Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fanfic except for
Essence, Lokara, and a couple of Ravenclaw quidditch players who have very
minor parts.
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After potions, Harry Potter walked up to Essence. "Are you OK? I mean, Snape kept sending you weird looks during class. Like he wanted to kill you and he didn't want to at the same time.oh, wait, sorry, didn't introduce myself. Harry Potter" said Harry, extending his hand. "Oh. Don't worry. I already figured out who you are," reassured Essie, struggling to shake his hand and carry all her potions stuff at the same time. "Oh. Here," murmured Harry, as he took all of Essence's books and ingredients. "Awww! You shouldn't have. Now I really can't shake your hand." "Oh," smiled Harry, "I wasn't done yet.Wingardium Leviosa!" he softly cried.,all their books were now levitating. "There!," he said, taking Essie's hand and shaking it in both of his, "what class are you going to next?" "Transfiguration" "Me too! Here, I'll show you where it is." He beckoned Essie and Loki to follow him, and wouldn't let Essie get her books back until they got there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"so, how far have you gotten in your studies, girls?" asked Professor Mcgonagall "Um, we just started complex human transfiguration in class last term," replied Essence. "Really. How complex?" "Um, brain switches and brain transfiguration, actually. We just practiced on animals, like rats." "Really. Well, you two are far more advanced than this batch is at the moment. Why don't you two assist me until we get to where you broke off?" "OK. That's cool with me. How about you Loki?" "Cool with me too. 'Cept I might add Essie is the good transfiguration person. Not me." "So I will teach you better when we get there" said Mcgonagall primly, "and in the meantime, you can assist with teaching complete animal switches. Loki and Essence looked at each other. They had learned that in the beginning of 5th year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Class! Class! Listen please!" called Mcgonagall, clapping her hands, "we will start out the year by doing complete animal switches. As Miss Lei and Miss Thompson are a wee bit more advanced than we are, they will be doubling as assistants. Now, does anyone know the incantation for a full animal switch?" Essie looked around. There was only one person raising her hand. A girl with very bushy brown hair and big brown eyes-who was sitting right next to Harry-Essie felt a quick surge of jealousy before actually listening to the girl. "The correct incantation for a full animal switch is animorum metamorphi. It is very important to keep the animal you want to switch the current animal to in your head while performing the spell." She rattled off in a matter-of-fact voice. "Quite correct Miss Granger. Ten points to Gryffindor.: Essence barely heard someone whisper "good job Hermione" before the girl sat down, and saw Harry give Hermione a high five. What? Oh, Harry just winked at her. Aww! He was so cute! And hot! And he liked her, not miss major hair lift. Nope. Miss hair lift was just a friend. "Did you hear me, Miss Lei? I was wondering if you would show the class how to alter animals, please." The way Mcgonagall said it, Essie could tell that it wasn't the first time. She blushed. Why did she have to always zone out whenever a hot guy was in the room?
"OK." "Just come up here and alter this rat please, into a cat." "Sure. Any special request? Does anyone want the cat to look a special way?" A red-haired guy sitting next to Harry snorted. Essie was quite offended. "What? You don't think I can do it? Cuz I can. You got a request, ginger?" The boy scowled. Good. Essie could tell that he hated to be called ginger. Well, too bad. She was soo gonna show him. "Yeah," he replied sarcastically, "How about making it purple with blue spots?" "No problem!" Essie chirped, "OK! Here I go!" She focused her concentration on a mental image of a purple, blue polka-dotted Persian cat before murmuring "animorum metamorphi". Instantly, a quick, soft blast of light came out of her wand (an: Essie's wand is willow, with ground unicorn horn and is 11 inches. Loki's is ebony with unicorn hair and is 8 inches). Immediately, the rat turned into a Persian, purple, blue-dotted cat. When the laughter had calmed down, she turned to the red-haired guy and said, "told ya so, whatever your name is. The poor guy looked really humiliated as he said "Ron Weasley" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After Transfiguration, Harry left Ron and Hermione and walked up toe Essie. "Wow. That was bloody brilliant transfiguration on your part," he said enthusiastically. Essie blushed. "Thanks, Harry" "So do you have divination next too?" Harry asked Essie. "Yeah! Hey, it looks like we all have the same schedule!" "Cool, OK, I gotta tell you though, Trelawny is a bloody fraud." "Oh. That's OK, I knew that already", replied Loki. "Huh? Who told you that?" asked Harry, looking severely confused "No one" replied Loki. Oh. She guessed he didn't get it. Better explain some more. "Uh, I guess now is a great time to tell you that.um.I'm a seer?" Great