Although the girls were sad that they weren't with their best friends, they found some comfort in knowing that their housemates were nice. Angelina, Alicia, Katie were comfortable in their surroundings and knew why the hat had placed them there. It was where they belonged. It was the house of the brave and noble. They also learned that most people who were in the Slytherin house believed that muggleborns were the scum of the earth and weren't worthy to attend the school. As soon as they heard this they were pleased that they didn't end up in a house full of people that were full of loathing and hatred towards a certain kind of people. The only thing that worried them was that their best friends could be brainwashed into believing the same rubbish.
Meanwhile the boys who were sorted in Slytherin, were given lectures about purebloods and how they were the best of the best. The boys were all proud to be in the Slytherin house because it was very selective of the students thatit hadadmitted in. Jason kept emphasizing on the fact that Slytherin was the best house, and anyone who wasn't in it wasn't in it because they weren't worthy. Adrian, Terrence and Marcus wondered about these things. Were they really too good to be friends with Angelina, Alicia and Katie?
Their friendships started drifting further and further apart. They tried to remain good friends, but the longer they stayed in their houses the more the traits of their houses showed inside them. The girls were kind and brave and stood up for what they believed in. The boys on the other hand were ambitious and would stop at nothing to get what they want. They were willing to give up everything so that they could end up on top.
The summer after first year, the grandmothers noticed a change in their relationships. The girls seemed to try to get close to the boys again, but the boys seemed rather distant from the girls. It seemed as nothing would be the same again between them.
When second year came, and the girls and boys were all old enough to try out for quidditch, they all jumped at the chance.
Charlie was Gryffindor's captain and it was his last year to pick out the teams. He was in his seventh year, and he needed to pick out five new players. He needed 3 chasers and two beaters. He of course was Gryffindor's seeker.
When Charlie learned his brothers were going to try out, he made an announcement to the whole house to watch, so that they could help him pick out the team members. He knew his brothers were brilliant beaters and he didn't want the house to think that Fred and George got in just because they were related to him.
He told the house to cheer for the people that they wanted on the team, and who ever would receive the loudest cheers would earn their spot. Angelina, Katie, and Alicia all flew magnificently. They were in tune with each others movements, and didn't miss a single pass to each other. The roars of their fellow lions were loud when it came time for them to be judged. They had all won their positions as chasers and they were the best chasers that the house of Gryffindor could have ever asked for.
The Slytherin tryout was rather harsh. Jason Parkinson was captain, and it was his last year. He gave them a speech telling them on how try-outs would run. The boys listened to him intently as he spoke.
"As you know this is my last year, and I want to leave Slytherin house with the best of the best!" he stated as he eyed Marcus, Terrence, and Adrian.
"This try out will be a tryout of endurance. You will not stop, and whoever is left standing will be on the team." he said coldly, and the boys knew that they were in for the most exhausting tryout ever.
They had bludger after bludger come after them, but they were quick. Although they felt exhaustion they wouldn't give up. After four long hours of trying out, they were still fighting hard and it impressed Jason. It was clear to Jason who would make the cut for his team. He also had one more announcement to make and the boys listened intently.
"Who ever makes the team, should work hard in our matches. They should be merciless and do whatever it takes to win. The person who can show me that they'll stop at nothing will become the new Slytherin captain after I am gone." the boys all smiled and wondered who would be suffering their wrath at quidditch.
One night Alicia was walking alone after studying at the library and she heard footsteps follow her. She started to get nervous and looked around the hallway but she saw no one there. She started to walk faster to get to her common room and to safety, but three people jumped out at her. As she looked, she saw robes with the Slytherin emblems on them.One boy looked much older than her and she was frightened.
"Pretty little thing aren't you. Haven't I seen you hanging out with the identical Weasel's and that insufferable boy with dreadlocks?" one of the boys asked her. Alicia thought the boy looked familiar, and as she got a closer look she realized that it was Eric Bole. She immediately put on a brave face.
"Yes, I'm friends with them and what of it?" she said defiantly, trying to sound like their approach didn't phase her one bit. She heard other footsteps approaching and her heart felt lighter when she saw it was Terrence.
Bole pinned her to the wall gripping her neck, and said, " Don't talk to me, like you're better than me. Your little friends set dung bombs on us, and we're not to happy. Maybe if I beat you enough, they'll feel it and learn not to do it again. You would make the perfect example and warning to anyone who tries to mess with us!" Alicia started to panic, and as Terrence came close she started screaming his name.
