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Chapter sixteen: Castor's POV
My fingertips were cold and dry, the skin crackled slightly as I grabbed the doorframe.
"Darling don't forgot to write," I heard my aunts voice in the distance somewhere but I was barely paying attention as I sluggishly moved my feet forwards and forwards until finally my tired eyes came to rest on a cabin.
"Shut up Col!" I heard Fabian's loud voice boom from inside the doors, no doubt he had been causing trouble as usual.
I thought I heard a sigh which sounded like Colin but I wasn't too sure. Still, my hand grasped the door tightly, I took a deep breath and pulled. Light flooded into my vision as soon as I opened the door, all eyes turned to look at me. Screaming mothers desperately trying to give a few last kisses to their children, frantic fathers looking around for a child's lost pet could still be heard outside the train. I felt disconnected as I entered my own little bubble but I shook my head and smiled warmly at my friends. Don't be creepy Castor, act normal. Don't become all intellectual and antisocial on me here.
I sat down in between Colin and Luna, Fabian, Hannah, Ron and Nev were on one side while Luna, Colin, Harry, Hermione and I were on the other.
What the golden trio and Neville were doing spending their time with a bunch of fourth years I didn't know but I guessed it was probably because of the fact that due to Dumbledore's army we were all quite close now.
I felt rather crowded and the fact that I was so close to Luna didn't help my resolve not to blush, she looked at me from under her long blonde locks and smiled, urgh, great, no doubt I was blushing now, her smile just made my body become incontrollable.
It was just something about the way that her lips would lift up into that insanely gorgeous smile, it just drove me wild.
We hadn't really talked about when we were going to tell the others that we were together and I for one wanted to talk it over with her before doing so, Colin would be fine but Fabian and probably the rest of the school would go insane. Hopefully Fred and George hadn't said anything, that was the thought running haywire through my mind but still… it was Fred and George, although they play pranks they are never really malevolent.
Not a single ripple dared to disturb the clear water of the lake, nothing nor nobody touched it, serenity and peacefulness flowed from its core. I gazed further into the beautiful peaceful water of Luna's eyes, then a stone skimmed across the surface and everything changed, she looked up, a flash had hit her and her mood had changed. She stood up and I waited for a few minutes before following her out, I grabbed her shoulder, spinning her round to face me as her hair cascaded out behind her like a whip of luscious locks, "Are you alright?" I asked her, it was a simple question which often wasn't greeted with a simple answer.
She nodded, "It's nothing really… I was just thinking about how hard it is not to kiss you," she mumbled before pecking me on the lips slightly, we looked around, no one had saw us, all was well and safe.
"I know the feeling, I was paranoid that everyone saw me blush… although I wasn't really blushing that bad was I?" I asked her with a laugh.
She giggled slightly and smiled, "Cas, you are anything but subtle. A Crumple-Horned Snorkack is more subtle then you," she laughed. I didn't mind her calling me Cas, it made me feel special, only my family and Luna ever called me it, it gave a warm fuzzy feeling and I grinned even more. She was right, she was always right.
"We're really going to talk about subtlety here? I'm not the one who goes round with radish earrings am I?" I laughed she grinned, knowing I was only kidding around.
"Hey! In my defence I don't think anyone would like to be attacked by nargles!" She smiled.
"What does a nargle look like exactly Miss Lovegood? Have you ever seen one?" I grinned, she poked me in the chest and raised an eyebrow as if to say 'game on'.
"Well just because I've never seen one it doesn't mean they don't exist! People are so bent on logic and facts, where's the creativity, the imagination?" She continued and I smiled, I loved it when she was like this, so passionet about something, "I just know that they're real! Just because they're not in some silly textbook doesn't prove anything."
"Yeah, you're right Luna. I know you are," I smiled, who was to say they weren't real? Certainly not I.
She grinned, "Most people just walk away when I start one of my rants."
