Gryfindor vs. Slytherin Part 2
"So Flitwick jumps off his stack of books and comes over to glare down at Shayna-"
"Which wasn't very effective seeing as he's only got an inch or so on me when I'm sitting down." Shayna smirked
It had been a long Thursday. She and Amber Malfoy were now telling the other girl's what had happened in charms while they had been actually doing their work at the other end of the classroom. As Amber continued to explain how Flitwick's hat had burst into flames Shayna withdrew herself a bit. Her eyes wandered around the Great Hall that was roaring pleasantly with talk. They followed the doors to the enchanted ceiling, then proceeded to trace each of the house tables (pausing momentarily to glare at one, Cho Chang)
At last they came to rest on two shocking red heads at the end of the Gryffindor table. Salazar had been right in a sense about picking on people bigger then her. The twins had been making life a little more challenging for Shayna since their run in earlier that week. She'd found herself hit with wads of parchment, tripped, in the line of fire of more then one filibusters firework, and having faces made at her. They were careful to do all of this in a crowd of people large enough that no blame could REALLY be pointed at them. But they were even more careful to smile and wave ... just so she knew.
Shayna had to admit they were pretty good at what they did ... but hardly worth Salazar's warning.
The chatter among the Slytherin girls lasted on as most of the students began to filter out. Jes kept saying how good to sausage looked but refused to eat it, claiming she was on a diet. Alana was explaining to Selphie that perfects were the only people worth dating. And Amber and Shayna were looking forward to the first Quidditch match of the season.
"Be sure to get some sleep girls." Snape said as he passed the table "I'm afraid you'll have quite allot of work in my class tomorrow."
"We will Severus. Goodnight" Shayna smiled
A pair of identical voices laughed as they passed not too far behind Severus. "Severus, sleep well my love" one of the twins said in a high voice "Honestly!"
"Eat slugs boys!" Shayna called sweetly after them
"What's their problem?" Selphie asked once they were out of ear shot
"Probably still sore about their detention tomorrow. It may let up after that" Amber said wisely "Alright, we'd better head back."
The five girls scooted back in agreement and left the Great Hall feeling well fed and warm. Their chatter died a bit as they descended toward the dungeon common room. Shayna was no longer warm, so she reached for her jacket ... but it wasn't in her bag.
"Guys, I think I left my jacket in the Great Hall" she said turning around
"I'll go with you" Jes offered
"Naw, go on, I'll be right back."
And she started back up the stairs to the main levels of the castle. It was slightly odd, of all the things she tripped over, spilled, dropped, and lost, her jacket was always right there in her bag.
Her footsteps echoed strangely off the enchanted ceiling as she circled the Slytherin table. It was creepy being the Hall alone, but not as creepy as the fact that her jacket was no where to be seen. She'd brought it in from Charms hadn't she? Her head was under the table when voices at the far end of the hall made her stop.
"Careful, that door squeaks."
"Thanks you, oh wise leader! Do you have any other pearls of obviousness?"
"Shut up George ... do you think she's noticed it's gone yet?"
Shayna jerked herself up in shock. There was a thump of her head hitting the underside of the table, followed by her own cry of pain. As she looked up, rubbing her head she was met with the twins' laughing faces.
"Very smooth" But Shayna wasn't listening ... in one of their hands ... the one on the left ... was her jacket ... those thieves! She walked coolly toward them, swinging her hips as best she could considering she didn't have any sign of curve. Don't let them see through you she told herself.
"Evening gryffies" They nodded, seemingly enjoying this regardless of her act. "Gonna give me my jacket back?"
"I don't know" said the one who wasn't holding it "You gonna run?"
The two of them were not only closer to the door, but had longer legs. By the time Shayna skidded into the entrance hall the door to the dungeons was swinging closed behind the twins. She bolted after them, down the stairs and around the corner. Breathing too fast, but she was going to catch them. One looked back nervously "She's gaining Fred"
"This way!" he answered and they made to go right through the door but turned sharply at the last minute. Shayna's reflexes were not as good and she found herself smack against the door.
