"No! NO!" A woman screamed. She stared down at the limp body in front of her. She whispered, "Jake, Jake honey, speak to me. C'mon wake up! Don't play games with me Jake!" A baby screamed out in a different room. "Zara," she said. "I almost forgot…" She kissed the man on the forehead and ran into the child's room. The woman was relieved to find her daughter's room completely unharmed. The 2-month-old had just awoken from her slumber and when the girl saw her mother, she immediately stopped her crying. The room was perfectly fine, and it quite alarmed her mother. When a fire spreads throughout the entire apartment building, and does not harm one room it puzzles a girl.
The woman examined her daughter for something different and noticed that she was glowing slightly green, and she gasped. She swiftly walked over to the baby and wrapped her in a green blanket that said "Zara Harper" in beautiful font and ran out the crisped building to the streets. It was night-time and the only way to see was when she stood near the street lamps. She found a building that said, "The Bathe Orphanage" and walked up the steps. She looked at her child and kissed her on the forehead, before placing her on the ground and whispering, "Goodbye Love. It's for your own good." and pressed the doorbell. She ran and looked back only once, to make sure her child was found. A middle-aged woman opened the door and gasped at the scene in front of her. She picked her up and noticed the letters written on the side and the piece of paper tucked in the child's hand. The woman walked inside, thinking of why anyone would want to leave such a beautiful little girl at an orphanage.
I woke immediately and sat up straight. I was slightly stunned by the dream. I checked the clock, 6:24 A.M. I was NOT the type to wake early, but I was too creeped by the dream to go back to bed. It had been a few days since the feast so I haven't gone to class yet (Its Monday today. I sighed and got out of bed, making my way to the common room. I checked my pajamas to see if it was appropriate, which really wasn't necessary, because who would be up at this time of the morning? Breakfast was at 9:30, so I had plenty of time to myself. When I got down there, I really got to examine the room. Many sofas, many desks, and many books. I smiled to myself, there was always an upside to have an eidetic memory, but always a downside. Like the dream, I will always remember it.
I grabbed a book that said, "Wizard Lingo: for blokes!" I sat down on a green loveseat next to the fire, and cracked open the book. I was too busy laughing at the weird sayings to notice someone come down too. "What are you reading?" a voice whispered in my ear, causing shivers to run up my body. I jumped up, wand at the ready, to find Draco with an amused smile on. "Oh!-Uh, just some book. I don't know much about this world so I thought I'd catch up." He instantly frowned.
"Are you saying you're a muggle born?" he questioned. I shrugged and said, "I don't know." and sat down on the sofa again. Draco only stared at me strangely before joining me on the couch. He read over my shoulder while I silently laughed. Finally, I said, "Oh come 'ere." I scooted closer to him so he could read with me. He flushed but didn't question, which was nice. I noticed that he had not greased his hair yet, so it was rather messy. I found it more attractive this way, to be honest. He caught me staring and said, "Why are you staring at me?" I latched his gaze and smiled, "'Cause I find your hair to be more attractive when it's not greased back." "Er- thanks..." I stared straight into his eyes and said, "You're welcome."
We went back to reading and laughing, when I asked, "Hey, why are you down here? Not that I don't enjoy your company, it's just that it's-" I glanced at the clock, "7:05 o'clock in the morning and…" He sort of faltered and said, "Well I-I-I couldn't sleep well. Nightmares, you know?" I nodded. "What about you? You were down here before I was." I scratched my neck and mumbled, "Same as you, I guess." I stuck my tongue out, mumbled, "God, I love your hair.", and ran a hand through it. He jumped up and said, "You are not permitted to TOUCH!"
I laughed. "W-what? Why are you laughing? You just invade my personal bubble and all you can do is laugh!" "So the lads told the truth, did they? Ha! This is just too good!" He looked really confused and said, "W-What did they say?" "Oh, just that you can't handle girls being too close. In fact, one girl said she thought you were gay!" I got up and put the book away. I spun around, only to find Malfoy right in front of me. He pushed me against the bookshelf and tried to grab my hips, but I kicked him where it really hurt. He doubled over in pain, and I lowered myself to be eye-level with him. "Don't push me. I am capable of serious damage."
I walked up the stairs to my dorm. My watch said it was almost 8 so I had better start getting ready for the day. I grabbed my black converse and green and gray knee-high socks. I rummaged through my trunk, but finally found my skirt and button-up shirt with my tie. I gathered my clothes and and walked to the bathroom to change into my clothes for the day. I decided it wasn't enough, so I went back and got a gray beret my dad had bought me for my birthday a while back.
I examined my outfit. (I hate these little descriptions, but I just had to. I couldn't resist.) My wavy, long, brown hair was flowing with a gray beret on the top. I put a little make-up on, but not too much. My nose was a little like a baby's, high cheekbones, plump red lips, and freckles sprinkled across my nose. My eyes were auburn-brown shade, and had tints of red in them. I was wearing my outfit, and decided it was good enough, so I did all the bathroomy things you do in the bathroom and went downstairs. I was happy to find Draco not down, so I pulled out my schedule, and saw that after Breakfast I had Herbology and then Charms. After lunch, there was History of Magic, and Transfiguration. I checked the time and found that it was 9:20. Some slytherins had already come and gone past me, so I decided to go ahead to the Great Hall.
