Chapter 9: Fluffy Badgers

A/N: Another chapter! A filler chapter so I can jump forward in time to something exciting- a.k.a. not lessons. Now, because I had a lot of people saying I should answer my own questions, here are my answers:

1. What did you think?

I wouldn't put something up I didn't like.

2. What was your favourite part?

When Sophia transfigured Gabe.

3. Was the rapping a bit spontaneous and odd? Did it fit in okay with the storyline?

I found it a bit odd, to be honest... I was just bored and high on sugar I didn't eat.

4. What will Harry's next name choice be?

Oooh! Oooh! Let's call him Little Voldy! Little Voldy!

5. What do you think about Carrie, as I've come to call Professor Carrathurs in private, Carrie's plan to get everyone to be aware?

I FIND it funny.

6. What's your favourite foreign food?

Naan bread! Even though the last time I had naan bread, I broke a tooth...

7. Do you think I should answer the questions I ask from now on?

I'm doing it, aren't I?

Anyway, here you are:

I walked into History of Magic and sat down next to Draco.

"Hi!" I grinned and he grinned back.

"Hi! How are you?"

"I'm fine- Professor, don't you have a class to go to?" I addressed Professor Carrathurs, who'd appeared behind Draco all of a sudden wearing a moustache.

"Be aware, Miss Riddle." He said. Draco turned around and screamed.

"Constant villigance." I smiled as he disappeared.

"Why was the defence teacher standing behind me?" Draco asked.

"He's trying to teach us all to be aware." I told him.

"Okaaaaaaaayyyyy..." Draco frowned. "That sounds odd."

"It's not the weirdest thing to happen so far this year." I told him, then turned to Professor Binns as he began to dictate us all on Great Wizarding Inventions of the 19th centuary. Draco passed me a note.

'What else has happened?'
'I think I'm turning crazy.'
'Why?'
'Because I remember a woman defence teacher at the Opening Feast, and my version of events in the classroom are different to everyone elses.'
'Maybe you're seeing through a tear in the fabric of our dimension, and you can see what's happening in the world next door.'
'... I think we spent too long with Luna over the holidays.'
'Ssh! The Nargles will hear you!' I stifled a laugh. 'Okay, maybe you're... uh... seeing glimpses of the future!'
'I failed Dinivation.'
'Well maybe your oracle inside of you has finally blossomed.' I paused.

"Everyone called Conan crazy, but the you man knew there was some way to disguise himself as another with the aid of magic..." Binns lamented. I heard a soft snore behind me- Susan had fallen asleep.

'Am I going mad Draco?'
'Yes. You're completely bonkers. But let me tell you something- so was the guy who invented Polyjuice Potion.'
'I knew you were listening to Binns.' As I passed this to Draco, a paper bird fluttered down to me. I looked up at Binns, but he hadn't noticed, now reading a poem about 'Crazy Conan'. I opened the bird up.

'Fine,' it read in Gabe's handwriting, 'I'll let you. But I expect you to carry me to every lesson, and a part in any play you do.' I chuckled.
'Thank you Gabe!' I wrote on the birds wing. 'Thank you soooo much! I will follow all those conditions.' The bird flew off to Gabe's desk.

'What did you ask him to do?'
'DRACO! Don't read a person's private property? I asked Gabe to do something for me and he just said yes.'
'Oh. How are you going to carry him?'
'Transfigure him into a pencil case probably. What else?' He laughed.
'Well okay then. Hey, Phia, next weekend is a Hogsmeade weekend. Want to come with me?'
'Maaaybeee... It depends on whether Ginny will be wanting to visit Blaise. If she is... I'll need to be there for emotional support.'
'Brill. Owl me after you talk to Ginny.'
'Will so. Now listen to Binns and his talk of the development of the Hogwarts train.'
'I love you and your nerdiness.'
'I love you too Draco.'
'Yeah? Well I love you most.'

I saw Ginny by Greenhouse 1 after the lesson.

"Ginny!" I called. She turned. "When are you going to see Blaise?"

"Why?" She asked.

"Because I want to come with you." I smiled. "So I thought I should find- FIND- out."

"I was thining of going on Satuday." Ginny said.

"This Saturday?" She nodded. "Okay! I'll meet you at... The Entrance Hall?"

"At nine o'clock in the morning." Ginny confirmed.

"Okay." I nodded, then frowned. "Now I have two hours to kill before dinner. What should I do?" Ginny grinned evilly.

"I have an idea..." My face blanched.