thought Loki. She hated blurting out things about herself. But between the way she acted with Draco and the way she just blurted out her seeing ability, she was definitely thinking about putting duct tape over her mouth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Divination class was a scream. Trelawny kept predicting Harry's death, and Loki kept saying he wouldn't even get a serious wound by the end of the year. Ron was great. He made this great comment about how he would have to start taking bets on whether Harry was going to keep being the boy- that-lived or just the boy-who-lived-until-his-sixth-year-at-Hogwarts. Essie had a feeling that Ron was really a great guy. After Divination, they went to the Great Hall for lunch. While Lokara (who right now was not having an HGIH, thank God), was busy looking at Draco, Essence was looking at Harry. He was so animated. And hot. After asking Cho if she minded (Loki was too busy looking at the magnificent Malfoy to talk) Essie went over the Gryffindor table and tapped Harry on the shoulder. "Mind if I sit here?" asked Essie. "No! No, of course not!" said Harry eagerly. Essence smiled and sat down, taking off the over robe she had on today-a black silk one. Her smile got wider when she say Harry's expression. She was wearing a one- strapped cobalt shiny shirt with a mini-mini low-rise jean skirt that hugged her hips snuggly. J This was going to be a fun lunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So," asked Harry, "Play Quidditch?" "Oh gosh! Hell yeah!" Ess practically yelled, " I LOVE quidditch. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's the best sport ever. I LOVE flying. Just all the whooshing and zooming and soaring in the air, and playing a sport at the same time, so there's actually a point.I play any position, really, but I like seeker best.why? Do you play? What position? What type of broom do you have? I have a Spectrum 5000.it's really, REALLY cool (an: Loki has a Nebula 360. Both the Spectrum 5000 and the Nebula 360 are the American equivalent to a Firebolt, if not better). Harry smiled. Essence was so cute. And hot. She was so enthusiastic. And could be a real bitch to the right people. Seriously. Snape was still giving her weird looks. Kinda like he couldn't figure out how to treat her yet. "Whoa. Slow down. Yes I play. Seeker too, actually. And I have a Firebolt.but what the hell is a Spectrum 5000? "What? OH! Its an American broom. Really good quality. About the same as your Firebolt." "Ah! Right!" "So introduce me to everyone. They're staring hard enough. And please, call me Essie. Essence is too formal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While Essence was off with Harry at the Gryff table, Loki was still trying to manage to NOT stare at Draco so much. But it wasn't working. At least she could tell Ess that she was trying. Just not very hard. Wait! WHERE DID HE GO? Attention, attention! Stolen hottie! Search all rooms! Thief will be severely puni-" "Hello Lokara. I trust you remember me from last night?" EEP! He was right behind her. Whispering. In her ear. Wow. He smelled good. "Um, er, ah, er," shit. Not her goldfish face again. One day, she was going to dislocate he jaw. Seriously. "I take it from your expression you didn't expect to see me here?" "Errrrr." oh God. Why did he have to sound all sexy and talk like James Bond mixed with Sense and Sensibility? Any other guy would sound dumb. But when he did it, he sounded all hot-y and sexy and gorgeous-y and o god. She was about to melt again. "Just, call me the human crayon," thought Lokara. She looked as shocked as she did last night. This Lokara girl amazed Draco. He wondered if she could talk. Didn't matter, really, as long as she could snog. "Umm, are you all right?" "Err.yeah. It's just that you sounded all English-ish and sexy and you look really sexy too just now" Loki slapped her forehead. She DID NOT just say that. Draco raised one eyebrow. He'd never heard that one before. Sure, Pansy Parkinson was all over him, and called him sexy all the time, but never like that. Pansy sounded slutty. Lokara sounded so awkward and sexy at the same time. She was so irresistible. "I'm glad the feeling's mutual," Draco murmured "What?" Loki asked. She had been too busy looking to listen. Draco bent down and leaned in so close to Loki's ear, his could feel his lips graze her skin. "I said that I'm very glad the feeling's mutual, Lokara Thompson." "OK. HGIH fit coming on. OH MI GOD was all Loki could think before she swooned. Backwards. Right into Draco Malfoy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uhhhhh" groaned Loki. She felt awful. Like she had been bashed by a troll with a club. Wait. Where was she? She was in a bed, but not her cool bed in her dorm. This bed was all hard and white-y. "I say that was the best HGIH you ever had" quipped Essence "Uhh.where am I?" Loki felt REALLY zombie-ish and icky. "how long have I been here?" "2 hours.ya mean you don't remember anything?" "Uh, no, I was kinda unconscious, Ess" "Oh. Yeah. Well, after you basically collapsed into Draco's arms, he insisted on carrying you here, all the way to the hospital wing from the Great Hall. It was really sweet. He was