Abandoned

Chapter 39: Nyx

Lyria was fed up with having to use Draco's owl everytime she wanted to send a bloody letter and she sure as hell wasn't going to trust a school owl. Everyone knew that they were being watched. Lyria had wanted to send a letter to Bella but Iris, Draco's eagle owl, was out to submit an order to some posh cloak company.

Pansy and Blaise were heading down to Hogsmeade and Lyria ran to catch up with them.

"Hey beautiful!" Blaise called when he spotted a disheveled Lyria racing to meet them.

Lyria took a moment to catch her breath before responding. "Hey," she said through pants.

"So.... whatcha doin' here?" Pansy asked.

"I need an owl," Lyria was still panting, trying to regain normal breathing. "-and quidditch stuff." she finished.

Pansy just smiled and nodded her head. Blaise threw an arm over Lyria's shoulder as they started walking. Pansy wanted some sweets from Honeydukes so they stopped there first. There were rows and rows of shelves filled with different candies, chocolates and other various sweets. Blaise was quite literally a kid in a candy store. He filled his arms with sugar quills, chocolate frogs and candy slugs. Pansy went to the small section of muggle sweets and picked up a couple Nestle's Lion Bars. When it came time to check out, Blaise had 6 galleons worth of candy. Lyria quickly checked out with a pack of sugar free gum.

Lyria carried the bags for everyone seeing as she was actually the strongest (much to Blaise's displeasure). Blaise wanted to look in Zonko's so the trio went there next. Nobody ended up buying anything, but it was fun to look at the products. Finally it was Lyria's turn to pick the store. They made their way over to the sad old bucket at the entrance to the alley next to the Three Broomsticks. Once each had placed a hand on the bucket, Pansy muttered the incantation to activate the portkey and they all found themselves struggling to stay standing in Diagon Alley.

Students weren't supposed to use the portkey but the three Slytherins didn't really care. Lyria practically jumped in excitement on her way to Quality Quidditch Supplies on the North Side of the small road. Pansy and Blaise watched Lyria with fondness as she skipped into the store, a huge smile plastered on her face.

Lyria had decided not to get a firebolt and grabbed a Nimbus 2002 instead. There was no point in spending all that extra money when the Nimbus was just as good. The only difference is that it didn't get as much marketing, therefore there was less hype surrounding the new broom. Lyria was bummed that she couldn't get the black and gold detailed chaser gear since she had to have Slytherin colors. Pansy had made the mistake to point out that gold was a Gryffindor color before Lyria snapped back that gold was a perfectly fine color that existed long before Godric Gryffindor came into existence. Lyria quickly paid the kind man at the counter before skipping along to Eeylops Owl Emporium.

Pansy and Lyria walked hand in hand with Blaise trailing slightly behind. He was in charge of holding bags now since Lyria was too excited to hold them without dropping at least one thing. When the three students entered the store, they were immediately met with a hateful glare from the owner. Well, two of them were at least. The woman behind the counter stared at Lyria and Pansy's interlocked hands for a long moment before making a face of disgust up at the two girls.

Lyria raised an angry eyebrow. "Do you have a problem ma'am?"

"Yes actua-" The cranky old woman was cut off by Lyria the moment she opened her mouth.

"Because I should hope not. Seeing as we are paying customers with every right to be here. I would hate to have to write to my father, Sirius Black, or my uncle Lucius Malfoy, about poor customer service at this little shop. It would be a real shame if some incriminating artifacts were found here by the ministry and you would be sent off to Azkaban for having prohibited items, would it not?" Lyria's voice was ice cold and left no room for debate.