"Catch ya later Slyth" the boys laughed
Shayna got up and brushed herself off ... this was starting to get very annoying. She could easily have waited till the morning and asked Severus to retrieve her jacket. He's probably even lengthen their detention. But this was a matter of pride ... she would handle it herself.
As she continued after their echoing footsteps she realized that they were leading her right to Snape's office. A stitch severely stinging her side she burst through the door. "What are you up to?" she demanded as best she could, out of breath
There were smiles on both boys faces as one reached for a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fire. "Library!" they both cried jumping the grate Without a moments thought Shayna filled her own hand with floo powder and followed them. Instantly she was spinning, an unhealthy feeling in her shins she tried to ignore. After a moment she spinning stopped and she stepped wobbly out into the dark library.
She looked around, but it was no use looking for anyone without some light. "Lumos" she whispered to her wand. A thin beam of light appeared. Shayna's eyes followed it till it hit a pair of feet. The feet raised to the legs, torso, and face of a very unhappy looking man.
Shayna's heart dropped quickly into her stomach cause it to slosh around. "So" Flitch said "Out after dark, disturbing the castle, trespassing in the library, AND using the floo network." Her instict was to start to cry, but she managed not too. Flitch continued "My my, four rules broken at once. I shall quite enjoy assigning your detention."
The first year's blue eyes clenched as the blow fell. "Oh come now" Filtch said pleasantly "You didn't think you'd go unpunished did you? Report to the Great Hall tomorrow night for you sentence. Let's go" Filtch motioned for Shayna to follow him She did so, her wand still alight casting shadows on her feet. Feeling slightly ill she watched the light until it shown on something olive in color.
Shayna stopped, so did Filtch "I said let's go!" he spat
"My jacket" she said in confusion as she picked it up off the floor "But I wasn't in here all day ... how-" A small piece of parchment had been pinned to the sleeve. Flitch rolled his eyes and continued to secort her back to the common room. But the light of her wan Shayna read the parchment:
Slyth,
We thought you might have missed this. Pretty thick to follow us into a teacher's office ... especially Snape's. But perhaps thinking is more tailored to Gryffindors. Either way, see you in detention.
Much Love,
Fred and George
"So Flitwick jumps off his stack of books and comes over to glare down at Shayna-"
"Which wasn't very effective seeing as he's only got an inch or so on me when I'm sitting down." Shayna smirked
It had been a long Thursday. She and Amber Malfoy were now telling the other girl's what had happened in charms while they had been actually doing their work at the other end of the classroom. As Amber continued to explain how Flitwick's hat had burst into flames Shayna withdrew herself a bit. Her eyes wandered around the Great Hall that was roaring pleasantly with talk. They followed the doors to the enchanted ceiling, then proceeded to trace each of the house tables (pausing momentarily to glare at one, Cho Chang)
At last they came to rest on two shocking red heads at the end of the Gryffindor table. Salazar had been right in a sense about picking on people bigger then her. The twins had been making life a little more challenging for Shayna since their run in earlier that week. She'd found herself hit with wads of parchment, tripped, in the line of fire of more then one filibusters firework, and having faces made at her. They were careful to do all of this in a crowd of people large enough that no blame could REALLY be pointed at them. But they were even more careful to smile and wave ... just so she knew.
Shayna had to admit they were pretty good at what they did ... but hardly worth Salazar's warning.
The chatter among the Slytherin girls lasted on as most of the students began to filter out. Jes kept saying how good to sausage looked but refused to eat it, claiming she was on a diet. Alana was explaining to Selphie that perfects were the only people worth dating. And Amber and Shayna were looking forward to the first Quidditch match of the season.
"Be sure to get some sleep girls." Snape said as he passed the table "I'm afraid you'll have quite allot of work in my class tomorrow."
"We will Severus. Goodnight" Shayna smiled
A pair of identical voices laughed as they passed not too far behind Severus. "Severus, sleep well my love" one of the twins said in a high voice "Honestly!"
"Eat slugs boys!" Shayna called sweetly after them
"What's their problem?" Selphie asked once they were out of ear shot
"Probably still sore about their detention tomorrow. It may let up after that" Amber said wisely "Alright, we'd better head back."
