A Mermaid's Tears | Fred Weasley

Chapter 14

"It's been a week! And she hasn't apologized! Marceline, grab a trash can so we don't have her hair all over the floor."

"Aliyah! We are not ripping her hair out!"

"What about just like, half of it?"

"No!"

"Maybe, three-fourths of it?"

"Aliyah, no!"

"Just one strand," Aliyah cried, throwing up her hands.

"We are leaving all her hairs on her head!"

"Well what are we going to do to her, if we can't rip her hair out!?"

"We are going to talk calmly to her," Marceline informed her friend, and Aliyah rolled her eyes.

"Typical Hufflepuff, lets go and talk calmly!" Aliyah said, mocking her friend and receiving a glare in return.

"You're in Hufflepuff too, you know."

"Yeah, but I'm not a typical Hufflepuff. I break stereotypes."

"I'm a half-mermaid. I break stereotypes."

"But no one knows that about you, so it doesn't matter."

"Whatever," Marceline muttered. "Now we are going to talk to Arty. If you can't handle talking to her calmly, I'll go get Lola or Cedric and get one of them to come with me instead."

"Fine! I'll come and talk to her calmly!" Aliyah said in defeat, and she began to walk out of the dorm, Marceline following close behind.

"How are we going to find her if we don't even know where she is?" Aliyah muttered, speeding down the corridor and look up and down and all around trying to find Artemisia.

"I don't think it will be much of a challenge," Marceline said, pointing to a bench where Artemisia was sitting with two other girls who Marceline had never spoken with before.

"Artemisia. We need to talk," Aliyah said, glaring at the girl before Marceline could say anything.

"Nothing you have to say will change my views," Artemisia said, then continued to chat with the other girls.

"We aren't trying to change your views," Marceline said, trying to remain calm. "We simply want to talk to you."

"Fine. But make it short. I don't want to have anything to do with people like that or his friends," Artemisia spat.

"Ok Marceline, your plan didn't work, we're going for mine." Before Marceline could process what she meant, Aliyah had launched herself at the girl and they both went tumbling to the ground. Several bystanders started gathering and yelling before Marceline yanked Aliyah away.

"Come on Aliyah, we're leaving," she said, dragging her friend away.

Aliyah fumed the whole time they walked and Marceline was angrily shaking herself. Neither of the girls knew where they were going but they both continued to walk to cool off.

"Hey ladies?" Fred said, and his voice quickly turned to confusion as he saw the two girls still fuming. He exchanged a look with his brother and they both slowly made their way over to the girls.

"Er, everything okay?" Fred said slowly, reaching out to touch his girlfriend before deciding against it and placing his arm to his side. Aliyah slid to ground and started crying and Marceline sat next to her and continue shaking with rage. If she was capable of crying, she would join her friend.

"You want us to stay or...?" George slowly asked.

"You can stay. I might need your help restraining Aliyah if she decides to go after Artemisia again." Marceline said hoarsely while Aliyah continued to cry.