slytherin princess

chapter four

Their return to Hogwarts was met with some difficulty.

Firstly, Draco got caught up on the Platform then entered the compartment and started ranting about how much he hated Luna Greyback.

"And then the ginger had the nerve to call me inbred!" He complained, slouching in his seat, still red with anger.

"You are inbred. So is she, so am I" Nix shrugged, Lyra rolled her eyes slightly.

"Draco... she does have a point. Great Aunt Walburga and Great Uncle Orion were cousins" Lyra replied, more gently than Nix had put it.

"Yeah we're all partially inbred, just like I said box dye" Nix replied as nonchalantly as ever,

Walburga Black was one of Lyra's least favourite people. She'd died when Lyra was quite young, so she didn't have many memories of her, but the ones she did have weren't good ones.

She remembered the yelling and the rants.

She remembered the threats to follow in the ways of the 'Black Family' and to represent the family well.

She remembered her warnings about what happened if you failed to meet expectations.

But, she also remembered that her room at Walburga's house was in the attic. And that she had a trap door that opened to the night sky so she could see the stars. She remembered Narcissa pointing out each star to her and Draco and pointing out their namesakes.

"Still! That awful Hufflepuff doesn't deserve to speak to me! She very nearly attacked me to! She's a savage, her bloody boyfriend pulled her away" Draco was still very angry.

"Cedric Diggory is not dating Luna Greyback. He's way out her league" Daphne laughed, Pansy nodded in agreement.

"I hate Hufflepuffs but I have to admit he's awfully dreamy... if he was a Slytherin I'd try my luck with him" Pansy smiled to herself, staring off into space, possibly imagining a world in which Cedric Diggory was available for her to date.

"Don't you think he's dreamy Ly?" Daphne questioned, Lyra looked over at her friend and shook her head.

"Not in the slightest"

Lyra most certainly did not think Cedric Diggory was dreamy or attractive or anything of the sort.

Nova climbed out her cage and into Lyra's lap, this distracted Pansy and Daphne from their discussion on Cedric Diggory, which Lyra was very happy about.

Although, Nova soon caused her own problems. Nix still hated her so kept rambling on about how cats were a sign of pure evil, and it seemed Crabbe and Goyle hated Nova too. They kept trying to kick her away. Much to Lyra's anger.

"Don't touch her!" Lyra snapped, picking Nova up into her arms, holding her close.

"It's a cat" Crabbe stared at her, eyes wide, Lyra rolled her eyes holding Nova even closer. Nova was hissing at them from across the compartment,

"It hisses at everyone but you" Nix folded his arms, staring at Nova with disgust, "creation of the devil..."

The rest of the journey consisted of much the same conversations, Nova hissed at anyone who came near her. Except Lyra. Blaise and Theo didn't seem to mind Nova's hissing. They said it was rather cute.

Finally, they arrived at school and Lyra bid Nova goodbye as she was going to be taken to her dorm. The horseless carriages once again took them to school, the journey to the school was met with Draco's complaining. He'd seen Luna Greyback getting on a carriage and was reminded about how much he hated her. His complaints about Luna continued until they reached the castle,