When he approached he saw Alicia being held tightly, and he was a bit angry. "Terrence! Please help me!" she begged. Terrence on the other was thinking rather hard about what to do. When he saw Jason coming from the corner he decided it was best for him to let herhandlethe situation by herself.
"TERRENCE!" Alicia screamed in vain but he just kept walking past her as tears of panic and pain fell from her eyes.
Just as Bole was about to strike a voice bellowed, " LEAVE HER ALONE!" Alicia turned to see that it was Charlie who had come to her rescue. He warned the boys not to come near her again and said that he would also report their abuse to the head master.
He wrapped an arm around the crying girl and lead her back to the common room. She thanked him for his help and made her way up to her dorm to be with Angelina and Katie.
When Alicia walked in, Katie and Angelina immediately knew that something was wrong with her. They questioned her, and she explained the whole situation. She didn't sob at the part when she was about to be beaten, however tears started pouring down her eyes as she told them how cold Terrence was.
Katie and Angelina were more than shocked, they always thought that Terrence was a kind person who cared a lot about Alicia. Both girls were in fear of what Slytherin house was doing to the boys, and hoped that Marcus and Adrian wouldn't turn out the way Terrence did.
The next morning Angelina, Katie, and Alicia were eating breakfast happily. Alicia didn't even look at Terrence because she knew that their friendship was beyond over.
Terrence on the other hand thought that he did what he had to do. He was in school now, and he had to be loyal to his housemates. He wanted to be accepted by his house and if it meant jeopardizing a friendship with a Gryffindor than so be it. However, he couldn't quite remove the feeling of guilt that was eating away at his conscience.
Dozens of owls flew in and Angelina saw hers carrying a black envelope. Katie and Alicia eyed her. They each received a black envelope as well. A black envelope usually meant tragedy and Angelina's hand started to shake as she held it. She looked around to see if Adrian was anywhere in the Great Hall but he wasn't. She wanted to be able to run to him because he was the only one who she could really cry in front off. He was the one who usually made her feel better when she was sad.
Katie and Alicia gave her looks urging her to open the envelope. As she opened it she started to read and her hands started trembling more and more. The letter read:
To My Darling Angelina,
Sweetheart, before you read the rest of this letter. I want you to know that I love you very much. I will do whatever it is that I can do to make your life feel complete, and as normal as possible. You are the most precious thing that I have left in this world and I need for you to be strong. Honey I don't know how to tell you this, but there was an explosion in one of the stores in Diagon Alley and your mom was in that store. We got to her, but we didn't get to her in time. Oh honey, I'm so sorry but your mother has passed away. We're making for her funeral right now. I've sent letters to your grandmother and her friends and maybe some of your friends will be there too. I've sent letters to Katie and Alicia as well asking them to help you through this. Be Strong My Angel
Love,
Daddy
Katie and Alicia gave her sympathetic looks but she couldn't take it and she ran out of the Great Hall, looking for her best friend that made every bad feeling she had go away.
"ADRIAN!" she called running as tears cascaded down her eyes. She looked everywhere and was becoming desperate. She finally came upon him talking to some Slytherin girl. He turned around when Angelina screamed his name. The girl he was sitting with looked annoyed. Adrian saw the tears coming down from Angelina's eyes and knew something was wrong but he decided to remain cold, seeing as how the girl he was talking to just happened to be a big gossip.
Angelina wrapped her arms around him and dug her face into his chest, but she felt him stiffen. " Adrian, please! I need you to tell me everything's going to be fine!" Angelina pleaded as she looked into his eyes, and cried even harder when she saw only coldness in them. She gripped onto him tighter hoping that it would make him reach out to her.
The Slytherin girl was eyeing Adrian and he knew what she expected him to do, he gripped Angelina's arms and took them off of him and said, " LOOK, WHATEVER PROBLEM YOU HAVE, DEAL WITH IT YOUR DAMN SELF!" and he walked away like it was any other ordinary day. It hurt him inside that he couldn't help her, he saw pain in her eyes and he knew she'd never cry if it weren't for a good reason. He kept telling himself that whatever it was she would get over it so that he could ease his mind.
