Another chapter. I am feeling so accomplished. Except that there are people who post every day… But still. Here you go!
Chapter 4
"Guys.." It came out as a squeal, "ahem, guys, maybe it would be better if we waited for some, erm, privacy?" Lily simply rolled her eyes.
"Privacy, Schmivacy. Plus I won't even be in the dorm with you this year. REMEMBER…head girl." And with that Katya and Lily advanced to tickly into submission the poor and unfortunate Monty.
Katya looked around her dorm, unaware that she was sighing. Monty looked at her curiously.
"Sad?" She asked. Katya scrunched up her nose.
"No, I mean, yes, but…I don't know." She flopped unceremoniously down onto her bed, "I am excited to go out into the world, but I am sad to leave Hogwarts and everything in it. I am ready for some responsibility, but I am nervous about screwing it up. I can't wait to get a full time job, but I want to stay with all of my friends forever. Does that make any sense?"
Monty raised an eyebrow and snorted, "Not at all. You think too much."
Rolling her eyes, Katya replied, "I couldn't expect you to understand. You have the sympathy of a troll and the emotional capacity of an acorn."
Monty put on an offended face. "Excuse me, Ms. I-have-no-understanding-for-a-crush-and-I-haven't-had-a-boyfriend-for-longer-than-a-month-and-refuse-to-be-nice-to-Sirius-simply-because-I-can't-let-go-of-a-grudge."
"Oh yeah," Katya replied viciously, actually angry at the mention of her self-proclaimed nemesis "Well this has nothing to do with me, Ms. I-won't-do-anything-about-my-crush-because-I-am-too-scared-to-get-hurt-and-won't-make-a-commitment-because-it-might-get-in-the-way-of-my-precious-study-time-which-would-kill-me-because-I-have-no-social-life-and-would-be-utterly-bored."
"You know what?" Monty nearly shouted.
"What?" Katya hissed.
"Go…go…go away!"
"Well you know what?"
"WHAT?" Monty now bellowed.
"Just…stay away from me."
And with that, both girls blinked furiously at each other before collapsing into fits of hysterical laughter.
Katya wiped her eyes and held her stomach as Monty folded in half. After nearly five minutes, their laughter subsided to an occasional giggle or hiccup.
Monty lay spread-eagle on the floor and smiled to herself, not quite to the sinking feeling that is experienced after laughter is finished.
And that was how Lily found them, having already unpacked in the heads dorm and wanting to escape James Potter as quickly as possible. She knew better than to ask any questions. So, being the responsible one, she flicked her wand and watched her friends trunks unpack themselves.
It was much later when Lily, Katya, and Monty decided to venture out of the 7th year girls dorm. There was hardly anyone in the common room. The younger students had headed off early to bed as usual and the few stragglers left were chatting quietly in the little circles of armchairs.
The group of students that stood out the most to the three best friends was most decidedly the Marauders. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all sprawled out across the couches around the fire place, laughing and talking.
Monty, never one to be shy, bounded over quickly, a large smile plastered on her little face.
"Hello fellow 7th years!" she said excitedly, interrupting whatever James was about to say, "And may I ask how your summer was?"
With that, she flopped onto the couch next to Remus and stared challengingly at Katya and Lily, daring them to say anything. They simply shrugged and went to sit next to each other on the floor in front of the fire.
Katya looked around at the group in front of her. Monty was chatting amiably with James while Lily and Sirius were attempting to strike up a conversation with the always socially awkward Peter. Remus, well, Remus was looking decidedly out of place, red in the face and glancing over at Monty every so often.
Katya smiled knowingly at him the next time his eyes glanced her direction. If possible, he went even redder. She got up slowly and went over to his couch. With a wink, she squeezed herself on the opposite side of Monty, forcing Monty and Remus to squeeze in together.
As painfully obvious as her act was, no one but Remus and Monty realized Katya's intentions.
"You realize I hate you, right?" Monty hissed at her, "You big bloody git."
Remus finally looked at her in surprise.
"What?" He asked, completely confused.
"Oh, not you. It's Katya, er…well, she, um…Whatever. I wasn't talking to you." Monty huffed, glaring around at all of her friends, now listening intently to every word that was said.
'My mission is complete.' Katya thought to herself contently.
She turned to James and grinned innocently.
"Hello mate! What's been going on with you?"
And with a scoff, James began to renegade Katya with stories of his summer break. Lily and Sirius had slowly stopped trying to include Peter. Both Monty and Remus had accio'd books from there rooms and were intent on ignoring each other.
Therefore it was easy for Peter to slowly extract himself from their circle and "sneak" out of the common room as quickly and quietly as he could.
No one noticed Peter as he crept down the dark hallways. Even Mrs. Norris disregarded him as he passed her. In fact, it was as if he were invisible until he reached the lowest level of the dungeons, close to the Slytherin common room.
Only there did he let out the breath he hadn't known he was holding.
A hand reached out in the darkness and gripped his shoulder. With a terrified squeal, Peter jumped around to look into the face of a seventh year Slytherin girl. She sneered down at him. Her long dark hair perfectly complemented an olive skin tone and dark, deep-set eyes.
"Peter," She said, her voice low but melodic, "I am surprised to see you here, this being the first day of the school year. I did not realize that you were so…dedicated to…the cause."
"Yes." Peter managed to squeak out. The girl gripped Peter's shoulder with one slender hand and led him down the dark hallway, paying no attention to his shudders or obvious reluctance to go anywhere with her, especially towards a place where he couldn't even see his hand in front of his face.
However, Peter had no choice. His mind was made up and he had no way to get out of anything he had done.
Hope you enjoyed it. Another chapter should be out in the next week or so. *hopefully*
-Addie
