masked

5

Call me draco

Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Zabini and Skylar made their way to the next class, Defence Against the Dark Arts. There was a professor dressed in black robes standing by the teacher's desk. His presence alone sent chills down Skylar's spine for some reason. Skylar grabbed a seat next to Pansy with Draco and Crabbe sitting behind her and Goyle sitting next to Blaise infront.

"Today we are going to learn about using Non-verbal spells. A nonverbal spell is a which is performed without speaking it aloud. Now can one of you tell me the advantage of a nonverbal spell? "

The classroom was silent.

"How about you there? Miss..." the Professor said as he pointed his wand towards Skylar.

"Star... Well, your adversary has no warning about what kind of magic you're ganna use,  which gives you a tiny advantage."

"Very well Miss Star." Professor Snape said monotonously with a hint of a smile playing on his lips. He was impressed. However, that was just a close call for Skylar. She only knew the answer because she happened to read that page of the textbook when she purchased it.

"That, students, was an answer copied almost word for word from The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Six, but correct in essentials." He continued as he turned towards the blackboard behind him to scribble down the full answer from the textbook.

The rest of the lesson was just the students trying to do a couple of simple spells without saying the incantations aloud of course. Skylar only managed to do one. It was the summoning spell... probably because it was the spell that she used the most. Pansy on the other hand, managed to do quite a number. After the lesson, the lot of them made their way to the great hall for lunch.

"So Skylar... First day in Hogwarts. How has it been so far?"

"Pretty boring Zabini. Snape gives me the creeps, Slughorn is... weird. The amortentia bit was fun though..." replied Skylar with a giggle. Malfoy and Skylar exchanged looks for a second before Malfoy looked back at Zabini.

"Call me Blaise." said Zabini, with a nod to acknowledge Skylar's response.

"What did you smell just now? You never told us." Malfoy said.

"Well, Malfoy, if you must know... I smelt...her." Blaise said as he turned around to look towards the Ravenclaw table.

"Who?" Pansy exclaimed. She put her for and knife down, signalling that she was giving him all of her attention.

"Naomi."

"Naomi? As is Naomi Nightfall? No way!" Skylar shouted. Blaise hushed her by placing his finger near her lips. Skykar raised up her hands, pretending to surrender. A few people turned to look at her and she giggled.

"You know her?"

"Oh yeah. We used to be friends when we were younger. I never knew she was a witch until i saw her at the sorting ceremony yesterday."

"Wicked." He muttered to himself before stuffing his mouth with steak.

As usual, Skykar ate a few vegetables and that was it. Malfoy seemed to do the same. He still had eyebags that were pretty bad and his face was pale. His hair was messy, drooping all about his forehead. He never talked to anyone during lunch. Skylar couldn't help thinking about how sad he looked. She thought that maybe thats what he's like. Maybe Skylar just didn't know him well enough.

He must have noticed Skylar staring at him because he tensed up and put down his fork. He got up from the table and started walking off without sharing a single word. Skylar dabbed her mouth with a napkin before excusing herself from the table to follow Draco.