Charms
The charms lesson quarters were next to the Ravenclaw tower , along with the library . Celia studied her map of the grounds and figured it made sense , as Professor Flitwick was the head of Ravenclaw and taught charms as well as the house having a reputation for students with a scholastic nature . She paced down the corridor .
Year One . Two . Three ... Four .
The door to the fourth year charms classroom was wide ajar , and the class hadn't yet started so the clatter of chatter that ascended throughout the room made it easy for Celia to find her designated seat at the back . Well that and the fact the girl she had seen whispering at the Quidditch World Cup was there too . Celia sat in her desk , taking out a quill with an inkpot as well as a copy of ' Sixth year - advanced charms ' to place on her desk . There was a new navy notepad that she filled out on her desk for the class , though her and Hermione wouldn't be taking any notice to the professors in these lessons .
Hermione looked up , bushy hair ablaze in the chaos of her desk - quills and multiple textbooks littered the table , and she had a smudge of ink on her cheek . The girl gave her a tired smile and stuck her hand out ,' Hi , I'm prefect Hermione Granger .'
Celia kept her lips drawn tight ,' Are you now ?'
Hermione looked puzzled ,' What is that supposed to mean .'
'Hmm ,' Celia rose her brows sarcastically ' You tell me . You know who I am anyway .'
Hermione bunched her lips into a corner of her mouth , looking upwards as if her brain would help her with an answer ,' Oh , I do remember now . You are Celia Malfoy , you were with them at the quidditch world cup .'
'I'm not a Malfoy .'
'Well no , not by blood . But you'll still have their name right ?'
'No . Mr Malfoy demanded that I will have a surname when I figure out my own .'
That boy with ginger head turned around from the desk in front of the girls ,' Sorry to earwig and all , but I don't blame you for wanting to get away from them . '
Celia flinched , is that what people thought ? She would have to speak with Draco later , and tell Narcissa about making Gryffindor before it gets back to Lucius .
'And who are you exactly ?' Celia retorted , she wanted to make impressions , but not on the people who had made weird comments in her opinion at the Cup .
'Ron Weasley .' he tilted his head to the side ,' You know just because you've grown up with Malfoy doesn't mean you have to be like him .'
'What do you mean .'
'Oh you know , being horrible .'
Celia snarled ,' Well if both of you hadn't made strange comments at the Quidditch World Cup I wouldn't really be like this .'
'I didn't say anything to you .' Hermione answered .
'I saw you whispering with another girl , you were both staring and laughing at me .'
Hermione went quiet , Celia felt satisfied with that , equal to her now . Ron however continued ,' We would've been a bit , you know , bitchy , because Draco always is to us . Actually , I am sorry if we made you feel like shit , he just makes us feel like shit , and we didn't know you so probably just guessed you wouldn't care . And it was just a joke too .'
Hermione looked Celia in the eyes ,' I am sorry too .'
Celia answered , more softly this time ,' I haven't been out the house in a very long time , jokes don't come too easy .'
Ron smiled ,' Well you're Gryffindor with us , so I'm sure my brothers Fred and George can change that .'
'Fred and Geo-'
'Right class ,' Professor Flitwick strolled into the classroom , climbing his pyramid of books so he could be seen by the whole class . 'Today will be looking at the confundus charm . Turn to page ..'
'What are we doing ?' she whispered to Hermione .
The girl moved closer ,' We're looking at the charm side of the Unforgiveable Curses . Do you have a copy of this book ?'
Celia looked at the cover . The Malfoy's didn't go to Diagon Alley , at least not anymore anyway - they had their books delivered , ' No I don't .'
Hermione replied ,' That's okay . The library is just next door and all the Professors just let me go whenever I need new material to work from . Lets go and get you your own copy .'
Celia was surprised at how welcoming Hermione was being . She thought that perhaps she had been worrying so much about making a bad impression on anyone by accident , that she never realised other people might make bad first impressions towards her too . It made her feel a lot better about what had happened during the summer , but also even more confused . Draco hated these people , she got he was jealous , she just really didn't understand why the hatred went so deep .
She needed to talk to him.