Loving the Unloved
By: Mizu Magaru Sensei
Chapter 3
(Lunch)
"Hey Van! Over here!"
"Oh, hey Jenni. How are you?" asks Van while sitting down at the Gryffindor table.
"I'm fine. I have a three parchment long essay to write about the affects of how Arithmancy affects the Wizarding world. It's due on Friday." Says Jenni sadly.
"Yeah? I have to find out all I can about the rune called Mannaz." Says Vanciellé tiredly.
"Hey you two, have either of you seen Sophie?" asks Minerva while sitting down at the table.
"No. Why do you ask?" asks Jenni confusedly.
"Nope, Why?" Says Vanciellé.
"She has my Potions book. I really need it." Says Minerva impatiently.
"Don't worry; she's in our class isn't she? You can just get it back then." Says Jenni while trying to write furiously.
"Fine…" growls Minerva as she starts to munch on potato chips.
"Hello Miss Aurealis… It's such a pleasure to see you again," says a voice from behind Vanciellé.
She turns around and sees the smiling face of one Seth Malfoy.
"Hello Seth. How are you?" she asks him.
He smirks and then winks at her. "I was feeling a little sad but now that I am in your presence I feel like I could run the Quidditch pitch 50 times over." He says as he then pulls a glass rose with light, sky blue colored petals out of his robes. "For you fair lady. Even though this pales in comparison to your beauty, I felt that you should have it." He says dramatically as he hands the glass rose over to her.
Vanciellé gasps in surprise. "Seth! This is beautiful! Where did you get it!" Exclaims Vanciellé surprised.
"A beautiful rose for a beautiful woman. Plus, I put a spell on it to make it smell like a rose too. Now, I must find Tom. Until we meet again fair maiden." He says as he then kneels and kisses the back of her hand. He gives her a kind smile then walks over to the Slytherin table and sits next to Tom.
When he then sat down Vanciellé turned back to the shocked Jenni and Minerva.
"W-Wow… That was unexpected…" says Minerva her eyes wide.
"I believe that you are the only Gryffindor who has ever had a Slytherin's attention…" says Jenni surprised.
"Really? Why?" asks Vanciellé.
"It's just that the Gryffindors and Slytherins have hated each other since… Well… The beginning of time." Says Minerva.
"That's stupid. I thought that every house was equal." Says Vanciellé angrily.
"Well, they're not." Says a voice from behind the three of them.
The three of them look behind them and see the smiling face of Sophie Hawk.
"Ever since Hogwarts was created, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor have been enemies. This all started when Slytherin decided that Hogwarts should be opened for only children with all magical parents. Or Purebloods. But Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, and Rowena Ravenclaw disagreed. They said that Hogwarts should be open to anyone willing to learn. So Slytherin left. But rumor has it that he created a secret chamber before he left, it's called the Chamber of Secrets." Says Sophie after she sat down at the table.
"Really? Has anyone been able to find the chamber, or open it?" asks Van.
"No, the story says that only Slytherin's heir is able to open the chamber." Says Sophie.
"That's odd… But it makes sense." Says Jenni.
Sophie shrugs and then helps herself to a turkey sandwich.
"Hey, are you Vanciellé Aurealis?" asks a voice from behind the girls.
Vanciellé turns around and sees a girl with long curly blond hair to about her mid back with clear blue eyes. She had her arms crossed and a scowl written on her face. She also had two prissy looking girls behind her.
"Yeah, I'm Vanciellé. Who are you?" she asks solemnly.
"Did you hear that girls? She doesn't know who I am… She must be a mudblood. I was right all along." Says the blond.
Vanciellé gets up, takes out her wand and points it at the blond. "Don't you dare call me that. Oh, and just for the record, I'm a pureblood. Get your facts straight Miss Priss." Growls Vanciellé.
"Don't you dare insult me. You have no right. I am the Minister's secretary's daughter." Says the blond.
Vanciellé smirks. "Y'know what? Here listen closely. I. Don't. Care."
The blond snorts. "I don't care what you think. I still have a higher rank than you."
"Think again. My family has been working in the American Ministry since the Witch Trials. You have no room to talk." Snarls Vanciellé.
"Oh really? What job did they have?" she asks snootily.
"They were Unspeakables." Says a voice from behind the three.
Vanciellé turn around and sees a young man about twenty-three. He had long, dark red hair to the nape of his neck and ice blue eyes that faded into a silver color.
"Adrian! What are you doing here?" exclaims Vanciellé clearly shocked.
"Hey, that's Professor Ravenna to you Vanci." Winks Adrian.
"Don't call me that, Professor Ravenna." Says Vanciellé while giving him a mock glare.
He glares right back but with a silly looking smirk on his face.
"Now, Miss Hasana. I believe that it would be good for you and for those around you if you would stop antagonizing people. Now go back to your table or out of the Great Hall." Says Adrian or Professor Ravenna.
She sneers. "And if I don't?"
"Then I will take away thirty points and you will get detention for a week." He says coldly.
She snorts and then takes her leave out of the Great Hall with her two lackeys following.
"Adrian, what are you doing here? I thought that you would be at the Ministry?" asks Vanciellé confusedly.
"Nope. I quit. And Professor Dumbledore found me and decided to convince Headmaster Dippit to let me teach here." Says Adrian while smiling.
"What do you teach?" Asks Van.
"I teach Defense Against The Dark Arts." He says.
"Cool." Says Van.
"Hey Van, How do you know the Professor?" asks Minerva.
"Oh, he's my cousin. On my mother's side." Says Van.
"Wow. That's pretty cool." Says Jenni.
"Hey you three, we have to go to the potions class now or Professor Jadis will give us detention for a week." Says Sophie impatiently.
"Well… We wouldn't want her to take any more points off of the Gryffindor students… So I'll take you four to class!" says Adrian while sporting a goofy grin on his face.
Jenni blushes lightly at his grin and then gets up and gets her book bag. "Okay…" she says softly.
Adrian looks over at her and his grin gets even bigger. "Okay then! Off to the dungeons we go!" He exclaims while pointing to the main doors of the Great Hall.
Jenni chuckles and then starts to walk out of the Great Hall.
"Hey, Jenni! Wait up!" Cries Adrian as he starts to run after her.
"Come on Van… We might as well catch up with them" Says Minerva while sighing.
"Yeah. Okay…"
Loving The Unloved
End Chapter 3