AN: Hello, all, here I am again. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT UPDATING!!!! If you want my reasons for taking so long, read the authors note for the third chapter of my story Fantasy or reality, because I don't feel like typing them again. Now, sorry, no shout-outs, I want to get right to the chapter!
Disclaimer: Poem for Celsius degrees - When it's 0 its freezing[When it's 10 it's not[When it's 20 it's warm[When it's 30 it's hot!
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"Earwax!" Cassandra shouted to the gargoyle. To my complete surprise, the gargoyle leapt aside and the moving staircase appeared. She struggled to get up – so I helped her by picking her up.
"Draco!" she shouted, but giggled at the same time. I just stepped onto the staircase, and put her on the floor once we had wound our way to the top. Then I stepped forward and knocked loudly on the door. It opened almost immediately.
-0- Present time –0-
Chapter 13: Explanation
-0- Still Draco's POV –0-
Professor Dumbledore stood there with an amused expression on his face.
"And what brings a sixth year Gryffindor and a sixth year Slytherin such as yourselves to my office at 7:30 in the evening?" he asked curiously.
I suddenly couldn't speak. Cassandra noticed this and spoke for me.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore sir, we – we just came back from our – detention – and we didn't exactly complete it," she started, sounding apologetic at the end.
"Oh? And why is that, Miss Calaway?" asked Dumbledore, still curious. He didn't sound disappointed at all.
"We – I mean – Draco and I – made a, um, discovery, while we were in the forest," she continued.
"Well, I can tell this is going to be a long story, why don't you two come in?" he offered, motioning us inside. We both mumbled "thank you" as we stepped inside his office. "Now, do continue, this sounds interesting," Dumbledore finished with a smile.
So, Cassandra launched into the story, starting with something about her and Granger looking up something in a book about an Eledora's suspected behavior and she got all the way up to the part where we entered the forest until I interjected.
"So, once we entered the forest," I said, continuing from where Cassy left off, "We started looking for the Eledora. Then, I felt something tap me on the shoulder, and I knew it couldn't have been Cassandra, because she was in front of me . . ." And I continued the story until the finish (Cassandra adding little tidbits of information here and there) where we had run up to his office to tell him.
"Well, that is a most interesting story you two have!" said Dumbledore, who had been listening intently the whole time. "I will call Professor Snape up here at once." He then bent down and used floo powder to communicate with Snape.
"Professor Snape, I'd like to have a word with you in my office, please." He said.
Professor Dumbledore barely had time to get back to his desk before Snape came barging through the door.
-0- Cassandra's POV -0-
"What is the meaning of this, Headmaster?" Snape said angrily as he stalked up to Dumbledore's desk. I don't think he even noticed Draco and me.
"Well, Severus, your two students that were on a detention in the forest came to me with an interesting story," started Professor Dumbledore. It was then that Snape turned around and finally saw us.
"You two!" Snape said. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be doing a detention!"
Uh, DUH! I couldn't help thinking. Professor Dumbledore just said we had and interesting story! Weren't you listening? Maybe if you actually LISTEN this time, you'll find out what it is!
"It seems that these two bright students have made a discovery about the magical plant you wanted them to collect. I believe it was the Eledora?" said Dumbledore, turning to Draco and me. We both nodded.
"So?!" said Snape impatiently. I honestly don't know why he keeps him here as a teacher. He'd do so much better as a gargoyle, or maybe a poltergeist.
"They could not find it in themselves to capture any Eledora after what they have witnessed this evening," continued Dumbledore.
"Which IS?!" Snape half-yelled.
"I'm getting to that, Severus. You see, it seems that the Eledora that they first met had tried to strangle them. Miss Calaway, here, had read in a book that stunning an Eledora will only strengthen it, not kill it. So, when Mister Malfoy tried to stun it to protect his own life, she put up a Protego shield in front of the Eledora to keep it from getting any stronger. It seems that once the Protego shield had vanished, the Eledora told them through forming words with its leaves that stunning it would indeed have killed it, and in putting up the Protego shield, Miss Calaway spared its life. Because of their gratitude, the Eledora, in return, granted them one wish." Finished Dumbledore.
