Slowly opening her eyes Sebastian was surprised to discover a red pillow underneath her head. She couldn't help but wonder how is that possible, since her own pillow was dark blue and not red. Where was she?
About to jump out of the bed and grab her wand, she suddenly heard a girl's voice.
"Hey, you're awake! Good Morning". The voice sounded familiar.
The events of the prior evening rushed to Sebastian's head and she turned to see Hermione cheerfully smiling at her. She was at her sister's room, in Hogwarts.
"Morning Mi" she replied.
Ok, that was definitely going to take some getting used to.
Sebastian groaned and got out of bed, groggily walking towards what appeared to be the bathroom.
"How'd you sleep?" she heard her sister ask.
"Quite well actually" Sebastian replied with a smile. Though she did wake once or twice during the night, that was just in her nature. Sebastian had the best sleep she'd had in years and now felt completely refreshed. It was a privilege she never had in Durmstrang where she had to sleep with one eye open in order to wake up unharmed.
"We have an interesting day ahead of us" Sebastian pointed out.
"We sure do. But for now, how about we just go to breakfast?" Mia asked.
The first reply she got was the sound of a grumbling stomach.
"Actually yes, I could really use some food right now".
The girls were slowly approaching the great hall. Since they awoke a bit late, everyone was already there, and breakfast was at full swing.
"Ready?" Hermione asked with a smile. Sebastian took hold of her hand and pushed the door open.
Silence overtook the hall as the girls walked in.
All eyes were upon Hermione Granger and the unknown girl. After all it wasn't an everyday occurrence for the head girl to march into the great hall late for breakfast with an unfamiliar girl in tow. Especially, this kind of girl.
At 5'7, tall & lean, she was clad in black pants and a turtleneck. Her black hair was tied in a low bun and her startlingly bright brown eyes were lined with dark eyeliner, making them seem almost unreal.
The new girl cast a glance around the hall and a frown appeared on her face. She took a step forward, slightly shielding Hermione. The protective gesture didn't go unnoticed and a few eyebrows rose in question.
"It's ok" Hermione whispered in her sister's ear, "they're just curious".
"Well, somebody should've told them curiosity killed the cat" Sebastian stated.
"Actually, ignorance did that, curiosity was just framed" Hermione retorted with a smile.
Sebastian relaxed a bit, "didn't think anyone actually knew that part".
They made their way to the Gryffindor table and sat down.
Hermione was just about to greet her friends when Dumbledore got up and cleared his throat thus earning everyone's attention.
"Good Morning. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce a new student that has just arrived to our school from Durmstrang. She is a seventh year and has already been sorted into Gryffindor",
at this pointthe slytherin's snickered and pretended to no longer be interested in the announcement.
However, they all eagerly anticipated whatever was to be said next.
Especially one Blaise Zabini, whose intense indigo eyes never left the girl.
He saw her clearly but still couldn't believe she was truly there. She definitely changed since he last saw her.
"Her name is Sebastian De La Ferre" Dumbeldore stated and then added as an afterthought, "oh, and please welcome her nicely, she is after all our Head Girl's sister".
The immediate response was overwhelming.
Many students choked on their food and were now loudly coughing, but for the most part, the noise came from the tens of questions being voiced loudly despite the knowledge that no answer was going to come.
"Her sister? But they don't have the same last name!" someone stated.
"They don't even look alike" somebody else yelled from the other side of the great hall.
"Why didn't she just study inHogwarts to begin with?"
"How did a mudblood get into Durmstrang anyway?"
These questions and many others were being loudly discussed across the great hall. Even the teachers couldn't help but quietly ask Dumbeldore those same things.
At the Gryffindor table, all eyes were focused on the two girls, they were bombarded with questions. And no one even bothered to wait for an answer.
Hermione's eyes kept moving from one person to another, she seemed confused and dizzy, at the same time Sebastian seemed downright bored, her eyes were slowly scanning the table and she was nonchalantly drumming her fingers on the table.
"Guys…Hey everyone!" Harry suddenly yelled, "Just shut up for a second, will you?"
All the Gryffindors were now staring at him.
"Look, you have a lot of questions, which is quite logical, and I'm sure the girls will give you some answers when they're ready", the implication was clear, and Hermione gratefully smiled at her friend, "but as for now, aren't we forgetting something?" He added with a smile.
Ginny tapped her glass twice and at the third tap a loud "Happy Birthday!" rang throughout the hall. Confetti was raining all over the Gryffindor table and a large cake appeared in the middle.
"Come on, lets eat", Ginny said "and then we can go back to the common room, there are some gifts over there that need to unwrapped".
Only a few hours laterdid the girls finally get to leave the Gryffindor common room and head back to their own.
Sebastian was pretty tired, she was not used to so much attention, and Hermione's friends were quite the hyperactive, crazy bunch.
'Thank god it's Saturday, I need some quiet time' She thought.
As they arrived at the entrance Sebastian looked at her sister and chuckled. Hermione had her nose buried in another book she had just received.
Quietly saying the password she climbed through the portrait hole with her sister in tow and headed straight to their bedroom.
"Happy Birthday Tay" a smooth masculine voice said from somewhere behind her back. Sebastian turned around sharply and locked eyes with Blaise Zabini.
She slowly took him in. Clad in baggie jeans and a black T just tight enough to show off his abs, he was comfortably seated in a armchair. His jet black hair was spiked and a smirk adorned his face as his blue eyes bore into her.
As gorgeous as ever, she thought to herself and nearly smiled, but the look in his eyes stopped her.
The anger was clearly visible, his gaze was cold and calculated, the smirk seemed almost cruel.
"Thanks Blaise" she whispered, worried for the first time ever that here voice would betray her.
Draco and Hermione simply stared at the two, in complete and utter shock.
"So that was it?" Blaise began, his voice dripping with venom, "You're a mudblood, that was the whole mystery." He laughed and Sebastian winced.
It wasn't the 'mudblood' part that got to her, she didn't really care about that. She just never thought that Blaise would talk to her like that, like she was lower then the dirt on his shoes.
"Well, I guess that you did me a favor then…had you not disappeared I would've been stuck forever with complete filth. Or actually, that's probably not true. Most likely the truth would have been revealed, exposing you as the inferior, pointless waste of air that you and your sister truly are" he finished, his eyes momentarily moving to Hermione, what proved to be a grave mistake
No one saw it happen.
During his little speech Blaise got up from the armchair and walked over to Sebastian, standing between her and the wall.
He was now pressed against that same wall, Sebastian's right hand tightly clamped around his neck. She was squeezing two strategic points rendering him completely helpless, despite his much larger build.
Draco snapped out of his daze and moved towards them.
"Don't." She said turning to face him, her left hand moving up signaling him to stop.
What he saw shocked him to the core. Her eyes had turned completely golden, while the pupils were long and very narrow. Her expression was predatory.
All together, she looked liked a tigress about to attack.
"Don't" she repeated closing her eyes and slightly bowing her head, "I won't hurt him" she added quietly, stepping away from Blaise.
They boy fell to his knees and sucked in a deep breath of air, as his hands shot up to massage his sore throat.
Draco rushed to his friend as Hermione moved to stand beside her sister, still too shocked to say a word.
Sebastian ran a hand through her hair and sighed. She turned to face Blaise, who was now back on his feet.
All signs of the transformation Draco witnessed before were now completely gone, and her face seemed void of any emotion.
"I don't care what you think about me" she started slowly,
"Be mad, Hate me…I can actually understand that" her tone was flat.
"But don't ever dare tosay anything about Hermione or you will pay dearly."
With that said she walked away, her sister rushing to keep up with her.
well, here's another one...r&r..