Sitting at breakfast Monday morning, a small owl fluttered down in front of Lorelei. "A bit early for mail isn't it?" Narcissa asked in a huffy tone. Lorelei shrugged the girl's question off, pulling the letter from the bird's leg. The envelope had her name scrawled across it carefully in gold script. Looking up, she glaced over to the Gryffindor table to see Remus smiling at her. She slid the paper from the envelope and looked down once more, a slight laugh escaped her, and she glance back up at the smiling boy, with a smile of her own in place. "What's so humourous?"

"Nothing you would understand Narcissa." Lorelei replied, then glanced back down at the invitation she held.

Miss Belinda Lorelei Vargus,
You are cordially invited to the 7th annual racing of the Chocolate Frogs.
Location: Fourth Floor, Unoccupied Classroom, next to suit of armour.
Time: 7:00 P.M. Betting starts at 6:45
Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs

Lorelei slid the paper back in it's envelope, and placed it in her robe pocket. She glanced over to the Gryffindor table once more, to see Remus talking animately with James and Sirius, Peter seemed a bit preoccupied, eyes darting around the room. 'Guess it's a rat thing.' Lorelei thought slightly amused. "Lorelei are you even listening to me?" Narcissa's shrill tone cut through the girl's thoughts.

"Um...Err...No, not really." Lorelei replied, turning back to face the other girl, who now seemed quite agitated. "Were you saying something Narcissa?"

Agitated turned to livid as the girl struggled to speak without yelling. "Belinda Vargus."

"Oh don't go Belindaing me Narcissa." Lorelei scowled. "What is it you wanted to say. You have my full attention now." she crossed her arms in front of her.

"As I was saying, before you got distracted by that table full of blood-traitors." Narcissa hissed. "Lucius has asked me to the Yule Ball. I was thinking..."

"If this is another attempt to set me up with Regulus you can forget it." Lorelei cut her off. "I'd sooner go to the Yule Ball with Severus Snape."

"Well he would be much preferable than the likes of Remus Lupin!" Narcissa snarled back, gaining more than a few glances in their direction. "You best remeber what it means to be a pure-blood, I don't think your parents would be happy to know you're slumming it."

Lorelei stood up, glaring down at Narcissa. "You know nothing about my family, other than they think they are better than everyone else just because they can say they're pure-bloods." Lorelei now was the one fumming. "I've learned that there are more important things." The girl's breath caught, as she once more felt light-headed and nauseous. One hand clutched her stomach, and the other covered her mouth, as she raced from the Great Hall.

Severus stood up from his place at the far end of the table, gathering his books together. He paused by Narcissa as he made to leave, "You really should try to refrain from putting your friend in such a state Narcissa."

"And what would you know about it?" Narcissa asked, a bit subdued after watching her 'friend' flee in such a matter.

"More than you ever will." Severus smirked, and proceeded on his way.