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"expecto patronum!"marina yelled. the end of her wand lit up, but nothing else happened. "louder! like you mean it!" laura yelled, while hayden cheered her on.
it was the first day of winter break. charity and amelia had gone home, so marina, laura, and hayden decided to practice patronus charms in the dormitory, even though they were n.e.w.t level charms.
"i don't see how this is going to work!" marina said, throwing her wand onto her bed in anger. "don't give up, we haven't gotten it either." hayden said soothingly, taking her own wand out of her pocket.
"what time is it? i promised lily, marlene, and alice i would meet them in the library at three." marina asked.
after the snowball fight, lily had invited marina to go hang out with them in their common room after she got dressed into warm clothes, which she accepted. they had spent the rest of the evening laughing and talking near the warmness of the gryffindor common room fire, and marina went to bed that day with five more friends than she had had before.
"only two," laura said as hayden closed her eyes and tried to conjure up her happiest thought. "expecto patronum!"hayden roared, and to everyone's surprise, a big ball of light came flying out of her wand. "is it forming?" laura asked.
marina jumped up and watched the ball of light, but no animal formed, and it soon blew away into nothingness. "that was so close!" marina said in amazement. "what'd you think of?"
hayden turned a deep shade of red. "don't worry about it." she mumbled. laura and marina looked at each other oddly, but decided to say nothing.
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at a quarter to three, marina said goodbye to hayden and laura, who were reading books, and headed to the library.
mostly everyone had gone home for the holidays, so the corridors were nearly empty. marina normally goes home, but her parents were going to be away on a business trip for a week, and since she would have come home early for the ball anyway, she decided it wasn't worth it.
on her way, she saw remus and peter walking by themselves, which marina found odd, for the never saw them without james or sirius, but she decided she didn't want to think about them, so when remus began to glare at her, she simply looked straight ahead, as if she didn't see him at all.
dorcas and mary had gone home for the holidays as well, so it was just lily, marlene, and alice to hang out with. marina didn't mind, she had only met them days previous.
once she entered the library, she found lily, marlene, and alice, sitting at a table, crowded around one large book.
"oh, hey, marina!" lily whispered, looking up and seeing marina. alice and marlene waved and smiled at her as she sat down. "what are you guys looking at?" marina asked. "some stuff about the delphinus ball!" alice explained as marina put her elbows on the table and leaned over.
"i'm so glad it's not one of those parter things. i don't need a dance partner." marina sighed in relief as she read the line about partners. "i know! james has already asked me five times!" lily said, sounding exhausted. lily had told marina all about how james was practically in love with her, and was constantly asking her out.
"like i would ever go out with him." lily muttered. marina snorted.
"anyway, my mum is sending me my dress via owl. i hope she remembers how." lily said nervously. "so is my mum. it'll arrive on christmas." marina said. "my mum is sending me mine and marlene's." alice said. "why is she sending marlene's?" lily asked.
"don't you dare say it." marlene said, as alice opened her mouth. "well, marlene's mum did send her a dress." alice said, a smirk tugging her lips. "alice fortescue." marlene said, glaring her down. "but it was so ugly, she asked for someone else to!"
this sent marina, lily, and alice into a fit of giggles. "what did it look like?" marina asked. marlene bit she insides of her cheeks. "oh, it was awful." alice said. "brown and black, with long lace sleeves."
the girls winced. that did not sound pretty.
guys i'm failing math and i'm supposed to be working right now but i wrote this instead. my bad.
