Story and concept by Daeg/Jibril. Characters created and owned by J.K. Rowling, with the exception of the student. No money is made off of this, so please don't sue me- I don't have any money.
Severus Snape awaits and endures a detention with a Hufflepuff student, with one question in mind: where did she attain all of those scars? Surely the child didn't make them herself… has anyone else seen them?
This has been an interesting day thus far. Aside from the usual minor disasters, and the… unusual lunch special (House Elf Surprise- what they call their new invention of the month), I discovered that one of the Hufflepuff students has been cutting her wrists. Not that she will admit it. I don't understand why- she has fairly decent grades in all of her studies, does not seem to have enemies, does not seem incredibly introverted… it does not fit the classic description of a "cutter", as it has been termed. I wonder why it has not been brought to her Head of Houses attention. But then I reconsider her Head of House- the well-meaning but somewhat ignorant Pomona Sprout. She is not exactly the kind of person who would know how to deal with a child like Miss Davis very well.
I discovered this matter today, when she dove for a (very expensive) bottle, which her partner had carelessly knocked off of a counter. Her sleeves had slid nearly up to her elbows, leaving those pale wrists exposed. It was fortunate that I decided to watch her instead of waiting for the inevitable sound of breaking glass- if the Hufflepuff Quidditch team was anything to go by, they couldn't catch a cold in the middle of flu season. Alright, alright, bad joke…
But she was exposed now. Those scars… why had she made them? I called her up, presumably to return my bottle, which she had (by some miracle) caught. For a moment, I considered recommending her for Quidditch. She pulled her sleeves down as she approached. She handed me the bottle, and I gave her a detention for recklessness.
She will be here soon.