Hello again.
Here is my second chapter of 'HELL ON EARTH' revamped.
All the best. (I do not own harry potter.)
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Sirius Black and Lucius Malfoy had been great friends since the end of the war. Lucius had been spying for the light side for years and had fed all the information needed to Dumbledore alongside Severus Snape. Fudge had been killed by deatheaters shortly before the war and when the war was over Lucius had been appointed Minister much to his surprise. Draco came back to his senses quickly as he saw his father motion for him. He nodded graciously and took hold of Mia's waist, pulling her after him.
Mr Malfoy waited patiently for his son and partner to enter and smiled almost warmly when they did. Sirius half-smiled, raising an eyebrow at the girl in Draco's grasp.
"And who's this lovely lady?" Lucius enquired delicately and smirked. Draco returned it in whole.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you!" Draco said looking at Mia again, Sirius was grinning madly.
"Well, I'll be! Hermione!!" Sirius yelped in amazement, Mia raised her head and smiled a smile that would put the devil to shame.
"The one and the same, Snuffles!" She replied prying Draco's hand off her waist and stumbling to the bar. She pulled out a twenty note and pointed to the wall behind the bar man, he nodded and reached under the counter and pulled out a bottle of tequila and a shot glass but refused to take the money. She shrugged her shoulders and opened the bottle quickly. Lucius and Sirius watched in amazement as she downed six shots followed by a few pieces of lime.
"Hey Uncle Lucius, I see you've met my best friend Mia. Hey Mia, save me some!" Selene yelled as she stalked over to the group with Blaise behind her. Mia smiled and got another shot glass for her and filled it up. They smiled at the two stunned adults and down it quickly. Selene promptly fell off her stool and hit the floor laughing. Mia burst out in giggles and got down to help her up but ended up collapsing on top of her. Mia's laugh subsided as the two girls stared at each other before Selene smashed her lips to Mia's. Draco groaned again making the adults head turn to him.
"They're inseparable!" Draco mumbled moving over to them and pulling Mia off of Selene. His cousin pouted at the loss of contact but grinned evilly as Blaise approached her. He leant over to pull her up but as soon as she was on her feet she pushed him up to the bar and kissed him softly.
Draco stood next to Sirius with a struggling Mia in his arms. Lucius was chuckling at the sight of a girl getting his son hot under the collar.
"So, Miss Granger, what brings you to my new club?" Lucius asked taking a sip from his drink. Mia smiled.
"Selene." She answered, pointing to her friend, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Draco smacked his forehead. He whispered something in her ear and she stifled a giggle quickly. "The chance to enjoy myself before I go back to school!"
Lucius grinned and nodded casually. Mia tried to loosen Draco's grip on her waist so she could get away but Draco realised just in time and tightened his hold.
"Dad, me and Blaise are staying over at Selene's place tonight if that's ok?" Draco asked quickly. Lucius nodded indicating that it was fine. Draco smiled broadly and pulled Mia over to a small sofa in the corner of the room. It was made of black velvet and tickled uncovered skin softly. He pushed Mia back roughly making her land on the seat and climbed over her to prevent her from moving. He leaned in further and brushed his lips across her neck making her back arch from the seat.
Grinning like a Cheshire cat he kissed his way up to her ear again and, bringing his hands up to her neck, he once again pulled down the zip, which she had redone before talking to Sirius, that kept the top together. After unzipping it enough to see a bit of cleavage he followed it with a trail of kisses and came back up the same way.
Mia was having trouble thinking straight thanks to her arch-enemy and his delightful lips. She noticed a clock out of the corner of her eye indicating that it was three in the morning. The club was still quite busy but a lot of people had left within the last hour.
"Draco, get off!" Mia ground out quickly spotting Selene motioning to her. Draco pulled away and looked up at Selene who was stood next to them.
"If you're coming with us we better leave now." Selene stated briefly looking to Blaise who had just slipped his jacket on and had gotten hers from downstairs. Draco nodded and got off of the sofa bringing Mia with him.
"Did you bring a jacket with you?" He asked.
Mia shook her head and followed Selene quickly with Draco and Blaise right behind her.
They left the club all together and headed to the cars at a fast pace. Selene quickly unlocked her car and both her and Mia jumped in. Draco had headed to his own car with Blaise.
