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Thank you to all that reviewed. Please keep in mind that I am just going into my sophomore year in high school, I don't have someone that checks my stories for me, and I have fun writing my fan fics whether I get positive or negative reviews. I write for the fun of it. I only post them to see what people think of my writings. I'm going to be reading every review I get and I will think about whatever you wrote to me. Well, now that I've said that on with the story!
Chapter 2
"So what exactly was that thing?" inquired Justin.
"What thing?" replied Roxy as the Hufflepuff trio headed up the stairs to Transfiguration.
"That bird. The one that snatched a piece of apple out of Malfoy's hand. The one that looked like a vulture," hinted Ernie.
"Oh. That was Satan," stated Roxy.
"Satan?!" chorused the boys.
"Give me a break. I was only six when I got him. If you think you're surprised, just imagine what my father's face looked like when I told him I had given my pet Augurey the name Satan."
The two boys could see the Minister of Magic exploding and yelling with a really red face. Just at the thought it the three began laughing as they walked into the Transfiguration classroom.
"Mom didn't mind. She doesn't really care that much about what I do. My dad wanted me to be a Keeper; mom wanted me to be whatever I wanted to be. So I chose Keeper and Seeker to make both my parents happy," explained the Hufflepuff girl.
"You play both positions?" asked Ernie.
"Yes," said Roxy.
"That can come in handy," whispered Justin to Ernie.
"I play both. However, I have a few problems when playing both. I can't really keep my eye on the quaffle in Keeping and I tend to hit something when I'm Seeking."
"Nothing we can't fix," murmured Ernie to Justin.
The Hufflepuff trio sat down at a table in the front of the classroom and waited for class to begin. Soon the classroom filled up of the sixth year Hufflepuff's and Ravenclaw's. Professor McGonagall transformed as soon as all the students were inside.
"Good morning, class."
"Good morning, Professor McGonagall."
"We shall be doing a lot this year. I will be teaching you how to transfigure a piece of wood into a piece of wool, turn a leaf into a candle, and how to go through the process of becoming Animagi, and many other things."
The students began talking at the mention of Animagi. Roxy had always wanted to train to become an Animagus but her father had not allowed it and her mother had never had a say in it.
"You shall be starting the process of becoming Animagi today. Everyone take out your wands and focus your attention on the small bowls of floo powder sitting in front of you. Tap the left side of your bowl twice and wave your wand over the bowl saying the spell. The spell is Criatura Interna. The floo powder should float above your bowl and reveal your Animagus form."
The students started doing as they were told. They all did the tapping and wand waving. Roxy tapped the left side of her bowl twice and spoke the spell clearly while waving her wand over the bowl.
"Criatura Interna."
The floo powder floated up from the bowl and swirled around to reveal her Animagus form. However, Roxy couldn't figure out what the creature was supposed to be. It looked like it had wings but was curled up into a small ball and was hanging upside down. She looked to her left to see Ernie and Justin's Animagi forms. Ernie was apparently a black wolf and Justin was a (AN: hold on to your socks ppl) snake.
"I will now call your names and you will tell me what your Animagus form is," explained
Professor McGonagall.
"Miss Abbot?"
"Squirrel."
"Miss Bones?"
"Cat."
"Mr. Boot?"
Silence.
"Mr. Boot?"
More silence.
"MR. BOOT!"
The boy nearly jumped out of his seat. He grinned innocently at the teacher. He had been staring at his Animagus form and hadn't heard the professor call his name. He quickly told her that he was a dog.
"Miss Brocklehurst?"
"Cougar."
"Mr. Corner?"
"Do I have to say?"
"Yes, Mr. Corner."
"Weasel."
A few snickers flew across the room but one stern look from the professor put a quick end to that.
"Mr. Finch-Fletchley?"
"Snake."
"Miss Fudge?"
"Professor, I'm not sure what I am. I think I may have done the spell wrong."
Professor McGonagall walked over to the table Roxy sat at and did a thorough check of the figure floating above Roxy's bowl. The professor smiled and tilted her glasses down.
"You are a bat, Miss Fudge. You have done the spell just fine. The bat often hangs upside down and usually have their wings tucked in. This is why you could not tell what your creature was," the Transfiguration professor informed her.
"Thanks, professor," mumbled Roxy as she turned bright red from embarrassment.
A few names were called and then Professor McGonagall began telling them about the process of registering as an Animagus with the Ministry. Soon the class ended and the students rushed out of the room before the professor could even mention the word homework. The sixth year Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws headed outside for Care of Magical Creatures. They passed the Gryffindors and Slytherins who were on their way to Transfiguration. Roxy grabbed Harry's hand and yanked him from the other Gryffindors. Ron and Hermione stayed behind since they had not yet met Roxy.
