~*Chapter Two: Sodden Sponges and Slobbering Canines*~
When Friday finally came around, Sammy and Cassie had forgotten all about their detention. When they came down to lunch they were laughing and talking about Cassie's brothers. Cassie's parents had 7 boys and Cassie. Cassie always wondered if they wanted a girl and just kept on having kids until they got one, or perhaps one day they woke up and thought 'Oh my god! We have 8 kids!' That would stop anyone dead in their tracks. Cassie wasn't going to have very many kids. She could get her fill of whiny babies just by hanging around her brothers.
The two Slytherins had just gotten back from Double Herbology, and were anxious to have something to eat. When they sat down at their table, McGonaggal wasted no time in hounding them about their detention. "Remember, 8 this evening in the Potion's Dungeon," she reminded them before making her way back to the Teacher's table. Cassie and Sammy exchanged a look, and groaned. This put a damper on the rest of lunch and Cassie wasn't too hungry anymore.
At eight that evening, Cassie and Sammy made their way to the Potion's Dungeon, both wearing matching masks of gloom. When they entered the dungeon, they were both surprised to see other students there too. Cassie recognized Fred and George Weasley, and some other boys. But she was really surprised (and nervous) to see Matthew standing in a corner. After giving a half-hearted hello to the Weasley twins, she made her way across the room to talk to Matthew. 'Hi,' she said, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. He smiled at her warmly, and Cassie felt better. She felt like an idiot when she was around him, and was appalled at herself for doing so. They made small talk until Snape walked in. He told them to scrub every cauldron in the room and no magic could be used. He then left the dungeon, muttering about hexing them all if they weren't finished when he got back.
Cassie worked alongside Sammy and Matthew, talking about the new Defense against the dark arts teacher. Professor Fletcher had started teaching their class about aurors. He had brought in some things they used and had talked about some of his own experiences. Cassie had overheard some of the girls in her dorm, talking about how cute he was. She related this to the boys and they laughed. Cassie agreed with them. She didn't find their professor handsome at all. But she did find Matthew very cute. She stole a glance at him, and nearly drooled. Matthew had brown hair and green eyes and his face was slightly flushed from scrubbing cauldrons. He had nice muscular arms, and broad shoulders for a 14 year old. Broad shoulders were a huge turn on for Cassie. He seemed to have noticed her staring and went red. Cassie felt embarrassed and quickly looked down and continued scrubbing at a cauldron with a stained piece of cloth. Then all of a sudden Sammy grabbed his wet sponge and hurled it at Cassie's face. It hit her smack on the side of her face.
Cassie jumped up and grabbed her bucket of water, throwing the water at Sammy and getting George too. George yelled and grabbed his bucket of water and chucked the water at Cassie. She ducked though, and it hit Matthew instead. "Oy, what was that for?" he said as he grabbed his sponge and hurled it at Fred. "Hey, I didn't do anything!" Matthew grinned sheepishly, and shrugged, "Sorry, thought you were George." Cassie couldn't help herself, and threw Fred's bucket of water over Matthew's already damp, dark brown hair. Matthew yelled and turned around to see who had splashed him. Cassie held the empty bucket in her hand, and was laughing hysterically at the surprised look on Matthew's face. Matthew grabbed Sammy's bucket and hurled the water at her, smiling when she spluttered and gave him a mock glare. By now, everyone was soaking wet, and laughing.
Cassie being the only sensible one, starting cleaning up the mess they had made and refilling the buckets with water. She looked at her wristwatch and gasped. Snape would be back any minute! She quickly did cleaning spells on all the cauldrons and began drying her drenched clothing and hair. The others had gotten the idea and were drying off too. As if on cue, when everyone was done drying up, Snape sauntered in and scowled. "Well, off to bed with you. You're detention is over." Cassie grabbed Sammy and Matthew's hands and the three of them were off before Snape could notice anything wrong.
The next morning, actually afternoon, since Cassie was too tired to wake up for breakfast, Sammy bounded into Cassie's dorm room. He began to jump on Cassie's bed and yell, "WAKE UP SLEEPYHEAD!" Cassie groaned and sat up on the bouncing bed. Sammy landed next to her with a thump and smiled. 'What are you doing here? This is the girl's dorm.' Sammy rolled his eyes, "You're the only one still here. I was chosen to come and wake you up."
