#now to tackle the other 5 hp aus in my inbox....yall want to see me suffer so bad
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Supercorp + Hogwarts AU + meet messy + "is that the best you can do?"
âHey, do you guys want to see a muggle magic trick?â
Kara doesnât have to look up to know Alex and Kelly are exchanging glances over Niaâs head. Nia is the best witch in the fifth year hands-down, but her grasp of muggle illusions leave a lot to be desired.
âSureâŚâ Kelly agrees, politely but unsurely, while Alex shakes her head.
âIf this is that stupid coin trick again, Niaââ she starts, but Nia is already squeezing between them on the grass, unfolding a pack of muggle playing cards.
âIt is not,â Nia says. âPrepare to be amazed! Yvette says Iâm really good at this one.â
âOh, joy,â Alex mutters under her breath, which turns into a pained yelp when Kelly elbows her in the ribs.
Kara finally raises her gaze from the newspaper sheâs been half-reading, fully prepared to commit to Niaâs trick, but then she catches a glimpse of dark hair and a brisk pace. Itâs Lena Luthor, notorious loner, actually sitting outside by the black lake with her books.
Itâs oddâLena never sits outside. People talk; Lena doesnât have many friends (someone even started a rumor that Lillian Luthor pays Jess, another sixth year, to hang out with Lena). In fact, the only time anyone really sees Lena is in class, or in the Slytherin common room when Jess is also there. Kara sees her even less (only when Slytherin and Gryffindor share classrooms), but that doesnât make the hopeless crush sheâs fostered on her since they were eleven any less potent.
Kelly starts clapping suddenly, reluctantly dragging Karaâs eyes from Lena (who is reading a book; Kara is wondering just what kind of book it is). âAw, Nia, that was good!â she says. âDo it again!â
Even Alex is curiously lifting up the cards one by one, as if trying to determine the trick herself. âDid you use actual magic for this?â she asks.
âIâm just that good,â Nia brags, though the way she tries to expertly shuffle the cards right back into their box suggests otherwise; half of them spill onto the grass. âOh man!â
âIâve got this,â Kara says, absentmindedly reaching for her wand. âAccioââ
âKara, no!â
Oh, thatâs right, Kara thinks belatedly. My wand is broken. It had been an unfortunate event on the Quidditch pitch involving an overzealous Hufflepuff seeker (Winn is still very apologetic about it, but it canât be helped now). Unfortunately, Kara never seems to quite remember that magic is off-limits until it can be fixed.
And even more unfortunate is the fact that her mind and her words have begun to converge; sheâs thinking about the book Lena is reading while glancing at the cards, and her mouth is forming silent words, and really itâs not a surprise at all when said book rockets out of Lenaâs hands and aims right for Niaâs head.
No one dies, though, nor do they have to make the unpleasant trudge to the infirmaryâKelly is far quicker than any of Karaâs botched magic, and the book explodes into nothing when she mutters a firm, âEvanesco.â
âKelly!â Kara forgets, for a second, about the whole Nia-about-to-break-her-face thing; her heart drops to the pit of her stomach at the thought that something of Lena Luthorâs has been reduced to figurative dust. What if that book was personal? What if it was special? What if it wasâ
âExcuse me,â says a quiet, sudden voice, and Kara just about falls over in the grass at the sight of Lena Luthor standing there. âI think you summoned my book.â
Kelly winces. âOh, actuallyââ
âI destroyed it,â Kara blurts out, because really, this is her fault and Nia still has a face so the least Kara can do is take a fall for a friend. âIâm sorry. My wand is broken, and I was trying to summon some cards, but I was looking at you and thinking about your book and it justâŚIâm sorry. Again. I can pay for it?â She immediately begins digging into the pockets of her robes, but all she manages to scrounge up is a broken sugar quill and a drawing on a torn sheet of paper that depicts Professor Grant as a dragon.
For a moment, all Lena does is stare down at Kara in a peculiarly quizzical way. She doesnât seem mad or anything, just perplexed. A second later she says, âYou were thinking about âVoyages with Vampiresâ strongly enough to summon it? I donât really enjoy Gilderoy Lockhart books myself.â
âTo be fair,â Karaâs quick to defend herself, âI couldnât read the title from this far.â
âRight. You decided you wanted to snatch my book from me because it was mine.â And just like that, the curious expression on Lenaâs face drops entirely, twists into something resigned and exhausted. âIs that the best you can do? Petty little child games?â
âWhat? No, I would neverââ
âBecause last week Eve Tessmacher hit me with a furnunculus curse that was far more clever than this,â Lena all but sneers. âItâs always the pig-headed Gryffindors that aim out of their league.â
âYou wanna say that again?â Alex is jumping up, her wand brandished out, and Lena glances from her to Kara to Kelly to Nia, as if just realizing how potentially outnumbered she could be.
