This story takes place well after the Harry Potter and his generation of students have left Hogwarts. ElfFlame and I had created several sets of children from the various stories we've written, and since they were all around the same age, decided to throw them into school together. So this is a story, hopefully soon to be a series of stories based on several others. To help make more sense of these stories, it may help to read my story, De Die In Diem: From Day to Day, and ElfFlame's stories, Dragon's Tears, and Lost Love. Most of the kids come from those. We've also created many original kids not from our stories to help fill the ranks. Many of their last names may sound familiar to you. ElfFlame has files of the names and basic family trees of some of the children for all who are interested in finding out more background on these kids. Email her at ElfFlame@hotmail.com if you want them. We hope you enjoy these, we've been having lots of fun thinking about them!
Disclaimer: You know the usual, all of this world is JK's, and we thank her for letting us borrow it. Only the original characters are ours!
Teecie's First Day of Class
Teecie was up well before breakfast time. She was used to waking up early at home, to help her family on the farm. She spent an hour in the bathroom getting her hair done right. Finishing up and returning to her room, Teecie quietly dressed for her first day of classes. She put on a pair of pink nylons and then the rest of her school uniform. She sat down on her bed and painted a fresh coat of pink nail polish on her nails.
The twin girls had woken up by this time and stared at Teecie while she looked in a mirror. She was fluffing her hair and pinching her cheeks, while the girls looked on. They spent much less time getting ready for the day. One girl threw her clothes on, passed a brush through her hair, and never glanced at the mirror. The other girl spent a little more time preparing, by putting a cute black belt on her skirt. Nobody said anything to anybody, for they were all too shy. Before leaving, Teecie put a few bangles on one wrist, her pink plastic watch on the other wrist, and her stone mood ring on her right forefinger. Silently, the three girls walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Teecie and the twins sat down at the Gryffindor table to a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast. Teecie liked to cut her sausage into small pieces and put them in between the pancakes and drizzle the stack with syrup. The twins looked at her as though she was crazy. "What? It's good this way!" Teecie said defensively. The twins quickly looked down at their plates and continued eating.
Professor Lupin walked up and down the table, handing out timetables for the students. Teecie saw her first class of the day was Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin. Then she had Potions with Draco. She had to keep reminding herself, she had to call him Professor Black. After lunch she had Transfigurations with Professor Hermione Weasley and Herbology with Professor Longbottom.
Finding her first class was difficult; Teecie didn't seem to understand the layout of the school very well. Maybe there was a map somewhere that she could have. After a brief search, she found the right classroom. Walking inside, Teecie made her way to the front of the class, and found a seat right in front of the professor's desk. She turned around to see who else was in the class. All the other Gryffindors, and that girl from the train, Lisette. So that meant the Slytherin students shared this class with them. Teecie watched as Professor Lupin walked into the classroom with an armful of books and props. She turned in her seat to watch him as he unloaded all his things on the desk.
Teecie leaned down and took her book out, along with a pen and a small notebook. She had tried the ink and quill at home and didn't like it too much, so she'd snuck some pens into her trunk before leaving for school. She also didn't like the parchment, so she saved that for things that had to be turned in. She held her favourite pink gel ink feather topped pen in her hand, poised and ready to take notes.
Professor Lupin introduced himself and welcomed all the students to his class. He called roll and tried to learn all the student's names. Most of the class was spent explaining what Defense Against the Dark Arts was and what the students would be learning during the term. He explained what he expected of them, and what they could expect from him as a professor.
The Dark Arts sounded pretty scary to Teecie. Why would anybody want to learn to do those kinds of things? This sounded like a very important class. The Dark Arts could be used to hurt people, and it was good to know how to combat that. But Teecie was confused, if they didn't teach anybody about the Dark Arts, then nobody would no how to use them, so then nobody could. Wasn't that an easier way to solve the problem?