"Chosen?" Cassie raised an eyebrow.
"Well, none of the other boys wanted to feel the wrath of the dragon," Sammy answered using Cassie's nickname. Cassie had to laugh. All of Cassie's brothers either played professional Quidditch or studied dragons. Her family was known for its long line of dragon tamers and charmers. Cassie herself was going to study dragons when she was out of school.
Cassie suddenly had an idea. She got out of bed, not even caring that she was only wearing one of her brother's boxers and a cut-off tank. She grabbed Sammy's elbow and pulled him outside the door and down the stairs into the common room. She sat Sammy down in a chair and grabbed his wand from his pocket. 'I am going to cut zis 'orrible 'air,' she said twirling a fake moustache. "WHAT?!" Sammy looked outraged. He tried to get up but Cassie had pinned him to the chair. 'Vat shall I do to 'elp zis?' she said taking Sammy's hair out of the elastic. She turned her wand onto a pair of scissors and began hacking away.
A few minutes later, Sammy's long brown locks were strewn about the floor and Sammy's hair was now short and nicely cut. 'Well, Monsieur, I did vat I cud.' She bowed, and let Sammy look at his hair in the mirror. "Hey, it's not half bad." Matthew looked at Cassie, bewildered. "Where did you learn to do that?" Cassie grinned, 'With 7 brothers and not too much money, you learn things like this.' Grabbing Sammy's arm, she led him out the common room and down to lunch.
Not until they were at the entrance to the Great Hall, did Cassie notice she was still in her pajamas. Well, her skimpy excuse for pajamas. Some Ravenclaw fifth year boys had passed by and were leering at her. She hit Sammy and used her wand to summon her favorite jeans and an old t-shirt to wear. Grabbing her clothes she fled into the girl's bathroom.
When she got outside she stomped into the Great Hall and ignored the catcalls coming from the Ravenclaw table. Her ears were turning red, but she made it to the Gryffindor table and sat down. Sammy had gone to sit at the Slytherin table, and the girls seemed to be exclaiming over his hair. She was sitting next to Harry, and Ginny was in front of her. "How was detention?" Hermione asked, clearly disapproving of the fact that Cassie had gotten it in the first place. 'Couldn't have been better!' She smiled mischievously, grabbed a piece of toast, and ran out of the Great Hall laughing.
Ron looked at Hermione, and Hermione looked at Harry. They all shook their heads and continued eating their breakfast.
Outside Cassie was headed towards Hagrid's cabin, still laughing like mad. She knocked on Hagrid's door and waited for him to answer. After waiting for 2 seconds, she began to furiously rap on the door, shouting 'Hagrid! Yoo-hoo, you in there? It's me-e-e-e! CASSIE!' Cassie heard the scraping of a chair against the wooden floor, and seconds later, Hagrid's beaming face stared down at her. "Bin wonderin' wen you'd come ta visit!" Cassie grinned up at him and laughed, 'I've only been here for a week!" Hagrid laughed and ushered her inside.
An hour later, after chatting with Hagrid about the usual (her brothers, schoolwork, Quidditch), and having a cup of tea, she went outside to play with Fang for a while. She always saved up a little time once a week to give Fang a good workout. Not only that, but she enjoyed Fang's company anyway.
After a long game of chase with Fang, Cassie collapsed laughing into the grass, her arms wrapped around Fang's neck. Fang was apparently trying to drown Cassie in his own saliva and she had to push him over and sit up. 'Ewww! Fang! That's gross!' But he wasn't listening; he had fallen asleep and was emitting loud growling snores. 'How pathetic,' Cassie mumbled, shaking her head. She got up, cleaning her robes up with a spell. She made her way across the sweeping lawns towards the lake.
Once there, she began to do cartwheels and practice some of her back flips. After finally finishing, she lay down on the grass, sweating. Suddenly she had an idea. Not caring that she was in her jeans, or the fact that there was a huge squid in the lake, she dove into the water, loving the feeling of the water jetting across her. She dove deep down until her lungs couldn't take it anymore, and then she surfaced. She got out again and she sat down on a rock by the lake and let the sun dry her. When she was finally dry, she got up, her wet shoes and socks in hand, and made her way back to the castle.
