Elvira and the others followed all the other students through the hallways until they reached the Great Hall entrance. When they passed through the doors, Elvira couldn't believe her eyes. In her mind it was beautiful. There were four long tables that occupied the length of the hall covered in silver plates and cups. Above each table were two banners signifying their house, with the colors and mascot. There was a long table at the end of the hallway that was raised higher then the rest were all the teachers sat looking over the students as they entered. The ceiling was depicting the night sky showing the rain and lightening the struck and candles were floating in mid air lighting the hall.
Elvira looked around her as the she followed Draco and the others to the far left table under green and silver banners. She sat down in between Draco and Blaise and across from Marcus and Galvin. After everyone was seated the doors burst open with McGonagall leading a group of first years in. They walked the length of the hall to the beginnings of some steps before the teachers table, where sat a stool with what Elvira recognized as the sorting hat sitting on top of it.
McGonagall called for attention, everyone grew silent and had their attention on the hat. It amazed Elvira when the hat broke out into song:
"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat then me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hat sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave of heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindor apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid to toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
© J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
When the hat finished its song, McGonagall spoke, "When I call out your name please come forward. You will sit on the stole and I will place the sorting hat on your head," she lifted the tattered hat, "and you shall be sorted into your houses.
She then opened the scroll she was holding and read down the list of names. When their name was called, the child stepped forward and sat on the stole. When the house was called out the corresponding table would stand and cheer. Elvira played along with the others and cheered whenever Slytherin was called. At the end of the sorting ceremony Gryffindor received 20 kids, Slytherin 25, Ravenclaw 15, and Hufflepuff 15.
Everyone grew quiet yet again as Dumbledore stood up. "Welcome to Hogwarts our new and old students. I'd like to remind those who do not already know that the Forbidden Forest is still indeed forbidden. This year we have decided to hold a holiday party. A Halloween costume party on Halloween night. Heads and Prefects shall be organizing this event, would those students please stand." Several students stood up.
"As you can see these are our Heads and Prefects. Hermione Granger and Justin Finch-Fletchley our Head Girl and Boy." there were several cheers for them as he indicated the girl at Gryffindor table and the boy at the Hufflepuff table. "Our Prefects our Draco Malfoy from Slytherin, Ronald Weasley from Gryffindor, Hannah Abbott from Hufflepuff, and Mandy Brocklehurst from Ravenclaw." There were several cheers from the tables and numerous Slytherins patted Draco on the back. The students sat down and quieted once again.
"If you have any ideas for these events please see these students. Quidditch matches will begin next month so team Captains must sign their players up with Madam Hooch before matches begin. If you need to have tryouts for new players make a date with Madame Hooch at breakfast and she shall announce it. Sorry first years, are not allowed on the teams. You shall receive your schedules tomorrow morning at breakfast and I think that is about everything so let the feast begin!" He clapped his hands and the room was filled with several gasps from the new students as food appeared all over the silver plates that littered the table.
All the students pilled their plates with all types of foods. They all started eating and talking and soon the entire great hall was filled with nothing but the voices of students and teachers, and the clanging of silver ware and dishes. When everyone had had their fill Dumbledore stood yet again. "I would like to wish everyone good night and sweet dreams. Now, prefects, lead your new first years to the dormitories. Get a good night sleep for classes tomorrow."
Everyone stood up and began to leave the common room. Unlike the other houses Draco stood and waited until most of the other students had left the great hall. Elvira walked over to him with clearly where do I go?, written on her face. "Follow the other guys, stay close to Galvin and Blaise, they wont get you lost," he said to her. She nodded and walked off with the rest of the guys. Draco turned to the new first years, some looked a little scared of him, and he smiled at the thought. "Follow me." was all that he said to them and led them through the halls of the school down to the dungeons where the common room and dormitories were.
Elvira walked the halls with her friends through the halls. Everything was exactly like Draco had told her. The common room was indeed down in the dungeons and it started to grow a little cooler. There were portraits everywhere with the pictures moving to and fro. Suits of Armor lined the walls. They kept on walking until they reached a relatively bigger statue then the rest that they had passed. The statue was of a serpent in a 's' position. It had green eyes, and the mouth was open so that its forked tongue stuck out. "Passsss word." it hissed as he begun to move.
