Ophelia woke up the next morning, surprisingly warm for being in the
dungeons. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and sat up. She noticed
Pansy sitting over near a large mirror, with an assortment of makeup.
"Morning Pansy" she said, sliding out of bed "What're you doing"?
"Oh morning Ophelia. Just the usual, making myself gorgeous" said Pansy giggling "It may be the weekend, but that's no excuse". "Yeah I guess" said Ophelia, grabbing on of Pansy's hair brushes "I'm borrowing this". Pansy nodded and Ophelia pulled her hair up into a high ponytail.
"Wow you've got a lot of stuff here Pansy" she said, returning the brush "You look great though". "Yeah she does" said Millicent "She's a regular Narcissus". Pansy stuck her tongue out and flung her brush over towards Millicent, who ducked.
"Ooooh geez" said Blaise, pulling her four poster curtains open, and leaning over to search under her bed, "I can't find my socks". Ophelia pulled out her wand and said "ACCIO BLAISE'S SOCKS" and they zoomed out from behind Blaise's bed and Ophelia caught them, and flung them at Blaise. "Here Blaise. Oh and do we have to wear uniforms on the weekend?" she asked.
Blaise shook her head, and pulled on her socks "Nah, you can wear whatever you want. Thanks for finding my socks by the way". "Yeah" said Millicent, brushing out her hair in front of the mirror "A lot of us just wear our uniforms anyway though". "Well I'm certainly not wearing THAT on the weekend" said Ophelia, pointing to Blaise's uniform. She proceeded to pull a swirl of white fabric from her trunk, and jump onto her bed, pulling the curtains shut.
"Well, well" said Pansy "Aren't we quite the superior one". "Maaaaybe" came Ophelia's voice from inside the curtains "I just prefer my own clothes. And I technically am superior, I AM a Slytherin after all" " Here here" said Blaise grinning and pulling her green trimmed Slytherin cloak from her trunk "Very true my friend".
A few moments later, Ophelia pulled apart her curtains and struck a pose. " So" she said with a giggle "What do you think? It's my old school uniform, I just think it's so much more comfy than yours". The girls all laughed and rolled their eyes. Ophelia was wearing an elaborate white toga, with two fasteners on the front that, upon further inspection, turned out to have a sun with a lyre in front of it on them. (A.N. for a better picture of what I mean, think of Megara from the Disney movie Hercules. Except completely white instead of purplish. And no sash around the waist. Although, Ophelia isn't nasty skinny like Megara)
Millicent was trying her best to surpass a fit of giggles as Ophelia stepped down and started rooting around in her trunk. "Are you telling me that..... the... GUYS wear that to" she said, causing the others to burst into laughter. "I can just imagine it" said Pansy "All the Hogwarts boys running around like that! It'd be a laugh riot".
"Nah" said Ophelia "The boys is different. It's actually not as form fitting, and has a small sleeve on it". She pulled a hooded cloak from her trunk, that had the same fastener as her toga. She put it and a pair of sandals on. "Damn" said Pansy "And here I was hoping that they'd be in tight leather trousers".
Ophelia laughed. "Nah, to hot for leather. They tend to go around in shorty tunics during the summer though" she said, getting a dazed look in her eye "Those boys in my house were a few heads short of a Hydra, but they looked pretty Damn good". And the other girls got similar dazed looks in their eyes and Blaise said "All those in favour of moving to Greece raise your hands and come with me for breakfast". All hands shot up as they all walked laughing and giggling out the door.
"Why not just come visit me this summer?" said Ophelia "I've got lots of single cousins that I could introduce you to". The girls all nodded enthusiastically and moved across the common room, stepping out of the stone wall, and making their way to the great hall.
They finally reached the great hall, after nearly being squashed by Peeves, who decided to drop suits of armor on people as they came up from the dungeons. They sat down for breakfast, and soon after the owls started flying into the hall. The largest barn owl anyone had ever seen flew over to the Slytherin table, and Ophelia stretched out her arm, which it perched on. She untied a scroll from its leg, and kissed it on the head. Lucy (the owl) hooted and she handed her a sausage. Ophelia proceeded to unfold the letter and begin to read it.
"Oh, it's from my mom. She wants to know how I'm going, what house I got into, that kind of stuff",said Ophelia, as she handed Lucy another sausage. Lucy hooted and flew back off to the owlry.
"Oh" said Blaise "Well you DID get into the best house, so I'm sure she'll be thrilled". "And why wouldn't she" declared Pansy, stabbing a pancake with a fork "We're all talented, good looking witches and wizards with pure bloodlines that date back hundreds of years and...."