all worried and stuff. All the girls are envious of you now. He heard your hypoglycemic story from someone, so he sent this up." Essence held up the cutest teddy bear that Loki had ever seen. He had black, shiny eyes, a soft leather nose, and was a rich, dark brown. He even had a green and white Slytherin scarf! The teddy was holding a gold-tinted box of what looked like chocolate. "He said to wave a charm at it and it would do something. What was it? Oh, yeah. Hold on." Essence pulled out her wand and murmured "mobilius ursa". Instantaneously, the bear sprang to his feet and walked up to Loki. "I was told to deliver these chocolates to Miss Lokara Thompson, compliments of Mr. Draco Malfoy" recited the bear, "oh yeah! And he sends his regards in this letter." The bear pulled a letter out of his scarf. "An' he also said that you were to keep me." "Aww! How sweet!" cooed Loki. The bear had the cutest Cockney accent ever. He sounded like he was from Oliver Twist. She could just see this teddy launch into a song-and-dance routine that featured Consider Yourself from Oliver. "So Teddy, ya got a name?" "Nope." "Well, I'll just call you Draco then." That being done, Loki opened the box. Inside was a red rose and two very expensive-looking chocolates. She opened the letter after twining the rose around the bun in her hair. It read: My dear Lokara~ I heard you get hypoglycemic and faint when you don't eat, so I sent up these chocolates to make you feel better. Of course, when you fainted into me, you had just eaten two slices of roast beef, mashed potatoes, and a salad with pumpkin juice (I watched you) so the hypoglycemic story really doesn't make sense, but have the chocolates anyways. I hope you enjoy the bear, but if he gets rather annoying, just say "ceasium ursa" and he'll become a normal stuffed animal again. ~Draco Malfoy P.S. so what was the real reason you fainted? P.P.S. You still looked sexy when you fainted. I'm amazed.
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After potions, Harry Potter walked up to Essence. "Are you OK? I mean, Snape kept sending you weird looks during class. Like he wanted to kill you and he didn't want to at the same time.oh, wait, sorry, didn't introduce myself. Harry Potter" said Harry, extending his hand. "Oh. Don't worry. I already figured out who you are," reassured Essie, struggling to shake his hand and carry all her potions stuff at the same time. "Oh. Here," murmured Harry, as he took all of Essence's books and ingredients. "Awww! You shouldn't have. Now I really can't shake your hand." "Oh," smiled Harry, "I wasn't done yet.Wingardium Leviosa!" he softly cried.,all their books were now levitating. "There!," he said, taking Essie's hand and shaking it in both of his, "what class are you going to next?" "Transfiguration" "Me too! Here, I'll show you where it is." He beckoned Essie and Loki to follow him, and wouldn't let Essie get her books back until they got there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"so, how far have you gotten in your studies, girls?" asked Professor Mcgonagall "Um, we just started complex human transfiguration in class last term," replied Essence. "Really. How complex?" "Um, brain switches and brain transfiguration, actually. We just practiced on animals, like rats." "Really. Well, you two are far more advanced than this batch is at the moment. Why don't you two assist me until we get to where you broke off?" "OK. That's cool with me. How about you Loki?" "Cool with me too. 'Cept I might add Essie is the good transfiguration person. Not me." "So I will teach you better when we get there" said Mcgonagall primly, "and in the meantime, you can assist with teaching complete animal switches. Loki and Essence looked at each other. They had learned that in the beginning of 5th year! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Class! Class! Listen please!" called Mcgonagall, clapping her hands, "we will start out the year by doing complete animal switches. As Miss Lei and Miss Thompson are a wee bit more advanced than we are, they will be doubling as assistants. Now, does anyone know the incantation for a full animal switch?" Essie looked around. There was only one person raising her hand. A girl with very bushy brown hair and big brown eyes-who was sitting right next to Harry-Essie felt a quick surge of jealousy before actually listening to the girl. "The correct incantation for a full animal switch is animorum metamorphi. It is very important to keep the animal you want to switch the current animal to in your head while performing the spell." She rattled off in a matter-of-fact voice. "Quite correct Miss Granger. Ten points to Gryffindor.: Essence barely heard someone whisper "good job Hermione" before the girl sat down, and saw Harry give Hermione a high five. What? Oh, Harry just winked at her. Aww! He was so cute! And hot! And he liked her, not miss major hair lift. Nope. Miss hair lift was just a friend. "Did you hear me, Miss Lei? I was wondering if you would show the class how to alter animals, please." The way Mcgonagall said it, Essie could tell that it wasn't the first time. She blushed. Why did she have to always zone out whenever a hot guy was in the room?
