DISCLAIMER: A genie came and granted me three wishes. After bigger boobs
and world peace, I wished to own the Harry Potter franchise. So, now I
do... If you believe that, seek professional help.
Authors note: This is where a lot of Jennifer's past comes into play, this chapter is very important to the story and sets up a lot of things, and don't be so quick to judge. Oh yeah, this is my longest chapter yet, so yippee for me.
Dare To Dream
Sunlight poured though the curtains as the sound of a buzzing alarm clock went off. The sweet scent of vanilla filled the room as I slowly started to awake from my slumber.
"Ahh," I yawned as I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock it was 6:48, you'd never guess that I'm a huge Quidditch fan by looking at me, you'd see the girlish girl that's ever walked the face of the earth, but looks are deceiving.
I'd be one of the first people to lose their temper over nothing, I've gotten better at controlling it now though, but that's beside the point.
I slowly wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up in bed. It wasn't the satin sheets or any other sheets I was used to but it was comfortable all the same. I stretched my arms and looked out the window, it was a beautiful morning, it was clear blue, not a cloud in sight, the air felt warm, and a hot shower was soon to come.
Pulling off the sheets and getting out of bed I walked into the bathroom, it seemed all of my toiletries had been unpacked and put in the Lou, I glanced in the mirror, it wasn't a pretty sight, I knew better then to wear make up to bed, the eyeliner didn't look bad actually, that was if you were going for the smoky eye look, but the running mascara was a horrid sight to be seen. Picking up the baby oil container and a cotton ball and gently rubbed away at the stuff.
After stripping down I stepped into the shower and turn the water on, it was nice and hot, just the way I like. Shower always clamed me down but today was the complete opposite, as I washed away the sweat and all else the memories of my past replayed in my mind.
***Flash Back***
"what do you think your doing?, you will not refuse the mark, tonight you will finally be part of something great, and I will not have you ruin it because you say it's not right, you should be honoured that our lord himself will give you the mark, there are a treasured few women that receive the mark, but from him, now that is an honour. You will get the mark, and you will be honoured, even if I must place you under the Imperia curse, just to control you." My mother's words echoed though my head,
"Mother, it's my choice to choose whether or not I follow him, and I do not wish to," my own voice said.
"You will do as I say!" she screamed
"Crucio" she said
The image of my body twitching uncontrollably was in my mind.
"Now will you follow?" she asked tauntingly,
I glared at her, my eyes so full of hate "yes" I said though clenched teeth.
***Flash Back Done***
I don't know how I would have survived with out Draco over the summer, god know the month without him was hell, even my own mother hated the fact that we broke up, I later found out that she had an arranged married proposal on the side.
She was called off by her "boss" to Canada and I was forced to go with her, but I was sent back, "he" wanted me to go to Hogwarts, to play apart in his plan, of course my mother sent me back to my father at once and never did it cross my mind that I would be put in Gryffindor house, my mother was sure I'd be in Slytherin like her, at least when she was at Hogwarts ands that's what I thought too. It surprised me to know that my father was a Gryffindor, that's probably where I get from. Who would have thought the daughter of a death eater, and unwillingly one herself to be a Gryffindor?
The water was starting to get cold; I took this as a sigh and rinsed my hair of the conditioner, and stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my self. I wrapped another around my head, and walked back into my room. I nosily searched for my wand only to find that it was on the cabinet beside the bed. "What am I blind?" I asked my self aloud. I grabbed the plaid skirt and shortened it slightly, with magic of course, and the grey sweater, and the red and gold tie. I walked back into the bathroom; the mirror was covered with a thing coat of water vapour, muttering a quick drying spell on my body, hair and mirror. I quickly got changed and started to apply make up. I coat of clear lip gloss and light blue eyeshade, with black eyeliner, and to top it off, waterproof black mascara. I brushed out my long platinum blonde hair and muttered a spell that would keep it looking flawless all day. I've always been into the sleek and sexy look.
Glancing at the clock I noticed that it was 7:45, grabbing my cloak and book bag (with books already inside), I looked around one last time to see if I was forgetting anything. *your sanity* I thought, I've never been a morning person but a helpful spell I learned over the summer, well rather my father used to get me up was just the thing I used to make I was never late. "Awe. my wand would be helpful," I said aloud as I picked it up off my bed as I walked out of my room.
