Author's Notes: Whoopee!!!!!!!!! I've finished Chapter Three!!!!! It's kinda short but… *sigh* what can I do about it. *Readers all shout 'WRITE LONGER!!!'* Well, I'm working on it! *pouts* I've got good news! No, I didn't finish Chapter Four already. *Readers all lose interest on Lanya* Hey! I've finished my exams!!!! Wahoo! I've also got 91% in my Science and 77% in Geography! My Science marks really make me happy!!!! Yahoo! Anyway, from now on Disclaimers at the end of Chapters with my Second Author's notes! 'Kay? I put in some "A/N"s in the chap so you know how some new characters look like! Thank you my beautiful reviewers!!! WhetherRose and snowwolf. I love you! *swoon* Good-looking guys and a gitface Slytherin I hate coming up! *swoon* ~Lady Lanya Artemisan~ *Still swooning*
The Problem with Teenager
~Chapter Three~ The One In Between Both Problems'Phoenix?' called her mother.
'Yeah mum,' Phoenix said as she came in with a smile on her face.
'What are you hiding?' her mother said sternly.
'Oh, nothing,' Phoenix chimed as she sat down on the chair.
'Phoenix Athena Nightingale. What have you been up to?' Professor Nightingale said.
'Chill it, mum. I've been a good Deputy Headmistress' daughter today and every other day,' Phoenix said cheerily.
'I'm sure… but what are you hiding?' said Professor Nightingale.
'Nothing. Really!' said Phoenix.
'It's a photograph. Of who this time and what was that person doing?' Professor Nightingale said.
'A friend doing something,' said Phoenix as she held back another fit of laughter.
'You know what? I don't want to know,' said Professor Nightingale as she went back to work.
Phoenix smiled and went to her dormitory. She took out her new broom and her own Snitch and then headed out to the Quidditch pitch.
There she released her Snitch and got ready to kick off.
'Let's see just how good you are or not it's back to the drawing board,' Phoenix said to herself.
She kicked off and hovered about twenty feet in the air.
'Fast. But is it fast enough?' Phoenix said again.
Phoenix then scoped out for her Snitch. At the other end of the pitch she saw her Snitch silently going round the hoops. She immediately dashed for it, startling it on purpose, which made it fly off. Phoenix chased it and she could see her broom gaining on the Snitch. Within seconds she had it in her hand, lightly gripping. She loosened her grip on it and held it close to her.
'That's a really fast broom you got!'
That call startled her and as an immediate reaction, she immediately put the Snitch in her robe. She turned to see Falcon Silver, a seventh-year Ravenclaw and Captain and Seeker for the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. (A/N: Not to mention a handsome-looking, hot, graceful intelligent, and skilful [Skillful for you American people] guy like a certain elf from a certain fellowship. * hint hint * * swoons when Legolas screensaver comes out * * drool *)(In other words, kinda resembles Legolas from Lord of the Rings but his hair ain't that long. * sigh *)
'Oh. It's you, Falcon.' Phoenix sighed in relief.
'Who'd you think I was? Malfoy?' said Falcon as he kicked off on his own broom and levelled with Phoenix.
'Malfoy? No. I thought you were my mother,' said Phoenix with a laugh.
Falcon smiled then put on a high squeaky voice. 'Phoenix! What are you doing up here? You could get a cold. And a seeker for Gryffindor too! You shouldn't be playing such a rough game! You're a girl for goodness sake! And a respectable one at that! Why don't you just go off and study and let that nice, young, capable and handsome Falcon Silver catch the Snitch?'
Phoenix burst out laughing. 'Don't flatter yourself, Silver. It's doesn't do good for your ego.'
Falcon flashed a comic grin. 'I just know you're jealous of me. Me and my good looks.' Falcon flicked his hair at the words "good looks" and looked proud and snobbish, which only succeed in making Phoenix laugh harder.
'Very nice imitation of Malfoy, Silver.'
Falcon put on a hurt look. 'I feel insulted. I'm gonna cry.' Falcon started "crying" and Phoenix laughed, if it were possible, even harder.
'Laugh all you want Nightingale, I'm still handsome,' said Falcon as he looked snobbish like an aristocrat.
'If you're that handsome, I'm the princess of heaven,' Phoenix said.
'Oh! Fine! Insult me! Peasant,' Falcon said in an exasperated tone.
Phoenix laughed some more.
'Laugh it up, Seeker girl. I'm still the most handsome boy in Hogwarts and resistance is futile,' Falcon said again, earning him more laughs from Phoenix.
'Yo! Hello up there! Can I join the laughing club?' called a voice from below.
Phoenix managed to stop laughing for a while to see Hawk Merlin (A/N: A lot of bird names aren't there), a seventh-year Hufflepuff and Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team. (Resembles Aragorn but he can't handle a sword to save his life[referring to Hawk not Aragorn])
'Sure thing, Merlin. Come on up!' Falcon called back, Phoenix still in a fit of laughter.
'What's up with Seeker girl?' said Hawk.
'MDLS,' said Falcon.
'What?' was Hawk's reply.
'Mentally Disturbed Laughing Syndrome,' said Phoenix as she gathered up her wits and suppressed her laughter.
'Where'd that come from?' said Hawk.
'Me. I made it up. When I was a second-year and became a Seeker, Falcon laughed like a madman at the thought of a girl being a Seeker while the other three Seekers are guys, remember?' said Phoenix.
