"Wood!"
He got up as if she was his drill instructor and responded immediately like a soldier.
"Yes'm?"
"Wood... this whole thing is a mess. I want you and Kat to come with me into my office, we need to sort this out cor…"Oliver interrupted her.
"Have to.... serve Snape' punishment?"
"We will see."
Her long ivy cloak dragged behind her and she clacked her heels down the hall. Oliver looked at Kat, who was having trouble sitting up, but wasn't giving up just yet.
"Need some help there?" his smile was worried, and his eyebrows were slightly up, yet slightly down. Kat looked as if someone had just slapped her in the back of the head. She looked up.
"Yeah... where am I going?" she responded.
His eyes were staring at him, narrowed and apparently squinting at him trying figure out who just talked. She shook her head and put her two hands in back of it. She took in a deep breath and did the unexpected. She did a complete jump out of bed, using only her legs to propel her out of the bed. She landed on her feet. She pulled the bandage off and shook out her hair, which were now sticky thanks to the wrap on her head.
"I never go down unless the bone itself is sticking out, and even then, I'd be shouting from the emergency room, coach put me back in!" She took in a deep breath and blinked.
She forced a small grin. She yawned and fell to her knees. Oliver ran to her side immediately, gripping her arm to help her up.
"Are you okay??"
"That was the most pain I have probably been in in my life. But, like I just said, never go down, never let it get to ya..."
"We need to go to Professor McGonnagal's office now Kat," He paused a second, the continued, "are you going to be all right?"
She put her arm around his shoulder and groaned.
"I just need some walking assistance, and I should be just fine."
Oliver started to slowly walk, and Kat wobbled along. They walked down the hall, reaching the office. Marcus Flint was already in there, cussing under his breath and Wood passed him by. Kat sat down, and Oliver sat in the corner, the farthest possible from Marcus. Professor McGonnagal pulled a stack of papers out of a drawer and took out a quill.
"Flint, Wood, and Miss Aburne. From my official report I received just a short time ago from Snape, he states clearly that Wood attacked both Flint and Miss Aburne. I disagree."
"Professor--!Ó Marcus stood.
Professor McGonnagal smacked a book on her desk.
"ENOUGH from you Marcus! SIT!" She took a breath, then looked to Kat, who was staring, or attempting to, at the professor, but was about three feet off. She stared at a cabinet behind her desk, blankly.
"We will now here the defending side of this argument. Mr. Wood, the stand is in your hands.Ó She raised an eyebrow at him, and he looked down a minute, before taking a breath in.
"I was walking out of your class professor, when I was ambushed by a gang of Slytherins that threw me into a wall, took my stuff, and were pounding me. Marcus had me pinned--"
"HE LIES!" Marcus stood, pointing his pointer finger at Oliver's face.
"Continue, Wood." Marcus sat down.
"Marcus had me pinned down, he had smashed my jaw. I managed to get up, tried to escape, but was thrown back into the ring. Then, I remember Kat coming out of the crows just before he was about to give me another beating, and she stopped him. She helped me up, and tried to get us both away, but then Marcus slammed into me, knocking me straight off my feet, and sending Kat into the wall. That's when she was knocked out."
"Very interesting, Oliver. Now Marcus, why would you want to ambush Wood?"
"He is a selfish know-it-all that takes too much pride in himself. He thinks he's going to be on the quidditch team!" He let out a ghostly howl of laughter. Kat's attention was now turned away from the desk, and onto Marcus.
"It maybe that someday he does make the team, so what's it to you?"
"You'll probably the one who will put him on the team, too. He needed a lesson, a lesson in life. He should never, ever get into my path again."
"Mr. Flint, you will be serving Oliver's punishments, I believe you have Snape to talk to about the specific assignments." She slammed her book shut and stood up.
"You may leave now."
Marcus was already halfway out of the door by the time she said this. Oliver got up slowly, and helped Kat to her feet. Kat's coordination was already better. She didn't need as much help as she walked back down the halls to the common room.
Oliver turned to her. "So... yah play quidditch?"
