Cassandra put the last bat wing in as the as the cauldron started to give off purple smoke. "Umm… Severus? Is it supposed to do that?" Cassy asked as she backed away from the now flaming cauldron. "I am not your friend Miss Malfoy, I am your Professor and you will call me Professor Snape" He stated with an upturned nose. "Oh and you did it wrong. Here…" Snape said as he walked through the storage room, picking up vials, and tossing another handful of Kestrel hoof shavings in to the cauldron. The cauldron stopped smoking and turned the desired maroon color. "Thanks professor" Cassy laughed.
"Now that that's done, could you go find something for me in the library Malfoy?"
"Sure professor, what do you need? And why can't you look it up yourself?" Cassandra asked cheekily.
Snape finished explaining, Cassy hurried to the Library with a list of potions under her arm. Dinner time was approaching and Cassandra was starving, she had spent all of her time at lunch making decorations for Pansy, she didn't even have time to eat in History of Magic! She was just finishing up and about to head to the dungeons when she passed Hermione in the library doorway.
"There you are!" Hermione exclaimed. What? What's going on Hermione? Cassy thought upon seeing Hermione's expression. Clearly they were good friends because Hermione also read Cassy's expression like a book.
"I was just looking for you so I could tell you that the Gryffindor Quidditch Team was having practice today. Would you mind if I move our meeting, and go to the practice instead?"
Cassandra almost jumped with joy. I won't have to use that disgusting potion after all! "That's totally cool, go ahead 'mione. Have fun!" she said, really smiling for once. She happily patted Hermione on the shoulder and continued down the hall and underground to potions.
Cassandra slid into a vacant seat next to Draco as Dumbledore wrapped up his daily announcements. "…and last but not least Slytherin has taken a massive lead in house points" he announced; If Dumbledore had made any further comments or announcements his voice was drowned out by the roar of slytherins. Gryffindor had been leading in points for most of the year closely followed Ravenclaw, with Slytherin only bringing up the rear. Outside of the Slytherin table it was absolutely silent, as the roar echoed through the massive hall. The mix of emotions of the other houses made Cassy feel a tang of guilt, but only for a moment as she cheered and whooped along with the rest of the Slytherins. Hermione and Ginny were trying to hide their surprise, and Ron was a brighter shade of red then the runner on the Gryffindor table. Harrison was (almost) paler then Draco, while Noah and Harry just looked on indifferently. Cassy hugged Pansy as Crabbe and Goyle roared and smashed into each other (some what like muggles at an American 'football' game). The strange silence at the other tables was converted to cheers, a lot quieter then Slytherin's, when the food appeared. The hall was actually silent for roughly five minutes as everyone dug into the delicious food, until Cassy said sarcastically "eh, could use a little more salt!" and shrugged her shoulders, so the silence was broken by hearty laughter from all the tables and even a chuckle from Dumbledore.
After enduring the three course meal with Pansy going on and on and on about Draco on her left, Draco's constant bragging and whining to her right. Even Goyle's (terrible) attempts at flirting from across the table only made Cassy more fed up. Which explains her rush as she piled a spare plate full of dessert as hurried to the common room. Cassy strung pink, red, white, and light green streamers through the rafters.(Some of the Slytherin rooms had 'rafters' which were really part of Hogwarts' main foundation the rest of the rooms were under the lake.) Cassy also set up a small table of snacks, even though she was pretty sure everyone was full. She had just finished her dessert when she heard Pansy and Draco in the common room, and she headed down the hall towards them.
"That bratty mud-blood…didn't even look where she was going." Draco mocked as Pansy whole-heartedly agreed. "What did Hermione do this time?" Cassy asked trying to sound annoyed rather than curious as she entered the common room. "She walked right into me and got food all over my new robes!" he said spreading out his arms to show a large soup stain down his front. Cassandra normally would have said something sassy but she was at a loss for words because Pansy was fussing even more then that was saying a lot. She had green hanky and was dabbing the soup off of Draco's face and neck, and trying to get the red coloring out of his white dress shirt. Cassy was half between shock and falling on the floor in laughter because of Pansy's actions and the fact that Draco was even trying to puff out his chest and show off some non-existent muscle. Crabbe and Goyle came through the common room's main doors looking more like baboons then humans. Goyle was dragging his meaty fists on the ground and Crabbe had that strange smile that was always plastered to his face when he was around Cassy. "You idiot!" Cassy mocked as she picked a piece of corn out of Draco's light blonde hair. "You probably walked into her."
Draco rolled his eyes and gently pushed her hand away. "She was too busy reading and tripping over that idiot Weasley!" He replied. "By the way did you figure out why Potter and the other Gryffindors were wearing their Quidditch gear Goyle? Crabbe?" Draco asked with a painful look on his face when he said Gryffindor.
"Err…I think they were heading to the pitch, Draco." Goyle said.
"What do you think he is? An idiot?" Pansy asked working herself up. "We all saw them walking out the doors to the pitch fool!"
"Cool it Pansy!" Draco said running his hand through his hair for any other stray food. "you know how un-intelligent they are." He finished as he put his arm around Pansy's waist. Bailey, another Slytherin in their year, walked into the common room. "Hey Cassy, I know you have connections with some of the Griffindors." Draco said with a mischievous look in his eyes. "Maybe you could go down to the pitch and figure it out?"
"No need Draco, Cassy" Bailey answered. "I heard some first years in the hall, they're just having a free-for-all practice. Don't even have a set team yet, although Potter is captain again so you can guess who'll make it in." She said pushing her short dark hair out of her face and looking enviously at Pansy, who still had Draco's arm around her waist. Cassy however, had always been envious of Bailey's brains and good looks. She wasn't complaining, but Bailey's sleek hair and face could stop most people in their tracks and completely change the emotions of a whole room.
"Really you figured all that out of one conversation?" Cassy said while giving Bailey a high-five. "Nice."
Sorry this so long for me to update! Went on vacation, and i thought i had posted this chapter, anyway the next 2 chapters are still on a stack of like 20 post-its!! I should be done with the next chapter by tomorrow!! Thanks for Reading and plz Review if you like so that I know someone is reading. :P Happy Holidays! ~ Weird Little Kitten XD