Cassie burst into the Slytherin common room, not caring that people were staring at her meanly. She scowled back at them and ran up the stairs to her dorm. Inside, the other girls, whom Cassie called "the Bitch Squad", were doing a home spa. "Oh my god! WE'RE BEING ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!" Cassie shrieked at the sight of the 4 girls with green facemasks scowling at her. They all rolled their eyes and Cassie made her way to her bed, which was as far away from the other girls as she could get. Quickly changing into an oversized sweatshirt and faded jeans, Cassie ran down the steps and out towards the Great Hall for dinner.
Cassie decided to sit next to Sammy today at the Slytherin table. When she sat down, Sammy seemed to be arguing with Draco Malfoy. He stopped when Cassie sat down and smiled at her. 'What was that all about?' she asked, concerned. She'd beat the living tar out of him if he'd offended any of her friends. "Nothing, Sammy muttered, and let the subject drop.
Later on, in the common room, Sammy pulled Cassie over to a table. 'Wha..' Cassie groaned sleepily. "You ever wonder what Matthew did to get detention on Friday?" Cassie gave him a tired, blank look. "He has been purposely mouthing off to McGonaggal this past week in Transfiguration." Cassie still looked uninterested. "He's been trying to get a detention with you." Now Cassie looked interested. "How do you know?" Sammy rolled his eyes, "I asked him." Cassie opened her mouth but before she could say anything, Matthew walked over. Cassie not wanted be around him, for fear of embarrassing herself, said goodnight and went upstairs to a restless sleep.
A/N: Well, how was my second chapter? Will Matthew finally ask Cassie to Hogsmeade? Will Cassie be able to endure a whole year of Transfiguration with Malfoy? Will Cassie find out what Sammy and Draco were arguing about? Will the aliens abduct Hogwarts? Tune in next time, and don't forget to review! Until next chapter I remain The Bane of the Dragon.
~*Dragonsbane*~
P.S- I'll add Ginny more next chapter! *hint, hint*
When Friday finally came around, Sammy and Cassie had forgotten all about their detention. When they came down to lunch they were laughing and talking about Cassie's brothers. Cassie's parents had 7 boys and Cassie. Cassie always wondered if they wanted a girl and just kept on having kids until they got one, or perhaps one day they woke up and thought 'Oh my god! We have 8 kids!' That would stop anyone dead in their tracks. Cassie wasn't going to have very many kids. She could get her fill of whiny babies just by hanging around her brothers.
The two Slytherins had just gotten back from Double Herbology, and were anxious to have something to eat. When they sat down at their table, McGonaggal wasted no time in hounding them about their detention. "Remember, 8 this evening in the Potion's Dungeon," she reminded them before making her way back to the Teacher's table. Cassie and Sammy exchanged a look, and groaned. This put a damper on the rest of lunch and Cassie wasn't too hungry anymore.
At eight that evening, Cassie and Sammy made their way to the Potion's Dungeon, both wearing matching masks of gloom. When they entered the dungeon, they were both surprised to see other students there too. Cassie recognized Fred and George Weasley, and some other boys. But she was really surprised (and nervous) to see Matthew standing in a corner. After giving a half-hearted hello to the Weasley twins, she made her way across the room to talk to Matthew. 'Hi,' she said, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear. He smiled at her warmly, and Cassie felt better. She felt like an idiot when she was around him, and was appalled at herself for doing so. They made small talk until Snape walked in. He told them to scrub every cauldron in the room and no magic could be used. He then left the dungeon, muttering about hexing them all if they weren't finished when he got back.
Cassie worked alongside Sammy and Matthew, talking about the new Defense against the dark arts teacher. Professor Fletcher had started teaching their class about aurors. He had brought in some things they used and had talked about some of his own experiences. Cassie had overheard some of the girls in her dorm, talking about how cute he was. She related this to the boys and they laughed. Cassie agreed with them. She didn't find their professor handsome at all. But she did find Matthew very cute. She stole a glance at him, and nearly drooled. Matthew had brown hair and green eyes and his face was slightly flushed from scrubbing cauldrons. He had nice muscular arms, and broad shoulders for a 14 year old. Broad shoulders were a huge turn on for Cassie. He seemed to have noticed her staring and went red. Cassie felt embarrassed and quickly looked down and continued scrubbing at a cauldron with a stained piece of cloth. Then all of a sudden Sammy grabbed his wet sponge and hurled it at Cassie's face. It hit her smack on the side of her face.