"Serpent sorceia" Galvin said to it. The serpent nodded its head and it slid out of the way to reveal a doorway. Galvin opened the door and the two and the other Slytherins stepped into the common room.
The common room was somewhat creepy. The walls were done all in black stone. There was a huge stone fireplace that was at one side of the room. On the mantle above where little statues of snakes. There were black and green couches, chairs, and been bags, with black and green pillows, in front of the fireplace. Black gothic lamps were placed around the room to light it up. Some desks where pushed up against the walls, and at the far back wall was a double staircase going up and splitting in too leading to the right and left. Most of the Slytherins went up to the dormitories to get some sleep considering it was around 10 at night. Elvira, Galvin, Adrian, Marcus, Blaise, and Angel stayed down stairs, sitting in the chairs in front of the fire waiting for Draco to come back. Elvira, Blaise, and Angel were talking and started giggling every once in a while. The boys just rolled their eyes thinking, 'girls'.
The door literally burst open about ten minutes later with Draco, looking pissed off and was soaking wet, led the group of first years in that were all petrified, and two of them were soaked as well. Draco turned around and looked at them. "This is the Slytherin common room. Don't forget the password or you wont be allowed in unless someone from Slytherin comes in or out. The boys dormitories are upstairs and to the left, the girls same on your right." he said a little harshly. The first years ran past him and up the steps frightened and Draco walked over and fell down on a chair, eyes closed and hand on his forehead.
"What happened Draco?" Adrian asked him.
"I have a bloody headache all ready. Those kids were running all over the place and then Peeves had to come out and pour four buckets of water on me and two of them. I all ready hate this job."
"Damn." Galvin said. "Glad I'm not prefect." By saying that Galvin had earned himself a pillow in the face by Draco.
The seven sat there until 10:30 when they went upstairs to go to bed. Blaise and Angel showed Elvira where the dormitories were, and the three were in the same room with another girl, Alexis Montague. The three girls got changed into their pajamas and got into bed. They talked some more before going to sleep.
The next morning around 7:00, Elvira got up and woke Angel and Blaise up. The three pulled out their school robes and headed downstairs to the bathrooms. They got quick showers and pulled their robes on. Elvira left her hair down, where as Angel and Blaise put theirs up in a messy bun. They took their pajamas back upstairs, grabbed their books and went back down to the common room where Draco, Galvin and Adrian sat talking to one another. The six headed out of the common room and upstairs to the Great Hall to get some breakfast. When they entered the Great Hall there were all ready some students in there eating. They walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down. Draco walked up the teacher's table toward Madam Hooch and started talking to her.
Draco came back and sat down next to Elvira and Adrian, and some of the first years moved away from him, still frightened of him. "Well tryouts for chaser are this Saturday at the pitch, so I'll need you all there and Eli you better have your ass there."
"I will don't worry," she said to him biting into some toast. The rest of their gang soon joined them and Draco told them about the tryouts.
"Draco! There you are! I couldn't find you at all yesterday!" came a squeal from a Slytherin girl that came running to him. She had dark brown hair, and brown eyes, and way to much makeup on, and she was a bit heavy. In Elvira's opinion she looked like a Bulldog trying to look like a Great Dane.
Draco hung his head and muttered, "God help me."
The girl pushed Elvira out of the way, which made her knock into Blaise and sat down next to Draco. She threw her arms around him and started to suffocate him. The others were trying to suppress their laughs, but couldn't keep them in. "Pansy. Get the hell off of me." Draco said trying to breath.
"But Dracey-poo. I love you. And you didn't return any of my letters over the summer." she said squeezing him a bit harder.
"Has it ever occurred to you that I just plain hate you?" he asked.
"Aww Draco you don't mean that."
Elvira couldn't take it anymore and tapped Pansy on the shoulder. "If you didn't hear him correctly he said Get the hell off, or are you just too thick to comprehend that statement?"
Pansy turned to see who said that and saw Elvira sitting there. Pansy threw her a dirty look, "Draco, who is this little slut?"
"My girlfriend." Draco lied practically praying that she would let go of him.