"You're going to get to see your Animagus form in Transfig," whispered Roxy.
Harry smiled. He had always wanted to be an Animagus and was happy to hear that they were going to be doing something about it in the classroom.
"Thanks for the tip, Roxy," whispered back Harry.
"Ron. Hermione. I'd like you to meet Roxy," introduced Harry.
"Nice to meet you," said Roxy as she shook both their hands.
"Well, we better get to Transfig. Don't want McGonagall getting after us," said Ron.
"I'll see you guys later."
The Gryffindor trio ran to get to Transfiguration on time while Roxy went to catch up with the Hufflepuffs. Roxy smiled as they walked across the grounds to Hagrid's hut. She could tell that this school was starting out just fine.
She sighed loudly as she flipped through the book in front of her. The ever so evil Potions Master had assigned homework before the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws could even stand up from their seats. They were assigned to write a paper on the Draught of Peace which everyone had had a hard time looking for in books in the library. But Harry had found a book in a far back corner full of dust that had a book on the Draught of Peace and after he finished writing his paper, gave it to her.
Roxy wrote down a few more things and then closed the book. She had a smile of triumph on her face. She had gotten her paper done in twenty minutes while people that had started an hour ago were still on the first paragraph of their paper. Justin and Ernie who were sitting beside her were having a hard time with their papers so she gave them the book Harry had found.
"Oh no," murmured Justin.
"What?" asked Roxy.
"Malfoy alert," replied Ernie, looking in the same direction as Justin.
Roxy turned around in her seat to see Malfoy entering the library. Malfoy spotted a small first year Gryffindor and snatched up the kid's homework. Roxy stood up and walked over to the two.
"Give it back, Drake," angrily growled Roxy.
Draco glared at her. She knew he hated that nickname she had given him.
"Why should I, Ro?" sneered Draco.
Roxy gave him one hell of a glare that made the first year Gryffindor flinch. Draco knew that Roxy hated that particular nickname he had come up with.
"Because I know a certain girl that I can talk to about a certain Slytherin's journal," hinted Roxy.
"You wouldn't!" snarled Draco.
"Want to bet, Slytherin Sex God?" grinned Roxy.
Draco glared at her before dropping the paper to the ground. He stepped closer to her until their noses were almost touching.
"This isn't over, Fudge. You're going to wish you hadn't crossed my path," barked the blonde Slytherin.
"Too late. I wish I hadn't done that a long time ago," retorted Roxy.
"Just don't forget the old saying, Ro. Don't step into the serpent's pit unprotected," hissed Draco.
Roxy said nothing as the blonde turned away from her with a smirk on his face and a bounce in his step as he left the library. The small Gryffindor picked up his homework from the floor and smiled at Roxy.
"Thanks. I've been working on this for an hour and I just got it done," said the Gryffindor.
"No problem," was all she said.
Roxy walked back to her friends and sat back down. Justin and Ernie stared at her speechless.
"What?" snapped an annoyed Roxy.
"You just shot down Draco Malfoy!" exclaimed Ernie.
"I can't believe you called him Drake," added Justin.
"We've been doing that type of thing for years now. Our fathers introduced at age nine. They were hoping we would hit it off great. But things went sour when we were ten and I punched him in the nose. We haven't gotten along ever since. I call him Drake, he calls me Ro. It's a mutual understanding," explained Roxy.
"Now if you'll excuse me I have to go feed Satan," explained Roxy before she stood up.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Quidditch tryouts are Friday, Roxy," reported Ernie.
Roxy stopped but didn't turn around. She wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone but figured
she ought to say something just to make the two boys happy.
"I'll be there," murmured the Minister's daughter.
"Roxy, slow down!"
The Hufflepuff girl slid to a stop, kicking up some dirt in the process and whirled around. Justin was running towards her and finally caught up with her, stopping to catch his breath.
"Justin, I'm going to make sure you're up at five am and you're going to be running with me," stated Roxy.
"Give me a break, Roxy. I'm not the one that took off like a rocket towards the Quidditch pitch," replied Justin.
"Don't want to be late for tryouts. You're already on the team, I'm not," reminded Roxy.
As soon as Justin was back to breathing regularly, the two jogged the rest of the way to the Quidditch pitch. There was a small group of kids on the field when they walked over. Some Hufflepuff's stood behind Ernie and the rest stood in front of him. Justin stood beside him and Roxy joined the kids in front.
"Okay. Hufflepuff is ready to do their best this year. We're looking for two Beaters, a Chaser, and a Keeper. Please arrange yourself into three areas. Beaters to the left, Chasers in the middle, and Keepers to the right," commanded Ernie.
