The Blind Slytherin Heiress

Ch.4-..Or Not...

Ch. 4

** Amelia's POV

A loud burst of cheering broke the silence, and Amelia pinpointed the excited claps from a table on the far left of the great hall. To her right and behind her, Amelia heard polite claps from two house tables and the teacher's table. From the final house table, Amelia only heard grumbling and murmurs along with the unwelcoming glares. Thinking back to what she had learned, Amelia realized that it must be the Gryffindor table that shot all the hostile glares. Slytherin and Gryffindor were rivals apparently and now she had that house hating her. Great, Amelia thought, just what I need. 

The old hat being removed from her head brought Amelia back to reality and she hoped off the stool, holding her head high to show her indifference to the Gryffindor hostility. Slink carefully guided Amelia to her house table and she sat on the end, listening quietly to the first years being placed in their houses. The rustling of robes and a harsh voice coming near alerted Amelia that she had company. The cool and familiar scent caused her to relax and she smiled to her right where the visitor had claimed his seat. 

"Hey Draco," Amelia greeted, suppressing the smirk she felt on the edge of her lips as Pansy grumbled in the distance.  Amelia felt Draco's eyes on her and his smile as he pushed her playfully.

"Hey, looks like your one of us now! I knew you wouldn't be in one of those other stupid houses." Draco said, his voice sneering at the mention of the other houses. Before Amelia could answer, Dumbledore's voice echoed and she realized the first years must be all sorted. As Dumbledore's voice filled the great hall, Amelia felt Slink move his small head against her ear and describe the other tables as well as her own.

 Amelia formed the mental image, 'seeing' the yellow and black colored robes of the Hufflepuffs on the far side with the blue and bronze Ravenclaws next to them. In the center, between Ravenclaw and Amelia's own green and silver Slyterins, were the gold and red Gryffindors. Amelia raised her eyebrows as Slink spotted Harry at the Gryffindor table, wondering if he now hated her for being a Slytherin gal. 

Slink's soft hissing showed Amelia the professor's table where Dumbledore sat in the center and the cat-like professor next to him. On Dumbledore's other side was a sickly pale man with black hair and a look of indifference and hostility. Amelia could not supress the giggle that escaped her as Slink made jokes about this professor.

Amelia heard Draco shift to look at her and he whispered with a smile sounding in his voice, "What's so funny?"

**Draco's POV

Inwardly groaning, Draco listened as Dumbledore droned on the usual speech about how great the year would be. Hmph, not for you it won't be, Draco thought as he began to plan how he would carry out his mission without anyone noticing or intervening. A soft giggle brought Draco back to the present and he shifted to look at Amelia who had an amused expression on as she faced the teacher's table.

"What's so funny?" he asked, looking around the Great Hall for what could have made her giggle. Draco couldn't help but smile back as he caught her small smile. What was wrong with him? He had an important mission to complete this year and he's sitting here falling for a girl he barely knows? Even as Draco thought this, he couldn't force himself to even think of ignoring or being cruel to Amelia. 

"Who is the professor sitting next to Dumbledore that looks so bored?" Amelia whispered softly to him and he couldn't help but chuckle. She was obviously referring to Snape who sat at the teacher's table looking as bored and indifferent as ever.

Although he was usually harsh and strict to most students, he was a bit kinder to Slytherins and was even better around Draco alone considering they shared a secret now. Amelia would be safe from most of Snape's new student coldness since she was a Slytherin, however Draco knew he would have to show Snape that if he thought he could be mean to Amelia, he was greatly mistaken.