Halloween
"HARRY POTTER!" McGonagall was furious as she pulled Harry back towards the castle. Selena caught sight of Draco and his followers triumphant expressions, a hot fury boiled in her. Selena saw the same anger in Leesas face, with a nod they agreed that Draco wouldn't be feeling so mighty if they could help it.
That evening Selena and Leesa sat in the corner off the common room brainstorming how they could give Draco a taste of his own medicine.
"I got it! We bewitch his robes to be the wrong colour, like bright purple and orange." Leesa whispered to Selena and Logan while giving sideways glances to make sure he didn't hear. Seelena shook her head after a moment of thought.
"We can't get to his robes with out him knowing." Selena replied glumly.
"Ha, Potter will get a week of detention for sure, when Filch finds him out of bed in the Trophy room." Dracos boasting could be heard from across the room.
"I know we could use this spell that seals doors for the casters preferred time. I read about it and I think I could make Draco late for a few of his classes tomorrow." Logan piped in after a long silence. Selena and Leesa looked at him in astonishment.
"Thats bloody brilliant, we can see how he likes detention for a week." Leesa exclaimed a little too loudly, luckily Draco was too busy to notice.
The next morning Selena was struggling to get her second contact in when Leesa flew into the bathroom with her normally straight hair in a knotted mess.
"Why didn't you wake me class is in less then an hour and we still haven't had breakfast. My hair is such a mess and I need to get dressed and-" Leesas whining stopped abruptly as she glanced over at Selenas rushed movement to put her contact into place. "You wear contacts?" She asked as she pulled her brush through her hair roughly.
"Yeah instead of... glasses" Selena mumbled the last part and dashed out of the bathroom as quickly as she could. Her eye was tearing up from the her rushed job. Selena thought about what would happen if her friends knew about her colour changing eyes, maybe it was normal in the wizarding world. Even if it was she knew she wouldn't take the chance she was too strange for her friends to handle. Selena wiped her face before descending the stairs into the nearly empty common room.
"Whats taking so long, eh?" Logan asked as he spotted Selena and the absence of Leesa.
"She's getting ready, she only just woke." Selena replied "Hope we don't miss breakfast." Only a few moments passed before Leesa came running down the stairs while simultaneously putting her hair into a ponytail.
"Better get to out of here before Draco realizes his door is sealed." Logan said as we hurried for the great hall.
Between classes, homework and pranks Selena had spent two months at Hogwarts. She felt more at home in Hogwarts then at her busy house in Brighton. During these two months she learned that Slytherin was not the most popular house. Its pureblood reputation and the nasty tendency of producing dark wizards made Selena doubt she fit in.
"We need to be careful, I think Malfoy might be suspicious of us." Logan to whispered to Selena and Leesa during Herbology class. "He gave me a rather nasty look this morning in the great hall."
"We could lay low for a while and we will just have to be more careful next time." Selena replied as they were dismissed from the last class of the day. Once they entered the Great Hall their worried thoughts vanished. Live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling, along with other Halloween decorations. The feast appeared on gold plates inviting everyone to dig in.
"That Gryffindor girl, the know it-all, I heard she's in the girls bathroom, crying." Selena over heard a particularly loud group of girls were gossiping at the Slytherin table.
"I'll be back soon don't wait for me." Selena left her friends with confused looks, after leaving the Great Hall she started to sprint down the girls washroom in the dungeons. She pulled open the washroom door to hear stifled sob from one of the stalls. The washroom door closed with a loud bang as it was a heavy door.
"w-who's there?" The crying girl asked shakily through the stall door.
"My names Selena, I just wanted to help since I heard you were upset. " Selena replied as she tried to pin point which stall the girl was in. "How about you come out so we can talk face to face." Selena suggested hopeful the girl would oblige.
"No I'm okay, you don't have to worry about me." The girl replied "Go to the Halloween feast I'm sure its started by now."
"I'm not leaving until I know your okay, I'll go wait outside the bathroom and we can go to the feast together." Selena finalized she didn't wait for an answer before leaving the bathroom. Only a few moments later she heard something coming from down the hall. It sounded as if something heavy was being dragged. She took out her wand before heading towards the sound cautiously.
She rounded a corner only to come face to face with a twelve foot tall troll with dull grey skin. Frozen with shock Selena couldn't think of a single spell. The dragging sound had come from the huge wooden club it now held in an upright position. In a massive swing the club came down and made contact with Selena before she could dodge. With a thud she flew into the nearby wall, pain spreading through her stomach and back. The troll continued on its path treating Selena like nothing more then a swatted fly. She pulled herself into the nearest room in case the troll came back. She closed the door behind her and found herself in complete darkness. She felt a sticky substance from the back of her head trickle down her neck but soon she found it impossible to keep her eyes open.
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