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when we arrived, we had to split into groups: four to a carriage, pulled by two thestrals. i was getting ready to join another carriage when remus grabbed my wrist, pulling me back.
"where are you going?" he asked.
"i thought you were the smart one. there's already four in your carriage."
"so? i'll get sirius to sit on the floor or something. come on; you're riding with us, ivy—"
"ivory," i corrected.
"yeah, i don't think anyone's actually planning on calling you that," he admitted, helping me into the small black carriage.
"awesome! she is going to be sitting on the floor though, right?" peter asked solemnly.
"nope. i need a volunteer," remus said in a teacher-voice. sirius's fist shot straight up, punching me in the nose and sending me flying back, landing in james's lap.
"thanks, james," i groaned.
"any time," he said cooly.
"so, can someone please explain to me who's good and who's going to be a death eater?" i asked.
"well, i mean it's not sorted by who's good and who's a death eater, it's kinda a choice we can make, because there's both light and dark in us, but it's our decision wether or not we choose—"
"yeah, yeah. marlene mckinnon is good," james said, interrupting sirius's heartfelt speech. "lily evans is fantastic. all malfoys and blacks are bad—"
"hey!!" sirius pouted.
"wassup?"
"what do you mean all blacks are bad?!"
"you aren't a black. you're a nobody, o'course. oh, lestrange, rockwood, carr— bad. andrew mcclaggan is just an annoying jerk. prewetts, weasley, and finnigan— good," james continued, counting on his fingers. "lovegood ... well, he's just crazy; jackson miller and jordan hayes are bad news. don't fall for their tricks, okay?"
"got it," i said with a light chuckle.
"isla laverne and austin kint are good people to t— WHOA!" james shouted in my ear as we took a really sharp turn. "what the bloody hell pull these things??"
"threstrals," I replied through gritted teeth.
"what? how do you know that?" peter questioned.
"'the secrets of hogwarts' says that you can only see them if you've witnessed the death of someone."
