A/N* Susan Bones parents were NOT killed by Voldemort however her
GRANDPARENTS were. Sorry for not clearing this up sooner
"Flying! Flying! Flying!"
"Oh William! Would you just SHUT UP?" Anna hissed at him.
"Are you in a bad mood because Krisie Poo will be out of residence next week?"
"Shut up and don't call him Krisie Poo! God."
Will looked at Daniel questioningly. "PMS." Daniel said wisely.
"At eleven?"
"Hey, it's either PMS or she's pregnant."
Will shuddered. "Let's go with PMS."
"Yes, let's."
Anna glanced at Elisabeth who rolled her eyes. They looked up as Madame Chang walked outside to where the two classes, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, were lined up.
Her eyes skimmed over the students and she winced as her eyes fell on Elisabeth.
"Welcome to your first flying lesson. I am Madame Chang and you can rest assured that any foolery in this class will not be over looked." She smiled.
"What is it with people at this school and smiling after they give their rebukes?"
"I don't know, they all have kids so I guess it comes naturally."
Madame Chang explained what they were to do and they set off. The rest of the class passed in a blur and the only thing Elisabeth was sure of was that she had plunged almost seventy feet to catch Everett Jordan as he fell from his broom.
Elisabeth returned to the ground with a whimpering Everett and she was immediately surrounded by the entire class. Madame Chang pushed her way through and stood, gaping at Elisabeth.
"My god, that was, that was absolutely amazing." A smile passed over her face. "Come with me, the rest of you, don't touch those brooms if you ever want to see another Quidditch game."
Elisabeth followed Madame Chang across the courtyard and back into the school. She knocked on the door to Defence Agains the Dark Arts. She was surprised when Remus' head poked out the door.
"Ye-ess?"
"Can I borrow Richards for a moment?"
"Which one?"
"The ugly one."
"Ah! Mr Richards! Come here for a moment." He looked back out at Elisabeth and winked at her.
"I didn't know you worked here!"
"I don't, I'm a test subject."
Elisabeth didn't get a chance to find out why, exactly, Remus was a test subject because Richards had just come out the door. Snape was barking at him about waiting till the class was over and Remus was barking at him to let the poor kid go and somehow Richards made his way out.
Madame Chang clapped her hands together. "We've found you a Keeper."
Richards puzzeled look cleared and he grinned.
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"What did Chang want with you?" Will asked as they sat in Charms.
"I'm going to be the Keeper on the Quidditch team."
"You're joking!"
"Nuh-uh, my first practise is tomorrow at seven."
"The nerve of you! Joining the team when you know we can't."
"Don't listen to him." Daniel said, "we're quite proud of you."
"That's easy for you to say, you haven't suffered three major let downs in the past week."
"Three?"
"I wasn't put in Gryffindor, one of my best friends got on the Quidditch team without trying out and I just found out that Honeydukes isn't making blood lollies anymore."
"Eurk. Blood lollies?"
"Yeah, they're actually for vampires but Will tried one in Hogsmeade this one time and he got addicted."
"Ew. Hey, when we went to get Richards from Defence Against the Dark Arts Remus was in there, he said he was a test subject."
"Oh yeah. He's a werewolf."
Elisabeth stared at Daniel but he didn't look up from his notes. "What do you mean?"
"He got bit by a werewolf when he was younger." Daniel paused and blotted his parchment. Elisabeth was about to shake him when he continued. "So now he transforms once a month and Snape has been begging him to come in so he can do a class with him."
"Potter! Longbottom! Less talk more work."
"We're done sir."
"Oh. Well then. Less LOUD talk, more work. I mean less loud, oh just talk quietly okay?"
"Yes sir."
Elisabeth wondered why they called Professor Flitwick sir. He was a tiny old man and comanded as much respect as a candied fig. Maybe that was why they called him sir, he got all surprised and fell over whenever they called him sir. It was very cute.
They walked up to the common room at the end of the day and Elisabeth collapsed, exhausted in a chair. "Congrats my girl!" Vivyann exclaimed, dropping onto the chair next to her.
"Viv and I are on the team too." Derrick explained. "She's a Seeker and I'm a Beater."
"At least you look like a Beater." Will said wearily. He was still testy on the subject of Kris Svenson.
Derrick did look like a Beater, tall, broad and muscular. Slim, petite Vivyann looked like a doll next to him. Elisabeth agreed he had a point.
"Do you reckon we'll actuall win with Svenson on the team?" Daniel asked.
"Svenson is a good player but the rest of the team is pretty poor. If we have a good Keeper, a good Seeker and three good Chasers our team will be solid."
"What about Beaters?"
"I always believe in modesty. Besides, Svensons got a mean arm on him. And their other Beater, Mayson, isn't that bad either."