When Professor Lupin asked if there were any questions, Teecie raised her hand, her bangles jangling together. When he called on her, Teecie asked why they couldn't just not teach the Dark Arts so nobody would know how to do them. Some of the students murmured their agreement with her question, while some of the others laughed. Lupin shot a glare at the laughing students which stifled their laughter pretty quickly.
"That's a very good question Ticia. I think the reason it's important to teach people to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, is because there really isn't a way to make sure there aren't people who know how to use them. There will always be at least one person who knows the Dark Arts, and that person might teach more people. And if nobody knew how to defend themselves, they'd get into a lot of trouble if the people who knew the Dark Arts used those against them. Does that makes sense?" When Teecie nodded her head and smiled, Professor Lupin said, "That was a very good question, 5 points to Gryffindor."
In the background Teecie could hear a girl whisper loudly, "He's only favouring her because she's a Gryffindor. She's stupid!" She didn't know who it was, and began to turn around to see who had said that, when Professor Lupin gently tapped his wand on her desk, bringing her attention back to him. Looking at him, he shook his head very slightly, causing Teecie to sit motionless in her seat for the rest of the class.
Her next class was in the dungeons with Draco. She'd heard the dungeons could be very cold, and had brought her favourite pink scarf to wear. Putting it on as she packed her bag, she began to walk with the other students to the dungeon.
The dungeon was indeed very cold, and Teecie was grateful for the scarf. Finding another seat at the front of the class, she unpacked her paper and pen. She'd just sat down, as had the other students, when Professor Black made his grand sweeping entrance into the classroom. He stood imposingly at the front of the class with his hands on his hips, glaring at the students. He saw Teecie in her ridiculous scarf, and carefully avoided looking in her eyes. Clearing his throat, he began his welcoming speech. "Potions making is the very foundation of magic. Proper potions are vital to being a powerful witch or wizard. Potions are about logic, and ingenuity. Potions can be as simple as reading a book, or as complex as any test you could undertake. This class will be unlike any other class you take here at Hogwarts, and only the very best of you will be any good at it. While you are in this classroom, though, I expect only your best, and anything less will be severely punished."
Draco's eyes swept around the class, looking each and every student in the eye to make his point. When he reached Teecie, he was displeased to see her head in her arms, her shoulders shaking as she laughed at his speech. His eyes narrowed dangerously, and he moved right in front of her. When he was done talking, he picked up a heavy book from his desk, and threw it down right next to Teecie's head. Teecie gasped, jerked her head up, and looked at her brother with wide, startled eyes. Teecie pursed her lips to keep from giggling at her brother.
"Miss Orendes, was there something particularly...amusing...about my speech?" Professor Black asked.
"No," Teecie replied.
"No, what, Miss Orendes?"
"No, there wasn't."
Draco turned quite pale as his anger grew. In the desk next to Teecie, Lisette sat looking at the two, snickering. As the siblings faced off, her laughing distracted Draco enough to draw his attention away from Teecie for a moment and pounce upon Lisette. "You, what's your name?" Professor Black snapped.
"Lisette Crabbe, sir," Lisette said pointedly, glancing in Teecie's direction as she spoke that last word.
Draco raised his eyebrows slightly, and tilted his head as he looked at Lisette. "Miss Crabbe, since you and Miss Orendes find my class so funny, you can spend extra time here. You two will spend every evening this week, here, in detention. And I can assure you, ladies, it will not be a laughing matter," He said through clenched teeth.
Lisette and Teecie glared at each other for a few moments before looking away and listening to Professor Black as he called roll. Teecie tried to pay attention and take notes during the rest of the class, but found she was too upset to listen.
When the class had finally finished and the students trickled out of the room for lunch, Teecie remained in her seat. Draco was gathering his books up and ignoring his sister as she sat, sniffling, in her chair. "Draco, why do you hate me?" She cried.
