A/N: Hi, I know that I just posted the first chapter of this today but after getting an encouraging review, I decided to write an post another chapter tonight. I'm going to study some chemistry now and probably will be studying chemistry most of the day tomorrow but will hopefully take a little break to write another chapter.

Disclaimer:I do not own Worst Witch

As Imogen Drill walked through the castle with Mildred, she was glad that the rest of the girls were still outside chatting. Having toned down her crying to some slight sniffling, Mildred had told Miss Drill she could walk upstairs to her room on her own. Not quite wanting to leave the third year to her sadness, the PE teacher accompanied her to her room. From the doorway she watched, unsure as to what to do, as Mildred sat on the edge of her bed and stared blankly at the wall. It was the younger female who broke the silence.

"I couldn't save them," she said in a broken voice that tore at Imogen's heart. The girl's shoulders hunched and started to quake, "I deserve to be expelled if I'm such a horrible witch that I can't even save my own parents." Miss Drill sat down beside Mildred and put her arms around the shaking shoulders.

"Don't think like that," She said firmly, "Agatha and her cronies have had decades of experience working with magic whereas you've only had two. You can't expect yourself to beat that. You may have outwitted them twice but they were bound to hold a grudge and go after you when you least expected it." Hearing a high pitched sound, Miss Drill located the source of the noise and let the silver striped kitten out of her carrier. The teacher then picked up the cat and placed her in Mildred's lap, hoping that the animal might help distract her. Miss Drill smiled slightly as the student's hand automatically started stroking the cat's back.

Standing up, she walked to the door and glanced back, "You're probably exhausted emotionally so I'm going to tell the girls to leave you alone so you can get some sleep." Mildred nodded mutely and Miss Drill closed the door and head back downstairs. On the way, she saw the girls coming up to unpack their things. Assuming that Amelia and Constance had greeted the students, she announced that Mildred Hubble needed to be alone for the night and that under no circumstances was anybody to bother her. Enid and Maud looked ready to protest but stayed quiet once they saw how serious their PE teacher was. Ethel and Drusilla also exchanged thoughtful smirks but Miss Drill then mentioned that all the teachers were united in the fact that there would be severe consequences to any student that dared to disobey her. The two students shared a nervous look when they realise what that meant; Hardbroom.

After Miss Drill helped Mildred out of Miss Cackle's office, there was a stunned silence. Surprisingly, it was Miss Hardbroom who spoke first. "I fear I have made a huge mistake, Headmistress" she commented wearily.

The other woman slipped her glasses off and pinched the bridge of her nose, "I believe we both have, Constance...How on earth did this happen?"

"The oath. It was directed at you and this school. Agatha was under no obligation to leave Mildred alone." Miss Hardbroom spoke this darkly, not only angry at the three witches but also at herself for not anticipating this possibility.

"We're going to have to find out the whole story soon." Seeing her colleague's shocked look, Amelia rushed to assure her. "I don't mean talk to Mildred about it now, we'll wait until she's ready, but the witches' guild will have to be alerted of this."

The Deputy Headmistress nodded, "Meanwhile Headmistress, I suggest we go greet the girls."

"Yes, of course." The two headed outside to give the yearly speech to the students, new and old alike. Once all the girls were headed to their rooms, the two women made their way to the staffroom. It was not long before they were joined by Miss Drill. The woman's expression made it quite clear that she was not impressed with the way the two heads of the school handled the situation.

"Mildred is in her bed, curled up with Tabby and I've told the girls that nobody is to disturb her tonight."

"Thank you very much Imogen," Amelia smiled at her colleague, hoping to keep the two other women in the room from getting into one of their infamous fights. She was relieved-and surprised- to hear Constance say something to the non-witch that wasn't antagonistic for a change.

"Yes, the way in which you dealt with the situation was quite admirable." Imogen thought she saw a slight smile but wasn't sure.

"So, what do you suppose we do?" The PE teacher directed her question at the headmistress.

"Let her sleep," Amelia declared. "We'll see if her friends can cheer her up tomorrow and then decided how to go on from there." Nobody had any time to say anything else before Miss Bat bustled into the staffroom wearing her Inner Mongolian clothes and singing. The other three women looked at each other and reached an unspoken agreement not to mention any of what had just transpired to the eccentric chanting teacher. Instead, they all pretended like they were discussing their respective summers.