"What are you going to do Ginny?" She grabbed me and hauled me towards the school. "Ginny... GINNY!"

Two hours later I stomped down to dinner with a sour look on my face. Sure, Ginny had compromised, but this still was bad. I sat down at the Hufflepuff table. Gabe looked up and his jaw dropped.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I got attacked by a girl with a wand and make-up." I groaned, "Don't look at me- I probably look hideous." Gabe shook his head. Ginny had given me a complete make-over, styling my hair and smothering me in make-up. I took some spicy noodles and pork onto my plate.

"Sophia, you forgot something yellow." Cedric snapped, and looked at me as he put some lemon onto my plate. He dropped the lemon, open mouthed.

"Too yellow for you?" I joked. My compromise with Ginny was that it would be Hufflepuff colours. It was either that or pink and sparkles galore.

"N...N...No..." Cedric looked down at his plate.

"Let's eat, quickly." I told Gabe and Kristina, "I won't take this off as quickly as possible."

When I'd washed off the make-up, and had shoved my hair back into a pony tail, I wrote a short letter to Draco telling him I'd see him at Hogsmeade. Arabella flew off with the note clutched in her talons.

"Who was that for?" Asked Gabe.

"Draco. He asked me if I wanted to go to Hogsmeade next weekend with him and I said yes." I told him.

"I can't blame him considering how you looked at dinner!"

"Hey, shut up!" I hit him with a handily near-by pillow. "Me and him have been dating for six months now. When I think about it..." My eyes widened. "Our six month anniversary is on the Hogsmeade weekend!"

"What will you get him?" Kristina asked eargerly.

"I don't know," I sighed, "My main focus is the Chamber of Secrets. After Sunday, then I'll worry and break into Hogsmeade. to get Draco a present."

"Sunday?" Gabe frowned. "I thought we were doing it Satuday?"

"Oh yeah, change of plans. Me and Ginny are visiting Blaise in St. Mungo's on Satuday so we'll go down to the Chamber of Secrets on Sunday." I shrugged. Then, the doors to our common room swung open.

"Everybody, I found a yellow box full of yellow marshmallows!" Cedric came in with the rest of Hufflepuff following him.

"Does that mean-" Gabe asked, grinning.

"Yes!" Laughed Corrin, "Fluffy Badgers, and Pick-Up The Box!"

"Whose in?" Cedric asked as we formed a circle.

"I'm game," I grinned, "If someone explains what we'll be doing?"

"So first you put a marshmallow in your mouth and every time you place one in your mouth, and every time you place one in your mouth you say 'Fluffy Badgers'. Oh, and they can't be eaten, and they have to stay in your mouth." Gabe explained, "Then after that game we play Pick-Up The Box. You have to try and pick up the box with your teeth without bending your legs."

"No magic for any?" Added Cedric. "Ready?" We all nodded. Soon the room was full of 'fluffy badger's', and our mouths were full of yellow marshmallows. Kristina, who'd given up after two marshmallows because she loved the taste of them, was laughing.

"You all look like fish!"

"Shut up. You looked like this too." I tried to say, but my mouth was full of marshmallows, so it came out as, "Burup. Tu ooked ak at too." This only caused her to laugh harder. Gabe spluttered and a marshmallow fell out.

"Oh hell oght! Gabe's oght!" Tattled Queenie- roughly translated as 'One fell out! Gabe's out!'.

"Oh shanks Queenie." Gabe rolled his eyes.

"Go shtand woth Krishtina, Gabe- Fluffy Bodgers!" Cedric said, popping another marshmallows in his mouth.

"I fell like an obershtuffed swfa." Victor giggled. I noticed out of the corner of my eye Leanne was blowing up like a balloon.

"Chedric," Leanne said, "Ish there ony yellow phood coolering in here?"

"Yeah, why?" Asked Cedric. Leanne spit it out into a bucket.

"I'm allergic to yellow food colouring." She pointed out.

"I'm sho soowy- I completely phorgot! Gabe, Krishtina, take her op to tha Hoshpital Wing." Cedric said, and they rolled Leanne off, because by this time she'd turned into a ginormous ball.

"Chew should hab a butter memory, Chedric!" Scolded Rhianna. "Fluffy daggers." She popped another marshmallow in her mouth. I popped one in,

"Floofy buggers." I noted and everyone burst out laughing. There were marshmallows flying everywhere as they spit it out to stop themselves choking. When everyone had calmed down, I smiled.

"I won."

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