She flicked her wand, tiny sparks emitted.

She was supposed to be doing her Transfiguration, but there was a pretty rose, not quite yet blooming, that she had been given. Softly but surely, she twirled the willow wand, and allowed the rose to grow in length and height. It was glowing now, and it was turning colours, blues, greens, purples, colours that were not its natural red.

It started flowering, blooming, its petals moving in a dance, and her lips parted in surprise and excitement. To her left and right students were stopping their own Transfiguration to look over at the pretty dance of flowers that she was -

"Miss Chambers!" McGonagall called sharply, walking briskly over to her desk.

Sighing, the dark haired girl let the charm go, and the flower shrunk, and lost its glow, although the edges were left with sparkle like gold spots on the edges of its petals.

"Yes Professor?" She asked softly, disappointed.

"While that was impressive Charms work, we are in Transfiguration, and I would like to see you do the proper Transformation." She raised an eyebrow, half paying her a compliment. "Would you care to demonstrate to the class?"

"Oooh, burn." The class let out, leaving the poor girl blushing.

She waved her wand, quietly murmuring the incantation, and the rose transformed into a tiny songbird, in red and sparkled.

"You need some work Miss Chambers. I asked for a parakeet." Shaking her head McGonagall walked away, leaving the girl to play with the tiny bird, which was dancing around on the desk.

Blushing, the girl cooed, as her Transfiguration partner, the Head Girl, Lily Evans, rolled her eyes. "Lettie! You need to pay more attention!" She scolded, making her own bird larger and larger.

"I know . . . it's just it's so beautiful!" Lettie cooed again, as the bird let out a few shrill notes. "And you have to admit that the flower was too."

"Well, it was okay." Lily admitted, rolling her eyes, as her bird let out a large squawk. "But we have to sit our N.E.W.T.S this year! You're nearly failing Transfiguration! You'd get a P for that! It's not even the right colour!"

Lettie let out a sigh. "It's fine Lily. I can deal with it. I'm going to study in the library a fair bit tonight. I don't think I'm going to dinner. I promise i'll be a better partner."

"Okay, Okay. See you round." Lily gave a final roll of her eyes as the belle went.

Lettie packed her books and quills and parchment up, not to carefully putting them in her bag. Sighing she looked at the tiny bird. She couldn't bear turn it back. Hushing it, as the others left, she put it into her robes pocket, petting its head.

"Miss Chambers! A word if I may?" McGonagall asked, turning and walking into her office.

Blushing at the stares from the rest of her class, Lettie nodded, letting her head drop, and slinging her book bag over her shoulder as she walked to the front of the room, and followed her Head of House in.

"Now, it has come to my attention that you are not quite up to speed with the rest of the class." The Scottish woman picked up a pile of parchment. "Your test results consist of a steady amount of P's and A's."

"I know." She stuttered. "But I'm studying. Going to go to the library."

"Miss Chambers, this is your N.E.W.T's year! You have no grasp on the basics! You have no time to be going around, wasting time on things you simply don't understand!" McGonagall said exasperated.

"Please don't kick me out!" She begged. "I need to have a N.E.W.T level to be a Healer! Please! I'll do anything!"

"Miss Chambers! I am not kicking you out of my class!" McGonagall looked at her seriously. "However I do think you need some additional help."

"You're assigning me a . . . tutor?" She asked blankly. "But it's fine really! I don't need to have one. Besides everyone will be so busy studying, I don't want to disturb anyone!" And I don't want to look like a complete and utter failure of a third year, she thought to herself.

"This is not just help for you, Miss Chambers. This is punishment for your tutor as well." McGonagall's lips thinned.

"Please! I can ask Lily for help! It's fine, really!" She begged.

"Lily Evans is an exceptional witch, however she is not as good at Transfiguration a your tutor." McGonagall opened the door to her classroom, letting a rush of cold air chill the warm study. "Miss Chambers, meet your tutor - Sirius Black."

So oh oh, another one? Yes I apologise. But omg there are so many bad sirius/OC's out there . . . can you blame me?

but please tell me what you think!

x louis