Standard disclaimers apply.
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The following morning was sheer chaos for Rin, and the rest of the school as well. The elegant Slytherin had the pressing matter of approximately eighteen unicorns following her around the school - no matter where she went.
"Go back to your forest NOW!" she finally spun on heel to demand. While she had been aiming for a commanding tone of voice, it came off as pleading. She couldn't control the horned horses and it was starting to cause problems.
"Maybe if you were to - " Hagrid rumbled from behind her, his thick forehead creased in thought.
Rin waved her hand impatiently. "I already tried to lead them back into the forest last night. As I recall it worked until I attempted to leave the forest, in which case they followed me back out . . . . and to my dorms . . . . and classes . . . . . and meals . . . and hell, they even followed me into the bathroom!" she exclaimed, waving her hands around over her head.
"Well, I guess it's good to see that something flusters you," Kyou said dryly from her left. "Professor Flitwick wanted me to give you this." He held up a note.
"What does it say?" Rin demanded, not even reaching for the note.
"How should I know?" Kyou snapped back at her.
"Read it," Rin suggested. She spun around to face Hagrid, ignoring Kyou for the moment. "You're the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, correct?"
"Yeah, but nothing like this has ever happened before and I - " Hagrid started to protest.
"No excuses. Either do you job and tell me how to get them to go away, or find someone who knows and recommend them for your job position!" Rin said coldly. She spun on heel and marched away from him, her long black hair flying wildly behind her.
"Hey, just be grateful that they're not regular sized 'Hatori's'," Kyou said by way of support. "That would be a real disaster, don't you think?" He turned and hurried after Rin. "Gotta give this note to her!" he explained as he dashed away.
"Regular sized . . . . Hatori's?" Hagrid muttered in confusion. "What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean . . . ?"
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Professor Snape sulked. He was bruised from head to foot, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and hadn't caught his hated former classmate, Sirius Black. All in all the whole evening was a failure. Nothing, he reflected, could make it worse.
He took one angry step foreword, his robes catching on a bunch of knarled roots. He turned around, yanking them loose, not even caring that the thick fabric was unraveling. Then he spun, determined to get back to the school and give each and every student hell from the bottom of his heart.
Scowl firmly set in place, he took one more step. No less then seventeen arrows plunged into the ground in front of his feet. He looked up, eyes murderous.
A pack of centaurs gathered around him. "Take him prisoner," one of them ordered. "We'll use him as bait to bring her back to us. Then we'll figure out where her hind legs went . . . . "
"What?" Snape seethed as they bound his hands and gagged him as well.
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Tohru sifted slightly in her seat. It was getting rather late and Professor Snape still hadn't shown up. "Do you think he's okay?" she asked suddenly, spinning in her seat to face Momiji.
"Ahh!" the bunny shouted in surprise, quickly concealing a picture of a bunny on his worksheet. "Oh, Tohru, it's just you," he breathed a sigh of relief upon recognizing her. "I guess that he's okay. I mean, maybe he's just sick, or something, ne?"
"But it's not like him to be late," Tohru objected. "I think I'll go check his office just to make sure everything's okay . . . . " She chewed on her lip nervously. "But maybe I'd better stay seated in case he does come . . . . . "
"I'll go with you," a girl declared from the other side of the room. "I'm Kana Souma," she added by way of introduction. "We haven't really met before."
Tohru got to her feet. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she said bowing her head so far that her hair fell foreword.
Kana laughed. "You don't need to go through that for me." She held out her hand and smiled until Tohru shook it. "I'm worried about Professor Snape too," she said as they left the room.
Momiji sighed heavily and stood up. "I guess I'll go too," he said without any vigor at all. "Don't wanna be left alone with the Hugglepuff's and Ravenclaws . . . "
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"Stop hovering already, dearie," Madam Pomfrey exclaimed. "He'll be just fine. A little overexerted to be sure, but nothing to miss classes over." She made a shooing motion at Hatori.
He glanced over at her and stubbornly closed his eyes, refusing to leave her medical wing until Akito had been completely treated.
Madam Pomfrey sighed. "Well if you're going to hang around, you might as well make yourself useful." She picked up a large block of chocolate. "I need you to break this into smaller pieces - think you can resist a nibble or two?"
