How to life life
Chapter 6
A/N: Hello amazing fanfiction readers! Thanks for returning to my story! I really don't have much to say this week so I'm just going to get to the story, (PS: thanks you's are at the end of each chapter now)
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"For the millionth time, it was nothing!" said an annoyed Chloe.
"Chloe, you don't just rush out of the room crying if it's nothing," said Olivia sweetly.
Chloe had no response, she just threw herself on her four poster bed and screamed into her pillow in frustration.
"Chloe, you know you can tell us anything," Victoire told her friend as she sat down next to her on the bed.
"Yeah, and James told us that Ella said, 'nothing was ever okay,' when you went to get her, what's that supposed to mean?" Olivia asked, as she too joined her friends on Chloe's bed.
"Maybe things are just not too great back at home," whispered Chloe.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Victoire.
"I can't tell you guys, okay?" Chloe told her friends as she let a few stray tears fall from her face.
"Is there at least something you can tell us?" Olivia asked, now very worried about her friend.
"Well, I can tell you something," said Chloe shyly.
Victoire and Olivia looked at each other hopefully, then Chloe said, "Ella and I won't be going home for Christmas this year for our own safety."
Victoire and Olivia's smiles instantly faded and turned into a frown at Chloe's confession, "Chloe, that's horrible, no one should have to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, especially you, it's your last year," said Victoire.
"Well, like I said, things aren't that great back at home," Chloe told them before she exited the room.
Victoire and Chloe looked at each other then rushed out of the room after their friend.
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"10 laps, last one back has to help me pick up the equipment at the end of practice," Olivia yelled, she then blew her whistle and the Gryffindor Quidittch team was off doing laps.
"You're so loud, they're right in front of you, no need to scream," said a frustrated Chloe.
"You're my assistant, don't correct me, and you know nothing about Quidittch so why're you correcting me," said Olivia with an eye roll.
"Well, I just think they would respond better if you were a bit nicer and didn't yell so much, you're hurting my ears, and I do know a lot about Quidittch, I just don't like playing it," said Chloe in her own defense.
"I know you know stuff about Quidittch, Chloe, I just get frustrated when someone tries to correct me in Quidittch, unless it's my parents, that's okay because they're professional Quidittch players," said Olivia as she patted her friends shoulder.
"What about the yelling?" asked Chloe hopefully.
"No. I need to be harsh and tough if I want them to listen and to be tough like me," said Olivia honestly.
"I see, but why do I have to be your Assistant, isn't there something else I can do?" Chloe asked.
"No Chloe, Vic and I agreed this is a good punishment for you," Olivia told her friend, her eyes still watching her Quidittch team fly around the pitch.
"Why am I being punished, I didn't do anything wrong," asked Chloe in frustration.
"Because you won't tell us what's bothering you, now when you tell us what you're hiding, then you can stop being my assistant," said Olivia as the first two quidittch players made it back.
The first two back were, of course, James Potter and Ella Smith. Ella looking like she wanted to punch James in the face, and James looking like he wanted to kiss Ella on the spot.
"Good you two, Luke is going to have to catch up, he got beaten by two third years," said Olivia with a laugh.
"Hey!" said Luke as he arrived back from his laps.
"Oh, you weren't supposed to hear that," said Olivia awkwardly.
"Well I heard," said Luke outrageously.
Olivia just looked at the ground wanting to change the subject, then, to her luck, she saw the last person arrive back. Louis.
"Louis!" screamed Olivia.
"What?" Louis asked as he put his hand through his hair.
"Why were you so late back?"Olivia asked.
"Scary story for me, funny story for you. I was flying around the pitch with everyone else, then I saw some hot Ravenclaws looking at me from the stands. I didn't want to look like a wreck, so I got out my good mirror to make sure I looked great, and of course I did, I mean, I'm me after all. Then while I was looking at those gorgeous girls I dropped my mirror. My best mirror!" said Louis in terror, which got many eye rolls from everyone, even the two other Golden Marauders, "I had to go save it, I had to, so I flew down to try to catch it, trying to contact my inner seeker," Victoire scoffed at that part, Louis was no seeker, "I caught it just in time, but then it slipped out of my hand last second and got a big scratch through the middle so I had to stop and fix it, so yeah, that's why I'm late."
When he finished everyone was trying to contain their laughter, but Olivia just shook her head and slapped him real hard in the face.
"Hey!" screamed Louis in pain.
"Your mirrors will now be confiscated before practice and games, and Louis?" Olivia told him as she grabbed the clipboard out of Chloe's hands.
"Yeah," said a sad Louis.
"Get," Olivia hit him with the clip board on his head,"your," hit, "head," hit, "in," hit, "the," hit, "game."
She then walked off calling the team after her. Louis stayed there, rubbing his now sore head. Then mumbled to himself, "This is going to be a ruff year."
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It was Halloween night and everyone was exited for the feast. Time at Hogwarts had gone by fast. Classes ran smoothly, Quidittch went smoothly, and Ella and Chloe haven't had anymore weird behavior.
