Amber Robins is returning for her sixth year at Hogwarts, where she plans to embrace any adventure that presents itself, in whatever form it comes in. Little does she know that it will be Tom Riddle that alters the essence of her very being, but jus...
Headmaster Dippet had just concluded his speech, and with a wave of his arms, the tables became shrouded in delicious plates of food and drink. Steaming bowls of tomato soup swirled with cream, gleaming beef joints surrounded by honeyed parsnips and fresh green peas, steak and kidney pies browned to perfection and each adorned with a small lion on their sides. Amber was yet again overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of the feast, as her eyes darted over to the chicken drumsticks and crisp carrots.
Everybody was tucking into the feast, as Amber and her friends discussed the classes they were dreading this year, which was just about all of them. Emily poured herself some pumpkin juice and looked over at the Slytherin table, before dropping her eyes sheepishly to her plate of food.
' You alright Em?' Amber whispered, making sure that the rest of the group were too busy to notice her question.
'Yeah I'm fine... it's just that I know Kyle is going to rub his relationship with Mia in my face tonight, and to be honest I don't really want to see that.' She reasoned, as she robotically scooped up a lone potato, only to drop it back onto her plate.
Amber could see that Emily had been putting on a brave face throughout the train journey here, but was actually really struggling. She guessed that what Kyle had said in the carriage had been true, and that's why Emily was so upset now. She'd had sex with somebody too soon, and as soon as she'd given it up, Kyle had moved on to someone else and something new. But Amber had decided not to bring this up with Emily, as she didn't want to embarrass her even further. She just needed to be a good friend and help her through it.
'Woah, woah, a Hungarian Horntail would definitely win against a Silver Snapper.' Rowan protested, his voice ringing through Amber like a singing bell.
It seemed that Rowan and Ronnie were debating against Tommy, Sidney, and Joel about the power of two well-known destructive dragons. Their voices starting to rise, as Sidney ferociously defended the Silver Snapper, as though it were himself.
'But the Snapper has a longer wingspan and a more powerful diaphragm, which lets it breathe fire to at least 20m in front of it.' Sidney continued, his words flowing at the speed of a determined current.
He wasn't going to let this one go Amber knew, as she speared a green bean onto her fork. Amber and Emily simply watched the debate thaw out, as neither one of them knew enough about dragons to give an opinion.
By the time the last chocolate eclairs and slices of treacle tart had been devoured, a decision still hadn't been reached. This was the problem of having intensely stubborn friends, an argument could continue for hours.
'Anyway guys, what time does the party start tonight?' Amber asked, trying desperately to distract her friends from their current topic.
Thankfully, it seemed to work as Joel saw her attempts to break the debate up and quickly joined to help the effort. The party was planned to start at eight, which gave them just over 30 minutes to freshen up and put some normal clothes on. After Rowan had finished what appeared to be the third slice of apple pie on his plate, the group began to get up and headed to the hall entrance. Their footsteps echoed as they congregated up the cold worn steps towards the Gryffindor common room.
The flying thestrals and conversing elderly wizards greeted the group as they climbed the steps, their dull gold frames flaming as the candlelight seemed to revitalise the paintings inhabitants. Not that Amber minded, she often enjoyed speaking to them when she had the time. Once the group had reached the common room, they immediately went straight to their separate dormitories, where their trunks and animals lay waiting. The dormitory was empty, which made Amber realise that the three other girls they shared with had already left for the Hufflepuff common room.
Avalon gave a quiet greeting as Amber walked over to her cage. She unclasped the lock and let Avalon perch on her arm gently. She stretched her wings and gave Amber an affectionate nip on her hand, before soaring out through the open window and into the dark abyss. Ronnie's cat, Lola, lay spread out on her bed, her green eyes widening in joy as Ronnie stroked her pudgy tummy. A loud purr emitted from Lola's body, as she closed her eyes and waited for sleep to come. However, that bliss was short lived as Ronnie scooped her up and started fussing her further.
Amber could literally hear the sigh that Lola let out, but just smiled as she knew that she treated her cat, Rufus, the same at home.
'Alright, guys what do you think?' Emily queried, as she turned from the mirror and let the others take in her appearance.
She had on a short black dress that accentuated her small waist, and a black choker that gave the outfit an extremely seductive vibe.
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'Wow, Em! You look in-cred-ible!' Ronnie exclaimed, as she dropped Lola onto the floor and sexily skulked over to Emily and wrapped her hands around her waist.
'Yeah, you do look really good Em!' Amber agreed, as she slowly stroked Lola's ear and put away the last of her clothes into the wardrobe. Now Amber just had to decide what she was going to wear.
Amber decided to go simple and threw on a pair of high waisted jeans with a black off the shoulder crop top. She wanted all eyes to be on Emily tonight, so her and Ronnie had agreed to dress casually, not that Emily needed their help to gain attention.
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'Alright, guys. We all ready?' Amber asked, as she put Avalon's cage onto the floor beside her bed and removed a strand of straw from the quilt. Amber made her way to the dormitory door, and leaned against its frame as she waited for Emily and Ronnie to finish preening themselves.
Ronnie finished primping her hair and turned around with a little twirl. She pulled up her black rose embroidered jeans and wiped off any powder residue from her simple black crop top.
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With a quick swipe of bright red lipstick and a flick of her hair, Emily also turned around with a wide smile on her face. "What are we waiting for?" she exclaimed excitedly.
