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Chapter 10
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"Welcome to Charms class! Today we will be experimenting with the two most commonly mixed up spells… the reductor curse and the shrinking charm. Who can tell me what gets many young witches and wizards confused about these spells?" Professor Flitwick asked as Hermione's hand shot up while the rest of the class was just taking out their books to look up the answer. "Yes, Miss. Granger?" he asked from on top of two thick textbooks.
"The shrinking charm is spelled R-E-D-U-C-I-O whereas the reductor curse is R-E-D-U-C-T-O. Also the reductor curse will blast through solid objects and the shrinking charm will, just shrink objects?" Hermione asked hopefully as Professor Flitwick nodded and handed out pocket watches and said in a very clear voice, "For this assignment you will shrink the watch, not destroy it. These watches are expensive and I would rather if you didn't ruin them." He said before a Ravenclaw girl with black hair and Asian skin tone raised her hand, "Yes, Miss. Chang?" Professor Flitwick asked before she stood up next to her chair and asked, "Sir, why are we then running the risk of ruining expensive watches when there are many other objects that would work the same?" professor Flitwick then answered her question by simply saying, "Because Miss. Chang, Professor Sprout is raising phoenixes and I believe a proper birthday present is in order for them." Another Ravenclaw student then asked,
"Why would you give a pocket watch to a phoenix?" professor Flitwick then stated matter-of-factly,
"Because they would look stupid in a waist coat and trousers… come on class get to work!" Dita, Ryoko and Sasami started to laugh before Dita pointed her wand to the watch and said in a clear voice, "Reducio" the watch started to shrivel up until it came to the size of a quarter. Sasami took her own wand and said the same spell as her watch became the size of a sickle. Ryoko picked up her wand next and pointed to the wall in the back of the room before saying clearly, "Reducto" a stream of gold and emerald light shot out of her wand as the back wall of the charms classroom fell down showing the Forbidden Forest very clearly. "Who cast that spell?" Professor Flitwick asked yelling as if he was the man in the Wizard of Oz who screamed "Who rang the bell?" true to their 'The Wizard of Oz is the holy grail of movies' form Dita and Sasami pointed to Ryoko and yelled,
"She did!" Dita looked to Sasami before asking,
"Can't you read?"
"Read what?" Sasami asked laughing as the class looked at them as if they lost their minds.
"The notice!" Dita yelled in a shrilly voice.
"What notice?"
"It's right here on the door, clear as the nose on my face it uh.. oh…"
"Bell out of order please knock"
"Well that's more I like it, now state your business"
"We want to see the wizard." Professor Flitwick sent a few golden birds over to Sasami and Dita as if warning them to keep talking.
"Miss. Denton did you purposely destroy the castle's wall?" professor Flitwick asked as Ryoko gave him her best 'who me? Never!' face and said innocently,
"Why Professor Flitwick, I would never intentionally destroy something that's not mine, let alone school property." Dita and Sasami at this moment started to fake cough something that sounded suspiciously like, "LIAR!" before Ryoko stepped on the feet from under the table causing the coughing to stop instantly. Professor Flitwick looked to the wall before admitting in a worried voice, "If professor McGonagall found out about this she would have my head!" Sasami looked at the teacher strange before asking,
"Shouldn't you be worried about Professor Dumbledore? I mean he is the Head Master." A few students started to laugh as professor Flitwick took out his wand and started to twirl it between his fingers while looking at the wall. "It would doubtless amuse him… always said he wanted a glass wall right there…" professor Flitwick became lost in thought before pointing to the wall and saying "Reparo." The blocks that Ryoko destroyed stood up on their own and tried to put themselves together while at the same time doing perfect reenactments of 'The Three Stooges' "Come on now knock it off!" professor Flitwick yelled as the bricks stopped their comedy act and rebuilt the wall three seconds before professor McGonagall herself walked into the room. "I need to speak with Miss. Denton about a fight she was in this afternoon." Ryoko stood up and grabbed her bags before looking to Dita who didn't know about the fight. Dita looked over to Sasami and asked in an angry voice,
"What fight Sasami?" Sasami leaned down in her chair a little before telling Dita the truth as she always did.
