Morning came much to early as far as Blaise was concerned, as he forced himself out of the comfort of his bed, blinking uncertainly to help his eyesight as he whipped the curtains away from his bed, allowing the sun to blind him. He became aware of the chilliness of the boys' dormitory as he headed to shower, glancing at Draco's bed to find it empty, which was to be expected considering he could already hear his friends voice, joined with Crabbe and Goyle's, which gave him a feeling of slight annoyance as Draco knew perfectly well he didn't like Crabbe or Goyle, which meant he would be stuck doing things with Julie, Pansy and Chelsea all day without Draco there to save him from being the only male.
With a look of distaste Blaise stepped into the bathroom to shower, tugging lightly at his hair which was irritatingly greasy and tangled.
In the common room, Pansy had strutted over to Draco, positioning herself on the arm of the chair where he was sitting as she stroked his hair, gazing at Crabbe, Goyle, and a 3rd year girl who's parents had instructed her to keep close to Draco, considering who his father was, named Shirley Aliek.
Chelsea and Julie, on the other hand, had left to eat lunch, Chelsea dressed in her nightclothes as she'd been lazy that day and Julie dressed in the standard school uniform without the robe, and instead of the skirt she wore a pair of pants, Blaise's, which she had taken from his trunk while he'd been sleeping in late.
"I think I'm going to stick with these, nobody ever said girls couldn't ditch the skirt for a friends pants." She told Chelsea, grinning seriously.
Chelsea laughed lightly, as they approached the Slytherin table, their attention quickly drawn to the front of the grand room where McGonagall stood with a young girl beside her
"Students, this is Mianna. She will be joining us as a first year student. She had a private sorting earlier today. Gryffindors, please welcome Miss Mianna warmly!" She announced.
The girl, Mianna, grinned nervously as she stepped carefully to the table of clapping students, sitting down with Fred, George, and Lee who had eagerly stood up and directed her over, as a lot of students had been ready to do.
She was tanned very lightly, with hoop-style earrings in her ears. She wore muggle clothing, a light blue top and a skirt matching in style. Her hair was light brown and hung to the middle of her back, a golden streak decorating one side, though everytime you sent another glance the side where it was located seemed to change. Her face was decorated with a light coating of make up, excusing the lipstick which was a dark shade of a reddish pink color.
"Hullo. I'm Seria, and this is my friend Geoff." A girl spoke from behind Julie and Chelsea, who turned to stare at her curiously. She was clad in the same outfit that they were supposed to wear to classes and such, the standard first-year girls uniform, and the boy in the same, his outfit being a boys', of course.
Seria's pale face was framed by ebony locks that were cut just past her chin, and her eyes were dark navy blue, she was skinny in a way that made it look as if she would break into a million pieces if you were to accidentally breathe on her. Not a sick kind of skinny, just a fragile type skinny.
And the boy, Geoff, had dirty blonde hair, his bangs tucked just aside from his eyes, and the rest of his hair cut to about the half-way point of his ears. Dark brown eyes held a hint of shyness, as did his face as Seria politely asked if they could join the two, to which they quickly nodded and instantly engaged the newcomers in conversation.
The second Chelsea and Julie arrived back to the common room, Geoff and Seria with them, they headed over to Draco and Pansy, who were also with Blaise as Draco had deserted Crabbe and Goyle once more.
"Draco! Pans! Blaise!" Julie cried happily, "This is Seria Harskorsky, and this is Peppermint!"
"Peppermint?" Draco queried, raising a brow curiously at the name.
"Peppermint?" Seria echoed
"Yes, Peppermint! He just.. reminds me of.. a peppermint." She explained, gaining clueless looks from her friends.
"Well, his names Peppermint, and you have to live with it." Julie added as they once again stared curiously at her.
The newly-named "Peppermint" nervously brushed a bit of hair from his face a few times as he gazed at the scenes around him.
"Anyways," Pansy spoke, breaking the silence that had come, "I was wandering around a bit before you two came in, I heard that there's a new Gryffindork in the school? Very attractive, is what all the male population up to third year said." She added, staring questioningly at Chelsea and Julie.