Katie and Alicia saw him pass by and were confused. He should have been comforting Angelina. The two girls saw her kneeling and immediately ran to her side, putting their arms around her. She hugged them back in vain, she held them tightly making sure that they wouldn't leave her.
When the girls came back, they saw that Adrian was reading a letter as well. It was a letter from his grandmother, telling him to be there for Angelina since she needed him now more than ever. His heart stopped when he heard that her mother had died and felt angry with himself. He glanced at Angelina who had just made her way in with Katie and Alicia at her sides, but she wasn't looking at him.
Alicia and Katie glared at him but Angelina turned her head away. He knew that she'd never come to him as a friend, or even go near him willingly. " You did the right thing." whispered Terrence in his ear as he patted Adrian on the back trying to make him feel better. Terrence didn't know whether he was convincing himself or Adrian.
Angelina spent a week away from school for her mothers funeral. Katie and Alicia came during the weekend to be her at the burial.
A few weeks passed by, and quidditch competitions were nearing. The three Gryffindor chasers worked hard during practices. They imagined that they were in real competition and practiced with their whole heart. They knew their first match was against the Slytherins but they didn't know who the team members were yet. Whoever they were, they would have to suffer the wrath of the girls for turning two of their best friends into heartless gits.
The Slytherins on the other hand, were holding harsh practices as well. " Stop at nothing! Cheat if you have too! Just make sure we're on top!" they heard their captain's voice yell through their practices. Although they were sweaty and exhausted, they kept working hard. The three didn't care who they hurt on the Gryffindor team. They finally had a chance to unleash their wrath on the house that stole their best friends from them.
The first quidditch match arrived and the girls were nervous. Fred and George gave Angelina, Alicia, and Katie smiles to ease their nervousness, even though they were just as nervous. " Don't worry it's a breeze!" smiled Oliver as he looked at the girls. He was less nervous since hehad already experienced what it was like.
Charlie gave them a pep talk. " WE ARE LIONS!…….." he yelled as the team cheered him on, " WE ARE FIERCE!……" and Katie, Alicia, and Angelina gave each other determined looks. " WE CAN TAKE ON ANYTHING!" Charlie finally finished as the team huddled together.
Meanwhile the Slytherins were getting a pep talk of their own. "WE STOP AT NOTHING TO WIN!" bellowed Jason, and the Slytherin men gave grunts of enthusiasms. "YOU HURT ANYONE WHO GETS IN YOUR WAY!" he yelled and Marcus, Terrence, and Adrian gave each other smirks. They were more than ready to hurt the Gryffindor team even though they still had no clue who the people they were fighting would be. They were sure it would be all males like their team.
Terrence would be playing seeker for now although he had wanted to be a chaser along with Marcus and Adrian, he couldn't cause Jason still held that position. A boy named Miles Bletchy was holding the position of Slytherin keeper. A boy named Christian Warrington and Eric Bole were playing as their beaters.
"REMEMBER BOYS! I'M KEEPING MY OUT FOR CAPTAIN! SHOW THE LIONS NO MERCY, AND POISON THEM WITH OUR VENOM!" Jason finally finished.
The teams flew out, and crimson and red, and silver andgreem were seen through the sky. While on their brooms Angelina, Katie, and Alicia's eyes were as wide as saucers when they saw who they were playing . Flying across from them, were Adrian, Marcus, and Terrence.
The girls weren't the only one's who were surprised, the three Slytherins were just as shocked. They did have to admit that the girls did look determined and ready.
Jason and Charlie shook hands, although it looked more like they were trying to break each others knuckles. After they shook hands Madame Hooch blew the whistle and the game was set into motion.
Alicia had the quaffle and was being chased by Jason so she flew hastily near Angelina, and threw her the quaffle. Adrian was trying to approach but he was too late, she scored a goal to Jason's fury. Jason gave a warning to look to Adrian and he knew he had to do better. " 10 -0 TO GRYFFINDOR!" the voice of Lee Jordan bellowed.
Marcus was being watched intently by Jason. Marcus was in possession of the quaffle and was just about to score when Katie snuck up on him and grabbed it away. He chased after and caught up. He felt Jason's eyes burning on his skin and he knew he had to prove that he was worthy of being Slytherin's next captain. "STOP AT NOTHING!" Jason's voice bellowed from across the pitch as he eyed Marcus.
After he retrieved the quaffle from her Katie thought she was just going to have to fly and get it back. To her shock and the to the shock of all her friends, Marcus grabbed Katie by the hood of her quidditch robes and dragged her along with him.