It was a good twenty minutes later when they arrived at a large townhouse. Selene opened the door quietly and ushered them all inside and up two flights of stairs to her room. As soon as they entered her room Sonya, Selene, Mia, Ember and Anya all headed for the en-suite but not before grabbing their overnight bags that they kept here. After a few minutes they emerged each dressed in something completely different. Selene was wearing a white short and tank set that said 'Kinky Angel' on the front. Ember was wearing a pair of jogging bottoms and a tank top that had a peace symbol on it. Anya was wearing a short nightdress that was black with red lace. Sonya was wearing a short silk babydoll in emerald green and Mia was wearing a short and tank set in red which said 'Dirty Devil' on the front.
The boys were sat gob-smacked as the girls came back out. Selene's room was huge and had pace for at least six other kingsize beds not including her own. Selene quickly grabbed her wand and transfigured six duvets into double beds for them and winked at Mia who just threw her a dirty look in return. Shrugging off the look Selene jumped onto her own big bed and gave a loud sigh. Mia just laughed and shook her head before climbing onto one of the newly transfigured beds.
The guys just looked at each other quickly and pulled off their shirts before going over to the beds. Draco to Mia's, Blaise to Selenes, Dylan to Anya's, Taylor to Sonya's, Marcus to Embers leaving Chris with a big bed to himself.
"Night guys." Mia yelled, the girls replied in groggy moans and sighs as she closed her eyes. Draco lay next to her quietly for a few moments before reaching under the duvet and unbuttoning his tight black jeans. After removing them he turned over only to come face to face with Mia's back. Hesitantly he laid his hand on her waist and was a little startled when, almost unconsciously she moved closer to him as if telling him to wrap his arm round her waist, which is exactly what he did. Draco smiled warmly into her back as he closed his eyes, whilst unseen to him Mia was wide awake and feeling quite jittery after the amount of alcohol she had consumed.
After about an hour of staring at nothing she managed to drop off and slept soundly until about noon.
She pulled herself out of bed carefully so as not to wake Draco and the others and looked round, Marcus, Ember and Selene were missing from their beds so she guessed they were downstairs. She left the room as quietly as she could and headed down to the kitchen, as she entered she saw Marcus sat at the large dining table and Ember and Selene stood at the counters whipping up something for breakfast.
"Morning sleeping beauty!" Selene chirped in a way to happy voice. Mia just grumbled something inhuman no one could understand and slumped on a chair next to Marcus who was staring at her for some strange yet extremely annoying reason. She glared at him through groggy eyes from under her lashes as Ember set a cup of strong coffee in front of her.
"Cool down the eyes Mia, I think you may burn a hole through Marcus if you don't!" Selene giggled surveying the scene before her. Taking a sip from her cup Mia just smiled sweetly.
"Mmm, I'm sorry Selene, but I didn't get much sleep last night and I need to take my anger out on something or I wont be able to survive the day." She stated matter of factly. Taking another sip of her coffee, she inhaled it's strong aroma and sighed contentedly. Everything is ok after a good bit of caffeine. She sent a look of thanks to Ember, who smiled in return. "Decaf coffee is pointless for so many reasons."
None of the kitchens current occupants spoke for the next few minutes as Ember and Selene dished out plates of egg, bacon, sausages, toast and other breakfast foods. Mia just grabbed some toast and set it on her plate before taking a heavy gulp of her still steaming coffee. Anya shuddered as she entered the room and took her usual seat next to Mia.
"How can you drink that stuff?" She grimaced, not even trying to hide the look of disgust.
"It's called wanting to stay alive to survive my last year at school, graduate and party some more. Without it, well, lets not get into what I'd be like then." Mia replied cheekily as she bit into her toast. Anya just laughed and nodded.
"I can see what you mean in that sense but I still think tea is the healthier option even if you did do what Selene does and pile it high with sugar. She may as well be drinking Golden Syrup: Hint of Tea. Special offer." Anya said in a rather offhand way. Ember nodded but kept silent knowing how Mia could react.
Within the next 10 minutes the rest of the group had made it, if not stumbling, into the expansive kitchen. Chris and Sonya were talking quietly opposite Mia whilst Dylan was sat with Anya on his lap. Draco and Blaise where sat to the right of Mia and Taylor was just slumped carelessly over the table at the far end. Mia and Marcus where the only ones in the group who resembled living people. The rest looked dead to the world.
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"Hey, was anybody expecting mail today?" Selene asked, seating herself on Blaise's lap as an owl landed in front of her. Mia raise her hand and smiled sarcastically.
"Hogwarts." She admitted in a very flat tone. Selene threw her one of the large bundle of letters languidly and pushed one each to Blaise and Draco.
