STAR GIRL [] mattheo riddle

chapter four

THE NEXT DAY WAS rough as can be. i awoke with a banging headache, and barely any recollection of the previous night.

pansy was much the same, meaning we didn't get up till late.

and what a surprise is was to walk onto the courtyard at 8:47, with the boys already up and awake. "we're in for it with them." i mumbled to pansy.

she nodded with a groan. "i know."

the boys spotted us before we reached them, and lorenzo immediately shouted, "how the tables have turned, girls!"

i rolled my eyes. "shut up, berkshire."

"someone's grumpy," mattheo commented with a knowing grin. i smiled sarcastically at him, shoving draco off the bench so i could take a seat.

"ow!" my brother exclaimed, stumbling on the grass. i gave him a blank look as he glared at me. "i need to speak to someone anyway." he grumbled and walked towards the large tree in the middle of the yard.

"you lot seen the new badges?" theodore asked. we shook our heads and he pointed to a boy and girl passing by, both wearing yellow badges with cedric's face and name on.

"that could've been me, guys," lorenzo rolled his eyes, "you just didn't believe in me."

blaise scoffed. "you saw what happened to the weasley twins. you'd be the joke of the week."

"he already is," pansy mumbled, and lorenzo nudged her side, "ow!"

"why so tense, potter?" i heard the annoying voice of my brother, and glanced towards him to see him sitting in the tree.

when did he even get up there?

"oh, god." i groaned, motioning for pansy and the boys to look at him. they all snickered at his antics. "he's obsessed, he is."

"my father and i have a bet, you see. i don't think you're gonna  last ten minutes in this tournament,"draco paused, jumping down from the tree, "he disagrees. he thinks you won't last five."

"i don't give a damn what your father thinks, malfoy." i raised my eyebrows as harry stood up to draco, shoving him.

"potter got some balls over the summer, eh?" laughed lorenzo.

"he's vile and cruel. and you're just pathetic."

"oh shit," i snickered.

harry begun to walk off, but draco clearly wasn't done. "pathetic?" he scoffed and started pulling out his wand.

"oh, blimey." pansy rolled her eyes, the six of us watching the scene play out with no worry.

"think he'll do something this time?" blaise asked. i shook my head.

"fancy's him too much," i paused, grinning, teasingly, "my poor brother doesn't understand his own feelings," we laughed.

all of a sudden, there was a yellow flash and draco had disappeared.

i couldn't contain my smile as my eyes caught what was once my brother— but was now a small, white ferret.

"piss off!" shouted lorenzo, his snickering reaching my ears and i couldn't help but do the same.

"i'll teach you to curse someone when their back is turned!" moody suddenly appeared, waving his wand about, crazily. "you stinking, cowardly, scummy—"