Chapter 3
The next morning the students reported to the Great Hall to receive their schedules for the year. Harry and Ron noticed that they had all of their classes with together. They high fived in excitement and Hermione and Calysta walked over to the two, shaking their heads.
"What?" The boys said in unison.
"All of the first years have classes together." Hermione said matter-of-factly, laughing at the boys.
"The only bad thing is," Calysta said, her gaze drifting over to another group of students, "All Gryffindor first years have all of their classes with Slytherin first years." Harry turned to see where she was looking and noticed Draco and Abelinda looking at their schedules and noticed this small fact too. Draco had a disgusted look on his face, while Abelinda seemed oddly pleased. She looked over at Calysta and her sickly breathtaking smile appeared on her face once more.
She and Draco walked over past the group of Gryffindor first years and as they passed Harry and the rest of the group, Abelinda turned her attention to Calysta. "See you in class cousin." She said slyly, her smile becoming more malicious as she walked away. Harry watched her walk away as Draco placed his hand on her back as they walked to their first class together.
"What was that about?" Hermione asked Calysta because neither of the two boys was brave enough to ask her.
"Ever since we were kids she's loved torturing me. We were inseparable at first, practically the best of friends. And then she met him and we haven't gotten along since. I think it has something to do with the fact that our fathers hate each other and don't claim the other to be alive or know of the other. I guess we just got their hatred passed down to us." Calysta said, not taking her eyes off of where Abelinda exited the Great Hall with Draco.
"What are you children doing standing around?" Professor McGonagall appeared behind them and rushed them off to their first class, which just so happened to be hers. They sat down at a table that fit the four of them and noticed that Abelinda and Draco were sitting in the row right behind them. Calysta shrunk a little in her seat as her cousin's smile grew bigger on her face as she noticed who had just sat down in front of her. Calysta heard Abelinda whisper something in Draco's ear and her face turned red. Hermione noticed this and passed over a note for her to read.
What's wrong? It read.
Calysta sighed and replied. It's Abelinda. She wrote and she passed the note back to Hermione.
What did she do this time?
I overheard her whispering to Draco and heard her say to him that she was surprised that I even made it into the school. That I was a poor witch when I was little and couldn't even produce simple spells.
She passed the note back to Hermione, who was just about to reply, when Professor McGonagall stepped up beside her and looked down at the note. "There will be no note passing in my class ladies." She said sternly. And with a flick of her wand, the note burst into flames.
Walking out of their first class, Hermione walked closely with Calysta, and quickly away from Harry and Ron, who were just inches from Abelinda and Draco. "So did she really say that you were a poor witch?" Hermione said in hushed tones. Calysta nodded and almost had tears in her eyes. Hermione wrapped her arm around Calysta's shoulder and suddenly, Calysta felt another arm on the other side. She looked up and saw Harry, with Ron following loyally beside him, a huge smile on his face, with his arm wrapped around her. "Whatever it is," He said, looking down at her, "She's not worth crying over Calysta. The fact that she's with that lot back there just proves that you are the better cousin of the two." Calysta smiled and laid her head on Harry's shoulder as they all walked to their next class with the Slytherin first years, flying.
This class was a little more eventful than the first when Harry and Draco flew off on their broomsticks, against all rules that their professor had told them mind you not, and fought in the air over Neville Longbottom's remembrall that he dropped when his broomstick went haywire and took him to the top of the castle and dropped him in mid-air. When the two came down, Harry with the remembrall in hand, Professor McGonagall stormed out of the castle and took Harry into the building.
"Ha! Potter gets in trouble, and I come off Scott free. Told you I had these teachers around my finger." Draco said smugly, looking at Abelinda, who was playing nonchalantly with her nails. She nodded and looked up to her cousin.
"So, Callie, you seemed a bit… oh, what's the word, upset, in McGonagall's class this morning. Why so down cousin?" She said with a small smile hiding on her lips. Draco smirked behind her and looked over at Calysta, who looked as if she would die right then and there and be perfectly happy with it.
"You know exactly what upset me earlier Bell. You can't pretend like you didn't do anything either." Calysta said, glaring at her cousin, who was currently running her hands through her long dark hair.
"Oh, I know what upset you, I just wanted you to say it yourself." Abelinda smiled and continued with her long hair.
"Well then, there's no need for pointless questions now is there?" Calysta said, holding her head high.
Abelinda clicked her tongue and looked back at her cousin. "Now, now, no need to get testy Callie. I was only asking a simple question, is that such a crime?" She smiled her malicious smile and all of the boys around her seemed to be in awe.
"It is when you make it a point to make your own family miserable." Calysta spat.
Abelinda got close to Calysta so that they were the only two that heard their conversation. "Now you know good and well that you and your family are no longer family to mine. Our fathers severed their ties years ago when your incompetent father decided to join those who weren't loyal." She said in a harsh whisper.
"Well then I guess we know where our loyalties lay Abelinda." Calysta said, glaring at her cousin intently.
"I guess so." Abelinda glared right back at her. The two quickly moved away from each other and walked back to their group of friends, everyone looking at them, confused as to what happened between the two girls.
When class ended Hermione and Calysta walked hurriedly to their common room with Ron and Harry following quickly behind them. "Calysta, slow down!" The boys yelled behind her. She finally turned and looked at the two, "I'm sorry guys, she just gets me worked up, but after today, I'm finished with her." She said, looking over the balcony that they were currently standing on and looking down at Abelinda, who looked up and shot an evil look towards her.
