What the Hell?
"And then she just left! Just walked off! And the professor didn't even stop her; he just watched her leave."
The two cousins were walking down to breakfast when Katherine started telling Annie about the girl.
"Maybe she's still in a bad mood?" Anne said, sounding unsure.
"but she has been like this since we arrived. Not to mention, she's literally been stalking me."
"whAT-?"
"Yeah, she's been following me around and staring at me. Some of the other girls said they caught her doing some shady stuff like sneaking into people's dorms."
“huUH?”
“I know she's so, odd.”
"I think I need to talk to this girl."
-
As Anne and Katherine enter the great hall, Katherine points out the girl in the corner who looks angry.
“That one over there, looking angry in the corner,” Katherine states.
Anne squints her eyes before quickly pulling back. “Katherine, are you sure?” she asks, her eyebrows furrowed.
Katherine turns her head to Anne, who looks very serious. “Yes, I am. But why do you-?”
Anne interrupts her, grabbing Katherine's shoulders. “You need to stay away from her. Do you understand me?”
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“She’s a Tudor,” Anne says, her voice low and urgent.
Oh, that’s why. No wonder Anne is freaking out. Her family, as well as some other pureblood family lines, despise the Tudors. To be honest she doesn’t really know why. She was just to avoid them.
“Katherine, you have to stay away from her. Do you understand?” Anne repeats, her grip on Katherine's shoulders tightening.
Katherine knew this was serious; her cousin never spoke to her like that unless something was very important. “Okay, I will, I promise,” she says, feeling a knot in her stomach.
“Good. Now let's go sit down and eat something,” Anne says, her tone lighter now.
-
During the remainder of lunch, Katherine chatted and played around with her friend Anne. Despite being warned to stay away from the Tudor, she couldn't resist stealing a few glances down the table. Each time, she found the Tudor staring back at her.
Now that Katherine knew the other girl was a Tudor, she felt more uneasy. What did the Tudor want from her? Hadn't her family also warned her to avoid the Howards?
Katherine wasn't certain, but she couldn't dwell on it. She needed to get to her next class. She said goodbye to Anne and hurried off to her lesson.
-
The rest of the week was really uneventful. The only high points were Anne beating up some kid, The Tudor girl stopped stalking at her and she got a 100 on her potions essay.
Now it was Saturday after dinner and she was lost in the castle. She was trying to find the way out of the castle to Owlery but got a little sidetracked from chasing a puppy.
which she caught
and was now holding
wandering aimlessly down the corridors.
Well, she was until she heard some whispers around the corner.
“Maybe we should tell a professor”
She recognized that voice that was Eleanor Paston, her friend and a fellow first-year Slytherin.
“No you can’t! They told me, they trusted me, I would be betraying their trust.”
the other voice was the other Paston twin, Margaret. What were they doing all the way out here?
“Who cares Margaret! Our peers are going missing.”
Is that what they are talking about? She heard some rumours about missing students but she thought it was just that, rumours.
“I am going to tell Professor Aragón.”
“Please! Eleano-“
ruwh
“Wait, What was that?”
Uh oh. Damn dog!
Katherine quickly scurries away from the scene before she could get caught.
I guess I’ll just have to send the letter tomorrow morning