"OK." "Just come up here and alter this rat please, into a cat." "Sure. Any special request? Does anyone want the cat to look a special way?" A red-haired guy sitting next to Harry snorted. Essie was quite offended. "What? You don't think I can do it? Cuz I can. You got a request, ginger?" The boy scowled. Good. Essie could tell that he hated to be called ginger. Well, too bad. She was soo gonna show him. "Yeah," he replied sarcastically, "How about making it purple with blue spots?" "No problem!" Essie chirped, "OK! Here I go!" She focused her concentration on a mental image of a purple, blue polka-dotted Persian cat before murmuring "animorum metamorphi". Instantly, a quick, soft blast of light came out of her wand (an: Essie's wand is willow, with ground unicorn horn and is 11 inches. Loki's is ebony with unicorn hair and is 8 inches). Immediately, the rat turned into a Persian, purple, blue-dotted cat. When the laughter had calmed down, she turned to the red-haired guy and said, "told ya so, whatever your name is. The poor guy looked really humiliated as he said "Ron Weasley" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After Transfiguration, Harry left Ron and Hermione and walked up toe Essie. "Wow. That was bloody brilliant transfiguration on your part," he said enthusiastically. Essie blushed. "Thanks, Harry" "So do you have divination next too?" Harry asked Essie. "Yeah! Hey, it looks like we all have the same schedule!" "Cool, OK, I gotta tell you though, Trelawny is a bloody fraud." "Oh. That's OK, I knew that already", replied Loki. "Huh? Who told you that?" asked Harry, looking severely confused "No one" replied Loki. Oh. She guessed he didn't get it. Better explain some more. "Uh, I guess now is a great time to tell you that.um.I'm a seer?" Great thought Loki. She hated blurting out things about herself. But between the way she acted with Draco and the way she just blurted out her seeing ability, she was definitely thinking about putting duct tape over her mouth. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Divination class was a scream. Trelawny kept predicting Harry's death, and Loki kept saying he wouldn't even get a serious wound by the end of the year. Ron was great. He made this great comment about how he would have to start taking bets on whether Harry was going to keep being the boy- that-lived or just the boy-who-lived-until-his-sixth-year-at-Hogwarts. Essie had a feeling that Ron was really a great guy. After Divination, they went to the Great Hall for lunch. While Lokara (who right now was not having an HGIH, thank God), was busy looking at Draco, Essence was looking at Harry. He was so animated. And hot. After asking Cho if she minded (Loki was too busy looking at the magnificent Malfoy to talk) Essie went over the Gryffindor table and tapped Harry on the shoulder. "Mind if I sit here?" asked Essie. "No! No, of course not!" said Harry eagerly. Essence smiled and sat down, taking off the over robe she had on today-a black silk one. Her smile got wider when she say Harry's expression. She was wearing a one- strapped cobalt shiny shirt with a mini-mini low-rise jean skirt that hugged her hips snuggly. J This was going to be a fun lunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "So," asked Harry, "Play Quidditch?" "Oh gosh! Hell yeah!" Ess practically yelled, " I LOVE quidditch. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's the best sport ever. I LOVE flying. Just all the whooshing and zooming and soaring in the air, and playing a sport at the same time, so there's actually a point.I play any position, really, but I like seeker best.why? Do you play? What position? What type of broom do you have? I have a Spectrum 5000.it's really, REALLY cool (an: Loki has a Nebula 360. Both the Spectrum 5000 and the Nebula 360 are the American equivalent to a Firebolt, if not better). Harry smiled. Essence was so cute. And hot. She was so enthusiastic. And could be a real bitch to the right people. Seriously. Snape was still giving her weird looks. Kinda like he couldn't figure out how to treat her yet. "Whoa. Slow down. Yes I play. Seeker too, actually. And I have a Firebolt.but what the hell is a Spectrum 5000? "What? OH! Its an American broom. Really good quality. About the same as your Firebolt." "Ah! Right!" "So introduce me to everyone. They're staring hard enough. And please, call me Essie. Essence is too formal." