chapter 9 // first year

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exciting news

"Merlin Via what aren't you good at" Elliot exclaimed, playfully throwing a chess piece at me.

"It's okay Lee, I'll teach you my secrets to winning over the winter break" I chuckled throwing the piece back at him.  My grandfather, before he died taught me how to win any game of chess he taught me the secrets and taught me everything I've ever needed to know which made destroying Elliot at chess so much easier.

"Mails here!".

Hundreds of owls flew through the windows, my eyes were focused on my perfect snowy owl gliding through the hall, It was Dev carrying a letter in its beak eventually making it towards me dropping it on my empty plate.

"Oooh, you got a letter".

Then another owl flew in and dropped a letter on Elliot's plate "Oooh, I got a letter".

We both grabbed our letters and began ripping them open.

Dear Sylvia,

Your father and I are very excited to see you over the winter break, we will be picking you up from the platform tomorrow. We also will be throwing our annual Christmas Eve party, we've invited the families of the new friends you have made at Hogwarts, there will be no need to stress about a dress because I have picked one out for you that you will love. We hope that you are as excited about the party as we are.

Make sure to stay warm, we will see you soon.

Lots of love, Mother & Father

I squealed in excitement about my Christmas party. My family and I have always been known for throwing the best Christmas parties, all of the pureblood families were invited to the party from all over the world. Unfortunately, the Weasleys never came, but I wasn't sure if it was because they weren't invited or because they were ashamed for being blood traitors.

"So you told your parents about me?" Elliot cooed "So romanticcccc".

"Shove off".

"SYLVIA!!" A voice called from behind me.

I turned around to see it was Daphne "YOU'RE HAVING A CHRISTMAS PARTY!".

She took a seat beside me as we both squealed in excitement.

"So what are you wearing?"

"Im not sure actually, my mother has something picked out for me, how about you?".

I turned to see that Draco, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, and Theodore had all taken a seat along the Slytherin table.

"Merlin Sylvia, why in Merlin's name does your family have to throw a Christmas party, I already see enough of you at school now I have to see your ugly face during Christmas." Malfoy sneered

"Malfoy, your family spends Christmas with ours every year, stop complaining. I also don't know why your complaining about my 'ugly' face, you clearly spend too much time looking in the mirror every year"

"Im actually excited for her party, maybe there will be cute boys there" Daphne said batting her eyes at Blaise

My eyes snapped to Daphne with a shocked expression, she turned to see me with a small smile growing on her face I just rolled my eyes. "How do you guys even know about the party I only just found out?"

"Our parents all sent us letters" Blaise answered

"Mhm, anyways what are you guys doing for Christmas"

Malfoy was the first to answer "Well I have to see your ugly face so not much"

"Im going to Italy for a week with my family after your Christmas party" Blaise boasted.

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