Gryffindors princess

Out me

September 9 1995
Song: Alien Blues by Vundabar
Unfair by The Neighborhood
Silver soul by Beach House
📍Great Hall

"Relax Ron, I'll try and talk to Harry about it too so you and Hermione aren't stuck being at the receiving end of Harry's anger. Surprised though, it's like you and Hermione rarely get on well, but here you are coming up with this mighty plan" Astrid smiled over at him

"Good, because Hermione just annoys me you know, she just talks and talks and talks" Ron went on as Astrid threw her robes onto the bench

"Does she" Astrid's voice was tired and soft this morning, she felt like she was floating

"Yeah, she begins to ramble on about anything really, and sometimes she'll choke on her words from how much air she's taking in every time her mouth opens to spit out random facts and she—why're you looking at me like that?" Ron raised an eyebrow

Astrid shook her head, sipping on her water as she looked around, seeing Harry and Hermione walk in with Ginny "something in the air" she said in a singsong voice

"What?" Ron reached over to look at Astrid closer "what's in the air?"

"Guess they'll never knowwww" she smiled at him, getting up and walking over to Hermione, throwing an arm around her "mhmhmhmm"

"Know what!?" Ron piped

"You're in a happy mood" Hermione pointed out as they all sat back down, piling their plates to eat

"Starting to get stuff together"

"Listen, Strid" Harry pulled her over "I'm not trying to make myself out to be some kind of hero, I don't want you to think that I'm using Cedric's death to boost me"

"I know, and besides, if you even thought of doing something of the sorts I'd kick your head into a cement wall" Astrid told him, starting to warm up to the idea of Harry teaching Defense against the dark arts properly

Harry laughed, his smile fading when he saw Astrid's straight face "erm alright" he cleared this throat watching her sit back down

"You're so dead!" Angelina stomped over, seeing Harry stood alone "another detention!" She yelled, catching the attention of their head of house and all present in the great hall

"Potter" McGonagall scolded "you keep this up and I'll remove you from the team"

"But professor!" Astrid jumped to Harry's defense, running over to the three and trying to lift Harry's hand up to her eye line. But he pushed back down, Astrid shot him a sorry look, pinching his nose hard so he bent his head down and slapped his free hand over it, massaging his nose

"Miss Clearwater" McGonagall gasped "ten points for assaulting a fellow student"

"Just look" Astrid pulled Harry's hand up, his hand scarred and bruised from Umbridges punishment, but the woman had turned away and Harry pulled his hand out of her grip

"You were really going to out me like that?" Harry hissed, following after her to sit back down

"How long do you plan on taking this abuse" Astrid snapped

"I've gone through eleven years quite fine, this is nothing"

Astrid's face softened, she had never heard Harry refer to his household as abusive, even though they all knew it was "Harry" she said very softly "I-

"It's nothing" he shook his head "I can't believe I have to miss another practise"

"Make that three" Astrid rubbed her eyes "oh, speaking of, Mione do you know how to dance?"