Once I was there, I sat in the middle near a couple of my roommates, who were actually nice to be, and complimented me on my outfit. "Wow you look so pretty! Ugh I want that beret!" Merissa said. I smiled and said that I liked her scarf. I grabbed a biscuit and some eggs on my plate. Draco and his crew came. I looked at Draco, and noticed he didn't slick his hair today. He winced at the sight of me, and I only smirked back. This didn't go unnoticed by the girls. Alicia questioned, "What was that, huh? You and Draco got something going on?" The three of them all stared at me, waiting for an answer. I gave up. "Okay, if I tell you guys, you must promise to not tell a soul." They all nodded and stuck their pinkies out, which I rolled my eyes at, and said, "Crosses do not count." And pinky sweared with them. "I must tell you when were actually alone, too many perked ears around." They all sort of grumbled and I heard Jo mumble, "Got so excited for nothing…"
After breakfast, we all headed to Herbology. It was only Slytherin house this lesson, so it was somewhat empty. Malfoy chose to stand across from me. My friends all raised their eyebrows but didn't question. They all stared at Draco a little longer this time, dare I say, checking him out. I observed the room, noting the excessive amount of plants everywhere. Professor Sprout came in saying, "Welcome, first-year Slytherins!" she waddled her way to the front, where she announced that we would be studying fungi this year. Great, I thought. I'm gonna ace this class. She handed us notebooks to write stuff in for studying. Since I was in the very front, I passed them back, and noticed that I didn't get one. "Professor! I didn't get a notebook." She only turned around and said, "You don't need it. You're that girl who remembers everything she hears and sees, right?" I nodded my response. "Well I am going to put your skills to the test, so you don't get a notebook." A girl named Pansy said, "If that's true, sing the entire song that the sorting hat sang when we entered the Great Hall." I looked at the teacher who only said, "Show 'em what you got." So I cleared my throat and started to sing,
"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on-"
"Okay, okay I got the point." Interrupted Pansy. I looked at the Professor and said, "Let's start class now, shall we?" Sprout only smiled before starting the lesson. We walked outside and examined funguses that the teacher let grow. I was able to identify them all from my memory and was allowed to leave class 5 minutes early. I took this time to use, so I could find my next class, Charms, before the student body destroyed me. Charms class was dismissed so I walked in to examine the room. There was a short man sitting on a table, with books all around him. The room had desks on all sides and there was a stack of books on the teacher's desk. When the man noticed me, he quickly said, "Oh you're early! You must be Zara." And he walked over to me, and shook my hand. I had to bend low to reach him. More kids were coming in now, Slytherins and Hufflepuffs. I moved to middle area, where I saw Jo sitting. I sat down and fiddled with my thumbs. Jo whispered, "So, are you gonna tell us what happened, or what?" when Alicia and Merissa joined us. "On our way to lunch."
Pansy sat next to Malfoy in class. She was rubbing her leg against his, and you could tell he was somewhat creeped out. I would be, I mean, we are only first years. Professor Flitwick stood on top of the stack of books and introduced himself. He handed out our textbooks that we'd need and for the rest of the hour showed us what we would be learning this year. When he dismissed us, the girls dragged me over the wall, and when Draco passed by and was out of possible hearing, I told them everything. "He's such a player! I saw him flirting with that Ravenclaw girl, saying 'You should be in Slytherin because you're pureblood' and crap like that. I mean really, that's a horrible pick-up line. Doesn't even make sense." replied Alicia. Merissa said, "I saw him staring at Jo's arse one time! It was bloody hilarious!" Jo turned scarlet, and hit Merissa on the arm. "C'mon guys, I'm starving." I said, after my stomach made a loud gurgling noise.
After lunch I went to History of Magic, where I was surprised to find a ghost at the teacher's desk, sleeping. I grabbed one of the books he had on his desks and slammed it on the table. He immediately sat up, and whispered, "So hot..." We all gave him strange looks as we went to sit down, where we found our notebooks at. The ghost introduced himself to be Professor Binns, who died in a staff room fire, and woke up to go teach, but left his body behind him. We scribbled down everything he said, which were many names and dates, when finally class was over.
I was excited for Transfiguration. I overheard a Gryffindor talking about how cool it was to see Professor McGonagall change her desk into a pig, and became eager to see it for myself. I stepped into the room, and found it to be huge. I moved to the middle and watched other kids come in too. I saw some Ravenclaws. I often found myself wondering what life would have been like in Ravenclaw. There did seem to be more Asians in that house than the others, but it's not like she counted. McGonagall talked on about what we will be studying this year, and I couldn't help but day-dream at the possibilities. This was definitely going to be a great year.
Class was dismissed, and I practically ran to the Great Hall. The very thought of food in my stomach was amazing. I met up with the girls and we all waited for Dumbledore's speech, which I recorded in my memory. He finished, and food appeared. We dug in, especially Merissa. She is so bipolar sometimes. One minute she's serious, the next she's jumping over buildings. Jo though, she's definitely the more quiet one. She can be surprising, which is nice, because she always looks so sad. Alicia is can be very blunt. Just like that sentence.
The slytherins all made our way to the common room, where many students plopped down and started on their homework. My friends and I went to our dorm, got changed, and went to bed.
Yeah that didn't totally take FOREVER. I originally had Draco kiss Zara when she was putting up her book, but I felt I was rushing it a little.
Disclaimer: I may own Zara and her gang, but Draco Malfoy and the Harry Potter wizarding world is all J.K.'s.