𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 - regulus black

chapter fifty one

Winter was now completely installed at Hogwarts. Nobody dared going out in the cold anymore and so the Ravenclaw common room was crowded. Especially since it was the last day of school and everyone was relaxing. Except for Adena. The young girl was lying in her bed, starting her holidays homework. She was reading the chapter on Inferius in her DADA book as it would be the new subject. 'Corpses, dead bodies', 'bewitched to do a Dark wizard's bidding', read the girl. She had heard of that but reading a definition was really horrifying. Even dead they couldn't rest in peace, thought the brunette in empathy. She kept reading for a while but was interrupted when the door of her bedroom burst open. She looked up from the book to see Millie, Eugenia and Jade looking at her, smiling knowingly.

"Did something happen?" simply muttered the brunette.

"Be my lab-rat."

"Your what?"

"I wanna do experiments on you."

She eyed Millie suspiciously. "For what?"

"For your hair."

"What with my hair..."

"You know my mum cuts Muggles' hair and so she taught me a spell to make hair straight."

"I still don't understand..." murmured the young Ravenclaw.

"She wants to make your hair straight of course!" exclaimed Eugenia.

"Uh? I don't want to!"

"You don't have choice," concluded Jade.

"But we have to attend Slug Club later on, and what if you mess up-!"

"I'm sure it'll please your boy," said the redhead smirking as she dragged her out of bed. Adena just got time to leave her glasses on her bed as she was forced to walk to the bathroom.

"Okay, now close your eyes." Adena's worried gaze crossed Millie's in the mirror of the bathroom. She had her wand ready and the girls beside them had evil grins on their faces. She ended up closing her eyes hesitantly.

"Relax idiot, you won't be bald."

"Well I'm not sure- ", she was cut off by Millie's voice saying behind her saying 'Recta Capillis', then some gasps were heard. "Can I open my eyes now?"

She didn't wait for an answer, and her eyes opened quickly. Adena looked at her reflection with wide eyes. Her hands flew up to her strands of straight hair. She had an almost horrified expression on her face, visibly shocked by the change.

"It looks longer. And it's smoother," said Eugenia as all three girls started touching her brown hair.

"Good job Millie. Adena, what's your opinion?"

"Eh... not that bad I guess."

"Yes. Mission succeeded," exclaimed Millie.

"Let's prepare up now."

"Wait! Millie, how long will it last?"

"Hm... I'm not sure..."

"Uh? I can't stay with that hair forever."

"It's okayyy, now let's grab some dresses," said Eugenia, dragging the girl out of the bathroom. "Here's a royal blue dress for you. These are the ones I bought over the summer."

Eugenia brought the two dresses out of her luggage. Hers was a purplish velvet dress while Adena's was made of a silky fabric. Both had long sleeves since it was better for winter. The redhead girl made her way to the bathroom as the brunette changed into her room. She put on some tights as well before putting on her usual pair of brown loafers shoes. They had a little platform and Eugenia would often make fun of her, saying she just wanted to look taller. She wasn't against the idea of looking one inch taller of course.