"Ella, hurry up! We've got to get to the feast, don't want to be late, do you," said Vanessa.
"I'm coming, just start without me, I've got to do something real quick," said Ella.
Ella then grabbed a piece of used parchment that was in her drawer, then headed downstairs. She then threw that piece of parchment in the fire, then ran away. She was too caught up on being caught to notice that the piece of parchment missed the fire and landed on the floor in front of the fireplace.
"Okay, I'll wait in the common room," yelled James to Louis and Fred, as he exited the boys dormitory, and entered the Gryffindor common room.
James made his way to the couch in front of the fire to wit for his friends, but when he saw the parchment sitting there, he picked it up out of curiosity.
That piece of parchment wasn't any piece of parchment, it was the letter Ella and Chloe's parents sent them almost two months ago, James didn't know that yet though, but he will quickly find out because he started to read it.
Dear Chloe and Ella,
Sorry to send this letter at a weird time, it's probably getting to you kind of late, but this news couldn't wait for the morning and your father and I thought it was best you slept on the information you're receiving rather than go straight to class after reading. Okay, so let me start by saying things have gotten dramatically worse only in the few days you've been gone. Your father and I are okay, for now, but you know how it is. We think Vlasta has your grandparents, I went over to check on them the other day to find an empty house with the door off and house burning. I'm sad to say they're probably dead, but they had a long good life, well before the last twenty years, the last twenty years have been horrible. Just a matter of time before they get us too. But I think your father and I will last a while seeing we have auror training being aurors. Let me start by telling you we don't want to risk you girls coming back here, seeing the condition it is in, so you'll be staying at Hogwarts this year for Christmas, we're sorry, but you know the saying, better safe than sorry. We'll send you guys more letters soon, preferably with good news, but in times like these it may be unlikely. Have a good school year!
Love,
Mom and Dad
James's eyes were wide in horror, things were worse than he thought. James did not expect to see this. He had many questions in his head, Who's Vlasta? Why does she have Ella's grandparents? Why do Ella's parents say they are going to die? But most importantly, what the hell is going on?
"James, earth to James," said Fred with a laugh, him and Louis arriving upon the scene.
James shook his head and looked at his friends in horror. "James, what's wrong?" asked Louis.
James just handed them the letter he found and remained standing there with wide eyes. Fred and Louis looked exactly like him when done reading, just not quite as bad.
"We've got to tell Victoire and Olivia," said Fred.
"Yeah, let's go," said Louis as he and Fred started to leave the common room, only to realize James was still standing there with wide eyes.
"James!" yelled Louis, James was still standing there.
Fred walked back over to his friend and slapped him in the face, James reacted immediately and tried to slap his friend back, but Fred knew this would happen, so he blocked it, James then said, "What the hell was that for?"
"You were staring off into space and would not respond," said Louis, who was looking at himself in the mirror while leaning on the wall.
"Oh, sorry about that," said James sheepishly.
"What's wrong, James?" asked Fred.
"I just really, really, really, like Ella and knowing that she had to go, no, still is going through this is killing me," said James honestly, blushing at his confession.
"It's okay mate, no need to be embarrassed we know you are 'in love' with dear Ella, that's nothing new, so how about we go tell Victoire and Olivia for real now," said Fred, while wrapping his arm around James' shoulder.
James smiled and said, "Let's go."
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"Why are you obsessed with muggle singers again?" asked Olivia.
"Correction, I'm obsessed with one, No-Maj singer," said Chloe.
"Oh I forgot you guys called muggles that," said Victoire as she saw the Golden Marauders rush towards them.
"Vic, Olivia, come with us," said James, who was out of breathe .
"What about me?" asked Chloe, with mock hurt.
"Just because, okay? Now Vic, Olivia, come now," said Fred.
"Okay, calm down Jamie," said Victoire.
"Don't call me that Vic, and where the hell did Louis go! He was right here," said James.
Fred patted James shoulder and pointed over to a corner in the Great Hall,, where Louis was snogging a Ravenclaw girl, one of the ones from Quidittch practice.
James sighed then gestured for them to follow him, he then walked right up to Louis and just stared at him.
The Ravenclaw girl noticed James standing there and ran away, Louis, not knowing James was there, thought he did something, so he started to run after her only for James to catch his arm.
Louis, who finally caught up on the situation, looked at the floor sheepishly, then James patted him on the back and said, "Really? You are snogging Samantha? I thought you were with Emily."
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"You did what!" yelled Olivia and Victoire at the same time.
The Golden Marauders brought Victoire and Olivia to the Room of Requirements to show them the letter they found, but the two girls were not taking it well.
"I told you not to go reading that letter, James, why would you go and read it, that is invading their privacy. How would you like it if someone did it to you?" said Victoire, who was outraged.
"I didn't willingly go looking for it! It was sitting on the floor by the fire," said James.
"Sure it was, James," said Olivia with an eye roll.
