"Enzo, what in Merlin's beard are you reading?"
The next morning, the group weren't too eager to get up early so around midday they eventually made their way to The Great Hall for lunch.
"It's Luna's dads paper." He replied as he picked up something called 'The Quibbler'.
"So I'm guessing you two are back together?" Blaise asked, causing Enzo to roll his eyes and put the paper down. "Hey its okay Berkshire," He continued. "You can tell us about your undying love for blondie, we don't judge."
"Yeah, I think I'll pass." Enzo replied bluntly.
"I should be a therapist." Blaise said, ignoring Enzo.
"We all know Enzo is the therapist of the group." Amy informed, to which the rest of them nodded to.
"Yeah, stick to your role please Blaise." Iris added.
"We have roles?" Theo asked.
"Yes," She replied. "We all bring something different, that's why we're the perfect friend group." She explained.
"Let me set this out for you pretty boy." Blaise butted in. "I bring the looks and comedy....and that's it because I carry this group."
"You wish." Amy said, earning a glare from the boy.
Amy then felt a tap on her arm, She looked up to see Iris pointing towards the Gryffindor table. She followed her eyeline and saw Harry sat silently just staring into space.
"What about it?" She asked, confused by why she drew her attention to it.
"Look at the Ravenclaw table." Iris added. So she did, and there she saw Cho Chang looking sad as her friends surrounded her whilst giving Harry dirty looks. She suddenly realised what Iris was getting at.
"They lasted long." She said and couldn't help but feel happy at the sight of the sad Ravenclaw.
"So what are our plans for this fine Sunday?" Blaise asked the group.
"I need to go to the library before Professor Cooper kicks me out the class." Iris said not sounding too happy.
"She's not going to kick you out." Mattheo told her.
"She's hates me because I'm the only non-Pureblood in there." She explained.
"That's what you get for taking an extra subject." Blaise said.
"I bring the intelligence to the group." She replied.
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"Oh! I've got a good one." Blaise called out.
After eating, Iris went to the library so the others were doing laps round the school when Blaise suggested a game of 'Would you rather'.
"Ok so, would you rather spend the summer at Malfoy Manor or at Hogwarts with just Umbridge?" He asked.
"Well I spend my summers with the Malfoys so unfortunately it would be no different for me." Mattheo answered.
"Yeah I'm with Riddle." Theo agreed. "You eventually learn how to tune out whenever Draco starts talking." Causing the rest of the boys to nod.
"Are you guys mental?" Amy asked
"What? You'd rather stay here with Umbridge?" Theo teased.
"At least I could avoid her, I know many secret places thanks to you guys and your pranks." She defended.
"You wouldn't want to stay with the lovely Malfoys?" Blaise asked sarcastically.
"Please, if I am ever stuck there for a summer just kill me." She responded.
"Ok next one," Blaise continued. "Would you rather - Ow, What the hell Riddle?!" He suddenly yelled, clutching onto his arm.
"What?" Mattheo asked confused.
"You just hit me in the arm - YOU JUST DID IT AGAIN!" He shouted.
"Blaise you just saw that I didn't touch you!" Mattheo defended.
But Amy felt it too this time, a pain suddenly shot through her left arm like it had just been punched. The sudden silence told her that they all felt it too.
"Bracelet." Enzo said quickly. No one had to look to see who the pain was coming from.
"Shit." Amy said.
Before she even processed it, everyone started running down the corridor.
"She can't be in the library we just passed it." Enzo told them all. So they kept running until they saw a small crowd of people shouting in The Entrance Hall. The boys tried to look over the crowd whereas Amy just pushed through. She got the front and her eyes widened at the sight. Iris was having a fight. With Cho Chang. It wasn't the kind of fight with jinxes and hexes, they were punching each other. Well, Iris had just punched Cho and was clearly winning. One of Cho's friends who's name was Marietta as Amy recognised her from DA meetings, clearly saw this too and stepped forwards and grabbed Iris' hair and pulled her to the ground and hit her. That's when Amy knew it was time to jump in.
Without thinking, she ran forwards and tackled her off her friend. She had taken Marietta by surprise as she didn't react for a few seconds and Amy got a punch to her face. She could hear the crowd become louder. Suddenly the Ravenclaw snapped back to reality and scratched Amy down the side of her face in an attempt to get her off of her.
"You little bitch!" She yelled as she punched her again on the opposite side to last time. She tried to reach Amy's hair in an attempt to pull it but failed, Amy was suddenly grateful for putting her hair in a ponytail that morning.
She got another hit in before she felt a pair of arms round her waist. Thinking that it was another Ravenclaw that was trying to intervene. she tried turning round to hit them. She was suddenly lifted up and pulled away from Marietta and heard the familiar voice of Theodore Nott in her ear. "Calm down its just me!" He yelled causing her to stop immediately. She looked to the side to see Iris also being pulled away by Mattheo. As Theo was dragging her away she saw how the small crowd was now a lot bigger and she got one last look at the Ravenclaw's and smiled as she saw Cho's nosebleed and Marietta's bruised face.
Once they were in an empty corridor Theo let go of her. Amy turned around and looked at him annoyed. "I had to, Umbridge was coming." He explained. She understood but really wished she got a few more hits at her.
"The fuck was that?" Mattheo asked the brunette girl he just let go of. Amy noticed that she had a small bruise on her cheekbone.
"She came at me, I just threw the first punch." She defended casually.
Suddenly Blaise and Enzo rounded the corner and approached them.
"Are you two okay?" Enzo asked straight away.
"That was fucking badass!" Blaise told the two girls. Amy couldn't help but smile.
"What did she say to you?" Mattheo asked, continuing to question the girl.
They all listened as they were quit intrigued to know what could have made her punch the girl.
"She said that you -" she suddenly stopped herself as she explained to him. "It doesn't matter, okay." She said as her tone changed.
"Iris-"
"She just deserved it that's good enough" She said defensively as she cut him off. The rest of them stayed silent knowing not to push the subject. She walked over to Amy and smiled, "Thanks for the backup." "Don't mention it." she replied with a smile. "I'm just disappointed it didn't last longer" She admitted causing her to laugh. "So it turns out that it wasn't you that she hated." Iris told her. "She definitely does now." she replied.
They spent the whole walk back to the common room talking about the Ravenclaw's injuries as Blaise and Theo praised them.
"About time you two joined the fight club." Blaise said to them as they all took seats by the fireplace. "Enzo you're still an outsider." He added
"Oi, Griffin!" A deep voice called out. The blonde rolled her eyes at the thought of any more conflict today and she saw Goyle walking over.
"Yes Goyle?" She asked sounding bored.
"I suggest you sort your mate Potter out before I do." he said angrily.
Amy suddenly sat up. "What are you talking about?" she asked. He suddenly threw something at them and Theo caught it. Amy saw that it was a copy of The Quibbler. Theo opened it and Amy saw in bold letters:
HARRY POTTER SPEAKS OUT AT LAST:
THE TRUTH ABOUT HE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED AND THE NIGHT I SAW HIM RETURN.
She skimmed over the words bellow and saw flashes of names like, 'Goyle, Malfoy, Nott and Griffin.' She felt her heart drop at the name. It was listing all of the people Harry saw at the graveyard. Once Theo worked it out he closed it straight away and threw it back to Goyle.
"He needs to fucking watch himself." He said as he caught it and walked away.
"What was it?" Enzo asked. But Amy wasn't listening. How could Harry do this to her? How could he do this to Theo? This wouldn't just effect their parents, it would effect them too.
Ever since they got back from the holidays she thought that Harry was acting strange towards her and it became clear why.