Chapter Six; Flying Lessons

After I finished my essay I started searching around the library for books about monstrous sea creatures. That's when suddenly Kat came to visit me and told me that I better hurry up if I wanted to get my potions ingredients together. "That's not due until Friday. What I'm doing now is way more important." I told her as I grabbed a book off the shelf that I had to deal with two headed sharks and sea serpents.

"What's more important than our homework?" she asked me as I rolled my eyes.

"You sound like Hermione Granger you know that?" I questioned.

"Actually her name is Hermione Weasley now and it has been for decades." She said.

"Whatever," I began with another roll of my eyes. "All I know is that there's something underneath the black lake." I told her.

"Well what do you think it is?" she asked me.

"I can't tell you, you wouldn't believe me." I told her.

"We're witches remember? What seems more unbelievable than that?" she asked me.

"The Loch ness monster." I told her.

"I thought that was some old fish tale, just like the one about aliens." She said.

"See, I told you that you wouldn't believe me." I told her. "By the way I don't care what anyone else says, aliens are real." I said.

"Really? Did you see one?" she asked me eagerly.

"Yeah, every time I look in the mirror." I told her.

"What!?" she exclaimed.

"Listen Kat, I am an alien and so are my parents and the rest of my brothers and sisters." I told her.

"But if you're an alien how can you be a witch?" she asked me as I quickly slammed my book shut.

"I don't know alright!? Look, I don't care if you don't believe me, the fact of the matter is that if I'm right and the Loch ness monster is living in black lake then all of us are in danger." I told her. "It's supposed to be the pet of the grim reaper." I said before I put the book back and turned away.

"Jane wait!" she called as I turned back to look at her.

"Where are you going?" she asked me.

"To the great hall for supper. I'm going to find Harry, I know that he'll believe me." I told her before I turned away and hurried out of the library.

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The Doctor's POV

"Doctor!" Clara exclaimed as she came inside the house. "Doctor, are you here?" she questioned when suddenly I flushed the toilet and washed my hands before coming out of the washroom.

"Yes, I'm here." I began. "What is it?" I asked her as she handed me an envelope.

"I was on my way over to see how Cassie was doing when a snowy white owl dropped this into my hand. I assume that must mean that it's from Jane." She said as she held the envelope up.

"Oh, thank you." I told her before I took the envelope and tore it open and read it silently to myself;

Dear Mum and Dad,

Guess what? I made Gryffindor! I also made a couple of new friends. This owl (Snowcaps) is my new friend Kat's because she told me that I could use him when I was writing to you. The first day went great but I already have a TON of homework. I miss you guys so much and I hope that Cassie will be feeling better soon. I love you all times a trillion and I'll try to write as much as I can!

Love, Jane

I smiled sadly to myself as I refolded the letter. "Well it sounds like things are going great for her." I began. "I just sure wish I could say the same for me." I said.

"How is Cassie?" she asked me out of concern.

"Not good." I told her. "Peter and Maggie have been trying to get to the root of the problem all day though."

"But that's impossible, they were both at school today I saw them." She said.

"No I'm afraid you saw their duplicates." I told her.

"What?"

"Peter and Maggie cloned themselves so they could go to school and trying to help Cassie at the same time." I explained. "They're inside her body right now."

"Isn't there anything normal about you lot?" she asked me.

"No, not really." I admitted with a chuckle as I shook my head and she stifled a laugh herself while giving her own head a shake.

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Jane's POV

The next few days flew by for me. Kat and I still weren't speaking to each other was too bad because I was having a lot of trouble keeping up with my homework. I just recently had my first transfiguration class (with Professor McGongagall) and learning all about switching spells. Today was a special day for me as well, because I was having my first flying lesson with Madam Hooch.

Flying a broom was the thing that excited me the most about being a witch. "Good afternoon everyone and welcome to your first flying lesson. I am your instructor Madam Hooch." She said as we all said good afternoon back to her. "Now I want you all to step up to the broomsticks laying on the ground in front of you." She told us as we all obeyed her and then listened as she told us to stick our right hand over it and command it to come up into it.

"Up!" I exclaimed with everyone else. Mine came into my hand right away but it took a few moments to listen to some of its other riders. "Now I want you to mount your brooms and on my whistle hover in the air for a few moments before touching back down." She said as everyone swung their legs over their brooms. I just simply rolled my eyes at her.

"Three, two, one." She said before she blew her whistle and I soared up into the air like a jet getting ready for takeoff. I would show them, I already knew what I was doing because I flew in the TARDIS all the time. "Miss Smith! You come right back here this very instant!" she shouted at me but I ignored her and continued soaring towards the lake. All of the other witches and wizards had touched back on the ground by this point.

That's when all of a sudden my broom decided I had gone far enough and went to an abrupt stop right over the top of the lake. It was so sharp and so sudden that it threw me off of it. I started to scream as I fell through the air and right into the water beneath me. "Oh no," Stacey began. "she's going to drown." She said as I started to sink.

"Everyone else stay here, I'm going to go after her." Madam Hooch said as she started running down the path towards the lake. I held my breath and opened my eyes to see that I was face to face with the legendary creature itself, the Loch ness monster. He or she simply just looked back at me and blinked. It appeared to be completely harmless but I didn't know whether or not I could trust it.

That's when suddenly it nudged me with its head and started pushing me back up towards the surface. I took a deep breath and gasped for air before it nudged me out onto the bank. "Thank you," I managed to say before I started my coughing fit. "Jane! You're alive!" I heard Stacey call.

"That was a very stupid thing to do Miss Smith and I'm highly disappointed in you, forty points from Gryffindor." She said.

"Forty!?" I questioned with complete bewilderment and disbelief.

"Yes and you're lucky it isn't more, actually you're lucky that you're even alive. I will also be writing to your family tonight and you will receive detention. Now you're excused." She told me.

"But class isn't even over yet." I said.

"I know but you need to go straight to the hospital wing to be checked out by Madam Pompfrey and I want you to remain there for the rest of class." She told me before I slowly got to my feet.

"Yes Madam Hooch." I said quietly before I started to walk back towards the castle.

"Thanks a lot," Kat began. "maybe you really don't belong here after all." She said as I simply just glared at her before I ran back inside.