The Snow Fox

Tactics and Parcels

Chaos set in and Venus was knocked to the ground as Dumbledore called for silence. Prefects started to escort away their houses as Venus tried to shuffle through the crowd only to get toppled over again.

"Here." A voice said, grabbing her hand and pulling her through the crowd to a line of Ravenclaws.

"Thank you, as always." She thanked the blonde.

"Careful Draco, or she'll freeze you in place." Pansy sneered. "Isn't that right ice bitch?"

Venus felt her heart pause and looked at the girl with wide eyes. The raven haired girl turned around and quickly ran off behind other blue robed students and kept her head lowered in shame.

"Pansy what the hell?" Draco questioned as they got into the Slytherin group.

"I'm surprised she never told you Draco, given how...close you are. She's an ice cold witch."

Draco gave her a steely glare which the girl smirked at.

After everyone was escorted to their dorms, they were told the troll had been dealt with and the situation had been diffused by the teachers and staff. October turned to November as Quidditch season came and went. Venus was less than thrilled to have people (Willow) yelling in her ear all day about the game but found it amusing to play a game of tactics with each team. She knew that Willow would try out for the Hufflepuff team the next year and wanted to give her input of tactics to cheer her on. They were surprised to see a first year on the Gryffindor team, but he was the chosen one after all. They went to every game and Venus eventually memorized their tactics, and made her own. Of course she wasn't one to actually PLAY the sport, but she found it a good use of her time in a crowd of screaming people. A week into December passed and a large parcel arrived for Venus during breakfast. The parcel thudded on the table as Crystal flew it in and Venus caught her, feeding her a scone once she had propped up on her shoulder to rest. She opened the package and her eyes widened. It was a large box of gifts, all wrapped up with bows, each from a different family member.

"Wow that's a big box!" Ethan said, peering over it.

"Well, it's from my family, so it is pretty big, considering it's my birthday."