𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒

「 a splash of supremacy 」

Since the start of the year, her appearance was more of a mess but she enjoyed the freedom. Yes, her skirt was shorter and the sleeves of her blazer were rolled up, that was all minor but in her mind, she was discovering herself, in whichever way she wanted. Whether that was a good way or not was a separate issue. From the hair to the shoes, to the perfectly pressed shirt and tie: all of that stayed the same. With the thigh high socks, of course, that would always stay the same.

Walking down the rows of students, she found her friends at the Hufflepuff table with Isadora and Thomas. Just like Marlene, he was hopped up on energy and never missed a moment to make someone smile. The awkward bookworm wore large rectangular frames with ultra-thick lenses, his sight was far worse than James Potter. Surprisingly, when you got to know the boy, he was very shady - loved slipping in a sly remark. One time in first year, a girl looked at him wrong and he despised her since. He had thick floppy hair that covered his forehead and his pimples. His small hazel mouse eyes were magnified by his thick lenses, making him look strange without his glasses.

Picking up a pastry and a pear, she started taking a bite of her fruit knowing that classes were minutes from starting. Both Lily and Marlene were finished with whatever they were eating and Delilah was finishing her apple. The latter of the bunch looked like she had just stumbled out of bed moments prior. She tied her laces before downing her water, she and Marlene stood up knowing they'd have double detention if they were late. The marauders followed after them, they were brewing potions today. Their favourite.

Once the lesson had concluded, she was straight in transfiguration to learn conjuration. Apart from human transfiguration, it was supposed to be one of the hardest areas in the subject. El didn't agree with that though, witches and wizards practice conjuration throughout the years without even realising. Nevertheless, this was just a recap and they were going to build on what they already knew. After that, they got to learn about things like the animagus form. Something she looked forward to.

Sitting with Mary towards the back of the classroom, the lesson had just begun and, like every transfiguration lesson, the boys were late. Whilst everyone pulled out their notes, four figures burst through the door. All shoving and laughing as they automatically headed towards their seats. Sirius slid into the seat by her side, followed James. Remus had sat by Lily before James could and although the redhead loved the boy, she had a twinge of disappointment present on her face. Something, only the blonde picked up on.

"Late, again." McGonagall said, observing the two boys that were still nudging each other. "What's your excuse this time?" She scanned the four before choosing one to answer. "Potter, care to enlighten me."

"Of course, Minnie. You see, we were going to be on time but we were battling a dragon. No, we were cleaning up the sea, it is horribly damp this time of year! Actually, my dog wasn't himself this morning so I stroked him for a while." James explained elaborately whilst the other boys snickered at his responses. "You can decide which one you want to go with." He added before patting Sirius lightly on the shoulder as if he was consoling him. 

"Ten points from Gryffindor, Mr Potter. Detention tomorrow night for all four of you, since you have been late three times in a row." McGonagall said but there were no complaints from the boys as she walked back to her blackboard, notes already being scribbled across the board. Though, Lily seemed to care as she shot James a glare, only to receive a wink in return. El had never seen her get so red so quickly before.

Much to Eleanor's disappointment, this class had quite a few Ravenclaws in it which meant Violet was also there. That girl had not gotten off of her case since Halloween, it was pretty amusing to the blonde at this point. One thing she noticed was how kind Violet got when Sirius and his friends were around, she was close to slipping up in front of Remus thought. That had made El's day, a week ago. Just to irritate Violet, the blonde sat with the boys anytime they were near. They didn't mind, especially Remus. Apparently, he couldn't stand Violet and he was one of the least judgemental people that El had ever met.