*(A/N)* Hey all, thanks for reviewing Chapter Seven!! I really enjoyed reading your reviews (even the half flame that I got, hmph!) I'm just kidding about the hmph thing, I always ask for your constructive critisism, and I got it!!! hehehe. Well, now, here's Chapitre Huit (french, I'm bilingual, hehehe) Now sit back, relax (although make sure you do it within reach of the mouse....) and........
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Chloe Patil at Hogwarts: Chapter Eight (a)
The week prior to Chloe moving to Fifth year classes had passed quickly, along with the weekend. Chloe began to find herself wondering where all the time had gone. She soon found herself faced with a whole new schedule on Monday, and was extremely nervous about the whole thing.
"Oh why did I do this?" she muttered to herself nervously at the breakfast table, wondering why she just hadn't stuck to being bored, and passing her classes all the while. She then reminded herself that this was only a trial run, and that she could return to that after this week. She took a deep breath, and looked at her timetable one more time. She had Potions this morning with the Gryffindors, followed by Herbology, Charms and Divination.
"Not a bad schedule at all." she muttered to herself. Suddenly Roz and all the other fourth year girls sat down. Chloe jumped as they did so, she hadn't heard them coming up.
"My, my, my," Roz said with a smile, "tad bit nervous, are we?"
Chloe scowled at her, but began to laugh right afterwards, at what, she didn't know. Roz gazed at her with a quizzical look on her face, which made Chloe burst into a new round of giggles. It must have caught on because soon the two of them were leaning against eachother, laughing so hard that there were tears streaming down their faces. When they finally calmed down, they noticed the whole table had stopped eating, and were staring at them, bewildered. Chloe stopped the giggles that were about to escape abruptly, then gazed up and down the table.
"Sorry!" she said brightly. All the Slytherins shrugged and kept on eating, though some were still shooting them weird looks.
"What was that all about?" Roz asked Chloe.
Chloe shrugged. "Beats me. I don't even know why I was laughing. Nerves I suppose."
Roz peered over Chloe's shoulder at her schedule. "Potions bright and early this morning, huh? Oh, and with the Gryffindors, well, that should cheer you up." She said this rather sarcastically. Chloe scowled at her again, wondering why Roz was still so put out by her friendship with the Gryffindors. She decided it didn't really matter, and didn't pursue the subject.
"You bet!" she responded brightly instead. "Ought to make Potions a bit more bearable, thats for sure." Now it was Roz's turn to scowl at Chloe. She remained silent, however, and helped herself to more bacon instead. The two of them ate in silence, until the bell signalling the end of breakfast rang. Chloe already had all her things for Potions with her, but Roz didn't have her things for Care of Magical Creatures yet. She walked with Roz towards the dungeons, however, seeing as she had to go there anyway.
She bid Roz goodbye near the entrance to the common room, and kept on going towards the Potions classroom. It always amused her that people from other houses passed the corridor leading to the Slytherin entrance every day to get to Potions, not even taking notice as to what might be down there. She then thought that maybe she passed the entrance to other House's common rooms everyday too. It was a sudden revelation, and kept her mind busy until she reached the class.
She tried to pull the door to the room open, to find that it was locked. Feeling quite put out and lonely, as she was the first one there, she stood in the corridor and waited for the Potions Master to arrive. Other students began to mill around, gazing at her curiously, but not asking any questions. She wondered if they thought that she'd made a mistake, and was just in the wrong place. Then she noticed Harry, Hermione and Ron coming towards the classroom, and, remembering that she was now in their class, walked over to talk to them.
"Hey guys!" she greeted the trio cheerfully.
"Hi Chloe!" Harry and Hermione responded. Ron just scowled at her, which made her think she'd walked in on another important conversation.
"Aren't you in the wrong place Chloe? I mean...." He started. Chloe, not letting him finish, began to explain.
"Oh, no, I'm in fifth year now." she said matter-of-factly.
Ron looked at her with annoyance. "I know that," he started, "It's just that Slytherins stand over there." he gestured towards the other side of the hall. Chloe glanced over her shoulder, and, sure enough, there were the Slytherins, with not one Gryffindor among them. Chloe could feel her face begin to heat up, not because she was in the wrong place, she'd already proven that she didn't care about the Slytherin/Gryffindor differences, but because Ron was making her feel so small and stupid. She turned and gazed at him placidly.
