Minerva
"Right, class," said Professor Kettleburn, rubbing his hand together gleefully. "These are salamanders!"
My eyes widening, I looked at the great, flaming creatures before me and backed away a little.
"Come on, class," said Professor Kettleburn jovially. "Don't be shy! Come closer!"
Looking around at each other nervously, we all edged closer, very aware of how dangerous Professor Kettleburn could be.
Kettleburn sighed, and picked up the nearest salamander.
"Look," he said, laughing at our expressions as he stroked the salamander. "Perfectly safe, in fact - argh!"
The salamander had issued a huge jet of fire onto his arm.
Kettleburn screamed again, hopping around, still holding the salamander, which immediately took a huge chunk out of his arm.
"No, boy!" he cried, hitting the fire on his arm. "Bad boy!"
Giving the rest of the class a sideways glance, Edward turned and ran to get Madam Pomfrey.
Again.
***
A few hours later, lessons had ended and rumour was that Kettleburn's arm hadn't been fixed back on, and he now only had three limbs.
Taking a deep breath in, I picked up the flowers I had stolen from Herbology and set off down to his office.
I knocked on the door, swallowing, and, almost immediately, a call came from inside telling me to come in.
I opened the door, feeling my face turn red as he smiled at me.
"Ah, Minerva," said Kettleburn, beaming at me. "What brings you here on a night when you have no homework?"
"I brought you these," I told him shyly, handing him the blue flowers. "Because I heard that you lost your arm."
"Yes," he said sadly. "Well, I suppose it was bound to happen one day."
"Why, Professor?" I asked nervously,
"Minerva, I'm not exactly careful," he said tiredly. "And I suppose that means that one day I was bound to have an accident like this."
"I'm sorry, Professor," I said.
"Ohh, don't be!" he said, beaming again. "I still have three limbs left, that's 75%."
I smiled timidly.
"Well, thank you for these," he said cheerfully, putting the flowers into a vase on his desk. "And for coming to visit me."
"You're welcome, Professor," I said faintly.