T/N: Absolutely amazing! Less than one month into the New Year and my resolution is already broken. Let's hope my life never depends on my will power, huh? By the way, reviews= more will power to me (hint, hint)
Disclaimer: I hope you've caught on by now I don't own anything that's someone else's.
Slytherin Bombshell
Chapter 5: Back Where They Belong
Soon, it began to get dark out and the train began to slow down outside of the Hogsmeade station.
"You know," Lauren said. "You guys never got to share your ideas." Blaise opened his mouth to speak, but Matt spoke first.
"Blaise can't say anything," he decided. "It's too weird." Blaise hung his head
"Hey," Mariana said, hugging him. "I think it's cute." She finished this remark with a quick kiss, leaving Matt looking at the two of them, confused. Anj'la made a loud gagging noise.
"Whatever do girls see in boys… and vise versa?" she asked. "YECH!"
"You- him- What? How?" Matt managed "Mari, why didn't you-"
"C'mon, let's go," Mariana said, swiftly trying to change the subject. Matt however, would not let it lie. He followed Mariana and Blaise all the way to the carriages, repeating the same questions. Finally, Mariana turned around.
"You-" she said, pointing at Matt. "-Were at your godmothers all summer." At this, she turned on her heal and proceeded to the nearest empty coach. Jovanna, Lauren and Rose climbed into it also. Anj'la started to climb in, but Mariana pushed her out.
"I'm still mad about the abnormal Slytherin thing, and this is MY coach. Go away," she commanded. Anj'la turned. Climbing into the NEXT carriage, she buried her face in her hands. Typical Mariana, she thought as the boys climbed into the coach. They began to trundle up the hill and Anj'la had an idea.
"Hey Matt," she said, glancing at the tall boy on the seat next to her. "What do you do when you get Mariana mad?" Matt bit his lip.
"Oh, I don't make Mariana mad," he said, a bit nervously. Quinn, Blaise and Anj'la roared with laughter. Quinn was the first to recover.
"Matt, you're scared of your own sister?" he managed between laughs.
"So what, so are you," Matt retorted. Quinn stopped laughing instantly.
"But she's not my twin," he muttered under his breath. The carriages pulled to a stop.
When they entered the Great Hall, they sat down at the Slytherin table. Mariana sat at the end of the table, with Blaise next to her, then Matt, and then Jovanna. Rose was across from Mariana, then Lauren, Quinn, and Anj'la. Anj'la turned to see who was just sitting down on her left. Great. Draco Malfoy. He sneered, and then turned away.
That little voice began to speak. : He's revolting; his family's GOT to be the most annoying family on earth. You should do something about it. : Another voice started to speak. This one was sweet sounding, but no less hateful. : Like stuff his ugly face into a bowl of garlic mashed potatoes.
Anj'la stopped listening for a minute and thought. Weren't people supposed to have angel voices and devil voices? Those watcha-ma-call-'ems… oh yeah, consciences? Which was her angel? The sweet voice spoke again. : As soon as the food appears, just stuff his ugly mutt with it.: Then, as if reading her mind, it continued. : By the way, honey, I'm your angel side! SO I'd start worrying if I were you. Hey wait, I am you! : The voice stopped, and Anj'la felt the urge to laugh uncontrollably.
Then she realized something. She was going insane. Anj'la looked around at her Slytherin year mates, which DID included Mariana. Maybe going insane wasn't so bad, after all. She'd fit in with her friends then, wouldn't she?
Matt and Blaise were almost yelling at each other. Jovanna punched Matt, and Mariana punched Blaise. That calmed them down, but the Sorting starting made everyone fall silent. The warning in the Hat's song made them glance quizzically at each other, but the second first year called (Buckingham, Jennifer) being sorted to Slytherin made them all involve themselves in the clapping and cheering they normally did during the sorting. Finally Zeller, Rose, was sorted into Hufflepuff, the stool and Hat put away, and the Sorting was over.
