Absolute Shocker!
By JamesRoxMySox
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognisable from the Harry Potter books or movies that belongs to J.K.Rowling and Warner Brothers studios
September 4th – The Weekend, Breakfast
Can I just ask who in their right minds holds quidditch practice at 5:30am on a SATURDAY MORNING?! I swear Potter's gone troppo! Why does this affect me seeing as I am not on the house team? One word
Nessa
She had the nerve to wake me up at 5am! What an ungodly hour, I was spitting chips I can tell you. Then I found out Potter was the reason for my early morning wake up call. I was not a happy chappy.
I don't know what it is with Vanessa but she demands that at least one of us come watch her first Quidditch practice of the year and tryouts. And all hell breaks lose if even one of us misses a Quidditch game.
Something to do with emotional and moral support
Anyway first Nessa dragged me out of bed and then threw ice cold water on Rhi. Needless to say there was countless screams from our dormitory. Rhi just turned over and quickly cast a repelling charm on her bed.
Damn! Why didn't I think of that?!
We tried to wake Bridget and Dana but gave up after having a vase thrown at us.
We're persistent but not stupid.
The twins can get quite ugly if you wake them up to early. Sometimes there eyes do the vela thing and go red and they start with the fireballs.
When we came down the stairs I was feeling extremely grumpy and as you may have guessed I am not a morning person. This was sheer hell.
The sight that greeted us did nothing to improve my mood. Daniel, Tristan and Cam were all grinning like Cheshire cats.
"Not a word" was all I managed to grit out through my clenched teeth.
Once we got outside the castle and were making our way across the grounds the boys thought it was safe to speak up.
"Lovely morning to celebrate life, wouldn't you say?" Cam, always the smart arse
They obviously heard me screaming death threats at Nessa for waking me so early. Can I say in my defence that no one but sport obsessed psychos get ups this early on a weekend
"Yes, I just love waking up to your sweet, melodic tones on a Saturday" Sarcasm from Daniel, how thoughtful (here the dripping of sarcasm)
They definitely heard the screams
"And I have to say your early morning beauty just radiates from your being rendering me speechless" and of course one of Tristan's compliments.
The last comment referring to my appearance sent me over the edge. I was fully aware of my tousled hair and bloodshot eyes before Tristan drew attention to them.
I cast a quick refreshing spell on myself, clearing my eyes and making my hair smooth, well less mussed anyway.
I gave they a death glare before making my way over to the stands, cam following me. He isn't on the quidditch team but comes due to the death penalty imposed upon him from both Tri and Nessa. We found seats that were going to be exposed to the sun once it rose.
The grounds of Hogwarts are captivating but at 5:30am I couldn't care if they resembled a rotting swamp. So I glared at the players while Cam hummed some tune under his breath.
The practice went …well.
All I can say is that I sure am glad I ain't on the quidditch team cos Potter is a bloody slave driver! He had the team and all the wannabes do sooo many exercises and drills I was about to keel over due to the exhaustion of watching them.
Wannabes is the name Cam and I have given to all the hopefuls that come to try outs each year. This year they need a new beater and a reserve seeker so there was lots and lots of people out there.
Tristan and Nessa worked as seamlessly as ever together doing the chaser drills. Potter was observing the wannabes. It's surprising how well tri and Nessa get on while on the field cos they do nothing but bicker off it.
After about an hour of intense work out Potter let them all have a rest.
Tri and Nessa immediately sped over; as soon as they got off their brooms they began picking at each other's style. They weren't allowed to say anything negative on the field or else Potter would eat them.
Daniel calmly flew over and I handed him his water bottle. He looks so good after he's been having a quidditch work out. And it is definitely a work out with all three of our excellent chasers ditching balls at past him. But he hardly ever lets the quaffle in so it okay.
Cam had to step in between Tri and Nessa cos there disagreement had escalated so much it was about to get physical.
I stood next to Daniel looking out at the grounds as the sun came over the hill. Oh my god it was gorgeous. It was like a curtain was being pulled back leaving the grounds washed in colour and golden light.
