Chapter 7
"Miss Copeland, I am very disappointed in you." Snape said, as he led her to his office. "I am sorry to say that I will have to take 50 points from Slytherin. Four hours! Four hours you have been here at Hogwarts, and you have already made an enemy and given her a beating. Would you care to tell me what Ms. Parkinson did to make you so angry?" Cara groaned and said, "She called me a slut! And Jess too. Well she didn't exactly call us sluts, but she directed it at us! She was purposely trying to piss me off!" "I will ask you to please watch your language in my presence. Now seeing as you have to play catch up for the next few months, I won't assign you detention. But if you cause any more problems like this, I will have to talk to Dumbledore about expelling you. "Snape said. "What? Expelling me!" Cara exclaimed. "You are excused," Snape said and Cara made her way out of his office mumbling profanities.
As she made her way back to the common room, her homesickness started to kick in. It was ridiculous! Expelling her. It was only one fight. She had had worse battle wounds from wrestling around with her friends than Pansy had. At her old school, they suspended you for three days if you got in a fight. But here they expel you if you get into fights. She almost wished she were back in Swansea. Now she had to watch herself for the rest of the year and try to control her temper, which she knew wasn't going to be easy. She knew Pansy would try to provoke her again. She'd find out that Cara would get expelled if she got into any more trouble, and purposely piss her off. Cara cringed at the idea of letting Pansy taunt and tease her, and she just had to stand there and take it.
When she walked into the common room, many of the Slytherin students were sitting there, anxiously awaiting her return to find out her punishment. "What happened?" Krysta asked. "Well, Snape said that he wasn't gonna give me detention because I have to catch up on a whole bunch of stuff." she replied. "You' re so lucky! You got off so easy!" Blair said. "Uhh... yeah." Cara lied. She'd decided not to tell them about the fact that if she stepped out of line again, she'd be expelled. She knew that one thing was definitely the same at every school, the fact that rumors spread like the plague. She figured maybe this way, Pansy wouldn't find out, and wouldn't try to get her expelled. 'This worked out great' she thought to herself. She'd tell Jess later though.
What she didn't notice was that Draco had quirked a questioning eyebrow when he heard this. He knew she was lying. He could read her like a book. He could see that she was pissed off. Jess could tell too, but she figured she was still mad about Pansy's rude remark. But Draco knew better. He knew how Snape was. Obviously there was more to this story, and he was determined to find out what exactly it was that she wasn't telling everybody. "Krysta and Blair are gonna show me around Hogwarts tomorrow. Wanna come?" Jess asked Cara as mostly everyone went to bed. "Sure," she replied. "Well, Blair and I are going to bed now. You guys coming?" Krysta asked. "Yeah," Jess replied. "I'll be there in a few minutes. I'm just gonna sit down here for a while." Cara said. "Okay," and they walked off.
Cara was under the impression that she was alone in the common room, and sat there, staring at the fireplace, quietly singing an Elvish song from The Lord of the Rings to herself. She was about get up and go to bed, when she noticed none other than Draco Malfoy standing behind the couch with a strange look on his face. "Oh God. What the hell are you doing here?" she said. "I am in Slytherin, that means that I can be down here too girl. What the hell were you singing over there?" He replied. "It's an elvish song," she said, but the look of confusion was still on his face. "It's from a movie. And I have a name you know, it's not girl," she continued. "Alright then, Cara, is it? Why don't you tell me why you lied to everyone," he said with a cocky voice. "What are you talking about?" she asked, playing dumb. "Oh please. Snape just let you off the hook, no punishment at all. You may have fooled all those other idiots, but I'm not that thick," Draco said. "Could've fooled me..." Cara said under her breath and glanced back at the fireplace.
