Glass Houses

5🔴More New friends

Still seething from the way Malfoy had spoken to her friend ,Emerald stomped her way up to the castle with Pansy by her side sending a hate filled glare to anyone that dared cross her path seeing students backing away from the fiery brunette when she turned a corner and almost bumped into someone

"Whoa hey there new girl you almost ran me down" the boy glared at her

"Not my fault you were going the wrong way" she huffed

The boy gave her a questioning look before a look of realisation came across his dark features and he ran a hand through his jet black hair.

"You're Emerald Gaunt aren't you" he stated

Emerald rolled her eyes, couldn't anyone keep their mouth shut in this place?

" what is it to you" she challenged

"Don't remember me huh" he asked

She studied his features ,now he mentioned it there was something vaguely familiar about his face but she couldn't quite place it...

"Marcus Flint" he took her hand and kissed it lightly ,finally smiling at her through his slightly crooked teeth

Emerald could have slapped herself ,how did she not recognise him they'd spent half their childhood together ,his father being a regular guest at the Gaunt house.

"Marcus?" She peered at him "wow you've changed"

"Ill take that as a compliment" he grinned causing the people around him to stare in shock that the Marcus Flint was actually taking to someone with a bit of respect

Emerald huffed again "so where are you going"

"Quiddich pitch....Obviously" he pointed to the door "Look Em honest it's great seeing you again we'll catch up later I promise" and just like that he was gone
Emerald looked after him for a minute before shaking her head lightly in amusement and carrying on after the Prefect to the Great Hall.

It looked amazing with the night sky animating the ceiling and the food laid out in neat, orderly piles with a few candles burning all around, it looked like something out of a fairytale and Emerald could tell she'd be spending as much time In here as she could.

As everyone apart from the first years and herself had entered the hall and sat at their respective tables, a professor with a thick Scottish accent whose name Emerald had learnt was Minerva Mcgonnagal, walked up to the podium and began explaining the sorting hat process to the first years.Emerald was quite clear on this as most of her family had indeed attended Hogwarts so she zoned out taking her time to really notice the patterns the stars had formed...

"Emerald Gaunt"

The hushed gasps and whispers echoed around the Great Hall as Emerald Snapped her head up walking confidently towards the podium.Almost without touching two hairs on her head did it cry out

"SLYTHERIN"

She heard the Slytherin table erupt into cheers as the remaining tables looked at her with uneasy expressions as she glided down to the Green and silver table, with a smirk on her face but as she did a pair of familiar dark brown eyes caught her own, her smirk grew into a huge smile.

There in the flesh stood Blaise Zabini his mouth wide open as he struggled to find any words, he looked different to before , she noted, obviously he had grown up but there was something else to him, he was darker, colder she could sense it, something that worried the girl
She kept waking until she was stood right in front of him, looking up at his unreadable expression, then all of a sudden he pulled her into a tight hug which she quickly returned