Can you say romantic? Awww
I felt like I was in heaven
Daniel. Me. The sunrise
Sigh
Perfect
However…
Potter can't just let a good thing be. He had to start practice back up again just then, at that precise moment.
Tosser
"Hey love birds, I hate to interrupt but we sorta need someone to defend the hoops!" Potter called up to us with a very nasty glare at Daniel.
Jeez, it wasn't even Daniel's fault; I was the one coming on to him. I sent Potter the most evil look I could muster and what should appear, that damned smirk.
At 8:30 practice finally finished and I was free to scamper off and get breakfast. Was also determined to wake up the twins and force them to come and endure quidditch tryouts with me. Cam, Dana, Brig and myself have a tradition of writing off each wannabe as they try out. Heaps of fun!!!
Also they can flirt with Potter and Black so there is no need for me to make a complete fool of myself. I have no idea why but suddenly Potter has taken it upon himself to annoy and embarrass the hell out of me.
I mean he has been Quidditch captain for the last two years and here the whole time I have been here and just out of the blue he decides I'm a good victim.
What a pillock!
I will have to talk with the rest of the girls on this issue. No point asking Tri or Cam, they wouldn't know about this sort of thing, at least I don't think they would.
Library
I am seeking refuge in the library as the common room is a death trap for anyone who should unsuspectingly wander in there. The Marauders decide to set a couple of pranks. By a couple I mean about 15.
The girls dormitory is also unsafe because Dana is dating the new Ravenclaw quidditch captain and Nessa is rather… upset about it. She said something along the lines of 'dating the enemy'. That didn't go down well.
Not well at all.
Always the peacekeeper, Rhi is trying to calm them down so they don't throttle each other. I think Brig went to get reinforcements (namely Tri and Cam) in the hopes of getting Nessa to realise it isn't a treacherous act.
Fat chance
Once Nessa gets something into that pretty little head of hers there's no hope of ever forcing her to see your point of view. You have to let her come round in her own time. I know that one from experience.
So her I am in the dusty study area procrastinating as much as possible, waiting for my transfiguration essay to do it's self. Stupid Badgers! I will never understand the need to know how to transfigure a school desk into a badger but that's the essence of this damned essay.
I really should start it
But really what's another hour?
My thought's exactly
Nothing
By the way I hope I never have to endure another quidditch tryout again. The poor little wannabes were worked to the bone and then had to put up with Potter's long and tedious process of selection.
I swear it wasn't that long last year. Event he twins got bored of perving. Yes, it was that bad.
Though it may have been the bunch of girls who are Potter and Blacks devoted fan club. I happened to be sitting next to the two biggest groupies ever.
Dana and Bridget.
It I am subjected to the Potter-and-Black-are-so-hot rant one more time I will walk myself off the astronomy tower. Closely followed by Cam. We ended up clinging to each other in fear that one would snap and throttle the twins.
Once practice was over we climbed down to see Tri, Nessa and Daniel unfortunately Potter was still talking to them about scoring. Black was hanging around waiting for Potter. The twins saw this as the perfect opportunity to become better acquainted with Black.
I must say Black extremely pleased about having two gorgeous girls vying for his attention and ending up offering them each an arm and escorting Dana and Brig to breakfast.
Oh so loyal, that one
Cam had already disappeared to lunch saying that Nessa would get over it. This left me completely alone with Potter giving his inspirational speech. I waited on a seat of the stands for them to finish.
Just when I thought I couldn't sit there any longer Daniel appeared.
"Let's go, they're gonna be a while"
Uh Oh. Tri and Cam are not gonna be happy when they back
And they certainly weren't. That's part of the reason why Nessa exploded… she was grumpy to say it nicely.
Well I better get that damn essay done. Damn it.
Monday 6th September – Potions
Ugh! I have to be the ultimate klutz I can't do anything right!!! I'm having an awful day and I just wish I could curl up and die a perfectly normal and ordinary death. But oh no that is too much to ask now is it I have to die a humiliating and degrading death.
Death by klutzdom
Sounds like a ice cream of some sort.
Humph! I wish! I seem to be even worse today in the awkward department.
First I fell out of bed, literally I was rolling over and next thing I know my bed has disappeared and I'm on the floor. Nessa found this to be insanely funny as she was already up and had seen the whole thing.
