The Girl Who Dared

Gryffindor Vs. Slytherin

As we entered November, the weather turned very cold. The mountains around the school became Icy gray and the lake like chilled steel. Every morning the ground was covered in frost. Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long mole skin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaverskin boots.

The Quidditch season had begun. I knew this coming Saturday was our first match. After weeks of training I still felt that I wasn't ready to be out on the field. But we had no choice. We were lacking in house points as of late because Fred and George had decided to take the baby mandrakes and move them around the school causing students to randomly pass out. How those two never got expelled was beyond me.

Marley and Lukas had been helping me gear up for the Quidditch match. Apparently Lukas's mother had sent Harry and I gear so that way we wouldn't be destroyed as Lukas put it.

" Quidditch can become very gruesome, mum just wanted to protect you. She knows how violent it can get. Your father had her in the hospital wing for three weeks. " Lukas smiled a bit handing over the gear as we see its to protect our arms and legs.

"Thank you Lukas" I smiled at the Hufflepuff.

" I'll have to visit you over the holidays to thank your mother personally" I smiled as Lukas and I walked down to the great hall for breakfast. As we walked into the great hall saw my brother sitting looking pale and sickly. He was hardly eating anything and it didn't help we were a few days away from our Quidditch match. I sat acrossed from him as Marley came strutting in followed by the Weasley twins. The twins looked like the had committed some sort of crime and were proud of it.

" Marley what did they do? " I whispered as she only shook her head.

" I'm not sure and its unsettling to see them like this. " Marleys hair began changing to a purpleish color as her eyes were blue.

As students began to fill the great hall for breakfast we noticed pink smoke coming from the Slytherin table. I blinked a few times before the table exploded covering all the Slytherin first years in some sort of pink goo. The worst victim being Draco Malfoy. His platinum blonde hair no longer blonde but showing a pink dyed hair color as others were beginning to stain horribly. The stench was terrible and it was stinking up the entire hall with what i presumed as some sort of dye smell.

The twins couldn't stop howling with laughter even when McGonagall was dragging them both out by the ears. She had a look that I couldn't really read but The twins were doomed if she was in charge of their punishment.

" Well that explains them" I got up out of my seat leaving the great hall hearing McGonagall lecturing the twins as I walked by having a gut feeling one of them was watching me and I flipped them off before going to Charms

That evening the Gryffindor common room was very noisy. Harry, Ron, Hermonie, Marley, and myself all sat next to the window. Hermonie was checking Harry and Ron's Charms homework while I checked Marleys Potions essay. Although I could tell my brother was struggling with something else. I could feel it too. I was nervous about the game. Marley and Lukas could only do so much to calm my nerves but it wasn't going to be enough.

I watched as Harry left to go collect the book Snape had taken from him earlier. I knew that wasn't going to be the greatest idea but I decided to go with him for back up. Snape seemed to have a soft spot for me and I was going to use it to my advantage to get the book back one way or another.

" Do you think he will give it back?" Harry said a little nervous picking at his wrist.

" If not you maybe me? I don't know Harry you said he was limping earlier maybe he was just in a bad mood from a potion going wrong?" I tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear as we got closer to the staff room.