The 7th Generation

Chapter 4

I was sitting in the common room at the desk near the fire. I started on Charms homework (How is wand movement and pronunciation important during spell casting?). I was zooming through the essay and finished within 15 minutes. I must've zoned out from the real world because I looked up and saw Astoria sitting right across from me. I jumped a little and then asked, "Sorry I didn't see you there. Did you need me for something?" Astoria looked at me and sighed. "Pansy and Daphne are becoming really close. I thought we were a little trio, but now that I think about it, it's just a duo with me playing the gooseberry. You were always nice to me and you seem like you might have some experience in friend drama so I came to ask for some help." I felt bad for her, but I knew what she was going through. I had a friend who did that to me too.

"Well, I'm an only child, so I don't know about any sister problems. However, sometimes, sisters separate. One gets some friends and the other get different friends. Some friends are mutual, but most are different. Maybe, you should slowly distance yourself from them. Don't hate them, just be acquaintances, not best friends. Talk to them, but don't spend all your time with them. Try making some new friends!" Astoria looked at me with doubt. "I'm not the best person at beating around the bush, so I'm gonna be direct. Daphne has Pansy as her friend. Would you be my friend?" I laughed. 'I would love to! Also, I have a question. Is Hermione Granger normally rude?" Astoria looked shocked. "No. It's Hemione teacher's pet Granger, for god's sake." Hm. "Astoria, she shoved me really hard this afternoon and Madam Pomfrey said I broke my wrist from the impact. That's why I missed Transfiguration today." Again, she looked shocked. "One, call me Tori. Only my close friends call me that. Two, you missed Transfiguration because of that! You know what Malfoy said?" Now, I was confused and annoyed. "No, what did he say?"

Astoria -sorry, Tori looked upset. "I heard him tell McGonagall that you were in the hospital wing. I asked if you were okay and he said that, um. Can I tell you in the dormitory? It's a bit. Gross." I was scared. "One question. How many people did he tell?" Tori looked uncomfortable. "Just me. I know that. I kept asking if he told anyone else." Ok, that made me feel better. We both went upstairs to the empty dormitory. I sat on my bed and Tori sat on hers. Our beds were right next to each other, thankfully. Tori was wringing her hands in her lap and said slowly and quietly, "Malfoy said that you weren't there and he came in late because you both had, um. You both had, fucked in a broom closet. You didn't show up because you had to clean yourself up." I was boiling with anger. I'm 11 years old! I tried to remain calm so Tori wouldn't get mad at me. "Tori, I want you to understand that we did not do anything of that sort. I wouldn't at all. Also, where is he?"

"Why?" she asked.

"Because I'm going to kill that bitch! Sorry. Language and anger do not go together." She laughed. "Don't blame coming from me. Anyway, I saw him in the common room. Let's go. Also, do you know any good hex?" This time, I laughed. "Trust me. Once he sees what I can do, he will be scared to look at me." Tori grinned. We walked down and I spotted Malfoy, sitting with Blaise Zabini. I walked over to him and tapped him and the shoulder. My right hand was tightly gripping my wand. He turned and saw me. Malfoy's eyes moved from me to Tori and his facial expression got worried. "Do you need anything?" I could hear strained innocence in his voice. I applied the calmest voice that I could and replied, "I need to talk to you. Could you come over to the corner?" I pointed over at a dark corner, where no one went near us. We walked over there. Malfoy had his back to the wall. I pulled my wand out and placed the tip right under his jaw. I brought my face close to his, about 4 inches away. I said with a growl, "Why did you tell Astoria that we shagged?" He looked scared, cold sweat pouring down his pale face. "I- I- I didn't-" I cut him off. "Don't lie to me." I poked my wand into the underside of Malfoy's jaw. "Don't mess with me again. I might be a muggle-born, but I know more curses than your entire family combined." I withdrew my wand and walked away. I heard a sigh of relief from behind me. Tori looked disappointed. I smirked. Right before I reached the stairs to the girl's dormitory, I turned around and said, "Stupefy!" Once the red beam of light left my wand, I got scared. I didn't pay close attention to where I was pointing my wand, and there were about 5 people between the staircase the dark corner. My wand was pointed out in the general area. I watched as the red beam went straight and hit Malfoy square in the chest. All noise stopped. Everyone was staring at me. I was scared. Tori took my hand and led me upstairs. Had I done something wrong?

A few seconds later, Daphne and Pansy burst into the dormitory looking impressed. I had had enough. "What?" Daphne said, "How did you curse Malfoy like that? You didn't even look like you were trying. There were 6 people there! How on Earth did you get the curse to weave through all those people and hit him so well?"

"Well, I wasn't trying. I just pointed at the area and said the spell. Luck is on my side today."

All four of us stayed up until 1:00 in the morning talking. When we finally went to bed, I was staring at the canopy above me.

Suddenly, I saw another flash, as I did in the hospital wing. I knew what might be coming and closed my eyes to watch. Again, I saw Bellatrix Lestrange and Voldemort. They were talking, again. I heard Bellatrix's voice. "My Lord, the mudblood has very high cursing abilities. She cursed Luicuis' son just now. It would be very difficult for most people to curse in that environment, but she didn't even look like she was trying. What do we do?" Oh no, they were talking about me again. I listened closer. "We need this kind of talent among our Death Eaters. We shall try to recruit her. If she is acting like a threat to our group, we will kill her." Bellatrix bowed to Voldemort and walked away.

The bed's canopy came back and my mind was flooded with thoughts.

Do I want to be part of the Death Eaters?

You kinda had no choice.

Of course, I have a choice.

Yeah, between that and Death!

True.

I decided to think about it tomorrow, and with that, fell asleep.