Guilty Innocent Pleasures (hopefully will be renamed soon…)
Author's note: I hope that soon more than 17 reviews will be seen on this piece…it's really quite depressing how few reviews I get on most pieces…oh well, I won't let you all watch me wallow in my misery…I'll just get on to the frigging story. Oh, and I'm thinking of changing the title to 'Bitten' which one sounds more gripping and interesting? Let me know via, oh let's say 1,000 reviews!
Disclaimer: please, should you feel the need, by all means, sue me for all I'm worth. All $2.76 of me…
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Chapter Four- Confrontation
"Wake up!" Nell's shoulders were being violently shaken as a blond head loomed over her own.
"Wake up, Nell Everett!! I may be your fellow classmate, but I am still a prefect! Wake up!" The groggy Nell glanced at her clock. It was 5:30…AM. Retaliating to being brutally thrust from a decent dream, Nell briskly sat up and shoved the hovering prefect off of her bunk.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing Penelope Clearwater?!?! This isn't your bunk, it's not even 6:00 yet, there is no fire, missing limbs or anything else I should be concerned about, so why the hell have you so fucking rudely woken me up?!?!? Huh, what bitch, speak!"
Penelope then took her time, calmly and as prefect-y as she possibly could. Her voice rang out in a quiet way, chilling even the subconscious of Nell.
"I know what you're doing at night." The very notion of being discovered shook Nell more awake than Penelope's job had done.
"I don't know where you're going, I don't know why you're going and I don't know who you're going with. But rest assured that I will find out. I have my sources. And also know that I will be going directly to Dumbledore with my information. No stops, and it will be a one way ticket out of here for you, Miss Everett. Are we quite clear?" Conflicted as to whether to tell her about what Lupin was doing to her (and get Remus sacked) or whether to keep it her own dirty secret (and get Remus IN the sack) Nell simply looked into Penelope's distinctly arrogant eyes and said, "I'll be thinking of you as I take a shit."
"Today we will be learning hands-on how to get rid of a Boggart." Remus Lupin's strong voice was heard over the din of gossip in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom as he proceeded to line up the students in a somewhat straggled row.
"Now, the Boggart will take the form of whatever it is you fear the most. The remedy for such a beast is to quickly say 'Riddikulus! As you point your wand at the Boggart, and while you do this, you must think of a way to make the thing you fear into something humorous. Something you can laugh at. When the person in front of you is finished, quickly begin your process of turning and item of terror into an item of humour. The conflicting fears and hilarity will cause the Boggart to become confused, and then we will have finished him off! Percy Weasley, you first."
Percy stepped up to the chest in all of his head-boy glory and as soon as Lupin opened the door, two laughing heads (vaguely resembling those of his younger twin brothers) began cackling viciously at him. In a tremor, Percy's lips quivered the word "R-Riddikulus!" and the Boggart morphed into a vision of a bat thumping his brothers on the head. Only Penelope and himself laughed at the transformation.
"Very good, Percy, ok, Roger Davies, you next." Lupin's appraisal improved the moral of his students.
Quickly, the Boggart shifted forms from two smashed heads into a floating mirror, shattered and sharp. Boldly, and with seemingly no qualms, Roger brushed the mirror off with the incantation and nobody bothered to ask any questions.
"Ok, Penelope Clearwater, you're up now."
Penelope's Boggart took the shape of a bloody ball gown, (much like one in the muggle movie, 'Carrie') which, after a few tries at the spell, turned into the Bloody Baron wearing it, making it far more frightening than expected.
"Perhaps let's let someone else have a go. Nell Everett, it's your turn." Lupin deliberately avoided Nell's eyes as he spoke.
The Boggart transformed from the Bloody Baron ready for the Yule Ball into a simple bed. Wrought iron framework and a fresh, crisp mattress. Nothing worth any fear.
"Riddikulus!" Nell's voice shouted venomously at the bedframe. Nothing happened.
"Riddikulus!" Once again, the spell had no change on the Boggart.
"RIDDIKULUS!" finally, in a burst of metallic smoke, the Boggart vanished.
"Well done, all of you. Sorry that some of you didn't get a chance…you all did so well that now I'll have to procure another Boggart for my other classes. I hadn't prepared for that. Or for any other lesson plans for that matter. Oh well, you may all be dismissed early…study hard, I want a two foot parchment on the qualities and merits of the Riddikulus spell. That will be all." With a wave of his pale hand, Lupin released his students into the corridors. As Nell walked through the doorframe, Penelope, who was walking in front of her turned her icy shoulder and mouthed directly into Nell's mind: 'I'm watching you.'
Bypassing the Ravenclaw dormitories, Nell made her pissed off way to the Great Hall. She had decided to actually partake in the midday meal rather than starve herself to oblivion. As students began to filter in, and noise began to infect every corner of the Great Hall. A few owls trickled through to their destinations (the ones too slow to reach the breakfast rush) and one tawny brown one (a rental) dropped a thin envelope onto Nell's lap.
As she carelessly tore open the envelope, lightweight parchment fell into her plate. Dusting the crumbs off of her letter, Nell silently read the note. Her already large eyes widened as she read its contents. Before risking anyone knowing its information, Nell stuffed the letter back into its envelope and shoved it between the pages of her Arithmancy textbook. Then, without another thought, she quickly walked to the third floor. To the dormitories. Nell couldn't jeopardize herself with the release of such personal details. She couldn't.
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Author's Note: So…who wants another chappie??? You gotta review to get the goods! Sorry that there wasn't much Nell/Lupin action…just wait…perhaps the bitch in her will come back…