Draco looked up to see tears flowing down his sister's face. Sighing and rolling his eyes, he explained, "I don't hate you Teecie, but I need order in the class. You can't disrupt the class like that. You'll have time to think about that in detention." Draco walked over to Teecie and patted her on the shoulder, "Come on, let's go get some lunch." As they walked to the Great Hall, Draco leaned down and said, "I'm proud of you for not calling me 'Draco' during class." Teecie felt flushed with happiness and smiled up at her brother.
Teecie went to the Gryffindor table as Draco continued to walk to the professor's table. She enjoyed a delicious ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup. When she'd finished her food, Teecie walked over to the Ravenclaw table and plopped herself down next to Kali who was talking to her friend, Paul Weasley. When Kali noticed her, she asked Teecie how her first day of classes was going. She frowned when she heard about the detention. "That's not a very good way to start out the school year, you know," Kali said.
After a few more words from Kali, Teecie went over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Reni. Reni tried to ignore her for as long as possible, but finally looked down at her. "Hey, brat. What do you want?" She said. Teecie told her about Lisette and how horrible she was. Fortunately she was at the far side of the table and in no danger of hearing her. After being asked to beat Lisette up for her, Reni scowled, and said, "Beat it squirt," before turning back around, ending the conversation for the day.
Looking around, Teecie wondered if she should go up and talk to Draco again, or maybe Uncle Sev or Matria, his daughter, but wasn't sure if she was allowed up at that table. By the time she decided to visit with Uncle Sev, lunch was over and she had to make her way to Transfigurations with Professor Weasley.
Teecie didn't like Professor Weasley. She started the class by showing off her ability to turn into a hawk and flying around the room. Everybody else oohed and aahed, but not Teecie. She sat primly at her desk, with her feather pen at the ready, waiting for the Professor to begin speaking.
Teecie took notes during class and was dismayed to be assigned so much homework on the very first day of school. How could she do it when she had detention? Suddenly, Teecie began wondering if she really wanted to be here. Home was looking pretty good right now.
The last class was in one of the greenhouses. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff met around the tables and looked around when Professor Longbottom walked into the room. He had an armful of gardening tools in his arms, and several of them fell out as he walked towards one of the tables. A few students scrambled to pick them up for him. The professor took roll and began explaining what Herbology was and what they'd be learning in class. He had a small project planned for them to get used to working with the dirt and plants. Teecie had done her nails that morning and didn't want mess them up. Raising her hand, she politely asked Professor Longbottom if he'd be providing the students with gloves for keeping clean. Professor Longbottom looked at Teecie for a long time before responding. It took a great strength within the professor to not laugh at Teecie, but somehow he managed it. "I might have an extra pair you can use, Miss Orendes." Teecie rewarded him with a huge smile.
The students were shown how to plant seeds in pots with soil. He set out packages of various seeds for them to choose from. The professor told them that after the plants had grown and were ready to be harvested, the students could have a feast in class to try all the food they'd grown.
Teecie potted a tomato seed in a pot of soil. Carefully watering the seed, she gazed at her pot, wondering how many tomatoes would grow from it. She would make a salad with them. At the end of class, the students labeled their pots and set them in the windows.
Teecie returned to her room and dropped her book bag off, fed Snowball, and played with him for a few minutes, before going to the Great Hall for dinner. After a nice plate of roast beef and mashed potatoes, she trudged off to the dungeons for detention.
Draco and Lisette were already there when she arrived. Draco handed the girls a bucket and scrub brush each and told them to start at opposite ends of the room and start cleaning the floors. Both girls looked shocked and stared open-mouthed at Draco. Draco looked at their faces with amusement. "You'll stay till you've finished, so I suggest you start soon," He said, sitting down at his desk to read.
Teecie walked to the nearest corner, while Lisette walked to the opposite end of the room. Kneeling down, Teecie began to scrub the floor. She couldn't believe she was doing this, this would ruin her nails, not to mention get her nylons dirty! Teecie thought about what her father would think when he found out about this punishment. He'd be outraged! He'd rush up to the school, yell at Draco, and take her back home again. She planned the letter she would write to him after this was over as she scrubbed the floor.