Ron's Pov (sorry it's short but it's not very important)
I was being bombarded once again to wake up, I wanted to go back to sleep, but no Harry persisted on my waking up "Ron, get your Arse up, you don't want to miss breakfast, and they'll be food there" Harry said. Usually at the mention of food I'd be up but not today. "Come on Ron, Jennifer will be there, remember you're supposed to sit beside her" he said. That did it, I'd have to get up now, I was feeling really confident this year, I finally got robes that fit properly, but from the strangest people, Fred and George, they said that they felt sorry for me and spent some of there "joke" money on me. I didn't care though; I was going to be eating with the prettiest fifth year in the school.
I got up and quickly shower, I ran around finding all my school things and getting dressed, I grabbed my wand and ran out the door and to the dinning hall and sat down, Jennifer wasn't there yet.
Breakfast
I walked into the dinning hall, I could feel hundred's of eyes on me, weather it be because of the whole gryfinllin thing or because of my stunning beauty I didn't know. I chuckled at the stunning beauty part, and walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down beside Ron. He couldn't be that bad, after all he just seemed to be nervous, it didn't matter, I'd find out soon enough.
"Hi" I said as cheerfully as one can when they're not a morning person. Ron, Hermione, and Harry looked up "hi" they all said in unison, "so what's for breakfast?" I asked, "Well, there are croissants, toast, cereal, fruit, tea, milk, juice and coffee." Ron said not even looking at the table. "Oh, ok, well could you pass me a croissant, the tea, and a pear?" "Sure" he said dully, *maybe he's not a morning person either*
It's funny because people say Gryffindor are at there best in the morning, oh well.
He passed me everything I asked for and smiled. "So," he said "Yes?" I asked slightly annoyed, at that moment before he could even say a word hundreds of owls came fluttering into the room, being relatively surprised I looked up just in time to catch rose, I started blushing like mad the owl that had delivered it had flown off, "who's that from?" lavender whispered to me, she was sitting on my other side. "I don't know," I said truthfully, I then noticed that my own owl Nicole was waiting at my side, "oh hi Nicole" I said scratching behind her ears, she dropped two letters and i gave her a piece of my croissant and she flew off. "It's from my Father" I said knowing it was on everyone's mind, "the letter that is"
I would open it later, the other letter was my time table, "let's see, Divination. Icky, with Hufflepuff, Dada with Slytherin, history of magic with Ravenclaw, boring, charms with them as well, herbology with Hufflepuff, dada with Slytherin, same with potions, Ravenclaw for care of magical creatures and Hufflepuff for transfiguration" I read aloud,
"I hate Divination. I don't even know why I take, it's a load of bull" I said. "You're kidding me right? all the other girls love it." Said Ron "Yeah, and they hate Quidditch," added Harry "Who in there right mind would hate Quidditch, it's the best sport of all time!" I said enthusiastically, The look on there faces, it was like they'd never seen a female Quidditch fan.
"Come on you guys, were going to be late for transfiguration, and you know McGonagall will take points off" Hermione said
"Isn't she the head of Gryffindor?" I asked
"Yes," she said with a quizzical look on her face
"So she'll take points off her own house, interesting"
"It's honestly, now come on!" she said impatiently.
I slowly stood up and followed her through hall after hall. We finally went though a door and I sat down beside Hermione, and noticed that Ron and Harry sat together. Slowly other Gryffindor and hufflepuffs piled into the room, I had opened my books on the desk and had written the date and the words transfiguration notes at the top. I noticed Hermione was the only other person that had done the same.
The same lady that had showed me the Gryffindor common room walked in the room. Her hair in the same bun as it had been in the day before, "welcome back students, for those of you who d not know me or have forgotten my name," she looked at Neville as she said this "it is Professor McGonagall." She continued
The class went very slowly and when the bell finally rang even Hermione was complaining that the lesson was absolutely boring. We walked out of the castle down to the grounds keepers hut. "Why are we at the groundskeeper's home? IS he filling in for the teacher?" I asked Harry stared at me "No," he said obviously offended "he teaches the class", "oh well sorry" I said sarcastically, "I didn't know, god, it's not like every care of magical creatures class I've had has been taught by the groundskeeper." I said showing obvious signs of irritation
"No worries, you didn't, Hagrid's our friend that all" Ron said. I smiled at him, "ok, sorry about that Harry," I said sweetly.