"Absolutely preposterous!" exclaimed Snape at once. "You trust these two children with a cock-and-bull story like that? They just made it up to get out of detention!"
I couldn't take Snape's crap any more. "You can question us with Veriteserum if you want! We're telling the truth!" I shouted to Snape. "Besides, you know someone such as your PRECIOUS Draco wouldn't do anything wrong! I'm amazed you even gave him detention in the first place!" Both Snape and Draco looked very taken aback.
"Very well then, Miss Calaway, I will return in a few minutes with Veriteserum ready," he said after a moment or two. "I trust you will keep an eye on them, Headmaster?" he said to Dumbledore.
"Oh, yes, Severus, fear not," replied Dumbledore. Snape nodded his head and swept out of the office.
"Well, it seems you two have had an interesting evening," said Dumbledore, turning to us. I was waiting for him to scold me on talking back to a teacher. "Miss Calaway," he said to me, "What made you yell at Professor Snape like that?" I was amazed. He wasn't scolding me – he sounded more like a psychiatrist.
"Well, Professor," I said, looking up at him, "For one, I don't really like Professor Snape that much,"
"Not many Gryffindors do, Cassandra, that's nothing to be ashamed of," said Draco.
"Continue," said Dumbledore, ignoring Draco.
"Well, I'm just tired of him always picking on Gryffindors and being unfair to us, and always praising the Slytherins and not taking points off of them when they break the rules." I finished.
"If you notice, Miss Calaway, he didn't believe either of you when you two presented your story," started Dumbledore. "He instead just assumed you two made up a tale to get out of detention. He will be returning with Veriteserum shortly, and we will see if you did or not."
"You do believe us, right Professor?" asked Draco worriedly.
"Of course I do, or I would not have called Severus up here in the first place," he said, glancing at Draco. Draco sighed with relief.
It was then that Snape chose to return – two tiny bottles of a clear potion in his hand. Draco and I were instructed to each drink the potion at the same time, and then we would be questioned. I downed the potion – it was tasteless. I all of a sudden felt like I was in a trance. From somewhere I heard the question "Did you two actually see an Eledora thank you this evening for sparing its life by forming words with its leaves?"
"Yes," answered Draco and I in unison.
"There you go, Severus," I heard Dumbledore's voice from behind me.
"Wait, Headmaster. I want to ask one more question, just out of curiosity. Mister Malfoy, what did you two wish for?"
I then heard Draco's voice from beside me: "That my father never persecuted muggle-borns and half-bloods and that he would never do so again,"
"Very well, then," I heard Snape's voice. He said a spell and then I felt normal again. I shook my head to clear it.
"Happy now?" I couldn't help asking Snape. He glared at me, but then said, "Yes, you two have proven that you were speaking the truth."
"Well, now since this has been cleared up, I say we give you two an award for the trophy room and a special presentation ceremony in the Great Hall tomorrow at dinner," said Professor Dumbledore.
I chuckled. "Professor Dumbledore, all we did was discover a new action of a not-that-well-known plant. Surely we don't deserve a special ceremony?" I said.
"Miss Calaway, there have been many people whose lives have been claimed by that rare plant," started Dumbledore. "It is indeed a great thing for you two to have discovered, because now people will know how to kill an Eledora, should they have to. Although, it might be wise to put in there that if you spare an Eledora, it will grant you one wish . . ." he trailed off. "Well, you two ought to be going back to your common rooms, don't you think?" he added with a smile.
"Thank you, Professor," I said as Draco and I walked out of his office. "That went well," I said simply.
"Yes, very," said Draco, smiling at me. All of a sudden, something occurred to me.
"Draco," I said suddenly, "didn't you say in the forest that you knew about my past?" I asked him.
"Er – yes, actually, I did, and I - I do know your past," he stuttered.
"Well, what is it?" I asked him. We then heard footsteps, however, and I saw Hermione walking down the corridor, I guess on prefect duties. She hadn't noticed us – yet.
