SATURN'S SHINE
CHAPTER FIVE: DOUBLE POTIONS
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Hotaru was being woken up by a soft nudge against her sleeping form. She let out a moan and went back to sleep, only to be greeted by a stronger nudge. She grunted, rolled her body towards the source of her "alarm clock", and narrowed her eyes at none other than, Tethys.
The large black cat gave a "purr" that told her mistress to wake up. Hotaru, still not liking the thought that she was sorted in Slytherin, sat up slowly and saw that no one else was in the dormitory. She gave a slight glance at her alarm clock and got up.
That "slight glance" registered through her brain the next minute and all you could hear from the Slytherin House was, "I'M LATE!" Then out burst a girl, who was dressed hastily, books a bit off balanced in her arms, sleep glazed at the edges of her eyes with a black panther following closely behind, was running towards her Double Potions class with the Gryffindor students.
Ten minutes later the same disordered girl slammed open the door, cutting off the Potion's Professor's lecture in mid-sentence. Seeing this, Hotaru Tomoe quickly tried to explain, "I'm so sorry, Professor. I didn't know what time it was and my alarm clo-"
"It's quite alright, Miss Tomoe," the Professor said, fixing a warning glare at her, "Just don't do that again. Now, take your seat beside Mr. Malfoy."
She gave a numb nod and quickly sat down at her seat. She saw that some Gryffindors were hiding sneers, causing her to squash deeper into her seat, hoping to disappear. She felt awful as Hermione looked at her with sympathy. Then she saw Usagi waving slightly at her, with boys surrounding her and some were even holding red roses out towards her!
Hotaru waved meekly at Usagi and then directed her attention to the Professor when the boy sitting beside her scolded in a hiss, "You should wake up earlier more often. You're giving us Slytherins bad reputations already! Now the Gryffindors will never let this one down!"
Recognizing the voice, she quickly snapped in a mere whisper, "Shut up, Malfoy! The other girls in the dormitory didn't even bother to wake me up, so it's partially their fault too!"
"Don't you blame them too, Tomoe!" Draco whispered back.
"Now students," the Professor addressed them with his same low hiss, "You will have to put the dragon snaps in BEFORE you put in the phoenix tail feather in order to make the defence potion. Now, partner up with the person beside you."
Both Hotaru and Draco totally drowned out the teacher and were in a heated whispering fight. So, when the cauldron was boiling with a sick sound, Draco reached for the phoenix feather first.
"Wrong ingredient, MALFOY," she told him with narrowed eyes. Tethys let out a growl to confirm her statement.
Draco rolled his eyes and muttered, "Whatever." Then dropped the feather into the potion and then the dragon snaps.
"NO!" Hotaru gasped. But her out burst was drowned by the sound of an explosion! The explosion knocked both Draco and Hotaru off of their chairs and onto their backs, Tethys was pushed across the room and the other cauldrons shattered due to one enormous sound wave from the explosion.
In the aftermath, Professor Snape's voice came through the thick grey clouds, "Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Tomoe you will be serving detention today! You will meet me in my room after dinner."
Then the bell rang, signalling the end of Double Potions. Harry was going to get up to talk to Usagi when Professor Snape stepped in the way, "Where do you think you're going, Potter? Do you not see the mess in my classroom? Obviously you don't care... and because of that, you will stay behind and clean this all up!"
Hotaru immediately felt that it wasn't fair for Harry to be late for whatever class he was going to and felt that she should be the one who should be cleaning up... since it was partially her fault. So she suddenly cried, "I'm part of the reason for this mess. I want to help clean it."
"Fine!" Snape snapped, not even caring if she was a Slytherin or not, "You will stay with Potter and clean this place up! And you two will not leave until I am satisfied with your work!"
With that, the Potion Professor huffed away, leaving the two alone, dirty and slightly hurt because of the explosion. Hotaru looked at Harry and saw that he was glaring at her. She was taken aback by his attitude as he bent down to pick up a shattered cauldron.
She bit her lower lip and quickly ran up to Tethys' limping form and gently held her, "Are you okay?"
