Pushing both trolleys towards the wall between Platforms 9 and 10, Melody and Tom entered Platform 9¾ to board the train for their fifth yearat Hogwarts. Naturally, they'd both part ways to go hang out with their own friends (or in Tom's case, 'Inner Circle' or 'followers'), but alas, Prefect duties.
Charlus Potter was the male Prefect for Gryffindor with Melody, while Druella Rosier was the female Prefect with Tom. The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff Houses also consisted of one male Prefect and one female Prefect. After receiving a few instructions from the Head Boy and Girl, the eight Prefects went to patrol their assigned corridors.
Melody heard some giggling coming from a nearby compartment. 'Lucky them, Prefect patrol is boring...' Melody thought longingly.
"Shhh!" Someone hissed, but then many others burst into hysterically annoying giggles.
This caught Melody's attention. What?
She went to the closed compartment (they used curtains to prevent snoopers, although if you ask me, a silencing charm would've been way more effective) and knocked twice. The giggling immediately stopped. Melody rolled her eyes. It was like playing hide and go seek with a five year old who knew was about to be caught.
"May I come in?" She asked politely.
"Er.... su—OW! Sasha, what was that for?! Yeah yo—o—wai—"
Melody opened the compartment door with an Alohomora and found three third year Gryffindor girls in the most SUSPICIOUS 'I'm innocent' stance ever. And all three of them were hiding something or things under their palms, which were pressed onto the empty spaces in front of them.
"Hands up," Melody said firmly.
The brunette dragged what every she was hiding behind her and then held her hands up. Empty.
"Accio," Melody summoned whatever was behind the brunette, to herself, wandlessly. Then did the same for the rest of the girls.
Several pink filled liquid phials and two clear liquid filled phials.
"What're these? If you answer truthfully I will try reducing any consequences," Melody kept the two phials out of reach.
"Not saying," Sasha scoffed rudely in a very bratty way.
"Oh, but I'm sure Tom Riddle would know," Melody countered. The girls' eyes widened. "NO!" They said in unison.
"Then tell me yourselves so I won't need to find out from Tom."
The three remained stubbornly silent.
"Alright, I'll be back soon, you three," Melody sighed. Talk about stubborn!
So Melody set out for either the Head Boy or Girl, or Tom, whichever was first.
Melody ended up finding Tom first, in one of the Prefect carriages.
She entered the compartment. "Tom, what're these?"
He looked up from his book and put his wand down. "Let me see."
Melody put all the phials on the seat beside him. Tom picked up one of the clear liquid ones and uncorked it. Smoke arose from it as he smelled it.
...
"Amortentia. The most powerful 'love' potion in the world," Tom said, re-corking it.
Melody's eyes widened. "Hang on.." she stepped out of the compartment. "FIFTY POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR!" After doing so, she reentered the Prefects compartment. "Those girls have set a record. Anyways, continue."
Tom picked up one of the pink filled phials. After examining it, he finally spoke. "Regular 'love' potion. Its intensity is a..." he tilted it this way and that. "Three out of seven."
"I...WHAT?" Melody sputtered.
"Fawcal from Hufflepuff tried smuggling in Amortentia," Druella Rosier reported from the compartment door. "Oh...am I interrupting something?"
Melody shook her head. "I just found out that three Gryffindors tried smuggling in love potions."
Druella dumped the clear liquid filled phials onto the seat beside the other potions. At that moment, Charlus Potter came running in. "Aluria Vane. Love potion..." and dumped another clear liquid filled phial beside the other potions. Seeing how many others there were, he made a face. "Honestly..."
"Best make sure one of those don't end up in your food," Druella smirked.
"Or yours, rose bush," Melody laughed.
"Or yours, 'Musical Tune'," Druella rebounded the statement, which caused all of them to laugh, including Melody.
"Or his—pot."
"Hey!" Charlus exclaimed.
"Anyways, I'll go inform the Heads, and guys?"
"Mmh?" The other three mumbled.
"Please keep love potion antidotes on you at all times."
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A/N : Sorry if the picture is bad, I'm not an editing pro, still, I tried and that's the ending product. The background is from google, and so is the outfit. The hand is pale because I changed the face and it was so hard to match skin tones. Yeah, the body and head don't even go together, xD
Chapter 6 coming out in the same day or tomorrow, it depends how much time I have