"What about our team? Who have we got?"
"Let's see, you're the Keeper, Viv's the Seeker the other Beater is Christina Englund, 4th year and the three Chasers are Signey Liljiquist, 4th year, Arthur Mahoney, 6th year and of course, Cage Richards, captain and Chaser."
"Why do they call him the ugly Richards?"
"His twin sister is a Ravenclaw too and the have the same initials so everyone just started calling them the ugly Richards and the cute Richards." He shrugged, "Cage is one helluva lot prettier than Chastity."
Vivyann rolled her eyes. "Derrick went out with Chastity for like, ten minutes, and then she dumped him to go out with some guy from Beauxbatons."
"She dumped me to go out with the Charms teacher from Beauxbatons. I think he's also her grandfather." Derrick said sourly.
"Let's find a neutral topic shall we? I don't want to think about that."
So they talked Quidditch for about an hour until Elisabeth grew drowsy and admitted she really needed some sleep.
They said good night and went to their dormitories when Elisabeth realised she hadn't sent a note to her father. She wrote down the days news and went to find Penny. She hoped it wasn't to late to go to the owlery. She pulled on her Invisibility cloak just in case and slipped out of the common room. She arrived at the owlery without incident and was about to open the door when she heard voices.
"I know he put you up to this Remus. You wouldn't agree to it until precisely the time when she started attending Hogwarts."
"So what? It isn't as though you have anything to hide, is it Severus?"
Elisabeth had already determined that the voices were Remus and Snapes and she had figured out that Snape was probably discussing Remus' agreement to be a case study in his class.
"You know very well I have nothing to hide."
"Then why do you insist on cornering me in dark rooms and interrogating me?"
"If we are on the same side then why do you insist on "keeping an eye on me?"
"Because I have been asked to by a friend. And I feel he has apt reason to be asking me to do such a thing."
"I am sure the headmistress will have something to say about your coniving."
"Actually Minerva gave us her blessing but if you feel the need to embarrass yourself further it's fine by me."
"I stopped trusting you years ago."
Remus sighed dramatically. "Do you ever get tired of sounding like an IDIOT?"
Snape sniffed and Elisabeth had to press herself up against the wall so he didn't strike her when he came bursting out of the owlery, Remus followed moments later.
Thoroughly spooked Elisabeth gave her letter to Penny and scurried back to her room. She had no desire to repeat such a close call.
"Flying! Flying! Flying!"
"Oh William! Would you just SHUT UP?" Anna hissed at him.
"Are you in a bad mood because Krisie Poo will be out of residence next week?"
"Shut up and don't call him Krisie Poo! God."
Will looked at Daniel questioningly. "PMS." Daniel said wisely.
"At eleven?"
"Hey, it's either PMS or she's pregnant."
Will shuddered. "Let's go with PMS."
"Yes, let's."
Anna glanced at Elisabeth who rolled her eyes. They looked up as Madame Chang walked outside to where the two classes, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, were lined up.
Her eyes skimmed over the students and she winced as her eyes fell on Elisabeth.
"Welcome to your first flying lesson. I am Madame Chang and you can rest assured that any foolery in this class will not be over looked." She smiled.
"What is it with people at this school and smiling after they give their rebukes?"
"I don't know, they all have kids so I guess it comes naturally."
Madame Chang explained what they were to do and they set off. The rest of the class passed in a blur and the only thing Elisabeth was sure of was that she had plunged almost seventy feet to catch Everett Jordan as he fell from his broom.
Elisabeth returned to the ground with a whimpering Everett and she was immediately surrounded by the entire class. Madame Chang pushed her way through and stood, gaping at Elisabeth.
"My god, that was, that was absolutely amazing." A smile passed over her face. "Come with me, the rest of you, don't touch those brooms if you ever want to see another Quidditch game."
Elisabeth followed Madame Chang across the courtyard and back into the school. She knocked on the door to Defence Agains the Dark Arts. She was surprised when Remus' head poked out the door.
"Ye-ess?"
"Can I borrow Richards for a moment?"
"Which one?"
"The ugly one."
"Ah! Mr Richards! Come here for a moment." He looked back out at Elisabeth and winked at her.
"I didn't know you worked here!"
"I don't, I'm a test subject."
Elisabeth didn't get a chance to find out why, exactly, Remus was a test subject because Richards had just come out the door. Snape was barking at him about waiting till the class was over and Remus was barking at him to let the poor kid go and somehow Richards made his way out.
Madame Chang clapped her hands together. "We've found you a Keeper."
Richards puzzeled look cleared and he grinned.
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"What did Chang want with you?" Will asked as they sat in Charms.