"Oh." she replied. Then, without another word to him, she turned and began talking to Hermione and Harry about the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She wondered why Ron was being such a jerk. He seemed quite firm on shunning Chloe because of her house. Chloe supposed that she still sort of liked him, that is, when he wasn't talking. She didn't know why she bothered.
Just then, Snape arrived, unlocking the door. The students followed him inside the class, Chloe going in last. She walked in and saw that the classroom was nearly full, besides one table, right in the back. She walked towards there, and set up her things. She looked up, and saw Draco, Crabbe and Goyle sitting at the table right in front of her. She was about to move, but discovered it was too late, Snape was already instructing them as to what ingredients to take out in order to make a Hair Growth Potion. As everyone did so, then mesured and cut the ingredients according to the instructions in their books, Snape circled the room.
He stopped at the table where Ron, Harry and Hermione were sitting.
"You three!" he barked. "You haven't even begun taking out your ingredients!" the three began to sputter excuses, but Snape wouldn't hear them. "We'll see about that!" he continued menacingly. "Ms. Granger, would you be so kind as to move to the back table with Ms. Patil. She seems rather lonely." Draco and his ogres sniggered at this. Chloe scowled at the lonely bit, but was quite pleased to have Hermione sit with her. She waited as Hermione packed up her things and transported them to her table. They smiled at eachother, and Hermione began unpacking her ingredients all over again.
Soon the whole classroom was filled with cauldrons filled with a vibrant purple liquid, bubbling and hissing. Chloe was quite pleased to see, however, that Draco's was a vivid shade of pink instead. Snape, who was standing at the front of the classroom, preparing to mark their potions, spotted this too.
"Draco!" he called loudly, so that the whole class heard. "You seem to have simply forgotten the most important ingredient for a Hair Growth Potion, what is it? Come on, boy, you know..."
Draco sat there, dumbfounded. "Errr..." he said, over and over. He was beginning to look quite pink. Chloe leaned over, so that Snape couldn't see, and whispered,
"It's Mundung Cream, very powerful!" Draco glanced at her, a mixed expression on his face. She just sat back and shrugged, as if to say "Fine! Don't believe me." If Draco hadn't been under such pressure, he would have noticed the smile threatening to escape on Hermione's lips.
"Well?" Snape asked, becoming slightly exasperated.
"Well, it's uhh," Draco sputtered, stalling for time, thinking of what to do, he decided to take Chloe up on her answer, he couldn't sit here and say "uh" like a fool all day.
"Well, Professor, it's Mundung Cream, very powerful!" he announced with confidence. The whole class burst into laughter, even Crabbe and Goyle were laughing. Draco looked around confused, only to see Chloe and Hermione leaning against eachother, clutching their stomachs. He was confused, but guessed right away that he'd said the wrong answer. He knew he shouldn't have believed Chloe! He opened up his book of Magical Herbs and Ailments and looked up Mundung Cream.
"Mundung Cream," he muttered to himself, "a powerful cream, well, I knew that already! Used to cure hemerrhoi- Hey!!" he yelled in indignation, turning bright red this time. This caused Chloe to laugh even harder. Fortunately then, the bell rang, signalling the end of class. Snape, who also looked slightly embarrassed, told them to leave their potions to be marked. They did so, and exited the class cheerfully. All except Draco, who was steaming inside. He vowed to get Chloe Patil back, if it was the last thing he did!
*(A/N)* That's as far as I got, sorry it's a bit short. I'll have 8 b out soon, probably tomorrow, depending on how my teachers feel, hopefully they'll be in a good mood and not give me any homework, leaving me free to write. hehehe, Chloe got Draco, if you don't understand, forget it, it's alright, she just embarrassed him. Some guy in my class said something like that before, completely embarrassing, although he was clueless as to what he'd said. ::giggles at the memory::
Well, grade me, (A+ to C, you know the drill) and also, please include your objectives on the whole cheeleading thing, what you think about it (I don't find it to be ditzy or degrading, but some do.....) Thanks alot!!!
Sorry if the ending was a little, um, weird, but I needed her to embarrass Malfoy to set something off for the next chapter or two. I based it on the guy in my class, and I figured I'd be pretty embarrassed if I said something like that in front of everyone, not knowing what it was!!