Chapter 10: Silkworms to soy beans

"Take you seats!!! Take Your Seats!!!" McGonagall said. Serenity sat next to Remus, James next to Peter, and then Sirius sat down and the only other seat open was either next to Sirius, or Lucius. Victoria quickly sat down before one of his followers sat down. "Sorry Girls. Lucius is open." Victoria said smirking. Sirius turned around and nodded at James in approval. "So wanted to sit next to me huh?" "No I just didn't want to sit next to Lucius." She replied smiling. "Feelin' the love Vicks." he muttered while glaring.

"Class I believe I said to settle down!" reprimanded McGonagall with her extremely thick Scottish accent. Two Slytherin girls continued whispering to each other animatedly. A flash of purple light, and the girl's lips were suddenly sewn shut. "I also believe I have told you girls more than once to be silent. Perhaps with your lips shut, you might be able raise your grades from 'D' to at the very least 'A'."

Victoria sniggered at the girls. "What? Why are you glaring?" Victoria whispered while McGonagall was turn around. McGonagall turned around, at the sound of voices, but seeing nobody talking turned back around.

"It's just... ermm... never mind" he whispered back.

Victoria was contemplating what he said, and then smiled. McGonagall then turn around and started talking about something she wasn't paying attention too. She was off in thought.

"Miss Harper!" said McGonagall "We are trying to turn silkworms to soy beans, and I daresay your worm is a bit singed." And sure enough, as she looked down, her silk worm was on fire. "Aqua erecto!" said Victoria drenching the charred worm, and then smiled meekly. "Well, I'm glad to see you pay attention in professor Flitwiks class at any rate." sighed McGonagall.

Victoria sulked back down. "What were you thinking about?" Sirius asked. "Its not like you to daze off." "It's just...ermm...never mind" she replied.

Serenity and Remus rolled their eyes. "Come on," said Serenity "Let's go to lunch." They all got up and headed toward the great hall. Victoria was in a daze that she ran into Lucius. "Oh Jeeze sorry," she said looking up to see who she ran into. "Oh its you."

"Yes it's me. I saw your unfortunate silkworm. It's interesting, you never seem to daze off. I wonder what you were thinking about. Well more of whom." He said smirking.

"Just bug off Lucius." With that she stalked off to the great hall, trying to make sure Sirius wasn't walking too closely to her.

When she got to the table, she sat across from James, instead of next to Sirius, leaving Sirius confused. While the rest filed in their regular seats. "So anything interesting going on gang?" inquired Serenity, helping herself to some steak and kidney pie.

"Hey James when are Quittach tryouts?" Victoria asked looking at him.

"Um I think in a couple weeks. Why?" James said confused.

"Because I'm thinking of joining; I was going to try out for Beater of Chaser; but Leaning towards Beater." Victoria said smiling.

"WHAT?!?!" James said choking on his steak.

"SHE SAID SHE WAS TRYING OUT FOR BEATER!" Serenity loudly in his ear "And I'm trying to be one too."

"I HEARD WHAT SHE SAID THE FIRST TIME YOU TWIT! NO NEED TO SHOUT!" He said back angrily, Serenity shot him a coy smile that told him she knew what he meant the first time around.

"You're the one who's shouting James." Victoria said smirking. "So what do you think of me and Sen joining?"

"I guess you can, it just kind of surprised me that two girls would want to try out for such an event." He said

"And just what do you mean by that?!?!?" Snarled Serenity as she grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him next to her face.

"I just meant that you need to be prepared for the grueling training you have to go through each season is all." he said starting to panic "Kindly let go." he asked as he tried to pull his shirt away from her grasp. She didn't budge.

"Are you insinuating that girls can't play as well as you? That we can't work out? That we can't kick your but?" Victoria said with an ice cold scathing look of death on her face. "I've seen your training, it isn't that hard. I could do it any day."

"It's just... just... I ... you... aw nevermind." he answered and Serenity threw him back in his seat, continuing to give him a scathing look of death.

"Hey you know Beaters my position!" Sirius said, not have been paying attention till just now.

"I know, but you'd be a better chaser, get rid of that git who forgets which side is his own." Victoria said still looking at James with a Scathing look of Death. "Why did you put him on anyway?" Remus asked. "Well he is a really good chaser, if you take out the forgetting part… And we didn't really have any other choice…"

They continued in frustrated silence for what seemed like hours, until Remus finally broke the silence. "We have Care of Magical Creatures next, so we better get a move on, or else we'll be late."