"Hey... there's letters here for all of us too." Selene muttered quietly with a furrowed brow as she slid the letters across the table to their relevant recipients. Ember raked hers open with haste and everybody watched as her face lit up with the biggest grin she could sport.
"Guys, we're going to HOGWARTS!" she yelled glancing round the table. "Apparently we've been accepted into a foreign exchange programme and will attend Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for our 7th and final year."
The group round the table whooped loudly and smiled to each other broadly.
"I think this calls for a trip to Diagon Alley!" Sonya shouted above the palava. The others nodded vehemently amongst utterances like 'oh yes' and 'definately' and stood up. "If we get ready now we should be able to make it there today."
The group exchanged a few more words and headed back up to the bedroom to wash and change.
Shortly after a speedy change, Selene followed Mia out of the bathroom, into the bedroom and praised the smaller girl's style. Both had changed into tight, snug fitting jeans and a t-shirt, Mia's being a 'Little Miss Scary Mary' top which read 'Evil is as evil does.' Selene chuckled darkly at the little girl with the weapons, likening herself a little to the black- haired, knife-loving child. Her own top featured the quote: 'Never knock on heavens door,......ring the bell then run.(he hates that!)'. Both girls also wore the boots they had worn the previous night. Mia, adjusting her tee slightly, watched Selene fish out something leather from her wardrobe and narrowed her eyes enviously at the taller girl. Selene grinned and stuck her tongue out at her friend as she swung her floor length leather coat around her and brought it gently down onto her shoulders, slipping her arms into the sleeves. Mia shook her head disapprovingly and Ember, emerging from the bathroom in a skin-tight PVC dress, fiddled with her tartan tights and started laughing at the killer look Selene was smiling into. Mia, giving up, giggled as well. Ember pulled gently on her knee-high, patent leather stilletto boots and, sliding her fingers through the full length of her hair, left down, she surveyed the room.
Dylan, sporting the motif 'Heavily medicated for your protection', had matched the not-loose, not-tight t-shirt with a pair of black baggy jeans and a bandanna. Taking Anya's hand, he led her desert-colour cargo-pantsed, black tank-topped form to one of the beds and they sat patiently, waiting for the others. She absently fingered her hair, checking that the long braid it hung in down her back was still intact, and looked down at the worn, scuffed trainers that were on her feet, kicking the side of the bed.
Sonya, not having a change of clothes at Selene's, transfigured her outfit from the previous night into some jeans and a black t-shirt that had a low scoop neck, showing her delicate collarbone. She complimented this with a pair of high heeled boots and a red belt, even though Sonya was the kind of person, if you gave her a bin bag, a toilet seat and some bunny slippers, could make the enseble shame a Versace dress.
Taylor, not being one to bother with his looks knowing he was already way hot, wore what he had worn the previous night. Chris, however, had always kept a spare change of clothes at Selene's - the smart one - and changed himself into a pair of comfy loose leather pants and a black shirt. To complement the black ends, he splayed his hair with a vivid blue and, just for that extra style, he used a pair of muggle contact lenses to change his eyes from the original bright green to more of an aqua with a black swirl in them. (Al Bhed- Final Fantasy X, X-2)
Draco and Marcus, on the other hand, flooed home to get changed, saying they would be back within the hour. As soon as they had gone Selene and Mia burst out laughing and pretty soon everyone was at least snickering.
"Does he honestly think we're going to wait for him?!" Selene gasped clutching her sides in pain from laughing to much. Mia turned her head in Selene's direction and nodded. Selene treated Mia to an exasperated head shake.
"Lets get out of here!" Ember yelled as the beautiful people lined up to floo to Diagon Alley. Mia and Selene went first and landed smoothly in the fireplace of the leaky cauldron.
They sat down and waited patiently as the others flooed in one-by-one until they were all there. The group started to head for the exit when Mia stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to see her two so-called best friends.
"Hi 'Mione. Good to see you finally." Ron stated quickly before clamping her in a tight hug, smiling. She stifled the insult she was about to throw and pushed the red head off of her.
"Yeah, nice to see you guys too!" She agreed, her inner voice dripping with sarcasm, but audibly sounding sugar sweet. Harry stepped up beside Ron.
"We missed you Hermione, you never answered our letters. We were starting to get worried." He rattled out.
"Well, as you can see," she smiled, pointing to her odd looking friends making Ron's jaw drop, "I have been rather busy, what with all the clubbing and shopping, I just haven't had time!"
With that she turned away from them and followed the group out of the inn. When she got out into the sunshine she sniggered slightly.
"What's up Mia?" Chris asked falling into step next to her.
