Warnings: ... still no warnings sofar... hehe I'm the perfect little angel, am I?
Dc: I don't own Harry Potter and any places persons or spells mentioned in the books or films
Chapter 3: The wind of change
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Mali got up with groan. It got late the night before with the prefect telling them in a speech that lasted over an hour what would be expected from them as the youngest Slytherins. He was finally stopped by Anie and Harry when he still went on after an hour. They hexed his mouth shut and turned his hair green before simply leaving for bed. The other firstyears were shocked at their behavior and seemed a little afraid of them. Mali on the other hand just laughed, used to their antics, and after wishing Brachus a good night leaving for bed also, closely followed by the other female firstyears.
As it was Mali was not a morning person. Not at all. After washing up and dressing she left her room ready to go to breakfast. When she came down the staircase leading to the girls dormitories she found a way too awake Brachus waiting for her. Spoting her he threw her a bright smile which turned into a slightly hurt look as she only sneered in response before walking past him out of the slitherins dorms.
Harrison who watched the exchange hurried over and placed a hand on the younger boys shoulder. " Don't mind her. Mali simply hates mornings! Don't take it personal. I mean she has to like you because if she didn't she would have killed you for even considering beeing happy around her in the morning. " he explained with a smirk. The young Snape looked at him doutfully for a moment before smiling slightly and nodding his thanks. Harry simply smiled at him and then seemingly seeing someone special behind him waved at Brac before runing up to a quite beautiful girl huging her firecly. Brac guessed she was his girlfriend and paying nomore attention to them turned around and left for breakfast.
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Over the neyt two days it became kind of normal for Brac to wait for Mali to get up and then walk her to breakfast. After heving eaten her mood bettered considerably and they either went to the library or outside, down to the lake. There they would sit under an old oak tree which soon became their favourite place.
All too soon it was Monday and time for their first classes. After eating in the great hall the pair made their way to the potions classroom. They had this lesson together with Gryffindore. Mali was not happy about that. Over the weekend her and Lucinda had talked and ended up fighting. It seemed as if the two wouldn't be friend any longer.
So Mali and Brac sat down at a table in the second row. Near the front so they wouldn't miss anything but not in the first row either as to not look overeager.
With a bang the door flew open and their old but wise head of house strode in. Lord Slytherin.
The lesson was interesting to say the least. While not bad Mali was easily outdone by Brachus who seemd to be a natural with potions. Lord Slytherin seemed to notice that too and awarded the pair ten housepoints for a flawlessly made potion in their first lesson.
After the lesson ended the pair tried to make it's way to the transfiguration classroom and with a little bit of help from a fellow Slytherin they arrived perfectly on time like most students did. Lucinda and a boy from Gryffindore were at least ten minutes late. Lady Ravenclaw was not happy with them and took ten points from their house. As the two blushing firstyears sat down most Slytherins were snickering, amongst them also Brac and Mali. She felt a little guilty when Lucinda shot her a glare but then remembered that it had not been her but the other girl who ended their friendship.
It was their lunch break when the news hit the wizarding world and also the school. There had been an attack on Mungnus, a large wizarding town in Ireland. Only nine of about 250 people survived. The students and teachers alike were shocked. Ofcourse everybody knew of the Dark Lord currenly rising but this was his first big attack. Everybody knew what that meant. The Dark Lord Malus Caligo had declared war to the wizarding world. Classes were canceled that day and for weeks it had been decidedly silent in the castle. It took a long time, but the children had got used to it. Every now and then news of a battle would come and sometimes one or more students would start to cry having lost a loved one but still, within the castle everything still was kind of normal.
Allthough war raged outside the students weren't really touched by it. Only those who lost a friend or familymember to yet an other battle even thought about the war.
Maria-Linda and Brachus friendship grew and they settled into a comfortable rutine. They both were good in classes. Brac was especially excelling in Potions, Herbology and the Dark Arts while Malis strengths lay with Transfiguration, Charms and Runes. Both were well liked in their house and hated by the Gryffs especially by Lucinda Weasley, Geoffray Potter and Martinus Longbottom. Live was peacefull for the duo until one day everything should change.
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A/N:
Hi!
Sorry for the shortness of this chapter but im currently quite ill and can't really concentrate for long. Chapters will get longer again soon … promise!
Anyway I wanted to thank MM for her lovely review - You're the best and I love your stories!
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NEWSFLASH: Next chapter will have a list of Mali's family in it since it is quite a large one and one can easily get confused!
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Hope you liked it,
Cp