Years to come
Adele POV
And that was how my first day at Hogwarts ended. I was on good terms with Rexanna at first, but she started to hang out with Eireen and we became strangers, but she wouldn't look at me like I was an outsider like the rest of the girls.
I didn't really like the people in my house so I tried to approach other people in other houses. At first, they doubted my sincerity, thought I was playing some kind of prank. But after I defended them from Eireen's teasing during a particular class, they treated me like I was in their house.
I was really close to a Karen Vera Driscol, from Ravenclaw. She was a really pretty girl with shoulder-length auburn hair which was held back with a hair-band and had wide green eyes. I was also close to a boy from Gryffindor called Felix Elias Griffith. He had brunette hair and gray eyes like me but was not as pale. He was a bit shorter than me but otherwise, I could not help but notice that we might be relatives.
Once I started hanging out with other houses, the Slytherins ignored me. They scowled at me and I was also included in their pranks. I once attempted to ask Professor McGonagall if I could change houses. She asked for my reason and tried to ask the headmaster but told me that the chances were low.
She was right in the end, I remained in Slytherin. Karen, Felix and I went everywhere together and stayed together until we had to go to sleep.
As for Tom, he changed a lot. He was bright and more sociable, but sometimes I had a feeling that he was only faking to be friends with others. He remained as my only friend in Slytherin and sometimes defended me when I was bullied. No one dared to oppose a direct descendant of Slytherin and I was thankful for that.
I wrote to my family every week, they were quite concerned that I was not fitting in in my house but I managed to convince them that I had friends from other houses and was happy to be in school. Spells were really difficult at first, they needed a lot of practice. Homework increased as exams got closer.
I managed to get into the Slytherin Quidditch team. So did Karen and Felix. And that was the only exception where I gave all my best to win for my house. I practiced really hard but did not cheat like my other teammates, and managed to become the Seeker in my third year. I loved Quidditch and when I got my broom, I showed my family my tricks when I went back for the holidays.
I invited Tom to come and stay with us for the holidays but he seemed to like Hogwarts so much that he didn't want to leave, not even for a while.