For Norah because she is truly a superb writer.
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Hermione sat on the edge of her bed in the hospital wing, rubbing her forehead and looking very embarrassed. Madam Pomfrey was currently attending to Kendra, who still had Oliver's hand clamped over her mouth and was shaking her head in fear. She refused to let him take his hand away, even to drink the potion that Madam Pomfrey had created for them.
"It's all right Kendra," said Hermione softly. "It will fix you right away."
Still looking quite scared, Kendra let Oliver take his hand away. She quickly grabbed the potion from Madam Pomfrey's hands and drank it in one gulp. She grimaced a moment later, but managed to swallow the entire potion.
"You girls get back to your dormitories and get some rest," said Madam Pomfrey a few moments later. "Having a spell cast over you is quite exhausting and you'll need the extra sleep if you want to feel in top shape tomorrow morning." She turned to Ron, Harry and Oliver who were still standing nearby, watching the girls.
"Take care that they get back to the dorms and don't go back to the Ball," she instructed sharply.
"Have you ever seen anything quite like it?" Ron asked Harry and Oliver as they walked to collect the girls.
Madam Pomfrey laughed at that. "You boys think Draco Malfoy's been the first boy to curse girls to talk dirty?"
Ron slowly nodded.
She laughed again. "I get at least two every year. It's no big secret, that curse and most boys get a big kick out of hearing girls talk like that. It's a good thing you got to her before she began speaking to Professor Snape," Madam Pomfrey said, addressing Oliver. "From what I've heard these girls got off lucky. I've heard far worse things out of the mouths of those who've been cursed before. Miss Rayne could have been about to spout off some great obscenities, I'll tell you."
Oliver looked slightly relieved himself that Kendra hadn't said anything worse, but both girls were still staring at the floor as they made their way out of the hospital wing.
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Snape stood behind Draco Malfoy and silently wondered what exactly he was going to do to him. A punishment was in order, that much was apparent, but how could he dole out a detention with he had known that Draco was going to cause trouble? The student had informed him beforehand that he was going to spice of the evening a bit and now Snape was in the position to punish him for something he had known was going to happen.
"I asked you to leave Miss Granger alone," Snape began moving around to the front of his desk and sitting down. "When I said that, I meant it Mr Malfoy. When I ask you to leave one of them alone, I wish you would take that to mean all of them."
"All of who Professor?" Draco asked sullenly.
"Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Miss Rayne . . . anyone in a ten foot radius Draco," Snape said angrily. "There was a reason I asked you not to do anything to Miss Granger and you should trust in my knowledge."
"I do Professor," said Draco. "I tried to curse Kendra Rayne, but somehow Granger got in there too. I didn't mean to curse her."
"You should have left Miss Rayne alone as well," Snape said softly.
Draco grinned. "Oh come on Professor. Are you honestly going to tell me that you didn't enjoy that little show? Kendra putting her hands all over you and telling you that she thought you were handsome? When she started playing with your buttons I was sure that you would explode. I really thought she was going to start taking your clothes off."
Snape remained silent, letting Draco dig himself into a deeper hole.
"She's a fairly pretty girl, isn't she Professor? There's just something about her and Granger's grown up nicely as well. Having both of them come onto you must have been great." Draco grinned. "When she talked to me I thought I was in love." He laughed. "You must have seen stars. She touched you, an attractive student touched you."
Snape regarded Draco cooly. "Are you done Mr Malfoy?" When Draco nodded, he sighed and said, "Very well. Then I may get in my thoughts and give you your punishment."
Draco's jaw nearly dropped. "My punishment?"
"Ten points from Slytherin for endangering a girl I specifically told you to leave alone. Five points from Slytherin for cursing Kendra Rayne. Another five from your house for deriving sexual pleasure from a girl you cursed into speaking to you in a torrid manner. Ten more points from Slytherin for suggesting that I somehow derived the same sexual pleasures from said cursed student touching me," Snape grinned dryly. "Have I taken enough points or would you like me to go on?"
Draco shook his head. "No, no that's enough."
"Right. Then you will serve a two hour detention in my room tomorrow night starting at seven. I advise you not to be late Mr Malfoy." Snape made a vague gesture toward the door. "You may leave now."
Draco was obviously angry with the punishment, but said nothing as he left Snape's office. Once he was gone the Potions Master leaned over his desk and slowly began to massage his temples. He had basically given his permission to Draco to curse those two girls and now he was beginning to regret it. He had known that Draco was going to cause trouble and he should have known that he would direct that trouble at Harry Potter, or at least one of his friends.
If Dumbledore ever found out that he had known about Draco's plans to cause trouble, he would be furious. Snape should have reprimanded Draco the moment the words were out of his mouth, but he hadn't. Luckily it had only been a simple curse, nothing life threatening, but that didn't make it right. For the moment Snape was just thankful that they were safe and that Oliver had stopped Kendra before she said something she would really regret.