"The looks on their faces when they saw you was hysterical." She giggled as she slung her arm round Chris's shoulders. The rest of the group let out a chorus of laughs at the comment as they headed into Flourish and Botts to get their books for this term. Mia headed over to a corner full of Defence against the Dark Arts books, she grabbed a copy of the book she needed and nearly jumped out of her skin as strong arms snaked around her waist, encircling her.
"Not nice to leave people behind you know." The silky voice purred in her ear making her shiver. She turned slowly only to come face to face with the platinum blond they had left behind this morning.
"Not my fault you were late. We decided to leave without you." She shrugged.
"Yes, I see that. Now I have to think of a punishment." He threatened.
"Whatever. I don't belong to you. I was drunk, having a good time at a club with my friends." She gritted out harshly making him blink in astonishment.
"Well. I can see that you have some rather sharp claws in you, but you know you won't be able to drive me off. I always get what I want!" He sneered, leaning into her.
She met his eye, challenging him, and grinned evilly. Then, with resolve, a wink and a low, penetrative voice she said: "Not this time, Malfoy." Mia, despite the lack of it, liked a challenge.
Mia ripped herself from Draco's stunned silence and faultering grip and hurried back to the group with enough copies of the defence book for each, including herself. They paid for their books quickly and left the bookstore to continue their shopping. Draco, Blaise and Marcus stayed a good distance behind them to talk privately.
"Draco, what's up?" Marcus asked slinging the recently bought packages over his shoulder. "You seem pretty uptight." Draco just sighed.
"Mia's being a bitch, she won't even talk to me properly, she just pushed me away." He mumbled quietly. Blaise nodded thoughtfully.
"Maybe you should wait till we're back at school, there's more secret places you can drag her in Hogwarts. I can't wait to see what house Selene gets sorted into!"
Marcus nodded. He had graduated from Hogwarts but was supposedly taking over as a quidditch teacher so Madame Hooch could concentrate more on the exams and stuff.
For the next couple of hours the group milled around the alley, getting everything they needed and then returned to Selene's house. Mia called her 'mother' and said she would be spending from now until school at Selene's, only returning to collect the rest of her stuff for school. The woman hadn't been pleased and had proceeded to yell down the phone at the girl, but she just slammed it down and sat down on the nearest sofa heavily.
With the help of Selene and Sonya, an owl, black clothing and a very fast car, Mia managed to get the rest of her stuff the day before she left for school without her parents noticing. Draco hadn't been around much after the incident in Diagon Alley, for which Mia had been grateful, but often she felt a pang of regret. He wasn't really that bad and damn could he dance.
Eventually the group found themselves on the train to Hogwarts. Chris, Dylan and Taylor were sat in one compartment, and Mia and the rest of the girls had taken up another. They had settled down quickly and had each pulled out a magazine, ready for the long journey ahead. Ember held a copy of Metal Hammer in front of her, nodding her head gently to the heavy guitar that invaded her hearing. Sonya was reading the latest issue of Kerrang!, flicking through the Manson studded pages and Anya was browsing through the latest Cosmo issue. Selene, flicking through FHM, licked her lips subconsciously and compared each of her friends to the many models the pages withheld, deciding that Mia was probably suitable for the mag. Mia herself was reading a copy of Savage Tattoos and was deeply engrossed in checking out all the designs that had been sent in by artists, wondering if she could do better. Sonya, spotting a flash of blond in the corner of her peripheral vision was the only one that noticed the door open and Draco, Blaise and Marcus enter.
"Girls, we have company." She muttered without even taking her eyes from the article she was currently reading. Selene glanced up with a smile.
"And what can we do for you boys?" she asked politely. Ember hid a smile behind her magazine when she noticed Blaise's face pale after discovering what magazine she was flicking through.
"Selene, why are you reading FHM?" He asked looking slightly flustered. Selene let the smile on her face dance into a wide, devilish grin.
"Hot girls, why else? Although none of these can even compare to our Mia!" she replied, adding a little smirk into her reply, winking at the brunette. Mia looked up at Selene with a cheeky grin on her face and blew a kiss to her friend.
Draco stood at the door, watching the exchange with contemplative silence. He couldn't think of anything to say to that. Things in Hogwarts were about to change.
Darkness had just started to set in when the scarlet engine pulled into the small station of Hogsmeade. One by one the students exited the trains compartments and placed themselves into the smaller carriages that took them straight to the school.
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HI, thank you to all those who review my first chapter. I hope you enjoyed this one too. All the best.