Pansy let go, "You are going out with this little slut, but I thought it was me and you."
"It was never ever a me and you and never will be," he said rubbing his neck.
Pansy threw her arms around him and said. "You don't mean that. You know we are going to get married and have kids." Draco's eyes started to widen even at the thought of marrying Pansy and have kids with her.
Elvira stood up, she couldn't take Draco being tortured in that way. "Get your filthy hands off of my boyfriend, now Pansy! Before I throw up at the sight of you." Elvira said to her, playing along with Draco.
Pansy stood up and faced Elvira, "Wait until tonight Rosier. In the common room, me and you."
"Fine by me." Elvira said glaring.
Pansy left and went to her group of friends at the other end of the table. The guys looked at Elvira as though she were nuts. Draco looked at her, "Thanks for that Eli, but now you are going to have to fight her, to tell you the truth she is pretty tough."
"That's ok boyfriend Dracey-poo. I'll die for you." Elvira laughed as she threw her arms around him.
"Very funny. Thanks for playing along with that."
"No problem. And I'm not the least bit worried about her."
They all finished eating and started talking amongst themselves, until the mail came. Fallen flew down to Elvira dropped her schedule and looked at her wanting a reward. Draco's eagle owl landed on his shoulder. It dropped his schedule and started nipping his ear. They both gave them crackers that were on the table and the owls left. They all opened their schedules and compared theirs with each other, to see what they had that day. Alex and Angel all had the same classes at the same time due to the fact they were in fifth year. Goyle, Crabbe, Blaise, and Adrian all had the same classes, Transfiguration, Charms, Arithmetic's, and double Potions. Galvin, Marcus, Draco and Elvira had double Potions, Transfiguration, Herbology and Charms.
When all of the students were there and gotten their schedules, Madam Hooch stood up. "This announcement is for mostly the Slytherins. Quidditch tryouts for Chaser will be held this Saturday, at 10:00. The team needs to be there along with anyone who wants to tryout. That is all, thank you."
After breakfast Galvin, Marcus, Draco, and Elvira, said bye to Crabbe, Goyle, Adrian, Alex, Blaise and Angel, and headed downstairs to the potions room with some Gryffindors. Draco and Elvira sat at a back table with Marcus and Galvin next to them. There were cauldrons in front of each pair. Students kept coming into the room and finally Harry, Hermione, and Ron came in and sat in front of them. Harry and Ron sat together, and Hermione and Neville sat together.
"Well, if it isn't the dream team." Draco said smugly.
"Shut it Malfoy." Hermione said.
"Or what mud blood, just because you think you are Head Girl you think you can boss me around. I think not." He said.
The door burst open then and a middle ages man in black robes came in. He had long greasy black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. He walked to the front of the class and turned to look at them all. It was dead quiet as he began to speak. "Most of you know me, but for those who have yet to learn or don't know," he looked at Elvira not recognizing her. "I'm Professor Snape. And who is this new student? I have yet to meet her, and she seems to be in my house." he asked looking at Elvira still.
"Elvira Rosier" she said rather confidently from her seat.
"Ah, a Rosier. This should make for an interesting year, after all the Rosiers are legend for being excellent potion makers. Do you feel confident that you can meet these claims?"
"Yes sir."
"You have better. We have had someone with fame in this class before that did not seem to meet his claims." Snape said glaring at Potter. "Now this year we will be making the most difficult potions I am allowed to make you make. They will be so much harder then your previous year and twice as dangerous, so you better not screw them up," he said now looking at Neville, who gulped. "The person that you are sitting next to will be your partner for the rest of the year."
Snape waved his wand and directions appeared on the front board, Mind and Body Switching Potion. Snape sat down at his desk. "This potion allows the drinkers to switch their minds with each other. It is very dangerous because there are some cases in where the minds don't ever return to the original bodies. Copy these instructions, get your ingredients, and produce this potion. When you have finished clean up, and bring a sample up, labeled, to me, then you may leave when you have finished."