Hatori walked over and started breaking the pieces apart silently. "Yes," he said firmly after a couple of minutes. "I won't take one bite."
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Kana slipped into Snape's office first. "Lumous!" she exclaimed softly, lighting the tip of her wand. She held it over her head and appraised the situation.
Tohru crept in behind her. "Maybe we shouldn't - I mean - we're breaking and entering . . . do you think we'll get in trouble?" she ask worriedly.
"It doesn't look like he's been in here for a while," Kana said softly. "I don't think that we'll get in trouble, but even if we do, isn't it worth the risk?" She brushed an errant strand of hair out of her face. "Professor Snape might need our help. I'm willing to get in trouble - even expelled - to help out anyone alive."
"What if he's dead?" Momiji piped up cheerily from behind them.
They both screamed and hugged each other tightly, clearly panicked. Upon recognizing Momiji - voice and appearance - they relaxed. "You scared me!" Tohru confessed.
"I'm sorry Tohru. I didn't mean to. I just thought I'd come help you and Kana-san ou - "
"Just 'Kana' is good," the Ravenclaw girl piped up.
"You don't really think . . . he's dead, do you?" Tohru asked in concern. "Professor Snape, that is."
Momiji glanced around. "Well, I don't think that he returned from the Forbidden Forest yet. I mean, I think he might have gotten lost and then - " he drew his finger across his neck dramatically.
Tohru stifled a gasp of concern and horror.
Kana, however, looked at things more practically. "He's a teacher at Hogwarts and more then qualified. I think he'd be able to handle anything that came his way. I mean, a couple well placed spells and - "
"He can cast spells without a wand?" Momiji said in awe.
Tohru glanced at him. "Doesn't he have his wand with him?"
"Nope! Kagura accidentally broke it!" Momiji exclaimed cheerily. Just as quick as the smile flew to his face, it vanished. "That means he's probably in really deep trouble. I'll go back to where we separated and - "
"I'm coming too!" Tohru said in determination. She looked slightly apprehensive about going back into the forest, but more then willing. "We should probably tell Yuki and Kyou where we're going. And Kagura would probably help - "
Momiji shook his head. "They're all in classes and Kagura's got detention. If we try and get them out of classes, then we'll probably get in trouble and not be able to go."
Kana closed the door to Snape's office. "Peeves," she explained at the questioning looks from the other two. "I didn't want him coming in and blabbing to everyone."
"Good thinking," Momiji cheered, once again cheerful.
"Even more good thinking," Kana said with a smile. "You're both on the Quidditch team, right?"
They both nodded. "Although . . . ." Tohru began to add.
"So, let's take our brooms and not set down in the forest, okay?" Kana asked.
"Then it's a plan!" Momiji cheered. "Let's go."
Tohru, still looking undecided, glanced around the office for support of any sort. Her eyes fell on a wand sitting on the desk. "Let's bring him his spare wand!" she exclaimed, grabbing it and tucking it into her robes.
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Kisa mounted her Firebolt and shot into the air for practice. The first game was coming up in less then a month. It had been decided that they were going to play their arch-enemies, Slytherin right away.
She pushed all thoughts about Sirius Black and her fateful mis-step in the library out of her mind. Now was the time to concentrate and -
She honey brown eyes fell on three figures slipping into the Hufflepuff locker room. "Nani?" she murmured in confusion. The Quaffle went through the far ring.
"Kisa, pay attention!" Ginny shouted. "You could have stopped that one easily!" The red haired chaser whirled away from the rings and back towards the other end of the field.
Kisa nodded her head and started focusing. She stopped the next eight shots in a row.
It was a pretty good practice. Uotani and Kyou were whacking the bludgers around with deadly accuracy. Ginny and the other chasers were passing the ball with very few fumbles . . . and she was stopping anything - with the exception of the first shot - from getting anywhere near the goal posts. And Harry . . . she looked up, watching him soar through the air. Well, he was getting cuter by the -
She cut her thoughts off again, glancing towards the ground in time to see, Kana, Momiji, and Tohru sneak off the field with their brooms. "Sissy!" she shouted and waved.
Tohru clearly didn't hear her. She didn't stop or even hesitate in her escape from the field. Kisa sighed and focused back on the practice.
"I wonder where she's going . . . . ?" she murmured.