Dumbledore stood up. He gave his traditional welcome speech, but was interrupted by a short fat woman who he introduced as the new DADA teacher. Our eight Slytherins seized her up. She had on a horrible pink cardigan, and large bow on top of her hair. She instantly started a long, boring speech.
"Who in hell does she think she is, interrupting Dumbledore like that?" Quinn asked Anj'la. "She MUST be from the Ministry of Magic." Blaise gave a sudden groan.
"She's Dolores Umbridge. She does work for the Ministry; she's Fudge's 'senior Undersecretary' or some other nonsense. Father's had her over a few times. Reckons it's good to be nice to her. But my mum hates her and so she doesn't come over much. Good thing too, she gets on my nerves," he finished. Anj'la tilted her head, staring at Umbridge.
"She looks like a toad," she said with finality.
"You're right," Mariana said, obviously having forgiven Anj'la.
"One that has swallowed a very juicy fly," said Jovanna.
"Get on with it!" Matt whispered. "I'm Hungry!" Lauren pulled a piece of parchment from her robes. Mariana grabbed her quill, dipped it in ink, and began to write.
Mariana: This old toad, she said too many words and wouldn't let the hungry Slytherins eat so we killed her!
Blaise: Mariana, you're sweet, but a little odd!
Matt: Don't call my twin odd!
Jovanna: Blaise is stupid and Matt is HOT!
Mariana: This old toad, she ate too many flies and got fat and now she is here to spy on Dumbledore and make our lives miserable!
Jovanna: Weren't we talking about Matt being hot?
Lauren: Why is it Platform 9 3/4? Why not 7 3/20 or 18 9/10? Why do we call them Gryffindorks?
Rose: I'm looking at you very oddly right now…
Quinn: Oh, YOU'RE looking at them funny?
Lauren: I was just wondering…
Anj'la: Where do you GET this stuff?
Mariana: It's easy, you just let it flow! This old toad she… Rose, some help?
Rose: *SIGHS* This old toad she kept talking and wears really ugly rings on fat fingers that can barely hold a pen…
Quinn: AND this is the very end!
With this happy conclusion to their note/song, the 8 Slytherins stood up and applauded loudly. Luckily for them, at that moment, Umbridge had finished her long, pointless speech. Dumbledore stood up, eyes twinkling, and announced,
"Let the feast begin!" He clapped his hands and food appeared. Anj'la wasted no time. She grabbed a chicken leg with one hand and a scoop of steamed carrots with the other. They all ate in silence for a little, enjoying the good food. None of them had had anything but the jawbreakers since breakfast, and were all very hungry. Anj'la suspected Matt and Mariana had had a breakfast with as much food as they had now, though. They liked breakfast. A lot. Quinn leaned back and took a deep breath, then dived back into his food.
The eight Slytherins were about to rise when Anj'la paused. Were those garlic mashed potatoes? It was just too perfect of an opportunity. She picked it up and turned it upside down on Draco Malfoy's blond head. Our Slytherins ran out of the hall, laughing hysterically.
They were just outside the blank space of wall that marked the Slytherin common room when a familiar voice stopped them.
"How are my favorite Slytherins?" Professor Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin house and Potions Master, asked. The group exchanged glances.
"That would be us, right?"
"That would be you," He confirmed, rolling his eyes.
"Oh," said Blaise. "In that case, we're fine." Snape tilted his head and regarded him.
"Mr. Zambini, your voice is deeper."
"I know!" he said, hitting his head with his hand.
"Well, I'll see all of you- well, excepting Mr. Zambini and Mr. Starbanks, of course- in class tomorrow then," Snape said. As he left, they entered the common room. They were the first ones in. They began to sit down by the fire, the choice spots of the common room. The door opened again, and two 7th year prefects entered, trailed by the new first years.
"This is the common room- Try to remember the password. And these…" the girl sighed and pointed at the five girls, who were now bouncing slightly on the seats. "…Are our 6th year girls." At this, the girls began to really bounce high and laugh shrilly. The first years began to look a bit nervous. The girl looked at the ceiling.