Just then, she saw something in there that scared the hell out of her. It was a face. There was a face in the fire. It was scarred and wrinkled, with serpent eyes. The color drained from her already pale face. And then the face smiled, revealing it's rotted teeth and disappeared. "What are you starring at?" Draco asked. This made her jump a little. "Did you see that?" she said, almost in a whisper, still keeping her eyes locked on the fire. "See what? Stop trying to change the subject! What happened in Snape's office?" he demanded. Cara shook her head a little bit, trying to come back to her senses. She figured she was probably just overtired. "Why should I tell you? And why do you care? I thought I was a filthy American," she mocked. "Just curious. I have to admit, it was very amusing to see Pansy get clocked like that." he said, a smile tugging at his lips. "Fine if you really need to know so badly, he said that if I screw up again, he's gonna have Dumbledore expel me!" she said, with anger in her voice. "Ah I see. Now that sounds more like Snape. Ha! Well, I guess you're going to have to behave yourself from now eh?" he replied. Cara rolled her eyes and started off up to her room, But then she turned around and said, "Listen, I know you hate me, but could you do me a favor and not tell Pansy. I really don't feel like putting up with her. If she finds out, she'll purposely try to set me off, and, if you haven't noticed, I don't have a lot of, err, patience." A smirk showed up on his face. "I never would have guessed," he said sarcastically. "Alright, I won't tell her. Besides, even if I did, it's not like that moron would know what expulsion was anyway. And I never said I hated you. Actually, I find you and your friend very entertaining. But it doesn't mean I like you either, so don't get any ideas." he said sharply. "Okay, whatever pimp. Thanks. Night." Cara replied and walked up to her room. Draco stood there and watched her. 'Pimp?' he thought, 'what the hell is that supposed to mean?'
She tiptoed into her room. Everyone was asleep. She slipped into her pajamas and grabbed her Walkman. She popped The Murderdolls CD in it and slipped the headphones on her head. She jumped into bed and lay there for a minute. She thought about how incredibly hot Draco was, even though he was an ass, and wondered if he was lying about not telling Pansy. She couldn't make her mind up about him. Then, she thought about the face in the fire. She shivered as she remembered It's evil grin. She'd tell Jess about it tomorrow, and the expulsion thing too. After about 10 minutes, she drifted into sleep.
"Miss Copeland, I am very disappointed in you." Snape said, as he led her to his office. "I am sorry to say that I will have to take 50 points from Slytherin. Four hours! Four hours you have been here at Hogwarts, and you have already made an enemy and given her a beating. Would you care to tell me what Ms. Parkinson did to make you so angry?" Cara groaned and said, "She called me a slut! And Jess too. Well she didn't exactly call us sluts, but she directed it at us! She was purposely trying to piss me off!" "I will ask you to please watch your language in my presence. Now seeing as you have to play catch up for the next few months, I won't assign you detention. But if you cause any more problems like this, I will have to talk to Dumbledore about expelling you. "Snape said. "What? Expelling me!" Cara exclaimed. "You are excused," Snape said and Cara made her way out of his office mumbling profanities.
As she made her way back to the common room, her homesickness started to kick in. It was ridiculous! Expelling her. It was only one fight. She had had worse battle wounds from wrestling around with her friends than Pansy had. At her old school, they suspended you for three days if you got in a fight. But here they expel you if you get into fights. She almost wished she were back in Swansea. Now she had to watch herself for the rest of the year and try to control her temper, which she knew wasn't going to be easy. She knew Pansy would try to provoke her again. She'd find out that Cara would get expelled if she got into any more trouble, and purposely piss her off. Cara cringed at the idea of letting Pansy taunt and tease her, and she just had to stand there and take it.
When she walked into the common room, many of the Slytherin students were sitting there, anxiously awaiting her return to find out her punishment. "What happened?" Krysta asked. "Well, Snape said that he wasn't gonna give me detention because I have to catch up on a whole bunch of stuff." she replied. "You' re so lucky! You got off so easy!" Blair said. "Uhh... yeah." Cara lied. She'd decided not to tell them about the fact that if she stepped out of line again, she'd be expelled. She knew that one thing was definitely the same at every school, the fact that rumors spread like the plague. She figured maybe this way, Pansy wouldn't find out, and wouldn't try to get her expelled. 'This worked out great' she thought to herself. She'd tell Jess later though.
