Well everyone here's Chapter 6, again I do not own Harry Potter, nor do I own Tilly (she belongs to ShayaLonnie) Now I wasnted to warn you that there is a bit of coarse language so a warning about that. Read and Review. Your views mean a lot guys :) 23 Views already! Watching my views go up make my day every morning when I first log in at school every morning. Thanks for making my day guys :) you all mean the world to me, my dear Readers. Again if anyone sees little spelling mistakes as well as (); sorry about that now. Love you all
~ T. T. Zoldy
Chapter 6
Leaves, Stones and Peeves
September 2nd, 1989
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Transfiguration Class
Anna entered Transfiguration class without Spirit and twenty minutes behind—from running into the most feared Poltergeist, Peeves, the spirit of chaos, of the school as he had followed her and taunted her and Spirit for most of the way, before he'd made a bunch of leaves with stones appear and the pile landed on the poor little witches head with a crash, she let out a small wail of pain as a sharp stone had landed directly on her head piercing her skin and causing her to bleed- and she noticed right away that they were sharing the class with the Slytherins, Anna rolled her eyes and took the last and only empty seat left, which was beside Al. Partially dry blood coated her messy blackberry hair in one spot, you could still see a few spots from where she had wiped away her tears on her cheeks from the pain in her head. Al gave her a concerned look as did the rest of the gang, while the Slytherins whispered and snickered about her. Anna took Professor Flitwick's advice and ignored it.
"Miss Cloud." A stern voice spoke up from in front of the small witch. Anna looked up and was looking into Minerva McGonagall's stern, no-longer smiling grey eyes. "You're late. Explain yourself. I know, for a fact, that you didn't get lost."
"No Professor, I wasn't lost, Professor Flitwick asked to speak to me after Charms, he was planning on keeping me longer, but I kindly told him I was going to be late for my next class. And between the walk from the Charms classroom to here is about ten minutes, about five if you run, and about twenty if you run into Peeves." She said with a shrug, then continued to explain why she was late. "I'm sorry Professor but I had accidentally run into Peeves, that is why I am late. I apologize for it as well." When she had mentioned Peeves she had pointed to the blood spot on her head. "I didn't know any healing charms, so I had to deal with it and come to class." She added when Professor McGonagall's stern look went to complete shock.
"Mister Hooch, would you so kindly escort Miss Cloud to the Hospital Wing? I'll come by later and ask what happened. I'll send word to Madam Pomfrey, and try to stay out of that menacing Poltergeist's way, please, I don't need two students in the Hospital Wing on the first day."
"I'll bring her, Professor." Alain said as he stood, helping Anna from her seat, seeing as she was now pale and looked a little faint. McGonagall nodded and let the pair leave the class.
They left the class, Al was semi carrying Anna. "You don't need to carry me Al, I can walk." The boy looked unsure, but he let the witch walk anyways cautiously walking behind her in case she fell.
"Blimey Anna, what happened?" He asked as he watched her sway a little while she walked.
She explained most of what had happened when she suddenly felt too dizzy and everything went black. She felt someone catch her, but she didn't know who.
September 8th, 1989
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - The Hospital Wing
Anna slowly opened her eyes to find a boy sitting in a chair beside her, she herself was in a small hospital bed, his head in his hands. Anna could faintly see dried tear tracks on his cheeks.
Alain?.. Anna thought as she silently watched him.
"Storms?" She whispered in a small voice and she saw goose bumps crawl up his arms before his hands left his face and he looked at her, first with concern then with relief to see she was awake.
"Hey kitten," he whispered back with a smile, pulling his chair closer and moving a fallen strand of blackberry hair from out of her eyes. "How ya feeling?"
"I don't like nicknames," she said, then smiled a little. "You want my honest answer to how I'm feeling?" She smirked a little and he gave her a boyish grin.
"It's not a nickname, it's a pet name." He smirked back giving her a little wink, that made her blush to the roots of her messy mane of blackberry curls. "That's why I asked." He added giving her a boyish grin.
"I'm not a pet," she whined a little, but gave up. "Ack! I give up, call me kitten if you want and my honest answer is; I feel like shit, but better than I did before I passed out. Say... how long was I out for?" She asked her ocean blue eyes suddenly wide, her expression becoming nervousness.