"She can't fly a broom yet," Uotani said from above her. The yankee dropped down in front of the small tiger. "She's probably just practicing someplace quite. It's nothing to worry about."
"Oh," Kisa said.
Then Harry called everyone down to do over their game strategy.
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"Crabble! Goyle! Stop hanging around with this nobody and get over here!" Malfoy snapped to his former henchmen.
"Well . . . . " Goyle said.
"Well . . . . " Crabble said.
"You heard him. Get away from me and pester him!" Hiro said. "He's the one that needs your dopey support, not me. I do just fine on my own. All that you two do is cause me grief and trouble. I'm truly better off - "
"Why don't you watch your mouth, Mudblood?" Malfoy sneered at the young Souma.
"I already did. That's why I don't have bad breath, unlike you. Have you ever cleaned your mouth in your life? It's really foul and you got major plaque buildup on your teeth, not to mention, you're gums are an unhealthy shade of pink. You should probably go see Madam Pomfrey before they all fall out," Hiro retaliated immediately.
"Why you filthy, little, Mudblood - " Malfoy began, pulling his wand in one smooth motion.
"Filthy? We already went over this. You're the one that needs to get clean. I'm already clean because I bathe. You got greese in your hair, pimples on your face and ass - probably - plaque on your teeth, and I have to wonder if you've ever washed your hands BEFORE leaving the bathroom and eating," Hiro said coldly.
"Little? Define how that could be an insult? I'm clearly smaller then you - physically at least. Mentally, you can't even reach the heights that I'm at," he continued.
"Oh, and Mudblood? That brings us back to clean and since I am and you're not, then that must mean that you're the Mudblood - "
"I'm no Mudblood!" Malfoy shouted hotly. He cast a spell only to have his opponent calmly step out of the way.
"Professor Sprout, since when is it tolerated - "
"Souma, I want silence out of you. Mr. Malfoy, I think detention is in order, a owl to your parents, one hundred points removed, and we'll see the head of your house in regards to your actions," Professor Sprout said calmly. "Now follow me."
"And take your imbecile brutes with you - " Hiro added. He never seen Tohru, Momiji, and Kana slip by with their brooms tucked under their arms.
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"I'm finally free!" Professor McGonagall cheered, bursting out of the Forbidden Forest with Ritsu hot on her heels. "Free! Free! Free! Free!" She twirled in a happy circle. "Ha! Get away from me!" she snapped at the monkey.
"Uhm, okay," Ritsu said, his voice weaker and meeker then usual. He had apologized way too much in the past twenty-four hours. He had apologized so much that he didn't even feel sorry that McGonagall was going crazy.
"Now for a bath!" the teacher shouted in glee. Then she was gone.
Ritsu stood silently for several moments, then he spotted Shigure and Aya. "Hello," he said softly and shyly. "What are you doing?"
"Sssh!" both of them exclaimed. "He's almost there!"
"Who's almost there?" Ritsu whispered, crouching down in the rose bushes with them.
"Flitwick!" they both exclaimed gleefully.
Ritsu peered through the thorn covered brambles, his eyes falling on the small teacher. "What's going to happen?" he asked softly just as the prank went into completion mode.
Flitwick fell into the hole they had dug the day before. He got covered in the iridescent paint and he was also drowning in it for several seconds.
Ritsu pulled him out. "Are you okay, Professor?" he asked.
Flitwick, recognizing him on the spot, coughed up a bit of paint. "I'm completely fine. It's not your fault. Please don't apologize."
"Well, to tell the truth . . . " Ritsu said with a smile. "I SAW IT COMING AND DIDN'T THINK TO WARN YOU! IT IS MY FAULT! I'M A HORRIBLE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE AT ALL! I DIDN'T EVEN DECIDE TO GO WITH MOMIJI, TOHRU, KANA AND AND And and and and - " he coughed twice into his hand.
"I can't talk anymore," he wheezed.
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Author's notes; Next chapter will conclude the Forbidden Forest section. Will Kana, Tohru, and Momiji be able to rescue Snape? Will Rin get rid of the unicorns? Oh, and will Hatori unwittingly attract a herd of dragons to live at the school?
Probably.