"It was, we came down from the boy dormitories to see James wide eyed in front of the fire," said Fred in James defense.
"Why would you read it if you didn't know what it was?" Victoire asked him.
James was about to respond but Louis intervened and said, "how about you two just read the letter and stop dwelling on the past. It happened, get over it."
Victoire nodded, finally giving in, and she and Olivia started to read it. Their faces changed many times while reading. Clearly thinking the same things as the Golden Marauders when they read it.
"What the hell is going on there?" asked Olivia.
"This sounds bad, why didn't they tell us?" said Victoire.
"Ladies, we don't know, that's why we came to you," said Louis calmly.
"Well I'm going to go ask," said Victoire as she started to exit the room.
"What are you going to say, Vic? She didn't want to talk about it," said Olivia while chasing after her friend.
"I don't know, but I'm going to get something out of her," said Victoire before running off to the Great Hall, with Olivia closely behind.
"Are you going to talk to Ella?" asked Fred.
James shook his head and said, "she already hates me, don't want her to hate me more."
"Want to follow them and see this shit show go down," asked Louis.
James smiled and said, "Yeah, why not?"
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"I just don't like Justin Bieber, Chloe," said Ella.
"How can you not! Have you not heard any of his songs?" Chloe said, who was currently outraged.
"I'm just not into No-Maj songs, they're pointless! And especially him, he's such a douche bag," said Ella.
Chloe sighed and started to say, "El-"
"Chloe!" yelled Victoire as she stormed into the Great Hall causing a scene.
"What's her problem?" whispered Ella.
"I don't know, she just went to go talk to the Golden Marauders," said Chloe confusingly.
"What did they tell her, you don't think..." Ella asked worryingly.
"They shouldn't, why would they know, you got rid of that letter, right Ella?" asked Chloe.
"Yeah, got rid of it today," said Ella.
"Today! It's been two months and you get rid of it today! How did you get rid of it?" asked Chloe who was evidently worried.
"I burned it," said Ella.
"Where?" asked Chloe.
"Common room, but it was late and mostly everyone was already at the feast," said Ella.
"Okay," said Chloe unsurely, as Victoire approached.
"Hey Chloe, Ella, would you two come with me," said Victoire, who didn't want to cause a scene in the Great Hall and rather in the dormitories.
"Okay, but why?" asked Chloe.
"You'll find out soon enough," said Victoire, which caused Chloe and Ella to look at each other worryingly.
They then exited the Great Hall and made their way to Gryffindor tower to find Olivia and the Golden Marauders waiting for them.
"Explain this," said James as he threw the letter at them.
Chloe and Ella didn't know how to respond. How could they answer to something as big as this.
"Ummm..." said Ella.
"What exactly is going on!" Victoire asked.
"We can't say, not even the MACUSA knows about it yet," said Chloe.
"Sure," said Louis sarcastically.
"No, we're dead serious, the only people who know are most pure blood wizards, and the headmistress of Hogwarts, and other Headmasters far from America," said Ella honestly.
"Why dot he headmaster know?" asked Fred curiously.
"Because some pure blood parents back in America don't want their kids anywhere near all the Vlasta stuff, so the headmasters need to know why we're coming," said Chloe.
"Do a lot of people do this?" asked Olivia.
"No, not really, mostly just us and our cousins and maybe a few more wizards and witches," said Ella.
"Who is Vlasta?" asked James, who was unusually quiet.
Ella and Chloe looked at each other, not really knowing how to respond. They couldn't say much on the issue, it had to be on the down low.
"All I'm going to say is she's a very evil person," said Chloe.
"How long has this been going on?" asked Victoire.
"About twenty years," said Ella as if it was nothing.
"Twenty years!" said everyone in surprise.
"You've grown up with this?" asked Fred.
"Yeah, but it's just starting to get dramatically worse," said Ella.
"That's horrible guys, you should have told us, you can trust us," said Olivia.
"But we couldn't," said Chloe.
There was some awkward silence then James said,"this Vlasta lady seems a lot like Voldemort."
Ella and Chloe looked at each other unsurely, then Ella told him, "that's because she's his daughter."
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A/N: So what did you guys think? Please tell me when you review! I'm very sorry this chapter got updated late, my internet has been down for the last three days and I wasn't able to update. Anyway, make sure you follow, favorite, and most importantly REVIEW my story. I would really appreciate some more feedback on the story, I don't have much.
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Kayla DeLana & Milou Milou
Kayla DeLana: sorry about the cliffhanger, but I love to leave them so I can get people to come back to my story. I'm glad you liked the Vic/Teddy stuff, I really wanted to get those to two together again so I used the prank as an accuse :) I'm glad you enjoyed the prank too, there is many more great pranks to come. Thanks for reviewing, I really appreciate it.
Milou Milou: I'm glad you like it and sorry about the cliffhanger, but like I said to Kayla DeLana, I think they're necessary. Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter, thanks for taking the time to review.
Thanks for reading everyone, chapter 7 is coming soon, hopefully Sunday, maybe sooner.
