I told you it wouldn't take as long! I wrote this entire chapter, 8 pages written, in a 30 minute period, during Child Development class... yawn I hate that class.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I only own Nyx, General Charlie, and Faolan Tarmoon, and even him I don't completely own. Varen came up with the physical character design, and Ame helped me come up with his name.


Harry Potter and the Circle of Friends

Chapter 12 - The Day of Lovers Through the Eyes of a Feline


If was now February, and in two days the bane of the male species and the joy of the female species was approaching... Valentine's Day. All the girls loved it...

"Oh man, this time of the year sucks!"

...and all of the guys hated it...

"Heh, think of all the candy I'm gonna get!"

...or maybe not.

Yes, the Malfoy twins had completely divided ideas of what Valentine's day was going to be like. Draco was loving it, because he knew he was going to get a ton-load of chocolate. Nyx, however...

"IT'S NOT FAIR, AME! ALL THAT CHOCOLATE, AND I NEVER GET ONE PIECE! NOT A ONE!!!"

Ame was distracted by her own problems.

'Should I give it to him? Will he even notice? What if he does, but he doesn't want it? Or, what if he doesn't even notice at all?! Oh, I don't know which would be worse!'

Varen was totally layed back...

"AAAAH! WHERE'D THE NOTE GO?! Ah, there it is. NOO!! THE CHOCOLATE'S MISSING! Oh, wait, no, it's there. THE RIBBON!!! THE RIBBON!!!

...or not.

Meanwhile, Kyo...

'This one's for Gred, and it's gold and red! And this one's for Forge, and it's red and gold! Perfect, just as different as the people they're for!'

...had two identical boxes in hand.

Kiyoshi was...

'Oh no, she won't like that, then she'll kill me. But, if I do that... no, no! Not that! It's horrible! Oh, man, forget this one, it's ruined! I've gotta buy another and start over! It's gotta be perfect, PERFECT!'

Well, let's not get into that.

Xiang was just laying in her bed, worrying too...

'LA LA LA, VALINTINE'S DAY, CHOCO, CHOCO, CHOCO!!'

...er, nevermind.

So, as you can see, every one of the Hogwart's students had a different attitude to the holiday, as the day draws nearer... and nearer... and...


February 14th

It's here! Now, let's take a look into the minds of our favorite Hogwarts students...

Draco: I'm gonna get candy! I'm gonna get candy!

Nyx: IT'S NOT FAIR!

Ame: Should I? Shouldn't I? I CAN'T DECIDE!

Varen: WHERE IS IT?! WHERE IS IT?! WHERE...oh. There it is!

Kyo: Oh, maybe Forge's looks better. Will Gred be angry?
(A/N: WAKE UP! THEY'RE IDENTICAL!)

Kiyoshi: No! NO! NOOO! IT'S RUINED! RUINED!!!

Xiang: LA LA LA, CHOCO! LA LA LA, CHOCO!

coughcough whoa... whatta trip. We've got one huge crisis to avoid.


Draco was standing in the hall, surrounded by girls, starting to twitch. 'This is not as fun as I thought...'

Ame was standing to the side, STILL trying to decide whether to give the chocolate to her Valentine or not.

Kyo was handing the Valentines to both the Weasley twins, who looked ecstatic.

Xiang had about five boxes of chocolates from a few Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff boys, and was happily munching.

Varen held the flawlessly wrapped package in her hands, and was looking around for her Valentine, when she was tapped on the sholder by a Hufflepuff guy.

"Hey, Varen. This is for you." He held out a box of chocolates.

She smiled brightly. "Thank you! Er..." she looked at her wrapped box... then held it out to him, blushing slightly. "This is for you, Faolan. Happy Valentine's Day."

Faolan Tarmoon, Hufflepuff Quidditch Chaser, grinned.

Nyx stood there, sulking. 'Of course, none for me. Not one..."

Kiyoshi walked up to her, nervously twitching.

"Oh... hey, Kiyo-kun. What's up?" she asked listlessly.

"Er... here." He held out a box to her.

Her eyes went shock wide. "For... for me?" she squeaked.

He nodded, looking anxious.

"Oh... thank you!" she glowed, and quickly gave him a peck on the cheek and then ran off to save her brother from the now rabid fangirls.

Kiyoshi just stood there, face red, and a little grin on his face.

With Nyx's help, Draco escaped the fangirls only moderately scathed. As he started to storm off, he was stopped by a quiet cough. He turned to see Ame standing there.

"Yeah." he grunted.

"Er... um... here!" she thrust the box into his arms, then ran off with a hurried 'Happy Valentine's Day.' He looked at the box in his arms blinking rapidly... then flushed bright red.

Watching from the shadows were two bright green, feline eyes. They seemed to smile, then disappeared as the owner walked away.

Nyx was in the hallway chatting with Varen and Faolan when she felt something brush against her robes. She looked down. "General Charlie! What are you doing here?"

He simply looked at her, then curled up in her arms and began to purr. She sighed, then went upstairs to put him to bed.

As she walked up the stairs, he seemed to look at the little card on her Valentines gift that said, To Nyx, From Kiyoshi."

...and his green, feline eyes appeared to smile.

'crisis averted,' he thought.

Tsuzuku