"I'ᗰ YOᑌᖇ ᗯIᑎᗪOᗯ ᔕᕼOᑭᑭEᖇ, ᔕᑌᑕKEᖇ ᖴOᖇ YOᑌᖇ ᒪOᐯE, Oᕼ" - ᖴEEᒪᔕ ; ᑕᗩᒪᐯIᑎ ᕼᗩᖇᖇIᔕ
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐗
'𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘭 & 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯'
YOU CHAT HAPPILY TO YOUR ROOMMATES, SUSAN AND HANNAH, WHO WERE BOTH SAT ON EITHER SIDE OF YOU.
multiple plates were stacked in front of you, so many that the others couldn't help but awe.
hanna was cooing at obanai, who sleep peacefully on your lap.
she smiles broadly as his green eyes slowly peel open, "ooh! what a cutie!"
in an instant, obanai started hissing and spitting, waving his arm towards her with his caws extended.
she shrieks loudly, gaining a lot of unwanted attention and jumps back off the chair.
you coo with a small pout, "awh, obanai. it's okay, she won't hurt you" you stroke his head softly, him purring under your touch but still glaring angrily at hannah.
the girl shudders, still standing a bit away.
"control that beast of yours! nearly bit me arm off!'
you huff slightly, "he just doesn't like new people"
she huffs back and sits on the other side of susan, which lucky for here, there was enough space.
you jump in shock as an explosion sounds from the other side of the room, glancing over to the gryffindor table.
you could see a boy who seemed to be in your year, only to find him covered in ash and soot with the surrounding people laughing at him.
you snort slightly, putting your hand over your mouth,
don't laugh. don't laugh. don't laugh
you all look up as hoots can be heard, you beam at the sight of mitsuri flying down proudly.
the other owl's fly around, dropping presents and letters and whatnot to people at various tables.
you grin widely as your respected owls all drop something to you, hannah and susan.
you stroke mitsuri's feathers, "good girl"
she ruffles up her feathers proudly, looking between the other students as if to see if they saw how good of a job she done.
you look down at your package, it had your name on it along with multiple smile face drawings.
it was wrapped in bright pink wrapping paper and had a tight green bow.
you grin, pulling off the bow and gently unwrapping the paper.
hannah deadpans, "why are you doing it so slowly? there's ntohing to save"
you glance over at her wrapping paper, which was demolished, ripped to shreds.
you sigh, looking back at yours.
taking everything out, you see a letter, a newspaper, and some assorted muggle treats.
you beam at the sight of a whole box of sakura mochi, whooping silently.
susan glances over, pointing at the box, "hey, what are those? i've never seen 'em before"
you instantly beam and susan wonders whether it was a good idea asking that or not.
"oh, oh, oh! those are sakura mochi! they are my absolute favourite treat! you see, that's how my hair turned this colour! i ate too many yummy sakura mochi!" you ramble happily, "i'll share some with you too! i promise they're soooo yummy~!"
she just nods slightly, before turning back to her own gift, "right"
pushing the treats to the side, you pick up the letter.
it had your name in fancy cursive writing, the 'i' on the end of kanroji was dotted with a little heart instead of a dot.
you carefully open the seal, taking out the paper inside and reading it in your head.
dear our gorgeous eldest daughter,
hello sweetheart! we're delivering this mail to you by that cute little owl you got! wizarding post is amazing! i actually think all this wizarding stuff is super duper cool! i mean, they have flying and magic and-
there was then a line of pen across the page, showing how your mother most likely took the pen away from him, you chuckle before continuing to read.
hello, dear. sorry for your fathers rambling. i can see where you get it from.
anyways, we hope you are doing well at hogwarts, and hufflepuff sounds like a lovely house.
we're glad to hear you've made friends and your siblings told me to tell you they miss you very much.
love mama, papa, [brother 1's name], [brother 2's name], [brother 3's name], [sister 1's name] and [sister 2's name].
ps. your father begged me to send you this newspaper as well, he was completely amazed by the moving pictures.
you smile broadly, happy at the letter.
you pick up the newspaper, looking at the front cover.
your lips part slightly and you tug on hannah and susan's sleeves.
they both turn to you, you continue to look down at the paper.
"somebody broke into gringotts" you announce, them, amongst a few other students sitting nearby, were shocked.
"huh? but i thought gringotts was one of the safest places!" susan says.
you clear your throat before reading from the article, " 'believed to be the work of dark wizards or witches unknown.. gringotts goblins while acknowledging the breach, insist nothing was taken."
you raise an eyebrow as you pause your reading.
"they broke in but didn't steal anything?" hannah questions, pushing her blonde hair behind her back.
"the vault in question, number 713, had in fact been emptied earlier that very same day" you finish, you all exchange questioning looks.
NOW, YOU WERE ALL STANDING OUT IN A FIELD WITH BROOMS SITTING BY EACH OF YOUR FEET.
you were quite excited, flying looked super fun!
"good afternoon, class"
"good afternoon, madam hooch" you all chorus.
she says a few afternoons before stopping at the end of the lines, turning around, revealing her bright yellow eyes.
your lips part in awe, 'oo'ing slightly at her cool-looking eyes.
"welcome to your first flying lesson. well, what are you waiting for? everyone step up to the left side of their broomstick" she orders.
you squeak slightly, scurrying beside your broom, glancing over at hermione.
you all step around and to the left side., "come on now, hurry up"
you grin excitedly, rolling around on the balls of your feet, "stick your right hand over the broom," she puts her right hand out along with everyone else.
