an angel's sin [t.r]

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Once the train came to a halt, Celine gave one last smile to the boys and wished them luck. They bother beamed at her - the first years were certainly far more civil and polite than their older siblings.

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Celine exited the compartment and carriage, and made her way up the path towards the carriages.

As she reached the black coaches, she saw the skeletal animals pulling them - thestrals. The blonde approached the one drawing the carriage, and raised her hand to stroke it. It nuzzled it's face into her hand, making Celine  giggle and the feeling.

She eventually hopped in the carriage, waiting for others to enter - she couldn't use one carriage all for herself, it was rude. It didn't take long for two Slytherin girls to enter the carriage, both gossiping loudly and barely noticing her.

Once they did realise she was there, the girls both flashed a small smiles at her, before returning to their conversation.
They probably hadn't even realised she was in the same house as them - people rarely did. But that was the way she liked it.

If they didn't know, they couldn't hurt.

There still wasn't enough people in the carriage, so they continued to wait. Soon, the carriage door swung open again, and the boys from before entered. The two girls' heads snapped up, before blushing and batting their eyelids at each boy as they came and sat down. Celine noted each boy - Abraxas Malfoy, Orion Black, Lawrence Nott, Edward Lestrange, Christian Mulciber, Henry Parkinson and Tom Riddle.

Each boy sat down, until the final space was left for their leader to fill in - which was right next to Celine.

She pressed her body even tighter to the side of the carriage, so she wouldn't brush shoulders with him, but they still ended up being squashed next to each other. As the carriage began moving, Malfoy shifted his focus from his friends to Celine, realising she was the girl from before.

"Who are you?" Malfoy asked rudely, making Celine lose focus from her chapter and roll her eyes.

"Celine Aurélie Odette Rosier, or just Celine." She smiled at the boy as his smirk fell, and he realised who she was.

"Rosier? How come I've never seen you at any galas or balls?" Abraxas queried, and he had now gained the attention of everyone else.

"My Maman begs for me to attend such events, however my Papa refuses, only allowing my elder sister Adrienne to go." Celine answered, feeling uncomfortable from the stares of the others.

"Why won't your father allow you to attend?" Lawrence Nott asked, now curious about the unknown other Rosier daughter.

"He wanted to keep his daughters away from such frivolous events, and prefers me to focus on actual magic instead of parties and indulgence. He made a compromise with my mother, and so Adrienne could go to balls, while I enhanced my skill." Celine explained, now smoothing out her robes and looking down to avoid the stares.

"Why choose you to focus on magic instead of Adrienne?" Orion asked, as if trying to defend Celine's older sister. Celine knew all about him and Adrienne, it was interesting to say the least.

"Because my sister lacked the gift passed down for generations in the Rosier family, whereas  I possess it, and so I practice alchemy and divination instead of dressing up and dancing with potential suitors." Celine was now looking at each boy, and wondered how many times her poor sister had to dance with them.

"What is the gift in the Rosier family?" Mulciber asked, confused.

"They're only one of the oldest family of Seers in the whole Wizarding World Mulciber."Abraxas exclaimed, obviously excited that he'd met a Seer and the hidden daughter of the Rosier family.

The carriage came to a halt, and before anyone else could ask questions, Celine shot out of the carriage and towards the castle as fast as she could, leaving the boys and girls in the carriage with expressions of awe and surprise.

The Great Hall had always been magical, however to Celine it was less overwhelming. After all, being raised around magic and wealth, she was used to enchanted ceilings and ghosts. As the candles floated above her, she made her way to the Slytherin table, quietly sitting next to a random group of third years.

When Tom Riddle's group entered the Hall, she kept her head down, and hoped that they'd walk past and not notice where she was. Unfortunately, they did see her shocking white hair stand out from those around her, and they all came and sat right by her.

"Thought you could avoid us Rosier? Not a chance in hell." Malfoy smirked at the girl.

"Hell would be far nicer than being opposite you Malfoy." Celine hissed, making the smirk on his face grow.

Celine turned to Edward Lestrange, who had been silent the whole time.

"However I am quite offended my dear cousin never mentioned me." She said, showing him a sickly sweet smile.

"It wasn't my place to say, and you know that mon chérie." He said, looking at his feet.

"Edward are you telling me your hidden cousin you told me about was a Seer?" Abraxas nearly yelled with surprise.

"Well now you know me and dear Edward have grown up together and spent every holiday together, please leave me alone! Au revoir." Celine scowled at the group, before shifting her attention to Professor Dippet's sorting speech.

Riddle leant over and whispered into Edward's ear, "You're cousin is a Seer and a Slytherin. Don't think for one second I will not try and recruit her. Your family may have protected her from Grindelwald, but you couldn't hide her from me. I won't let go, and that's a promise."

Edward had a look of panic, before going back to neutral.
"I will help recruit Celine, but I must warn you - she is a very good Seer, and will spill your secrets if you hurt her." Lestrange warned Tom, and shifted his focus to his white haired cousin.

Tom Riddle had discovered an angel, and he would do whatever it took to drag her back down to Hell with him so he could have a piece of heaven.