The thought of having a groundskeeper as a teacher wasn't all that appealing but not being a biased person I decided that at least there wouldn't be anything dangerous. Boy was I wrong, the first thing he said was "ok class you'll be needin' to put on your dragon hide gloves, these lil' critters are a bit feisty"
"Why must you persist with your so-called harmless animals," said a Ravenclaw boy The teacher didn't answer but continued to teacher the lesion. I didn't pay attention and had one of the geofits pull some of my hair out. Everyone laughed at me, even I laughed a little, but it did hurt.
Hermione, Harry, Ron, and myself all went to the dinning hall after the lesson and had some lunch. And then Double Potions,
We were walking to potions, of I was excited, I loved potions, after dark arts it was my favourite subject. "Why are you so happy, it's only potions," Ron asked "You're kidding me right? Potions is one of my fav subjects, isn't it one of yours?" apparently that was the wrong thing to say because nobody said anything the rest of the trip to the dungeon. We waited quietly in front of the door. "I can't believe that potions is "one" of your fav subjects, even Hermione hates it." Said Harry breaking the silence
"I don't "hate" potions I just dislike the teacher" she said
Then I saw Draco and his gang making his way towards us, Pansy walked up to me beside him along with the rest of the Slytherin people. "Hello Jennifer," he said he said, pansy threw me a fake smile, we had met over the summer.
"Hey," I said smiling, just then Professor Snape walked by us and into the dungeon, a faint hint of wood smoke and mint reached my nose, and I smiled slightly and walked in the classroom. Hermione Sat beside me once again, it seemed to become a habit with her,
"well be brewing the Sassafire potion, it includes Sassafras, kings foil, Mint, Mandrake root and stem, as well as others, turn to page 23 in your textbooks and copy out the instructions and then follow them. You will test your potion at the end of the lesson, so take care" and with that he went to his desk and began to make his own potion.
About three quarters thought the lesion my potion was simmering nicely with a golden hue to it. I raised my hand lazily and waited
After 10 minutes and no acknowledgment from the professor, I had had enough, "hello, did you not see me hand?" I asked, everyone's eyes were on me, including the professor "ten points from Gryffindor for disturbing the class, and yes I did, if you haven't noticed I'm quite busy" he said icily,
"Well I've been don my potion for a while now so I'd like to know what to do next" I asked
"That's impossible; a sixth year could possibly brew the Sassafire potion in that little time, you must have forgotten something." He said as he dismissed the statement
"No, that's impossible, I've never had any problems with any off my potions, and why does it matter if I'm a sixth or first year?" I said with obviously anger in my voice
"Another 10 points from Gryffindor for such outrageous false claims and questioning me."
By now anyone that wasn't paying attention was now, I mean who couldn't pay attention to a heated argument between a Gryffindor and Professor Snape.
"I'm not making any false claims, you want proof then come and test it, or maybe I should," I said
"Well this should be interesting, go ahead and test your "perfect" potion," he said smugly
I poured the golden potion into a cup, and brought it to my lips, "bottoms up" and with that I swallowed , almost immediately I felt the effects of the potions working, professor Snape had stood up, and was carrying a tiny sized vial, the antidote. "What do you feel" he asked with all seriousness "well m-my head feels like it's about to explode from this head, and I'm absolutely sure I have a fever. I knew I looked terrible, the Sassafire potion made you sweat a lot, induced a killer headache and fever. It was mainly used for slowing down your enemies, "I believe you are telling the truth, here drink this." He said as he handed me the vial and turn around and went back to his seat.
But before sitting down he said "5 points to Miss Destineè for her potions skills and the fact that she completed a successful potion in record time." Everyone in that room stared at me, it made me horribly uncomfortable. The rest of the class was uneventful, except when Neville tested his potion, and had hid head and hair turn red.