When he got near the Slytherin stands, Katie was yelling with all her might. "MARCUS STOP!" she kept shrieking as she saw the sights of vicious looking Slytherins. They looked like a bunch of piranhas waiting to be fed their meat. His conscience was weighing on him and he didn't know whether or not to throw her in.
Madam Hooche was too busy looking at Charlie and Terrence who were trying to get the snitch. "DO IT!" Jason's voice yelled out as he wicked smile appeared on his face. He knew that Marcus cared for the girl, and him harming her would be the best way to prove that he had it in him to sacrifice anything to win.
As much as he didn't want to doit Marcus forced his eyes shut, and threw his shrieking friend into the stands.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Katies voice screamed. The Slytherins in the stands started hitting her and kicking her.
Alicia and Angelina heard her shrieks of pain and immediately flew their way towards her. Her screaming grew even louder and Charlie got distracted, from the snitch. He saw Alicia and Angelina rushing towards the Slytherin stands and immediately flew over to them.
He jumped into the stands and carried Katie into his arms. She was still wailing, and was covered in cuts and bruises. The whistle blew and the Gryffindors turned to see that Terrence had caught the snitch and the game was called over. Charlie wasn't too upset, he focused on rushing Katie to the infirmary.
While they were flying down Angelina and Alicia gave Marcus death glares. Marcus was staring down at Katie who was in Charlie's arms making their way to the infirmary. He felt like vomiting, he was so disgusted with himself for what he had done to someone who he had regarded as his best friend for over five years. Terrence and Adrian flew by him and tried to console him when they saw the sad expression in his eyes.
"WELL DONE FLINT, I GUESS I'VE FOUND MY NEW CAPTAIN!" said Jason as he shook Flint's hand. Marcus felt better to find out that what he had done paid off in the end. He would be the new captain. However, he wondered if losing Katie's friendship was a sacrifice worth giving up to impress your housemates. He shrugged it off, and thought that he would make more friends anyway. The only question that ate him up, was would he ever find a friend like Katie?
"I can't believe he'd do this to me!" cried Katie, who still had not recovered from the shock of her best friend throwing her in dangerous territory. She kept crying because she knew there and then that hers and Marcus's friendship was over.
Angelina and Alicia knew exactly how she felt. They knew that she felt betrayed and hurt, and they both comforted her the best way they knew how. "Kates, it'll be okay, there are lot's of people at Hogwarts, we'll make new friends." said Alicia as she rubbed Katie's back.
"Yea, we're better off without the anyway. What we need to focus on is us. Let's show them that we can make it without them. Let's be the best students and chasers that the House ofGryffindor andHogwarts has ever seen." said Angelina, and with that, they put their hands in together and held each other tight promising to make a pact to do their best. Their friendships were over as far as they were concerned, and since they got hurt they intended to get even.
The girls trained harder at quidditch, and they worked hard on their school work as well. However they still managed to have fun. They became girls who weren't obsessed with boys or all the other girly stuff at school. They wanted to show that they were strong, and they even got away with wearing pants instead of skirts. Yes, all three of them became a bit tomboyish while they were at school.
When summer came that year, the six former best friends decided not spend summer at the estate fearing that they'd see one another. Instead the boys went of with their fathers to learn about business situations. The girls did the things that they liked, that they didn't do at school.
Since Angelina had a flair for the arts, her father enrolled her in dance classes that ranged from ballet, ballroom and interpretive dance. She was also enrolled in guitar and singing lessons. He was happy that his daughter inherited her love for music and dancing from his late wife.
Katie on the other hand, inherited her mothers flair for fashion and took beginning lessons on sewing and clothing design for witches. She didn't really like the whole robe thing, and wished that their fashion was a bit like the fashion of the muggle world. Unfortunately she wasn't really closeto any girls other than the one's from her own house, and none of the people in her year were muggleborn.
Alicia on the other hand, had a flair for food. She was a thin girl but she loved to eat. Her mom was an amazing cook, so she would spend summer at home watching her mom make delicious meals. She would even try to help out herself, and she was rather talented for a beginner.
Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus's fathers were not mean and cold at all. Despite the fact that they were purebloods and very well off, they were among the nicest gentlemen that people could meet. They taught the boys about business and how to be wealthy. Most importantly they taught them what to do with their wealth. They thought them on how to give to the needy. They donated in orphanages and homeless shelters, and hospitals that had sick patients that were too poor to pay for medication.
