Lost Over Time

Ch. 7

11th of September 1991
06:47

I make it back to the common room without filch shouting at me about being up before 7. Honestly it's not my fault I'm like this. I walk up to the dorm after contemplating for a couple of minutes whether I should sit down stairs for a while.

Once I'm upstairs I calmly walk to my dorm and just as I'm about to go in I remember what Draco told me yesterday. I'm now sharing a dorm with someone, specifically a girl named Alison, someone Draco has known since he was a baby. Will she act the same way everyone else acted when they found out I wasn't a pureblood?

Pushing all my negative thoughts aside I slowly open the door, getting ready for anything, but once I've opened it, all I see is a girl calmly sat on her bed, studying. What kind of person studies this early in the morning? It's not even 7 am!

She doesn't bother lifting her head to acknowledge my entry, instead she points at my desk. On my desk is an unopened letter. "Thanks" I voice my appreciation and walk to my draws. "I have to use the shower, I'll try to be quick" I inform Alison, to which she simply nods.

⭐Time Skip⭐

After my shower I walk over to the basins to brush my teeth as I hear someone walk in. Turns out Alison brought her toothbrush and toothpaste in so she could brush her teeth, she is already immaculately dressed, perfect uniform...but her hair's a bird's nest.

I spit out my toothpaste and look at her through the mirror as she stands next to me, carefully putting the toothpaste on the brush. "Do you want some help?" I ask bluntly, not being very specific. "Hm?" She looks at me confused "Oh! I mean with your hair, would you like me to do your hair?" I ask quickly as I feel my cheeks burn up.

She looks to my hair and then contemplates my question. After a little thought she nods, giving me the okay. Smiling I wipe the toothpaste from my mouth and move behind her and start brushing her hair as she brushes her teeth. Her hair is so soft. In no time she's brushed her teeth and I've styled her hair in a basic French braid.

"Done" I smile admiring my hard work "thanks" Alison says collecting her stuff from the countertop. "My name's Harley Lupin, by the way" I quickly say as she walks to the door "Alison Sn-Foster" she replies walking out the bathroom.

Quickly collecting my things I head into the room to see Alison collecting her books for today. I grab my robe, letter from mom and note books for today. As I'm about to pick up my last book I hear someone talking, "Do you want to walk with me?" Alison asks in a quiet voice. I smile at her and quickly grab my last book, "I'd love to".

⭐Time skip⭐

We sit at the Slytherin table and start talking a bit more. She's quite intelligent, but she's not arrogant about it and she was accepted to Hogwarts a year early. "I bet your parents are really proud of you" I smile at her, her smile falters slightly as she hears me say this. "Um, I guess my dad's proud. I mean he's never said it but he's never denied it either so..." Just then two figures sit across from us catching our attention.

"Hey bestie!" Chantal greets cheerfully as Damian simply waves. "Hi guys" I greet back with a smile and small wave. I finish introducing my new friend to the two of them when I feel someone sit beside me. "Morning everyone" Draco greets as the food appears on the tables across the Great hall and everyone is lost in simple chatter. The chatter suddenly stops and erupts into shrieks and screeches.

Now looking around I see a number of students with abnormalities like; tails, enlarged heads, large bumps or boils, blue spots, an extra limb, fur, and so on. Looking around I spot that even the professor's were affected by this. "Oh...my...god..." Chantal's jaw drops as she points at professor Snape. "He...uh..I mean she doesn't look too bad" Damian laughs. Whatever was going on had affected Snape pretty badly, SHE looked extremely uncomfortable and looked rather restricted in her robes. I mean SHE would be considering they are men's robes.

"Oh god" Alison says from next to me, spotting what we have. I quickly scan over the hall trying to spot the culprits, unlikely but might as well try. My eyes quickly land on a pair of redheaded twins that look as though they are about to explode with laughter. "I think I found the culprits..." I say to the group discreetly pointing at the boys. The group turns to look to where I'm pointing and Damian then pipes up, "should have guessed it was the weasley twins" Damian half laughs and half grimaces. "Wait those are the boys I helped this morning when I was caught out of bed" Alison comments angrily.

"What do you mean?" Draco asks raising an eyebrow at her. "Well I felt nauseous so I went for a walk. I bumped into those two and after a brief chat I started walking back to the common room, but right after I turned the corner I bumped into Snape and loudly greeted him to alert the boys. I got off easy with a slap on the wrist, but if I hadn't had alerted them this wouldn't have happened." Alison explains getting angrier. "Good job Alison!" Chantal and Damian smile at her, but this only confuses her. "What for?" She asks blankly, "well this is guaranteeing that we miss a few lessons" Damian answers happily.

I look back at the professor's table to see Dumbledore stand up followed by a very angry and uncomfortable Snape. "Students, I am afraid that lessons are cancelled till we can fix the mess that has been created." Dumbledore addresses the entire hall a few "Yay's" are heard along with a few complaints then he continues "will Mr Fred and George Weasley please come to my office, thank you that is all." He finishes and walks out with an agitated Snape still following him. Everyone slowly leaves the hall, those affected heading to the hospital wing and those who aren't heading out to do their own things.

That is the end of chapter 7, hope you enjoyed. Don't be afraid to comment, let me know what you think. Please vote and share. Thank you for reading and till next time my amazing readers❣️