back isn't it?" George said, leaning over her shoulder to take a peek at what Raye was reading.
"Why?" Raye asked, shoving George's face out of her book.
"Why? Because Wood was our old Quidditch couch, and ever since he left Hogwarts he's been making a huge name of himself in the Quidditch world!" George said, surprised that Raye didn't know.
"Hmmm…" Raye glanced over to Wood, who had given in to several first and second years' pleas and was telling them the grand tours around the world he had been in for Quidditch.
"Interesting…."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*End of Chapter 7: Nuovo Arrivo*~*~*~*~* Me: So? How was it? Review people! Review! Violentdelight: Don't worry, I'll make sure Dew writes another chapter really soon. *glares evilly at Dew* Me: Eep! Runaway!