Bright

-6-

Elle talked to the journal well into the early morning hours, not going to sleep until 5 a.m. Luckily she had a day before she started classes, so she didn't mind sleeping in a bit.

"Elle!!" Pansy shouted in her ear, causing her to tumble off of her bed and hit the hard oak wood floor.

"What the hell Pansy!" Elle shot back with a glare.

"Come on, we have to get to breakfast!"

"I'll eat tomorrow."

"Now that's no way to talk explaining that you have quidditch tryouts today!"

Elle had totally forgotten about that. With the rush of getting back to school and having this journal in her possession, she totally disregarded the fact that she was going to be a chaser this year. She knew she was good enough to get on the team, so she wasn't too worried about try-outs.

Pansy and Elle made their way to the Slytherin table in the Great Hall to see Draco and Blaise already in quidditch practice jumpers talking amongst themselves as Theo sat silently eating his food next to them, also in a practice jumper.

"Theo, you're trying out for quidditch too?" Elle asked

"Yeah, I don't expect to make the team this year, but I wanna try!" He said excitedly. At least he was enthusiastic about it.

"Aw, come off it Theo. You'll make it!" Draco butted in encouragingly.

The others nodded in agreement. "Thanks guys!" Theo responded, more excited than before.

"What position?" Elle asked and Pansy immediately rolled her eyes as she stacked food onto her plate.

"Beater"

"Thats awesome!"

The four friends indulge themselves in more quidditch conversation before leaving the breakfast table, leaving Pansy there to talk to other Slytherin friends.

"I'll see you guys at the field! I have to get my practice jumper!" Elle called out separating herself from the group.

"See you there" They all said back. The three boys walked away and out of view, and Elle ran back to her dorm. Making twists and turns, she said the password to the portrait to get into the common room, and made her way to her room, knocking over a chair on the way. She would have to fix it later, along with the rest of the room, because everything seemed off.

Getting into her and Pansy's darkened shared room, she shut the door and locked it. She walked over to her trunk, the oak wook feeling soft beneath her feet. Once she got to her trunk, she reached into it and grabbed her favorite blue jersey. As she was turning to walk away, she caught sight of the journal. Her nerves were getting the best of her, and she needed the comfort of having good luck.

She opened the journal to the next available page and grabbed her quill.

"I'm trying out for quidditch today. Chaser."

The journal took a few seconds before it responded.

"I was a seeker. Best of luck Elle."

Elle smiled and shut the journal. She glanced at the clock and saw that she had 30 minutes to get ready for tryouts. She decided to head to the locker rooms to meet some of the upperclassmen and prepare for tryouts.

It didn't take too long to make it to the quidditch field, but she was still relieved when she made it. She went to the locker rooms and saw four doors. One was red, one yellow, one blue, and one green. She knew that the green door was for Slytherin, so she made her way inside. Her nerves didn't strike her until she was in a room with another boy. He was very tall, kind of lanky, but you could see the beginnings of muscles formed on his biceps. He had beautiful black hair that was in a crew cut style. She always thought that style was nice.