Okay guys, I know this chapter is shorter than the rest, but I'll either make the next one really long, or publish it faster.

Nila was sitting on the chair next to Jayle when disaster struck. Both of their Potions partners had disappeared, and they sat together laughing over the amazingness that was muggle television.

Just then there was a loud bang, and everyone jumped. One girl screamed. When the smoke cleared, the only Slytherins in the room were covered in green sludge. Most of the Gryffindors were laughing, around half of the Ravenclaws, and none of the Hufflepuffs.

Jayle rolled her eyes. Nila smiled. Not because of the prank, but because, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Viola wave her wand, and mutter a spell, causing the gunk to disappear, though a faint greenish tinge remained.

"Calm down, everyone!" Clifton yelled, above the commotion.

"Now." He said, once everyone was quiet. "There is a very simple way to tell who is responsible. The green slime is what happens when the Viridi Potion- or the potion we were just working on- touches human skin. So we'll just see who's missing their potion."

His eyes then fell on Nila, and he frowned. "Why are you not in your seat, Miss Arise."

"I finished the potion, sir. So I was talking to Jayle."

"Even so, I'd prefer if you'd stay in your seat. Well, bring your potion here then. We'll start the checking with you."

Nila got up. She was surprisingly scared, considering she hadn't done anything. Her eyes landed on James, and her heartbeat quickened. Was it just her or was he looking nervous?

James and his friends played pranks all the time. One time, it rained red and gold glitter in the Ravenclaw dorms, for hours. Even after it stopped, people kept finding traces of it everywhere.

But he wouldn't have done this, would he?

She stopped in front of her cauldron, and looked down with a sickening feeling in her stomach. Sure enough, there was nothing in the cauldron in front of her.

"Oh, James." She whispered. "You didn't."

"Well?" The Professor's voice sounded impatient. "Bring it up."

Nila took a deep breath in. "I can't, sir."

The Professor smiled, having caught his culprit. "And why not?"

"It's not there, sir." Nila said, slowly, staring at the ground.

"Hmm...not there? Why on earth not?" Could it be because you decided to waste it on a foolish prank?" His tone was mocking and Nila cursed him in her head. Him and James bloody Potter.

"No, sir." She wasn't going to take the blame for James.

"No? Are you-" She heard James whisper 'bloody hell' under his breath, and then he cut Clifton off.

"It was me, sir."

Nila smiled, she wasn't going to sell him out, but she sure didn't want to get detention for this. She'd never had a detention in her life, and she sure as hell wasn't going to start now.

"Right." Professor Clifton said, smiling. "In that case, you and Arise can meet me here at 5 for your detention."

"What?!" Nila asked, rather loudly. " I didn't do anything!"

"You failed to stop your partner from misbehaving."

Nila opened her mouth, to argue some more, but the sensible Ravenclaw in her calmed her down. It wouldn't do any good.

"C'mon Nila." Jayle said. "It isn't that bad."

"He got me a detention, Jayle. Detention!"

"Well, you know, he also took the blame."

Nila glanced up at her friend. "It was his fault!"

"I mean he could have, not." Jayle said slowly. "He could let you get detention. I mean, if Clifton wasn't horrible, you wouldn't have gotten detention."

"But if he hadn't pulled that prank, neither of us would have been in detention!"

"I know." She said soothingly. "But I don't think he was planning on getting caught. Or getting you in trouble."

Nila opened her mouth to protest, but Jayle interrupted.

"Look I'm just saying, don't hate him for this."

Nila rolled her eyes, but nodded. Rolling over, she mumbled into her pillow. "Can I hate Clifton?"

Jayle laughed. "Go ahead."

Violet walked in, at that moment. "Nila, it's almost 5, you might wanna hurry."

Nila looked at her watch and groaned. "Bye, guys."

Off she went, to have her first detention, with the boy who caused it.

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