+Chapter 3+
-An odd bargain-
"You and your high metabolism are starting to annoy me." A tall pale girl said to her friend who was sitting at a table, not looking up from what she was doing.
The other girl looked up with her big hazelish eyes and arched a brow, dropping her fork with a clatter onto her plate. The Great Hall was literally empty besides the two girls who were sitting at the Ravenclaw table, their house table. "High metabolism or not.I'm starved."
The tall girl sat down next to her but still didn't look up from something she was doing to her arm. When her long white-blonde hair spilled off from covering what she was doing, the other girl stole a glance. She was carving the initials S. B. into her wrist with a sharp quill, blood oozing and mixing along with the ink.
"Cassandra, if I ask what you're doing will I still have a normal mental state?" The girl said after swallowing large bite of turkey. She was watching her beautiful friend carve a known player's initials into her arm and it was starting to pain her.
"Oh hush Kris." said Cassandra dreamily, dabbing up the disgusting mixture from her arm. She was beautiful and knew that it was killing her friend to see her ruining herself. She was a tall, thin young woman with skin as pale as cream with hair that was blindingly blonde. It was almost white but still it gave flashes of gold in the sunlight and her startlingly blue eyes contrasted nicely with her ice princess look. She looked over at Kristina with a sly look on her beautiful soft pink lips. "You care too much, I hope you know."
Kristina looked away from her friend who looked and acted totally opposite from her. Kris was pretty short but was still rather average weight. She was olive skinned with short, choppy chocolate brown hair that flipped out nicely over her ears and had beautiful, wide hazel eyes to match. She was very much Italian but knew not a word or anything of her native land. She had an eating problem.she spent most of her time in the Great Hall or smuggling things from the kitchen around in her bag. As I said before, she had a high metabolism so she didn't seem to gain a pound. Cassie barely ate at all.and Kris being the caring, motherly person that she was would always try to get her to eat. Cass always teased her about the Sorting Hat's mistake and how it should have put her in Hufflepuff but soon forgot that after being able to use Kris's surprising intellect to her advantage. "There is no such thing as caring too much for a friend." Kris said defiantly, her long lashes shading her eyes from view. She looked so angelic and pretty when she was supposedly sad.not that she wasn't pretty all the time. She just had Cassandra the Beauty Queen to compare to.
Cassie frowned and looked guiltily over at her friend. She hated hurting her best friends feelings.she just had such a cruel side and Kris was so easy to upset that sometimes it didn't work out that well. "I'm sorry.I just hate it when you sound like my mother."
An uncharacteristic smirk appeared on Kris's downcast face and she looked up, blinking innocently. "Me, your mother? What an insult." She said, knowing how much she hated her mom. Cassie stomped her foot and laughed, abandoning her artwork for a second to push Kris away playfully.
"Don't do that to me!" She cried, smacking her friend again. "I look so dumb when I'm worried about you." She snickered a bit as Kris pushed her off the long bench and returned to her food.
"I'm always worried about you and I got used to it." She said in conniving tones, making sure that her friend couldn't crawl back up and sit next to her by pushing her back to the ground.
"Therefore you always look dumb," She retorted in mock stubbornness as she retreated to sitting on the floor and carving again.
"Oh shove it." Kris exclaimed, grabbing her treat-filled bag and standing triumphantly over her friend. "C'mon.everyone is in bed right now. I don't want to miss my beauty sleep." She added, primping herself teasingly.
Cassandra rose to her feet and brushed her robes off softly then fell into step with Kristina. "I know.you really shouldn't. You need it badly." Cass said ignoring Kristina's eye rolling and indignant snort.
"If I find a way to bring Sirius to you then will you stop doing that?!" Kris screeched, stopping to shudder and look away from her friend's carving.
Cass smirked and patted her best friend on the shoulder, "I love it when you relent. It works so nicely."
