Hey, it's me! Just want to say thanks, and I'm going to try to post whenever I can. I've got the first three chapters prepared, and the fourth I'll probably put up in the weekend, I just don't really want to put all three chapters up now utherwise I'll probably have no ideas for a week and that'll be boring! Thanks, please R&R!
I walked into the common room expecting to see my friends, but instead they're nowhere to be seen. I find my way to my new dorm and see a note placed on my pillow. I turned around and headed for the library.
After giving my name and year to Madam Pince, I headed for the back of the restricted section. There sat my three roommates and best friends. Anna, the smart light-blonde was scanning the rows of books behind her, her Head Girl badge gleaming on her jumper. Jasmine, the snappy, brunette with a reputation for being cunning. She was chatting to Taffy, a love-blinded darker-blonde who always gets what she wants. Here I am. Light brown haired with red highlights, stubborn but apparently forgiving personality.
"Hey guys." I said, sitting down.
"Where were you?" Taffy asked.
"If you say the pitch I will only say to them I told you so, and they don't want that." Anna chuckled, sitting down with a potions book from the shelf.
"Okay." I chuckled. "I was near Hagrid's hut, the forbidden forest and Hogwarts castle." I replied.
"Told you so." Anna sang as she put the book in her bag.
"I said she was there!" Jasmine said with a wave of her hand.
"Did not, you said she was off-" Taffy started. Yeah, Taffy can tend to put her foot in it a lot.
"-Finding Professor Vanity to thank her for your position as quidditch captain." Jasmine finished.
I hesitated as I knew something was up but would not find out anytime soon. "Well, as much as I looooove Vanity." I started, filling the sentence with sarcasm. She's a git who thinks she knows what type of person I am. Though I am grateful, very grateful for being named captain. She's still a git I see most school days because I'm chose Potions for some reason. "I ran into some trouble. I only wanted to fly in the pitch again." I replied.
"What kind of trouble?" Taffy asked.
"James trouble." Anna answered for me. We all stared at her. She always seems to know the answer to everything. "You said it not me." Anna chuckled.
"Yeah, he wanted to annoy the captain by stealing something of mine. Apparently he doesn't think we can kick his ass this year for once." I sighed.
"Yeah, right. With us on your team we'll kick his ass any time." Jasmine said.
"Yeah!" Taffy said.
"In fact, where is it?" Anna started before standing up and scanning the shelves. We watched her think in her mind for a minute before going to the shelf behind us. Anna doesn't play Quidditch but she's happy to commentate the games.
Anna reappeared with a large book and dumped it on the table in front of me as she sat down opposite. "There you go." she announced.
"Um, not to be rude. But what is it? It weighs a ton!" I exclaimed, tying to lift the heavy book.
"It's an old quidditch strategy book. Apparently the team using it won every game." Anna nodded.
"Yeah, but, maybe the reason it's here rather than in a common room is because they stopped winning?" Taffy said, raising her brow. I guess Anna kept this to herself.
"Yes. All because of a one Harry Potter, against one Draco Malfoy who had to buy his way onto the team and never concentrated just boasted about it. After that they never won a game. Then the captain left Hogwarts, I guess and the book was left in here. There's no library number on it just a few names on the front page of all the captains that used it. And guess who one of the names was?" Anna grinned.
"Who?" Jasmine asked.
I opened the book to find out. Then grinned too. "None other, than our own potions master. Professor Emma Vanity. This is a Slytherin book."
"I suspect the book was charmed so that only Slytherins could find it. Thus not breaking the tradition. You're just lucky I needed that Runes book." Anna chuckled.
"Thankyouthankyouthankyou!" I rushed in one word, reaching over the table to hug Anna. "So, how the heck am I supposed to get this down to the pitch?" I complained.
"Just carry it!" Jasmine laughed.
We're so going to beat James Potter now!
The friends are going to come up a lot! Mostly Anna in the next chapter. Oh, sorry if i describe background alot, that's an awful habit I've gotten into! Thanks, please R&R. Leelow27