Eternal Temptress
Here is my second chapter of 'HELL ON EARTH' revamped.
All the best. (I do not own harry potter.)
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Sirius Black and Lucius Malfoy had been great friends since the end of the war. Lucius had been spying for the light side for years and had fed all the information needed to Dumbledore alongside Severus Snape. Fudge had been killed by deatheaters shortly before the war and when the war was over Lucius had been appointed Minister much to his surprise. Draco came back to his senses quickly as he saw his father motion for him. He nodded graciously and took hold of Mia's waist, pulling her after him.
Mr Malfoy waited patiently for his son and partner to enter and smiled almost warmly when they did. Sirius half-smiled, raising an eyebrow at the girl in Draco's grasp.
"And who's this lovely lady?" Lucius enquired delicately and smirked. Draco returned it in whole.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you!" Draco said looking at Mia again, Sirius was grinning madly.
"Well, I'll be! Hermione!!" Sirius yelped in amazement, Mia raised her head and smiled a smile that would put the devil to shame.
"The one and the same, Snuffles!" She replied prying Draco's hand off her waist and stumbling to the bar. She pulled out a twenty note and pointed to the wall behind the bar man, he nodded and reached under the counter and pulled out a bottle of tequila and a shot glass but refused to take the money. She shrugged her shoulders and opened the bottle quickly. Lucius and Sirius watched in amazement as she downed six shots followed by a few pieces of lime.
"Hey Uncle Lucius, I see you've met my best friend Mia. Hey Mia, save me some!" Selene yelled as she stalked over to the group with Blaise behind her. Mia smiled and got another shot glass for her and filled it up. They smiled at the two stunned adults and down it quickly. Selene promptly fell off her stool and hit the floor laughing. Mia burst out in giggles and got down to help her up but ended up collapsing on top of her. Mia's laugh subsided as the two girls stared at each other before Selene smashed her lips to Mia's. Draco groaned again making the adults head turn to him.
"They're inseparable!" Draco mumbled moving over to them and pulling Mia off of Selene. His cousin pouted at the loss of contact but grinned evilly as Blaise approached her. He leant over to pull her up but as soon as she was on her feet she pushed him up to the bar and kissed him softly.
Draco stood next to Sirius with a struggling Mia in his arms. Lucius was chuckling at the sight of a girl getting his son hot under the collar.
"So, Miss Granger, what brings you to my new club?" Lucius asked taking a sip from his drink. Mia smiled.
"Selene." She answered, pointing to her friend, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Draco smacked his forehead. He whispered something in her ear and she stifled a giggle quickly. "The chance to enjoy myself before I go back to school!"
Lucius grinned and nodded casually. Mia tried to loosen Draco's grip on her waist so she could get away but Draco realised just in time and tightened his hold.
"Dad, me and Blaise are staying over at Selene's place tonight if that's ok?" Draco asked quickly. Lucius nodded indicating that it was fine. Draco smiled broadly and pulled Mia over to a small sofa in the corner of the room. It was made of black velvet and tickled uncovered skin softly. He pushed Mia back roughly making her land on the seat and climbed over her to prevent her from moving. He leaned in further and brushed his lips across her neck making her back arch from the seat.
Grinning like a Cheshire cat he kissed his way up to her ear again and, bringing his hands up to her neck, he once again pulled down the zip, which she had redone before talking to Sirius, that kept the top together. After unzipping it enough to see a bit of cleavage he followed it with a trail of kisses and came back up the same way.
Mia was having trouble thinking straight thanks to her arch-enemy and his delightful lips. She noticed a clock out of the corner of her eye indicating that it was three in the morning. The club was still quite busy but a lot of people had left within the last hour.
"Draco, get off!" Mia ground out quickly spotting Selene motioning to her. Draco pulled away and looked up at Selene who was stood next to them.
"If you're coming with us we better leave now." Selene stated briefly looking to Blaise who had just slipped his jacket on and had gotten hers from downstairs. Draco nodded and got off of the sofa bringing Mia with him.
"Did you bring a jacket with you?" He asked.
Mia shook her head and followed Selene quickly with Draco and Blaise right behind her.
They left the club all together and headed to the cars at a fast pace. Selene quickly unlocked her car and both her and Mia jumped in. Draco had headed to his own car with Blaise.
