Chapter Fourteen - Roaring Rivalries

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For the sake of this story, the characters are not 11 when they enter Hogwarts; that would just be weird and won't work with how I have the story planned out. Please consider them to be in high school - it will hopefully work much better!!

This chapter is so much longer than any of my others; I hope you enjoy!!

❗️ - Possible swearing

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Aelin's POV -

"Great, you'll be playing with me" Lorcan sulked.

"I know, Manon told me" Aelin smirked back.

Lorcan may have been at a loss for words, but the boy with silver hair next to him certainly had enough to say.

"Well Lorcan, it seems it will be even easier this year to beat the Slytherin house this year. I'm not sure I should even bother trying with this one on the team" he sneered.

Wow this dude really was cruel. Was he just insecure about his own quidditch skills or was he genuinely this big-headed? Maybe it was a front. Surely nobody was this much of a jerk naturally.

"Shut up Ro" Lorcan jeered back, clearly aggravated. "It's fine, I'll talk to the witch, get her benched and we'll crush you this season regardless."

Ro. So that was his name. Or at least part of it. Aelin couldnt believe she was still here, she should have left ages ago. She didn't have time for these guys.

Surveying the group again, she noticed that one of the boys in the group looked exactly like the blond-haired lad that was grinning, only with dark hair and a blank face. Twins then, but from the looks of it, very different people. The other two boys were stood right at the back of the group, both watching with slight sympathy. What was going to happen to her that made them so worried.

"Checking us out already? Don't bother, you're not in our league" the silver-haired boy, 'Ro', spoke up again.

"Oh shut up." Aelin said. "Like I'd ever be interested in you; you look like the kind of person who takes their Christmas decorations on the 26th of December, because you believe the holiday is over. I can't imagine going after somebody so full of himself anyway."

At this, both twins began to laugh, this time not able to hold back at all. The silver-haired boy simply glared, matching Lorcan's already dark face. Deciding she'd had enough already, Aelin simply strode off towards the castle, ready to eat and get away from the six third-year students that were so set on making her life difficult.

But this was Aelin, and she wasn't going to just leave peacefully, so made her way down the path back to Hogwarts and off of the grounds, casually flipping the boys off as she left.

-———— (Back at Hogwarts) ———————

Finally Aelin got back inside the castle, making her way straight to the Great Hall, just in time for tea. She had learnt that people were meant to keep to their house table in the first day of her being at Hogwarts, however this was often not the case. In fact, Aelin and her friends had chosen to keep to the Slytherin and Ravenclaw tables, sitting in between the two table to talk, as most of their friends were concentrated in those two houses. In order to stop themselves from getting in trouble with the teachers, Elide, Lysandra and Aelin would sit on the Slytherin table, turning around to talk to Yrene, Dorian and Ansel, who wasn't a Ravenclaw (and was in fact a Gryffindor) but risked it and snuck over anyways. Their group had since expanded, accommodating Chaol Westfall, a second-year Ravenclaw student, who was clearly making heart-eyes at Dorian the whole time, unfortunately picking one of the most clueless people in the world to crush over. They also took in Luca and Ress (both from Hufflepuff who also snuck over to join them) and Nesryn, a second-year Gryffindor. Their group was very close, taking fun in mocking their professors and each other, as well as learning things about other students from Nesryn and Chaol, seeing as they had been there for a year already. Chaol and Aelin had started off on rocky(ish) terms, as Chaol was not happy as to how quickly she caught onto his secret liking of Dorian, although they later on became closer, after she assured to not tell him. Nesryn and Aelin were also good friends, just naturally getting along and understanding each other.

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