The boys loved the summer. They loved it because it was a time when they could be their true selves, and not put an icy façade to impress their housemates at school. Although they were themselves their friendship with their friends had never resurfaced. A part of it was their pride, and another part of it was because the girls had new friendships with their enemies and it made them hate the girls as well.
They remembered when the girls aided Fred, George, and Lee with their pranks on some of the Slytherins, themselves included. Even though it was them who started everything, like stupid teenagers they didn't put a finish to it and best friends soon became worst enemies.
When third year came, there was a great amount of excitement because Harry Potter would be attending Hogwarts that year. There was a great amount of conversations about where Harry would be sorted.
" The boys got talent, he's got to be a Slytherin!" Marcus whispered to Terrence and Adrian as they smiled. They figured that the only one who could beat you know who had to be someone from his own house to match his powers. They looked at the first years who were all lined up awaiting to be sorted into their houses.
Meanwhile at the Gryffindor table, "Gryffindor's the house Potter's going to be in, both his parents were Gryffindors too." said George as he looked at Alicia, Katie, and Angelina who were smiling and eager to see which house Harry would be sorted into.
They were already happy that Hermione was sorted into Gryffindor andalready found out that she was muggleborn, to Katie's, Angelina's, and Alicia's delight.
They watched as Harry sat on the stool, and when they heard the hat yell out Gryffindor Fred and George started shouting " We've got Potter, We've got Potter!"
The Slytherins on the other table just put their heads down in defeat, and Alicia, Angelina, and Katie gave them smug smiles.
"Those gits have all the luck!" groaned Terrence as he watched the boy who lived make his way to the Gryffindor table where his former best friend and enemy was.
Harry became an instant success and also became Gryffindor's new seeker to Oliver Wood's delight.
During the match, the girls were more than ready to face the Slytherins.
When Marcus made his way to Katie, before he could get anywhere near the quaffle she kicked him nearly knocking him off his broom.
Angelina caught the quaffle from Katie who had just past it to her. She made her way to the goalpost and Adrian was in front of her trying to prevent her to shoot. She pushed him with all her might not caring whether he fell of his broom or not and she scored.
Alicia had no problem scoring since, the chaser that they had sucked. Terrence was suppose to be chaser but they had are hard time finding an adequate seeker so he offered to be seeker for another year.
Terrence and Harry were neck and neck for the snitch. Harry was lighter and had an advantage so he flew lower than Terrence did and caught the snitch causing the game to be over. The Gryffindors had won much to the Slytherins anger. Terrence, Adrian, and Marcus had enough of the Gryffindors having to have everythinghanded to them. Everything always seemed so easy for them.
Marcus yelled out, " WHY DON'T THE THREE OF YOU LEARN YOUR PLACE AND START ACTING LIKE GIRLS!"
Katie, Angelina, and Alicia turned around immediately with eyes full of rage. Adrian and Terrence smirked at their anger, they loved getting the girls mad since it was one of the ways that they got attention from them.
"UNLESS THEIR'S SOMETHING ALL OF YOU AREN'T TELLING US. YOU'RE ALL PROBABLY MEN UNDERNEATH ALL THAT CLOTHING!" smirked Terrence earning him a death glare from each one of the girls.
"YOU KNOW IT'S NOT YOU'RE FAULT ANGELINA, IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU'RE MOTHER DIED, MAYBE SOMEONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU HOW TO BEHAVE LIKE A GIRL. KATIE AND ALICIA HAVE NO EXCUSE!" bellowed Adrian, and in that instant Angelina, Katie, and Alicia started to move closer towards them, but Fred, George, and Oliver had hoisted all the girls on their shoulders to get away.
"ARE YOU SURE THAT ALL OF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS ADRIAN? BECAUSE YOU ALL LOOK LIKE PUSSEYS TO ME!" screamed Angelina as she was being carried by Fred.
"YOU'RE ALL JUST MAD BECAUSE YOU'VE LOST TO A TEAM FULL OF GIRLS! YOU'RE MAD BECAUSE YOU GUYS ACTUALLY ACT LIKE GIRLS!" screamed Katie in a fury as she tried to break from George's grip so that she attack Marcus.