Kris stuck her tongue out childishly then muttered, "No wonder your name is Cassandra, Goddess of Evil, you know. Yes, yes.well, what d'you say?"
Cass tucked the deadly sharp quill into her breast pocket and smirked, "Okay.find him and make him talk to me before lunch tomorrow."
They arrived and Kristina breathed a sigh of relief as she found that she really was quitting her artwork. "You know.I kept him away from you for good reason."
"I know.I know.you don't want me to get hurt." Cassandra said impatiently as she pulled her robes over her head and changed into her pajamas.
"Damn right, I don't." Kristina said harshly, mentally cursing the handsome boy as she crawled under her bedcovers. She knew that she would have to relent one day.but she couldn't imagine where he would be at this hour. Probably sneaking around the castle with his friends or doing God- knows-what with his current toy. She sighed and turned over to look at her friend, who had fallen fast asleep. Then an idea hit her.he was always gone around the full moon.she had seen him sneak into the Forbidden Forest around this time. A scary idea hit her as she crept from her bed to the window sill where she spotted the full moon rising high above the forest. Full moon.Forbidden Forest.it all added up! Sirius was a werewolf! She stifled a scream with her dark hand, her eyes wide with horror. Just about every girl in the school had had a romp with a werewolf and everyone was oblivious to it! Her best friend was infatuated with a man-eating canine and the headmaster was accepting dangerous students into his school. Who in the right mind would do such a thing.and she was supposed to go find him during this.this.time! She whined a bit then decided that she would talk to one of his best friends about it.Remus Lupin. He was always in the library at unholy hours in the morning and they got along pretty well.He was a pretty nice guy. She blinked and nodded, planning it out. First she'd just talk about intelligence since that was something they had in common.then she'd bring up Sirius and how Cass really wanted to talk to him and.well, she had it all planned out. She shuddered again with cold and fear then set her watch to wake her up at the same unholy hour but she was sure her insatiable stomach would wake her up sooner than that. Soon she fell into a fitful sleep on the uncomfortable sill cushion.
-An odd bargain-
"You and your high metabolism are starting to annoy me." A tall pale girl said to her friend who was sitting at a table, not looking up from what she was doing.
The other girl looked up with her big hazelish eyes and arched a brow, dropping her fork with a clatter onto her plate. The Great Hall was literally empty besides the two girls who were sitting at the Ravenclaw table, their house table. "High metabolism or not.I'm starved."
The tall girl sat down next to her but still didn't look up from something she was doing to her arm. When her long white-blonde hair spilled off from covering what she was doing, the other girl stole a glance. She was carving the initials S. B. into her wrist with a sharp quill, blood oozing and mixing along with the ink.
"Cassandra, if I ask what you're doing will I still have a normal mental state?" The girl said after swallowing large bite of turkey. She was watching her beautiful friend carve a known player's initials into her arm and it was starting to pain her.
"Oh hush Kris." said Cassandra dreamily, dabbing up the disgusting mixture from her arm. She was beautiful and knew that it was killing her friend to see her ruining herself. She was a tall, thin young woman with skin as pale as cream with hair that was blindingly blonde. It was almost white but still it gave flashes of gold in the sunlight and her startlingly blue eyes contrasted nicely with her ice princess look. She looked over at Kristina with a sly look on her beautiful soft pink lips. "You care too much, I hope you know."
Kristina looked away from her friend who looked and acted totally opposite from her. Kris was pretty short but was still rather average weight. She was olive skinned with short, choppy chocolate brown hair that flipped out nicely over her ears and had beautiful, wide hazel eyes to match. She was very much Italian but knew not a word or anything of her native land. She had an eating problem.she spent most of her time in the Great Hall or smuggling things from the kitchen around in her bag. As I said before, she had a high metabolism so she didn't seem to gain a pound. Cassie barely ate at all.and Kris being the caring, motherly person that she was would always try to get her to eat. Cass always teased her about the Sorting Hat's mistake and how it should have put her in Hufflepuff but soon forgot that after being able to use Kris's surprising intellect to her advantage. "There is no such thing as caring too much for a friend." Kris said defiantly, her long lashes shading her eyes from view. She looked so angelic and pretty when she was supposedly sad.not that she wasn't pretty all the time. She just had Cassandra the Beauty Queen to compare to.
