Wow...chapter 7? I'll be honest you guys...I've never written anything up to chapter 7!
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Our Time is Running Out
Parchment 7:Snakes and Spit
After the feast, Lixella headed down to the Slytherin dorm. The only thing she wanted was to go to sleep, but she was being bombarded by tiny first years. They were everywhere, and so small. Lixella was scared she would step on one of them. She pushed past several, almost threatening them along the way. Finally she found, what she guessed to be, the dungeon entrance. She was so lost, Hogwarts was so much bigger than Lunareth, or maybe it was just that she knew her way around Lunareth better.
Nonetheless, the dungeons were bigger than she thought they would be. The walls were large and arched at the top. They were all carved out of stone and black brick. The whole place had a strange watery lighting to it, that made it seem eerie. She spun around corner after corner, attempting to find the entrance. It seemed like there would be more of a crowd where the dorm was located, but she found no one.
She leaned against a wall, hopeless and defeated, and began to slump downward. She supposed that this was how she died. She would starve to death in a dungeon, with no one to save her. She promised to never go wandering around after this, if she got out alive.
Just then, she heard the rattling of small chains. She was sure that the grimm reaper had come to find her. Then, a girl appeared down the hallway. Her skin was nearly as pale as Lixella's. Her face was cut into sharpened angles. She had very long, straight, black hair, that had been volumized and styled. It was a masterpiece of hair. It came down and swooped over her right eye, and proceeded downward, all the way to her waist. It was messy and straight. She resembled a punk kid with scene hair. In her mane, sat a big green bow. Her uniform was normal, but with converse boots on her legs, adorning small chains. Various pins and buttons adorned her school vest, and a green and black tie was tied loosely around her collar. She looked like she could probably kick someone's ass. She was definitely in Slytherin house.
She stopped and stared at Lixella, "Oi! You there…girl! Whas your name?" she yelled.
"Lixella Cruxshade…your's?"
"Jynx…Jynx Spakerton!" she yelled in a twisted brittish accent, "why ah' you down 'ere?"
"I'm new this year, and for the life of me I can't get to the damn entrance!"
"Ha! You're fonny!" she laughed, "'ere, I can 'elp ya get there!"
The two started walking and talking, winding around the many corners and halls of the dungeon. They discussed everything. Lixella explained about her memory, her dead parents, and her strange family history. Jynx told her about her childhood, and how her family became wealthy, and everyone changed, for the worst.
"Mi mother is a model….mi da' is a big business man!" she said, "we're pretty well off! Don't mean we should flaunt it around'!"
"Thank you…I totally agree with you there! I mean money is great, but come on…it doesn't mean you have to be a jackass to everyone else!" said Lixella.
"Yeah…an' all the blokes in 'ere like ta think they're bettah cuz of their 'social status'. Pisses me off!" spat Jynx. Lixella was beginning to like this girl, they agreed on nearly everything. She even loved her terribly improper British accent. It seemed like, If she needed someone beat up, she was sure Jynx could do it. Just her name alone, Jynx, was bad ass enough.
"ah!" she said as they turned a corner, "'ere's the ruddy portrait hole!"
"Portrait hole?…but that's just a picture" Lixella said confused.
"yeah…tha's the entrance"
"Oh! In Lunareth we have normal entrances…depending on the house!"
"yeah? Interestin'…they like ter hide everythin' 'ere for some reason!" Jynx stared at the portrait on the wall, "Damn, I wasn't 'ere for the passsword reading'."
"darn I heard it in the hallway…hang on" said Lixella as she tried to remember.
"Oi! You! Door…open!" shouted Jynx.
"I need the password, young lady" said the man in the portrait
"Oh I'll give ye a password!" she said, pulling her sleeves up. Lixella pulled her away from the door, just in time.
"sniveling slugs" she said, and the door swung open. She let go of Jynx and the two of them walked into the common room. It was lovely, really, it had high ceilings made of black marble, and green lanterns. The room had a strange green tint to it, that seemed to glisten all over the room. Lixella kind of liked it. There were even thick windows, where you could see out into the black lake. Around the common area were green and black upholstered couches. On those couches, sat a bunch of 6th year Slytherins.
"Oh god!" spat Draco, sitting on a couch by the wall, "of course you two found each other! Two of the worst additions to Slytherin, standing right there."
His posse chuckled behind him. Lixella despised only a few things in the world. These were: Clowns, dark wizards, cry babies, dramatic people, smugness, and cockiness. Draco Malfoy exhibited 5 of the 6, because he would make a terrible dark wizard.