"THAT'S NOT THE WORST OF IT. YOU LOST BECAUSE OF A FIRST YEAR! A FIRST YEAR! IF I WERE YOU GUYS I'D KILL MYSELF!" sneered Alicia ferociously, she had enough of the boys' insults and was ready to tear Terrence's eyes out.
When fourth year came, Terrence was finally a chaser and the Slytherin team all had nimbus two thousands and ones thanks to Draco Malfoy. Even with their new brooms they still lost to the Gryffindors and Katie, Angelina, and Alicia were as smug as ever.
Although theSlytherins felt bad for Ginny Weasley being taken into the chamber of secrets, a part of them was happy that the twins were suffering. They didn't know why they were happy about it. The only thing that they were angry at was when they saw all three girls comforting them. They didn't know why they were angry, they disliked the girls and it shouldn't have mattered to them anyway.
Harry saved the day, and earned another recognition for the house of Gryffindor. The Slytherins swore that they were having a bad case of dejavu.
Another year past and the fifth year was upon them. This time they had to worry about dementors and an escape convict from Azkaban. To their surprise by the end of the year, no one knew where Sirius black was, but Harry wasn't scared anymore.
Over the past two years, the girls had grown quite close to Ginny and Hermione as well. Alicia, Katie, and Angelina kept asking Hermione about the muggleworld, and how things were ran. Hermione even offered to let them stay at her house sometimes so that they could learn more about it, and the girls were very exited.
When sixth year came, they started to notice that Ginny and Hermione, were always sneeking off together. They always used the same excuse of going to study at the library. Or they had forgotten something and had to retrieve it, and they usually came back hours later. The girls just let their suspicions drop.
The Triwizard tournament came and many of the older students wanted to enter. The Slytherins all saw Fred, George, and Oliver trying to get in. They smiled hoping that one of them would get it, because apparently the tasks were deadly.
When Adrian saw Angelina putting her name in a part of him wanted to stop her, but he didn't. Later that night when everyone found out who the champions were, Adrian was disappointed that it wasn't Fred but a small part of him was happy that it wasn't Angelina.
News of the Yule ball had been coming around. Terrence, Marcus, and Adrian never had trouble getting dates. They were attractive boys and many girls would've died to be in their arms that night. All of them were well above six feet tall and had excellent bodies from quidditch.
Alicia, Katie, and Angelina on the other hand were never into the glamour and frilly things that girls their age were into. They were pretty girls themselves but their masculine behaviors covered that. All the girls were pretty tall. Alicia grew to be 5'7, Katie 5'8, and Angelina 5'9.
The Slytherin boys taunted them and teased them about not being able to find dates. However what the boys didn't know was that the girls already had dates. They were going with their currents friends, Fred, George, and Oliver.
Terrence's date was Lana Moon, a pretty girl with light brown hair and green eyes and mocha colored skin. Her looks definitely made up for her snottiness.
Marcus's date was a Kelly Rosales, a Slytherin girl from Spain. She was pretty as well, and she knew it. However she wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. She had jet black hair, green eyes, and fair skin.
Adrian's date Trina Hastings, was beautiful. She was a brunette with blue eyes and tanned skin.
The one thing that all their dates had in common was that they were all superficial. They all cared about looks, and money. To them that was the most important thing. The girls all acted the way all Slytherin females tended to act, like trained lap dogs.
Katie, Angelina, and Alicia, were all nervous about the Ball. They were more than comfortable with the boys they were going with. After all they had known each other for five years. What they hated was the whole dress and make up idea.
Angelina's grandmother had sent her a beautiful dress. It was the color of champagne. It was backless and it had a low neckline to Angelina's disappointment. She never wanted anyone to see her outside of her usual school wear.
Katie's dress on the hand was a shiny lavender. It two pieces. The top was a corset tube, and the other half was the long skirt that went with it. Katie fumed at the color and screamed, " THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE GIRLIEST COLOR I'VE EVER SCENE!"
"OH YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BAD!" screamed Alicia's voice. She came in holding and looking at a baby pink dress in disgust. It was a one piece dress with spaghetti straps, and it was haltered at the top.
"WELL AT LEAST THE BOTH OF YOURS SHOWS NO CLEAVAGE! THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE SLUTIEST DRESS I'VE EVER SEEN" fumed Angelina, hating that the shape of her body would display.