It was a good twenty minutes later when they arrived at a large townhouse. Selene opened the door quietly and ushered them all inside and up two flights of stairs to her room. As soon as they entered her room Sonya, Selene, Mia, Ember and Anya all headed for the en-suite but not before grabbing their overnight bags that they kept here. After a few minutes they emerged each dressed in something completely different. Selene was wearing a white short and tank set that said 'Kinky Angel' on the front. Ember was wearing a pair of jogging bottoms and a tank top that had a peace symbol on it. Anya was wearing a short nightdress that was black with red lace. Sonya was wearing a short silk babydoll in emerald green and Mia was wearing a short and tank set in red which said 'Dirty Devil' on the front.
The boys were sat gob-smacked as the girls came back out. Selene's room was huge and had pace for at least six other kingsize beds not including her own. Selene quickly grabbed her wand and transfigured six duvets into double beds for them and winked at Mia who just threw her a dirty look in return. Shrugging off the look Selene jumped onto her own big bed and gave a loud sigh. Mia just laughed and shook her head before climbing onto one of the newly transfigured beds.
The guys just looked at each other quickly and pulled off their shirts before going over to the beds. Draco to Mia's, Blaise to Selenes, Dylan to Anya's, Taylor to Sonya's, Marcus to Embers leaving Chris with a big bed to himself.
"Night guys." Mia yelled, the girls replied in groggy moans and sighs as she closed her eyes. Draco lay next to her quietly for a few moments before reaching under the duvet and unbuttoning his tight black jeans. After removing them he turned over only to come face to face with Mia's back. Hesitantly he laid his hand on her waist and was a little startled when, almost unconsciously she moved closer to him as if telling him to wrap his arm round her waist, which is exactly what he did. Draco smiled warmly into her back as he closed his eyes, whilst unseen to him Mia was wide awake and feeling quite jittery after the amount of alcohol she had consumed.
After about an hour of staring at nothing she managed to drop off and slept soundly until about noon.
She pulled herself out of bed carefully so as not to wake Draco and the others and looked round, Marcus, Ember and Selene were missing from their beds so she guessed they were downstairs. She left the room as quietly as she could and headed down to the kitchen, as she entered she saw Marcus sat at the large dining table and Ember and Selene stood at the counters whipping up something for breakfast.
"Morning sleeping beauty!" Selene chirped in a way to happy voice. Mia just grumbled something inhuman no one could understand and slumped on a chair next to Marcus who was staring at her for some strange yet extremely annoying reason. She glared at him through groggy eyes from under her lashes as Ember set a cup of strong coffee in front of her.
"Cool down the eyes Mia, I think you may burn a hole through Marcus if you don't!" Selene giggled surveying the scene before her. Taking a sip from her cup Mia just smiled sweetly.
"Mmm, I'm sorry Selene, but I didn't get much sleep last night and I need to take my anger out on something or I wont be able to survive the day." She stated matter of factly. Taking another sip of her coffee, she inhaled it's strong aroma and sighed contentedly. Everything is ok after a good bit of caffeine. She sent a look of thanks to Ember, who smiled in return. "Decaf coffee is pointless for so many reasons."
None of the kitchens current occupants spoke for the next few minutes as Ember and Selene dished out plates of egg, bacon, sausages, toast and other breakfast foods. Mia just grabbed some toast and set it on her plate before taking a heavy gulp of her still steaming coffee. Anya shuddered as she entered the room and took her usual seat next to Mia.
"How can you drink that stuff?" She grimaced, not even trying to hide the look of disgust.
"It's called wanting to stay alive to survive my last year at school, graduate and party some more. Without it, well, lets not get into what I'd be like then." Mia replied cheekily as she bit into her toast. Anya just laughed and nodded.
"I can see what you mean in that sense but I still think tea is the healthier option even if you did do what Selene does and pile it high with sugar. She may as well be drinking Golden Syrup: Hint of Tea. Special offer." Anya said in a rather offhand way. Ember nodded but kept silent knowing how Mia could react.
Within the next 10 minutes the rest of the group had made it, if not stumbling, into the expansive kitchen. Chris and Sonya were talking quietly opposite Mia whilst Dylan was sat with Anya on his lap. Draco and Blaise where sat to the right of Mia and Taylor was just slumped carelessly over the table at the far end. Mia and Marcus where the only ones in the group who resembled living people. The rest looked dead to the world.
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"Hey, was anybody expecting mail today?" Selene asked, seating herself on Blaise's lap as an owl landed in front of her. Mia raise her hand and smiled sarcastically.
"Hogwarts." She admitted in a very flat tone. Selene threw her one of the large bundle of letters languidly and pushed one each to Blaise and Draco.