Except, well, thatâs so not the issue. Kara hastens to stand between Alexâs wand and Lenaâs body, nearly knocking her sister over in the process. âNo! No, I didnât do that as a prank, Iââ She pauses, feels her cheeks go hot, and then rushes out, âIjustthinkyouârereallypretty!â
Alex lowers her wand; Kara can tell, because Alex uses it to jab her in the ribs. âOh, bloody hell,â Alex grumbles, and she nudges Kelly to join her. âI think thatâs our cue. Iâd rather study for Potions than watch this.â
Kelly obligingly drags Nia along, who looks like she wants to protest, but eventually Nia caves inâthough not without trying to wink conspiringly at Kara, which doesnât work because Nia âwinksâ with both eyes.
âButââ Kara watches as her friends scatter, and then she is left with the heavy, accusatory gaze of Lena Luthor. She tries to smile, but imagines her attempt is more of a wince than anything. âDid I mention that Iâm sorry?â
Lena takes a step forward. She raises her chin in the air, no less guarded, but her eyes convey a tiny bit of that earlier curiosity all the same. âYouâve already had your fun, Kara Danvers,â she says. âBut I will give you credit, no one has played the âI have a crush on youâ prank yet.â
Kara frowns. âDo people really play pranks on you so much?â
âI am the weird little sister of a boy who tried to blow up Hogwarts,â Lena all but deadpans. âWhat do you think?â
âI think youâre way more than Lex Luthorâs sister, and thatâs just...really mean,â Kara says, words bursting out before she even pauses to rein them in. âI mean, you are so smart! Last year you saved a bunch of first years who wandered into the Forbidden Forest. A-and you never tried out for Quidditch, but sometimes you fly with Jess on the pitch and youâre so fast you could easily run circles around anyone on the Slytherin team. Youâre the coolest person ever. Even when you were eleven, youââ Finally, her brain starts to catch up with her mouth, and Kara flushes hotter than she ever thought possible. âOh, gosh. Iâm sorry. I swear, I didnât mean for that to soundâŚstalker-y. I only know about the first year thing because Professor Grantâs son was new that year and I was supposed to be babysitting him. And then the flying, well, sometimes I go to the pitch with Winn whenever he wants to practiceââ
âKara. You can breathe any time you want,â Lena prompts, and Kara pauses to do exactly that.
âSorry,â Kara adds, again, after sheâs let her lungs rest a bit. Her whole body feels shivery from head to toe, like she is seconds away from fainting, and honestly? She just might. âAnyway. Um. I can replace that book if you want. Or I can give you the money and you can pick out a better one, since you said you werenât a fan? Whatever you want.â
Lena is quiet for a beat. âWhat were you going to say before? About when I was eleven?â
Kara bites her lip so hard she knows she will inevitably have to ask Kelly to heal it later. âOh, that,â she says evasively. âI meant, when you were eleven, and I walked face-first into the wrong wall trying to get to platform nine and three quarters, and you didnât even laugh at me. You just...helped me up, and promised you would walk with me to the train until I found my family again.â
âI remember,â Lena says, and her voice is softening, as is her expression. âYou somehow got lost between platforms seven and eight. Your sister was furious when she caught up with us.â
âYeah.â And Kara finds herself smiling at that memory; this time itâs a real smile, and she couldnât stop it if she tried. âThat was really nice.â She wants to mention moreâhow even when Lillian Luthor scowled at Karaâs hand-me-downs, Lena complimented her right away on the shirt that had once been Alexâsâbut all Kara does right now is step back. âIâve bothered you enough, I think. Will youâŚlet me know? About the book?â
âI donât care about the book,â Lena says, and she swallows, loud enough that Kara can hear it. âDo you mean it?â
âThat youâre...nice?â
âYes.â Lenaâs cheeks are a faint pink color, and Karaâs entire mouth goes dry.
âWell, yeah,â Kara says, and in that momentâwith Lena blushing, and Karaâs chest tighteningâthey both know that sheâs confessing to so much more than thinking Lena is nice. âSo. Um.â She squares her shoulders, and prepares to be brave enough to live up to the Gryffindor name: âCan I buy you something thatâs not a book? Sometime? Maybe on our next trip to Hogsmeade?â
âLike a date?â Lena asks, so impossibly soft, and Kara nods.
âExactly like a date,â Kara says, and honestly, she should demand ten points to Gryffindor herself because her voice does not waver once.
And Lena Luthor smiles, just cautious enough to show how unsure she is, but still warm enough that Karaâs heart skips a beat. âOkay,â she says. âBut on one condition: Iâll handle any magic until then.â
âDeal,â Kara agrees, and itâs official; breaking her wand might have been the best thing that has ever happened to her, ever.
#took some liberties w/the meet messy hope thats ok!!!#supercorp#supergirl#i need a fic tag#i went as vague as possible w/the hp setting :///#hope its not too glaringly obvious how little i know about hp#now to tackle the other 5 hp aus in my inbox....yall want to see me suffer so bad#(jk i love all the prompts in my inbox ur all too sweet)#đĽşâ¤ď¸
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