I was looking out of my window, admiring how the trees danced in the rhythm of the air and how the ginger leaves fell one by one on the ground. Which meant that autumn was near! My favourite out of all four seasons. I don't know why autumn was my favourite, but I just loved the colours that nature had those beautiful days of autumn. They were just giving me love and comfort in times when no one else did. I heard my name being called by my mother to join my family and eat breakfast. It was the morning before I go to Hogwarts for my sixth year. I looked at my desk and saw the Slytherin prefect brooch. I sighed before taking it in my hands and then put it in my bag. I closed my suitcase and looked around my room one last time before I headed downstairs. I saw Dobby looking rather tired than at other times and I smiled at him trying to comfort him before I let my suitcase on the floor next to the cage of my white owl called "Astra" and sit on the dining table next to my brother. Let's just say that I always had a soft spot for him. He was my favourite member of the family. When my parents used to argue, I would sneak into his room when he was little and read him books for hours to make him forget. They usually fight because mom wants to get rid of things that remind her of her past or things that could make us problems with the ministry. My father on the other hand never wanted to throw them away but after the last warning we had from the ministry he went and sell them to someone in Diagon Alley
Lucius: You had to see the Weasleys in Diagon Alley, Narcissa. They looked horribly covered in dust. People like them disrespect the pureblood name
My father said, and my mom didn't answer to him. She just looked at her plate and pretend that she was listening. I remembered the day we saw the Weasleys at Diagon Alley. If Miss Weasley hadn't stopped her husband, then my father would have returned home with a black eye. I don't like them, not at all, but my father absolutely hates them. There is one person from them that I absolutely hate. Percy Weasley, the pretend I-know-it-all boy who thinks that by wearing a brooch he can rule the school. He and I compete for first place since the first year and never got along. You had to see his face when he took my first place last year. He was bragging about it for almost a week and I swear that if Ruby hadn't held me back then he would have returned home with a broken nose.
There was silence at our table and Mom broke it by saying that it was time for us to leave with a sad smile on her face. My father stood up and put his hand on my shoulder, looking proudly at me
Lucius: My perfect daughter! It is time to show them what a true pureblood witch can do. You too Draco
He said, and my brother smiled, agreeing with him. I was happy that I made my father proud with my achievements, but failure was what scared me the most. Because if I fail, I will fail him too, and I didn't want that. I wanted him to be proud of me, I truly did, more than anything. I smiled with a nod before I follow my mom outside. When we arrived at the station, I hugged my mom goodbye, and she had tears of joy and sadness in her eyes
Narcissa: Make us proud! Both of you
She said, hugging me and my brother before we entered the Hogwarts Express. I said goodbye to Draco because he went to find his friends while I was looking around for mine. I walked through the hallway looking around for Ruby's characteristic raven hair but instead, I saw a ginger one coming my way and my smile faded. I saw Percy Weasley walking already in his uniform with the prefect brooch carefully cleaned and placed on his robe.
Y/n: Be careful, Weasleybee! That much fake pride can lead you nowhere
I said, and he stopped before he looked at me with a disgusted look on his face
Percy: Oh, you are still here! If you want to know, I was prefect long before your daddy paid for you to be one
He said and I felt my face turned red. Not from embarrassment but from anger. I had won the prefect's place on my own and everyone knew it. He just believed otherwise
Y/n: You are lucky it is the first day, or I would have hexed you before you would be able to step foot into Hogwarts
I said, leaving him to stand there and started walking to finally find my best friend sitting in an empty compartment with a book in her hand. When she saw me, she immediately stood up and hugged me tight
Ruby: I missed you so much
She said and I smiled, agreeing with her
Y/n: Me too!
I said before I sat next to her on one of the sofas.
Ruby: How was France?
She asked and I sighed looking on the floor. During the summer, my father decided to send me for a month to a school in France to experience how college life would be there. My father always wanted me to be a part of the ministry when I finish school and wanted me to get perfect education at one of the top schools in France. This is also one of the reasons that he made me learn the French language when I was five. It was a great dream with a future, but the problem was that it wasn't mine
Y/n: It was okay! I mean I didn't really wonder in the city, I was mostly in the school
I said, and she looked at me with the are-you-serious look!
Ruby: You were in Paris, the city of love, and you didn't even go for a walk!
She asked shocked and I nodded. I think that I walked around the city about two or three times! I am not exactly sure about the number, but it was definitely not more than five times. I stayed mostly at the school, experiencing some of the classes there. I didn't really mind it, and I found it rather interesting. I opened my back and took out a small present wrapped in green wrapping
Y/n: But I had time to bring you something
I said she immediately took it with an amused look on her face and shake it trying to listen to what it is inside
Ruby: Please promise me that there is a tall French guy in here
She said and I laughed
Y/n: Definitely not
I said with a smile, and she opened it as quickly as she could with excitement. There was a small keychain with the Eiffel Tower. She looked at it confused for a second until she realized what it was
Ruby: A keychain, I love it
She said, and I smiled before I took it in my hands
Y/n: Not just a keychain!
I turned it upside down and there was a small button on. I pressed it, and it flew away, only leaving the circle in my hands. She looked at it confused and shocked at the same time before I put it in her ear
Ruby: Wait, I can listen to Daphne Greengrass arguing with Clearwater about the seats
She said, and I smiled. When she realized that this wasn't only a keychain, but it was also a magic microphone that would help you listen to others, she hugged me again
Ruby: Girl, that is amazing. We totally have to try it on Oliver
She said, and I laughed at her. Ruby here has had a massive crush on Oliver Wood since first year, but never actually talked to him because she was too shy about it. It is so much fun to see her reaction every time he walks into a room. I mean this is young love after all!