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"Unacceptable!" thundered McGonagall. "Do you not think before you act?"

Evee shrugged. She really hadn't given much thought to the situation before she stunned Malfoy; she just kind of… did it. And as it turns out, Evee was particularly good at stunning, if at nothing else.

Malfoy was carted to the Hospital Wing shortly after it happened by a fairly befuddled Evee and an exceedingly remorseful Euphrosyne, who was convinced her brother was dead. (At first, she had been happy she was no longer in danger from Malfoy harming her, but once she had seen how very still he lay there, she had become quite upset, though not mad that Evee had been the one to cause his state.) Evee, on the other hand, was sort of proud her magical facilities were finally making themselves known, but also felt bad at the same time. She hadn't meant to cause Malfoy serious damage.

"What on earth did you do to him?" Madam Pomfrey had asked them once they had laid Malfoy down on one of the white-sheeted hospital beds.

Evee answered, suppressing a small smile, "I stunned him."

Madam Pomfrey looked back to the prone Malfoy, whose skin was rapidly turning lilac and had small tentacles, complete with tiny suckers, sprouting from his forehead. She looked at him in astonishment as the tentacles began to thrash around, beating him about the face.

"I -uh- guess I don't really… know what I… did… after all," was all Evee could say after that. She rubbed the back of her head and stared at Malfoy, Euphrosyne gripping her arm and becoming more insipid by the second.

And when Malfoy began to grow gills, Madam Pomfrey decided it was high time to call in McGonagall.

And now Evee and Euphrosyne were in McGonagall's office, accompanied by Professor Akai, an Asian witch who was the Potions teacher and the head of Slytherin, and, of course, McGonagall, who was yelling at Evee profusely as Euphrosyne sat crying quietly. (She was sure the two were going to be expelled.) Akai watched the yelling from where she stood behind Euphrosyne's chair, her hands gripping the upholstery tighter and tighter.

"I think expulsion is in order," she suggested once McGonagall took a break from her tirade because she was out of breath.

Euphrosyne hiccupped and began to plead, "No! Please don't expel me! It was an accident!" Her knuckles turned white as she gripped the arms of her chair for dear life. Evee, too, gripped the arms of her chair, but only so as to make it harder on the two witches if they did, in fact, expel her, when trying to get her to leave. They'll have to drag me out… she thought.

"Of course you won't be expelled." Akai snapped to Euphrosyne. "You weren't the one at fault, I'm sure." She cast Evee a dirty look that Evee returned with venom.

Euphrosyne looked relieved, and sat there trying to calm herself down as McGonagall returned to yelling. Evee didn't blame Euphrosyne for only being concerned with her own welfare at the moment. It was her brother that had been hurt and it'll be her father she'll have to answer to. And expelling her wouldn't make anything better with their family dynamic…

"Expulsion is out of the question!" McGonagall said, her rant finally coming to a close. Evee breathed an inward sigh of relief and eased her grip on the chair. "I do, however, think detention is in order."

Akai snorted, but agreed. "Do you want the honors, or shall I?" She crossed her arms. Judging by the expression on her face, Akai really wanted to "the honors".

McGonagall gestured formally to Evee and said to the other Professor, "By all means."

Akai nodded once, her simper expanding into a full-blown smirk, and turned to Evee. Since it was the first time she had looked directly at Evee, Evee had failed to notice before that the Professor had the most intriguing green eyes Evee had ever seen.

"Saturday. 7 o'clock in the morning. My office." Akai turned to go, her black silk robes shimmering in the candlelight. "Come," she ordered Euphrosyne, who obediently stood and followed her out of the room, shutting the door behind them.

Evee exhaled, ruffling her fringe, and stood to go.

"Sit!" McGonagall commanded. Evee reluctantly sat back down and stared meekly at the Professor.

"I really didn't mean-"

McGonagall held up a hand to silence her and Evee obliged gratefully. She waited, hands folded in her lap, for McGonagall to speak. And when she did, Evee was utterly surprised by what she said.

"Congratulations. You'll be moving to regular classes tomorrow morning. Your schedule will be given to you at breakfast. You may leave."

Evee stood once again and made her way to the door. She stopped and turned back. McGonagall looked up from a paper she had begun to grade.

"Yes, Miss Collins?"

"Just so you know. Malfoy was going to hurt her," Evee said quietly.

McGonagall nodded and looked back down. "Yes, I'm aware."

"Okay…" Evee turned away and walked out into the hall, the door closing behind her. She didn't know where to go, she had already missed lunch, and so she began to stroll aimlessly down the hall, contemplating the day's events.

The fact that she had done magic took the backseat in Evee's mind. I did the right thing… right? she asked herself countless times. The only answer she could think of was yes, but for some reason, Evee felt doubtful. Euphrosyne's words followed her, "But if you like Evee…" Did he really like her? Well, probably not anymore. Not after she did… whatever she did to him.

Evee looked up to find herself at the entrance to the Hospital Wing. She supposed her subconscious led her there and she had no reason to argue with it. So she pulled open the door and stepped inside.

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