Based on J.K Rowling's Harry Potter books, THE BROKEN WAND
After an interesting Herbology lesson, Willow waved them a cheery goodbye and set off to Foreign studies, caught up quickly by Zacharias Smith.
"What is going on with those two?" Anissa asked again before separating from the others, heading off to Ancient Runes with Helena.
Vienna, Sierra and Amy continued to Muggle Studies, feeling a sense of foreboding as they entered the class room, which had received a dramatic makeover. Instead of posters of cars and muggle newspaper cuttings on the walls, evil looking images had been put up, obviously from a children's book about the Witch trials, where muggles went about burning magical folk for no good reason. Alecto Carrow emerged from her office at the back of the classroom just as everyone had settled down.
"Good morning class," She weezed, "I understand how you've received a rather fragmented and biased education in learning the ways of muggles, but that is about to change." She changed her facial features into what she evidently intended to be an encouraging smile. "I have created a quiz just to see how much you know already,"
She flicked her wand and thirty rolls of parchment floated into the air, each one landing in front of a student. "You may begin."
Sierra looked down at the first question,
Q1. What are muggles?
A) Pearly translucent beings that hover above the ground.
B) Disgustingly primitive beings that possess no magical ability.
C) People who are exactly the same as Witches and Wizards, but cannot perform magic.
Sierra could see out of the corner of her eye people looking round, unsure of what to put down. She knew that C) had been put there to identify the Muggle-lovers. Torn between being true to herself and not drawing attention to the fact she was a muggle, she tapped her pen on the page, thinking. At once Alecto Carrow was at her side
"WHAT IS THAT THING IN YOUR HAND?" She erupted, people jumping in shock; Vienna toppled backwards into the table behind, making a domino effect.
"COME WITH ME!" Carrow shrieked, dragging Sierra roughly by the arm out of her chair and to the door as students righted themselves.
Sierra mentally face-palmed herself. How could she be so stupid? She actually took a biro, a muggle-made tool for writing, into a muggle-hater's lesson.
Buzzing seemed to fill her head as she was dragged down the corridors. Eventually they reached the stone gargoyles. They could talk, but they said nothing. Usually they were quite cheeky, but they obviously felt that this was not the time for banter.
"May the tainted perish" She hissed, her cheeks rippling with anger as she shook.
The upward winding staircase came spiraling into view, and Alecto Carrow shoved Sierra onto it, and they rotated slowly upward, Sierra having to listen to mutterings such as "filth" and "unworthy for existence".
Finally they neared Snape's office, and Sierra found herself standing before the smirking Snape who lolled in his gold chair that was encrusted with emeralds, glittering in Sierra's face.
After some whispered mutterings with Snape Alecto left, after pushing roughly past Sierra.
"Sierra Lewis. Is it true that you were in possession of and blatantly used in plain sight of a member of senior staff and other students - a tool of Muggle making?"
"I - what?"
"You were writing with a pen, not a quill, if I am not mistaken?" Snape's contempt for her oozed out of his words like oil through bread.
"Yes. I find writing with a pen easier than a quill... I make ink blotches and you have to keep refilling the quill - "
"You are already in our bad books by simply being muggle born, and now you're offending the wizarding culture that you have been so graciously allowed into by continuing to use muggle ways as part of your life! Lewis do you understand the sort of danger you are putting yourself in by exposing your heritage so openly?"
"Are you saying I should be ashamed of what I am?"
"No, I said you should be careful! Do you not read the news? Muggle borns are being accused of stealing people's magic, and you are making yourself vulnerable by appearing to support muggle ways of life!"
"IT WAS A PEN!" Sierra was angry, she did not care that she was speaking to her head master, not just someone she'd met at break.
But Snape did care, "HOW DARE YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME? Didn't you see how Professor Carrow reacted? Some people will do much worse. She is bound by the education decree for teachers, it's illegal to kill a student. You know what she is, and if she was free from that law she would have proceeded to such extremes."
Sierra stood shocked, staring at him. Looking beyond the fact that her teacher wanted to kill her, was the infamous professor Snape not telling her off, or punishing her, but warning her? Trying to help her?
Sierra looked confusedly at the almost concerned face of her headmaster.
"Be careful," He said simply, "Now leave my office."
Sierra did not need telling twice. She didn't go back to muggle studies, she didn't think she could face that woman. Instead, Sierra made her way to the Ravenclaw common room.
According to the old fashioned clock on the wall, there was still ten minutes left before the end of lessons. She settled herself down on an armchair by the dead hearth and waited. She could hear distant scrapings of chairs against floors as students prepared to leave their classes.
Soon enough, Willow came into the common room, looking strangely flustered and bothered.
"Oh. Hey Sierra how'd you get here so fast?"
Sierra told her what had happened, as the rest of the Ravnclaws came in noisly, getting the equpment they'll need for after break lessons.
"Sierra..." Willow groaned after Sirra had told her story, "You actually brought a pen into Carrow's lesson?"
Sierra sighed, "I'm so used to writing with one, I forgot that we're actually supposed to writeith quills..."
Willow looked sadly at Sierra. "Well I guess you learnt the hard way... Oh yeah, I'm going to have to take muggle studies, but as my timetable's full I have to take extra lessons on Thursday in the evening,"
"God luck with that.." Muttered Sierra, as Anissa bounded towards them.
"Willow! What is going on with you and Zacharias Smith?"
Willow smirked, "Well basically, don't tell Amy this, but... he has a crush on her.. and he's been following me about trying to learn more about her."
"Oh... I thought.." Anissa felt awkward. She'd thought that Zacharias and Willow had been secretly dating or something.
"Awkward..." Sierra laughed as Anna Miller and Nichol Autierie walked up to them.
"Err.. excuse me but why you being so rude about us?" Gabbled Anna, with Nichol glaring at them over her shoulder.
"What are you talking about?" Sighed Willow.
"Er well apparently you were calling us ugly and fat because your just jealous of us because we get all the boys."
Sierra giggled, thinking that the two girls were joking, but their glares told her they weren't.
"Well Willow we think you should leave Micheal Corner alone he doesn't even like you!" They then stalked off with their noses in the air.
"What the hell?" Willow obviously had no idea who Micheal Corner was.
"This is turning into such a bad day..." Sierra groaned.
