Fire Beneath the Stars

Chapter 4 |Lunch, Reassurance, and The Flamels|

POV: Celestia Riddle

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At lunch, no one cared where you sat. There were Ravenclaws at the Hufflepuff table, Hufflepuffs at the Gryffindor table, etc. but no Slytherins were seen at the Gryffindor table, and likewise for Gryffindors. Except two. When my group sat down, we were greeted by Lavender, Pavarti and Padma sitting down at our table. Same positions as D.A.D.A. But add Fredrick and George, and Padma.

"As you all can see, we once again have another member. This group is getting too bloody big... this is Lavender Brown, Gryffindor in our year." I say calmly, taking a bite of a strawberry I grabbed.

"I'm The Draco Malfoy." Draco said dramatically and very arrogantly, which made me roll my eyes.

"Im Neville Lestrange." He said calmly, his tone basically the polar opposite to Draco's.

"Tracey Davis." She said calmly, pulling a book out of her bag.

"I'm Daphne Greengrass. I'm the one who styled Tia's hair." She said sweetly, though, a hint of pride was heard in her voice.

"You already know me, we share a dorm." Pavarti said calmly, grabbing an apple, and tossing it in the air a few times before taking a bite.

"Theodore Nott. Just call me Theo." He said calmly, his nose buried in a book as always.

"I'm Pansy Parkinson." She said calmly as she was starting on her herbology homework.

"I'm Gredrick-" one of the redhead demons started.

"-and i'm Feorge!" The other twin finished.

"You two are going to give me a bloody headache... Their names are Fredrick and George, they talk like that because they're twins and love to annoy me to the point I punch them." I sneer, as I put more strawberries on my plate.

"Sorry..." they both mumble in unison.

"Anyway, I'm Harry Potter." He said sweetly, smiling at Lavender, and she smiled back. I looked at them and rolled my eyes, while Pansy and Daphne were raising and lowering their eyebrows at each other while smirking.

We then filled her in about our theory about the stone and what we'll be doing during free period before dinner as well as the questions we'd ask the Flamels. "Well really the only logical reason the headmaster would have the stone is if he asked to research it. It's an interesting and brilliant artifact made by an alchemist of equal caliber, it'd be no shock for a scholar such as the headmaster to want to look into it. He'd probably be keeping it at the school so he can keep an eye on it. If you'd be in possession of such an item wouldn't you want to keep it where you can keep an eye on it. That or leaving it with a trusted person. It's obvious why he'd be keeping it here, since he's here so much." Lavender said calmly, eating her food.

"Lavender... that's brilliant." Daphne said calmly, all of the group, including me, were staring at her.

"I feel like it's common sense. I'm surprised none of you even thought of it." Lavender said nonchalantly.

"Looks like I made a good choice letting you into the group. You'll fit right in." I said calmly, a small smile on my face, which made Lavender smile brightly in accomplishment.

"You sure you weren't meant to be placed in Ravenclaw?" Theo questioned calmly, chuckling.

"Oh, no, i dont have the desire for knowledge Ravenclaws have. The hat wanted me in Hufflepuff." Lavender said calmly, chuckling.

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For some reason double charms was only the Slytherins, which I don't get. But still we were headed to the class. I was talking to Arturus, and Harry had Cephei. This was also when I learned that he was also a parseltongue, which I found intriguing. But what's strange is that i can't sense the aura of a parselmage. My aunt- godmother's sister- could also sense auras. The first time I visited her in France, she said she could feel my parselmage abilities. It made sense why I'd have such, seeing as my father was one as well. But I couldn't sense it with Harry. It's like it was blocked out or something. I'll have to consult my aunt about that, this Yule.