Dinner
I walked into the dinning hall after putting my book bag away, once again I heard all sorts of whispers, ranging from what I did in potions to the fact that I was a the last living heir to a huge sum of money. It was ridiculous how rumours start and spread, but I didn't mind, after all they were just rumours, as I was saying I walked in the dinning hall, being late was bad enough but having everyone watching you was worst. I sat down beside lavender and Hermione and we started talk, rather I started talking about how the stupid geofits had pulled my hair and how much it hurt,
"Nasty little buggers they are," added Neville
"They are, aren't they, and here I am expecting some harmless thing because no offence but he's only a groundskeeper, but no. I don't mean any disrespect and all but there aren't many keepers turned teacher if you know what I mean" I said
"I guess your right, but Hagrid's nice, even if he does like having dangerous creatures" said Harry,
I smiled smugly, I looked into his eyes, they were absolutely stunning, their emerald color wasn't common, and it was just so beautiful, you could get lost in them.
I quickly snapped back into reality as Ron said "so Jennifer, after supper you want to go for a walk on the grounds? Curfew isn't till 10:00 so we wouldn't get in trouble." He really was sweet, in a goofy kind of way. "I'd love to" I said. The remainder of supper was only with me picking at my food and meeting the other Weasley child. The girl, Ginny was nice, she had an attitude, but so do I, we clicked, you know as friends if was nice, she knew all about make, like lavender, but unlike her she had a good head on her shoulders.
"So have you figured out who sent you the rose yet?" Lavender asked
"Um, no not really, I haven't really thought about it since breakfast." Ha, there was a lie that was all she could think about when she wasn't concentrating in class. "Well, I think it's from Casey Dodger, the seventh year Gryffindor, he keeps looking over here, it's kind of freaky you know" she said.
"Maybe" I said as I shrugged it off, "Jennifer you ready to go?" Ron asked
"Yeah, I think I am" I said as I stood up, "ok let's go for that walk now" "ok"
I followed him walk on his left side, i could hear the clicking sound that high heeled shoes have coming from my feet, once again the stares, *I really should stop encouraging it* I thought. We silently walked from the dinning hall to the outer part of the castle, it was a relatively warm night and you could smell the damp grass. Ron led the way to the Quidditch pitch,
"Mmm. it's beautiful out here," I said inhaling the crisp air. "It is isn't it, i still can't believe that you did that in potions, not even Hermione has ever corrected Snape, man," he said.
"Well you better believe, I refuse to be told I'm wrong or that I've messed up in potions, the thought of that is to scary to even think about" I said
"So I'm guessing that potions is your best subject?"
"You have to understand, not all schools teach all subjects, yes the basic one but the extras like Divination or the dark arts, so yeah I guess it is ONE of my best subjects"
"Ok, so Jennifer I was wondering, you know, um." he said
"Oh just spit it out"
"Ok, IWasWonderingIfYouHaveABoyfriendAndIfNotIfICouldBeYours" said all in one breath
"Sure,"
"Really?"
"Yes, really"
I glanced down at my watch, 9:00, "Ron, I got to get going, I need to get to the library," I said as I stood up. And started to walk away. "wait" he said as he ran up to catch up to me, he leaned over to me, and passionately kissed me, his tongue slipping though my lips, being in temporary shock didn't help but I started to kiss him back. His embrace was warm, I slowly pulled away and looked at him, my lip gloss all over his mouth, and I used my finger and wiped it off "I don't think my lip gloss looks good on you" and with that I made my way to the library leaving him standing there like an idiot.
In the Library.
As soon as I walked into the library I walked into someone, out of anyone in the entire school it had to be Draco Malfoy
"I saw you leave with Weasley, not that it's any of my business" he said
"Your right it's not your business, but what's wrong?" I said noticing the look on his face
"Nothings wrong, but you could do so much better" he said
"You're jealous aren't you" I said
"Jealous of a Weasley, I know not"
"Well here's something to tell you, it's a dare," and with that I walked right past him and up to the librarian.
Back to bed
I walked into my room, I couldn't believe that Draco was jealous, I'd never gotten mad at him for flirting with loads of other girls even when we were going out, I'll never understand him. I changed into my panamas and slid under the covers, I was tired, alone, and had Divination the next day; my last thoughts before slumber were of his beautiful green eyes...
