-1"Abie, put the demon diary away. We're in a quidditch store. If they see you with a book in here, they'll kick you out. You don't have to act brainy in here." I sniggered and elbowed Madison in the arm.
"I don't act brainy, I am brainy. Well, not brainy, smart. No, I'm… uh…Oh! I'm literate." She laughed and I grinned.
"Whatever you say, just put that… thing away." Giggling, I tucked it into my robes.
20 minutes later, Madie and I had gone completely insane with Quidditch gear.
"Ok well, we don't know which house we're going to be sorted into, so we can't pick out our colours yet."
"I hate this," She smirked at me from the corner of her eye, and I sighed, hanging up a pair of dark red shin pads. "I can't even coordinate my quidditch gear! Let alone accessorize right. What happens if I get the wrong colour, the enemy's colour!"
She laughed at me and turned around to ask a tall boy nearby to get something off the top shelf for her. He looked mesmerized by her and stood dumb. I coughed and he shook his head.
"O-oh, yeah, sure, no problem," He stuttered, reaching easily at the item on the very top shelf.
I secretly glared knives at him, completely jealous that he could do something with ease that I needed assistance with every day of my life.
I scoffed and turned on my heel, not really paying attention to what was behind me. I immediately slammed into something hard and toppled over. A small whimper left my lips as I rubbed my aching butt.
"For the love of all that's sexy… Would people stop bumping into me!" I yelled, obviously aggravated by this point.
"I thought I told you to watch where you were going." A masculine voice said, dripping with annoyance. I immediately groaned and stood up. I looked up at the same guy I had bumped into only hours before. Shaggy blonde hair, grey-blue eyes, strong jaw, tall figure. No mistaking him.
"Actually, I was the one who told you to watch where you're going. You called me a bitch and stalked off. If I remember correctly." I said sardonically, already getting pissed with just his presence. He sneered down at me then turned around. But before he left the shop, he called over his shoulder, "You're going to regret you ever crossed paths with me woman."
"Ooo! I'm so scared!" I called after him in mock fear. I snorted and turned back around to see two shocked faces.
"What?" I asked casually. Madison raised an eyebrow at me and stepped over close.
"And who might that hot blonde be?" She asked giddily.
"Draco Malfoy." The tall boy behind us said, "And he wasn't joking when he said you'd regret ever meeting him. He's a powerful guy with dark connections. You'd best to stay out of his way."
I put both of my hands on my hips and looked up at him cockily. "You have no idea who you're talking to. No one scares or bullies me without a fight, and will never back down. That little git will get what's coming to him." He shrugged and handed Maddy what she had asked him to help her get.
She smiled curtly at him, then turned around and slapped my arm.
"What was that for!" She hissed at me. I mumbled under my breath and went up to the cash register to by my things.
"How is it that you always make enemies on your first day! No, scratch that, school hasn't even started yet and you're already getting death threats! What is the matter with you!" I pretended to ignore her and walked out of the shop into the bustling streets. I spotted Aunt Vi across the street talking to another blonde lady animatedly. I made my way over to them with Madison nattering behind me, deciding it was finally time to go home.
"Excuse me, Aunt Vi?" I asked politely. Both women turned to face me, and I was greeted by two smiling faces.
"Ah, Abigail, there you are dear. And Madison too, wonderful. I'd like to introduce you to my very good friend, Narcissa Malfoy." My mind started kicking and screaming while I smiled respectfully at my enemy's mother.
"I have heard so much about you girls! I'm thrilled that we finally get to meet. So your Aunt has told me that you both are going to attend Hogwarts this year. How old are you now?"
"I'm 16."
"And I'm turning 16 in November."
Narcissa's smile turned from huge, to impossibly huge within seconds. It really didn't suit her face…
"Oh my! That's fantastic! My son Draco is 16 as well! You all should get along famously. And if you're a true McKenzie, then you will definitely get into Slytherin. This is just marvellous, isn't it Violetta?" She asked perkily towards Aunt Vi. She clapped her hands together in excitement and they both looked like school girls finding out their crush liked them back.
"Um, yes. Aunt Vi? Madison and I are finished shopping and we were wondering if we could floo back to your house." I asked, thoroughly disturbed by my aunt's actions.
