Walking through the hallway, Christi, Harry, Ron and Hermione are heading toward DADA. Both Christi and Harry were nervous with Remus being their teacher as they would occasionally pass notes to each other during class and with Remus having lycanthropy his senses were heightened so he could see what was going on.
"Are you two nervous with your uncle being a professor here?" Hermione asks.
"Incredibly, because that means we can't pass notes." Christi said, "But on a lighter note, I heard Alicia can't play Quidditch this year since her dad said so… so I was actually thinking about trying out for the team."
"Wait, your dad actually is allowing that?" Hermione asks, shocked.
"Well about that…he doesn't know. I'm pretty sure that if he could put me into a protective bubble he would." She said as they entered the classroom and see all the desks moved to the sides of the classroom. An armoire was jostling around and they all just stare at it until Remus comes into the room.
"Good morning everyone today we are going to be working with a boggart. Now can anyone tell me what a boggart looks like?" To his question, Christi and Hermione promptly throw their hands up. Christi is who he calls upon.
"No one knows what they look like as they take the image of someone's worst fear."
"Very good. Five points to Gryffindor."
"Favoritism." Mutters Malfoy.
"Malfoy shut up." Christi snaps.
Remus clears his throat knowing Christi's short temper. He didn't want her swinging and hitting Draco then him having to report her to the headmaster for fighting, and giving her a detention, and deduct points. She quiets and turns back to facing Remus.
"Now the spell to say when encountering a Boggart is Riddikulus. Now repeat after me Riddikulus."
The class repeats after him and Malfoy leans over to Crabbe and Goyle whispering, "This class is ridiculous."
"Very good!" Remus says after a few times then continues, "Now everyone line up. We're going to practice casting it." Everyone lines up, and Neville Longbottom is first in line. Remus beams at him, "Now Neville what do you fear most?"
"Professor Snape, sir." He stutters, making Christi snort.
Remus chuckles, "And you live with your grandmother, don't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"Alright. Now picture what your grandmother wears."
Neville nodded, "She… She wears a—"
"No, no. Don't tell me." He says then lowers his voice to whisper, "Just imagine Professor Snape in your grandmothers clothing when casting the spell."
Neville nods and has his wand at the ready. Remus waves his wand and opens the armoire door and the Snape boggart steps out looking highly intimidating.
"Riddikulus!" Neville casts and suddenly the boggart was in Neville's grandmother's clothing. Everyone starts laughing and Neville moves to the back of the line and a few more people go and Christi gets close and she starts getting fidgety.
"Christi." She hears and she looks up and nods stepping up facing the spider on roller skates.
Suddenly it changes to Snape dying and she starts hyperventilating and struggling to breathe. She fell to the ground, grasping her sides with tears pouring down her face. Remus quickly steps in and pulls her off to the side. He waves Blaise over and asks him to take her to the infirmary.
Soon, the class dismisses and everyone grabs their stuff and leaves the room. Ron, Harry and Hermione all go right to the infirmary to check on Christi. When they get there, Madam Pomfrey said that she had sent Christi and Blaise in their way a little while ago.
"Black Lake! She likes to go there to calm down when she's upset." Hermione says. The two boys nod and they follow Hermione out there. They get there and find Christi and Blaise gathering their stuff and heading toward the Forbidden Forest for their Care of Magical Creatures class with Hagrid.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Blaise was asking.
"I'm fine Blaise. Thanks to the Calming Draught Madam Pomfrey gave me."
"Alright, just making sure. You and your dad are really close aren't you?"
"Yeah, until I was about six it was just my dad and I so I'm a major daddy's girl and not to mention he's my only remaining blood family left so I worry every time he has to…" she stops, about to reveal his secret, "Umm… Never mind. I'm just petrified of losing my dad." She said stopping before blowing her dad's secret of being a spy against Voldemort.
"Hey you okay?" Harry asks.
"Yeah I'm fine. Madam Pomfrey gave me a Calming Draught."
"Good, we got worried about you."
She smiles and hugs her friends.
"You know she's going to tell your dad." Ron said.
"Yeah and then he's going to bring me down to his quarters and question me on it." She says rolling her eyes as the small group gets to where class is being held.
"Oh my goodness! Look at the hippogriff!" Christi says going wide eyed.
"Very good Christi! Ten points for Gryffindor for the correct identification ole Buckbeak here." Hagrid said patting the massive hippogriff on the neck.
"Now hippogriffs are proud creatures. You gotta bow to them low down to the ground and wait for them to bow back earning their respect and trust. If he doesn't bow back you need to back away slowly." The class nods and Hagrid looks at Harry. "Come on 'Arry. Give it a try."
"What? No, no!"
"Yeah! C'mon, 'Arry!"
Harry looks hesitant and gulps walking up. He does as Hagrid tells him. Buckbeak squawks and flaps his wings. Hermione gasps and grabs Ron's wrist subconsciously and Christi, who was standing next to Blaise does the same.
"Stay just like you are 'Arry but back away slowly." Hagrid says. Harry starts backing away but Hagrid makes him stop and Buckbeak finally bows back. "Very good 'Arry! Now go up to him and get on."