"Hey... there's letters here for all of us too." Selene muttered quietly with a furrowed brow as she slid the letters across the table to their relevant recipients. Ember raked hers open with haste and everybody watched as her face lit up with the biggest grin she could sport.
"Guys, we're going to HOGWARTS!" she yelled glancing round the table. "Apparently we've been accepted into a foreign exchange programme and will attend Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry for our 7th and final year."
The group round the table whooped loudly and smiled to each other broadly.
"I think this calls for a trip to Diagon Alley!" Sonya shouted above the palava. The others nodded vehemently amongst utterances like 'oh yes' and 'definately' and stood up. "If we get ready now we should be able to make it there today."
The group exchanged a few more words and headed back up to the bedroom to wash and change.
Shortly after a speedy change, Selene followed Mia out of the bathroom, into the bedroom and praised the smaller girl's style. Both had changed into tight, snug fitting jeans and a t-shirt, Mia's being a 'Little Miss Scary Mary' top which read 'Evil is as evil does.' Selene chuckled darkly at the little girl with the weapons, likening herself a little to the black- haired, knife-loving child. Her own top featured the quote: 'Never knock on heavens door,......ring the bell then run.(he hates that!)'. Both girls also wore the boots they had worn the previous night. Mia, adjusting her tee slightly, watched Selene fish out something leather from her wardrobe and narrowed her eyes enviously at the taller girl. Selene grinned and stuck her tongue out at her friend as she swung her floor length leather coat around her and brought it gently down onto her shoulders, slipping her arms into the sleeves. Mia shook her head disapprovingly and Ember, emerging from the bathroom in a skin-tight PVC dress, fiddled with her tartan tights and started laughing at the killer look Selene was smiling into. Mia, giving up, giggled as well. Ember pulled gently on her knee-high, patent leather stilletto boots and, sliding her fingers through the full length of her hair, left down, she surveyed the room.
Dylan, sporting the motif 'Heavily medicated for your protection', had matched the not-loose, not-tight t-shirt with a pair of black baggy jeans and a bandanna. Taking Anya's hand, he led her desert-colour cargo-pantsed, black tank-topped form to one of the beds and they sat patiently, waiting for the others. She absently fingered her hair, checking that the long braid it hung in down her back was still intact, and looked down at the worn, scuffed trainers that were on her feet, kicking the side of the bed.
Sonya, not having a change of clothes at Selene's, transfigured her outfit from the previous night into some jeans and a black t-shirt that had a low scoop neck, showing her delicate collarbone. She complimented this with a pair of high heeled boots and a red belt, even though Sonya was the kind of person, if you gave her a bin bag, a toilet seat and some bunny slippers, could make the enseble shame a Versace dress.
Taylor, not being one to bother with his looks knowing he was already way hot, wore what he had worn the previous night. Chris, however, had always kept a spare change of clothes at Selene's - the smart one - and changed himself into a pair of comfy loose leather pants and a black shirt. To complement the black ends, he splayed his hair with a vivid blue and, just for that extra style, he used a pair of muggle contact lenses to change his eyes from the original bright green to more of an aqua with a black swirl in them. (Al Bhed- Final Fantasy X, X-2)
Draco and Marcus, on the other hand, flooed home to get changed, saying they would be back within the hour. As soon as they had gone Selene and Mia burst out laughing and pretty soon everyone was at least snickering.
"Does he honestly think we're going to wait for him?!" Selene gasped clutching her sides in pain from laughing to much. Mia turned her head in Selene's direction and nodded. Selene treated Mia to an exasperated head shake.
"Lets get out of here!" Ember yelled as the beautiful people lined up to floo to Diagon Alley. Mia and Selene went first and landed smoothly in the fireplace of the leaky cauldron.
They sat down and waited patiently as the others flooed in one-by-one until they were all there. The group started to head for the exit when Mia stopped dead in her tracks and turned around to see her two so-called best friends.
"Hi 'Mione. Good to see you finally." Ron stated quickly before clamping her in a tight hug, smiling. She stifled the insult she was about to throw and pushed the red head off of her.
"Yeah, nice to see you guys too!" She agreed, her inner voice dripping with sarcasm, but audibly sounding sugar sweet. Harry stepped up beside Ron.
"We missed you Hermione, you never answered our letters. We were starting to get worried." He rattled out.
"Well, as you can see," she smiled, pointing to her odd looking friends making Ron's jaw drop, "I have been rather busy, what with all the clubbing and shopping, I just haven't had time!"
With that she turned away from them and followed the group out of the inn. When she got out into the sunshine she sniggered slightly.