'Oh yeah. I remember that,' said Hawk. 'Go on.'
'Well, my best friends ask what's up with him so I answered he's suffering from MDLS of the highest degree and the three of us started giggling since they already knew what it meant,' said Phoenix.
'She didn't tell me what it meant when I tried checking up dictionaries and asking my fellow Ravenclaws where, of course, I couldn't find since she made it up,' said Falcon.
'I only told him after beating all of you guys flat in catching the Snitch in your matches against Gryffindor. I pulled him aside and told him before everyone stormed the Gryffindor team,' said Phoenix.
'Oh. Cool!' said Hawk. 'So what were you laughing at?'
'Right. Where'd I stop?' said Falcon.
'Resistance is futile,' said Phoenix, chuckling lightly.
'Oh right. Resistance is futile so don't lie to yourself. You know you want me but I shall never mingle with peasants like the two of you for I, am beautiful,' said Falcon as he conjured up a mirror and flicked back his blonde hair.
'Beautiful? Hah, yeah you're beautiful but I am handsome,' said Hawk, getting at what's going on.
'Yes handsome but as handsome as a goblin,' said Phoenix.
'If I'm as handsome as a goblin, you're a pixie,' said Hawk.
'And If you're as handsome as Falcon and you say you are, I'm the Alpha wolf of a hunting wolf pack,' said Phoenix.
Hawk started laughing and Phoenix and Falcon looked at each other with grins.
'MDLS patient!' the two cried together as they pointed at Hawk and they all started the chuckle and laugh at each other.
'What's this? A Muggle-lover convention?' snorted a cold drawling voice.
The three Seekers immediately stopped laughing and turned to see Lucius Malfoy, a seventh-year Slytherin and Seeker for the Slytherin Team.
'Why, hello Malfoy. Have you stepped down from your high society ladder of pureblood disgrace to join us simple folk down here in reality?' said Hawk.
Malfoy scowled at the seventh-year Hufflepuff prefect whom he never liked and was about to retort when he saw a glimmer of silver. He looked to see Falcon's silver Head Boy badge glimmer in his hand.
'Not here to make trouble, are we Malfoy?' said Falcon tonelessly.
Phoenix shivered inwardly as she heard his emotionless voice. He never spoke like that before. It chilled her to her bones to hear the normally cheerful and gay (happy not homosexual) boy sound threatening like he did.
'I should expect that. He's the Head Boy after all and this is after all Malfoy we're talking to. But… it just…doesn't sound right on him.'
Malfoy looked at Falcon, then Hawk and finally Phoenix. There was a glint of anger in his eyes that Phoenix didn't like. Malfoy looked at her then gave a cruel smile.
'Trouble? No trouble at all. Just wondering what my fellow Seekers are doing,' he said. 'Nothing much worthwhile so I'll just leave now.'
Malfoy gave her another cruel smile and went off. Phoenix gave an involuntary shudder and the two prefects flew closer to her.
'Don't you worry Phoenix. We won't let that creep hurt you,' said Hawk reassuringly.
'Hawk's right. We'll do what we can to keep that … thing away from you,' said Falcon as he pulled her into a hug.
'Thanks you guys. You're just like the older brothers I never had,' said Phoenix.
'Yeah,' replied the two.
'Us MDLS people gotta stick together!' exclaimed Hawk.
'But that won't stop me from beating the two of you to the Snitch in the coming matches,' said Phoenix with a smile as she laughed and raced the two around the Quidditch field.
'Yo! Phoenix!'
Phoenix stopped and turned to the caller. It was Remus.
'What's up Lupin boy!' called Phoenix as she flew over towards him.
'Lil's been searching high and low for you,' said Remus.
'She didn't search high enough then, did she?' said Phoenix as she landed next to him.
'Falcon! Hawk! I'm gonna go now!' called Phoenix to the other two Seekers.
'Okay! Take care now! I'll whack the slimy gitface if I see him for ya!' called Hawk.
'I'll look after the patient!' called Falcon, as Hawk smacked him in the head.
'For your information! That HURT!' called Falcon again.
'Take care of the patient and whack him back if he smacks you!' called Phoenix.
'Will do!' called Falcon as he started chasing Hawk.
'Have fun!' called Phoenix and laughed as Falcon whacked Hawk in the head.
'They're really crazy,' said Remus.
'But they're really nice,' said Phoenix.
Remus smiled at Phoenix's gentle tone.
'You like them, don't you?'
'Like a younger sister would her elder brothers.'
They walked in silence as Remus led her to Gryffindor Tower.
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Disclaimer: Phoenix Nightingale, Professor Nightingale, Hawk Merlin, Falcon Silver and the plot belong to me and only me!!!!!!!! No one can use them or borrow them in any way unless I allow them too! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I worked on my evil laugh!)
Author's Notes: How's the Chapter? Okay? I'd appreciate a whole bunch of reviews! Anyway, Hawk's a prefect, Falcon's Head Boy and Malfoy's a gitface! Sadly, Malfoy's a prefect to. Sadistic freak! Hah! Phoenix, Hawk and Falcon are so nice together, aren't they? A bunch of people named after birds. Ironic, ain't it? They're very close and the reason might come out in later chapters or sequels if I'm writing it but if I'm not, I might email the summary to the few who may request it! But till next chapter, this is Lanya saying "Jumpa Lagi", "Adios", "Sayonara" and "Farewell!" ~Lady Lanya Artemisan~