Tethys forced out a 'purr' to assure her mistress that she was fine. She slowly got up and shook her head to stop the world around her going in circles. When Hotaru was sure that Tethys was all right, she gave her pet another hug before she bent down and started to clean.
Harry looked up and saw how Hotaru loved her giant cat. His glare softened, but then he remembered that he was in this mess because of her and Malfoy! He quickly rolled his eyes at her and continued to clean up.
After several unbearable minutes, Hotaru decided to strike up a conversation, "So..."
"Shut up," he snapped, causing Tethys to growl at him for using such a tone towards Hotaru.
She looked at him, obviously feeling insulted so she countered, "What's your problem?"
"You," Harry said as he scrubbed the floor.
"Why?" she asked with anger weaved into her voice.
"Because of you and Malfoy I didn't get a chance to talk to Usagi!" he yelled in frustration.
Hotaru dropped the piece of cloth she had in her hands in shock, "I see... you like her too, don't you?"
Harry met her statement with silence. Tethys looked at one person to another... obviously confused.
"Of course you're not the only one," Hotaru whispered, thinking of Mamoru back in Tokyo. She mustn't let Usagi fall for another or disaster would fall!
"I can see that! I'm not blind," he retorted.
"You don't understand," she sighed, "She's no normal person."
"Of course she isn't," Harry muttered, "She's an angel."
'Wow,' Hotaru thought, ' He's fallen for Usagi... HARD!'
"Just... never mind," Hotaru said, shaking her head before scrubbing the desk.
Harry looked at her in a strange way, as if she was crazy. And it was then that the sun hit her hair, highlighting it violet. The strands danced around her face... just taunting him to touch them. He felt his hand tremble, but quickly forgot about it when Professor Snape came in.
"Good, you're finally done!" he snapped as he surveyed his now clean classroom, "Now... get to lunch."
The two hurried off to lunch as quickly as possible, afraid that if they stayed any longer, Professor Snape would demand they do more physical labour. Before long, Hotaru finished lunch, went to her other classes with Malfoy scolding her for helping Harry clean up and then right after dinner she found herself standing beside Malfoy... looking at a closed classroom door.
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TENSHI CAT
CHAPTER FIVE: DOUBLE POTIONS
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Hotaru was being woken up by a soft nudge against her sleeping form. She let out a moan and went back to sleep, only to be greeted by a stronger nudge. She grunted, rolled her body towards the source of her "alarm clock", and narrowed her eyes at none other than, Tethys.
The large black cat gave a "purr" that told her mistress to wake up. Hotaru, still not liking the thought that she was sorted in Slytherin, sat up slowly and saw that no one else was in the dormitory. She gave a slight glance at her alarm clock and got up.
That "slight glance" registered through her brain the next minute and all you could hear from the Slytherin House was, "I'M LATE!" Then out burst a girl, who was dressed hastily, books a bit off balanced in her arms, sleep glazed at the edges of her eyes with a black panther following closely behind, was running towards her Double Potions class with the Gryffindor students.
Ten minutes later the same disordered girl slammed open the door, cutting off the Potion's Professor's lecture in mid-sentence. Seeing this, Hotaru Tomoe quickly tried to explain, "I'm so sorry, Professor. I didn't know what time it was and my alarm clo-"
"It's quite alright, Miss Tomoe," the Professor said, fixing a warning glare at her, "Just don't do that again. Now, take your seat beside Mr. Malfoy."
She gave a numb nod and quickly sat down at her seat. She saw that some Gryffindors were hiding sneers, causing her to squash deeper into her seat, hoping to disappear. She felt awful as Hermione looked at her with sympathy. Then she saw Usagi waving slightly at her, with boys surrounding her and some were even holding red roses out towards her!
Hotaru waved meekly at Usagi and then directed her attention to the Professor when the boy sitting beside her scolded in a hiss, "You should wake up earlier more often. You're giving us Slytherins bad reputations already! Now the Gryffindors will never let this one down!"
Recognizing the voice, she quickly snapped in a mere whisper, "Shut up, Malfoy! The other girls in the dormitory didn't even bother to wake me up, so it's partially their fault too!"
"Don't you blame them too, Tomoe!" Draco whispered back.