"What's up Mia?" Chris asked falling into step next to her.
"The looks on their faces when they saw you was hysterical." She giggled as she slung her arm round Chris's shoulders. The rest of the group let out a chorus of laughs at the comment as they headed into Flourish and Botts to get their books for this term. Mia headed over to a corner full of Defence against the Dark Arts books, she grabbed a copy of the book she needed and nearly jumped out of her skin as strong arms snaked around her waist, encircling her.
"Not nice to leave people behind you know." The silky voice purred in her ear making her shiver. She turned slowly only to come face to face with the platinum blond they had left behind this morning.
"Not my fault you were late. We decided to leave without you." She shrugged.
"Yes, I see that. Now I have to think of a punishment." He threatened.
"Whatever. I don't belong to you. I was drunk, having a good time at a club with my friends." She gritted out harshly making him blink in astonishment.
"Well. I can see that you have some rather sharp claws in you, but you know you won't be able to drive me off. I always get what I want!" He sneered, leaning into her.
She met his eye, challenging him, and grinned evilly. Then, with resolve, a wink and a low, penetrative voice she said: "Not this time, Malfoy." Mia, despite the lack of it, liked a challenge.
Mia ripped herself from Draco's stunned silence and faultering grip and hurried back to the group with enough copies of the defence book for each, including herself. They paid for their books quickly and left the bookstore to continue their shopping. Draco, Blaise and Marcus stayed a good distance behind them to talk privately.
"Draco, what's up?" Marcus asked slinging the recently bought packages over his shoulder. "You seem pretty uptight." Draco just sighed.
"Mia's being a bitch, she won't even talk to me properly, she just pushed me away." He mumbled quietly. Blaise nodded thoughtfully.
"Maybe you should wait till we're back at school, there's more secret places you can drag her in Hogwarts. I can't wait to see what house Selene gets sorted into!"
Marcus nodded. He had graduated from Hogwarts but was supposedly taking over as a quidditch teacher so Madame Hooch could concentrate more on the exams and stuff.
For the next couple of hours the group milled around the alley, getting everything they needed and then returned to Selene's house. Mia called her 'mother' and said she would be spending from now until school at Selene's, only returning to collect the rest of her stuff for school. The woman hadn't been pleased and had proceeded to yell down the phone at the girl, but she just slammed it down and sat down on the nearest sofa heavily.
With the help of Selene and Sonya, an owl, black clothing and a very fast car, Mia managed to get the rest of her stuff the day before she left for school without her parents noticing. Draco hadn't been around much after the incident in Diagon Alley, for which Mia had been grateful, but often she felt a pang of regret. He wasn't really that bad and damn could he dance.
Eventually the group found themselves on the train to Hogwarts. Chris, Dylan and Taylor were sat in one compartment, and Mia and the rest of the girls had taken up another. They had settled down quickly and had each pulled out a magazine, ready for the long journey ahead. Ember held a copy of Metal Hammer in front of her, nodding her head gently to the heavy guitar that invaded her hearing. Sonya was reading the latest issue of Kerrang!, flicking through the Manson studded pages and Anya was browsing through the latest Cosmo issue. Selene, flicking through FHM, licked her lips subconsciously and compared each of her friends to the many models the pages withheld, deciding that Mia was probably suitable for the mag. Mia herself was reading a copy of Savage Tattoos and was deeply engrossed in checking out all the designs that had been sent in by artists, wondering if she could do better. Sonya, spotting a flash of blond in the corner of her peripheral vision was the only one that noticed the door open and Draco, Blaise and Marcus enter.
"Girls, we have company." She muttered without even taking her eyes from the article she was currently reading. Selene glanced up with a smile.
"And what can we do for you boys?" she asked politely. Ember hid a smile behind her magazine when she noticed Blaise's face pale after discovering what magazine she was flicking through.
"Selene, why are you reading FHM?" He asked looking slightly flustered. Selene let the smile on her face dance into a wide, devilish grin.
"Hot girls, why else? Although none of these can even compare to our Mia!" she replied, adding a little smirk into her reply, winking at the brunette. Mia looked up at Selene with a cheeky grin on her face and blew a kiss to her friend.
Draco stood at the door, watching the exchange with contemplative silence. He couldn't think of anything to say to that. Things in Hogwarts were about to change.
Darkness had just started to set in when the scarlet engine pulled into the small station of Hogsmeade. One by one the students exited the trains compartments and placed themselves into the smaller carriages that took them straight to the school.
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Eternal Temptress