Elvira and Draco started copying down the directions. Draco finished first and went to get the ingredients and equipment they needed. The two started to set up the cauldron and lit a flame under it. They started added the ingredients, in the order that was stated and when they needed to add them. About and hour and a half since they had started the potion the two had finished it, the second ones to do so, Hermione and Neville had finished first and were now cleaning up. Elvira took the tube from Draco and placed a small sample in it. She labeled it with their names and the potion and took it up to Snape. She handed it to him and he toke it from her. She walked back to her and Draco's table and started to help him cleanup.
When Draco and Elvira finished cleaning up they left the classroom and went to the common room and dropped off their potion books. They both went upstairs to their dormitories. About 5 minutes later they both screamed each other's name and ran down the steps to each other, both holding a broom, an Ice Strike 900. They both looked at each other then at one another's broom.
"Where did you get that?" They asked at the same time.
"Mr. Malfoy." Elvira said, "He said that I would need it if I was going to tryout for the Quidditch team."
"He told me that mine was too out of date and got me a new one." Draco told her. "Bloody hell, who cares, we got new brooms, and that is what matters." Draco laughed.
They took their brooms back up to their rooms and walked together to Transfiguration class. When Galvin and Marcus showed up they told them about their new brooms and they were completely dumbfounded. So the rest of day went by, they went to all their classes and lunch.
When Elvira and them finished their Charms class with the Ravenclaws they meet up with the others in the common room and headed outside and sat by the lake. They sat there talking about this and that and the way that Snape was extra moody. They sat around talking until sunset when they headed inside for dinner. There were a few announcements about classes and then they began to eat.
After Elvira had finished eating she got up and left and headed to the common room with Blaise and Angel. She wrote a letter to one of her friends at Drumstrang about what was happening at school and how she was and sent it off with Fallen. While her friends were bouncing from one bed to another. The three headed back downstairs to the common room and ran into Pansy who was looking at her stern faced. 'Bloody hell, I forgot about her.' Elvira thought to herself.
"Time to die slut." Pansy said to her grabbing Elvira by the collar of her shirt and robes.
Down the hall Draco and the gang were walking towards the common room entrance. They reached the statue and said the password. As soon as they opened the door they heard shouts and things breaking. They ran to see what was happening and came onto the sight of Pansy holding Elvira up by the neck against the wall, with numerous broken statues and vases littering the room. There were several kids standing around cheering them on, he saw Blaise and Angel just standing there not helping her.
"So you little slut. Think you can steal Draco from me? Well think again. Draco is no ones but mine!" Pansy shouted at Elvira who remained calm but gasping for air. Pansy lifted Elvira a little higher off the ground so that she was at least six inches from it.
Draco made to run forward, but Elvira gave him a look that said 'stay where you are, I'm fine', Draco stopped. Elvira smirked at Pansy, "You're the little slut Parkinson. Thinking someone is yours and they hate you with every ounce they can muster."
"Why you little bitch! You're a bloody death eater's daughter and think that you know all. Even when you're pathetic parents couldn't even survive Aurors."
"Never insult my parents Parkinson." Elvira said dangerously.
"Why? What are you going to do about it?"
"This", Elvira kneed Pansy in the stomach and she dropped Elvira back to the floor, Elvira started rubbing her neck where Pansy had had hold on her. Pansy regained her composure and went to attack Elvira who punched her square in the face, resulting in a bloody nose. Pansy grabbed her nose and started crying at the sight of her own blood covering her hands. She and Millicent ran to the common room entrance and out to the bathrooms to clean her face up. "You'll pay for that Rosier!" they shouted back at her.
Elvira went down on her knees, and Draco rushed forward and helped her up. "You all right?" he asked concerned for her.
"Yea, just a bit dizzy. Wasn't getting enough air to breathe and then it all came rushing back. Draco took her into the bathrooms and got a washcloth and ran water over it. He placed it on her neck where bruising started to appear.
"You're gonna have some lovely bruises there." he told her. She merely nodded. "You didn't have to do that for me you know?" he said taking the cloth away and taking one of her hands.
"But I wanted to." she said looking at him, then doing something she didn't expect, she kissed him, to which he responded deepening the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and laced her fingers together locking her hands there. They pulled away for air, "That was nice." she said kissing him again.
"Well, what do we have hear?" someone said from the bathroom door.