"WHAT!" Harry asks wide eyes as Hagrid walks over and picks him up easily despite his squirming. Hagrid finally sets Harry down on Buckbeak.
"Now don't pull any of his feathers. He won't like that." Hagrid said slapping Buckbeak's hindquarters sending him galloping off then flying. Both Christi and Hermione look down and blush to see what they were gripping and pull their hands back. Ron didn't seem to notice and Blaise smirks.
"You okay?"
"Yea, Harry and I are just close. I guess you could say we're like brother and sister." She explains.
"I could tell the same thing with..Ivy I think it is."
"Yes it's Ivy. The two of us are three of us are really close like that."
Blaise smiles and they keep talking until Buckbeak comes back carrying Harry who looked like he was having the time of his life.
After class they all head over to the Great Hall for lunch. Just sitting down for lunch the four teens sit down and start putting food on their plates talking about DADA and Care of Magical Creatures.
"Are you sure you're alright Christi?" Harry asks.
"Yeah, it just freaked me out today. That's why I so fidgety in line. I had a feeling that was going to be my boggart." She said.
"Well you don't have to worry about that. Your dad is young and healthy for a wizard his age. He'll live a long life." Hermione said. Christi smiles and they keep talking.
"So… you and Zabini…" casually states Harry.
"We are nothing." Christi cuts him off, "He's really nice. Not like Malfoy and just about every single Slytherin. He's not like them. He doesn't believe in any of the stuff the Dark Lord represents or anything the pure-bloods want. He doesn't even know how he ended up in Slytherin. I don't either. Just from talking with him and being with him for a short time… Well, I say he's more of a Ravenclaw than anything."
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Quidditch try outs had arrived and Christi was nervous. She was chewing her lower lip as she tied her hair back so that it stayed out of her face while she was flying. She was going out for Chaser and she was nervous. Sure she, Harry, Travis, Remus, James and Sirius all played against each other but that was different. That was garden fun this was going toward the House and Quidditch cup at the end of the term so she was scared shitless at the moment.
The try outs start and Christi is in the first group and she catches the Quaffle and she zips past everyone trying to get it from her and she gets as close as she can to the hoops and tosses the ball into the hoop and scores.
"Yes!" she smiles.
The try-outs go on for the rest of the afternoon then end just before dinner starts. Every one heads back to the dorm nervous about the posting of the results before curfew. Christi goes and takes a quick shower then goes down to dinner and spots Ivy there and Blaise at the Slytherin table. She gives him a smile then sits next to Ivy.
"So I heard about what happened to you in DADA today. You okay?" Ivy asks worriedly.
"Yeah I'm fine. I wish people would stop asking. I had a mild panic attack. I'm fine."
Ivy nods as more students file in for dinner and the professors come in as well. Severus looks at Christi and nods over to her and she nods. She knew he would want to talk to her after dinner.
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Heading to her father's quarters Christi approaches the portrait of Salazar Slytherin.
"Password?" he grunts.
"May twentieth." She said simply. He nods and opens up. Severus had set his password to be her birthday.
"Daddy?"
"Just a minute." He calls.
She looks over by the fire and sees two tea cups, a teapot steaming, the creamer and sugar bowl. She sits down and puts some tea in her tea cup just adding a few sugars and sitting back pulling her feet up and under her as she waited for her father.
"So Remus told me what happened in class." Snape said, "You want to talk about it?"
"No, because I'm fine. I just had a mild panic attack at what my boggart is. I'm fine daddy. Really."
"Apparently not. Poppy told me you needed both a Calming Draught"
"Daddy really I'm fine." She insists, "Please just drop it. I'm fine." She tells him as she puts her tea cup down then gets up and heads back to Gryffindor tower. She gets there and sees Oliver posting the team roster. She runs over and waits for him to leave then scans the list for her name and she finds it and moves over and sees she made the team and not as an alternate. She squeals and runs up the stairs and right over to Ivy's room and bursts in and leaps onto her bed.
"IVY!" she squeals waking up her best friend who was nearly her sister which was a bad idea since she gets grumpy when she's woken up.
"What?" Ivy groans.
"I have good news!"
"This better be good." Ivy hisses.
"I made the Quidditch team! I'm a chaser!" she squeals happily.
"That's great! But now let me sleep." She nods and leaves and heads to her own room and gets ready for bed. She gets dressed quickly then climbs into bed happily.
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Heading down into the Great Hall she smiles happily as Harry comes over and pats her on the back.
"So you made the team?"
"Yeah, I'm just waiting for my dad to come over demanding why I didn't run it by him and stuff." She says rolling her eyes as she sits down and starts picking out what she wants to eat.
"Well you don't have to wait very long because here comes your dad now."
She rolls her eyes smirking as he takes a seat right next to her. "So I heard from Minerva you're the newest chaser for the house team?"
"Yeah, I am. To be honest I didn't think I was going to make the team so that's why I didn't say anything or ask you about it."
Severus nods and ruffles her affectingly. She squirms away and fixes her hair. "Well I'm proud of you."
"Thanks daddy." She said, hugging him.
"No problem." He hugs her back and kisses the top of her head.