Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Friendship
A Harry Potter UNIVERSE/ Sasporilla Bucket Fan Fiction
by Darren Kelly
Chapter 8
Sasporilla got back to the Hufflepuff common room by mid-afternoon. Cedric was surrounded by a small group of girls and some of his mates. They laughed and joked. Others chatted away in the room which went silent when they realized Sasporilla had walked in. All eyes turned to her. Some looked at her with disgust, some with pity, & some with a 'we know the truth' grin.
"Right then!" Sasporilla said splitting the silence. "I've had just about enough of this. What is going on?"
"Nothing." Cedric smiled.
"Nothing?" Sasporilla asked.
"No." Cedric said.
People returned to their conversations but back in hushed whispers and tones.
Sasporilla went upstairs to her room. Lyra was in on her bed listening to music with her headphones on. Sassy walked over and sat on the edge of Lyras bed.
"The whole castles gone bonkers." Sassy said.
Lyra didn't answer her. She just laid there. Sassy turned and looked over her shoulder at her friend who turned away from her. Sassy could feel the tears well in her eyes.
"What have I done?" Sassy started to cry. "Why is everyone....?"
Sassy ran to her bed and flopped down face first wailing. Lyra looked over at her friend and took off her head phones.
"You've done nothing Sassy." Lyra said. "I'm afraid I've said something that's affecting both of us."
Sasporilla sat up and faced her friend. "What did you say?"
"Cedric kissed me at the dueling club and I slapped him." Lyra began.
"Ya." Sasporilla nodded. "Rightly so."
"Well I told him he's not my type." Lyra turned her eyes to the floor almost ashamed.
"That's nothing to be ashamed of. So he's not your type. You have the right to your own tastes don't you?" Sasporilla said with a smile wiping away the last of the tears.
Lyra stood and walked across the room to look out one of the windows.
"Yes I do." Lyra said. "The problem is he'd made me so mad I announced to the whole dueling club that..."
"What?" Sasporilla asked.
"I'm afraid if I tell you," Lyra said hanging her head, "I'll lose you as a friend."
Sasporilla stood up and walked over to Lyra and put her small hand up on the older girls shoulder.
"I'm your friend." Sasporilla said. "Unless you're a serial murder or death eater or something like that I can pretty much guarantee what you have to say won't effect that."
Lyra took a deep breath and turned to face Sasporilla. "I don't like any boy that way. I like girls."
Sasporilla looked at her friend for a moment processing what she'd just been told.
"Ok." Sasporilla said. "So you're a lesbian like old Ms.Potts in my village. That's cool. But what do you have to tell me that is so horrible that I'd stop being your friend?"
Lyra looked at her friend in disbelief. "So you don't care if I like girls?"
"Not one bit." Sassy said. "You like girls. I like boys. I'm pretty sure Professor Sprout prefers Vegetables."
The 2 girls laughed and hugged.
"I'm afraid that people are judging you now by what I am because we're room mates and friends." Lyra said.
"That explains the whispers and stares." Sasporilla said. "Right then."
Sassy took Lyra by the hand and lead her out of the bedroom, down the stairs and into the common room. Everyone went silent and stared at them.
"Right then you lot," Sasporilla said forcefully, "This my friend Lyra. She likes girls the same way I like boys. She's my friend and that's never gonna change. You can sit there thinking what ever you want like a bunch of judgmental prigs but I'm telling you now, treat her any different then you want to be treated and you'll answer to me. Got it?"
The room nodded and murmured there forced agreement.
"I'm lucky to have a friend like Sasporilla Bucket." Lyra said putting her arm around her. "She's 11 and more accepting and forgiving then most of you in your 7th year. You'd a be lucky to have a friend like her."
"So you're not a couple?" Cedric asked.
"No." Each of them insisted. "She's just my friend."
"Look." Lyra said. "It's because of this kind of reaction I never said anything to anyone. I know there are probably some of you here that are in the same boat. I just hope you have someone to accept you as a friend when your truth comes out."
Some faces were angry, some ashamed. Some struggled with there own truths. No matter in Sasporillas mind she was as proud of her anarchistic wild child friend who cared about nothing in this world but losing her friendship.
"I do believe its dinner time." Sasporilla said walking towards the common room entrance. "Tagging?"
"Ya." Lyra said. "I'm starving."
The girls walked out of the room proudly amidst the quiet Hufflepuffs who sat there dumfounded.
