1 Chapter 2 A discovery

Snape was usually moody in Potions that day and lectured the class on how to make a potion that would tell you if you had a poison in your drink.

"Now get out your wands and stir the potions for three minutes." The class began to do so.

"MISS PETERSON!!" Snape yelled across the room and the whole class turned towards her.

"Where is your wand?" He shouted.

"Don't have one," she sulkily answered.

"Sit! You will not take part in my class if you are not properly equipped." He told her.

"Whatever," she said as she waved him off and walked out of the dungeon.

"GET BACK HERE NOW MISS PETERSON!" Snape yelled as he ran out of the dungeon after her.

Ron turned round with wide eyes full of a new found respect for Elle. Harry smiled back at him couldn't stop himself from laughing. Hermione tried to look stern, but even she could stop herself from laughing out loud.

Back in the common room that night, Elle was sat in the middle of the sofa reading. Ron sat on one side of her and Harry sat on the other. She glared at the both of them, "What do you want?"

"I.um...just wanted to apologise for talking about you at breakfast this morning. I'm real sorry I just thought you looked real cool."

The unexpected flattery threw Elle off course for a moment. She turned round to look at Harry who nodded his head in agreement.

"Oh, ok." She said and turned back to her book.

Fred and George ran into the common room, located Elle and ran towards her.

"We heard that you ran out of Snape's dungeon and sent him flying into the wall." George stated, his voice full of excitement.

"Good for you," she replied plainly and went back to reading her book.

"Well?" queried Fred, "Is it true?"

"Yeah, I guess" She shrugged as if it were no big deal.

"Wow!" Ron squealed with delight.

"You are like, a Griffindor hero!" George told her. She looked at him as if he were a maniac. "It's true. The whole of Griffindor hate Snape, don't we?" George asked the crowd that were now crowding around. All of them nodded and cheered in agreement. Hermione pushed her way threw the crowd and confronted Elle.

"Hold on a minute." She began, "How could you if you didn't have a wand?" Elle laughed. "I don't need a wand. Stupid." No-one had ever called Hermione stupid before and her face turned red with anger.

"Prove it." She said trying to hold back her anger. Elle sighed and stood up. She cracked her knuckles and drew her hands up to either side of her head. She concentrated and moved them up slightly. Hermione started to rise above the ground.

"OK," Hermione said her voice slightly trembled with fear, "I believe you. You can put me down now." Elle smirked and dropped Hermione and walked off to her dormitory. Hermione dusted herself off and followed her.

No one really knew what happened in the dorm that night between Hermione and Elle but after that they became the best of friends.