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Aerwyna beamed at her packed trunks, that stood in the hallway.
Within the next two hours she would board the Hogwarts Express and meet her friends again. The summer had been quite lonely, since Lily and Severus hadn't been able to visit.
Oliver had checked on her a few times, but she missed the two none the less.
The train was chuffing smoke, children and parents, cats and owls crowded the platform.
The loud noises made her heart leap for joy as she pushed through the crowd, searching for her friends.
Finally she spotted them.
They walked towards the train, arms linked as Lily was laughing at something Severus had said. Aerwyna felt a twinge in her gut, but pushed the weird feeling aside and started to run, nearly knocking Lily over in the process.
"Wy!", she laughed and hugged her back. They swung on the spot both smiling.
Severus shook his head at the brown-haired girl.
She jumped at him, nuzzling his neck.
"Wyna, you are tickling me!"
"On purpose", she smirked up at him.
"Aerwyna!", she spun around as at her name and squealed as she saw Oliver hurry towards them.
"How's my little basilisk?", he grinned at her as they hugged.
"Good, you stupid hippogriff", she countered and he laid his hand over his heart fake-hurt.
The four got on the train panting beneath the burden of their trunks.
On their way Aerwyna saw Imogen Boid and the Clarks twins wave at her through the window of a compartment.
She pushed the door open: "Hey you! Are you waiting for someone?"
"You, silly!", Joline joked.
Aerwyna grinned and lifted her trunk on a tray.
She was happy to see them. Although they weren't especially close they got along pretty well. She let herself fall on the seat next to Imogen:
"How was your summer?"
"I got Foxy for my fifteenth birthday!", she lifted a blanket from the basket next to her to reveal a black, lean cat.
"Oww!", Aerwyna reached out to let it sniff her fingers.
Oliver sat down next to her and she turned, smirking: "Don't you have any other friends?"
"Not since you occupy all my time", he shoved her with his shoulder, chuckling.
Aerwyna's gaze travelled to the door, where Lily and Severus stood glued to the spot.
"Umm, why don't you sit down?", she raised one eye brow at their behaviour.
"I think I'm going to search for Mary", Lily said and was gone.
"I go with her", Severus hurried after her.
"Puppies are not allowed at Hogwarts", Imogen muttered, staring after them.
Aerwyna felt the corners of her mouth twitch upwards at her comment.
The next few hours flew by as they talked about the holidays.
She remained silent most of the time, listening happily to the stories of the others.
Just as the sun started to set, they heard loud voices coming from the hallway.
Aerwyna frowned and jumped up to push past Oliver. She sighed as she saw Potter, Black and Pettigrew standing in front of Severus, who had his back turned to her.
"I seriously hoped, you would give up on school, Snivellus. It is a hopeless endeavour, don't you think?", Potter smirked cruelly.
"Shut up, prat!", Aerwyna yelled at him, grabbing Severus' hand to pull him with her.
"Oh, Rivers, if I were you I would keep my mouth shut", his smirk grew wider.
"What are you talking about?", her anger grew with each second.
"My dad told me, your father quit at the ministry, because he's moving to another country. Is he that ashamed of his Slytherin daughter? Well, I would be-", suddenly she had her wand drawn like Severus beside her.
There were curses through the air and she had Pettigrew flying off within seconds.
Severus disarmed Black, while Potter stood shocked watching his companions succumb.
He drew his wand, but Aerwyna yelled: "Petrificus Totalus!"
He crashed to the ground and both her and Severus walked towards him.
She pointed her wand at his throat, Severus at his face.
"One wrong word, Potter", he growled.
"What is going on here?", they looked up to see Mary MacDonald staring at them, her new prefect badge flashing.
"Fuck", Aerwyna muttered, stuffing her wand.
"Twenty points from Slytherin! And I will report to your Head of House", she shrieked.
"Fine", Severus said, Aerwyna couldn't hep but grin at him.
They turned to go, but Mary's voice stopped them in their track: "Release him!"
"I'm sure you can handle that yourself", Aerwyna yelled across her shoulder.
They moved on and noticed all the students, that had left their compartments to watch the tumult.
Aerwyna grinned, Severus smirked.
He bowed and she winked.
When the door slipped shut behind them, they fell on two seats next to each other.
Aerwyna grinned up at him.
She knew, that they were in a hell lot of trouble, but she couldn't bring herself to care.
She left it to Severus to talk to the others about the incident and looked out of the window, trying to sort out her feelings.
She felt fantastic.
She felt like… herself.
The words of the Speaking Hat crossed her minds.
The decision is all yours. Do you want to spend your live in the back ground, in the shadows and never let go? You would do honourable things, but nobody would ever know. Or you decide to become yourself
When they arrived at the carriages Lily joined them. Aerwyna was glad, until she realized that Lily's intention was to give them a lecture.
"… Professor Slughorn will give you detention for weeks! And we haven't even started the feast yet!"
"Calm down, Lily. It's not like you'll get detention. And by the way, Potter deserved it!", Aerwyna felt her anger return.
"I know, he's a jackass, but you don't need to lower yourself to his level!", Lily said.
"It's easy for you to talk. He leaves you alone", Aerwyna mumbled.
"You need to learn how to ignore him."
"It feels better this way."
Lily threw her arms in the air obviously clueless how to proceed.
They had just entered the Great Hall and taken their seats as Slughorn exclaimed:
"Snape! Rivers! To my office now!"
"He knows my name, who would have imagined that", Aerwyna whispered, causing Severus to chuckle.
"What happened on the train?", Slughorn sat down behind his desk.
"We duelled Potter, Black and Pettigrew, Sir", Severus said.
"I heard, you just hexed them out of nowhere", the Head of Slytherin raised his eyebrows and folded his hands across his huge belly.
"They had their wands, but we had the moment of surprise", Aerwyna did all she could to hold back the smirk that threatened to slip.
"So… You against the three of them?"
"Yes, Sir", they said in unison.
"I'm impressed. Don't get me wrong, I don't appreciate your behaviour and you will be punished, but Rivers, I think I have to watch you a little closer. Maybe you have the Slug in you after all. Now go, we have to attend the feast."
As soon as they parted ways Aerwyna made a disgusted face: "Have the Slug in me?"
"Hey, I'm a Slug too!", Severus smirked.
"Yes, but you are a nerd", she grinned.
"I'm not!", he shoved her.
"Yes, you are!", she pushed back laughing.
They began to tickle each other, Aerwyna all the while giggling.
She felt her skin heat up whenever he touched her and butterflies made her stomach twist.
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