Written In The Stars -[Harry Potter xFem!Oc]

Chapter Eight: "New friends".

The next morning Hermione had already woken up and left for breakfast. Mel washed her face and got dressed slowly, she wasn't an early riser.

She had trouble finding the Great Hall, Harry and Ron weren't with her and she forgot to ask them to wait for her the next morning, so she was a bit lost.

The halls were also completely empty, probably because most of the students were having breakfast, she started to worry. 

Then, Mel saw a boy at the other end of the hall and she fastened her pace.

"Uh, Hello," Mel tapped his shoulder, "I'm sorry, I got lost and I don't know how to get to the Great Hall... could you-?"

"You want me to help you find it?" He raised a brow, "Are you a first-year?"

"It's easy to guess, isn't it" Mel chuckled nervously, "I'm sorry for wasting your time..."

"It's alright," The boy shook his head, "I was going there too, anyway"

"Oh," Mel sighed in relief, "thank you"

"No problem," He walked beside her, "I got lost thousands of times last year"

"You're a second-year, then?"

"It's easy to guess," He replied using her words, "name's Erick. You're that Dumbledore girl, aren't you?"

"Mel," She corrected, "I don't mean to sound rude, but I would appreciate if you didn't call me 'Dumbledore girl', it's not a nickname that I like"

"Sorry," The boy said, "I didn't know, I'll make sure to call you Mel from now on"

She eyed him up curiously. He had dark, curly hair and hazel eyes, his expression remained formal, a bit too adult for his young face. He guided her through a few hidden passages and one staircase, they remained silent until they reached the Great Hall.

"Here," Erick nodded, "I hope you memorized the way back, cause I won't be able to help you, is not exactly a good look on neither of us"

"What do you mean?" She frowned.

Erick pointed to his tie: He was a Slytherin.

She hadn't noticed before, too worried about finding her way to the Great Hall, but if she was honest, it wasn't bugging her that much, after all, he had been good to her.

"You don't want that kind of fame on your first day," He warned her, "I certainly can't allow it for myself. It was nice meeting you, anyway."

"Yes," She watched him leave, her frown never disappearing "nice to meet you too..."

What did he mean with 'that kind of fame'? She wasn't allowed to talk to kids in different houses? Or was it because he was a Slytherin?

Whatever it was, Mel didn't think he was despicable, he had helped her...

"Mel!" A little hand waved in her direction, "Here!"

She spotted Harry next to Ron and Dean Thomas, Mel rushed over to meet her friends.

"You didn't wait for me," She took a seat in front of them, "you could have waited at least five minutes before leaving, you know?"

"Sorry," Ron replied, "we were hungry"

"Tomorrow we'll wait for you," Harry offered a plate with scrambled eggs and toast as a peace offering.

"Thank you," Mel took the plate, "any of you seen Hermione? She wasn't in the common room when I got up, I thought she'd be here"

"She had breakfast and left," said Dean Thomas, "I think she wanted to study before class"