Nothing made Krista feel free than floating above ground on her broom and guarding the three hoops. Keepers needed to be agile and quick, that was exactly the description of Krista Weasley and it wasn't just the Nimbus 2001 she exchanged from her clean sweep in third year.
Blaise was coming straight for her with the Quaffle in hand. Krista watched intently, she had played with Blaise for nearly two years and she knew how he played the game. He was coming in from the right and that meant he was going to go for the hoop on the left. Blaise threw the Quaffle. Krista stopped it going in. Looking down she saw the other try outs that were attempting to take her place. Krista prided herself on Quidditch and it was the one thing that her Slytherin pride oozed into.
Blaise nodded to Krista and she went to the ground. Krista took a soft landing and hoisted her leg over her broom to get off. On one side there was the new students who were getting the chance to try out, and on the other the Hogwarts originals. Blaise was a fair captain, however he has loyalties to his past team.
"Draco, seeker is yours." Malfoy nodded and smirked to the fourth year that had tried their hardest. He also used it as an excuse to look at Krista. "Beaters, Crabbe and Theo. Chasers, myself, Zach Goodman, Alice Hetts. Thank you all for coming." The ones who were rejected for the team slumped and there promising faces disappeared.
"WOOO!" A scream came from the Slytherin bleaches catching everyone's attention. Krista put her palm on her face at the embarrassment that her best friend was waving a banner in the air saying 'Go Krista'. Blaise brushed it off.
"Everyone can go. Practice is every Friday night and Wednesday morning for now." Krista walked towards the Slytherin and called up.
"Daphne you idiot come on."
"COMING." The hyper active blonde answered, dashing back downstairs. Krista waited for her best friend to get down stairs and the two girls made their way back to the Slytherin common room so Krista could shower.
Daphne sat on the toilet seat of their bathroom and chatted away to Krista while she washed away the sweat from practice. The steam filled the room and Daphne was complaining about her hair getting frizzy.
"So I spoke to Blaise today." Krista rolled her eyes as she rubbed shampoo into her hair.
"And what did Blaise say?" Krista called.
"That he's going to choose you as co-captain." Krista popped out from behind the curtain. She was in shock and excited, she thought that place would have gone to Malfoy.
"Why would he do that when toe rag Malfoy is his best friend?" She furrowed her brows and went back into wash her hair.
"Because if they were to argue idiot it would make us lose the cup." Krista shrugged in the shower and turned off the water. Krista grabbed the towel off Daphne and wrapped it around her body. The two girls entered the dorm room again, where they were still alone. Krista dried down her body and got into her fresh uniform to go eat dinner in, as they walked down to dinner she brushed her red hair and gave small talk to the ghosts like the Baron and Peeves. The dinner was filling up and as she was going to divert towards the Slytherin table she was squished between the twins who appeared from no where.
"Hello sister." George smiled down at her.
"How were try outs?" Fred asked her.
"Once again you are looking at the Keeper of the Slytherin team." She gleamed and they hugged her tightly.
"Good job." They said together.
"We'll be sure to kick your arse on the field." George ruffled her hair and she shoved him. They left to get diner at the Gryffindor table and Krista walked up to Daphne who had waited for her.
By surprise they didn't manage to sit alone at the end of the table. At the middle of the table sat the top of the hierarchy, where Blaise was calling them over. The two friends glanced at each other sighed before going over to Blaise, Theo, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Millicent and Draco. The red and blonde stood in front of Blaise who offered them to sit.
"Sit down, Krista." She rolled her eyes already knowing what it was about because of her shower ten minute ago. Having Daphne as the house gossip had its perks. Kirsta lifted her leg over the bench and sat down next to Millicent. Daphne joined her with a big grin on her face.
"What can I do for you Blaise?" Krista smiled sweetly.
"How do you feel about being co-captain?" He asked, holding up the freshly polished badge in her face.
"Id love to shove the cup in everyone else face with you." Krista retorted, her competitive side was showing. Blaise gently chucked her the badge and the Weasley gleamed at it. If she wasn't captain this year then co-captain would do.
"I think that's the most Slytherin thing you've said, Weasley." Draco Malfoy opened his mouth for another piece of chicken Pansy was giving him.
"Can you keep it shut?" Krista asked.
"If you beg."
"I'd rather come face to face with a dementor." Krista mumbled as she watched Daphne dive into the food in front of them. "What are you doing?" She asked. Daphne looked at her confused.
"Getting dinner?"