Pansy was interrupted by Dumbledore standing up and gesturing for silence. "Thank you. Now I know it is a bit unusual to have a weekend first thing, however I trust you will make use of this time to become reacquainted, or acquainted as the case may be, with the castle. The heads of your houses will be passing out your schedules this morning". He gestured over to Professors McGonnagal, Snape, Sprout, and Sinstra sitting at the head table.
"Also, as always, the forbidden forest is out of bounds to all students. And magic is not to be used in corridors between classes. Now, I have an exciting announcement for you students. The Quidditch teams will be holding tryouts today. Any student in 2nd year and above is welcome to try out. The Hufflepuffs are in need of a chaser, and their tryouts will be held at 1:00. The Gryffindors are in need of a keeper, and tryouts will be held at 1:45. The Ravenclaws need a pair of beaters, and they will have tryouts at 2:30. And the Slytherins require a beater and a chaser, with tryouts being held at 3:15. I encourage all of you to tryout! Now enjoy your breakfast!" he said, sitting back down in his seat.
Excited chatter broke out all over the Great Hall. "I'm happy they're starting this early" said Ophelia "My old shool didn't start till nearly a month into term!" "You're going to try out" said Draco, sounding astonished "What on Earth for?." "To play Quidditch you numbskull, what do you think?" she said, turning towards him. "But everyone knows that girls can't play quidditch", he said "They just aren't strong enough".
Ophelia said, with barely constrained anger, "We'll see about that Draco. We'll just see". "That I will" he said, "Since I am the captain after all."
Ophelia turned over to the girls "That great prat is captain? How did that happen?" "He may be a prat, but he's a damn good looking one" said Pansy. Ophelia rolled her eyes and said "Well, I'll just have to show him just what I'm capable of" she said. "He'll have no idea what hit him".
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(ducks as Alison starts kicking soccer balls at my head) SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I updated! I'm a good girl, yes I am! I'll just keep telling myself that!
I am making a guess at who the Ravenclaw head is, since we still don't know. Ahhhh rivalries are lovely are they not? (snicker) This is sure getting interesting!
I really don't know how frequently I will update, but I hope the chappies are worth waiting for! (though I doubt it) I hope you leave a review!
Till next time!
Slytherin Girl
"Oh morning Ophelia. Just the usual, making myself gorgeous" said Pansy giggling "It may be the weekend, but that's no excuse". "Yeah I guess" said Ophelia, grabbing on of Pansy's hair brushes "I'm borrowing this". Pansy nodded and Ophelia pulled her hair up into a high ponytail.
"Wow you've got a lot of stuff here Pansy" she said, returning the brush "You look great though". "Yeah she does" said Millicent "She's a regular Narcissus". Pansy stuck her tongue out and flung her brush over towards Millicent, who ducked.
"Ooooh geez" said Blaise, pulling her four poster curtains open, and leaning over to search under her bed, "I can't find my socks". Ophelia pulled out her wand and said "ACCIO BLAISE'S SOCKS" and they zoomed out from behind Blaise's bed and Ophelia caught them, and flung them at Blaise. "Here Blaise. Oh and do we have to wear uniforms on the weekend?" she asked.
Blaise shook her head, and pulled on her socks "Nah, you can wear whatever you want. Thanks for finding my socks by the way". "Yeah" said Millicent, brushing out her hair in front of the mirror "A lot of us just wear our uniforms anyway though". "Well I'm certainly not wearing THAT on the weekend" said Ophelia, pointing to Blaise's uniform. She proceeded to pull a swirl of white fabric from her trunk, and jump onto her bed, pulling the curtains shut.
"Well, well" said Pansy "Aren't we quite the superior one". "Maaaaybe" came Ophelia's voice from inside the curtains "I just prefer my own clothes. And I technically am superior, I AM a Slytherin after all" " Here here" said Blaise grinning and pulling her green trimmed Slytherin cloak from her trunk "Very true my friend".
A few moments later, Ophelia pulled apart her curtains and struck a pose. " So" she said with a giggle "What do you think? It's my old school uniform, I just think it's so much more comfy than yours". The girls all laughed and rolled their eyes. Ophelia was wearing an elaborate white toga, with two fasteners on the front that, upon further inspection, turned out to have a sun with a lyre in front of it on them. (A.N. for a better picture of what I mean, think of Megara from the Disney movie Hercules. Except completely white instead of purplish. And no sash around the waist. Although, Ophelia isn't nasty skinny like Megara)
Millicent was trying her best to surpass a fit of giggles as Ophelia stepped down and started rooting around in her trunk. "Are you telling me that..... the... GUYS wear that to" she said, causing the others to burst into laughter. "I can just imagine it" said Pansy "All the Hogwarts boys running around like that! It'd be a laugh riot".
