"Miss Granger," Professor Beery tutted. "This behaviour is not like you at all."
"He insulted something important to me," she answered meekly, offering him a shrug to show she really didn't care. "Nobody can get away with that." Herbert Beery blinked at the ferocity in her tone and eyes before nodding.
"Okay. Well, you're a competent witch and I need this to be done, so you'll be repotting mandrakes for me."
"Of course, Professor," she agreed, grabbing herself some mittens and earmuffs without even a sigh, eye roll or complaint. She truly was an extraordinary witch. "How many do you need me to do?"
"I think thirty will suffice," he told her before heading to the small backroom and placing his own earmuffs on so he wasn't incapacitated whilst he finished marking assignments. Even with the earmuffs on, he heard the crying from the plants and was quite thankful that she was a speedy yet competent witch and was done quicker than most students would've been with help.
"All done, Professor."
"Thank you, Miss Granger. I politely hope I don't see you in detention again. You're too excellent for this sort of thing." She didn't answer him, only nodded and walked away.
"There she is!" Sirius shouted once she entered through the portrait. "There's our little fighter." She scowled at him playfully, but grinned when he pulled her into a hug. "If you hadn't have done it, I would've."
"I know," she confirmed. "You've just got to share the fun." She was hugged by him again before being passed from one Gryffindor student to another. Some of them she didn't even recognise but still, they hugged her. She wasn't known for getting detentions so she guessed it was a reason to celebrate.
She was eventually left with Remus who was giving her a calculating look. "You're an idiot," he eventually said, pulling her into his arms. She relaxed, not even realising that she was tense until he was holding her. "You should've let Sirius handle it in his own way, or maybe even James and Peter."
"He had no right to say what he did," she mumbled into his chest, her own hands clutching at his hips. "He knew that, so he deserved it."
"You ruined your perfect record."
"I'm proud I got a detention," she admitted. "So when people ask why I got one, I can tell them that it was defending the man that I love."
"Punching a Slytherin is nothing to really brag about."
"No, but punching Severus Snape is."
Prompt: Detention
Gringotts Prompt Bank: Greenhouse 1, Gryffindor Tower (Hogwarts Location)
Chocolate Frog Card: (Bonus!): Venusia Crickerly: Challenge: Incorporate the uses of Mandrakes into your story.
