Monster

Parchment 18: Sphinx Whisker?

Holding the wand in my hand I just, I don't know, I feel relaxed, almost complete by this now, I have something by my side and I know how to use it. Yes, it is going against what my mother said but at school-Hogwarts, I need one.

Hearing young laughs around me it makes me glance at my surroundings, maybe Hermione is here and near by! I take a sudden rush towards the voices, hoping ever so much that they would be there, and I could apologize for not meeting them earlier since I didn't know where the meeting place would be!

My breath shows in the cold as I run through people trying not to knock anything over, which was quite hard if I may say so myself, for people all around me, kind of too close sometimes.

Breaking through the crowd I see a group of people, but they are just other people from higher years. There's two that stick out, walking towards the duo I come up to them and pull on the one's dark jacket, while the other one had none at all. Both of them turn around and once they see my face an identical smile form on two sets.

"Nebula, well, well, good thing seeing you here," w-wait which ones which, I go into a small panic mode forgetting which one is Fred and the other George. Blasted twins...

"I-I'm doing good, I just-"

"Come along Fred, George, we're going to be late to meet the others." A male voice jumps in, the one who spoke up made me I won which one it was for sure.

"You guys go along, I'll catch up with you, you go to Fred,"

George.

"Alright mate! But don't blame me if you miss out on candies and Butterbeer." My ears perk up and I let out a squealing sound.

"Butterbeer!" I say loudly, the group of guys turn and give me odd looks, I feel my face go into a sunburnt red along with my ears.

"Well, the first time I've heard someone be very excited about a drink, especially a young lady like yourself." George says down to me, I just turn my back to him and hold in tears of embarrassment.

Stupid, stupid! Why can't you do anything right!

"Oi, don't cry," opening my eyes I see George's face, jerking away farther from him he gives a frown, I didn't notice but something fell while I was moving away, "why are you crying Nebula?" Biting my tongue I wish I wouldn't have to answer this, but I do instead.

"I'm embarrassed.." George chuckles and rests his hand upon my head, messing up my hair completely, not like I had it nice or up for an occasion.

"We all get embarrassed Nebula, there isn't any shame in that," he says cheesing very widely, "but your ears, you are Ron have the same thing, your ears go red when you're embarrassed. It's actually a Weasley thing to do, it just happens and none of us can control it."

Is that suppose to be encouraging or just the fact of the day? It wasn't very encouraging to me at the very moment. That's when I remember what I was going to say until the boy complained about not leaving soon enough.

"George, I got my wand," I say quietly, the smile returns to his face.

"May I see it? You don't have too but I remember when Ron got his, his eyeballs basically popped out of the sockets and then went right back in, he was that excited, though he couldn't use the blasted thing, he didn't know how to use it properly at all.." I give a small laugh as I feel around for it, nothing, I pat on my jacket and jeans, nothing. Someone couldn't have taken it out of the blue, I would have felt it for sure!

"Oh no, no, no, no!" I mumble looking around myself for it. Going I've my clothes and jeans still is nothing, I feel hot tears come on this time, I lost it already. The object that I've waited for this long!