A/N: Thanks so much to everyone that's been giving me advice on my story. I hope the reviews keep filtering in. Please tell me what I can do to make it better. I might not do what you suggest but it'll let me know why people don't like it so I can try to make it better. I know it's moving slow but it'll speed up, I promise.
At breakfast Lavender was whispering and giggling with her friends while staring at me. I didn't really mind. Ice was in her bag, she'd already eaten breakfast before we came down to the Great Hall so I didn't have to worry about feeding her to keep her content. My first class was double transfiguration with McGonagall.
I left early to get to class. I didn't want to be late because that would attract attention, besides if I got there early I could start reading the text book. Normally I hated reading text books but I was here learning about magic, it had to be more interesting than regular school stuff. I settled Ice in my lap where she promptly fell asleep again. I opened the text book and started reading. I had twenty minutes before class started.
"Hello, Miss Ashburn. How are you today?" McGonagall asked when she walked into the room.
"Fine, Professor. You?" I answered looking up from my book.
"Equally fine. I heard you got into a slight argument with Miss Brown last night at the welcome feast. Something about a pet snake. Last time I checked you don't have a pet snake, but a pet dragon." McGonagall inquired.
I rolled my eyes. "She was asking why I was reaching food under the table. I couldn't very well tell her that I was feeding my pet dragon without her shouting it out to the world and spreading it around to those that didn't so I told her I had a very dangerous pet snake instead of a very dangerous pet dragon because looking at Ice you really couldn't tell she's dangerous. It wasn't really a lie because they're both reptiles."
McGonagall chuckled. "I guess a pet snake is more normal than a pet dragon. Do you have Ice with you? I don't see her"
"She's sleeping in my lap. I figure she'll do that maybe all the way through this class if I'm lucky." I told McGonagall.
"Well let's hope that she won't be too much of a distraction to or other students." The transfiguration professor told me with a smile. With that she went to prepare for the class before the other students started filtering in. None really paid too much attention to me, which was good considering I really didn't want them to.
"Good morning class." Professor McGonagall greeted us.
"Good morning Professor." The class said together in unison. McGonagall looked happy with our response.
"Today we will start with something simple…" She started her lecture and everyone started taking notes. It went well until she told us she actually wanted us to practice the wand movements. I got out my wand and Ice woke up. I petted her hoping she would go back to sleep but it seemed that she was up for good this time. I met McGonagall's gaze and flicked it to Ice in my lap. She didn't understand so I mouthed "Ice" to her. She suddenly understood my predicament.
I practiced the wand movements with one hand while I petted Ice with the other. She was getting curious about what was going on around her so she tried to poke her head up to see above the desk. I tried to help her without hurting her but she was very determined so she succeeded in getting her head above the desk to see what was going on. She tensed as soon as she saw all the people, then she started to squirm like she wanted to get out of there fast. She probably did. Luckily there was no one sitting beside me to notice a blue had sticking up above the desk. There were only ten minutes left in class and then I would be able to get Ice out of the classroom.
I had potions with Snape next and from what I'd heard about him from Hermione he was very intimidating (which I already knew from spending a couple hours shopping with him) and he kept his class quiet. It wasn't loud in the transfiguration room but it was far from silent. I could tell that McGonagall was flicking glances at me every chance she got. I was too busy trying to keep Ice relatively calm to notice when she walked up beside me, keeping a respectable distance so that she didn't freak Ice out even more of course. "Is she alright or do you need to be excused early?" McGonagall asked me quietly so that no one else heard.
"She's going to have to get used to it sometime. The sooner the better. There are only a couple more minutes of class she should be okay for then." I told McGonagall. Smiling my thanks to her for making sure Ice wasn't faring too badly.
McGonagall nodded and asked, "What class do you have next?"
"Potions. I'll probably sit in the back. Snape knows so he probably won't say anything." At least I hoped he took pity on me. McGonagall nodded her approval and walked off to help another student.
I sat in the back in all my classes after that. The teachers seemed okay with it. Snape didn't spare me a glance until he caught Ice poking her head above the desk, that seemed to jog his memory of the fact that I had a pet dragon that wasn't very comfortable around people. Strangers at least, she seemed to be doing just fine with Hermione. It was probably because I liked her.
Everything went fine until lunch. I sat by Hermione again, that meant I was sitting with most of the seventh years and Lavender Brown. She looked up when I sat down simply to sneer. I rolled my eyes at her and I swear she looked shocked that I would dare disrespect her. Hermione said hi before going back to her book. I didn't mind because I had divination and I wanted to read more on it. This seemed to have become my habit. Read up on the subject before the class.
"So, Allyssa is it? Is it true that Snape is your biological dad? Because I heard-" Lavender started.
"Seriously, think about it for a minute. Do I look anything like Snape?" I asked her not wanting to just deny it because she would think I was lying. She seemed to think about it for a minute. Before she could start spouting bullshit I interrupted. "When I said that my mom knew Snape I meant that she works with the US government and talked to Snape constantly so that she knew what to expect during the war so that the muggle government didn't interfere. Did you really think that muggles in other countries didn't notice that odd things were happening over here?"
Lavender looked shocked that I could talk about the war so lightly. I knew that the war over here killed a lot of people. "You know, my Won-Won almost died trying to kill You-know-Who." Lavender said stuffily.
I thought about how Hermione had described her relationship with Ron. She said that it had started after the war. "But you know, as I understand it he wasn't yours during the war, he was actually Hermione's, whom was actually tortured to death while Ron was held in the cellar." I'm not sure that Hermione wanted me to say that but it was out there already and I couldn't take it back. Lavender stared at me and I think Hermione was about to yell at me for saying that before she saw that I'd silenced Lavender for the second time in two days. "Good luck finding a comeback for that. I have to get to class." I said as I fed Ice one last piece of chicken before getting up.
"Wait, Allyssa. That was bloody amazing. How did you get from you and Snape to me, Ron and the war?" Hermione asked when she caught back up with me.
"She said 'her Won-Won' and I had to rub it in that he was yours before he was hers." I told her as I headed up to Divination.
Hermione gave a short laugh before asking, "Who do you have for Divination?"
"Trelawney." (A/N: I have no idea how to spell her name off the top of my head. If I'm spelling any of the HP names wrong please tell me how to spell them correctly.)
"Good luck." Was all she had to say about it.
A/N: I've come up with a solution for her being twelve! But I'm not telling unless you ask in a review. I've already told one person when they reviewed last chapter. I'm not making her older because I'm way too lazy. I had to post this chapter because I couldn't refrain from making Lavender look like a bitch (excuse my language if it offends you.) People have been saying that there's a really big age difference between Allyssa and Charlie. I'm aware of this. Does anyone know just how much older Charlie is than Ron and Hermione? Her being a lot younger than him is all part of how neither of them really wants to get married to each other.