An hour later, Teecie had finally made it to Draco's desk. She had to clean around him, but he wouldn't move so she could scrub under the desk. Glaring up at her brother, then glancing over to see where Lisette was, she whispered, "Will you move your big stupid feet!"
Draco looked down at her, and replied, "That's no way to speak to your professor!"
"I'm not in class, I can talk to you any way I want!"
"Well, this is detention, so technically it still counts as class. So you have to be a little more respectful towards the authority figure," Draco said, clearly enjoying this.
"You just wait till MY father finds out how you've been treating his favourite child!" Teecie hissed as quietly as possible.
Draco glared at her. "You want another week of detention?"
"I'll tell father! He'll come up here and ground you if you do!"
Draco bit his lip to keep from laughing. He visualized Lucius marching up to school and yelling at him. It was the most ridiculous idea! Instead of continuing the conversation, Draco stood up and moved away from his desk, allowing Teecie to clean the floors where she needed to.
When she finished and he moved back to his seat, Draco called Teecie back to the desk. Pointing to a small part of the floor by his foot, he smiled evilly and said, "You missed a spot."
Teecie narrowed her eyes, bent down by his foot and scrubbed the floor where he'd pointed. To make sure it was thoroughly cleaned, she dumped some of the water from the bucket over his shoe, and onto the floor. Draco jumped up, shaking his foot, and snarled, "You did that on purpose! That's it, another week of detention for you!"
Teecie could hear Lisette giggling as she scrubbed her part of the floor. Why was this happening to her? Why was Draco being so cruel? Teecie's lower lip began to quiver and tears filled her eyes as she looked imploringly at her brother. Instead of telling her he was joking and giving her a hug, he pointed to the floor and said, "You'd better finish the floor, I can stay here all night if I need to," and turned back to his book.
Teecie went back to cleaning the floor for another hour, until she finished. Lisette had finished twenty minutes before and had left for the night. Teecie left the room without saying anything to Draco, and walked back to her house.
Teecie had forgotten about her homework, and sat in the common room, watching the other students talk and play games, but not participating in anything. After a while, she went to her room and wrote the letter to her father, sending it off with her owl. Playing with her kitten made Teecie feel a little bit better, and as she got ready for bed, she read some of her Amaris book until she fell asleep. It was early, but Teecie was exhausted.
It had been some first day of class.
Teecie's First Day of Class
Teecie was up well before breakfast time. She was used to waking up early at home, to help her family on the farm. She spent an hour in the bathroom getting her hair done right. Finishing up and returning to her room, Teecie quietly dressed for her first day of classes. She put on a pair of pink nylons and then the rest of her school uniform. She sat down on her bed and painted a fresh coat of pink nail polish on her nails.
The twin girls had woken up by this time and stared at Teecie while she looked in a mirror. She was fluffing her hair and pinching her cheeks, while the girls looked on. They spent much less time getting ready for the day. One girl threw her clothes on, passed a brush through her hair, and never glanced at the mirror. The other girl spent a little more time preparing, by putting a cute black belt on her skirt. Nobody said anything to anybody, for they were all too shy. Before leaving, Teecie put a few bangles on one wrist, her pink plastic watch on the other wrist, and her stone mood ring on her right forefinger. Silently, the three girls walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
Teecie and the twins sat down at the Gryffindor table to a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast. Teecie liked to cut her sausage into small pieces and put them in between the pancakes and drizzle the stack with syrup. The twins looked at her as though she was crazy. "What? It's good this way!" Teecie said defensively. The twins quickly looked down at their plates and continued eating.
Professor Lupin walked up and down the table, handing out timetables for the students. Teecie saw her first class of the day was Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Lupin. Then she had Potions with Draco. She had to keep reminding herself, she had to call him Professor Black. After lunch she had Transfigurations with Professor Hermione Weasley and Herbology with Professor Longbottom.