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So what do you think? Please Read and Review, Oh and Happy Christmas everyone
Soon To Come: The Announcement that will change everything, more rumours about Jennifer, professor Trelawney being buried in book, and more
Authors note: This is where a lot of Jennifer's past comes into play, this chapter is very important to the story and sets up a lot of things, and don't be so quick to judge. Oh yeah, this is my longest chapter yet, so yippee for me.
Dare To Dream
Sunlight poured though the curtains as the sound of a buzzing alarm clock went off. The sweet scent of vanilla filled the room as I slowly started to awake from my slumber.
"Ahh," I yawned as I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock it was 6:48, you'd never guess that I'm a huge Quidditch fan by looking at me, you'd see the girlish girl that's ever walked the face of the earth, but looks are deceiving.
I'd be one of the first people to lose their temper over nothing, I've gotten better at controlling it now though, but that's beside the point.
I slowly wiped the sleep from my eyes and sat up in bed. It wasn't the satin sheets or any other sheets I was used to but it was comfortable all the same. I stretched my arms and looked out the window, it was a beautiful morning, it was clear blue, not a cloud in sight, the air felt warm, and a hot shower was soon to come.
Pulling off the sheets and getting out of bed I walked into the bathroom, it seemed all of my toiletries had been unpacked and put in the Lou, I glanced in the mirror, it wasn't a pretty sight, I knew better then to wear make up to bed, the eyeliner didn't look bad actually, that was if you were going for the smoky eye look, but the running mascara was a horrid sight to be seen. Picking up the baby oil container and a cotton ball and gently rubbed away at the stuff.
After stripping down I stepped into the shower and turn the water on, it was nice and hot, just the way I like. Shower always clamed me down but today was the complete opposite, as I washed away the sweat and all else the memories of my past replayed in my mind.
***Flash Back***
"what do you think your doing?, you will not refuse the mark, tonight you will finally be part of something great, and I will not have you ruin it because you say it's not right, you should be honoured that our lord himself will give you the mark, there are a treasured few women that receive the mark, but from him, now that is an honour. You will get the mark, and you will be honoured, even if I must place you under the Imperia curse, just to control you." My mother's words echoed though my head,
"Mother, it's my choice to choose whether or not I follow him, and I do not wish to," my own voice said.
"You will do as I say!" she screamed
"Crucio" she said
The image of my body twitching uncontrollably was in my mind.
"Now will you follow?" she asked tauntingly,
I glared at her, my eyes so full of hate "yes" I said though clenched teeth.
***Flash Back Done***
I don't know how I would have survived with out Draco over the summer, god know the month without him was hell, even my own mother hated the fact that we broke up, I later found out that she had an arranged married proposal on the side.
She was called off by her "boss" to Canada and I was forced to go with her, but I was sent back, "he" wanted me to go to Hogwarts, to play apart in his plan, of course my mother sent me back to my father at once and never did it cross my mind that I would be put in Gryffindor house, my mother was sure I'd be in Slytherin like her, at least when she was at Hogwarts ands that's what I thought too. It surprised me to know that my father was a Gryffindor, that's probably where I get from. Who would have thought the daughter of a death eater, and unwillingly one herself to be a Gryffindor?
The water was starting to get cold; I took this as a sigh and rinsed my hair of the conditioner, and stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around my self. I wrapped another around my head, and walked back into my room. I nosily searched for my wand only to find that it was on the cabinet beside the bed. "What am I blind?" I asked my self aloud. I grabbed the plaid skirt and shortened it slightly, with magic of course, and the grey sweater, and the red and gold tie. I walked back into the bathroom; the mirror was covered with a thing coat of water vapour, muttering a quick drying spell on my body, hair and mirror. I quickly got changed and started to apply make up. I coat of clear lip gloss and light blue eyeshade, with black eyeliner, and to top it off, waterproof black mascara. I brushed out my long platinum blonde hair and muttered a spell that would keep it looking flawless all day. I've always been into the sleek and sexy look.
Glancing at the clock I noticed that it was 7:45, grabbing my cloak and book bag (with books already inside), I looked around one last time to see if I was forgetting anything. *your sanity* I thought, I've never been a morning person but a helpful spell I learned over the summer, well rather my father used to get me up was just the thing I used to make I was never late. "Awe. my wand would be helpful," I said aloud as I picked it up off my bed as I walked out of my room.