Hermione and Ginny heard the girls screaming and saw the dresses that Angelina, Katie, and Alicia were holding. They had no clue why the girls were mad, the dresses that they had, were some of the prettiest dresses that Hermione and Ginny had ever scene.
"Please, you three will look great! You should all be exited!" beamed Ginny as she and Hermione smiled at the three of them.
"Well it's easy for you two to be exited! Hermione's going with Victor Crum, and even though Ginny's in third year she's still gets to attend and see Harry from a far." grinned Alicia. Ginny and Hermione however didn't react to what the girls said.
Hermione seemed to be in a bit of a daze and she said, " Huh? Oh Victor! Yea I'm sure he'll be loads of fun". Hermione's voice sounded bored as she said it. It was weird, Hermione seemed exited about the ball, but she didn't seem exited about her date.
"Harry's amazing. Should be an amazing sight to watch him dance" Ginny said dryly and she and Hermione exchanged looks, excusing themselves right away. The girls all looked at the two younger Gryffindors in confusion.
"Something's not right with those two. I think their keeping something from us." said Alicia as she looked at Katie and Angelina who nodded their heads.
Soon the night of the Yule Ball came and Adrian, Marcus, and Terrence were already there with their dates. For some reason the three boys kept their eyes on the entrance. They all noticed each other looking at the same direction.
Marcus tried to focus their attention away from the entrance and said, " I bet those birds, don't have dates. They probably won't even show up." The three boys grinned at the thought.
"Yea, a boy would have to mental to ask one of them out. I mean they're not ugly but they certainly aren't the prettiest girls in the world." said Terrence as he Marcus and Adrian laughed again.
"Technically they could ask themselves out, I mean they're man enough to do it!" laughed Adrian as he recalled the females masculine behaviors on and off the field.
"Look, why do you have to talk about them anyway. It's not like they're important." said Lana, as she and her friends looked at the boys. The boys just shrugged them off.
Marcus's eyes were drawn back to the Great Hall entrance when he saw Oliver gesturing his arm for someone to grab onto. Marcus was more than curious about the person that his arch nemesis arrived with.
He saw a familiar looking girl who was wearing lavender, grab onto Oliver's arm. Marcus moved his head a bit to get a better look at the girl and he realized that it was non other than his former best friend and enemy Katie Bell. It was Katie and she looked amazing, although he'd never admit to himself. Her hair brought was brought up in a bun and the light make up she wore brought out her eyes. She was a vision. Kelly turned his face towards hers and kissed him to get his attention away from the girl who he was staring at.
"Well, looks like Bell found a date. Wonder if the other two men did?" grinned Adrian who was also surprised at how beautiful Katie looked that night.
"OI ANGELINA!" Adrian hear a voice scream enthusiastically. He looked to the entrance and saw that Fred Weasley had a very happy expression on his face. Then he saw the source of Fred's happy expression walking closer towards Fred.
Angelina locked hands with Fred as he led her into the Hall. Marcus, and Terrence even stared at her. Her skin contrasted well with the color of her dress, and her hair that was usually worn in braids was now let loose and in soft curls. For reasons unknown to himself he couldn't take his eyes off of her.
"Would you like me to ask her for a picture? It will last longer" said Trina in a heated way. It was obvious that she was jealous at the attention Angelina was getting from Adrian's eyes. Adrian snapped out of staring and looked at Trina.
"Please Lana, I'm just wondering how that thing got a date." said Adrian so that his date would stop pestering him. Lana looked satisfied at his comment and a smile crept up to her face.
All of a sudden Katie, and Angelina started to burst out in laughter as they were looking through the entrance door. Alicia was thrown over George's shoulder like a sack of potatoes screaming for him to put her down. The whole scene caught everyone's attention, including Terrence's.
When Alicia was put down, he saw how beautiful she looked. There she was in her baby pink dress. It gave her a fun mischievous look. He looked at his date and then looked at Alicia. His date was more sophisticated, and more proper. He kept telling himself that his date was better than Alicia.
However, his fingers made a fist as he saw her and George dancing together. Lana saw all of this, and said " Are you jealous of that little nothing?"
" Of course, not you're absolutely right, she is a nothing. She doesn't hold a candle to you." said Terrence trying to make his date shut up.
The Slytherin boys were all really mad at the scene that was before them. They hated seeing the Gryffindors happy. They kept telling themselves that the reason they were angry, was because they were enemies and enemies never wanted each other to be happy.