"Not long, you've been out since Monday," he said, then watched her nervous expression become one of worry. "Don't worry, I took all your notes for you and there were a lot of them, McGonagall came to visit, seeing as you told me what happened, I told her, when she found you laying here, out cold. She excused me from my classes to stay with you but I went anyways, that way I, nor you could miss a thing. That's why I took your notes for you, to help you catch up. McGonagall excused you from your classes too, once she saw Madam Pomfrey working on your head, when she saw the puncture mark, she looked furious and when I left Potions, I heard her screaming at Peeves from the Dungeons. Even the Ghosts are mad at him, everyone's furious with him, you're practically famous kitten, everyone knows what happened and they've been talking about you non-stop." The boy explained.
"Did anyone come to visit me, while I was out?" She asked, suddenly worried again that it'd only been him.
Al nodded and said, "Yea. Mia, Irys, Amos, James, Peter, Ced, Thomas, Clover, Holly, Weaver... they all came to visit you. They'll be glad to hear your alright, the guys are almost sick with worry, the girls were beside themselves when they heard what Peeves had done, the boys wanted to hex him like the Slytherins hex the Gryffindors. They're worried sick about you Annie. So was I."
"Well I'm alright now, what time is it?" She asked sitting up in her bed.
"Dinner time," he said rubbing his stomach as it growled. "Everyone's eating dinner in the Great Hall, or they're in the Library or Common Room doing homework, don't worry I'll help you with your homework."
"Go and eat with the others I'll see you guys in the Common Room. It's Friday isn't it?" She asked and he nodded and left the Hospital Wing. "Perfect, I'll have the entire weekend to catch up on a week's worth of missed homework." She said sarcastically to no-one in particular as she went to get up from the bed.
Madam Pomfrey ran to her bed suddenly in a panic, her brown eyes full of concern, her brown-going-grey hair was sticking out of her bun in all places. "Lay down for a moment dear, I need to check your head." Anna frowned but nodded and sat back down on the bed, while Madam Pomfrey checked her head. "Alright dear, it's all healed you can go. But take these with you, they're Pain Potions they'll help instantly if you get minor headaches, and take them as soon as you feel a headache starting if you run out come see me. Take one now," Madam Pomfrey said handing her a few purple potions and an extra one for that moment.
Anna nodded and drank one grimacing at the taste. "Ack! This tastes nasty! Oh! I can feel it working!"
"It may taste bad, but it works wonders. Now off you go." Anna nodded and left the Hospital Wing. She walked down the moving stairs, the Pain Potions in her robe pockets; she realized she was hungry and decided that she'd eat in the kitchens before entering the Hufflepuff Common Room to study.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - The Kitchens
Anna entered the kitchens to find a small plate already made, seems as though someone had told the House-elves that she would be there. Anna saw the small napkin and it had Anna's name on it, Anna smiled and took a seat.
"Miss Anna? Is that you?" A small voice asked from behind the little witch, Anna knew that voice right away.
"Yes, Tilly, it's me." Anna replied turning around to look into the little elf's, tennis ball, green eyes.
"Oh! Miss Anna! Miss's friends were so worried, scared that Miss wouldn't wake up, that awful Peeves, Miss Minerva is still furious with him... as is Tilly and Winky, and the rest of the House-elves, Miss Anna's cat too. Even the paintings are furious with that awful Peeves." At the mention of Spirit, Anna's eyes lit up, she looked at the little elf, no words needed when her eyes spoke that she wanted to see her cat. "Miss's cat is in Miss's Common Room, sleeping. She has been waiting for Miss."
Anna nodded and pulled two chairs up, one for Tilly and the other for whenever Winky showed up. "Where's Winky?" Anna asked the elf.
"Sleeping off Butterbeer, Winky drank too much." Tilly said, shaking her head; her big, floppy ears flapping around as she moved her head from side to side. "Madam Pomfrey had to give her a Sober-Up Potion, then told Tilly to bring Winky to get some rest. Tilly did, so Winky is sleeping."
"Thank you for taking care of her, Tilly." Anna said giving the elf a smile and a nod of gratitude.
The little elf smiled, a big bright smile then told Anna to go get some sleep. Anna nodded and went to Helga's painting.
"Hello my dear, how are you feeling?" The painting of Helga asked.
"Much better, thank you Miss Hufflepuff. May I enter?" Anna asked.
"Oh! Of course, password?" Helga asked.
"Badger." Helga nodded and swung inwards. "Are my friends inside?"
Helga shook her head and told the little witch that they were all still in the Great Hall eating. Anna nodded and said her thanks before she entered and said goodbye.
Hope you all enjoyed Chapter 6, which I know is short but Chapter 7 makes up for it. Trust me. Again; your reviews mean a lot, even just your views make my day, they made my morning. Chapter 7 will be up soon.
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~ T. T. Zoldy