"Mm? Oh, yes, of course dear. I'll meet you back home around 6, alright?" We both nodded our heads and walked off in search of the Floo Station.
I yelled as I jumped into the outdoor pool, sighing in relief from the scorching heat.
Ifloated around, gently tanning from the hot sun. I quietly hummed to myself as I did the backstroke around the pool. And before I knew what I was doing, I started singing to my favourite muggle song.
"Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart."
"I hate you and that perfect voice of yours." I continued floating, ignoring Madison's words and her presence.
"You can't ignore me forever, Abby." She said, causing my lips to twitch.
"Oh but I can try, Madison darling, I can try."
It was quiet for a moment or two, and I knew she was thinking of something to make me talk. But the scary part of it was… she usually found a way.
"That Malfoy guy was pretty hot, wouldn't you agree Abby darling? I wonder what he likes," I felt my fingers and eye twitch as she spoke, "There's no doubt in my mind he's a player, possibly even a man whore… but that's never stopped me before, has it Abby? Should I do him the first or second day… oh this is such a hard decision. Oh, I know! The next time we run into each other. In a bathroom, yah know?"
A growl rumbled deep in my chest and I forced a wave from the pool to come crashing down on her smug face. She screeched and shot up, then growled and jumped in after me.
"YOU'RE GUNNA DIE, ABIGAIL! AND I'LL LAUGH WHILE I'M DROWNING YOU!"
I'm bored.
"I'm bored. Let's do something." Said my sister.
"Stop doing that." I said, throwing a piece of popcorn at her pyjama clad self.
"Doing what?" She asked, throwing a muggle candy called Skittles back.
"Reading my mind."
"If you haven't noticed, you do it too, and there isn't anything either one of us can do about it." She mumbled through a mouth full of popcorn.
"Fine, be that way."
"Fine, I will." She said while smirking. I scoffed and threw another piece of popcorn at her saying, "Pick something, I'm so bored."
"No, you pick something. My mind is still foggy from the pool."
"Computer?" I offered.
"It's 4 am back home." She answered lamely, flipping through the 1000s of channels on the 62" plasma t.v.
"Right. Uh… give each other mani-pedis while we talk and giggle like stupid school girls that we're about to become?"
She shook her head, "We did that last week."
I sighed in defeat. "Well, I'm out of ideas that we haven't done already. Why don't you give it a try?" She was about to open her mouth when I cut her off, "And non of that foggy brain crap."
She shut off the t.v. and turned towards me. Taking a sip of her coke, she looked around the gigantic family room.
"Let's look up info on Hogwarts. That way we don't have to be complete noobs when we get there." I nodded and hopped off the couch. Lightly jogging to the library, my mind wandered. How was Chelsea and Keira doing? How would they react when I told them about Aunt Vi, the house, my room, Hogwarts, Malfoy… They'd probably laugh and say the exact same thing Madison said.
"That is so like you! You once again managed to make an enemy on your first day of school, or better yet, long before it even started!"
My thoughts then rested uneasily on the very attractive asshole whom I now referred to as Malfoy, thinking he wasn't human enough to deserve a first name.
"So, what did you think of that guy that helped me in the store today? The really tall one." Maddy asked coyly.
Damnit, she already has a boyfriend picked out.
"Mm, very attractive, height never seems to be an issue with you, I'd say he's perfect for you." She blushed faintly and smiled.
"You really think so, eh?"
"Yup. I got a good vibe off of him anyways, he's all yours hun."
She squeaked and ran over to give me a hug, then ran over to the computer to look something up.
"I wanna look up Hogwart's houses to see which one I want to get into."
"You can't choose your house, genius." I said, smacking her lightly upside the head.
"I know that," she stated sharply, "I just want to find out what one we'll most likely get into." I stuck my tongue out at her and sat down beside her, watching her type away with insane speed.
"Show off." I mumbled under my breath.
"Aha! Found it," She yelled, choosing to ignore my comment. "There's four different houses; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin."
"Hey, didn't that creepy friend of aunt Vi's say something about being in Slytherin?" She nodded and we moved in closer to the screen to read.
"This sounds exactly like every McKenzie we know… including you."
"Oh hush. There's no way the two of us would be separated into different houses, we're too much alike."
True, but the differences we do have would make people believe we're total opposites if they were to know them before meeting us.
"Well, let's look at the other descriptions."