Finding her first class was difficult; Teecie didn't seem to understand the layout of the school very well. Maybe there was a map somewhere that she could have. After a brief search, she found the right classroom. Walking inside, Teecie made her way to the front of the class, and found a seat right in front of the professor's desk. She turned around to see who else was in the class. All the other Gryffindors, and that girl from the train, Lisette. So that meant the Slytherin students shared this class with them. Teecie watched as Professor Lupin walked into the classroom with an armful of books and props. She turned in her seat to watch him as he unloaded all his things on the desk.
Teecie leaned down and took her book out, along with a pen and a small notebook. She had tried the ink and quill at home and didn't like it too much, so she'd snuck some pens into her trunk before leaving for school. She also didn't like the parchment, so she saved that for things that had to be turned in. She held her favourite pink gel ink feather topped pen in her hand, poised and ready to take notes.
Professor Lupin introduced himself and welcomed all the students to his class. He called roll and tried to learn all the student's names. Most of the class was spent explaining what Defense Against the Dark Arts was and what the students would be learning during the term. He explained what he expected of them, and what they could expect from him as a professor.
The Dark Arts sounded pretty scary to Teecie. Why would anybody want to learn to do those kinds of things? This sounded like a very important class. The Dark Arts could be used to hurt people, and it was good to know how to combat that. But Teecie was confused, if they didn't teach anybody about the Dark Arts, then nobody would no how to use them, so then nobody could. Wasn't that an easier way to solve the problem?
When Professor Lupin asked if there were any questions, Teecie raised her hand, her bangles jangling together. When he called on her, Teecie asked why they couldn't just not teach the Dark Arts so nobody would know how to do them. Some of the students murmured their agreement with her question, while some of the others laughed. Lupin shot a glare at the laughing students which stifled their laughter pretty quickly.
"That's a very good question Ticia. I think the reason it's important to teach people to defend themselves against the Dark Arts, is because there really isn't a way to make sure there aren't people who know how to use them. There will always be at least one person who knows the Dark Arts, and that person might teach more people. And if nobody knew how to defend themselves, they'd get into a lot of trouble if the people who knew the Dark Arts used those against them. Does that makes sense?" When Teecie nodded her head and smiled, Professor Lupin said, "That was a very good question, 5 points to Gryffindor."
In the background Teecie could hear a girl whisper loudly, "He's only favouring her because she's a Gryffindor. She's stupid!" She didn't know who it was, and began to turn around to see who had said that, when Professor Lupin gently tapped his wand on her desk, bringing her attention back to him. Looking at him, he shook his head very slightly, causing Teecie to sit motionless in her seat for the rest of the class.
Her next class was in the dungeons with Draco. She'd heard the dungeons could be very cold, and had brought her favourite pink scarf to wear. Putting it on as she packed her bag, she began to walk with the other students to the dungeon.
The dungeon was indeed very cold, and Teecie was grateful for the scarf. Finding another seat at the front of the class, she unpacked her paper and pen. She'd just sat down, as had the other students, when Professor Black made his grand sweeping entrance into the classroom. He stood imposingly at the front of the class with his hands on his hips, glaring at the students. He saw Teecie in her ridiculous scarf, and carefully avoided looking in her eyes. Clearing his throat, he began his welcoming speech. "Potions making is the very foundation of magic. Proper potions are vital to being a powerful witch or wizard. Potions are about logic, and ingenuity. Potions can be as simple as reading a book, or as complex as any test you could undertake. This class will be unlike any other class you take here at Hogwarts, and only the very best of you will be any good at it. While you are in this classroom, though, I expect only your best, and anything less will be severely punished."
Draco's eyes swept around the class, looking each and every student in the eye to make his point. When he reached Teecie, he was displeased to see her head in her arms, her shoulders shaking as she laughed at his speech. His eyes narrowed dangerously, and he moved right in front of her. When he was done talking, he picked up a heavy book from his desk, and threw it down right next to Teecie's head. Teecie gasped, jerked her head up, and looked at her brother with wide, startled eyes. Teecie pursed her lips to keep from giggling at her brother.