Cassie frowned and looked guiltily over at her friend. She hated hurting her best friends feelings.she just had such a cruel side and Kris was so easy to upset that sometimes it didn't work out that well. "I'm sorry.I just hate it when you sound like my mother."
An uncharacteristic smirk appeared on Kris's downcast face and she looked up, blinking innocently. "Me, your mother? What an insult." She said, knowing how much she hated her mom. Cassie stomped her foot and laughed, abandoning her artwork for a second to push Kris away playfully.
"Don't do that to me!" She cried, smacking her friend again. "I look so dumb when I'm worried about you." She snickered a bit as Kris pushed her off the long bench and returned to her food.
"I'm always worried about you and I got used to it." She said in conniving tones, making sure that her friend couldn't crawl back up and sit next to her by pushing her back to the ground.
"Therefore you always look dumb," She retorted in mock stubbornness as she retreated to sitting on the floor and carving again.
"Oh shove it." Kris exclaimed, grabbing her treat-filled bag and standing triumphantly over her friend. "C'mon.everyone is in bed right now. I don't want to miss my beauty sleep." She added, primping herself teasingly.
Cassandra rose to her feet and brushed her robes off softly then fell into step with Kristina. "I know.you really shouldn't. You need it badly." Cass said ignoring Kristina's eye rolling and indignant snort.
"If I find a way to bring Sirius to you then will you stop doing that?!" Kris screeched, stopping to shudder and look away from her friend's carving.
Cass smirked and patted her best friend on the shoulder, "I love it when you relent. It works so nicely."
Kris stuck her tongue out childishly then muttered, "No wonder your name is Cassandra, Goddess of Evil, you know. Yes, yes.well, what d'you say?"
Cass tucked the deadly sharp quill into her breast pocket and smirked, "Okay.find him and make him talk to me before lunch tomorrow."
They arrived and Kristina breathed a sigh of relief as she found that she really was quitting her artwork. "You know.I kept him away from you for good reason."
"I know.I know.you don't want me to get hurt." Cassandra said impatiently as she pulled her robes over her head and changed into her pajamas.
"Damn right, I don't." Kristina said harshly, mentally cursing the handsome boy as she crawled under her bedcovers. She knew that she would have to relent one day.but she couldn't imagine where he would be at this hour. Probably sneaking around the castle with his friends or doing God- knows-what with his current toy. She sighed and turned over to look at her friend, who had fallen fast asleep. Then an idea hit her.he was always gone around the full moon.she had seen him sneak into the Forbidden Forest around this time. A scary idea hit her as she crept from her bed to the window sill where she spotted the full moon rising high above the forest. Full moon.Forbidden Forest.it all added up! Sirius was a werewolf! She stifled a scream with her dark hand, her eyes wide with horror. Just about every girl in the school had had a romp with a werewolf and everyone was oblivious to it! Her best friend was infatuated with a man-eating canine and the headmaster was accepting dangerous students into his school. Who in the right mind would do such a thing.and she was supposed to go find him during this.this.time! She whined a bit then decided that she would talk to one of his best friends about it.Remus Lupin. He was always in the library at unholy hours in the morning and they got along pretty well.He was a pretty nice guy. She blinked and nodded, planning it out. First she'd just talk about intelligence since that was something they had in common.then she'd bring up Sirius and how Cass really wanted to talk to him and.well, she had it all planned out. She shuddered again with cold and fear then set her watch to wake her up at the same unholy hour but she was sure her insatiable stomach would wake her up sooner than that. Soon she fell into a fitful sleep on the uncomfortable sill cushion.