The five girls scooted back in agreement and left the Great Hall feeling well fed and warm. Their chatter died a bit as they descended toward the dungeon common room. Shayna was no longer warm, so she reached for her jacket ... but it wasn't in her bag.
"Guys, I think I left my jacket in the Great Hall" she said turning around
"I'll go with you" Jes offered
"Naw, go on, I'll be right back."
And she started back up the stairs to the main levels of the castle. It was slightly odd, of all the things she tripped over, spilled, dropped, and lost, her jacket was always right there in her bag.
Her footsteps echoed strangely off the enchanted ceiling as she circled the Slytherin table. It was creepy being the Hall alone, but not as creepy as the fact that her jacket was no where to be seen. She'd brought it in from Charms hadn't she? Her head was under the table when voices at the far end of the hall made her stop.
"Careful, that door squeaks."
"Thanks you, oh wise leader! Do you have any other pearls of obviousness?"
"Shut up George ... do you think she's noticed it's gone yet?"
Shayna jerked herself up in shock. There was a thump of her head hitting the underside of the table, followed by her own cry of pain. As she looked up, rubbing her head she was met with the twins' laughing faces.
"Very smooth" But Shayna wasn't listening ... in one of their hands ... the one on the left ... was her jacket ... those thieves! She walked coolly toward them, swinging her hips as best she could considering she didn't have any sign of curve. Don't let them see through you she told herself.
"Evening gryffies" They nodded, seemingly enjoying this regardless of her act. "Gonna give me my jacket back?"
"I don't know" said the one who wasn't holding it "You gonna run?"
The two of them were not only closer to the door, but had longer legs. By the time Shayna skidded into the entrance hall the door to the dungeons was swinging closed behind the twins. She bolted after them, down the stairs and around the corner. Breathing too fast, but she was going to catch them. One looked back nervously "She's gaining Fred"
"This way!" he answered and they made to go right through the door but turned sharply at the last minute. Shayna's reflexes were not as good and she found herself smack against the door.
"Catch ya later Slyth" the boys laughed
Shayna got up and brushed herself off ... this was starting to get very annoying. She could easily have waited till the morning and asked Severus to retrieve her jacket. He's probably even lengthen their detention. But this was a matter of pride ... she would handle it herself.
As she continued after their echoing footsteps she realized that they were leading her right to Snape's office. A stitch severely stinging her side she burst through the door. "What are you up to?" she demanded as best she could, out of breath
There were smiles on both boys faces as one reached for a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fire. "Library!" they both cried jumping the grate Without a moments thought Shayna filled her own hand with floo powder and followed them. Instantly she was spinning, an unhealthy feeling in her shins she tried to ignore. After a moment she spinning stopped and she stepped wobbly out into the dark library.
She looked around, but it was no use looking for anyone without some light. "Lumos" she whispered to her wand. A thin beam of light appeared. Shayna's eyes followed it till it hit a pair of feet. The feet raised to the legs, torso, and face of a very unhappy looking man.
Shayna's heart dropped quickly into her stomach cause it to slosh around. "So" Flitch said "Out after dark, disturbing the castle, trespassing in the library, AND using the floo network." Her instict was to start to cry, but she managed not too. Flitch continued "My my, four rules broken at once. I shall quite enjoy assigning your detention."
The first year's blue eyes clenched as the blow fell. "Oh come now" Filtch said pleasantly "You didn't think you'd go unpunished did you? Report to the Great Hall tomorrow night for you sentence. Let's go" Filtch motioned for Shayna to follow him She did so, her wand still alight casting shadows on her feet. Feeling slightly ill she watched the light until it shown on something olive in color.
Shayna stopped, so did Filtch "I said let's go!" he spat
"My jacket" she said in confusion as she picked it up off the floor "But I wasn't in here all day ... how-" A small piece of parchment had been pinned to the sleeve. Flitch rolled his eyes and continued to secort her back to the common room. But the light of her wan Shayna read the parchment:
Slyth,
We thought you might have missed this. Pretty thick to follow us into a teacher's office ... especially Snape's. But perhaps thinking is more tailored to Gryffindors. Either way, see you in detention.
Much Love,
Fred and George