Thanks for reading,
Kissa-chan
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The following morning was sheer chaos for Rin, and the rest of the school as well. The elegant Slytherin had the pressing matter of approximately eighteen unicorns following her around the school - no matter where she went.
"Go back to your forest NOW!" she finally spun on heel to demand. While she had been aiming for a commanding tone of voice, it came off as pleading. She couldn't control the horned horses and it was starting to cause problems.
"Maybe if you were to - " Hagrid rumbled from behind her, his thick forehead creased in thought.
Rin waved her hand impatiently. "I already tried to lead them back into the forest last night. As I recall it worked until I attempted to leave the forest, in which case they followed me back out . . . . and to my dorms . . . . and classes . . . . . and meals . . . and hell, they even followed me into the bathroom!" she exclaimed, waving her hands around over her head.
"Well, I guess it's good to see that something flusters you," Kyou said dryly from her left. "Professor Flitwick wanted me to give you this." He held up a note.
"What does it say?" Rin demanded, not even reaching for the note.
"How should I know?" Kyou snapped back at her.
"Read it," Rin suggested. She spun around to face Hagrid, ignoring Kyou for the moment. "You're the Care of Magical Creatures teacher, correct?"
"Yeah, but nothing like this has ever happened before and I - " Hagrid started to protest.
"No excuses. Either do you job and tell me how to get them to go away, or find someone who knows and recommend them for your job position!" Rin said coldly. She spun on heel and marched away from him, her long black hair flying wildly behind her.
"Hey, just be grateful that they're not regular sized 'Hatori's'," Kyou said by way of support. "That would be a real disaster, don't you think?" He turned and hurried after Rin. "Gotta give this note to her!" he explained as he dashed away.
"Regular sized . . . . Hatori's?" Hagrid muttered in confusion. "What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean . . . ?"
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Professor Snape sulked. He was bruised from head to foot, lost in the Forbidden Forest, and hadn't caught his hated former classmate, Sirius Black. All in all the whole evening was a failure. Nothing, he reflected, could make it worse.
He took one angry step foreword, his robes catching on a bunch of knarled roots. He turned around, yanking them loose, not even caring that the thick fabric was unraveling. Then he spun, determined to get back to the school and give each and every student hell from the bottom of his heart.
Scowl firmly set in place, he took one more step. No less then seventeen arrows plunged into the ground in front of his feet. He looked up, eyes murderous.
A pack of centaurs gathered around him. "Take him prisoner," one of them ordered. "We'll use him as bait to bring her back to us. Then we'll figure out where her hind legs went . . . . "
"What?" Snape seethed as they bound his hands and gagged him as well.
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Tohru sifted slightly in her seat. It was getting rather late and Professor Snape still hadn't shown up. "Do you think he's okay?" she asked suddenly, spinning in her seat to face Momiji.
"Ahh!" the bunny shouted in surprise, quickly concealing a picture of a bunny on his worksheet. "Oh, Tohru, it's just you," he breathed a sigh of relief upon recognizing her. "I guess that he's okay. I mean, maybe he's just sick, or something, ne?"
"But it's not like him to be late," Tohru objected. "I think I'll go check his office just to make sure everything's okay . . . . " She chewed on her lip nervously. "But maybe I'd better stay seated in case he does come . . . . . "
"I'll go with you," a girl declared from the other side of the room. "I'm Kana Souma," she added by way of introduction. "We haven't really met before."
Tohru got to her feet. "It's a pleasure to meet you," she said bowing her head so far that her hair fell foreword.
Kana laughed. "You don't need to go through that for me." She held out her hand and smiled until Tohru shook it. "I'm worried about Professor Snape too," she said as they left the room.
Momiji sighed heavily and stood up. "I guess I'll go too," he said without any vigor at all. "Don't wanna be left alone with the Hugglepuff's and Ravenclaws . . . "
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"Stop hovering already, dearie," Madam Pomfrey exclaimed. "He'll be just fine. A little overexerted to be sure, but nothing to miss classes over." She made a shooing motion at Hatori.
He glanced over at her and stubbornly closed his eyes, refusing to leave her medical wing until Akito had been completely treated.
Madam Pomfrey sighed. "Well if you're going to hang around, you might as well make yourself useful." She picked up a large block of chocolate. "I need you to break this into smaller pieces - think you can resist a nibble or two?"