"and say 'up' "
you grin slightly, "up!" both you and harry say at the same time, with both your brooms flying up into your hands, hermione looks at both of you.
you smile excitedly, refraining yourself from jumping up and down.
multiple voices can be heard shouting 'up!', including ron and hermione's.
"up" hermione says in annoyance as her broom shuffles on the ground, though not making any advance into her hand.
you gasp slightly as rons broom comes up, but smacks him right in the face. you use your empty hand to cover your snorts, trying to keep yourself quiet.
"shut up, harry, [name]" ron complains, your cheeks flush, "sorry"
once everyone had gotten their brooms in their hands, madam hooch started speaking again, "now, once you've got hold of your broom, i want you to mount it" she instructs as everyone steps over their broom with one leg on each side.
"grip it tight. you don't wanna be sliding off the end. when i blow my whistle, i want each of you to kick off from the ground, hard. keep your broom steady, hover for a moment.. then lead forward slightly, and touch back down."
you grip your broom, "on my whistle. three, two" she blows her whistle and neville starts going a bit too high above ground, "mr. longbottom" madam hooch calls, your eyebrows furrow nervously.
"mr. longbottom!" she calls as he starts to fly off, you panic slightly for him.
"neville!" multiple students call.
"neville!" you call worriedly, squeezing your hands together at the sound of him yelling in panic.
you watch nervously as he flies off into the sky while calling out for help with madam hooch and the others shouting for him.
you gasp, all dodging and jumping out of the way as he comes barreling towards the group you had huddled into.
he goes through the small corridor and back up into the sky, flying forward and getting stuck on one of the statues spears a few stories up.
everyone gathers around and calls for him, you rub your fingers against your palms nervously.
you watch in worry as his robe rips and sends him falling down to a small lantern of sorts, getting caught again.
you visibly panic as his robe falls off, without a second thought, you sprint forward, catching neville in your arms before he could fall.
you keep your feet firm on the ground as to not tumble, neville looking sick.
you hear multiple gasps of awe behind you, but ignore them.
you look down at him worriedly, "are you alright, neville?"
he still seemed to not have comprehended what had happened just yet.
though his face slowly regains colour, the first thing he sees being your big [eye colour] eyes looking worriedly down at him.
his round face turns a bright shade of pink, probably similar to your hair.
you panic again, "ah! oh no! madam hooch! i think neville's sick! his face has gone all red!"
a few exchange knowing looks, wondering how oblivious you could be.
madam hooch pushes through all of the rest of the students and over to you neville who was bright red in the face.
you glance over in suspicion as draco picks up the remembrall that had fallen from neville's pocket. harry, hermione and ron had told you what it does and that he got it during mail time.
madam hooch gently takes neville from your arms, waving you back off to the rest of the group with a quick thankful nod.
"everyone's to keep their feet firmly on the ground while i take mr. longbottom to the hospital wing. understand? if i see a single broom in the air.. the one riding it will find themselves out of hogwarts before they can say quidditch"
madam hooch storms off, rather annoyed with what had just occurred.
draco throws the remembrall up slightly before catching it, "did you see his face? maybe if the fat lab had given this a squeeze, he'd have remembered to fall on his fat arse"
you frown deeply,
that's not very nice..
harry steps forward, "give it here malfoy" all the laughter quiets down.
"no. i think i'll leave it somewhere for longbottom to find." he smirks and mounts himself on his broom before flying off and back through the group, almost purposely knocking you to the side, you huff slightly.
"how about on the roof?" he flies up.
"what's the matter, potter? bit beyond your reach?" he calls out.
harry stares at him before mounting his own broom, hermione turns to him, "harry, no way! you heard what madam hooch said. besides, you don't even know how to fly!" she scolds.
he ignores her anyways and kicks off, flying up into the sky.
hermione scoffs, "what an idiot."
you glance at hermione nervously, "will he be alright?"
"well, he's never ridden a broom before" she trails off, but quickly adds something else to her sentence, noticing your panicked look, "but he'll be fine, he seems quite good already"
harry flies up in front of draco, "give it here malfoy, or i'll knock you off your broom!"
you purse your lips, a pink blush forming on your slightly flushed [skin colour] cheeks,
kyaa! harry is so handsome and brave!
draco smirks, "is that so?" he continues to throw and catch the remembrall just above his hand.
you gasp softly as harry flies forwards, making draco do a 360 on his broom, swinging upside down before back to normal and showing off the fact he still has the remembrall.
"have it your way, then" he grins and throws the remembrall off into the sky.
harry dashes forwards on his broom, right past draco, making him wobble slightly.
he increases his speed and catches the remembrall right in front of a window. waving it victoriously as he flies back over to where all of you are.
you smile widely, cheering for harry along with everyone else.
everyone runs towards him, you follow with them happily, staying between hermione and ron.
everyone pats him on the back, congratulating him for catching it.
you give him a big kiss on the cheek with a wide smile, "i'm sure neville really appreciates you doing that!" you beam.
his face turns a similar shade to what neville's previously was.
your eyes turn to mcgonagall as she speed walks over to the group, "harry potter! follow me"
you make a noise of slight worry, rubbing harry's arm before he walks off, shooting him a smile, he just smiles back weakly.
draco and his little group grin as he gets taken away by mcgonagall, you frown at them all.
words ; 1985
date posted ; 19/07/22
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