Just - Theodore Nott

⁂𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑⁂

Theodore's Pov:

I came back from Italy about a week and a half before school would start again, which is today, September 1st.

I haven't seen Leah or Matt yet. My parents said it was better, for our safety and theirs. I've only seen Enzo, Pansy, Blaise and Draco so far.

I walked in Kings Cross Station, hurrying to get onto platform nine and three quarters, but once I did, I didn't spot her. Weird.

"Theo, they're probably already on the train. Voldemort said he might have deatheaters looking around, so just keep that in mind" said mum. "Alright, I love you. See you guys soon" I hugged both my parents and ran to step onto the train with my trunk before it left without me.

Walking through the train, looking for my friends, I noticed it was more empty. Some parents probably didn't want their kids getting hurt in the coming battle, or just because of Dumbledore's death.

I noticed Enzo, Pansy, Blaise, Draco and Daphne in a part of the train with a bunch of other seventh years, so I walked in and sat with them. "Hey, where's Leah and Matt?" I questioned, noticing the two not there.

"They're hiding with under the invisibility cloak Harry gave them with some Ravenclaws. Mum's told me they're sending deatheaters to search the train" said Pansy. "Yeah, they've told us to tell you not to look for them here, rather you see them once we arrive" added Blaise.

I sighed, "Sorry mate, we wanted to see them as well" Enzo related.

"Hogwarts", scoffed Draco, "What an excuse for school". "Right?!" I huffed, "It's honestly useless going this year", "Agreed" Daphne rolled her eyes.

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The train slowed down a bit, everything turning quite cold.

Familiar people entered the train. Deatheaters. More specifically, Greyback, Dolhov and Rabastan. They walked through the area where us seventh years were, looking around in a menacing manner.

"He's not here. Don't bother" stood up Neville Longbottom. They turned to him scarily, "then where are the Riddle twins?" Rabastan demanded more than asked. "Not here either. You can quit your stupid search" Dean Thomas shot them a dirty look

They turned around to look at the six of us, giving a look suggestive as to 'where are they?', yet we simply shook our heads no.

—

Hogwarts looked... different.

It was now dark, empty, cold, sad. It was surrounded by Dementors at every corner of the castle. Now that Snape became Headmaster it was almost — depressing.

The sorting had ended, and even during that the sorting hat was less like itself, despite it being a literal fucking hat.

Even the new students and younger years weren't cheery. They'd always be — neuteral. Either that or they had a frown on their faces while eating at dinner.

Enzo left early with two trays of food for Leah and Matt. I quickly followed behind, wanting desperately to see them again.

I ran down then back up the stairs to reach my dorm, finding the door closed. I knocked twice. soft footsteps were heard. The door opened, and there stood Aliyah. And my fucking god was she gorgeous.

Over the summer, her hair grew out, she gained a few more freckles, she had developed quite a bit and her lips, oh they looked so lonely.

I barely let her look me up and down and mutter "Theo- ", before crashing my lips into hers, squeezing my fingers into her waist with a need. I kissed her deeply with eagerness of it, getting myself as close to her as possible.

Her fingers entwined themselves in my hair and she sunk into it all. "I missed you so much" I whispered into her neck. "Missed you too" she chuckled lowly.

"Hello, I exist as well" laughed Matt. I slowly pulled away and went over to hug him with a smile. "Missed you, mate" I ruffled his hair, "same" he chuckled.

"So, how was your summer in Italy" Leah asked excitedly as I went back to her. "Good" I nodded, putting my hands back on her waist. "It was really fun, I was happy to go back for a bit. Missed you, though", "I missed you too, maybe a little too much" she laughed.

"So where are, y'know, Harry, Hermione and Ron?" I asked. They're finding the real Slytherin pendant and a way to destroy it. Told them it's at the ministry somewhere so they're looking around"

"The pendant's a fake?" I was a bit shocked, "Yeah, it was. Apparently Kreacher took it after Regulus... well, you get my point, then someone stole it from the Black manor" she explained.

"That's crazy" I raised my brows. "Yeah, I know..." She suggested.

—

"And then Ron turned into a rat" Matt burst out laughing while telling his story. We were all on the floor dying of laughter with the other rest of the group who came a few minutes ago.

"My stomach hurts, stop!" Enzo was wheezing on the floor. "Merlin, I missed this" Daphne wiped away a few tears from laughing too hard.

"You won't be for long. This is what most of our days are going to be like this year. Studying is basically pointless because of the war" said Blaise

"That's true. We can basically just fuck around until then" Mattheo fully laid down on the floor. "Yeah, sure, but we need to find the Diadem first and destroy it. Then we can just fool around every day" Aliyah explained.

Diadem? "Leah, what diadem?" I chuckled, confused. "Oh- yeah, the diadem that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, it's a horcrux. We need to destroy all horcruxes to kill Voldemort. He's said it himself."

"Interesting" I said sarcastically.

"Whatever, change of subject." Pansy rolled her eyes, "There's a party happening next Friday in the common room". I raised a brow. How on Earth will that even be able to happen?

"How? Isn't Snape the Slytherin head teacher and the Headmaster now?" Draco was just as easily confused, "Yeah, won't he catch us or something?" agreed Enzo

"That's the thing, he won't be able to do so. They're casting a couple spells on the common room. No noise will be heard from outside, the door'll be locked no matter what, and they've blackmailed the kitchen elves into cleaning up the place afterwards" Pansy explained.

"Who is 'they' ?" Mattheo exclaimed, "And how did they blackmail the fucking kitchen elves?!" added Al. Pansy simply replied with a shrug, "I know people. A lot of people"

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A bit rushed
50/50
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