Ron's Pov (sorry it's short but it's not very important)
I was being bombarded once again to wake up, I wanted to go back to sleep, but no Harry persisted on my waking up "Ron, get your Arse up, you don't want to miss breakfast, and they'll be food there" Harry said. Usually at the mention of food I'd be up but not today. "Come on Ron, Jennifer will be there, remember you're supposed to sit beside her" he said. That did it, I'd have to get up now, I was feeling really confident this year, I finally got robes that fit properly, but from the strangest people, Fred and George, they said that they felt sorry for me and spent some of there "joke" money on me. I didn't care though; I was going to be eating with the prettiest fifth year in the school.
I got up and quickly shower, I ran around finding all my school things and getting dressed, I grabbed my wand and ran out the door and to the dinning hall and sat down, Jennifer wasn't there yet.
Breakfast
I walked into the dinning hall, I could feel hundred's of eyes on me, weather it be because of the whole gryfinllin thing or because of my stunning beauty I didn't know. I chuckled at the stunning beauty part, and walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down beside Ron. He couldn't be that bad, after all he just seemed to be nervous, it didn't matter, I'd find out soon enough.
"Hi" I said as cheerfully as one can when they're not a morning person. Ron, Hermione, and Harry looked up "hi" they all said in unison, "so what's for breakfast?" I asked, "Well, there are croissants, toast, cereal, fruit, tea, milk, juice and coffee." Ron said not even looking at the table. "Oh, ok, well could you pass me a croissant, the tea, and a pear?" "Sure" he said dully, *maybe he's not a morning person either*
It's funny because people say Gryffindor are at there best in the morning, oh well.
He passed me everything I asked for and smiled. "So," he said "Yes?" I asked slightly annoyed, at that moment before he could even say a word hundreds of owls came fluttering into the room, being relatively surprised I looked up just in time to catch rose, I started blushing like mad the owl that had delivered it had flown off, "who's that from?" lavender whispered to me, she was sitting on my other side. "I don't know," I said truthfully, I then noticed that my own owl Nicole was waiting at my side, "oh hi Nicole" I said scratching behind her ears, she dropped two letters and i gave her a piece of my croissant and she flew off. "It's from my Father" I said knowing it was on everyone's mind, "the letter that is"
I would open it later, the other letter was my time table, "let's see, Divination. Icky, with Hufflepuff, Dada with Slytherin, history of magic with Ravenclaw, boring, charms with them as well, herbology with Hufflepuff, dada with Slytherin, same with potions, Ravenclaw for care of magical creatures and Hufflepuff for transfiguration" I read aloud,
"I hate Divination. I don't even know why I take, it's a load of bull" I said. "You're kidding me right? all the other girls love it." Said Ron "Yeah, and they hate Quidditch," added Harry "Who in there right mind would hate Quidditch, it's the best sport of all time!" I said enthusiastically, The look on there faces, it was like they'd never seen a female Quidditch fan.
"Come on you guys, were going to be late for transfiguration, and you know McGonagall will take points off" Hermione said
"Isn't she the head of Gryffindor?" I asked
"Yes," she said with a quizzical look on her face
"So she'll take points off her own house, interesting"
"It's honestly, now come on!" she said impatiently.
I slowly stood up and followed her through hall after hall. We finally went though a door and I sat down beside Hermione, and noticed that Ron and Harry sat together. Slowly other Gryffindor and hufflepuffs piled into the room, I had opened my books on the desk and had written the date and the words transfiguration notes at the top. I noticed Hermione was the only other person that had done the same.
The same lady that had showed me the Gryffindor common room walked in the room. Her hair in the same bun as it had been in the day before, "welcome back students, for those of you who d not know me or have forgotten my name," she looked at Neville as she said this "it is Professor McGonagall." She continued
The class went very slowly and when the bell finally rang even Hermione was complaining that the lesson was absolutely boring. We walked out of the castle down to the grounds keepers hut. "Why are we at the groundskeeper's home? IS he filling in for the teacher?" I asked Harry stared at me "No," he said obviously offended "he teaches the class", "oh well sorry" I said sarcastically, "I didn't know, god, it's not like every care of magical creatures class I've had has been taught by the groundskeeper." I said showing obvious signs of irritation
"No worries, you didn't, Hagrid's our friend that all" Ron said. I smiled at him, "ok, sorry about that Harry," I said sweetly.