"I'm going to be the Keeper on the Quidditch team."
"You're joking!"
"Nuh-uh, my first practise is tomorrow at seven."
"The nerve of you! Joining the team when you know we can't."
"Don't listen to him." Daniel said, "we're quite proud of you."
"That's easy for you to say, you haven't suffered three major let downs in the past week."
"Three?"
"I wasn't put in Gryffindor, one of my best friends got on the Quidditch team without trying out and I just found out that Honeydukes isn't making blood lollies anymore."
"Eurk. Blood lollies?"
"Yeah, they're actually for vampires but Will tried one in Hogsmeade this one time and he got addicted."
"Ew. Hey, when we went to get Richards from Defence Against the Dark Arts Remus was in there, he said he was a test subject."
"Oh yeah. He's a werewolf."
Elisabeth stared at Daniel but he didn't look up from his notes. "What do you mean?"
"He got bit by a werewolf when he was younger." Daniel paused and blotted his parchment. Elisabeth was about to shake him when he continued. "So now he transforms once a month and Snape has been begging him to come in so he can do a class with him."
"Potter! Longbottom! Less talk more work."
"We're done sir."
"Oh. Well then. Less LOUD talk, more work. I mean less loud, oh just talk quietly okay?"
"Yes sir."
Elisabeth wondered why they called Professor Flitwick sir. He was a tiny old man and comanded as much respect as a candied fig. Maybe that was why they called him sir, he got all surprised and fell over whenever they called him sir. It was very cute.
They walked up to the common room at the end of the day and Elisabeth collapsed, exhausted in a chair. "Congrats my girl!" Vivyann exclaimed, dropping onto the chair next to her.
"Viv and I are on the team too." Derrick explained. "She's a Seeker and I'm a Beater."
"At least you look like a Beater." Will said wearily. He was still testy on the subject of Kris Svenson.
Derrick did look like a Beater, tall, broad and muscular. Slim, petite Vivyann looked like a doll next to him. Elisabeth agreed he had a point.
"Do you reckon we'll actuall win with Svenson on the team?" Daniel asked.
"Svenson is a good player but the rest of the team is pretty poor. If we have a good Keeper, a good Seeker and three good Chasers our team will be solid."
"What about Beaters?"
"I always believe in modesty. Besides, Svensons got a mean arm on him. And their other Beater, Mayson, isn't that bad either."
"What about our team? Who have we got?"
"Let's see, you're the Keeper, Viv's the Seeker the other Beater is Christina Englund, 4th year and the three Chasers are Signey Liljiquist, 4th year, Arthur Mahoney, 6th year and of course, Cage Richards, captain and Chaser."
"Why do they call him the ugly Richards?"
"His twin sister is a Ravenclaw too and the have the same initials so everyone just started calling them the ugly Richards and the cute Richards." He shrugged, "Cage is one helluva lot prettier than Chastity."
Vivyann rolled her eyes. "Derrick went out with Chastity for like, ten minutes, and then she dumped him to go out with some guy from Beauxbatons."
"She dumped me to go out with the Charms teacher from Beauxbatons. I think he's also her grandfather." Derrick said sourly.
"Let's find a neutral topic shall we? I don't want to think about that."
So they talked Quidditch for about an hour until Elisabeth grew drowsy and admitted she really needed some sleep.
They said good night and went to their dormitories when Elisabeth realised she hadn't sent a note to her father. She wrote down the days news and went to find Penny. She hoped it wasn't to late to go to the owlery. She pulled on her Invisibility cloak just in case and slipped out of the common room. She arrived at the owlery without incident and was about to open the door when she heard voices.
"I know he put you up to this Remus. You wouldn't agree to it until precisely the time when she started attending Hogwarts."
"So what? It isn't as though you have anything to hide, is it Severus?"
Elisabeth had already determined that the voices were Remus and Snapes and she had figured out that Snape was probably discussing Remus' agreement to be a case study in his class.
"You know very well I have nothing to hide."
"Then why do you insist on cornering me in dark rooms and interrogating me?"
"If we are on the same side then why do you insist on "keeping an eye on me?"
"Because I have been asked to by a friend. And I feel he has apt reason to be asking me to do such a thing."
"I am sure the headmistress will have something to say about your coniving."
"Actually Minerva gave us her blessing but if you feel the need to embarrass yourself further it's fine by me."
"I stopped trusting you years ago."
Remus sighed dramatically. "Do you ever get tired of sounding like an IDIOT?"
Snape sniffed and Elisabeth had to press herself up against the wall so he didn't strike her when he came bursting out of the owlery, Remus followed moments later.
Thoroughly spooked Elisabeth gave her letter to Penny and scurried back to her room. She had no desire to repeat such a close call.