Chap. 7
Disclaimer on opening note
Ruby enjoyed the following weeks leading up to Halloween. The only class she could not stand was Defense against the Dark Arts. It wasn't so bad when she was suffering with Harry, Ron and Hermione, but now she was alone. Potions were very interesting and slightly harder, but not much changed there. Gryffindor still owned the back. Ruby sat next to Ron's twin brothers Fred and George. Although they thought she was weird, they decide they would make it their goal to get her to laugh.
"Really, Ruby," Fred said, "It won't hurt, just makes you laugh." He was getting ready to throw Tickle solution at her.
"Yeah," George grinned," Won't hurt at all."
"Ten points from the three of you," Snape said in passing. To Ruby's relief, they put the solution away.
The only problem Ruby was having was that she started nodding off in class. Not that it mattered in Defense Against, Lockhart never noticed her anyway. She kept studying potion cures later and later at night.
One night, she fell asleep by a window near the library. Sir Nicholas, the Gryffindor ghost found her around day break. He told Dumbledore, who came and took her to the infirmary.
When Ruby woke around noon, Madam Pomfrey quickly brought her a tray of food.
"Why am I here?"
"Headmaster brought you in early this morning. It's about one now." "I missed all my morning classes!"
"Don't worry, dear, you can make your afternoon ones if that makes you feel better."
Ruby was completely floored as she left the infirmary. All she had in the afternoon was Transfiguratoin, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Charms.
"Ruby, what happened?" asked Harry as he ran towards her. Ron and Hermione followed.
"I fell asleep studying."
"Wow, you're worse then Hermione."
"I know what," Hermione said," You should come with us to visit Hagrid today. You finish with Defense before we finish with Potions. You can just meet us down there. All you need to do is relax."
Harry and Ron gave Hermione a strange look. "When did you become a master of relaxation," asked Ron.
When Defense was over, Ruby ran to turn in her homework to her morning classes. When she got to the dungeon, Snape was not in his office, and she could not see if he was in the middle of teaching.
"To go in or not to go in?" She thought about the worse that could happen and entered the classroom.
He wasn't in there, but every face in the class turned to her. "Umm... Where is Prof. Snape?"
"Dumbledore and McGonagall came to talk to him," answered Hermione.
"Yeah, something important I guess," concluded Harry.
Ruby walked up to Snape's desk and placed her homework on it.
"If it isn't the genius mudblood," Malfoy spat. "Come to visit the underlings have you?"
"You think you're funny, Malfoy?"
"I'm quite funny."
"Maybe I should start laughing now."
"Maybe you should," he sneered. And with that, Ruby thought of all the funny things Fred and George tried to do to make her laugh. Slowly she giggled and Malfoy's table of ingredient tipped over. Then her giggle became a bubbling laugh and part of the ceiling crumbled. Cauldrons around the room exploded. As quickly as she started, she stopped. Giving Malfoy an evil look, she walked out and almost ran right into Snape.
"Miss Kennedy, feeling better?"
"Yes, I left my homework on your desk." She pointed into the classroom. "You really shouldn't leave them unattended." Ruby left and waited for Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the common room.
* I love this chapter. The images just flash through my mind every time. I actually got the idea for this scene from one of the episodes of The Little Mermaid. I just made it more suited to Harry Potter world.
Ruby enjoyed the following weeks leading up to Halloween. The only class she could not stand was Defense against the Dark Arts. It wasn't so bad when she was suffering with Harry, Ron and Hermione, but now she was alone. Potions were very interesting and slightly harder, but not much changed there. Gryffindor still owned the back. Ruby sat next to Ron's twin brothers Fred and George. Although they thought she was weird, they decide they would make it their goal to get her to laugh.
"Really, Ruby," Fred said, "It won't hurt, just makes you laugh." He was getting ready to throw Tickle solution at her.
"Yeah," George grinned," Won't hurt at all."
"Ten points from the three of you," Snape said in passing. To Ruby's relief, they put the solution away.
The only problem Ruby was having was that she started nodding off in class. Not that it mattered in Defense Against, Lockhart never noticed her anyway. She kept studying potion cures later and later at night.
One night, she fell asleep by a window near the library. Sir Nicholas, the Gryffindor ghost found her around day break. He told Dumbledore, who came and took her to the infirmary.
When Ruby woke around noon, Madam Pomfrey quickly brought her a tray of food.
"Why am I here?"
"Headmaster brought you in early this morning. It's about one now." "I missed all my morning classes!"
"Don't worry, dear, you can make your afternoon ones if that makes you feel better."
Ruby was completely floored as she left the infirmary. All she had in the afternoon was Transfiguratoin, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Charms.
"Ruby, what happened?" asked Harry as he ran towards her. Ron and Hermione followed.
"I fell asleep studying."
"Wow, you're worse then Hermione."
"I know what," Hermione said," You should come with us to visit Hagrid today. You finish with Defense before we finish with Potions. You can just meet us down there. All you need to do is relax."
Harry and Ron gave Hermione a strange look. "When did you become a master of relaxation," asked Ron.
When Defense was over, Ruby ran to turn in her homework to her morning classes. When she got to the dungeon, Snape was not in his office, and she could not see if he was in the middle of teaching.
"To go in or not to go in?" She thought about the worse that could happen and entered the classroom.
He wasn't in there, but every face in the class turned to her. "Umm... Where is Prof. Snape?"
"Dumbledore and McGonagall came to talk to him," answered Hermione.
"Yeah, something important I guess," concluded Harry.
Ruby walked up to Snape's desk and placed her homework on it.
"If it isn't the genius mudblood," Malfoy spat. "Come to visit the underlings have you?"
"You think you're funny, Malfoy?"
"I'm quite funny."
"Maybe I should start laughing now."
"Maybe you should," he sneered. And with that, Ruby thought of all the funny things Fred and George tried to do to make her laugh. Slowly she giggled and Malfoy's table of ingredient tipped over. Then her giggle became a bubbling laugh and part of the ceiling crumbled. Cauldrons around the room exploded. As quickly as she started, she stopped. Giving Malfoy an evil look, she walked out and almost ran right into Snape.
"Miss Kennedy, feeling better?"
"Yes, I left my homework on your desk." She pointed into the classroom. "You really shouldn't leave them unattended." Ruby left and waited for Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the common room.
* I love this chapter. The images just flash through my mind every time. I actually got the idea for this scene from one of the episodes of The Little Mermaid. I just made it more suited to Harry Potter world.
