The Cupid Games
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"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.
The Ravenclaw table boomed with applause as Paige made her way down to the table.
"Harry?" Hermione said as her friend just gapped at Paige.
"Paige!" Harry said hiding his head in his hands.
Hermione patted Harry's shoulder sympathetically. She wondered if he had burst into tears because his "true love" was placed in another house without him.
Paige wasn't very happy with the arrangement either. As soon as she sat down a boy, with rather long sandy blond hair and electric blue eyes, came over and sat next to her.
"Hello!" he said.
"Hi." Said Paige looking up at the teacher's table. James was now sitting on the stool with the hat on his head.
"So your name's Paige Crest?" he asked.
"Yes." She said not taking her eyes off of James.
"Do you know that guy?" asked the boy.
"Yes." Said Paige, who was getting rather annoyed by the boy.
"Do you like that guy?" he asked.
"YES!" said Paige, who was now trying very hard not to snap.
Paige turned to stare at the boy. Her face was as red as a Ron's hair.
"Wait! I mean, NO! I don't like that guy!" said Paige as the boy smirked at her.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.
"WHAT?!" Paige shouted, but couldn't be heard because of all the cheering girls.
"Crest." Said James sitting opposite of her.
"Tenor." She growled back.
"Now you can eat!" said Professor Dumbledore as the platters in front of them filled up with food.
"So what's your name?" Paige asked to boy trying to ignore the fact that her enemy was sitting across of her.
"I'm Terry Boot." He said sticking out his hand.
"Nice to meet you." Said Paige shaking his hand, she also put on a fake smile.
For some unknown reason, to Paige, James Tenor was giving Terry the most lethal death glares.
"You should eat these rolls." Said Terry handing Paige a small fluffy roll.
"These are yummy!" she said after she bit into it.
I saw you trying not to snap at him when I was walking down. Why are you acting like you like him now? James asked glaring at Terry.
What do you mean? she asked with mock innocents.
James scrowled at her and spooned a large amount of mashed potatoes on to his plate.
"So tell me about the classes we have on Monday, Terry." Said Paige smiling sweetly.
"Well I'm not sure yet…but we'll be getting our schedules tomorrow." Terry said as he bit into a piece of turkey.
"I hope I get Muggle Studies!" said Paige playing with her mashed potatoes.
"Why? So you can be with me?" James asked frowning at her.
"You? But you hate mort…um…muggles." Said Paige.
"Did I say that?" he asked taking a sip from his goblet.
"No…but I always assumed that you…disliked muggles." Said Paige shyly.
"You never ask and always assume." He said, You could get hurt if you keep on doing that. he added.
Paige looked down at the table and blushed slightly.
"You okay, Paige?" Terry asked as he finished his dinner.
"Fine."
Paige and James were almost out of the hall when they bumped into Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
"Hello, Harry!" said Paige waving to him.
Harry walked over, followed by Hermione and Ron.
"Hello." He said softly.
"Sorry about you getting stuck with that git." Ron nodded towards James, who was glaring at them.
"I'm not deaf." Said James.
"It's okay." She said, "Really."
"Crest, Boot is going to leave us here if we don't go now." Said James tapping his foot impatiently.
"Okay I'm coming!" she snapped, "I'll see you three tomorrow!"
Paige ran up to James, who had started walking ahead of her.
"Walk faster you two!" Terry called down from a landing on the white marble stairs.
Paige and James caught up with Terry and walked down two long corridors in silence.
"So does your girl friend miss you?" Paige asked softly James.
He shrugged and looked out of the window.
Pale moonlight was shinning through the windows and on the grass outside. Little droplets of water made the flower sparkle and shine. The lake was also clear and calm. The cattails swaying gently as a small breeze blew.
"This is romantic." Paige said before she could stop herself.
"What?" he said shocked, as they turned a corner.
"Um…I mean the view outside was really nice and…" said Paige, grateful it was now dark because she blushing.
"Paige…" said James as the three of them stopped in front of a large mirror.
"Okay the password is Heavenly Guard." Said Terry as the large mirror swung open.
The three of them walked in and Paige gasped when she saw the common room.
The room must have been the size of a mini ballroom. A dark wooden floor with a navy blue rug in the middle of the room made the two fireplaces and off-white chairs and sofa's stand out. There was also a large moving portrait of a pretty lady in dark blue dress robes with her hair up in and elegant bun, hanging near two French doors that lead to a balcony outside.
"The girl's rooms are on the right and the boy's dorms are on the left. Look for a brass number five on a door. That's your room." Said Terry pointing to the staircase on the right twisted up.
"I guess I'll see you two in the morning." Said Paige climbing up the right staircase.
Paige walked all the way up the tower till she reached a door with a large brass five on it. She opened it and stepped into a large room that was well lit. The light bounced off of the dark mahogany floorboards and also bounced off of the tall mahogany bedpost, which supported dark blue curtains on golden rings.
"Hello!" said a girl who was lounging on a chair, near the doors that lead to another balcony.
"Hi." Said Paige shyly, still standing in the doorframe.
"I don't bite. Come." Said the girl, smiling.
"I'm Paige Crest." Said Paige walking over.
"I'm Julia Moon." She said standing up.
"So which is my bed?" Paige asked looking at the four beds that were all up against the stone wall.
"Is that your black trunk with the silver lock?" Julia asked pointing at a trunk in front of the second bed to there right.
"Yes." Said Paige.
"You get to sleep by me, then!" said Julia jumping on the closest bed.
"Who do the other two beds belong to?" Paige asked sitting on her own bed.
"Marla and Wendi." She said glaring at the two beds. "Those two are really snobby."
"Really?" Paige asked.
"Well all those two can think of are boys, make-up, and themselves." Said Julia lying back, her short wavy red hair fanned out around her.
"So is it best to be asleep by the time they get up here?"
"I guess." Said Julia rolling off the bed. "Let's go to bed or you might have the unfortunate meeting tonight."
The two girls got ready to go to bed as fast as they could. And as soon as they had pulled the curtains closed, two, very loud, and very annoying voices drifted in through the curtains.
"Oh look! The new girl is sleeping!" said a girl with a high annoying squeaky voice.
"I was hoping she would be awake so she could meet us!" said another voice, but lower.
~ I'm lucky I'm not "awake". ~ thought Paige smiling to herself.
Crest?
Tenor? she asked puzzled.
So you're still awake? he asked.
I was about to go to sleep. she snapped bitterly.
Sorry…Sweet dreams… he said and broke their connection.
Paige blushed and stared at the dark blue curtains surrounding her.
"'Sweet dreams'?" she repeated softly. "How odd."
Then smiling to herself she fell asleep with an odd dream.
"How could we not have killed them?" a shadowy figure asked.
"I don't know." Said another shadowy figure.
"The Dark Lord won't be pleased to know we have wasted poison on that boy and didn't kill him." Said the first shadowy figure.
"But the question is how did he survive the scratches?"
"No regular wizard could survive that poison." Snapped the first shadow.
"Someone's coming! Let's go to bed."
Paige jerked awake, breathing hard with cold sweat dripping down her face.
"What was that?" she asked herself as she rolled over.
Hello!
I hope that I surprised some people when Paige and James were put in Ravenclaw! Would anyone know whom the head of the Ravenclaw house is? If you do can you tell me?
Thanks to Stupid Cupid, Mione G, Sucker For Romance, crazyme89, JamieGirl, Natasha, lauriena, and Jaya for reviewing my fifth chapter.
And Ryco you actually have to read it not just review it…you're very mean!
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Magic Bunny