"I'm glad this is our last year with them," she muttered to her partner, David Mann, who snickered.
"Honestly. If they're our future… We're history," he quipped. The girls all stopped bouncing and shot their iciest glares at the two.
"Oh, Isabel, you're SO funny," Lauren said sarcastically.
"Well, I've got business to attend to, if you'll excuse me," Isabel Ryly said, walking away. David had finished showing the common room off to the first years by now, and she had almost joined them when Jovanna called out to her.
"You're excused."
Lauren, Anj'la, Rose and Jovanna resumed jumping, but Mariana had an unusually thoughtful look on her face.
"Where are the boys?" she asked.
"As soon as the door opened, they ran," Anj'la said scornfully.
"Oh, were they to scared to be seen with their GIRL-FRIENDS?" Jovanna said in a singsong voice.
"Was their manly pride too great?" Lauren said, practically yelling.
"Get down here, you yellow-bellied cowards!" Mariana yelled, shaking her fist at the boys' dormitory steps. Matt's voice came drifting down.
"We're fine where we are, thanks!" he called. It sounded slightly muffled though, which made Mariana think he was under his bed.
"Get your arse down here Matt Starbanks, or I'll kiss Blaise on the mouth in front of the Great Hall for the next two weeks!" she yelled. Blaise appeared instantly, smiling happily. Matt appeared instants later, looking around wildly as if to make certain Blaise and Mariana were nowhere near each other. They were now sitting on a couch and Matt jammed himself in between them.
"Hey-"
"What the-" Mariana and Blaise protested.
"I want to sit by my twin," Matt said to Blaise, "And I want to sit by my friend," he told Mariana. She instantly pushed him off of the couch.
"And I want to be Mary Queen of Scots," she told him.
"And I want Matt to come sit by me," Jovanna said, smiling at Matt. He threw Mariana a sulky look and went to sit by his girlfriend, who rewarded him with a kiss.
"Hey Quinn!" Anj'la yelled. "Jovanna and Matt are in PERFECT torturing situation!" Quinn came flying out, taking in the scene quickly. Anj'la was seated alone on a sofa and Quinn knelt on one knee next to her and they stared deeply into each others eyes.
"Oh, Anj'la," he sighed.
"Oh, Quinn," she replied. She pulled out the quill they had used earlier and a Muggle pen. She handed them to Quinn and fluttering her eyelashes, said, "Take these as a sign of my undying love." Quinn clutched them to his chest.
"Oh, Anj'la, you have such a way with writing utensils!" They both made loud kissing sounds, and everyone but Matt and Jovanna cracked up laughing.
Over the course of this amateur soap opera that was part of every teen's daily life, students had been trickling into the common room, and Isabel and David had come back from showing the first years their rooms. Isabel saw this as a good time to march over.
"You do realize that it's nearly 10:00 p.m.?" she asked, hands on her hips.
"Really? I had no idea," Lauren said sarcastically, staring pointedly at the clock on the dungeon wall.
"Does it look like we care?" Rose asked. Isabel frowned, but all knew she wasn't really mad at them.
"Go to bed," she said, shooing them towards the dorms. They all went, surprisingly. Anj'la was changing up in the dorm, and, while she didn't know about the others, she was ready for bed at the end of a long, hard, but definitely interesting day.
T/N: So? How'd you like it? REVIEW! Tell all your friends about it, and tell them to review as well!
Enchanted Spirit: you said the
inventions reminded you of F&G- Mari&Matt, but specially Mariana, spend
a bunch of time with them- they're neighbors, and the boys and Ginny are like
siblings to them, & Molly loves to shove the little rich kids full of food-
yum, yum!
amo- yeah, Harry's 5th year, you mentioned we know the characters well- that's cuz we ARE them. I'm Mariana/Matt (Matt's my calm side, Mariana me the rest of the time) The writer is Anj'la, our other best buds Lauren & Jovanna, and Rose a combo of us all. So yeah, we know the characters.
Micah- hi! Nat talks about you so much, it feels like I know you!