"Well I'm not most people am I? I'm the dazzling, perfect and brilliant CASTOR BLACK!" I yelled.
"I think you forgot dim-witted," a drawling voice from behind me sniggered, I turned round with dread to see the one person all students who aren't Slytherin hate to see. The one man who puts fear into our hearts. Severus Snape. Despite his kindness to suggest and help us with the duelling sessions the man still was rather terrifying I had to admit.
His hooked nose and bulbous eyes glared at me, boring holes into my own eyes as I gulped.
"Sorry Professor," I mumbled quickly.
"I think you really should apologize to the whole train but as no one really wants to hear more of your voice I suggest that you and Miss Lovegood go back to your compartment," Snape snarled, causing me to shiver.
Maybe it was the fact that the man had some link with my parents, was that what terrified me? I didn't get the same feeling about Sirius or Andy but… they hadn't really been working with them… Snape, Snape had. At some point.
He had been friends with them and had no doubt helped them commit crimes. That didn't bare thinking about, not now at least. I gulped and guided myself and Luna back to the compartment.
"What happened then?" Fabian asked winking at me while Hannah giggled. I rolled my eyes but grinned inside slightly thinking about how little he knew.
"Nothing, I just got skinned alive by Snape," I smiled.
"I hate to ruin your dramatic story Castor but it wasn't quite that bad," Luna laughed as my shoulders slumped, my amazing adventure battling the wild beast Severus Snape was now lost. "What happened here then?"
"Not much," Harry smiled, he pushed his glasses further back onto his nose and messed up his already messy black hair, revealing his scar.
"Not bloody much eh? Aside from the fact that we had to watch those two going at it!" Ron retorted, Neville burst out in fits of laughter while Colin and I looked at each other, Harry gave a small chuckle, Luna just smiled while Hermione gave out a snort.
"Oh you liked it Ron," Fabian winked, Hannah grinned.
I rolled my eyes slightly at his antics but neither the less I couldn't quite help but laughing, my friends made it really hard sometimes for me not to love them, no matter how much they drove me mad.
I loud creaking noise and a puff signalled the arrival, bustling groups of excited students got off, full of tales about their adventures over the Christmas holidays. I suddenly noticed two taller and older boys with bright orange flaming hair appear, one on either side and huge grins etched on their faces. Fred and George.
"What we got here Fred?" George grinned, first at me, then at his brother.
"Looks like a love bird to me George," Fred grinned just as wildly back and I felt my stomach plummet, it made me think of the way Snape must have felt when he saw Sirius and James heading down the corridor towards him, despite how much I liked to think it wasn't true I'd heard enough stories about James and Sirius's bullying of my professor to make a guess that it was most likely true. Still… I liked to give one of my most beloved family members the benefit of the doubt but I just couldn't be sure, either way I was sure that Sirius had changed from his youth.
"Where's Luna?" George continued on from his brother, they were like the double act of terror. I just couldn't escape, they had me sandwiched in and I could feel my face burning red as I tried to regain my dignity and pride but it appeared that today was certainly not my day.
"She's headed off," I mumbled quickly.
"Lovegood I love you… Lovegood I do! Your eyes are like stars, we should never be-," I smacked Fred in the stomach and he stopped singing in his dreadful, eardrum melting singing voice and instead let out a cry of pain.
"Immature…," I sighed.
"That's us Black, now be good with her I don't want any," I reached for my wand and although both Fred and George knew that I would never use it they yelped and played along.
"RUN FREDDIE RUN! HE'LL KILL US! AHHHHHH! WHAT EVER SHALL WE DO? AND I NEVER GOT TO TELL RON THAT HE'S A GIT!" George yelled, grabbing his brother and pushing numerous first years out the way as I doubled over in fits of laughter. Those two could be insane sometimes.
Something pretty big is going to happen in the next chapter or the chapter after that. I wonder if you can guess what it is but let's just say it doesn't bode well for Castor, or anyone else for that matter.