Ginny was sitting in Gryffindor tower surrounded by people, working on her late transfiguration homework and wondering whether she dared ask Hermione for help and risk the lecture. Dean was sitting opposite her trying to distract her and she was sad to realise it was working. But she really did need to finish this homework or face another detention; she'd already managed to accumulate one this term… Perhaps it was worth asking Hermione after all.
"Hermione, what do you know about vanishing spells?"
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As Hermione lectured her about the correct uses of the vanishing spell, Ginny realised she made the question too vague and was now having to sit though an endless tirade of regurgitated information mixed in with several long comments about getting distracted, being too focused on anything other then her O.W.L.s and how she shouldn't be handing in work late, especially not this early on in the year. Ginny's mind wandered off somewhere around the origins of the spell and realised she actually preferred studying with the Slytherin. At least Rowel gave her quick concise answers and didn't lecture her on how late it was.
"Wait...Is Blaise winning?"
Eris looked up from her potions book and studied the chess board in front of her. "On pieces taken, yes. On overall strategy? No." She commented moving her knight forward. The scene was a typical one for the common room, an uninterested Eris reading some textbook while playing a determined Blaise in yet another chess match he was sure to lose," Tracey tells me there is a Slug Club dinner on Saturday."
Noticing his opponent had final decided to pay attention to the board, Blaise attempted to step up his game. "Yeah, and the Weasley girl is sure to be there," exchanging looks the pair continued the match, "I suppose you want me to turn on the old Zabini charm and dazzle the poor girl into taking the mark."
"Dazzling didn't work well for your farther did it?" Theo added, dodging the pawn which had been thrown at him.
"Play nice boys," Eris tried to contain a smirk at her friend's antics, "but yes Blaise, I think it would be beneficial if you were to "dazzle" her as you so put it." He puffed his chest out at the apparent comment, "however, you are simply to woo her Zabini."
"That means keeping your pants on." Draco chimed in from his place on the sofa.
"You guys are no fun, but I agree. For the greater good and all that jazz."
"I'm sure Grindelwald is turning in his grave." Moving her queen forward Eris smirked. "But it's too late to take it back now. Checkmate Blaise."
Eris rested her head against the edge of the sofa as her boys studied her latest win, "I'm going to get detention." With that all eyes were on her. "The girl has it with Slughorn on Sunday night, I'll be joining her."
"And how exactly are you going to get detention, oh golden one?" Eris hit him round head with her book.
"You'll see."
It was Sunday night and Ginny already had her gloves on preparing for a long evening of cauldron scrubbing when the door to the dungeon opened.
She spun around to see Rowel being escorted in by Professor Snape.
"Miss Rowel for you Horace, thank you for covering this for me." He spun to leave and left Rowel standing there. Slughorn merely pointed at the cauldrons and Ginny watched as she started pulling out her own gloves and took her place by the cauldrons.
"Fancy seeing you here Weasley."
"I never expected to see you in detention Rowel."
"Some people don't seem to appreciate my brilliance it seems."
The girls walked down the corridor away from the potions classroom.
"So you're the reason Zabini seems more toned down this year?"
"Blaise is what I call one of my "long term projects", I'll turn him into a gentleman, even if it kills me."
Upon coming to the fork where the Slytherin would have to turn off, she turned around and eyed the younger girl. "We should study sometime; it would be refreshing to work with someone who isn't trying to copy off me. Besides, I've already done it all anyway so I can help."
As she laid back against the pillow in the Defence teachers private rooms, Eris turned to look at the figure next to her. "Thank you for getting me detention Sir. "
Severus merely smirked. "So, how is it going?" As he wrapped his arms around her.
"Flawlessly."
A/N Well isn't Eris being sneaky? Reviews are love.
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