Chapter Eleven: Transfiguration Homework
After lunch, Sabrina headed off to her classes and Jo went to hers. After a few hours it was time for dinner. Jo sat down in between Malfoy and Sabrina at the Slytherin table. She was talking to Jason again. Albus Dumbledoor announced for the feast to begin and everyone piled their plates with food. Except for Sabrina, she just put one very small slice of ham, a tiny scoop of mashed potatoes, and skimpy scoop of fruit salad.
"It's all you can eat you know." Jo told Sabrina rudely.
"I know, but any more than this will totally fill me up." Sabrina replied kindly. Jo was surprised at how kind Sabrina could sound when she was so rude. "They aren't able to feed us much more at the orphanage." Jo just rolled her eyes. 'I don't believe that she is really an orphan, I think she just tries to make people feel sorry for her and to treat her good' Jo thought, glare out of the corner of her eye at the girl next to her, eating her food so slowly as if savoring the taste. 'She eats as if she will never eat food again'.
"So Jo, how was your day?" Jo looked beside her to see that Malfoy was talking to her.
"It was fine." She replied, stealing evil glances to Sabrina every so often.
"Jo, what is your problem?" Harry asked.
"What! I didn't do anything." She replied to her brother. "Wait a minute, how are you talking to me, I am sitting across the room."
"Telepathically." He replied. " Anyway. Why do you have to act as if Sabrina is gonna pop up and do something terrible, why can't you just TRY to get along with her?!" Harry replied.
"WHAT?!"
"Jo, don't act so stupid, I can see you, I'm not blind. Glaring at Sabrina as if she is some evil spirit. What is the matter with you?" Harry asked, angrier this time.
"Look Harry, why do you care how I treat her, hmm?" Jo asked, a sly note in her voice.
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Why are you so concerned about me treating Sabrina well? Why would you care? Hmmm, why" Jo asked, a funny smile creeping across her face. Harry turned his head away and began to finish his meal. Jo's smile turned into a smile of triumph. She sat grinning to herself all through dinner, every so often her mind switching to Cedric Diggory.
After dinner, Jo and Sabrina walked to Astronomy together in silence. Harry had decided to just tell them where to go and let them find their own way there. Sabrina never looked up once the whole way there. When they arrived, the professor began to tell them about making maps of the sky and stars. Then they got to take turns looking through the telescope and help the professor draw out a map. When class was over, Jo and Sabrina walked back. They bumped into Oliver and Harry in the hall. They were talking about Quidditch.
"Oh yeah. Harry, Cedric said that." Jo began, but Harry cut her off.
"I know, he told me already, now y'all go up to your rooms and get ready for lights out." He said, without even looking at the two girls. Sabrina started to head up the staircase to the Ravenclaw dorms. Jo went down stairs to the Slytherin's. But Jo saw Sabrina stop and look down on Harry and Oliver. Sabrina faintly smiled, then turned around and entered her dorm. 'Hmmm, well, well, well. Looks like Spellmen already has a crush one someone' Jo thought to herself. She shook her head and scoffed, then continued to her dorm. Once she got inside she change into her nightclothes and sat down to get some studying in before bed. Jo sighed.
"I don't get any of this." She thought out loud. "And we have a test over it tomorrow. Transfiguration is stupid." She reviewed some more things, tried to understand them, but then decided she wasn't going to get it.
"Maybe you should ask Sabrina for help. She's a pro at Transfiguration." Came Harry's voice inside Jo's head again.
"Wish you wouldn't do that Harry." Jo retorted. "Plus, how would you know what Spellman is a pro at, how often do you hang out with her?"
Harry opened his mouth to say something, but seemed to still be choosing his words. "Not often, it's just I know that she is being moved up a trans. class. That's all."
"You lie. You have a crush on her I can tell." Jo said laughing.
"I do not have a crush on Sabrina. At least not like you do on Diggory." Harry said a smirk on his face. Jo opened her mouth to protest agents that fact but closed it again.
"Do not" she muttered angrily.
"Yes you do, I can tell." Harry replied mocking Jo.
"That's it out of my head! Out! Get out!" Jo said almost screaming.
Harry started laughing but his voice began to fade from her mind.
"Jo? Are you ok, I heard you screaming." came a girl's voice form the stairs, one of Jo's new fellow Slytherin's.
"Oh, hey Jess. Yea I'm fine. Must of fallen asleep studying. Just a bad dream I guess." Jo replied.
"What are you studying?" Jess, a girl with long red hair and bright blue eyes asked beginning down the stairs.
"Trans. I can't get it." Jo replied sleepily.
"Oh, I hate transfiguration! Potions seems so much easier to me, not that I am too good at that either, but it is way easier than trans. Course that may be because McGonnagall hates me."