One good thing was that I woke the twins up with my muffled scream.
"What the feck was that?!" groaned Dana poking her head out from her curtains, glaring at the room as I tried in vain to untangle myself from the bed clothes.
And that ladies and gentlemen is why you must never wake a Declour twin. The term let sleeping dragons lie was invented for a reason.
Hey, I had to deal with a massive sheet, a thick, heavy doona, two woolly blankets and the bleeding curtains of my bed as well. I was trying so hard not to panic but I kept getting even more knotted up in the damn bedding.
I had to start whimpering before anyone would help me and even then it was Rhi who was my saviour. The other three were rolling on their beds with laughter at my predicament.
With friends like mine you don't need enemies.
I think I have tripped down an unfathomable amount of stairs today. Seriously, I tripped twice on the way to breakfast. But one doesn't count because I was trying to miss the trick step.
Didn't work I ended up tripping on Dana's shoelace and Cam had to help me out. He was grinning like an idiot as well though why I have no idea. Wait yes I do. My friends find my misadventures exceedingly funny.
As I said, with friends like these…
The morning wasn't so bad I managed to get by with only minimal accident such as:
I spilt ink all over Olivia Russo from Ravenclaw
Accidentally set my fanged geranium I was supposed to be caring for on a Hufflepuff during herbology
During the same herbology lesson I slipped on some spare dragon dung and went head first into the Venemous Tentacula. Just my luck it was teething and the sodding thing almost murdered me.
Take out a second year Slytherin with my bag as I swung it on to my shoulder as break ended.
Jeez I can't think what I've done to make myself this klutzy but I'm having the clumsiest day in the history of Hogwarts. Though my favourite klutz moment for today is definitely at the end of charms.
It's an extremely easy subject so I had nothing to do all lesson. Bridg is absolutely awful at it and was scribbling till the very last second of class. We were all waiting for her to pack away her stuff.
Tri and Cam had already gone claiming they would die of starvation if they didn't leave right away. But they did promise to save us seats so alls forgiven.
I got sick of standing up so I put my stuff down and sat on the desk.
Bad move one
This knocked my bag and consequently my book fell off the other side of the desk. It was a long row of desks so I had to walk round to get my book off the ground. As I swung round to the other side of the desk my transfiguration homework came lose and flew off in the opposite direction to the one I was going.
Perfect. Bloody Perfect
So stopped mid step and tried to decide which one to get first.
I decided to get the pencil case first because I sure of its whereabouts. I picked that which ended and then went to retrieve my homework. It turns out it had rolled under a desk so I ended up getting down on all fours and crawling under the bleeding thing.
When I emerged I noticed I had quite an audience, my friends were rolling their eyes at me because I was keeping them from their lunch. Also standing in the door way was Potter, seems he had been there to see the whole fiasco.
Damn it.
Why must I always have an audience for my appalling moments and yet god has the good grace to let every one else feck up in private?
I may never know the answer and I don't really want to what it would be because I just know it wouldn't be at all in my interests. Black probably cast some ancient voodoo that makes it physically impossible for me not to embarrass myself when in public.
Sucks to be me
Potter was trying, in vain might I add, to keep a straight face and his eyes were dancing with laughter.
Tosser. Just because he never has these completely degrading moments he feels no compassion for those that are physically incapable of not being a victim of their own actions damn it!
Right now I am supposed to be brewing some potion or other, I didn't bother to listen what Yougharty was on about, but Rh insisted that she did so whatever. I think I will spend the lesson dreaming about Daniel. Then maybe I will be able to forget I am having a god awful day.
Sounds good
Thankyou to my lovely sweet reviewers who took the time to read the musings of my scattered mind:
Musicizdbest: I've never heard of that book but I will be sure to read it! Actually I'm West Australian and I'm an English Literature student so my diction has to be good. I'm glad you like the story and thankyou for your review!
CrystallizedLily: I know what you mean, I'm a complete klutz as well. I take many of the things that happen to me I take and alter to fit Hogwarts (the charms incident actually happened only with a pencil case not charms homework), so some of the things aren't made up to an extent. Thanks for the review!
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