Sasporilla got back to the Hufflepuff common room by mid-afternoon. Cedric was surrounded by a small group of girls and some of his mates. They laughed and joked. Others chatted away in the room which went silent when they realized Sasporilla had walked in. All eyes turned to her. Some looked at her with disgust, some with pity, & some with a 'we know the truth' grin.
"Right then!" Sasporilla said splitting the silence. "I've had just about enough of this. What is going on?"
"Nothing." Cedric smiled.
"Nothing?" Sasporilla asked.
"No." Cedric said.
People returned to their conversations but back in hushed whispers and tones.
Sasporilla went upstairs to her room. Lyra was in on her bed listening to music with her headphones on. Sassy walked over and sat on the edge of Lyras bed.
"The whole castles gone bonkers." Sassy said.
Lyra didn't answer her. She just laid there. Sassy turned and looked over her shoulder at her friend who turned away from her. Sassy could feel the tears well in her eyes.
"What have I done?" Sassy started to cry. "Why is everyone....?"
Sassy ran to her bed and flopped down face first wailing. Lyra looked over at her friend and took off her head phones.
"You've done nothing Sassy." Lyra said. "I'm afraid I've said something that's affecting both of us."
Sasporilla sat up and faced her friend. "What did you say?"
"Cedric kissed me at the dueling club and I slapped him." Lyra began.
"Ya." Sasporilla nodded. "Rightly so."
"Well I told him he's not my type." Lyra turned her eyes to the floor almost ashamed.
"That's nothing to be ashamed of. So he's not your type. You have the right to your own tastes don't you?" Sasporilla said with a smile wiping away the last of the tears.
Lyra stood and walked across the room to look out one of the windows.
"Yes I do." Lyra said. "The problem is he'd made me so mad I announced to the whole dueling club that..."
"What?" Sasporilla asked.
"I'm afraid if I tell you," Lyra said hanging her head, "I'll lose you as a friend."
Sasporilla stood up and walked over to Lyra and put her small hand up on the older girls shoulder.
"I'm your friend." Sasporilla said. "Unless you're a serial murder or death eater or something like that I can pretty much guarantee what you have to say won't effect that."
Lyra took a deep breath and turned to face Sasporilla. "I don't like any boy that way. I like girls."
Sasporilla looked at her friend for a moment processing what she'd just been told.
"Ok." Sasporilla said. "So you're a lesbian like old Ms.Potts in my village. That's cool. But what do you have to tell me that is so horrible that I'd stop being your friend?"
Lyra looked at her friend in disbelief. "So you don't care if I like girls?"
"Not one bit." Sassy said. "You like girls. I like boys. I'm pretty sure Professor Sprout prefers Vegetables."
The 2 girls laughed and hugged.
"I'm afraid that people are judging you now by what I am because we're room mates and friends." Lyra said.
"That explains the whispers and stares." Sasporilla said. "Right then."
Sassy took Lyra by the hand and lead her out of the bedroom, down the stairs and into the common room. Everyone went silent and stared at them.
"Right then you lot," Sasporilla said forcefully, "This my friend Lyra. She likes girls the same way I like boys. She's my friend and that's never gonna change. You can sit there thinking what ever you want like a bunch of judgmental prigs but I'm telling you now, treat her any different then you want to be treated and you'll answer to me. Got it?"
The room nodded and murmured there forced agreement.
"I'm lucky to have a friend like Sasporilla Bucket." Lyra said putting her arm around her. "She's 11 and more accepting and forgiving then most of you in your 7th year. You'd a be lucky to have a friend like her."
"So you're not a couple?" Cedric asked.
"No." Each of them insisted. "She's just my friend."
"Look." Lyra said. "It's because of this kind of reaction I never said anything to anyone. I know there are probably some of you here that are in the same boat. I just hope you have someone to accept you as a friend when your truth comes out."
Some faces were angry, some ashamed. Some struggled with there own truths. No matter in Sasporillas mind she was as proud of her anarchistic wild child friend who cared about nothing in this world but losing her friendship.
"I do believe its dinner time." Sasporilla said walking towards the common room entrance. "Tagging?"
"Ya." Lyra said. "I'm starving."
The girls walked out of the room proudly amidst the quiet Hufflepuffs who sat there dumfounded.
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I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.
I am in no way affiliated with Warner Bros. or with J.K.Rowling. My work is purely that of fan fiction & do not ask for, nor accept money, gifts or other compensation for my work. If you really feel you must do something, research which charities J.K.Rowling donates to, then donate to them as such.