Hatori walked over and started breaking the pieces apart silently. "Yes," he said firmly after a couple of minutes. "I won't take one bite."
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Kana slipped into Snape's office first. "Lumous!" she exclaimed softly, lighting the tip of her wand. She held it over her head and appraised the situation.
Tohru crept in behind her. "Maybe we shouldn't - I mean - we're breaking and entering . . . do you think we'll get in trouble?" she ask worriedly.
"It doesn't look like he's been in here for a while," Kana said softly. "I don't think that we'll get in trouble, but even if we do, isn't it worth the risk?" She brushed an errant strand of hair out of her face. "Professor Snape might need our help. I'm willing to get in trouble - even expelled - to help out anyone alive."
"What if he's dead?" Momiji piped up cheerily from behind them.
They both screamed and hugged each other tightly, clearly panicked. Upon recognizing Momiji - voice and appearance - they relaxed. "You scared me!" Tohru confessed.
"I'm sorry Tohru. I didn't mean to. I just thought I'd come help you and Kana-san ou - "
"Just 'Kana' is good," the Ravenclaw girl piped up.
"You don't really think . . . he's dead, do you?" Tohru asked in concern. "Professor Snape, that is."
Momiji glanced around. "Well, I don't think that he returned from the Forbidden Forest yet. I mean, I think he might have gotten lost and then - " he drew his finger across his neck dramatically.
Tohru stifled a gasp of concern and horror.
Kana, however, looked at things more practically. "He's a teacher at Hogwarts and more then qualified. I think he'd be able to handle anything that came his way. I mean, a couple well placed spells and - "
"He can cast spells without a wand?" Momiji said in awe.
Tohru glanced at him. "Doesn't he have his wand with him?"
"Nope! Kagura accidentally broke it!" Momiji exclaimed cheerily. Just as quick as the smile flew to his face, it vanished. "That means he's probably in really deep trouble. I'll go back to where we separated and - "
"I'm coming too!" Tohru said in determination. She looked slightly apprehensive about going back into the forest, but more then willing. "We should probably tell Yuki and Kyou where we're going. And Kagura would probably help - "
Momiji shook his head. "They're all in classes and Kagura's got detention. If we try and get them out of classes, then we'll probably get in trouble and not be able to go."
Kana closed the door to Snape's office. "Peeves," she explained at the questioning looks from the other two. "I didn't want him coming in and blabbing to everyone."
"Good thinking," Momiji cheered, once again cheerful.
"Even more good thinking," Kana said with a smile. "You're both on the Quidditch team, right?"
They both nodded. "Although . . . ." Tohru began to add.
"So, let's take our brooms and not set down in the forest, okay?" Kana asked.
"Then it's a plan!" Momiji cheered. "Let's go."
Tohru, still looking undecided, glanced around the office for support of any sort. Her eyes fell on a wand sitting on the desk. "Let's bring him his spare wand!" she exclaimed, grabbing it and tucking it into her robes.
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Kisa mounted her Firebolt and shot into the air for practice. The first game was coming up in less then a month. It had been decided that they were going to play their arch-enemies, Slytherin right away.
She pushed all thoughts about Sirius Black and her fateful mis-step in the library out of her mind. Now was the time to concentrate and -
She honey brown eyes fell on three figures slipping into the Hufflepuff locker room. "Nani?" she murmured in confusion. The Quaffle went through the far ring.
"Kisa, pay attention!" Ginny shouted. "You could have stopped that one easily!" The red haired chaser whirled away from the rings and back towards the other end of the field.
Kisa nodded her head and started focusing. She stopped the next eight shots in a row.
It was a pretty good practice. Uotani and Kyou were whacking the bludgers around with deadly accuracy. Ginny and the other chasers were passing the ball with very few fumbles . . . and she was stopping anything - with the exception of the first shot - from getting anywhere near the goal posts. And Harry . . . she looked up, watching him soar through the air. Well, he was getting cuter by the -
She cut her thoughts off again, glancing towards the ground in time to see, Kana, Momiji, and Tohru sneak off the field with their brooms. "Sissy!" she shouted and waved.
Tohru clearly didn't hear her. She didn't stop or even hesitate in her escape from the field. Kisa sighed and focused back on the practice.
