The Challenge | James Potter

Chapter 2 - Welcome back

THE EVENING WAS COLD AND WET, and as all 5 snakes walked off the train and waited for their carriage, they had to cast a protection spell against the heavy rain. As they were waiting impatiently for a carriage, the group that calls themselves the "marauders" appeared,laughing jovially and tripping over each other. James Potter unsurprisingly was the one to confidently approach them "Well ladies how are we all doing today??, except you Black, you are the furthest thing from a lady possible" James smirked at his comment staring teasingly at Meissa "Clearly not as happy as you, does your fellow head girl know your as high as a kite on school premises?, or does the ex boyfriend get special privileges seen as she dumped your sorry ass for Lockhart?" Black spat back as the rest of her group started walking away as they were tired of their antics, the last part was a bold faced lie but she just wanted a reaction out of him "What the fuck did you just say?" "Awwww poor Potter, is it hard for you to imagine Lily fucking another guy?, or maybe you can't imagine it, seen as you and her never did, I guess she has more respect than I thought" Steam was basically coming out of James ears and it looked like the vein is his forehead was about to pop but just as he was about to say something, undoubtedly cruel, the rest of his group caught up with him, calming him down. Meissa's group was far away as a carriage was approaching, so she strutted away and blew a sarcastic kiss to Potter to rile him up even more. Her biological twin brother stood confused at the gesture "Who's got you all red and flustered" Sirius remarked to James "Give a wild bloody guess" James said as his gaze never left the undeniably,and much to James's dismay, beautiful girl running away in the rain.
As Meissa was running with her head down to avoid the torrential rain she jumped back suddenly as she nearly came face to face with a thestral which she had never seen before, she stood looking at them for a few seconds until she was pulled out of her daze by Rosmerta roaring "M if you don't get in this carriage right now I swear to god I'll hit you so hard with my guitar that —-" "Right fuck ok" Meissa climbed in and as she gave a final glance back she saw Potter with the same livid and furious expression on his face and then she saw Sirius who looked taken aback and somewhat worried as he noticed her encounter with the thestrals. "I bloody hate your sister Pads"Sirius sighed as he said "She's not really my sister anymore mate" "Thank Merlin for that" James nearly shouted.

As the Slytherin girls entered the familiar Great  Hall, all eyes immediately fell on them as they were one of the last groups to join, as they just passed the first years waiting outside receiving a stern look from Mc Gonagal. This wasn't an unusual occurrence as the group was quite well known for running the school, and most would even say they held more importance than the group of Gryffindors who had yet to make an appearance. Whispers and mummers were heard from everyone as they walked in unison to their table and sat down at their seats beside the rest of the Slytherins.
"Oi Black" Meissa's head turned to see Mulciber calling her from slightly down the table, "We're organising a big welcome back party in the common room at ten tonight seen as we're the seventh years now, for us and the sixth years for every house bar the Gryffindors , you and your group have to be there yeah?" Before Meissa got the  chance to reply Rosmerta perked up at this "Did someone say party??" Mulciber grinned "Tonight at ten, see yous there and ask Zabini to supply us with the goods if you know what I mean" Mulciber winked. "Ahhh I can't wait, I'll bring my guitar" "Whats this about?" Dorcas questioned "Party in the common room tonight run by Mulciber and his gang, so safe to say it will be a shit show" "Don't be so negative M, come on we haven't all gotten drunk together since the end of year party, it's well overdue, and plus it wouldn't be a party without us there" Rosie stated convincingly "Oooo yayyy chance for more summer gossip" "Is that all you ever think about R?" Zabini said sighing"He wants your weed too by the way Z" this made Zoya excited. "Is weed all you ever think about Z?" Rita commented earning laughs from the group as even Zabini chuckled at her quick comeback. "I think a party's exactly what we need"Rosie commented and even Meissa was beginning to like the sound of it, even if she couldn't stand Mulciber sometimes.  Their excited chatter about the upcoming party was abruptly interrupted as the wide doors burst open and none other than the Marauder's waltzed in, well two of them did, the other two awkwardly walked behind. "MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY FOR THE FINEST HEAD BOY TO EVER EXIST" Sirius chanted which immediately put Meissa in a sour mood wishing she could hex them both right there on the spot as James was glowing with the attention. Meissa dreamed of wiping that charming smile off his face as they sat down at their table directly opposite them. The whole hall erupted into laughter at their usual behaviour and even Dumbledore had a smile on his face at seeing the boisterous group. "The bias gets worse every year, it's actually unbelievable" Dorcas scowled as she was not afraid to speak her mind "I thought their egos would've taken a hit after the whole Lily thing"
Meissa turned her attention to Lily and she noticed her friends giving her apologetic looks, she wondered what had actually happened to cause them to break up. "The poor girl, imagine having to put up with him in such close proximity after they just broke up" Meissa commented eyes switching between Lily and James "We should invite them to the party, I'd say she needs one" "M their Gryffindors we can't" Rita stated nearly flabbergasted "We can do whatever the hell we like and plus they seem like good fun" "I've always liked McKinnon to be honest" Meadowes added "Lily's my herbology partner and she's actually pretty funny underneath her teachers pet facade" Zabini always sung everyone's praises as she was definitely the kindest one in the group and the whole school often wondered why she wasn't a hufflepuff, but her friends knew if anyone was up for a bit of mischief or getting high it was her. "The more the merrier in my opinion" Rosie smiled practically bouncing in her seat at the idea of a big party. "There then, it's settled we'll invite them after dinner" M stated confidently, despite that it was never spoken about Meissa was the born leader of the group and although she would always deny it as she never saw herself that way, it was obvious as she normally got the final say. "Right fine but Mulciber won't be happy if he sees Gryffindors at his party, especially the likes of Evans" Rita muttered "He can suck my dick if his knickers are in a twist, and anyways he wouldn't dream of saying no to me" "You do have basically every boy in a chokehold, and after this summer they'll all be on their knees" Zabini encouraged "What do you mean after this summer?" Meissa internally panicked wondering what they had heard about her summer but as usual she kept a nonchalant expression as she was a pro at hiding her inner emotions as she had taught herself occulmency at the ripe age of 13. "Miss girl you have had yet another freaking glow up and trust me if you weren't my best friend I think you would've been my sexual awakening" Zoya cheerfully said "It's trueeee" "I second that" Meissa couldn't help but laugh "Ha you guys are funny, I look the same as I always do and plus I've always looked hot" "I agree but now your like hot hot hot" Zabini was fanning herself pretending to be overcome with Meissa's new glow up and Rosie joined in as they faked fainting on top of each other "Meissa threw her bread roll at them unimpressed and Dorcas and Rita bursted out laughing.
Unfortunately the sorting ceremony was about to begin and the tiny first years entered the hall all with looks of both fear and excitement littered among them, the group groaned and Meissa fell asleep as she couldn't bear to listen to Dumbledores annual speech about trust and togetherness, even when he put the wedge between the Slytherins and the rest of the school, and to hear names been called out excruciatingly slow "Wake me up before the food's out will yous" as she rested her head on the table ready to take another nap.