Cassie jumped up and grabbed her bucket of water, throwing the water at Sammy and getting George too. George yelled and grabbed his bucket of water and chucked the water at Cassie. She ducked though, and it hit Matthew instead. "Oy, what was that for?" he said as he grabbed his sponge and hurled it at Fred. "Hey, I didn't do anything!" Matthew grinned sheepishly, and shrugged, "Sorry, thought you were George." Cassie couldn't help herself, and threw Fred's bucket of water over Matthew's already damp, dark brown hair. Matthew yelled and turned around to see who had splashed him. Cassie held the empty bucket in her hand, and was laughing hysterically at the surprised look on Matthew's face. Matthew grabbed Sammy's bucket and hurled the water at her, smiling when she spluttered and gave him a mock glare. By now, everyone was soaking wet, and laughing.
Cassie being the only sensible one, starting cleaning up the mess they had made and refilling the buckets with water. She looked at her wristwatch and gasped. Snape would be back any minute! She quickly did cleaning spells on all the cauldrons and began drying her drenched clothing and hair. The others had gotten the idea and were drying off too. As if on cue, when everyone was done drying up, Snape sauntered in and scowled. "Well, off to bed with you. You're detention is over." Cassie grabbed Sammy and Matthew's hands and the three of them were off before Snape could notice anything wrong.
The next morning, actually afternoon, since Cassie was too tired to wake up for breakfast, Sammy bounded into Cassie's dorm room. He began to jump on Cassie's bed and yell, "WAKE UP SLEEPYHEAD!" Cassie groaned and sat up on the bouncing bed. Sammy landed next to her with a thump and smiled. 'What are you doing here? This is the girl's dorm.' Sammy rolled his eyes, "You're the only one still here. I was chosen to come and wake you up."
"Chosen?" Cassie raised an eyebrow.
"Well, none of the other boys wanted to feel the wrath of the dragon," Sammy answered using Cassie's nickname. Cassie had to laugh. All of Cassie's brothers either played professional Quidditch or studied dragons. Her family was known for its long line of dragon tamers and charmers. Cassie herself was going to study dragons when she was out of school.
Cassie suddenly had an idea. She got out of bed, not even caring that she was only wearing one of her brother's boxers and a cut-off tank. She grabbed Sammy's elbow and pulled him outside the door and down the stairs into the common room. She sat Sammy down in a chair and grabbed his wand from his pocket. 'I am going to cut zis 'orrible 'air,' she said twirling a fake moustache. "WHAT?!" Sammy looked outraged. He tried to get up but Cassie had pinned him to the chair. 'Vat shall I do to 'elp zis?' she said taking Sammy's hair out of the elastic. She turned her wand onto a pair of scissors and began hacking away.
A few minutes later, Sammy's long brown locks were strewn about the floor and Sammy's hair was now short and nicely cut. 'Well, Monsieur, I did vat I cud.' She bowed, and let Sammy look at his hair in the mirror. "Hey, it's not half bad." Matthew looked at Cassie, bewildered. "Where did you learn to do that?" Cassie grinned, 'With 7 brothers and not too much money, you learn things like this.' Grabbing Sammy's arm, she led him out the common room and down to lunch.
Not until they were at the entrance to the Great Hall, did Cassie notice she was still in her pajamas. Well, her skimpy excuse for pajamas. Some Ravenclaw fifth year boys had passed by and were leering at her. She hit Sammy and used her wand to summon her favorite jeans and an old t-shirt to wear. Grabbing her clothes she fled into the girl's bathroom.