What she didn't notice was that Draco had quirked a questioning eyebrow when he heard this. He knew she was lying. He could read her like a book. He could see that she was pissed off. Jess could tell too, but she figured she was still mad about Pansy's rude remark. But Draco knew better. He knew how Snape was. Obviously there was more to this story, and he was determined to find out what exactly it was that she wasn't telling everybody. "Krysta and Blair are gonna show me around Hogwarts tomorrow. Wanna come?" Jess asked Cara as mostly everyone went to bed. "Sure," she replied. "Well, Blair and I are going to bed now. You guys coming?" Krysta asked. "Yeah," Jess replied. "I'll be there in a few minutes. I'm just gonna sit down here for a while." Cara said. "Okay," and they walked off.
Cara was under the impression that she was alone in the common room, and sat there, staring at the fireplace, quietly singing an Elvish song from The Lord of the Rings to herself. She was about get up and go to bed, when she noticed none other than Draco Malfoy standing behind the couch with a strange look on his face. "Oh God. What the hell are you doing here?" she said. "I am in Slytherin, that means that I can be down here too girl. What the hell were you singing over there?" He replied. "It's an elvish song," she said, but the look of confusion was still on his face. "It's from a movie. And I have a name you know, it's not girl," she continued. "Alright then, Cara, is it? Why don't you tell me why you lied to everyone," he said with a cocky voice. "What are you talking about?" she asked, playing dumb. "Oh please. Snape just let you off the hook, no punishment at all. You may have fooled all those other idiots, but I'm not that thick," Draco said. "Could've fooled me..." Cara said under her breath and glanced back at the fireplace.
Just then, she saw something in there that scared the hell out of her. It was a face. There was a face in the fire. It was scarred and wrinkled, with serpent eyes. The color drained from her already pale face. And then the face smiled, revealing it's rotted teeth and disappeared. "What are you starring at?" Draco asked. This made her jump a little. "Did you see that?" she said, almost in a whisper, still keeping her eyes locked on the fire. "See what? Stop trying to change the subject! What happened in Snape's office?" he demanded. Cara shook her head a little bit, trying to come back to her senses. She figured she was probably just overtired. "Why should I tell you? And why do you care? I thought I was a filthy American," she mocked. "Just curious. I have to admit, it was very amusing to see Pansy get clocked like that." he said, a smile tugging at his lips. "Fine if you really need to know so badly, he said that if I screw up again, he's gonna have Dumbledore expel me!" she said, with anger in her voice. "Ah I see. Now that sounds more like Snape. Ha! Well, I guess you're going to have to behave yourself from now eh?" he replied. Cara rolled her eyes and started off up to her room, But then she turned around and said, "Listen, I know you hate me, but could you do me a favor and not tell Pansy. I really don't feel like putting up with her. If she finds out, she'll purposely try to set me off, and, if you haven't noticed, I don't have a lot of, err, patience." A smirk showed up on his face. "I never would have guessed," he said sarcastically. "Alright, I won't tell her. Besides, even if I did, it's not like that moron would know what expulsion was anyway. And I never said I hated you. Actually, I find you and your friend very entertaining. But it doesn't mean I like you either, so don't get any ideas." he said sharply. "Okay, whatever pimp. Thanks. Night." Cara replied and walked up to her room. Draco stood there and watched her. 'Pimp?' he thought, 'what the hell is that supposed to mean?'
She tiptoed into her room. Everyone was asleep. She slipped into her pajamas and grabbed her Walkman. She popped The Murderdolls CD in it and slipped the headphones on her head. She jumped into bed and lay there for a minute. She thought about how incredibly hot Draco was, even though he was an ass, and wondered if he was lying about not telling Pansy. She couldn't make her mind up about him. Then, she thought about the face in the fire. She shivered as she remembered It's evil grin. She'd tell Jess about it tomorrow, and the expulsion thing too. After about 10 minutes, she drifted into sleep.