Author's Note: Hello! I don't own any characters or settings (all belong to J.K. Rowling). Well, I created a character for the purpose of the exposition.The idea for this story was borrowed after re-watchingPotter Puppet Pals: Ron's Diseaseand reading some facts from behind the Potter movie sets. Cover by Viria.
In the stuffiness of winter, head lice breaks out among the second years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Madam Pomfrey could have stopped this earlier, but due to the multiple layers of clothing and the heavy use of blankets, the lice spreads quicker than she expects, not to mention that many second-years feel shame as they go to the Hospital Wing and ask for the soap that rids the vermin. Therefore, they give it to each other, and for two months the second-years itch and scratch their heads, blaming one another for their irritation.
With spring arriving and Quidditch picking back up, Arwen Paese, a second-year and first-time Beater on Gryffindor's Quidditch team brings out her goggles in order to see during the drizzling British evenings. Tripping on a loose shoelace, she sets them down, ties her shoe, then picks them back up and places them on her head. She grabs her racing broom and runs to the Quidditch field, where the captain, a sixth-year named James Potter, gives instructions. The goggles flop around Arwen's face, so she takes them off to adjust the strap. Then, she notices that these are not her goggles, staring at the smudged name inscribed inside: Potter. Arwen instantly drops them and runs away, looking for her own.
Two days later, Professor Sprout finds a louse crawling across Arwen's scalp and sends her to Madam Pomfrey for what the second-years call "the Soap of Shame."