When she got outside she stomped into the Great Hall and ignored the catcalls coming from the Ravenclaw table. Her ears were turning red, but she made it to the Gryffindor table and sat down. Sammy had gone to sit at the Slytherin table, and the girls seemed to be exclaiming over his hair. She was sitting next to Harry, and Ginny was in front of her. "How was detention?" Hermione asked, clearly disapproving of the fact that Cassie had gotten it in the first place. 'Couldn't have been better!' She smiled mischievously, grabbed a piece of toast, and ran out of the Great Hall laughing.
Ron looked at Hermione, and Hermione looked at Harry. They all shook their heads and continued eating their breakfast.
Outside Cassie was headed towards Hagrid's cabin, still laughing like mad. She knocked on Hagrid's door and waited for him to answer. After waiting for 2 seconds, she began to furiously rap on the door, shouting 'Hagrid! Yoo-hoo, you in there? It's me-e-e-e! CASSIE!' Cassie heard the scraping of a chair against the wooden floor, and seconds later, Hagrid's beaming face stared down at her. "Bin wonderin' wen you'd come ta visit!" Cassie grinned up at him and laughed, 'I've only been here for a week!" Hagrid laughed and ushered her inside.
An hour later, after chatting with Hagrid about the usual (her brothers, schoolwork, Quidditch), and having a cup of tea, she went outside to play with Fang for a while. She always saved up a little time once a week to give Fang a good workout. Not only that, but she enjoyed Fang's company anyway.
After a long game of chase with Fang, Cassie collapsed laughing into the grass, her arms wrapped around Fang's neck. Fang was apparently trying to drown Cassie in his own saliva and she had to push him over and sit up. 'Ewww! Fang! That's gross!' But he wasn't listening; he had fallen asleep and was emitting loud growling snores. 'How pathetic,' Cassie mumbled, shaking her head. She got up, cleaning her robes up with a spell. She made her way across the sweeping lawns towards the lake.
Once there, she began to do cartwheels and practice some of her back flips. After finally finishing, she lay down on the grass, sweating. Suddenly she had an idea. Not caring that she was in her jeans, or the fact that there was a huge squid in the lake, she dove into the water, loving the feeling of the water jetting across her. She dove deep down until her lungs couldn't take it anymore, and then she surfaced. She got out again and she sat down on a rock by the lake and let the sun dry her. When she was finally dry, she got up, her wet shoes and socks in hand, and made her way back to the castle.
Cassie burst into the Slytherin common room, not caring that people were staring at her meanly. She scowled back at them and ran up the stairs to her dorm. Inside, the other girls, whom Cassie called "the Bitch Squad", were doing a home spa. "Oh my god! WE'RE BEING ABDUCTED BY ALIENS!" Cassie shrieked at the sight of the 4 girls with green facemasks scowling at her. They all rolled their eyes and Cassie made her way to her bed, which was as far away from the other girls as she could get. Quickly changing into an oversized sweatshirt and faded jeans, Cassie ran down the steps and out towards the Great Hall for dinner.
Cassie decided to sit next to Sammy today at the Slytherin table. When she sat down, Sammy seemed to be arguing with Draco Malfoy. He stopped when Cassie sat down and smiled at her. 'What was that all about?' she asked, concerned. She'd beat the living tar out of him if he'd offended any of her friends. "Nothing, Sammy muttered, and let the subject drop.
Later on, in the common room, Sammy pulled Cassie over to a table. 'Wha..' Cassie groaned sleepily. "You ever wonder what Matthew did to get detention on Friday?" Cassie gave him a tired, blank look. "He has been purposely mouthing off to McGonaggal this past week in Transfiguration." Cassie still looked uninterested. "He's been trying to get a detention with you." Now Cassie looked interested. "How do you know?" Sammy rolled his eyes, "I asked him." Cassie opened her mouth but before she could say anything, Matthew walked over. Cassie not wanted be around him, for fear of embarrassing herself, said goodnight and went upstairs to a restless sleep.
A/N: Well, how was my second chapter? Will Matthew finally ask Cassie to Hogsmeade? Will Cassie be able to endure a whole year of Transfiguration with Malfoy? Will Cassie find out what Sammy and Draco were arguing about? Will the aliens abduct Hogwarts? Tune in next time, and don't forget to review! Until next chapter I remain The Bane of the Dragon.
~*Dragonsbane*~
P.S- I'll add Ginny more next chapter! *hint, hint*