"Nah" said Ophelia "The boys is different. It's actually not as form fitting, and has a small sleeve on it". She pulled a hooded cloak from her trunk, that had the same fastener as her toga. She put it and a pair of sandals on. "Damn" said Pansy "And here I was hoping that they'd be in tight leather trousers".
Ophelia laughed. "Nah, to hot for leather. They tend to go around in shorty tunics during the summer though" she said, getting a dazed look in her eye "Those boys in my house were a few heads short of a Hydra, but they looked pretty Damn good". And the other girls got similar dazed looks in their eyes and Blaise said "All those in favour of moving to Greece raise your hands and come with me for breakfast". All hands shot up as they all walked laughing and giggling out the door.
"Why not just come visit me this summer?" said Ophelia "I've got lots of single cousins that I could introduce you to". The girls all nodded enthusiastically and moved across the common room, stepping out of the stone wall, and making their way to the great hall.
They finally reached the great hall, after nearly being squashed by Peeves, who decided to drop suits of armor on people as they came up from the dungeons. They sat down for breakfast, and soon after the owls started flying into the hall. The largest barn owl anyone had ever seen flew over to the Slytherin table, and Ophelia stretched out her arm, which it perched on. She untied a scroll from its leg, and kissed it on the head. Lucy (the owl) hooted and she handed her a sausage. Ophelia proceeded to unfold the letter and begin to read it.
"Oh, it's from my mom. She wants to know how I'm going, what house I got into, that kind of stuff",said Ophelia, as she handed Lucy another sausage. Lucy hooted and flew back off to the owlry.
"Oh" said Blaise "Well you DID get into the best house, so I'm sure she'll be thrilled". "And why wouldn't she" declared Pansy, stabbing a pancake with a fork "We're all talented, good looking witches and wizards with pure bloodlines that date back hundreds of years and...."
Pansy was interrupted by Dumbledore standing up and gesturing for silence. "Thank you. Now I know it is a bit unusual to have a weekend first thing, however I trust you will make use of this time to become reacquainted, or acquainted as the case may be, with the castle. The heads of your houses will be passing out your schedules this morning". He gestured over to Professors McGonnagal, Snape, Sprout, and Sinstra sitting at the head table.
"Also, as always, the forbidden forest is out of bounds to all students. And magic is not to be used in corridors between classes. Now, I have an exciting announcement for you students. The Quidditch teams will be holding tryouts today. Any student in 2nd year and above is welcome to try out. The Hufflepuffs are in need of a chaser, and their tryouts will be held at 1:00. The Gryffindors are in need of a keeper, and tryouts will be held at 1:45. The Ravenclaws need a pair of beaters, and they will have tryouts at 2:30. And the Slytherins require a beater and a chaser, with tryouts being held at 3:15. I encourage all of you to tryout! Now enjoy your breakfast!" he said, sitting back down in his seat.
Excited chatter broke out all over the Great Hall. "I'm happy they're starting this early" said Ophelia "My old shool didn't start till nearly a month into term!" "You're going to try out" said Draco, sounding astonished "What on Earth for?." "To play Quidditch you numbskull, what do you think?" she said, turning towards him. "But everyone knows that girls can't play quidditch", he said "They just aren't strong enough".
Ophelia said, with barely constrained anger, "We'll see about that Draco. We'll just see". "That I will" he said, "Since I am the captain after all."
Ophelia turned over to the girls "That great prat is captain? How did that happen?" "He may be a prat, but he's a damn good looking one" said Pansy. Ophelia rolled her eyes and said "Well, I'll just have to show him just what I'm capable of" she said. "He'll have no idea what hit him".
**************************************************************************** ********** Authors Notes
(ducks as Alison starts kicking soccer balls at my head) SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I updated! I'm a good girl, yes I am! I'll just keep telling myself that!
I am making a guess at who the Ravenclaw head is, since we still don't know. Ahhhh rivalries are lovely are they not? (snicker) This is sure getting interesting!
I really don't know how frequently I will update, but I hope the chappies are worth waiting for! (though I doubt it) I hope you leave a review!
Till next time!
Slytherin Girl