"Oh, yeah. New first year, her names Mianna, I think." Chelsea replied, nodding.
"Ah, I gotta go." Julie spoke with an annoyed frown, "I have detention. How jerky. I have to serve my detention while we're on break!" She cried, ranting to them until she had exited the common room, leaving them with grins of amusement on their faces.
Mmm.. Yeah..
"Lav-"
"Ginevra! Shut up already! I'm messing up my make up because of you!"
Ginevra stared helplessly as Lavender Brown spread make up over her face for the fiftieth time, sending Ginevra glares as she made small. annoyed noises.
"Look, Laven-"
She was cut off by Lavender giving a terrified shriek,
"Ginevra! Look what you made me DO!" She shrieked hysterically, pointing at her face which was perfectly fine, unless you looked as close as you possibly could, perhaps, you could see the smallest bit of eyeliner smeared onto her cheek.
"Laven-"
"Ginevra! Gosh! You just talk to much! I'm sorry but you need to LEAVE!" She shouted, pointing towards the door, "Just get AWAY from me! Right now, Ginevra Margaret Weasley!"
Ginevra didn't bother to inform her that her middle name was Molly, not Margaret, just left instantly as she knew Lavender would just start screaming at her again. And she exited to the halls, waving at Julie as she passed by, knowing by now that Julie would not wave back
Instead of wandering aimlessly, and lonely at that, Ginevra returned to the common room and rushed up to the dormitories, barging in on one that wasn't her own where she found a girl sitting on her bed unpacking while humming happily.
"Hi!" Ginevra cried, causing her to jump a bit.
The late-arriving girl turned to smile. "Hello."
"I'm Ginevra. And, well, Hi. So.. why'd you come to Hogwarts." Ginevra began cheerfully, eager to make a friend that wasn't Lavender Brown.
"Oh well, I used to go to Beuxbeutons.. then Durmstrang.. but before all of those I went to Salem's Private Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry for Young Witches and Wizards of Pureblooded Lineage In America."
"Wow. That last ones pretty long, Why didn't you stay at any?" She questioned, knowing she would have loved to go to a Private wizarding school, or Beuxbeutons especially.
"Well, I got expelled, actually. I don't really want to go into detail, though, you understand, it's not to be rude."
"Yes, I understand."
"Good, because a lot of people at the last school got pretty angry when I didn't tell them what happened and all."
And seconds later, the girls were engaged in deep, friendly conversation.
Each happy to have made a new, easily-likable friend.
000
"Ron, I haven't seen Ginevra lately. Where's she been? I thought, since she fancied Harry and all, she'd be around us constantly." Hermione piped curiously from her spot by the lake, glancing at the freckled boy, who shrugged in response.
"I don't know, you're right though she hasn't been around for about a week now. That's funny."
Harry blinked, and spoke suddenly.
"Your sister fancies me?"
Hermione looked annoyed, "Harry! You didn't notice? It's so obvious, everyone else in the school knows it how the world could you --"
"Hermione, Hermione! I was only joking! Of course I know she fancies me! I'm not that stupid!" He laughed, Hermione calming instantly as her cheeks tinged pink from her small outburst while Ron stared at the two's interactions with a skeptical look.
"Are you two, I mean.. do you two fancy eachother?" He asked suddenly, as he stared at Hermione and Harry from his place against a tree.
"What? Me? Fancy Hermione? No way!" Harry cried, gaining a hurt look from Hermione.
"Well! I may not be that attractive, but you don't need to sit infront of me and call me the most hideous thing you've ever seen!" She exclaimed, standing only to be stopped by Harry.
"Hermione! No, C'mon, I didn't mean like that! I just meant I think of you as a friend! And you're very pretty, Hermione! I just don't fancy you!" He cleared up, as Hermione set back down on the grass.
"Well, alright then. I think you're fairly attractive yourself, Harry, and I don't fancy you the smallest bit either."
Which, of course, he knew was true easily just by staring between her and Ron, and by the look on Ron's face when he had asked them if they fancied eachother, and as he had called Hermione attractive, and she had done the same to him.
"Harry! Ron! Hermione!" The familiar voice of Ginevra interrupted their conversation as she bounded over with the girl who had arrived earlier that day.