"Same here she hates me because I was supposed to be in Harry's house but I'm not."
"She just hates me, I have no earthly clue why."
"We're Slytherins, every one hates us Jess, that's just the way it is." Jo said rolling her eyes.
Jo heard a small girl's voice from the entrance say "It's awfully dank in here."
Jess looked over and saw a guy that must have been in at least 2nd year look up and smile from one of the couches. "Hey Sabrina."
"What are you doing in here?" Jo said surprised "We're Slytherin's we like it dark"
"Oh, Jason." Sabrina walked carefully down the stairs avoiding a cockroach and walked over to the couch where the brown haired boy sat.
Jo made a gagging sound.
"Shut up Potter." Sabrina muttered coldly as she walked by Jo.
"Why don't you come over and make me. One day I might find that I whipped up just the right potion to make you so sick you would be out of it for days. All I'd have to do was sprinkle a little in your pumpkin juice and you'd be knocked out." Jo said slyly.
"And then your brother would kill you." Sabrina said as she sat next to Jason.
Not thinking Jo sighed. "Truce? I need help w/ trans."
"I don't know Potter, you have been awfully cruel to me." Sabrina said as she leaned forward slightly and looked at her papers. "Eight, Eleven, and fifteen are all caused by werewolf encounters," she said.
"Thanks," Jo said scribbling them down. "You're the best, tell any one I said that and your dead."
Sabrina smiled. "Why would I tell anyone, that would make me a bad person for communicating with a Slytherin."
Jo smiled back. "You aren't that bad Sabrina, for a Ravenclaw," she muttered.
"You're not bad either, for a Slytherin."
"Thanks blonde" Jo replied.
"Whatever." Sabrina said.
"Hey, what's that smart kid doin' in here?" Came Malfoy's voice form the entryway.
"Hey Malfoy. She was just leaving weren't you blonde." Jo said now back to her regular Slytherin tone of voice.
"As a matter of fact Potter, I wasn't planning on leaving any time soon." Sabrina said faking a despising tone.
"You ain't welcome here Spellman now get before I do poison you." Jo said sounding serious but smiling slightly.
"Fine then! I'll leave! Good bye Jason, I'll see you later, ok?" Sabrina said standing up and turning to Jason. Jason nodded and Sabrina smiled and walked past Malfoy and out the door.
After lunch, Sabrina headed off to her classes and Jo went to hers. After a few hours it was time for dinner. Jo sat down in between Malfoy and Sabrina at the Slytherin table. She was talking to Jason again. Albus Dumbledoor announced for the feast to begin and everyone piled their plates with food. Except for Sabrina, she just put one very small slice of ham, a tiny scoop of mashed potatoes, and skimpy scoop of fruit salad.
"It's all you can eat you know." Jo told Sabrina rudely.
"I know, but any more than this will totally fill me up." Sabrina replied kindly. Jo was surprised at how kind Sabrina could sound when she was so rude. "They aren't able to feed us much more at the orphanage." Jo just rolled her eyes. 'I don't believe that she is really an orphan, I think she just tries to make people feel sorry for her and to treat her good' Jo thought, glare out of the corner of her eye at the girl next to her, eating her food so slowly as if savoring the taste. 'She eats as if she will never eat food again'.
"So Jo, how was your day?" Jo looked beside her to see that Malfoy was talking to her.
"It was fine." She replied, stealing evil glances to Sabrina every so often.
"Jo, what is your problem?" Harry asked.
"What! I didn't do anything." She replied to her brother. "Wait a minute, how are you talking to me, I am sitting across the room."
"Telepathically." He replied. " Anyway. Why do you have to act as if Sabrina is gonna pop up and do something terrible, why can't you just TRY to get along with her?!" Harry replied.
"WHAT?!"
"Jo, don't act so stupid, I can see you, I'm not blind. Glaring at Sabrina as if she is some evil spirit. What is the matter with you?" Harry asked, angrier this time.
"Look Harry, why do you care how I treat her, hmm?" Jo asked, a sly note in her voice.
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked.
"Why are you so concerned about me treating Sabrina well? Why would you care? Hmmm, why" Jo asked, a funny smile creeping across her face. Harry turned his head away and began to finish his meal. Jo's smile turned into a smile of triumph. She sat grinning to herself all through dinner, every so often her mind switching to Cedric Diggory.
After dinner, Jo and Sabrina walked to Astronomy together in silence. Harry had decided to just tell them where to go and let them find their own way there. Sabrina never looked up once the whole way there. When they arrived, the professor began to tell them about making maps of the sky and stars. Then they got to take turns looking through the telescope and help the professor draw out a map. When class was over, Jo and Sabrina walked back. They bumped into Oliver and Harry in the hall. They were talking about Quidditch.
