The next morning, Amberly woke up slightly disoriented. She forgot that she was at Hogwarts and sorted into Hufflepuff. This is the first time she had been away from home.
"You awake, Amberly?" Melissa asked.
"Yeah."
The two girls got up and started their separate routines. As they finished the raven-haired girl was waking up. They made a beeline for the common room.
"Ambie!" Dora greeted her cousin.
"Hey Dora."
Amber noticed that she had some money.
"I had a bet with Charlie about what house you would be sorted into, he lost."
"I'm Melissa Manning," Melissa greeted the older girl.
Dora smiled at her cousin's new friend as her hair changed.
"You're a metamorphmagus?" Melissa asked as they crawled out of the common room.
"Yep!" Dora crowed.
"Awesome!"
Amber smiled. It's nice that her cousin and her new friend got along. The three girls made their way to the Great Hall. Once there they sat at the Hufflepuff table. McGonagall passed out the time tables.
"We have Charms with the Slytherins first," Melissa said.
Amber brightened she would get to see Tim. She continued eating and then they went to Charms. She sat at the nearest table to the door while Melissa sat in the table next to her. The next group of students to walk in were the Slytherin boys including Tim.
"Tim, I saved you a seat!" Amber called.
He ignored her and went to sit with his Slytherin friends. Amber frowned as class started. She was confused why Tim treated her that way.
As the month continued, Tim continued giving her the cold shoulder. She walked out of Potions with Melissa.
"I don't know why Tim is treating me this way, we got along pretty well on the train."
Melissa shrugged as Katie walked up to them.
"Hey Katie," she greeted.
She greeted her back.
"Has Tim been giving you the cold shoulder?" Amber asked.
"What did you expect, he's a Slytherin now. Forget how nice he was on the train, he's not your friend."
Amber was shocked at Katie's response to her question as she walked away with Melissa.
"I assume that's she's just saying that because Gryffindor and Slytherin have a rivalry."
Amber nodded.
It was later that night, she was hanging out with Dora.
"Dora, Charlie never gave you the cold shoulder because you're a halfblood, did he?" she asked.
"Charlie's family is pure blooded but they are known as blood traitors, meaning they don't mind half bloods, muggles or muggle borns."
Amber sighed.
"Why do you ask?"
Amber began the story and Dora was upset that the seemingly nice boy was treating her cousin this way. He didn't seem like the type of person who bought into the pureblood mantra. Amber also mentioned how Katie reacted to her question. Dora believed that she was just brainwashed.
It was time for the Gryffindor Quidditch tryouts. Amber had been dragged out to the Quidditch Pitch by Katie. Though, Dora was there too since Charlie was her best friend and she wanted to be supportive.
"I wish I could try out," Katie sighed, longingly.
"You can try out next year, Kat."
OThe other girl sighed and the tryouts continued. After the tryouts, the three girls met up with the Gryffindor team.
"So, you're Dora's little cousin?" George Weasley asked.
"Yep."
Once in the castle, Amber parted ways with the Gryffindors and her cousin.
It was a couple days after the tryouts when Amberly saw a familiar cat in the common room.
"Eurydice, what are you doing here?" she asked the cat.
The cat meowed innocently up at her owner's friend. Amber giggled, picked up the calico cat and crawled out of the common room. She made her way towards the Slytherin common room.
"What are you doing here, mudblood?" A first year boy asked outside the cold and dank common room.
Tears prickled in the back of Amber's honey brown eyes as she said. "I came to see Tim Selwyn, to drop off his cat."
"He doesn't want to see you, mudblood!"
Amber just put Eurydice down and ran off towards the Hufflepuff common room tears streaming down her face.
"Why are you crying, Amber?" Melissa asked.
The young girl sniffled and said. "I was called a mudblood."
"Well, aren't you?" their third roommate asked.
Melissa glared at her as she comforted Amber. After the crying spell, it was time for dinner. Third years and above were coming back from Hogsmeade. Dora caught up with her cousin and handed her some chocolates.
"Thanks, Dora."
The older girl looked at her cousin curiously. They continued eating. Once finished they started walking back towards the Hufflepuff common room
"Amber?"
She ignored the brunette boy and walked back to the Hufflepuff common room.
"So, what did I miss when I was in Hogsmeade?"
Amber sighed and explained everything that she missed and Dora was livid. Maybe she'll ask her god brother Lee and his best friends to play a prank on that boy or she could handle him on her own.
A few days later, Dora decided to ask Lee, George and Fred to prank the boy.
"Nymphadora!" Lee exclaimed.
She glared at her younger god brother.
"What can we do for you?"
She explained everything to her god brother and his best friends.
"Slytherins will never change," Fred said.
Lee and Dora glared at the redhead