"I wonder where she's going . . . . ?" she murmured.
"She can't fly a broom yet," Uotani said from above her. The yankee dropped down in front of the small tiger. "She's probably just practicing someplace quite. It's nothing to worry about."
"Oh," Kisa said.
Then Harry called everyone down to do over their game strategy.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"Crabble! Goyle! Stop hanging around with this nobody and get over here!" Malfoy snapped to his former henchmen.
"Well . . . . " Goyle said.
"Well . . . . " Crabble said.
"You heard him. Get away from me and pester him!" Hiro said. "He's the one that needs your dopey support, not me. I do just fine on my own. All that you two do is cause me grief and trouble. I'm truly better off - "
"Why don't you watch your mouth, Mudblood?" Malfoy sneered at the young Souma.
"I already did. That's why I don't have bad breath, unlike you. Have you ever cleaned your mouth in your life? It's really foul and you got major plaque buildup on your teeth, not to mention, you're gums are an unhealthy shade of pink. You should probably go see Madam Pomfrey before they all fall out," Hiro retaliated immediately.
"Why you filthy, little, Mudblood - " Malfoy began, pulling his wand in one smooth motion.
"Filthy? We already went over this. You're the one that needs to get clean. I'm already clean because I bathe. You got greese in your hair, pimples on your face and ass - probably - plaque on your teeth, and I have to wonder if you've ever washed your hands BEFORE leaving the bathroom and eating," Hiro said coldly.
"Little? Define how that could be an insult? I'm clearly smaller then you - physically at least. Mentally, you can't even reach the heights that I'm at," he continued.
"Oh, and Mudblood? That brings us back to clean and since I am and you're not, then that must mean that you're the Mudblood - "
"I'm no Mudblood!" Malfoy shouted hotly. He cast a spell only to have his opponent calmly step out of the way.
"Professor Sprout, since when is it tolerated - "
"Souma, I want silence out of you. Mr. Malfoy, I think detention is in order, a owl to your parents, one hundred points removed, and we'll see the head of your house in regards to your actions," Professor Sprout said calmly. "Now follow me."
"And take your imbecile brutes with you - " Hiro added. He never seen Tohru, Momiji, and Kana slip by with their brooms tucked under their arms.
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
"I'm finally free!" Professor McGonagall cheered, bursting out of the Forbidden Forest with Ritsu hot on her heels. "Free! Free! Free! Free!" She twirled in a happy circle. "Ha! Get away from me!" she snapped at the monkey.
"Uhm, okay," Ritsu said, his voice weaker and meeker then usual. He had apologized way too much in the past twenty-four hours. He had apologized so much that he didn't even feel sorry that McGonagall was going crazy.
"Now for a bath!" the teacher shouted in glee. Then she was gone.
Ritsu stood silently for several moments, then he spotted Shigure and Aya. "Hello," he said softly and shyly. "What are you doing?"
"Sssh!" both of them exclaimed. "He's almost there!"
"Who's almost there?" Ritsu whispered, crouching down in the rose bushes with them.
"Flitwick!" they both exclaimed gleefully.
Ritsu peered through the thorn covered brambles, his eyes falling on the small teacher. "What's going to happen?" he asked softly just as the prank went into completion mode.
Flitwick fell into the hole they had dug the day before. He got covered in the iridescent paint and he was also drowning in it for several seconds.
Ritsu pulled him out. "Are you okay, Professor?" he asked.
Flitwick, recognizing him on the spot, coughed up a bit of paint. "I'm completely fine. It's not your fault. Please don't apologize."
"Well, to tell the truth . . . " Ritsu said with a smile. "I SAW IT COMING AND DIDN'T THINK TO WARN YOU! IT IS MY FAULT! I'M A HORRIBLE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE AT ALL! I DIDN'T EVEN DECIDE TO GO WITH MOMIJI, TOHRU, KANA AND AND And and and and - " he coughed twice into his hand.
"I can't talk anymore," he wheezed.
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Author's notes; Next chapter will conclude the Forbidden Forest section. Will Kana, Tohru, and Momiji be able to rescue Snape? Will Rin get rid of the unicorns? Oh, and will Hatori unwittingly attract a herd of dragons to live at the school?
Probably.
Thanks for reading,
Kissa-chan