"Oh yeah. Harry, Cedric said that." Jo began, but Harry cut her off.
"I know, he told me already, now y'all go up to your rooms and get ready for lights out." He said, without even looking at the two girls. Sabrina started to head up the staircase to the Ravenclaw dorms. Jo went down stairs to the Slytherin's. But Jo saw Sabrina stop and look down on Harry and Oliver. Sabrina faintly smiled, then turned around and entered her dorm. 'Hmmm, well, well, well. Looks like Spellmen already has a crush one someone' Jo thought to herself. She shook her head and scoffed, then continued to her dorm. Once she got inside she change into her nightclothes and sat down to get some studying in before bed. Jo sighed.
"I don't get any of this." She thought out loud. "And we have a test over it tomorrow. Transfiguration is stupid." She reviewed some more things, tried to understand them, but then decided she wasn't going to get it.
"Maybe you should ask Sabrina for help. She's a pro at Transfiguration." Came Harry's voice inside Jo's head again.
"Wish you wouldn't do that Harry." Jo retorted. "Plus, how would you know what Spellman is a pro at, how often do you hang out with her?"
Harry opened his mouth to say something, but seemed to still be choosing his words. "Not often, it's just I know that she is being moved up a trans. class. That's all."
"You lie. You have a crush on her I can tell." Jo said laughing.
"I do not have a crush on Sabrina. At least not like you do on Diggory." Harry said a smirk on his face. Jo opened her mouth to protest agents that fact but closed it again.
"Do not" she muttered angrily.
"Yes you do, I can tell." Harry replied mocking Jo.
"That's it out of my head! Out! Get out!" Jo said almost screaming.
Harry started laughing but his voice began to fade from her mind.
"Jo? Are you ok, I heard you screaming." came a girl's voice form the stairs, one of Jo's new fellow Slytherin's.
"Oh, hey Jess. Yea I'm fine. Must of fallen asleep studying. Just a bad dream I guess." Jo replied.
"What are you studying?" Jess, a girl with long red hair and bright blue eyes asked beginning down the stairs.
"Trans. I can't get it." Jo replied sleepily.
"Oh, I hate transfiguration! Potions seems so much easier to me, not that I am too good at that either, but it is way easier than trans. Course that may be because McGonnagall hates me."
"Same here she hates me because I was supposed to be in Harry's house but I'm not."
"She just hates me, I have no earthly clue why."
"We're Slytherins, every one hates us Jess, that's just the way it is." Jo said rolling her eyes.
Jo heard a small girl's voice from the entrance say "It's awfully dank in here."
Jess looked over and saw a guy that must have been in at least 2nd year look up and smile from one of the couches. "Hey Sabrina."
"What are you doing in here?" Jo said surprised "We're Slytherin's we like it dark"
"Oh, Jason." Sabrina walked carefully down the stairs avoiding a cockroach and walked over to the couch where the brown haired boy sat.
Jo made a gagging sound.
"Shut up Potter." Sabrina muttered coldly as she walked by Jo.
"Why don't you come over and make me. One day I might find that I whipped up just the right potion to make you so sick you would be out of it for days. All I'd have to do was sprinkle a little in your pumpkin juice and you'd be knocked out." Jo said slyly.
"And then your brother would kill you." Sabrina said as she sat next to Jason.
Not thinking Jo sighed. "Truce? I need help w/ trans."
"I don't know Potter, you have been awfully cruel to me." Sabrina said as she leaned forward slightly and looked at her papers. "Eight, Eleven, and fifteen are all caused by werewolf encounters," she said.
"Thanks," Jo said scribbling them down. "You're the best, tell any one I said that and your dead."
Sabrina smiled. "Why would I tell anyone, that would make me a bad person for communicating with a Slytherin."
Jo smiled back. "You aren't that bad Sabrina, for a Ravenclaw," she muttered.
"You're not bad either, for a Slytherin."
"Thanks blonde" Jo replied.
"Whatever." Sabrina said.
"Hey, what's that smart kid doin' in here?" Came Malfoy's voice form the entryway.
"Hey Malfoy. She was just leaving weren't you blonde." Jo said now back to her regular Slytherin tone of voice.
"As a matter of fact Potter, I wasn't planning on leaving any time soon." Sabrina said faking a despising tone.
"You ain't welcome here Spellman now get before I do poison you." Jo said sounding serious but smiling slightly.
"Fine then! I'll leave! Good bye Jason, I'll see you later, ok?" Sabrina said standing up and turning to Jason. Jason nodded and Sabrina smiled and walked past Malfoy and out the door.