Hey guys, I"m so sorry for not updating sooner. I had state basketball championships to go to, a family vacation (and lots of homework to catch up on), and just busy all around. But I'm back! And here's Chapter 5.
Everyone in the Slytherin common room looked up as the door slammed (Thanks to Kyle). I ducked past everyone trying not to draw attention to myself. Kyle walked as if nothing was out of the ordinary. The boy prefect that had showed us our dormitories the previous night was collapsed on the couch with his arms and legs splayed in every direction. He had a baseball cap pulled down over his face and was snoring loudly. I tapped my wand on the slab of stone that served as an exit and it slid the side with a slight grinding noise and a clunk. I exhaled deeply as I stepped into the empty corridor. Kyle followed calmly behind me.
There was a strange silence that hung between us as we began to walk down the passageway. "So…what do you think of that Austin kid?"Kyle said being the first to break the silence.
I shrugged. "He's alright I guess."
Kyle shrugged back. "I feel like he's going to get himself in a lot of trouble with that loud mouth he's got."
"Yeah. Especially now that he's gone and pissed that Emmett kid off." I added.
"What did he say to you when you went to talk to him?"
"He didn't say much, but as soon as he opened his mouth he was a total git. His brain seems to be hardwired to insult anyone who is in any way associated with a muggleborn or muggles."
Kyle shook his head in dismay. "I haven't even met the guy and he already seems like a disgusting piece of-"
I elbowed him in the ribs and whispered a quick, "Shh. Not here," as I spotted two Hufflepuff girls making their way to the Great Hall not far behind us. Kyle seemed to understand and quickly dropped the subject.
Having a nagging feeling that I was being watched, I spun around to see one girl pointing in my direction and talking animatedly. The other girl was listening intently. Almost immediately, the girl that was pointing at me realized I was watching them, and quickly dropped her hand to her side. Both girls acted as if nothing had happened and began giggling loudly and admiring the portraits lining the corridor walls.
I shook my head and muttered to myself, "girls."
"Huh? Did you say something mate?" Kyle asked.
"No. Must have been your imagination."
Kyle gave me a skeptical look, "Maybe, but there's the Great Hall. Come on."
As we stepped into the Great Hall, I noticed that the ceiling had changed from the starry night sky that had hung above us during the welcoming feast had now turned to a bright blue sky with a blinding sun partially obscured by soft white clouds.
I tore my gaze away from the ceiling to take in the house tables. What I saw surprised me.
Each house table was a jumbled mix of green, red, yellow, and blue. The house that demonstrated this most was the Gryffindor table as almost every member of the Weasley/Potter clan was crowded around chatting, laughing and throwing food.
Kyle made his way to the Slytherin table as I walked toward the insane group called my family at the red and gold covered table.
As I got closer, I saw that Scorpius was sitting next to Rose, who was next to Dominique. Fred and James exchanged evil glances and raised fistfuls of breakfast to take aim at Scorpius. Dominique raised an eyebrow at the two trouble makers. Let's just say they respected their older cousin, and they seemed to decide that Scorpius wasn't worth it. Immediately, they sulked.
Almost instantly they caught sight of me and their faces lit up with excitement.
Oh Merlin. They had found a new victim.
Both took aim directly at my face, and Fred threw his fistful of sausage first. I quickly stepped to the side as the sausage whizzed past my head and hit a girl that I assumed was in Fred's year, by the way he ducked out of sight under the table.
"Ouch, Fred! That was my foot!" Roxanne screeched.
"Sorry Rox, but I can't really help it at the moment." Fred answered, his voice becoming clearer as his head peeked out from under the table. Once he realized that the girl he had pelted with sausage was now uninterested in finding her attacker, the rest of his upper body followed and he began eating his breakfast again.
Dom, Rose, Scorpius, and Lucy (who were all sitting on the side of the table that was opposite Fred and James) cheered at my success. Molly was also sitting with them, but she just smiled warmly. She was like her dad and didn't support loud, crazy and obnoxious behavior unless it was dubbed acceptable and appropriate for the occasion. (Like Quidditch) However, she was still a Hufflepuff, which meant she was loyal and supportive of her family to the end.
The Hufflepuff girl that I had seen walking behind Kyle and me with her friend waved at me. I felt my cheeks blush and I shyly waved back. Apparently my momentary triumph had gone to my head, because while I was waving to a girl I had never even spoken to before, James was taking aim. As I was blushing, James was in mid throw. When I finally turned my attention back to my cousins, a mass of something mushy and buttery collided with my face. After impact, half of the mashed potatoes dripped off my chin onto my robes.
I swiped my hand across my face collecting the buttery residue in my palm. I threw it at James.
Being very good at Quidditch for his age, James had very good reflexes. He ducked and instead of James being pelted with food, Lucy suffered the blow. Letting out a small shriek, she pitched a biscuit at James.
Expecting her to throw the biscuit at me, James didn't get out of the way and was hit square in the chest.
A small food fight broke out starting with the Weasley/Potter clan plus Scorpius, and made its way down the Gryffindor table. It ended about half-way down the table when McGonagall decided to investigate what the commotion was.
Looking for the cause of the outburst, and after talking to a group of Ravenclaws, they all simultaneously pointed to the Weasley/Potter area of the table. She must have been expecting this because she wasn't the least bit surprised. She made her way over to us and stopped in front of James and Fred. (By then I had already slid into the seat next to Scorpius instead of looking guilty between the Hufflepuff and Gryffindor tables.)
"Weasley, Potter, please tell me this fiasco wasn't of your doing." She said severely unamused with the two.
Both boys put on faces of fake disappointment. Fred spoke first, "Wish we could, Headmistress, but we couldn't have an innocent bystander take the blame."
"Yeah, we couldn't let them take all the glory!" James chimed in.
McGonagall sighed. "One day into the start of a new term, and you've already made a mess of things!"
"Well, we are named after two legendary trouble-makers." Fred pointed out.
"Don't remind me. Oh and boys, since there are no house points for me to take away this early in the term, I ask you to please try to behave yourselves this year."
"Will do." Fred nodded with a cocky salute to the Headmistress.
"No guarantees though," James added with an angelic smile.
McGonagall dropped the matter, and waved her wand grandly calling out Scourgify.
The great hall was instantly removed the remnant of our food fight from every article of clothing, table, and floor area.
Everyone went back to the conversations they had been in before the food began to fly. This included my family, and soon enough, somebody mentioned Quidditch try-outs beginning at the start of next week. Most of the Weasley cousins were already on their house teams and some were the captains, but James and Roxanne, being second years, were trying-out for their own places on the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff teams. Once the subject of try-outs came up, Roxy and James began to talk a mile a minute about what position they wanted.
Taking this as a cue to get out of sight before we were bombarded for our own thoughts on Quidditch; Rose, Scorpius and I each grabbed a piece of toast in a napkin, and snuck out of the Great Hall to explore the grounds.
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