"Now students," the Professor addressed them with his same low hiss, "You will have to put the dragon snaps in BEFORE you put in the phoenix tail feather in order to make the defence potion. Now, partner up with the person beside you."
Both Hotaru and Draco totally drowned out the teacher and were in a heated whispering fight. So, when the cauldron was boiling with a sick sound, Draco reached for the phoenix feather first.
"Wrong ingredient, MALFOY," she told him with narrowed eyes. Tethys let out a growl to confirm her statement.
Draco rolled his eyes and muttered, "Whatever." Then dropped the feather into the potion and then the dragon snaps.
"NO!" Hotaru gasped. But her out burst was drowned by the sound of an explosion! The explosion knocked both Draco and Hotaru off of their chairs and onto their backs, Tethys was pushed across the room and the other cauldrons shattered due to one enormous sound wave from the explosion.
In the aftermath, Professor Snape's voice came through the thick grey clouds, "Mr. Malfoy, Ms. Tomoe you will be serving detention today! You will meet me in my room after dinner."
Then the bell rang, signalling the end of Double Potions. Harry was going to get up to talk to Usagi when Professor Snape stepped in the way, "Where do you think you're going, Potter? Do you not see the mess in my classroom? Obviously you don't care... and because of that, you will stay behind and clean this all up!"
Hotaru immediately felt that it wasn't fair for Harry to be late for whatever class he was going to and felt that she should be the one who should be cleaning up... since it was partially her fault. So she suddenly cried, "I'm part of the reason for this mess. I want to help clean it."
"Fine!" Snape snapped, not even caring if she was a Slytherin or not, "You will stay with Potter and clean this place up! And you two will not leave until I am satisfied with your work!"
With that, the Potion Professor huffed away, leaving the two alone, dirty and slightly hurt because of the explosion. Hotaru looked at Harry and saw that he was glaring at her. She was taken aback by his attitude as he bent down to pick up a shattered cauldron.
She bit her lower lip and quickly ran up to Tethys' limping form and gently held her, "Are you okay?"
Tethys forced out a 'purr' to assure her mistress that she was fine. She slowly got up and shook her head to stop the world around her going in circles. When Hotaru was sure that Tethys was all right, she gave her pet another hug before she bent down and started to clean.
Harry looked up and saw how Hotaru loved her giant cat. His glare softened, but then he remembered that he was in this mess because of her and Malfoy! He quickly rolled his eyes at her and continued to clean up.
After several unbearable minutes, Hotaru decided to strike up a conversation, "So..."
"Shut up," he snapped, causing Tethys to growl at him for using such a tone towards Hotaru.
She looked at him, obviously feeling insulted so she countered, "What's your problem?"
"You," Harry said as he scrubbed the floor.
"Why?" she asked with anger weaved into her voice.
"Because of you and Malfoy I didn't get a chance to talk to Usagi!" he yelled in frustration.
Hotaru dropped the piece of cloth she had in her hands in shock, "I see... you like her too, don't you?"
Harry met her statement with silence. Tethys looked at one person to another... obviously confused.
"Of course you're not the only one," Hotaru whispered, thinking of Mamoru back in Tokyo. She mustn't let Usagi fall for another or disaster would fall!
"I can see that! I'm not blind," he retorted.
"You don't understand," she sighed, "She's no normal person."
"Of course she isn't," Harry muttered, "She's an angel."
'Wow,' Hotaru thought, ' He's fallen for Usagi... HARD!'
"Just... never mind," Hotaru said, shaking her head before scrubbing the desk.
Harry looked at her in a strange way, as if she was crazy. And it was then that the sun hit her hair, highlighting it violet. The strands danced around her face... just taunting him to touch them. He felt his hand tremble, but quickly forgot about it when Professor Snape came in.
"Good, you're finally done!" he snapped as he surveyed his now clean classroom, "Now... get to lunch."
The two hurried off to lunch as quickly as possible, afraid that if they stayed any longer, Professor Snape would demand they do more physical labour. Before long, Hotaru finished lunch, went to her other classes with Malfoy scolding her for helping Harry clean up and then right after dinner she found herself standing beside Malfoy... looking at a closed classroom door.
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TENSHI CAT
