the transfer; dm

chapter 3: order of the phoenix

The Slytherin table cheered extremely loud. Why?

I looked over the the Gryffindor table. Ginny was the only one looking at me. She looked sad.  Harry and Ron looked like they were arguing with Hermione. I could see my name on their lips. Fred and George were nowhere to be found.

I pushed the lump in my throat down as I walked to the Slytherins. There was an open seat towards the middle and I kept my eyes down as I hurried over.

"Hello Felicity, my names Andrea Pucey."

I looked to my right and saw a girl. Taller than me, maybe 5'8, black hair and brown eyes. She had an athletes build.

"Hi," I put my hand out to shake but she dodges it and wraps her arm around my shoulders and pulls me closer to her.

"Great. We are already best friends."

I laugh and look down the table. Most of the people are looking at me, hiding it of course but not very well.

Another black haired girl pipes up, "So where are you from Riddle?"

Before I get a chance to speak Andrea says, "Haven't you heard her voice yet Pansy? She's obviously American." She turns to me, "Muggle born I suppose?"

I nod.

As soon as I do that 90% of the eyes turn away from me. I hear a scoff.

Draco

"Mudblood," he tries to cover it with a cough but everyone could hear it plain as day. Pansy let's out a horrid laugh.

"Shut it Pansy," a girl says from the other side of Andrea. "No one wants to hear your awful laughter."

The girls hair is strikingly blue and her eyes match. She gives me a small smile and nod before turning back to her food.

"That's Roxana Higgs, her brother plays quidditch with mine. Lots of the boys play." Andrea leans towards me as she talks. "My favourite is Theodore Nott."

I look to where she's looking. A boy with brown hair styled like a surfer and laughing with Draco and a black boy.

"His name is Blaise Zabini and across from him is Vasiey."

Vasiey is my type. Dark brown hair and green eyes.

"Thank you"

"Of course. Oh and you don't want to get caught up in Astoria Greengrass' social circle. All they do is talk badly and spread rumors."

"The worst kind of people."

Andrea laughs, "Astoria is dating Vasiey but i've caught her kissing Draco on more than one occasion."

"Damn... I'll admit, she has game though." Astoria tosses her long brown hair and all the 1st and 2nd year boys eyes fall on her. Yuck.

"Let's get out of here. I'll give you a quick tour." Andrea doesn't give me much of an opinion because shes dragging me out of my seat. We race through the halls and she points out every classroom, bathroom, and secret corridor there is.

I'm out of breath and laughing by the time we get back to the Slytherin common room.

"I've saved the best for last! Come into your new home."

It's gorgeous. Everything is green or black. There are leather couches and wooden tables all over the place. I see stairs going up and stairs going down. My favourite part is the glass aquarium like windows that show under the Black Lake. A fish swims by.

Andrea leads me up the stairs, "5th years and above are up these stairs and 4 and below are under the common room."

She leads me into a wide room filled with four green canopy beds. Dressers on the left and bedside tables on the right. There's a bathroom with a shower at the back of the room.

"This is..." I couldn't figure out any words to describe how excited I felt.

"Amazing, I know. You should see the prefects rooms. 10 times better."

"Prefects?"

"Yeah, students that can take house points, give detentions. You know. The people we don't like. Draco and Pansy are prefects this year," she rolls her brown eyes. "I only know cause they wouldn't stop talking about it on the train."

I laugh and then that turns into a yawn.

"All your stuff is already in that drawer by the 4th bed. I'm gonna get ready for bed."

"Goodnight," I say as set my clothes out for tomorrow.

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A wake to a loud beeping sound, Andrea's alarm. She rolls over to turn it off. I'm wide awake. I'm not a morning person or a night person. I can fully function with any amount of sleep.

My body is full of jitters as I pull on my uniform. Plaid green skirt with a black polo. I run my hands over the Slytherin emblem on my shirt before pulling it on and tucking it in.

I should be proud to be a Slytherin shouldn't I?

I hear a groan from the across the room. Andrea was searching around in her drawers but there was someone in the bed next to her. Blue hair sticks out from around the pillow.

Roxana.

"Higgs let's go, breakfast starts soon. It's almost 7:30" Andrea jokingly rolls her eyes at me.

Roxana rolls her way out of bed and changes. She wears the skirt and polo too but puts her hoodie on overtop. Using a makeup charm she corrects the spots on her face and darkens her lashes.

"What do you mean babe? I'm ready to go."

We walk down to the common room and I see a flash of blond from behind long brown hair.

Draco is kissing Astoria.

I stare at them and he catches my eye. He pushes her off and strides over to me.

"Didn't your muggle mother ever tell you its rude to stare?"

He hits my shoulder as he walks past and joins Blaise and Theo. They walk out the common room and we follow them to the great hall. It's less extravagant as before but the tables are still separated by house.

I find Ginny.

She looks away.