There was three students trying out for Beater, two trying for Chaser, and surprisingly, only Roxy was trying out for Keeper. But Ernie had her tryout anyway with Justin launching the Quaffle at her with the other Chaser, a sixth year named Megan Jones. Ernie watched Roxy tryout first and was very surprised. He had only seen such Keeper talent in Ravenclaw and knew that Hufflepuff was in for one heck of a year. Ernie admitted that Roxy was a good Keeper but could tell that she definitely needed to work on her speed and learn how to keep her eye on the quaffle.
Next came the tryouts for the last spot for Chaser. Ernie had the two trying out for Chaser practice with Justin and Megan. Then he had them take shots at Roxy who caught them each time. Except twice when both Chasers managed to score one point each on her.
Lastly, it was the tryouts for the two Beater positions. The Hufflepuff Quidditch team usually had a hard time finding people to fill these positions. The three tried out with the bludgers. One out of the three was very good in strength when it came to hitting the bludger but his speed was amazing. Roxy took note of this as the tryouts came to an end.
"Great performance to all. You all did very well. I'm pleased to say that our new Keeper is Roxanne Fudge and the new Chaser will be Elenor Branstone. Our two new Beaters are Wayne Hopkins and Owen Cauldwell. Thank you to all for coming out here today."
The newly formed Hufflepuff Quidditch team gathered around and had a little practice session since they had pitch for another hour until Ravenclaw had it. Megan and Justin helped break in the new Chaser. Wayne and Owen practiced with the bludgers together. Roxy helped Ernie train by being his opponent. She caught the Snitch once, he caught it twice.
"You weren't kidding when you said you were a Keeper and Seeker," laughed Ernie.
It was nearing the end of their hour at the pitch and Ernie had to yell for the Beaters to come down since they were so high up in the air. Roxy helped them secure the bludgers inside the box and had to help Ernie find the Snitch before they were all able to leave.
"You're really good at Keeping and Seeking, Roxy. I bet you'll give Slytherin a run for their money in the first match," remarked Megan.
"Thanks, Meg. You're really great too. I don't believe I've ever met a Chaser with so much spirit," replied Roxy.
Megan smiled. No one had ever really complimented on her Quidditch spirit.
"I've been on the team since third year and you definitely need to have spirit after being on the team for that long," explained Megan.
The two girls laughed as they walked towards the Hufflepuff dorms. They went down a dark hallway and finally came to a painting of a middle-aged man that appeared to be from around the medieval time.
"Hello, children. Password, please?" asked the man.
"Augurey."
A small wave of magical electricity ran over the painting and when it was over, the man in the painting smiled.
"Go on through, little ones."
And they did just that. They walked right through the painting and came out through the other side. The two Hufflepuff girls strolled through the Hufflepuff Common Room and up to the dorms. They each sat on their bed and started doing homework. Megan's bed happened to be the one beside Roxy.
"So I guess Ernie came up with that password from Satan?"
"Yep. To him and Justin, Satan is really cool. They didn't use his name because you can just imagine the reaction to others about the password into Hufflepuff territory."
"I got admit that the Slytherins would probably be the ones to really freak."
"So whatcha working on?" questioned Megan.
"Charms essay. I may be good at writing and good at Transfig. But Charms has never been my best subject," whined Roxy.
"Sorry to hear that. If you need some help, you can always ask Professor Flitwick. He'd definitely help you out," pointed out Megan.
"I'm leaving him as my last resort. For now, I'm just going to tackle the problem by myself."
"Okay. It's your grade."
Roxy groaned and rolled over. The Slytherins were playing their music once again. Of course it was Friday night but with all the activity during the day she had forgotten they did this every Friday night.
"I hate Friday nights," angrily growled Roxy as she put her head under her pillow.
From what she could actually hear, the other girls were also having a hard time getting some sleep. All the sudden, the music got louder and Roxy's temper flared up.
"That's it! I'm not going to take this anymore!" shouted the irritated girl.
She hopped out of bed and reached under the bed for something. What she pulled out was a small box. Roxy grabbed her jacket and headed out of the dorm with the box in hand without even one word to any of the other girls who were all now sitting up, having actually heard Roxy shout.
The rebellious girl stormed down the stairs with her jacket on and a look of determination plastered on her face. She no longer cared if any prefects saw her for she was on a mission
and no one was going to stop this angry teenage witch. Roxy left the dorms and headed down into the dungeons, managing to just barely sneak past the Ravenclaw prefect in the entrance hall.
I'm going to make them wish they had never started playing music, thought Roxy.
End of Chapter 2
I hope you all liked this new chapter and I'm going to try my best to make Roxy less like a Mary Sue. Thanks and please review!