STD- Sport of the Thumping Desk

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Akasha woke on the morning of September 1st, feeling excited to go back to Hogwarts. There were LOTS of guys to keep her entertained. She smiled slightly as she magicked her old school uniform on- pleated miniskirt, white button-down dress shirt unbuttoned to reveal lacy black bra and tied above her navel to show off her dragon fang belly ring, black stilettos, and a black leather dog collar that read “FANG”. Looking at the clock- it was five minutes till eleven!- she grabbed her already-packed trunk and Apparated to Platform 9 3/4.
Everywhere Hogwarts students swarmed, saying tearful good-byes to their families or cheerful hellos to their friends. Akasha began to feel slightly claustrophobic. It had been quite a while since she had been around this many people, but times had changed, and people were not as afraid of her kind as before. Things would be okay.
A few feet away, Harry and the Weasleys were boarding the train. Harry looked back and saw her. He started to wave but Fred Weasley smacked his arm down. Technically, they weren’t supposed to know each other yet. A large black dog was standing stock-still by the train, staring quite fixedly at her. Akasha picked up her trunk and entered the train, paying the dog no heed. After a moment’s pause, she leaned backwards out the door and looked quizzically at the dog.
“Hello, Sirius,” she said to it.
It let out a loud bark in greeting, its tail wagging madly. She chuckled softly as she leaned back inside, and the train began to move.
(Cute) she thought (Very cute.)
Akasha walked down the long corridor, looking for an empty compartment. Finally, she found one to her liking. A girl, about seventeen, sat alone playing with a dog collar much like her own- only it was red and inscribed with “CANIS”- and staring out the window absently.
“Nice collar,” Akasha said in greeting. “Canis, is it? Mind if I take a seat?” She gestured to her own collar and said, “I’m Fang, by the way.”

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Laelithra arched a shapely brow. “But of course!” she said, gesturing back to the seats next to and across from her. She watched the other girl sit down. “So, what house are you in?” Lilly asked, a smile curving her full lips. She was fully prepared to drop the pleasantries if need be. “If, that is, you don’t mind my asking.”
“Not at all,” Fang replied, also in an overly-honeyed tone. “Slytherin.”
Laelithra’s expression softened. “Well, that’s a relief. I’d die if you were in another house,” she gushed, intentionally using overly-dramatic expressions because it was fun.
The lunch trolley passed and Fang looked relieved for a distraction.
“Anything from the trolley, dears?”
Laelithra looked to Fang, who shook her head, and then also declined.
“I have something better,” Fang said, taking out her wand. With a quick wave, a small plate of... something appeared.
“Uh... What’s that?” Lilly said, eyeing the little rolled thingies suspiciously.
“SUSHI!!!” Fang exclaimed, taking out chopsticks and becoming strangely ecstatic.
Laelithra was always glad to try new things, so she grabbed some chopsticks and shoved one of the sushi rolls into her mouth. Her expression changed so fast that the sushi popped back out of her mouth and rolled across the floor. Laelithra took on the expression of Tigger from the muggle kids’ show ‘Winnie the Pooh’.
“Yuck,” she said with disgust, “I don’t like sushi!”
Fang looked down at the abandoned sushi in horror, having completely stopped chewing, as her mouth fell open and a few incoherent sounds emanated from her.
“Fang- am I going to have to call you Fang forever?- what’s wrong?” Laelithra said.
“You- sushi- waste- NO!!!” Fang stammered, “and my name is Akasha Valerois.”
Laelithra nodded approvingly. “Mine’s Laelithra... well, you can call me Lilly.”
“Ok, Lilly, YOU WASTED GOOD SUSHI!” Akasha then proceeded to pelt Lilly with chopsticks.
“Ah! I- no! Didn’t mean!!!” Lilly tried, but the magic projectiles persisted. “Ahhh!”

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All of a sudden, Akasha stopped hitting Lilly magically with her own chopsticks and sat back down, completely calm. She waved her wand again and the sushi plate disappeared, only to be replaced by a new plate with chicken, noodles, rice and yummy peanut sauce.
“So,” she said nonchalantly, “do you like Thai?”

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“Oh!” Laelithra exclaimed happily, “I love it!”
Lilly reached over to the rice and took a chopsticks bite. “HOPH!” she yelled, trying to say ‘hot’. In the process, she spit the rice back out all over everything else, ruining it all. “Oops...”

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Akasha sat, frozen, having gotten sprayed with bits of rice. Then, she started laughing. She slid off her seat, holding her bare stomach and laughing so hard that she could barely breathe.
“Where’s... my... wand!” she gasped, still laughing.
Lilly stared at her in shock and then started giggling too. Seconds later, she was on the floor, sprawled across Akasha’s legs, shaking in laughter.
“You’re... going... to feel... my wrath!” Akasha gasped between laughs.
They were still laughing as the compartment door slid open. There stood a boy with blonde hair and a puzzled look.
“Laelithra?” he asked.

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Laelithra stood up, taking her time and showing off mild cleavage. She smiled warmly at him. “Hello, Draco,” she said in a sultry voice, but was suddenly distracted.
“Dracie, darling, why are you in here?” said an annoyingly familiar voice from behind Draco.
Laelithra’s eyes hardened as a pug-faced girl peeked from behind his robes. “Hello, Pansy,” Lilly said with a vehemence that almost made it a curse.
“Laelithra, glad to see the old fish has finally thawed.” Pansy looked to Akasha with disdain. “I see you’ve made a... half-breed... friend.” She drew her words out to emphasize. “I thought even you were higher than that.”

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Akasha let out a slow, drawn-out growl and lunged at Pansy. She grabbed the girl by the collar of her shirt and threw her up against the wall. Pansy let out a small, frightened squeak as Akasha bared her fangs and hissed.
“You know, I used to eat people like you for breakfast,” Akasha snarled. “Obviously, since you know I’m a HALF-BREED, you know I’m a vampire... And you know my father,” Akasha realized. She looked at Draco. “You’re Lucius Malfoy’s son. No wonder. I’m sure he informed you all of my arrival. Perhaps he forgot to tell you that I have killed before, and I have no problem killing anyone who gets in my way. Right now, Pansy, you’re getting in my way.” Akasha’s hand found Pansy’s throat.
“I... I w-won’t... promise... just... DRACO!!!” she choked out.
Akasha threw the whimpering girl at Draco, her bad aim sending her flying into a door and breaking it. “Take your filthy, pug-faced bitch before I decide to kill her,” she hissed at the blonde boy.
He glanced wide-eyed at Lilly and then picked up an unconscious Pansy by the collar and dragged her away.

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Lilly sent a last apologetic look at Draco before the broken compartment door slid shut. “So, you’re half...?” She looked at Akasha inquiringly, having not really seen the fangs.
“Vampire,” Akasha replied. Clearly the fun was over and she was shaken with rage.
“Oh. Ok.” Lilly shrugged nonchalantly. “I don’t mind at all, so you don’t need to worry. I won’t tell anyone.”
Akasha seemed to take comfort in this fact, though Laelithra suspected that it was not her choice to keep the secret.