"Something wrong sitting with us?" Theo asked from next to Blaise.
"Course not." She answered looking over at the Gryffindor table where her brothers and sisters were taking small glances at her. She took a plate from the middle of the table and put on chicken and roast potatoes.
Blaise made small talk with Krista about Quidditch which calmed her nerves a lot and stopped her from looking over at the table next to them. Draco was keeping quiet on the far side of Pansy but just to be smug he was the one looking at the Gryffindors with a smile on his face that Ron's sister was with them. Krista was feeling more the comfortable the longer they stayed because Blaise Theo and even Pansy were making an effort to talk to them. The two friends still stayed on guard around them because if anyone was a true Slytherin it was this group, they could turn on you at any point.
This was playing on Krista's mind as she pulled back the sheets on her bed. She glanced at Pansy who brushing her growing out bob. She had never seen past the top layer of Pansy, the girl who was utterly devoted to Draco Malfoy. Today Pansy had actually mentioned that she was worried about her OWLs, it was an actual emotion. Pansy smiled at her and Krista smiled back to be friendly.
Krista got into bed tugging her sheets over her body to get warm. Daphne was already asleep, so Krista lay down in the single four post bed to try and get some sleep. Small paws jumped up on the bed and curled up against her body. Krista out stretched her arm and gently stroked her fur until both fell asleep. However, when sleep took over the Slytherin it wasn't peaceful.
The entire wall was glass windows, the sun shining through the holes in the drapes. A woman sat on a chair with a small cot next to her. On her lap was a wooden engraved box with floral patterns. Krista watched over the woman's shoulder and saw the contents. There was a roll of paper, the locket that Krista recognised, some items of clothing and a photograph of the woman and baby.
The dark-haired woman picked up the child from the cot and cradled her. The baby's hair went from green to blue then black. Krista was smiling to her self as she watched the exchange between the mother and baby. Her mother and herself.
Krista woke up with Sphinx licking her cheek. Krista pushed her away and sat up to stroke her head and stare off through the window pane watching the Great Lake fish swim past. She jumped when she saw the tip of the head of the squid and got out to bed before she came face to face with the creepy one-eyed fish. Krista got out of bed and put on her shoes on. Her cat jumped down off the bed and followed Krista as she left the room. Krista raised her wand and whispered.
"Lumos." The tip of her wand lit up and she made her way through the corridor and the common room.
Krista walked down the dark corridor hoping not to get caught by the bloody baron. Sphinx meowed, and Krista sighed.
"Kitty, you need to be quiet." Krista picked up her cat and held her while balancing her wand in her hand too. The pair walked up the stairs bringing them onto the ground floor of the castle. Which was also right by the courtyard.
Krista sat on the courtyard benches looking up at the sky with Sphinx sitting beside her, her tail swaying side to side.
"Nox." She whispered and placed her wand next to her.
The stars were shining, and it was a full moon, she thought of Lupin and his struggle tonight. She looked around the courtyard and thought about second year, where Draco and Ron argued. Things were changing now, with Voldemort rising to power how long would her home stay safe.
"You shouldn't be out here." Krista jumped and looke over her right shoulder to see Malfoy walking across the grass. Krista groaned as she saw him. The last thing she needed was to be caught by a prefect, never mind Malfoy.
"I know. Take some house points and leave me be." She snapped.
"Why are you up?" To her surprise, he sat next to her with his hands slipped into his pockets.
"I woke up from a dream. I didn't stick around for the squid to stare at me." She laughed at herself.
"Don't blame you. What was your dream about?" Krista raised an eyebrow. "Humour me and I wont take points." She rolled her eyes at him.
"You know, I'm adopted." He nodded. "I dream about my real mother sometimes. It plays on my mind. The same dreams, through out my whole life. Her talking to another women, my apparent godmother and then this box that she has keep sakes in. There's a few others but those are the main ones."
"Does anyone have an idea about who your parents are?" Draco asked interested. Krista shook her.
"Not a clue. Alice and Frank Longbottom left me with the Weasleys and promised they would come back. They never did." She whispered. "Your aunt saw to that." Draco flinched at the thought of his blood curdling aunt. Swallowing he spoke up.
"Lets find her." He told her.
"What?"
"You heard me." He looked at her. He had never been so close to Krista in all his school years. There wasn't a lot of people Draco truly trusted but Krista felt familiar from the day they first met.
"Why would you help me toe rag?" Sphinx jumped up onto her lap and she started to stroke her.
"Boredom." He lied.