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"I can't believe you did that again. Seriously, I should ignore you for the rest of your natural life."
"Oh, come on Rose! If you didn't have me, who would you talk to? You really should thank me for having to put up with your shenanigans."
"My shenanigans? You're the one who just had to figure out what would happen if you stick some if Scorpius' hair in Felix Felicis that I made even though we were supposed to work together!"
Oh yeah.
I look over at Rose, and I see that her deep blue eyes look are scrunched up and she looks like she's about to cry.
"Rose just calm down. They wouldn't send us to the Headmasters Office just for blowing up a cauldron..." ...and half the Potions dungeon as well, but no one needs to know about that!
"Bethany, we blew up half of the Potions classroom."
See, now this is why we don't get along.
"Well we're here now!" I say, gesturing to the ugly gargoyle (would it kill them to find decorations not from the 5th century?)and ignoring Rose's mutterings about how unfair life is.
"Really? That's your bright side?" She grumbles, but obliges and faces the gargoyle guarding Professor McGonagall's office.
"Wait, what's the password?"
Poop.
We stand there idly for around 5 minutes rattling off random names from history, then breeds of cats, and were starting to debate whether to walk back to the Potions dungeon, all the way across the castle, to ask Slughorn for the password, when the things start going bad.
Oh wait...we're in front of the Headmistress' office.
Ok, things get worse.
Out of nowhere, Scorpius comes flying out of a nearby tapestry with half of his body, well, not there, and Rose starts screaming her head off.
And when I say scream, I mean scream.
"OH MY GOD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! HOW ARE YOU ALIVE? WHAT IS GOING ON? ARE YOU OKAY? HOW CAN YOU MOVE? WHERE DID THE REST OF YOU GO? WHA-"
And I promptly silence her.
I always knew magic was good for something.
As Rose gestures violently at me, I rip the invisibility cloak off Scorpius and...Albus.
Typical.
As comprehension dawns on Rose's face, I remove the silencing charm, and she begins to calm down.
"So...hi."
"Such higher level vocabulary Scorpius! I am quite impressed."
"Oh, shut it."
Albus chooses to interrupt with, "The password's Godric."
How original.
We begin to climb up the spiraling stairs, when my 'oh-so-wonderful' clumsiness kicks in, and I, being the one to ascend first, slip on the top step (so close!) and fall backwards onto Albus, who falls onto Rose, who, in turn, falls onto Scorpius.
Lovely.
We all topple down the now swaying staircase, and land in a heap at the bottom.
"Merlin Beth! If you weren't so clumsy, I'd blame Al, but even he knows how to climb stairs!"
"Thanks," said a muffled voice which I presume belongs to Albus, "It's good to know my family will always blame me whenever something goes wrong."
"Would you two shut up and MOVE!"
Oh yeah...we're on top of each other.
We scramble to untangle ourselves, and once again resume climbing the stairs with me at the bottom.
Yippee.
Ok, You may not know this, but Professor McGonagall is terrifying.
Yeah, yeah you knew that, but seriously. That woman scares me down to my boots.
Maybe it's because of that one time when we accidentally made her desk explode.
Anyway, it shouldn't be surprising that I tried to edge my way behind Albus, when Rose noticed.
"Not it!" we both yell simultaneously, and Scorpius follows immediately after, leaving Albus very confused.
"Wait, what?" he asks, his dark brows knit together.
"You have to open the door,"Rose exclaims gleefully.
"So?"
I am appalled, "SO? McGonagall is on the other side of that doorway, plotting schemes to kill students off with excess homework, and here we are, waltzing in on her extravagant plans to dominate the school! The first one she sees is the first to go."
He promptly starts laughing. So hard, in fact, that he leans against the door.
Which is now open, thanks to the idiot himself.
He falls into the room, and McGonagall glances up from her desk and sees us all cowering in her doorway.
"So what have you lot done this time?" She inquires, looking unsurprised with our presence in her office.
Rose, grimacing and probably thinking of what her mother would say about her being sent to the office so often, answers.
"Well, me and Beth were in potions, and were brewing Felix Felicis, when she decided to see how the potion would react to a foreign object."
McGonagall gives me a Look, then turns back to Rose.
"And this foreign object would be..."
"Scorpius's hair."
"And you two are here because..." she asks the two boys, who pale significantly.
McGonagall sighs and wearily says, "Detention for both of you for being out of class. Oh, and Bethany, I would like to speak with you privately."
I gulp. "Yes Professor."
The others filed out, and Rose shot me a worried look.
Ok, I have no idea as to what's going on. Usually I've done something or another, and have some clue as to why McGonnaKillYou is glaring at me over her spectacles.
But this time, I'm stumped.
"I'm sure you're wondering why you're here."
Woah...she can read minds.
"There has been a dip in your grades in Potions, it appears."
Oh. That.
I look down at my sneakers as she goes on, "Your grades in your other classes are very high, and I don't see any reason as to why you can't bring your Potions grade up."
I finally look up and into her light green eyes that seem to see into my thoughts, and ask her, slightly afraid of the answer, "What's my grade?"
She hesitates for a moment, then shows me a slip of paper.
I scan it quickly, catching words and phrases, Detentions and Missing Assignments, along with Ditching Class, and there, at the bottom, circled in bright red ink, was:
Overall Grade: D
Crap.
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