4

The next morning at breakfast they all sat down together. Ron was on the lookout for his auntie, glancing around at every direction. Ron was starting to get paranoid. What happened the previous night was still fresh on people's minds. They would've all made fun of him but they noticed that Linda was next to him. Fred and George were handing out timetables to everybody. Fred handed Harry's timetable he whispered, "Don't let Ron see this". Harry looked down at his timetable (Ron's one is the same.) and Defence Against the Dark Arts is the first thing that day.

"Hey Harry what is the first thing in morning? Fred didn't give me mine." Ron said peering at Harry's. "NO! Why does the worst things happen to me?" then he sank into his chair again. "I'm not going."

"Ron! You can't not go!" said Hermione. "It can't be worse than last night."

"Like that wasn't bad enough" he muttered to himself.

Ron was very reluctant on going to Defence Against the Dark Arts but they managed to drag him along.

"Helloooooooooooo sweet Bon Bon!" she said when they arrived and pinched Ron's cheeks. "Aren't you a big boy? Give me a kissy kiss kiss." she closed her eyes waiting for a kiss.

Ron looked appalled. Lavender and Parvati were giggling with some other girls. A whole lot of Ravenclaw girls weren't giggling but laughing. Professor Weasley didn't seem to notice. Ron gulped and gave her a fast, short and brief peck.

"Oooo you're too much"

"Oh no, you're too much!" said Ron. "Trust me."

"Here I want Ronny and his friends to sit close to me." she said.

There was a table that was at the front of the room that was completely empty and on it there was a sign that said, "Reserved for Ronny Darling and his fellow friends." and it was circled with a heart. Now all the boys were laughing as well.

"Today we will be learning all about trolls. Everything about trolls. The ever so gorgeous Ronny, didn't you and your friends fight a big ugly troll in your first year? See class? Ronny here is not just a pretty face but a plucky and bright boy!"

Ron's face was reddening furiously. Now the whole class was roaring with hilarity. The lesson wasn't that bad but it was dreadful for Ron. At every question she would ask Ron first.

"Ron? Why aren't your widdle hands up in the air? You should know. Class quiet down. He needs to think. Come on Ron!"

After the lesson everyone was taunting him. Through the hallway and up the stairs. It was as if everyone in the whole school knew about it.

"Ickle pretty Ronny darling!" they would call.

Hermione was holding back Ron's robes all the way and saying,

"Ignore them Ron. Just ignore them!"

It was Divination next joined by Linda. Hermione had Arithmancy. When the three of them got there, they were late.

"Ah I sensed you would be late. Please sit down." Professor Trelawney said in her usual misty voice.

They were going to brush up on everything they've learnt during the last year. Even though Linda hadn't been there she was doing better than Harry and Ron.

"Boy it's hot in here!" she said wiping the sweat off her forehead.

"Yeah! Boiling!" said Ron, too wiping his forehead.

Then she reached into the pocket of her robes and got out something.

"Please don't tell!" she begged.

Before Harry had asked what she was talking about, she let out something that flew up to the ceiling and started to spin water everywhere like a water sprinkler. Harry felt a very pleasant coolness on his face. Even if his robes were soaked he was glad that Linda had let whatever she had let out. Professor Trelawney was not nearly as pleased.

"Who had let out the waterwhizzy!" asked professor Trelawney angrily.

"Professor? Tell us who had let it out!" asked Linda pretending to be innocent.

Ron chuckled, Harry forced down a smile when he saw the look on Professor Trelawney's face. She wasn't looking like her usual self. She was looking livid and she stared at Linda with loath, almost as if she knew that Linda had done it.

"Yeah professor! Tell us who had done it and show them not to mess with you!" said Lavender gazing at professor Trelawney with admiration.

Professor Trelawney just stood there and said "Oh yes. I know who had done it. But I also saw that person will be badly punished by someone else. So I think I'll let them go as that punishment will be much worse. But that person better know not to do that ever again! Class dismissed."

After everyone was out of the classroom everyone was trying to guess who had done it.

"What was that she was going on about? About knowing! She knows who did it as much as Neville knows about pogrebins!"

Hermione joined them. "What are you talking about?"

They told her about what had happened during Divination. She wasn't laughing nor looking happy.

"You better not do anything like that again. The first day you preform a very dangerous spell and now you set off a waterwhizzy! In class? You could get in a whole lot of trouble! Or cost the house a bucket of points. Or if you want me to go in deeper, you could be expelled! They wouldn't want a student that causes trouble everyday! You're lucky professor Trelawney-"

"Oh Hermione we want you just to shut up!" Ron sounded awfully annoyed at Hermione.

Harry wanted to change into a subject that would cheer everyone up.

"They're probably still looking for a mouth for Malfoy huh?"

*

In the next few days Hermione was extremely cold especially towards Linda.

Then first time in days they saw Malfoy again. His mouth looked exactly like how it was before. He didn't seem scared of them at all. He just casually came up to them sneered and said, "Why look so distraught Granger? Finally looked at yourself in the mirror?"

As usual Crabbe and Goyle was beside Malfoy sniggering away.

"You know what Malfoy? I'm working on the arm snapping curse and since it's awfully painful it's hard to find someone to practise on!" said Linda narrowing her eyes on Malfoy who twitched and then went away.

After they stopped laughing at the look on Malfoy they headed to Herbology.

"Hey haven't you got detention Linda?" asked Harry.

"Yeah. Got it tomorrow night. Polishing in the trophy room…"

Ron gave a shudder. "Oh I wouldn't want to be you!"

At Herbology they and their partners have to plant rosmarices. Plants that spray strong perfume that stings onto your face when it feels threatened. If the perfume stays too long you'll be growing rosmarices on your face. Harry went with Hermione; he wanted to convince her that Linda wasn't that bad but she ignored everything he said and only spoke to give instructions. After the lesson they went outside to meet up with Ron and Linda who had done so well that they got dismissed first.

"Professor Sprout should've given you two house points too. Your rosmarices looked like real stingers!" Linda said not doing a good job of making casual conversation.

"Well we didn't did we?" Hermione firmly said before she paced off.

*

Later in Transfiguration Linda made Hermione detest her more by being the first one to change her stool into a couch.

"Well done Miss Waldenberg! Fifteen points to Gryffindor."

Hermione growled at the site of Professor McGonagall giving Linda the uncommon smile she usually would only give to her. Since Ron blew up his stool he had to stay behind to clean up. The three of them waited outside. When Ron finally came out they found themselves late for Charms.

After a long run they found out that they went the wrong way. Finally they arrived to find professor Flitwhick angry. "Do you four have a good excuse for being so late?" the very short professor looked up at them. "I didn't think so! Five points off each!"

"This is your fault Linda! Since you finished first you should've helped him!" Hermione said taking a seat.

"I couldn't! Professor McGonagall sent me to do a few things in the staff room!"

"Whatever!"