The next day Minnie woke her up with Apple Juice, eggs and bacon
" Good morning Ms. Brenda" Minnie said
" Good morning Minnie... is Snape still mad?" Brenda asked, almost fearing the answer
" Master calmed down some since last night, Master was worried about Ms. Brenda, Master was" Minnie said
" How long was I out?" Brenda asked
" Three hours, Master told Minnie to get the antidote for Venomous Tentacula poison, Ms. Brenda was still unconscious when Master gave it to her, Master did not leave Ms. Brenda's side but Master was very angry at Ms. Brenda for disobeying Master" Minnie said
Brenda looked down in shame
" Minnie brought Ms. Brenda breakfast, Minnie made it herself, it is really good" Minnie said happily
" Thank you Minnie" Brenda said as she took the plate and juice away from the house elf
" Minnie will be back in an hour to take it away" Minnie said as she left the room
Brenda took a drink of apple juice, a bite of eggs and a bite of bacon and began her writing
After Brenda got 50 sentences written she finished her breakfast and continued her writing. Brenda was on her 131st sentence when Minnie came back to take the plate away
" How is Ms. Brenda doing?" Minnie asked
" I'm on my 131st sentence, just 769 to go" Brenda said
" That is good, Ms. Brenda will be done real fast" Minnie said happily as she walked out the door
" Good because I'm getting a cramp in my hand" Brenda said to herself as she got back to work
Three and a half hours later Minnie came back with lunch, Brenda was on her 658th sentence
" How is Ms. Brenda doing?" Minnie asked as she set Brenda's lunch down on the night stand
" I'm on my 658th sentence, only 242 sentences to go" Brenda said
" Ms. Brenda writes fast" Minnie said surprised, " Minnie will return in an hour" Minnie said as she left the room
Brenda continued writing and stopping at her 730th sentence to eat, she only had 170 more to go and she was getting excited about being almost done, but she was dreading having to face Snape
" I might as well just get it over with" Brenda thought to herself
Brenda finished in another hour and a half and looked it over
" All 900 sentences, and it's only 2:00, it only took me about 6 hours" Brenda said to herself
Brenda massaged her hand until it wasn't cramped anymore and she took the nine pages of parchment that it took her to complete the sentences and headed downstairs and stood in the door way of the living room where Snape was grading papers
" Are you just going to stand there with a bunch of parchment in your hand or are you going to come in?" Snape asked a little roughly
" I didn't want to interrupt" Brenda said softly
Snape put a piece of parchment on the pile
" I just finished grading this one, let me see your sentences" Snape said
Brenda slowly walked to Snape and handed him the parchment and he looked over it by taking out his wand and magically put numbers on it and it counted to 900, he also made sure everything was spelled correctly and all the I's were dotted and all the T's were crossed and that she had her name, and date on there also
" Looks good Brenda, now do you know why I made you do this?" Snape asked
"Yes, and I'm sorry, I really am" Brenda said
Snape looked at her, " Would you like to tell me what you're sorry for?"
" Why is he doing this to me" Brenda thought to herself
" I'm sorry for disobeying and putting myself in danger, I'm sorry I made you very worried, I'm sorry that I inconvenienced you, I'm sorry ok" Brenda said almost in tears and she started to leave but Snape stood up and grabbed her wrist and turned her around and Brenda was in tears and she looked scared
" Brenda, yes you disobeyed me and put yourself in danger, yes I was really worried, Venomous Tentaculas are nothing to mess with, but you are not an inconvenience, you made a mistake and you were punished for it, that is the end, stop beating yourself over it, everything turned out ok" Snape said trying to calm down the child
Brenda still looked scared
" You don't need to be afraid of me. I'm not going to punish you drastically, I never will if you need to be punished, just relax ok" Snape said, " This is your home too, just don't go into any more locked rooms, I'm telling you this for your safety do you understand?
" Yes" Brenda said
" Ok, go upstairs and wash your face, and grab your broom" Snape said
" But I thought..." Brenda started
" You've been punished enough, your free time is still taken away though, you will be spending that with me in here" Snape said
" Thank you" Brenda said excitedly
She smiled and walked fast upstairs and washed her face to free herself from tears and she grabbed her Nimbus 2000 and headed back downstairs and out into the back yard
" Brenda before you go outside and fly, you need to remember to not go past the fence, there is a ward on the other side that followers of the dark lord ever cross, you will become invisible, but you will get a headache because if you go past the fence, you'll hit the ward and that will give you a headache" Snape said
" Ok, I'll remember" Brenda said, she will to because she doesn't want to get in trouble again
Brenda went outside and she went flying on her broom, she just loved the flying feeling, and it felt so good to be outside since she was couped up in her room until 2:00. Brenda was outside flying on her broom until 4:00 which is the do whatever time, or in this case, more quiet time
" Ms. Brenda, Master says it's time to come in" Minnie came out and called
Brenda landed by Minnie and asked, " What time is it?"
" It is 4:00 Ms. Brenda, Master said you need to come in and read for a while in the living room" Minnie instructed
Ok" Brenda said not too happy about it
Brenda went inside with Minnie and went to her room to put her broom away and grab a 2000 page book. Then she headed down into the living room where Snape was still grading papers
" How long does that take" Brenda wondered to herself, " I wonder if he has graded mine yet"
Brenda walked in the living room and sat down in the chair she always reads in
" Did you have a nice fly" Snape asked
" Yes sir" Brenda said
" That's good, well right now you can read, I will be keeping an eye on you, or Minnie will" Snape said
" Yes sir" Brenda said
Brenda started reading her book
They ate dinner in silence and Brenda then went up to her room to take a shower and then she went back downstairs with her book for the real quiet time, Snape was still grading papers
Brenda wasn't interested in her book, she was pretending to read but really she was watching Snape grade the papers, she knew he was on the first years, and she was keeping track on who's paper he was grading, she noticed that Hermione's paper only had a few minor mistakes, Goyles had a lot of mistakes and so did Crabbes, Malfoy's didn't have as much as Goyle's and Crabbe's but his had more than Hermione's, Brenda knew that the exams went in year and ABC order, she knew her's was coming up soon, she really wanted to know what she got on her potions final
After about an hour, Snape got to Brenda's, the potions final is big and it takes a while to finish all of them
" Oh no, he's grading mine" Brenda thought to herself, she watched intensely and Snape caught her looking his way
" Is there something wrong Brenda?" Snape asked lifting an eyebrow
Brenda's eyes were wide, " Um, no, sorry" She turned her attention back to her book
" You've been watching me the whole time, you've been keeping track haven't you? Well if you want to see your grade, come around my desk" Snape said
Brenda smiled and got up and walked fast to Snape's desk and watched as he graded her final
" Congratulations, you Brenda Potter are one of the few people who understood everything I taught and you get an O" Snape said and smirked
Brenda was very happy and she showed it, She also surprised both of them when she gave Snape a hug
" Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you" Brenda was so happy, then she realized what she has done, " oops sorry professor" Brenda said embarrassed
" That's ok, I never realized how much you enjoyed potions" Snape said
Brenda collected herself and returned to her seat and from there watched as Snape marked on Harry's paper a lot
" Too bad your brother doesn't have the same gift as you, at least he is better than Crabbe, Goyle and Longbottom" Snape said