"Hey! This is Mianna!"
The three greeted the two girls, and introduced themselves to Mianna, inviting Ginevra and Mianna to sit and join in on their conversation to which they complied.
"Hey, who's that?" Mianna asked, glancing curiously towards the castle where someone could be seen walking towards them.
"Oh, Merlin.. That's Lavender Brown." Ginevra moaned, The Golden Trio following the groan with ones of their own.
"Ginevra! You know that when I say leave, I mean stay and wait for me in the Common Room! Why in the world are you hanging around with.. her?" Lavender spoke, glaring at Mianna. True, Lavender had been probably the most attractive first year girl, until Mianna arrived, where she was quickly booted from the spot, even though Mianna hadn't been there even a day.
"Lav, I can hang out with whoever I want to, and I didn't feel like hanging around with you after you screamed at me."
"I don't care! Ginevra, look, I'm sorry, you know.. I just get like that! But you know, you're one of my closest friends here at Hogwarts, for now! Don't ruin it!"
"Look, Lavender, I'm still mad at you for freaking out at me like you did over nothing, so I'll talk to you later but right now I'd rather not be with you.." Ginevra replied calmly, though shyley.
"Fine! Whatever, Ginevra! Don't be surprised if Me and Parvati don't choose to hang out with you for the rest of the year!" Lavender warned before stalking off, five minutes later Mianna announced she needed to go back and get a book when they all decided to work a bit on homework.
It took her about ten minutes or so before she came back, grinning with a bright look on her face and her eyes positively twinkling with glee.
"Sorry it took so long!" She apologized, "No problem" and "It's fine" being her replies.
Just seconds after the group of five had opened their books, Parvati Patil flew out of the Hogwarts Castle of to the group, tears falling down her cheeks as she hiccupped and choked on her cries, spluttering words that were so jumbled up from her voice that she was impossible to understand.
Worrying, Hermione wrapped her arm around the girls' shoulders, asking her to speak slowly and calm down in a polite voice, which it took her several minutes to obey.
"I-I-I-It-It-It's L-L-Lll-L-L-L-Lllll-Laven-d-d-d-d-er-er-errr!" She stuttered, "S-Sh-Shhh-Shhhh-She, She-Shhh-She's I-In The H-H-H-Hos-Hos-Hospit-t-tttt-al Wing-g-g."
"Parvati that's nothing to get so upset over!" Hermione assured her,
"N-N-N-Nnn-No! You D-d-ddd-don't Under-s-s-sss-tand! Sh-shhh-she's in th-there and Madam P-Po-Pomphrey s-ssays sh-she do-d-doesn't kn-know what's wr-wr-wrong with her! A-A-And sh-she d-d-doesn't kn-know the cure! An-And that L-Lavvvzzz.. wh-whatever-er c-could m-maybe be.. fatal to her m-magic. An-And she thinks it might be C-Contangious..and I've been with Lavvy this whole time! S-So I m-might l-loose my m-magic! Or L-Lavvy could D-Die M-M-May-Maybe!"
Parvati finished. The students looked horrified, as they helped Parvati back to the castle, wanting answers of their own.
000
Okay, so Lavender's this disease's number one victim.
Meaning soon, people are gonna be dropping like flies, right?
And so soon, the actual adventure starts
Right?
Right.
Fun, fun.
I hope you don't mind that I skipped a bunch of weeks for this, it's somewhat near Halloween when this chapter took place but it's easier to get on with all the good junk, y'know?
Oh, and I've introduced all the made ups
Yes, Mianna is a pretty, pretty girl
But she has horrible troubles in her life that you'll learn about, she isn't the perfect-mary-sue character
Just because someone is pretty, don't make them perfect
So this is all the made ups for year 1, by the way:
Peppermint, Seria, Mianna, Julie, and Chelsea
Most of them aren't that important
Just filler charries
Oh, and I've got pictures of Julie
Pretty bad ones but I'm tired as eff when I did these:
h t t p / w w w . m a t m i c e . c o m / h o m e / x c h a o s a s s u r e d x
And yeah.. she's wearing socks in both.