The thought of having a groundskeeper as a teacher wasn't all that appealing but not being a biased person I decided that at least there wouldn't be anything dangerous. Boy was I wrong, the first thing he said was "ok class you'll be needin' to put on your dragon hide gloves, these lil' critters are a bit feisty"
"Why must you persist with your so-called harmless animals," said a Ravenclaw boy The teacher didn't answer but continued to teacher the lesion. I didn't pay attention and had one of the geofits pull some of my hair out. Everyone laughed at me, even I laughed a little, but it did hurt.
Hermione, Harry, Ron, and myself all went to the dinning hall after the lesson and had some lunch. And then Double Potions,
We were walking to potions, of I was excited, I loved potions, after dark arts it was my favourite subject. "Why are you so happy, it's only potions," Ron asked "You're kidding me right? Potions is one of my fav subjects, isn't it one of yours?" apparently that was the wrong thing to say because nobody said anything the rest of the trip to the dungeon. We waited quietly in front of the door. "I can't believe that potions is "one" of your fav subjects, even Hermione hates it." Said Harry breaking the silence
"I don't "hate" potions I just dislike the teacher" she said
Then I saw Draco and his gang making his way towards us, Pansy walked up to me beside him along with the rest of the Slytherin people. "Hello Jennifer," he said he said, pansy threw me a fake smile, we had met over the summer.
"Hey," I said smiling, just then Professor Snape walked by us and into the dungeon, a faint hint of wood smoke and mint reached my nose, and I smiled slightly and walked in the classroom. Hermione Sat beside me once again, it seemed to become a habit with her,
"well be brewing the Sassafire potion, it includes Sassafras, kings foil, Mint, Mandrake root and stem, as well as others, turn to page 23 in your textbooks and copy out the instructions and then follow them. You will test your potion at the end of the lesson, so take care" and with that he went to his desk and began to make his own potion.
About three quarters thought the lesion my potion was simmering nicely with a golden hue to it. I raised my hand lazily and waited
After 10 minutes and no acknowledgment from the professor, I had had enough, "hello, did you not see me hand?" I asked, everyone's eyes were on me, including the professor "ten points from Gryffindor for disturbing the class, and yes I did, if you haven't noticed I'm quite busy" he said icily,
"Well I've been don my potion for a while now so I'd like to know what to do next" I asked
"That's impossible; a sixth year could possibly brew the Sassafire potion in that little time, you must have forgotten something." He said as he dismissed the statement
"No, that's impossible, I've never had any problems with any off my potions, and why does it matter if I'm a sixth or first year?" I said with obviously anger in my voice
"Another 10 points from Gryffindor for such outrageous false claims and questioning me."
By now anyone that wasn't paying attention was now, I mean who couldn't pay attention to a heated argument between a Gryffindor and Professor Snape.
"I'm not making any false claims, you want proof then come and test it, or maybe I should," I said
"Well this should be interesting, go ahead and test your "perfect" potion," he said smugly
I poured the golden potion into a cup, and brought it to my lips, "bottoms up" and with that I swallowed , almost immediately I felt the effects of the potions working, professor Snape had stood up, and was carrying a tiny sized vial, the antidote. "What do you feel" he asked with all seriousness "well m-my head feels like it's about to explode from this head, and I'm absolutely sure I have a fever. I knew I looked terrible, the Sassafire potion made you sweat a lot, induced a killer headache and fever. It was mainly used for slowing down your enemies, "I believe you are telling the truth, here drink this." He said as he handed me the vial and turn around and went back to his seat.
But before sitting down he said "5 points to Miss Destineè for her potions skills and the fact that she completed a successful potion in record time." Everyone in that room stared at me, it made me horribly uncomfortable. The rest of the class was uneventful, except when Neville tested his potion, and had hid head and hair turn red.