He got up as if she was his drill instructor and responded immediately like a soldier.
"Yes'm?"
"Wood... this whole thing is a mess. I want you and Kat to come with me into my office, we need to sort this out cor…"Oliver interrupted her.
"Have to.... serve Snape' punishment?"
"We will see."
Her long ivy cloak dragged behind her and she clacked her heels down the hall. Oliver looked at Kat, who was having trouble sitting up, but wasn't giving up just yet.
"Need some help there?" his smile was worried, and his eyebrows were slightly up, yet slightly down. Kat looked as if someone had just slapped her in the back of the head. She looked up.
"Yeah... where am I going?" she responded.
His eyes were staring at him, narrowed and apparently squinting at him trying figure out who just talked. She shook her head and put her two hands in back of it. She took in a deep breath and did the unexpected. She did a complete jump out of bed, using only her legs to propel her out of the bed. She landed on her feet. She pulled the bandage off and shook out her hair, which were now sticky thanks to the wrap on her head.
"I never go down unless the bone itself is sticking out, and even then, I'd be shouting from the emergency room, coach put me back in!" She took in a deep breath and blinked.
She forced a small grin. She yawned and fell to her knees. Oliver ran to her side immediately, gripping her arm to help her up.
"Are you okay??"
"That was the most pain I have probably been in in my life. But, like I just said, never go down, never let it get to ya..."
"We need to go to Professor McGonnagal's office now Kat," He paused a second, the continued, "are you going to be all right?"
She put her arm around his shoulder and groaned.
"I just need some walking assistance, and I should be just fine."
Oliver started to slowly walk, and Kat wobbled along. They walked down the hall, reaching the office. Marcus Flint was already in there, cussing under his breath and Wood passed him by. Kat sat down, and Oliver sat in the corner, the farthest possible from Marcus. Professor McGonnagal pulled a stack of papers out of a drawer and took out a quill.
"Flint, Wood, and Miss Aburne. From my official report I received just a short time ago from Snape, he states clearly that Wood attacked both Flint and Miss Aburne. I disagree."
"Professor--!Ó Marcus stood.
Professor McGonnagal smacked a book on her desk.
"ENOUGH from you Marcus! SIT!" She took a breath, then looked to Kat, who was staring, or attempting to, at the professor, but was about three feet off. She stared at a cabinet behind her desk, blankly.
"We will now here the defending side of this argument. Mr. Wood, the stand is in your hands.Ó She raised an eyebrow at him, and he looked down a minute, before taking a breath in.
"I was walking out of your class professor, when I was ambushed by a gang of Slytherins that threw me into a wall, took my stuff, and were pounding me. Marcus had me pinned--"
"HE LIES!" Marcus stood, pointing his pointer finger at Oliver's face.
"Continue, Wood." Marcus sat down.
"Marcus had me pinned down, he had smashed my jaw. I managed to get up, tried to escape, but was thrown back into the ring. Then, I remember Kat coming out of the crows just before he was about to give me another beating, and she stopped him. She helped me up, and tried to get us both away, but then Marcus slammed into me, knocking me straight off my feet, and sending Kat into the wall. That's when she was knocked out."
"Very interesting, Oliver. Now Marcus, why would you want to ambush Wood?"
"He is a selfish know-it-all that takes too much pride in himself. He thinks he's going to be on the quidditch team!" He let out a ghostly howl of laughter. Kat's attention was now turned away from the desk, and onto Marcus.
"It maybe that someday he does make the team, so what's it to you?"
"You'll probably the one who will put him on the team, too. He needed a lesson, a lesson in life. He should never, ever get into my path again."
"Mr. Flint, you will be serving Oliver's punishments, I believe you have Snape to talk to about the specific assignments." She slammed her book shut and stood up.
"You may leave now."
Marcus was already halfway out of the door by the time she said this. Oliver got up slowly, and helped Kat to her feet. Kat's coordination was already better. She didn't need as much help as she walked back down the halls to the common room.
Oliver turned to her. "So... yah play quidditch?"