"Miss Orendes, was there something particularly...amusing...about my speech?" Professor Black asked.
"No," Teecie replied.
"No, what, Miss Orendes?"
"No, there wasn't."
Draco turned quite pale as his anger grew. In the desk next to Teecie, Lisette sat looking at the two, snickering. As the siblings faced off, her laughing distracted Draco enough to draw his attention away from Teecie for a moment and pounce upon Lisette. "You, what's your name?" Professor Black snapped.
"Lisette Crabbe, sir," Lisette said pointedly, glancing in Teecie's direction as she spoke that last word.
Draco raised his eyebrows slightly, and tilted his head as he looked at Lisette. "Miss Crabbe, since you and Miss Orendes find my class so funny, you can spend extra time here. You two will spend every evening this week, here, in detention. And I can assure you, ladies, it will not be a laughing matter," He said through clenched teeth.
Lisette and Teecie glared at each other for a few moments before looking away and listening to Professor Black as he called roll. Teecie tried to pay attention and take notes during the rest of the class, but found she was too upset to listen.
When the class had finally finished and the students trickled out of the room for lunch, Teecie remained in her seat. Draco was gathering his books up and ignoring his sister as she sat, sniffling, in her chair. "Draco, why do you hate me?" She cried.
Draco looked up to see tears flowing down his sister's face. Sighing and rolling his eyes, he explained, "I don't hate you Teecie, but I need order in the class. You can't disrupt the class like that. You'll have time to think about that in detention." Draco walked over to Teecie and patted her on the shoulder, "Come on, let's go get some lunch." As they walked to the Great Hall, Draco leaned down and said, "I'm proud of you for not calling me 'Draco' during class." Teecie felt flushed with happiness and smiled up at her brother.
Teecie went to the Gryffindor table as Draco continued to walk to the professor's table. She enjoyed a delicious ham and cheese sandwich and a bowl of vegetable soup. When she'd finished her food, Teecie walked over to the Ravenclaw table and plopped herself down next to Kali who was talking to her friend, Paul Weasley. When Kali noticed her, she asked Teecie how her first day of classes was going. She frowned when she heard about the detention. "That's not a very good way to start out the school year, you know," Kali said.
After a few more words from Kali, Teecie went over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Reni. Reni tried to ignore her for as long as possible, but finally looked down at her. "Hey, brat. What do you want?" She said. Teecie told her about Lisette and how horrible she was. Fortunately she was at the far side of the table and in no danger of hearing her. After being asked to beat Lisette up for her, Reni scowled, and said, "Beat it squirt," before turning back around, ending the conversation for the day.
Looking around, Teecie wondered if she should go up and talk to Draco again, or maybe Uncle Sev or Matria, his daughter, but wasn't sure if she was allowed up at that table. By the time she decided to visit with Uncle Sev, lunch was over and she had to make her way to Transfigurations with Professor Weasley.
Teecie didn't like Professor Weasley. She started the class by showing off her ability to turn into a hawk and flying around the room. Everybody else oohed and aahed, but not Teecie. She sat primly at her desk, with her feather pen at the ready, waiting for the Professor to begin speaking.
Teecie took notes during class and was dismayed to be assigned so much homework on the very first day of school. How could she do it when she had detention? Suddenly, Teecie began wondering if she really wanted to be here. Home was looking pretty good right now.
The last class was in one of the greenhouses. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff met around the tables and looked around when Professor Longbottom walked into the room. He had an armful of gardening tools in his arms, and several of them fell out as he walked towards one of the tables. A few students scrambled to pick them up for him. The professor took roll and began explaining what Herbology was and what they'd be learning in class. He had a small project planned for them to get used to working with the dirt and plants. Teecie had done her nails that morning and didn't want mess them up. Raising her hand, she politely asked Professor Longbottom if he'd be providing the students with gloves for keeping clean. Professor Longbottom looked at Teecie for a long time before responding. It took a great strength within the professor to not laugh at Teecie, but somehow he managed it. "I might have an extra pair you can use, Miss Orendes." Teecie rewarded him with a huge smile.