"Ryoko was still pissed at Inu so she kinda got into a fight with Malfoy to get some of her anger out." Dita sat back in her chair before stating,
"This is why we take her bat away… Sasami what have we done to get her as a friend?" Sasami shrugged before Dita leaned back onto the back legs of her chair and fell over. "OW!" Dita screamed standing up and exclaiming in a loud voice, "My booty hurts!" realizing what she just yelled out Dita sat back down and laid her bright red face onto the desk. "I think you two followed me home… there's no other explanation!" Sasami said before hearing the bell ring and professor Flitwick assign the homework of 'Why All Phoenixes Deserve Pocket Watches for their Birthday.' By the next class. Dita walked over to Hermione, Harry and Ron before asking, "Is he nuts?" Harry looked to Dita strangely before asking,
"Nuts? Oh you mad?" he asked before Sasami and Dita shook their heads,
"No he doesn't seem angry… just a little wacko." Sasami said before Hermione laughed and went towards a different class while Dita, Sasami, Ron and Harry went to Divination. "Wacko?" Ron asked unsure what the American word meant,
"You know, crazy?"
"oh you mean mad?" Harry asked as they walked onto the stairs and felt them move. Dita started to pull on her black hair and started to yell at Harry,
"no I don't mean mad! I mean crazier than Ryoko on Dr. Pepper or Sasami on Pixie Sticks!" Sasami put a hand on Dita's shoulder as if calming her friend down before whispering in her ear as Dita calmed down a little and blushed madly, "Oh you mean mad as in crazy… oh I'm not embarrassed what are you talking about?" she asked sounding paranoid before the stairs stopped and they saw Ryoko sitting on a chair while talking to a stone gargoyle about the best kind of candy. "Ryoko, what's going on?" Sasami asked before Ryoko said to the gargoyle
"Hold on one second, hey guys… Dita first promise not to kill me!" Dita raised an eyebrow before saying in an aggravated voice,
"why is it I've grown to hate it when you start stories like that?" Dita asked before Ryoko put her hands behind her head and laughed nervously,
"Well… I've been suspended for two days… sorry guys!" Ron and Harry looked to each other while thinking of everything they've managed to get away with in the last five years at Hogwarts with out the word suspension (or expulsion for that matter) ever being brought up, (except for the infamous Ford Anglia meets Whomping Willow incident)
"You were suspended!" Dita screeched as Ryoko jumped away from her friend and hid behind the gargoyle as she said in a shaking voice,
"You said you wouldn't kill me!" Dita pulled Ryoko out from behind the statue by her ear before seeing the door open and Ryoko's parents and a blond woman with pale skin and a long black cloak walk out of the office with Draco and Professor Dumbledore behind them.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Denton." Dita said while pulling onto Ryoko's ear to try to tell her what happened.
"Miss. Chiba I do not believe that pulling off Miss. Denton's ear will solve anything." Professor Dumbledore said with a small laugh before Dita replied with a quick,
"Sure it will!" she started to laugh as Ryoko's father looked around the castle amazed (he is a muggle after all)
"So uh… Professor Dumbledore, thank you for having us… Narcissa it was nice to meet you, let's go Ryoko." Mrs. Denton said walking towards the stairs before Ryoko and Mr. Denton reluctantly followed her, neither wanting to hear what was sure to be long lecture as soon as Mrs. Denton was a safe distance away. Harry, Ron, Sasami and Dita looked to Draco and his mother before Sasami asked,
"Why did you two fight anyway?" professor Dumbledore looked to Draco, he too was trying to find a reason before Draco said honestly,
"She didn't know how to take a joke." Dita glared at the blond ferret before asking,
"What kind of joke?"
"I called her a half breed," Dita and Sasami smacked the head and hands together before Dita sighed and mumbled,
"The same thing every time," Sasami nodded before Mrs. Malfoy and Draco walked to Professor Dumbledore's office in order to use the fireplace and get to Malfoy Manor since Draco was suspended as well. Dita, Harry, Ron and Sasami walked down the last three doorways before seeing the door open and a centaur open the door and tap one of his horse hooves impatiently, "You were almost late, to class then." Firenze said walking backwards before letting the students into his class. Sasami and Dita looked to the centaur amazed before Sasami asked,
"Can you give me a ride?" Firenze gave her a look that clearly said 'no' before she sat down at her desk and suddenly hated Ryoko for getting out of school for two days.
Okay another chapter done!
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