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While Essence was off with Harry at the Gryff table, Loki was still trying to manage to NOT stare at Draco so much. But it wasn't working. At least she could tell Ess that she was trying. Just not very hard. Wait! WHERE DID HE GO? Attention, attention! Stolen hottie! Search all rooms! Thief will be severely puni-" "Hello Lokara. I trust you remember me from last night?" EEP! He was right behind her. Whispering. In her ear. Wow. He smelled good. "Um, er, ah, er," shit. Not her goldfish face again. One day, she was going to dislocate he jaw. Seriously. "I take it from your expression you didn't expect to see me here?" "Errrrr." oh God. Why did he have to sound all sexy and talk like James Bond mixed with Sense and Sensibility? Any other guy would sound dumb. But when he did it, he sounded all hot-y and sexy and gorgeous-y and o god. She was about to melt again. "Just, call me the human crayon," thought Lokara. She looked as shocked as she did last night. This Lokara girl amazed Draco. He wondered if she could talk. Didn't matter, really, as long as she could snog. "Umm, are you all right?" "Err.yeah. It's just that you sounded all English-ish and sexy and you look really sexy too just now" Loki slapped her forehead. She DID NOT just say that. Draco raised one eyebrow. He'd never heard that one before. Sure, Pansy Parkinson was all over him, and called him sexy all the time, but never like that. Pansy sounded slutty. Lokara sounded so awkward and sexy at the same time. She was so irresistible. "I'm glad the feeling's mutual," Draco murmured "What?" Loki asked. She had been too busy looking to listen. Draco bent down and leaned in so close to Loki's ear, his could feel his lips graze her skin. "I said that I'm very glad the feeling's mutual, Lokara Thompson." "OK. HGIH fit coming on. OH MI GOD was all Loki could think before she swooned. Backwards. Right into Draco Malfoy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uhhhhh" groaned Loki. She felt awful. Like she had been bashed by a troll with a club. Wait. Where was she? She was in a bed, but not her cool bed in her dorm. This bed was all hard and white-y. "I say that was the best HGIH you ever had" quipped Essence "Uhh.where am I?" Loki felt REALLY zombie-ish and icky. "how long have I been here?" "2 hours.ya mean you don't remember anything?" "Uh, no, I was kinda unconscious, Ess" "Oh. Yeah. Well, after you basically collapsed into Draco's arms, he insisted on carrying you here, all the way to the hospital wing from the Great Hall. It was really sweet. He was all worried and stuff. All the girls are envious of you now. He heard your hypoglycemic story from someone, so he sent this up." Essence held up the cutest teddy bear that Loki had ever seen. He had black, shiny eyes, a soft leather nose, and was a rich, dark brown. He even had a green and white Slytherin scarf! The teddy was holding a gold-tinted box of what looked like chocolate. "He said to wave a charm at it and it would do something. What was it? Oh, yeah. Hold on." Essence pulled out her wand and murmured "mobilius ursa". Instantaneously, the bear sprang to his feet and walked up to Loki. "I was told to deliver these chocolates to Miss Lokara Thompson, compliments of Mr. Draco Malfoy" recited the bear, "oh yeah! And he sends his regards in this letter." The bear pulled a letter out of his scarf. "An' he also said that you were to keep me." "Aww! How sweet!" cooed Loki. The bear had the cutest Cockney accent ever. He sounded like he was from Oliver Twist. She could just see this teddy launch into a song-and-dance routine that featured Consider Yourself from Oliver. "So Teddy, ya got a name?" "Nope." "Well, I'll just call you Draco then." That being done, Loki opened the box. Inside was a red rose and two very expensive-looking chocolates. She opened the letter after twining the rose around the bun in her hair. It read: My dear Lokara~ I heard you get hypoglycemic and faint when you don't eat, so I sent up these chocolates to make you feel better. Of course, when you fainted into me, you had just eaten two slices of roast beef, mashed potatoes, and a salad with pumpkin juice (I watched you) so the hypoglycemic story really doesn't make sense, but have the chocolates anyways. I hope you enjoy the bear, but if he gets rather annoying, just say "ceasium ursa" and he'll become a normal stuffed animal again. ~Draco Malfoy P.S. so what was the real reason you fainted? P.P.S. You still looked sexy when you fainted. I'm amazed.