𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟓

I stretched. Yes, they pulled me back in. 

"Dinner's almost over," said Angelina. 

"In thirty minutes," added Katie as she put a forkful of her dinner in her mouth. Alicia nodded.

 "Please," I groaned. "I don't want to eat."

 Angelina gave me a forceful look. 

"I'm not eating," I said. 

"You are going to eat when I say so," said Angelina. 

"You sound like Gran," I said. 

"Because I want you to eat!" Angelina said harshly. 

"Fine," I said as I put in a forkful of my dinner in my mouth. "Happy?" I mumbled. Oh, this dinner was heavenly. 

"D'you like it?" Katie said jauntily. 

"Truth, Selene," said Alicia. 

"I love it, okay?" I said as I ate more of my dinner. 

"See?" said Angelina. "You're doing good, Selene." I rolled my eyes as I finished the rest of my dinner. 

Dinner was almost over.  

"Hey look!" I heard a cold drawling voice say. "There goes Longbottom!" I jerked my head around. It was Draco Malfoy and his evil henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle. 

"Oh boy," Alicia said. 

"God," Katie said. 

"Don't react," Angelina said. I punched down my fork into my plate. 

"I will react if they do something to Neville," I told her. 

"No, Selene!" my friends gasped. 

"What are you doing, Longbottom?" Malfoy asked Neville as he stared at Neville. Neville was looking at one of his plants and flushing red. 

"Don't worry about him, Neville," I heard Hermione Granger say.

 "Hey Malfoy!" I yelled. I could see Angelina slap her head. 

"You're an idiot," she hissed. Malfoy looked my way.

 "Hello Forty," he said. 

"Would you mind not insulting Longbottom?" I snapped at him. Malfoy laughed. 

"I, unlike you, am a Slytherin and not a stupid Gryffindor. ROAR!" Malfoy tried to give a Gryffindor roar. 

"I, unlike you, am a Gryffindor and not a slithery and stupid like you," I said. Malfoy stared at me as if trying to think of a comeback insult. But I didn't care. I got up and rushed out of the Great Hall.