CHAPTER 1
"never trust a narcissist"

Platform 9 3/4 was the same as it always was on the first of september every year. Bustling with activities and children parted from their families. Muffeled cries and relieved sighs could be distinguished from each corner, which held quite a contrast to the glooming dread that the outside wizarding world held. But despite all the politics of it, every student present around the platform of hogwarts express gravitated towards the safety and comfort that hogwarts had to offer.

Adorned in her blue dress robes and uniform, Ersilia strutted her way through the platform as she proudly wore the head girl batch. Bidding her brother and parents a long and emotional farewell, she briskly found herself in the prefects carriage, wanting to be prepared before the prefects meeting. Expecting to find the fellow head boy already there, she was surprised when she found carriage empty. With a disappointed sigh she dropped her trunks on the corner and went in to work as she shuffled through the prefect duties. Just before the train started moving the compartment door burst open to reveal a poised young man with not a thread out of his uniform, contrasting to his chiseled curly black hair which was a mess.

"Lupin," he exclaimed, "wasn't expecting to find you here." his voice was collected yet it still held a glint of surprise.

"You are late." she said without looking up choosing to ignore his inculptous form of greeting.

"I'm never late, others are simply early." he said as he moved his hands to fix the collar of his shirt.

Ersilia rolled her eyes and stood up.

"You know what Black?" she hissed.

"Oh please enlighten me." he mocked sarcastically.

"We're probably gonna have to spend a lot of time together." he scoffed and ersilia hardened her glare at him.

"As I was saying, we will have to spend a lot of time together, share a dorm and you know what not, so i believe it's best we be civil and forget about our past." she mentally gave herself a pat on her shoulder, feeling proud of having a civil conversation with the younger black.

"You mean forget the countless number of times you and your stupid band of filth dyed my robes red, Let loose atleast a hundread of flobberworms in the common room and not to mention how you pushed me in the corridor in first year without any apparent reason. Need I go on?" he said as he recalled other countless of so called harmless pranks the self proclaimed marauders had done, specifically targeting the slytherins.

"Hey you were in my way and i was in a rush. So it's really your fault if you think about it." she insisted. And before he coul respond the compartment started getting full as all the prefects one by one entered. Ersilia quickly caught Regulus up to the schedule and minor details. After a while Ersilia cleared her throat to gather everyone's attention.

"I'm Ersilia Hope Lupin," she exclaimed with a bright smile, "a fellow Ravenclaw and your head girl for the year. And this is.." she trailed off as she gestured to the boy next to her.

"Regulus Black." he put forth his blank face and emptionless voice. The tensions rose as the air got more awkward due to being in the presence of a rumoured death eater as an authority figure among the prefects.

Apart from a rough start the rest of the meeting went on without a hitch as Regulus and Ersilia worked perfectly together in a synchronised form, surprising the both of them.

"That was exhausting." Ersilia exclaimed after letting out an exhausted breath as she plopped down on the comfortable seat.

"We haven't even started." he countered talking the seat in front of her.

"There's more work?" she questioned as she laid back with her head resting on the couch and her foot on the window.

Regulus stared at her. Not with admiration, but appalled at her unlady like behaviour. "Aren't you Ravenclaws supposed to be yearning for more work or something?"

She turned from the ceiling, and propped up on her elbow to face him, "Have I ever told you before that the first time I met you I thought you were a bitch?"

"Today's the first time you met me." he snapped at her.

"Exactly." she gave me a sarcastic smile and turned back to face the ceiling while he went on ignoring her presence and doing the remaining work.

"Black." she called out for him but he ignored her, "Bla-a-a-ck." she said in a sing song voice, still earning no response for him she stood up and sat down next to him and whispered in a sickly sweet voice, "Regulus."

Annoyed he snapped at her, "What?"

Unaffected by his hostile behaviour she asked, "Do you have a bobby pin?"

"Yeah." he replied as he ran his hand through his heat searching for something as Ersilia practical drooled at his figure.

Abruptly his gaze turned sharp snapping ersilia out of her unholy thoughts, "Oh no wait, I'm not a nine year old girl." he hissed.

"Oh fiesty. Mama likey." she teased him.

"Please don't ever say that again!" he practically yelled at her.

"Say what?" Ersilia questioned pretending to be genuinely confused as her face held a shocked expression.

"That." he grumbled and he got more and more annoyed by her presence.

"What? Mama likey? But Mama does like her men fiesty." she giggled at her own joke as she suggestively raised her eyebrows.

"Salazar give me patience." he cursed under his breath.

"I think you mean strength." Ersilia pondered.

"If god gave me strength, you'd be dead already." he roared making ersilia's fit of giggles turn into full blown laughter.

"Merlin, how I wish prongs and padfoot were here to see your face." she said in between her fits of laughters.

"That's it." Regulus groaned and got up from his seat, "I'm leaving now. I hope you get pushed off the train and die a painful death." and without giving her a chance to reply he left.

Ersilia found herself in the compartment she used to share with the marauders and as most of them had graduated it felt empty but lucky for her she had her two best friends to accompany her in her loneliness.

The first thing she saw when she entered the compartment was Jasmine, holding a rock in her hand and Ronan sat from across of her staring at her with pure adoration.

Jasmine turned to Ersilia and said, "Ro just gave this to me and said-"

"I feel like you deserve the moon but all I can give you is a Rock." Ronan repeated her words feeling proud of herself for coming up with such an amazing reunion gift.

"I don't know if i should gush at the fact that my best friends are getting it or barf at how sickeningly cute that is or cry because i'm so lonely and my love life is pretty much non existent." Ersilia whined as she launched herself into Jasemine's lap followed by Ronan and the girls embraced greeting each other and exchanging stories about their summer break.

so, what do y'all think?
btw reg won't always be this snippy
this chapter just coz he just came
back from grimmauld place.

QOTC: if you could manifest one fictional character (not the actor but a character) who would it be and why?