Angelina's, Katie's, and Alicia's faces were all filled with laughter. Although they were having fun with their dates, they snuck little peaks at their enemies. They were thrilled to see that they were sitting down most of the time looking agitated.
When the night was over, the girls went back to their common rooms exhausted from all the dancing. However, Hermione and Ginny were still not back. The girls had wondered where they went off to but decided to call it a night.
When the Slytherins made their way to the common room, they were happy that they had gotten rid of their dates. They had to be the most boring people on earth. They were still upset that the girls had fun, and vowed to make the last months of sixth year a bad one for the girls.
Through the weeks that everything was back to normal the boys teased the girls about being back to their normal manly selves again.
"So how much did you pay the Weasel's to take you two to the ball?" Terrence and Adrian taunted Alicia and Angelina. The answer they received was two blows in the stomach from each of the girls.
"It's understandable that the Weasel's would take payment, but if I were Wood, I'd have paid you not to go out with me Bell!" teased Marcus as Katie turned around.
"DON'T FLATTER YOURSELF, LIKE I'D GO OUT WITH A TROLL LIKE YOU!" snapped Katie and made her way to Alicia and Angelina.
The rest of sixth year went on that way. By the end of it Oliver told Katie he had feelings for her, but she decided to just remain friends. It wouldn't have worked out since he now had his quidditch career ahead of him.
Marcus would be remaining another year since he had missed his newts, due to his grandfather passing away that year. He was depressed, but Adrian and Terrence were there to help him through it all. Adrian was a bit happy since he had the chance to help Marcus in a way that he hadn't helped Angelina.
Seventh year came, and it was the worst year for Angelina, Katie, and Alicia. Fist Umbridge came into control and changed everything.
The girls joined Dumbledore's army which eventually had gotten found out because of Marietta Edgecombe. Then Fred, Harry, and George were kicked off of the quidditch team leaving Angelina to find people to replace almost half of the team.
The Slytherins were now thrilled since the Gryffindors finally had problems. Although Adrian, Terrence, and Marcus were not on the Inquistoral squad that the Gryffindors were getting docked points from everywhere.
At the end of seventh year however the Gryffindor team was successful and had won the cup, despite the odds that were stacked against them.
The best part of the year was Fred and George turning the place into a swamp. It was a riot. Fred and George gave Angelina, and Alicia's their goodbyes. Angelina and Alicia told them that they would keep in touch and remain good friends forever.
It was time to graduate and all their grandmothers, were there to see them. The Isabella, Maria, Nina, Emelia, Alexia, and Milana were all standing together.
The girls and the boys reluctantly made their ways to their grandmothers. They hated that their grandmothers had to be so close, there would be no way of avoiding each other.
The elder women looked at the children in a confused manner. It was plain to see that the friendship that they had when they were younger was no longer there.
"Alright all six of you gather around and take a picture for us!" said Milana.
"Nona, really it's okay we don't have to." said Marcus trying his best to get out of an awkward situation.
"Nonsense, this is your last year here. Surely you'd want to look back and see how all of you have changed." said Maria as she looked at the boys and the girls.
"You're right Nona a lot has changed, and we don't like taking pictures anymore." said Katie who was desperately trying to get her and the girls out from taking pictures.
However the grandmother's insisted that the children take the picture.
"Please, we're not getting any younger. Indulge us and take this last one picture for us." pleaded Isabella as she looked at the teenagers.
"Yes, please it's been so long since we've seen all six of you together." said Emelia who had an expression of sadness on her face.
The six teenagers looked at each other uneasily. They all started to positioned themselves so that the girls were on one side, and the boys were on the other side.
"Nope, that will not do at all. For crying out loud you act like you've been enemies rather than best friends." said Alexia who was confused by the rift in their grandchildren's relationships.
Nina started making them pose so that the boys had an arm around each girl. The teenagers felt really uncomfortable and were glad that it was soon over.
After everything was finished, it was time to leave and the girls were happy and so were the boys. They would never have to fight with each other again since they didn't have to be anywhere near each other.
Their grandmother's knew that something had too been done. They were all old and knew that they had very little time left. When they all were alone, they discussed the matter, and tried to find a solution. The solution that they had would eventually bring their grandchildren's friendships back together again. Hopefully, maybe more than friendship could arise from what they had in mind.