The Ghost Marauder

Part 8

It's finals week. *puts hands up* ALIENS, TAKE ME AWAY. Vote right now if you have any PIERCINGS!  

          "So you're Samantha?" the preppy girl asked me as I poked through my suitcase. The other three girls - Marlene, Alice, and Dorcas - were unpacking, but the preppy girl hadn't even touched her bags yet, almost as though she wasn't expecting to stay.

          "Yep," I agreed as I put a covered cage onto my bed.

          "I'm Lily Evans."

          Dorcas's head shot up from where she was arranging some pictures. "That's right! Aren't you the one who's friends with Severed Snap?"

          "His name is Severus Snape," Lily retorted. "And yeah, I am friends with him. Got a problem with that?"

          "Well, he's a Slytherin - "

          Alice scoffed, flipping through a book on her bed. "Lils was friends with him before he got Slytherin. It's not her fault she didn't know."

          "Good point," Dorcas said thoughtfully.

          I sat cross-legged on my bed and uncovered the cage, poking my fingers through the bars as I tried to touch my kitten. She hissed at my fingers.

          Marlene frowned, biting her lip. "That kid gives me the creeps."

          Lily glared at her. "Well, I'm planning on talking to Dumbledore about moving me to Slytherin."

          There was an awkward silence. I opened the cage door, and Mittens strutted out of the cage, strolling over to one of the bedposts to use as a scratching post.

          Dorcas sent her beady eyes over to me, looking at me like she wanted nothing better than to dissect me. "Samantha, weren't you sitting with that one Slytherin on the train?" she asked.

          "Yeah. What about it?" I replied, developing the defensive tone that Lily had used.

          Alice looked over at me. "Yeah, now that you mention it Dorcas... wasn't it that blonde girl? Something Vanity?"

          Marlene squeaked, looking at me like I was a monster. "Emma Vanity?! My brother told me about her! She's one of the meanest kids in the whole school!"

          "Hey, she is not!" I defended. "She's nicer than you!"

          Marlene looked deeply offended.

          "Let's just forget about this all," Alice sighed, closing her book. "I'm going to bed. Night, guys." With that, she climbed into her bed.

          "I'm tired too," Lily muttered, getting under her covers.

          Well, this wasn't too great of a start for new friends. With that thought in my head, I also got into bed after putting Mittens back into her cage. With a sudden click, the lights turned off, plunging the room into darkness.

Huurrnnghhhhhh I have no more mental capacity. But hey, 5 more days til Christmas!

12/20/17