Storms Ahead

|Chapter 115 : Scowls|

"All students will return to their House common rooms by six o'clock in the evening. No student is to leave the dormitories after that time. You will be escorted to each lesson by a teacher. No student is to use the bathroom unaccompanied by a teacher. All further Quidditch training and matches are to be postponed. There will be no more evening activities." Snape told us, reading off a long scroll of parchment as the common room sat in complete silence. All of our house, all of the years gathered together, either sitting on any spare spaces on couches or armchairs, leaning against walls or standing in little groups as we all looked at him, watching him make the parchment disappear. Sitting beside Blaise, I kept ahold of his arm as I leant against him with Lula curled up on top of me as he turned to me and raised his eyebrows as I offered a shrug before looking away, watching Snape look around the room to us all individually

"It is likely that the school will be closed unless the culprit behind these attacks is caught. I would urge anyone who thinks they might know anything about the attacks to come forward." He said, dragging the last letters out as I felt eyes on me as he stood for another moment before turning and sweeping out of the common room, everybody instantly exploding with noise as soon as he was out of sight

"Are you okay?"

"Fine"

"Amelia, your hands are-"

"Because they're staring at me" I told him quietly, crossing my arms to hide my hands which were slowly turning white as he scratched Lula behind her ears, getting a soft purr in response as people started wandering over as I looked up, trying to offer a smile to Adrian, Miles, Flint and Lucian who had walked over, sitting down around us as I looked at them, a tired look on Flints face as he let out a sigh

"No training.... no quidditch.... no matches...."

"Calm down Flint, at least we're not in the hospital wing"

"Exactly, stop sulking, or at least go into your dorm and go into a huff. Like Derrick"

"What do you mean?" I asked confused as they sat there laughing, grins on their faces as I swapped a look with Blaise as Lucian turned to me grinning

"Just before we came over, he disappeared down to my dorm with a scowl on his face, muttering under his breath. He's probably tore the dorm apart in a tantrum"

"I think he's just more annoyed at the fact we're missing our last match against Ravenclaw-"

"We would've beat them anyway-"

"We would've-"

"But we spent all of that time training"

"That's what's annoyed him the most probably" Miles shrugged as I nodded and glanced around, catching a few peoples eyes as they turned away and I turned back with a slight sigh

"Why the fuck are people staring at me? Have I got something on my face?"

"A confused look and that's about all"

"Wow, thank you-"

"Now it's a mild scowl-"

"Bletchley-"

"That scowl is growing-"

"You're in my kicking range-"

"Still growing! Still- you prick that hurt!"

"That's what you get for telling me I was scowling-"

"You were scowling-"

"Just a bit" Adrian agreed with Flint quietly as I stared between them, refraining myself from narrowing my eyes as I picked Lula up, a sad miaow coming from her before I leaned forward and dropped her onto Miles who was still rubbing the spot on his chest where I had kicked him as he let out a slight shout as we started laughing, watching as he tried to get her to detach her claws from his trousers

"That's what you get-"

"She dug her claws into me!"

"I can't control when she attacks people with her claws, Miles"