Dinner
I walked into the dinning hall after putting my book bag away, once again I heard all sorts of whispers, ranging from what I did in potions to the fact that I was a the last living heir to a huge sum of money. It was ridiculous how rumours start and spread, but I didn't mind, after all they were just rumours, as I was saying I walked in the dinning hall, being late was bad enough but having everyone watching you was worst. I sat down beside lavender and Hermione and we started talk, rather I started talking about how the stupid geofits had pulled my hair and how much it hurt,
"Nasty little buggers they are," added Neville
"They are, aren't they, and here I am expecting some harmless thing because no offence but he's only a groundskeeper, but no. I don't mean any disrespect and all but there aren't many keepers turned teacher if you know what I mean" I said
"I guess your right, but Hagrid's nice, even if he does like having dangerous creatures" said Harry,
I smiled smugly, I looked into his eyes, they were absolutely stunning, their emerald color wasn't common, and it was just so beautiful, you could get lost in them.
I quickly snapped back into reality as Ron said "so Jennifer, after supper you want to go for a walk on the grounds? Curfew isn't till 10:00 so we wouldn't get in trouble." He really was sweet, in a goofy kind of way. "I'd love to" I said. The remainder of supper was only with me picking at my food and meeting the other Weasley child. The girl, Ginny was nice, she had an attitude, but so do I, we clicked, you know as friends if was nice, she knew all about make, like lavender, but unlike her she had a good head on her shoulders.
"So have you figured out who sent you the rose yet?" Lavender asked
"Um, no not really, I haven't really thought about it since breakfast." Ha, there was a lie that was all she could think about when she wasn't concentrating in class. "Well, I think it's from Casey Dodger, the seventh year Gryffindor, he keeps looking over here, it's kind of freaky you know" she said.
"Maybe" I said as I shrugged it off, "Jennifer you ready to go?" Ron asked
"Yeah, I think I am" I said as I stood up, "ok let's go for that walk now" "ok"
I followed him walk on his left side, i could hear the clicking sound that high heeled shoes have coming from my feet, once again the stares, *I really should stop encouraging it* I thought. We silently walked from the dinning hall to the outer part of the castle, it was a relatively warm night and you could smell the damp grass. Ron led the way to the Quidditch pitch,
"Mmm. it's beautiful out here," I said inhaling the crisp air. "It is isn't it, i still can't believe that you did that in potions, not even Hermione has ever corrected Snape, man," he said.
"Well you better believe, I refuse to be told I'm wrong or that I've messed up in potions, the thought of that is to scary to even think about" I said
"So I'm guessing that potions is your best subject?"
"You have to understand, not all schools teach all subjects, yes the basic one but the extras like Divination or the dark arts, so yeah I guess it is ONE of my best subjects"
"Ok, so Jennifer I was wondering, you know, um." he said
"Oh just spit it out"
"Ok, IWasWonderingIfYouHaveABoyfriendAndIfNotIfICouldBeYours" said all in one breath
"Sure,"
"Really?"
"Yes, really"
I glanced down at my watch, 9:00, "Ron, I got to get going, I need to get to the library," I said as I stood up. And started to walk away. "wait" he said as he ran up to catch up to me, he leaned over to me, and passionately kissed me, his tongue slipping though my lips, being in temporary shock didn't help but I started to kiss him back. His embrace was warm, I slowly pulled away and looked at him, my lip gloss all over his mouth, and I used my finger and wiped it off "I don't think my lip gloss looks good on you" and with that I made my way to the library leaving him standing there like an idiot.
In the Library.
As soon as I walked into the library I walked into someone, out of anyone in the entire school it had to be Draco Malfoy
"I saw you leave with Weasley, not that it's any of my business" he said
"Your right it's not your business, but what's wrong?" I said noticing the look on his face
"Nothings wrong, but you could do so much better" he said
"You're jealous aren't you" I said
"Jealous of a Weasley, I know not"
"Well here's something to tell you, it's a dare," and with that I walked right past him and up to the librarian.
Back to bed
I walked into my room, I couldn't believe that Draco was jealous, I'd never gotten mad at him for flirting with loads of other girls even when we were going out, I'll never understand him. I changed into my panamas and slid under the covers, I was tired, alone, and had Divination the next day; my last thoughts before slumber were of his beautiful green eyes...
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Soon To Come: The Announcement that will change everything, more rumours about Jennifer, professor Trelawney being buried in book, and more