"Shut your face Malfoy" Lixella said repulsively. His whole gang of minions chimed into a chorus of snarky laugher.
"Why should I Lixella…gonna set daddy on me? Where is he, Lixella? With your mum?" he asked with a sneer on his face. His minions were now silent, waiting for a response.
"you want me to take 'im on?" asked Jynx. Lixella shook her head, she figured she could pull out all the low blows she wanted to, since he wasn't holding back. She stepped closer to him.
"At least my father had the decency to die for his cause, Draco…instead of rolling over like a little bitch and going to prison." She said as venom dripped from her lips. Draco looked at her coldly, he had nothing else to say to her. The whole room went deathly silent, and Lixella just stared at him. "the next time you want to bring up my parents death, think about the fact that they died for something at all. Coward!" she said through gritted teeth. Draco stood up, still staring holes into her skull. He towered over her, and they just glared at each other, barely an inch from one another's faces.
"That's a low blow, Cruxshade!" Draco said, "you'll regret it!"
"stick to the taunting, Draco" she said, "parents don't need to be brought into the bickering of their children."
Lixella stared him down. He smirked, "one day, Cruxshade….one day". Lixella backed up, and followed Jynx into the girls dorm room.
The dorm room mimicked the common room. The bed were painted black and circled around space heaters. Each group had 5 beds to one space heater Lixella belongings sat next to a bed that was farthest towards the back wall, where the water fell over the sides of the room. She laid down and stared up at the amazing ceiling above her. The ceiling was enchanted so that you could see through the thick stone, it looked as if you were sleeping beneath a waterfall. What was even more enchanting was the way you could see the nighttime stars shimmering above the water. It was like floating under the water on a clear night, but without holding your breath. Lixella stared at it breathlessly, she'd never seen anything so peaceful. Jynx entered the room after her, she found that her luggage was place on the bed next to Lixella.
"you, woman!" she started, "are so bad arse! I've never seen anyone take on that bloke before, an' win!" She flopped down on the bed, and began admiring the ceiling as well.
Lixella just chuckled.
"We've always done that….just bickered and fought with each other. We've done it our whole lives. For some reason, we like it!"
"We'll you've got serious courage…I'm glad someone like you is 'ere, finally!" Jynx stated with a grin. She was one of the few students in Slytherin house who had a non-magical parent. No one messed with her about it though, for fear of her pummeling their faces in. in the end, that's what the house was about, surviving the worst in people, and being able to overcome the stupidity of others.
The door opened and several girls walked in. One of them was Pansy Parkinson. Lixella stared at her with slited eyes. That girl was the most annoying female she had ever met. That was saying a lot considering she lived with her aunt Iris, now. Pansy just gave off this energy that made you want to smack her.
She found her trunk located in the circle of beds, next to Lixella's. Upon noticing that Lixella was in the room, she walked over and spat on her.
"the hell?" she yelled, wiping spit from her face.
"why you ruddy little.." Jynx stood up with her fists clenched. Lixella was still in shock that she'd gotten spat on.
"stay away from my Drakie! You filthy little street rat!" pansy sneered.
Lixella began laughing. She couldn't believe that she just got spat on. People on reality television spit on each other. People stuck on desert islands spit on each other. People in wizarding school do not spit on each other. This girl had to be the most incompetent and stupid person that Lixella had ever dealt with!
"What's so funny?" yelled pansy.
"Ha ha, You actually just spat on me…you twat!" she kept laughing, "like, haha, I actually just got spat on!"
"I don' get it…wha's so funny?" asked Jynx, holding pansy by her shirt collar..
"Jesus! Do you think this is 2nd year?" she asked to Pansy, who pouted, "God! Grow up, Pansy….try to develop some type of a brain! Jesus, what are you a monkey? If I tick you off more, do you throw your own poop?" Suddenly, Jynx got the joke, and started bawling.
She and Jynx just sat there laughing together, almost to tears. Pansy pouted and let out an annoyed scream. She then proceeded to storm away towards her bed. The two girls spent the rest of their evening laughing at each other, and everyone else. Lixella finally felt like she might enjoy it here.
You guys finally met Jynx Spakerton! She is one of my favorite characters! I hope you guys like her!
anyways to respond to the reviews I got...
naynay87: thank you...I disliked in the books when not a lot of people would be snarky back to him...so i decided to have one person that would! and thank you so much!
xXMizz Alec VolturiXx: You have been one of my biggest supporters and I really want to say thank you!
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