Real quick Disclaimer: We do not own "The Simpsons" … alright, I stole a line from them. Leave me alone! Ah! They're after me! AHHHH!!!! (Sorry folks, I'm in a weird mood. It's standardized testing time, and I'm all crazy-like such.)
A/N: SHORT CHAPTER ALERT!! AHHH!!! ATTACK OF THE SHORT CHAPTER!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!! *looks around* Okay, anyway… this is shorter than the previous chapters, but AT LEAST BE HAPPY I WROTE SOMETHING! ^_^
Chapter 6
Narcissa
"You're going to keep that picture, aren't you?" asked Lacienega as we boarded one of the carriages.
"'Til the day I die," I replied, "or find a use for it."
We sat down across from Draconia and Star, who were staring at us with smirks on their faces. Everyone sat in silence for a few seconds, until Laciengea said, "What are you looking at?"
Star replied, "Don't get your knickers in a twist, Moran. We were thinking."
Lacienega stood up, her eyes glowing a fiery purple. "Yeah? Well I'm thinking about poking your damn eyes out!"
They fired threats and insults at each other for a few more minutes. All the while I sat there, cycling through the events that happened on the train in my mind. The next thing I knew, someone next to me said softly into my ear, "Something on your mind?"
I jumped saw Draconia sitting next to me. "Why do you want to know?" I inquired.
She smirked. "Did I ever tell you that I can read minds? I'm psychic." She leaned closer to me and whispered, "I know what you're thinking about."
I gave a laugh. "You're lying," I said with a grin.
She gave me an ugly look. Then she grinned back and replied, "I still know what you're thinking about." I must've had a questioning look on my face, because she then said, "You're thinking about Lucius."
I was surprised. "Well," Draconia spoke, "you didn't deny it." I had no words to express the mixture of emotions that was my feeling at the moment. Then my eyes fell to the floor. "I know you like him," she continued. I figured she was going to tease me endlessly. "But, I'm fine with that. To be honest, my brother is a good guy. I would've liked him well enough had I not been born his sister. I think you'd be great together."
I was shocked. Draconia was actually saying something nice about her brother?! Lucius was the person whom she picked on endlessly. Then I realized that Draconia loved him like a sister would a brother. I smiled to myself, and noticed that Draconia had a faint smile on her lips.
The carriage stopped, and Lacienega grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me into the Great Hall. We grabbed a couple seats near the end of the Slytherin table, far away from the professors. Draconia and Star walked past us to join their seventh year friends, but at the moment they did, Draconia placed a quick hand on my shoulder. It was as if she was wishing me luck. Lacienega gave me a look and I shrugged. A minute later, Lucius and Severus joined us.
Lucius asked, "So what did the Devil Incarnate have to say to you guys?"
After what she said in the carriage, I figure'd I'd stick up for Draconia. "Lucius," I said, as if to lecture him, "your sister is generally a great person."
He muttered, "Try living with her," but only I heard him.
During the sorting we were interrogating Severus about a glint in his eyes, and discussed Star's sex life (thank God she wasn't there with us). Finally, the food appeared on the table. I was famished. I took a helping of everything, and a second of some. After dinner, I stood up and walked out of the Hall. It wasn't until halfway to our dorms that I realized Lacienega, Lucius, and Severus were nowhere to be seen. I stood in the hall, scanning through the swarm of students for any of them.
I had just turned around when someone bumped into me from behind. I spun around and spat, "Why don't you watch where you're going, Murray?"
Cassie Murray, a sixth year Ravenclaw, pushed her chocolate curls behind her shoulders, her eyes constantly moving from the floor to me. "I'm sorry for bumping into you, Narcissa. But don't you think you could be a little nicer to me?" She pointed to her Prefect badge. "I don't want to take House points." I shook my head and walked up to the painting that held the entrance to the Slytherin common room.
I followed a Slytherin who knew the password ("sanguis draconis") and entered. Most of the Slytherins were schmoozing in the common room. I spotted Lacienega on one of the couches, deep in conversation with Draconia. Lucius and Severus were at one of the tables, playing a game of wizard chess. I pulled up a chair and watched them.
"Narcissa!" I looked over my shoulder. "Where have you been?" asked Lacienega.
"I was stopped in the hall by Miss Prefect Murray. Where have YOU been? I was looking for you."
"I was taking care of some personal business." I asked her what she was talking about, but she wouldn't say.
After the boys finished their game, most students, including Draconia and Star, had gone to bed. Suddenly, I was overcome with a memory. "Hey Sev," I said, "I wanna know what Star said to you."
"Not telling," he replied, apparently adamant about keeping his little secret.
"C'mon, Sevvie," Lacienega pleaded, "we're your best friends. You can tell us anything. We can be trusted."
Severus rolled his eyes. "Yeah, like the time I trusted you with the secret of the incident in our fourth year? I was the laughingstock of the school for the rest of the year. Ha! I don't think so."
Lucius stepped in. "Sev, we promise on our fathers' graves we won't tell anyone."
Lacienega sounded confused. "But our fathers aren't dead."
I sighed. "All right, if we tell," here I placed my left hand on my heart and held my right up, "may our stomachs become bloated and our heads plucked of all but three hairs."
The other three laughed. Lucius said, "Okay, we'll definitely keep the secret now…" Severus shook his head. "Sev…" Lucius said with a pleading tone.
He finally agreed, and we sat there listening intently as he told us of his conversation with Star Anderson.
