CHAPTER TWO
Aella hurried along the corridor in the train, glancing into every cabin frantically. Spotting a group of familiar Slytherins, Aella grinned before slyly throwing a dungbomb through the opening, not slowing her pace, not even as screams erupt from the room. Passing Ron, Harry and Hermione, she throws a smile at them from outside, making a face and waving madly. The three laugh and shake their heads, before continuing their conversation as Aella passed by.
Striding past a cabin where the prefects sit, Aella flicks them a two finger salute as they watch her curiously, probably wondering about the screams. Making eye-contact with the Hufflepuff prefect, Aella winks at him with an impish grin. A cute little smile appears on his face and he receives an elbow to the side, making him pay attention to whatever conversation they were having.
Finally, nearing the end of the train, Aella finally finds her friends. Fred, George and Lee. Slamming the door open roughly, the glass shuddering, Aella screams loudly. The boys all freak out momentarily before shooting glares at Aella.
"Sorry, just trying to keep you guys on your toes." Aella raised her hands in defence.
"You are one evil girl!" Lee announced. "Like seriously..evil."
"I know." She shrugs before plopping down onto the seat next to Lee, swinging her legs onto his lap and making herself comfortable.
"So how was the summer?"
Fred and George exchange grins as Aella shrugs.
"Same pureblood propaganda. Just another summer with the Nott family bullshit."
"Well we went to Egypt." Fred and George say in unison.
Aella whips her head towards them in shock. "What? When?!"
Fred grins. "Dad won the Daily Prophet Grand Prize so we all went to Egypt to see Bill."
"And Mum went and bought Ronnikens his own wand." George finishes.
Aella smiles fondly. "That is awesome you guys, how is Bill doing?"
"Good!" Fred and George reply at the same time.
"Anyway, what about you Lee? How was your summer?"
Lee smirks at the three of them. "Very good."
They all exchange glances. "Why do you look so proud of yourself?"
"Maybe because I am."
"Yeah, I don't want to know now that I think about it."
Lee just laughs, looking satisfied.
"I did however do something that really pissed my family off."
The three boys look at her in curiosity. Fred raises an eyebrow, while George grins "oh Merlin, what did you do?"
Smirking devilishly, Aella lifts her Green Day hoodie to reveal an emerald belly button piercing. The hoodie itself earned her a swift smack over the head when she put it on this morning but that didn't stop her, but the piercing had her family screaming at her angrily while her little brother just sent her a sympathetic but slightly amused smile. Fred and George both give her large grins, pretending to look scandalised and Lee starts to fake swoon.
"Green, really?" Lee laughs in amusement.
"Gotta keep up my house pride." Aella winks.
By the time the train reaches Hogwarts it is well and truly nighttime. The students all battle their way into the great hall for the feast that was soon to come.
"Oh god I can hear my spine crackalacking." Aella moans.
"Crackalacking?" A ginger eyebrow is raised.
"I regret nothing."
Aella gives them all a cheeky grin before skipping off to the Slytherin table, taking a seat beside a boy from her potions class. The boy's name is Kaden and he just so happens to be one of one of Aella's closest friends.
"Hello K." Aella gives him her most charming smile.
"Good evening sweetheart, always a pleasure."
"Please, as far as I can see, you are definitely the only pleasure in this room." She winks at him, opening her mouth to continue the conversation when her attention is forced to Dumbledore.
After a long and uneventful speech with the side note of Filch's new demands and an even longer dinner full of people launching themselves at the food, Aella finally makes her way to her dorm room which she shares with only two others. Renee McAfee and Kelsey Andean. Friends of hers but not close.