Eclipse

Chapter One

Eclipse

An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when a celestial body is obscured, temporarily shifting the alignment.

CHAPTER ONE

The time was late afternoon, and two best friends sat beside each other in their Defense Against the Dark Arts class, taught by the devil herself, Dolores Umbridge. The girls found themselves absolutely despising her. The woman's cruel words and actions drove the friends to joke around and create slight inconveniences within her week. One day, it did not go as planned.

As Umbridge lifted the dainty teacup to her thin pink lips, the red head realized that they had poured a substance from potions class into the teacup rather than the substance that they had gotten from the twins. She soon realized that this innocent prank wasn't so innocent.

The tea began to melt the teacup, slowly eating away at the porcelain. Esme, the dark haired girl, bolted from her seat and took off running through the corridors. A boom erupted from the classroom. Anastasia, who went by her middle name, Micah, followed immediately. Their feet pounded against the worn stone floor. Everyone knew it was them.

"Hell!" Micah breathed, "What did you do?" She shortly caught on as Esme's laughter did not fade. "Did you do that on purpose?"

"Oops? It was an honest mistake," She sputtered through laughter.

"No it wasn't! You're laughing! What is wrong with you?"

"Our pranks were losing their spark... did you catch my pun in that?"

"Are you kidding me? Do you realize how much trouble we could get into?" Micah said. The two exited from the side of the castle, and headed towards the Forbidden Forest. They did not have many options to where they could hide. The school was massive, but they would be found too easily. The Forbidden Forest was dangerous and off limits, but they had no other choice.

"Oh, Merlin, stop being so uptight..... oh no," Esme groaned. Her laughter disappeared in its entirety as she saw students evacuating the castle. They were followed by her own lover who had an infuriating look on his face.

"Did you forget Malfoy is one of Umbridge's slaves? You just dug yourself in a hole." Micah was now giggling.

The Gryffindor and Slytherin continued to sprint through the trees at a faster pace, looking for a place to shelter themselves from the expected storm of students. They hid behind Hagrid's quaint hut.

"I'm not laughing anymore... will you please shut up?" The instigator of the whole situation was no longer amused. She had a look on her face- a cross between disgusted and disturbed.

"Dejarnett, Faucheux. Get up from the ground," A voice spoke sternly behind them. The rogue girls stood to meet the well respected professor's harsh gaze, McGonagall... they felt no reason not to listen. She was a tall woman, and usually was found wearing dark blue or green robes. Although she was old, she always looked polished.

"I hope you know, Esme, I will not take the fall for this idiotic stunt you pulled!" Micah said while walking away from Esme.

"Weren't you the one that came up with this idea for a 'prank week'? Oh wait, that's correct!" Esme exclaimed. Micah turned around.

"Ladies!" McGonagall snapped at them, giving them a warning to shut up.

Ever heard of a walk of shame? Well this was much, much worse. Esme and Micah walked in front of everyone, arms crossed in front. Micah avoided eye contact with everyone, except for passing out a few glares. Esme, on the other hand, made direct eye contact with her classmates. She was filled with pride once again. Her blonde boyfriend lifted his arms in response to her calm demeanor, though he cracked a small smirk in response.