IT WAS THE DAY OF the first quidditch match of the year and Cora was sitting in the great hall eating her breakfast and reading the classic book of Jane Eyre. This wasn't her first time reading it but she was just so incredibly inspired how two people can love each other so much—despite their differences. It was the kind of Love she wanted.
George and Fred finally walked in the great hall, cheering with excitement. This was finally her chance to go up to them as they settled down.
"George, Fred," she nods, greeting them as they just stare. "—let me just get straight to the point, I need that letter that I supposedly wrote and I need it now."
They look at each other doing their twin telepathic freakish stuff before Fred reaches into his pocket. He slides the letter down the table. Cora didn't suspect they would be so willing to give it.
"Fred told me about zonkos and I thought that was really- cool of you," George looks everywhere but her in an almost ashamed way. They thought they owed her.
"Oh- I-that was nothing i-i'm gonna go now-" She looks at the letter and takes a look at the wax that was clearly sealed by her stamp. She stuffs the letter in her pockets as soon as she walks away. One problem down. 3756 more to go.
Cora settles down on the ravenclaw table, initially aiming to finish her breakfast but sadly the Slytherins didn't like that.
And coincidentally, the sneakoscope in her pocket was going haywire.
"Hey Cora, how'd ya feel after your friends ditch you because of some letter?" A girl asks across her side of the table. Cora lets out a scoff. Unbelievable, she thought. She lets out an eye roll and continues to read her book.
The Slytherins realized that Cora didn't give two shits that they were bothering her and so one of them reaches out and grabs her book.
"Hey, give that back!" Cora tries to grab it from her but when she does, the Slytherin girl pulls back so she ends up reaching for nothing. Cora sees something falling out of her pocket and realizes that it was....her stamp? The one she uses to seal all her letters. She hasn't even realized she'd lost it at all
Before she could question it, a boy grabs the book from the Slytherin girl from behind.
"Pansy what the hell is wrong with you? Can't you go a day without annoying somebody?" Draco slides the book over to Cora without even looking. Pansy looks down ashamed and mutters a small sorry and a threatening sneer towards Cora before she turns away with her gang.
"Both of my arms are fully attached and you're the one defending me from 'bullies'," Cora smirks at the boy as he sits down in front of her.
"Yeah well...it looked like you needed it and I though-,"
"Thank you, Draco. Might be a little embarrassing but Thank you." she smiles softly at the boy. "Talking about bullies—doesn't pansy have a crush on you? I mean that's what I heard," Cora wasn't good at starting a conversation—as you can see. Draco's pale face switches to pure red in under a millisecond.
"Ah sensitive topic I see,"
"No! I mean no it's uh I don't really like her back and she's telling everyone I do which is just stupid," Draco rambles nervously. Cora lets out a laugh and it seems to be contagious as Draco joins her. Laughing stupidly was all they needed to bond.
"It can't be." Harry mutters as he stares at the duo sitting on the Ravenclaw table. Laughing. Together.
"What can't be?" The curly haired girl sitting next to him, inquired.
"Cora. Shes-she's friends with...Draco?" Harry couldn't believe it. He hasn't seen them talk this whole year and seeing them now made it seem they knew each other their whole lives.
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𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 || Fred Weasley
FantasyElvira Snape. The Woman full of secrets she was born to keep was blessed with a child born to suffer. Cora A. Black. A girl who lived with her uncle Severus Snape, lived years with mental torture-or training as he calls it, finally had the freedom t...