The students were shown how to plant seeds in pots with soil. He set out packages of various seeds for them to choose from. The professor told them that after the plants had grown and were ready to be harvested, the students could have a feast in class to try all the food they'd grown.
Teecie potted a tomato seed in a pot of soil. Carefully watering the seed, she gazed at her pot, wondering how many tomatoes would grow from it. She would make a salad with them. At the end of class, the students labeled their pots and set them in the windows.
Teecie returned to her room and dropped her book bag off, fed Snowball, and played with him for a few minutes, before going to the Great Hall for dinner. After a nice plate of roast beef and mashed potatoes, she trudged off to the dungeons for detention.
Draco and Lisette were already there when she arrived. Draco handed the girls a bucket and scrub brush each and told them to start at opposite ends of the room and start cleaning the floors. Both girls looked shocked and stared open-mouthed at Draco. Draco looked at their faces with amusement. "You'll stay till you've finished, so I suggest you start soon," He said, sitting down at his desk to read.
Teecie walked to the nearest corner, while Lisette walked to the opposite end of the room. Kneeling down, Teecie began to scrub the floor. She couldn't believe she was doing this, this would ruin her nails, not to mention get her nylons dirty! Teecie thought about what her father would think when he found out about this punishment. He'd be outraged! He'd rush up to the school, yell at Draco, and take her back home again. She planned the letter she would write to him after this was over as she scrubbed the floor.
An hour later, Teecie had finally made it to Draco's desk. She had to clean around him, but he wouldn't move so she could scrub under the desk. Glaring up at her brother, then glancing over to see where Lisette was, she whispered, "Will you move your big stupid feet!"
Draco looked down at her, and replied, "That's no way to speak to your professor!"
"I'm not in class, I can talk to you any way I want!"
"Well, this is detention, so technically it still counts as class. So you have to be a little more respectful towards the authority figure," Draco said, clearly enjoying this.
"You just wait till MY father finds out how you've been treating his favourite child!" Teecie hissed as quietly as possible.
Draco glared at her. "You want another week of detention?"
"I'll tell father! He'll come up here and ground you if you do!"
Draco bit his lip to keep from laughing. He visualized Lucius marching up to school and yelling at him. It was the most ridiculous idea! Instead of continuing the conversation, Draco stood up and moved away from his desk, allowing Teecie to clean the floors where she needed to.
When she finished and he moved back to his seat, Draco called Teecie back to the desk. Pointing to a small part of the floor by his foot, he smiled evilly and said, "You missed a spot."
Teecie narrowed her eyes, bent down by his foot and scrubbed the floor where he'd pointed. To make sure it was thoroughly cleaned, she dumped some of the water from the bucket over his shoe, and onto the floor. Draco jumped up, shaking his foot, and snarled, "You did that on purpose! That's it, another week of detention for you!"
Teecie could hear Lisette giggling as she scrubbed her part of the floor. Why was this happening to her? Why was Draco being so cruel? Teecie's lower lip began to quiver and tears filled her eyes as she looked imploringly at her brother. Instead of telling her he was joking and giving her a hug, he pointed to the floor and said, "You'd better finish the floor, I can stay here all night if I need to," and turned back to his book.
Teecie went back to cleaning the floor for another hour, until she finished. Lisette had finished twenty minutes before and had left for the night. Teecie left the room without saying anything to Draco, and walked back to her house.
Teecie had forgotten about her homework, and sat in the common room, watching the other students talk and play games, but not participating in anything. After a while, she went to her room and wrote the letter to her father, sending it off with her owl. Playing with her kitten made Teecie feel a little bit better, and as she got ready for bed, she read some of her Amaris book until she fell asleep. It was early, but Teecie was exhausted.
It had been some first day of class.
