~Fic starts here~ Cho, being the head girl that she was, led Essence and Lokara up to the rooms they would be in. Cho showed them how to program their password into the portrait hole (HGIH fit). Their rooms were trés neat ( an: that's very in French, my readers!) Essie's had a canopy bed with curtains that were cobalt blue gauze. The walls were the exact replicas of the night sky, with wizard portraits (moving, of course) of celestial bodies. Cho told Essie the wall changed according to the time of day, mimicking the sky exactly. And of course, there was a window seat. There was also a walk-in closet that was the size of a room that produced its own clothes, just Essie's style and size. Loki's room mirrored her taste exactly, with a walk-in closet like Essie's (except her style of clothes and her size). The bed was a canopy with lavender and violet gauze that shimmered. There was an artist's easel, the walls changed colors according to what Loki was in the mood for. Right now, they featured moving pictures of, who else, Draco Malfoy. Some more appropriate than others. "Ummm, right I'll just leave now," said Cho, looking queasily at all the Dracos, "here's your schedule, and a map of Hogwarts. Just speak the class name and it shows exactly where it is. BYE!!" she left in a hurry, looking like she was going to be sick. "Well. I have no idea what her problem was," said Loki in a huff, "Draco isn't looking at her in the walls. He's blowing kisses at me." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next day, both Loki and Essie had potions first. Because they both pressed the snooze button on their alarm clocks 10 times, they had just enough time to grab a bite of toast (In Loki's case, more staring at Draco than biting) and head down to the potions dungeon. Apparently, they shared the class with Slytherin and Gryffindors in 6th year (an: just like Harry and Draco guys!) The dungeon was really freaking Essie out. It was all stone-y and cold and wet. Except for the fires under the cauldrons. Suddenly, their professor, Severus Snape burst in, stalking up to his desk and leaning against it. Essie noticed he wore, like, ten jillion pounds of black and then a floor length over-robe which he held closed. Snape sent a panoramic (an: that means all around the class) sneer all around the class, majorly frightening a Gryff Essie head someone call Neville. "I see that I'm still stuck with the dunderheads I left," sighed Snape sarcastically, "I had hoped some of you had killed yourselves over the summer holiday." Loki couldn't help it. She laughed. Really hard. She couldn't help it. It sounded soo like something Essie would say to someone who was bugging her. Totally. "Ah yes, our new yank visitors," sneered Snape, "I wonder if you are as stupid as I think you are." Essie couldn't believe it. Her? Stupid? Hell, this was Encyclopedia Lei here. Understander and Knower of weird, useful, and everyday facts and knowledge. And did he just call them stupid? "Well, if your brain is as bad as your fashion sense, I might have to end up teaching this class, Mr. Know-it-all-but-not-really!" Essie snapped, "and didn't your mom ever tell you that yank is a derogatory term? It was coined by British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. As heard in the song Yankee Doodle. Which was a satire at first, but we "yanks" used it as our own "theme" song, per se. It was even played by the British at the Surrender of Yorktown, along with The World Turned Upside-down." There! Thought Essie as she smugly sat back in her chair, that shows him how stupid I am. He looked really funny now. Like a constipated cow.

"What is your name girl?" hissed Snape "Uh, someone wasn't paying attention during the feast. My name's essence Lei." "Well Miss Lei, you will accompany me to my office." Snape grabbed Essence's arm and pulled her out of her seat, half dragging her to his office across the hall. OK. That was stupid. Why couldn't she shut up. She was now in some serious hippogriff shit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Miss Lei, as one of your professors this year, I demand respect!" hissed Snape in his semi-lit office, "you seem to have none, just like the Americans in your 'Revolution'" "Oh really? Were you there? Ya seem old enough."

"WHAT did you say to me girl?!" yelled an angered Snape as he pushed Essie against the wall and held her there at the neck. "Gosh, you must have been there.at what century did your ears stop working?" DAMMIT. Why couldn't she control her own mouth? She was literally in a corner. OK maybe if she concentrated really, REALLY hard, she could disappear. 1-2-3 CONCENTRATE!!! The American girl looked like she wanted to disappear right now. Why? Maybe she was regretting the things she said to him. Fat chance but what was she doing? "What the bloody hell are you trying to do?" "Disappear." Oh god, she had not just said that. "Well then." Ok. So what was she supposed to do now? Umm, compliment him? "Err, professor, you know, you actually look kinda sexy when you're confused" Ok. Shit.that had NOT sounded right. Snape raised his eyebrow. Well. Hadn't heard that one before. The things students did to get out of trouble. "Ooh, do that again, professor, that makes you look even sexier." Ok mouth, cut the crap! Snape started to smile. No student had ever done this before. They were all scared shitless of him. He let go of her neck. "So, will you not mouth off in my class, Lei, hm?" Snape asked "Only if ya quite being a jackass." Oh crudders. Not her mouth again. Snape raised an eyebrow. "Uh, I mean, I call any guy I think is hot and sexy a jackass. Cuz you're really sexy professor. I bet you have a killer bod under all that black and ya just cover it up so girls don't go all crazy on you. Hehe, wont fool me. I have a killer bod sensor. Can tell who has one and who doesn't." oh god. Why didn't she have a nice mouth? She was babbling again. Snape placed a hand over her mouth. This was rather funny, but it had to stop. He had a class to teach. "You know, Lei, I keep veritaserum with me at all times. So I could force feed you it and actually get some truth out of you. So bloody shut up and go back to class. And you have detention. For lying and mouthing of in my class." "How do you know I was lying?" said Essence huskily. Ok. Enough with the mouth she thought! Isn't once enough? "Just get the bloody hell out of her and back to class!" growled Snape "Roger-dodger professor! Right away!" chirped Essence as she skipped back to the potions dungeon. Snape growled again. He was getting a headache