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Hermione sat on the edge of her bed in the hospital wing, rubbing her forehead and looking very embarrassed. Madam Pomfrey was currently attending to Kendra, who still had Oliver's hand clamped over her mouth and was shaking her head in fear. She refused to let him take his hand away, even to drink the potion that Madam Pomfrey had created for them.
"It's all right Kendra," said Hermione softly. "It will fix you right away."
Still looking quite scared, Kendra let Oliver take his hand away. She quickly grabbed the potion from Madam Pomfrey's hands and drank it in one gulp. She grimaced a moment later, but managed to swallow the entire potion.
"You girls get back to your dormitories and get some rest," said Madam Pomfrey a few moments later. "Having a spell cast over you is quite exhausting and you'll need the extra sleep if you want to feel in top shape tomorrow morning." She turned to Ron, Harry and Oliver who were still standing nearby, watching the girls.
"Take care that they get back to the dorms and don't go back to the Ball," she instructed sharply.
"Have you ever seen anything quite like it?" Ron asked Harry and Oliver as they walked to collect the girls.
Madam Pomfrey laughed at that. "You boys think Draco Malfoy's been the first boy to curse girls to talk dirty?"
Ron slowly nodded.
She laughed again. "I get at least two every year. It's no big secret, that curse and most boys get a big kick out of hearing girls talk like that. It's a good thing you got to her before she began speaking to Professor Snape," Madam Pomfrey said, addressing Oliver. "From what I've heard these girls got off lucky. I've heard far worse things out of the mouths of those who've been cursed before. Miss Rayne could have been about to spout off some great obscenities, I'll tell you."
Oliver looked slightly relieved himself that Kendra hadn't said anything worse, but both girls were still staring at the floor as they made their way out of the hospital wing.
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Snape stood behind Draco Malfoy and silently wondered what exactly he was going to do to him. A punishment was in order, that much was apparent, but how could he dole out a detention with he had known that Draco was going to cause trouble? The student had informed him beforehand that he was going to spice of the evening a bit and now Snape was in the position to punish him for something he had known was going to happen.
"I asked you to leave Miss Granger alone," Snape began moving around to the front of his desk and sitting down. "When I said that, I meant it Mr Malfoy. When I ask you to leave one of them alone, I wish you would take that to mean all of them."
"All of who Professor?" Draco asked sullenly.
"Mr Potter, Mr Weasley, Miss Rayne . . . anyone in a ten foot radius Draco," Snape said angrily. "There was a reason I asked you not to do anything to Miss Granger and you should trust in my knowledge."
"I do Professor," said Draco. "I tried to curse Kendra Rayne, but somehow Granger got in there too. I didn't mean to curse her."
"You should have left Miss Rayne alone as well," Snape said softly.
Draco grinned. "Oh come on Professor. Are you honestly going to tell me that you didn't enjoy that little show? Kendra putting her hands all over you and telling you that she thought you were handsome? When she started playing with your buttons I was sure that you would explode. I really thought she was going to start taking your clothes off."
Snape remained silent, letting Draco dig himself into a deeper hole.
"She's a fairly pretty girl, isn't she Professor? There's just something about her and Granger's grown up nicely as well. Having both of them come onto you must have been great." Draco grinned. "When she talked to me I thought I was in love." He laughed. "You must have seen stars. She touched you, an attractive student touched you."
Snape regarded Draco cooly. "Are you done Mr Malfoy?" When Draco nodded, he sighed and said, "Very well. Then I may get in my thoughts and give you your punishment."
Draco's jaw nearly dropped. "My punishment?"
"Ten points from Slytherin for endangering a girl I specifically told you to leave alone. Five points from Slytherin for cursing Kendra Rayne. Another five from your house for deriving sexual pleasure from a girl you cursed into speaking to you in a torrid manner. Ten more points from Slytherin for suggesting that I somehow derived the same sexual pleasures from said cursed student touching me," Snape grinned dryly. "Have I taken enough points or would you like me to go on?"
Draco shook his head. "No, no that's enough."
"Right. Then you will serve a two hour detention in my room tomorrow night starting at seven. I advise you not to be late Mr Malfoy." Snape made a vague gesture toward the door. "You may leave now."
Draco was obviously angry with the punishment, but said nothing as he left Snape's office. Once he was gone the Potions Master leaned over his desk and slowly began to massage his temples. He had basically given his permission to Draco to curse those two girls and now he was beginning to regret it. He had known that Draco was going to cause trouble and he should have known that he would direct that trouble at Harry Potter, or at least one of his friends.
If Dumbledore ever found out that he had known about Draco's plans to cause trouble, he would be furious. Snape should have reprimanded Draco the moment the words were out of his mouth, but he hadn't. Luckily it had only been a simple curse, nothing life threatening, but that didn't make it right. For the moment Snape was just thankful that they were safe and that Oliver had stopped Kendra before she said something she would really regret.
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