"Not now, Cassy. I will tell you soon, though. Now go on!" he said, shooing me off. I ran down the corridor to Hermione.
"Hermione!" I called. She turned around and looked mildly surprised to see me, when I was supposed to be doing a detention. I caught up to her.
"Cassandra! What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be in detention!" she said.
"Hermione, you will never believe this! Come on, we have to get back to the common room!"
"But I – I have to do my prefect-"
"This is much more important than prefect duties. Now come ON!" I said, pulling her arm.
"Alright," she gave in and followed me at a run to the common room. When we finally got there and burst through the portrait hole, the first people we noticed were Harry and Ron, who were playing chess, and hadn't even taken the slightest hint that they saw us.
"Harry! Ron!" I said, jogging over to their table. They looked up from their game (amazing) and at Hermione and me, now at their table.
"What?" they asked together.
"Cassy, aren't you supposed to be in detention?" asked Harry.
"Yes, but I got out of it! You won't believe what I have to tell you!" I said excitedly as they reluctantly abandoned their game to pay attention to me.
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AN: So how was that? Good? Bad? Incredibly boring? (I think I'd go with the third choice...) Oh well. JUST REVIEW!!!!!!
Disclaimer: Poem for Celsius degrees - When it's 0 its freezing[When it's 10 it's not[When it's 20 it's warm[When it's 30 it's hot!
-0- Last Time (Draco's POV)-0-
"Earwax!" Cassandra shouted to the gargoyle. To my complete surprise, the gargoyle leapt aside and the moving staircase appeared. She struggled to get up – so I helped her by picking her up.
"Draco!" she shouted, but giggled at the same time. I just stepped onto the staircase, and put her on the floor once we had wound our way to the top. Then I stepped forward and knocked loudly on the door. It opened almost immediately.
-0- Present time –0-
Chapter 13: Explanation
-0- Still Draco's POV –0-
Professor Dumbledore stood there with an amused expression on his face.
"And what brings a sixth year Gryffindor and a sixth year Slytherin such as yourselves to my office at 7:30 in the evening?" he asked curiously.
I suddenly couldn't speak. Cassandra noticed this and spoke for me.
"Well, Professor Dumbledore sir, we – we just came back from our – detention – and we didn't exactly complete it," she started, sounding apologetic at the end.
"Oh? And why is that, Miss Calaway?" asked Dumbledore, still curious. He didn't sound disappointed at all.
"We – I mean – Draco and I – made a, um, discovery, while we were in the forest," she continued.
"Well, I can tell this is going to be a long story, why don't you two come in?" he offered, motioning us inside. We both mumbled "thank you" as we stepped inside his office. "Now, do continue, this sounds interesting," Dumbledore finished with a smile.
So, Cassandra launched into the story, starting with something about her and Granger looking up something in a book about an Eledora's suspected behavior and she got all the way up to the part where we entered the forest until I interjected.
"So, once we entered the forest," I said, continuing from where Cassy left off, "We started looking for the Eledora. Then, I felt something tap me on the shoulder, and I knew it couldn't have been Cassandra, because she was in front of me . . ." And I continued the story until the finish (Cassandra adding little tidbits of information here and there) where we had run up to his office to tell him.
"Well, that is a most interesting story you two have!" said Dumbledore, who had been listening intently the whole time. "I will call Professor Snape up here at once." He then bent down and used floo powder to communicate with Snape.
"Professor Snape, I'd like to have a word with you in my office, please." He said.
Professor Dumbledore barely had time to get back to his desk before Snape came barging through the door.
-0- Cassandra's POV -0-
"What is the meaning of this, Headmaster?" Snape said angrily as he stalked up to Dumbledore's desk. I don't think he even noticed Draco and me.
"Well, Severus, your two students that were on a detention in the forest came to me with an interesting story," started Professor Dumbledore. It was then that Snape turned around and finally saw us.
"You two!" Snape said. "What are you doing here? You're supposed to be doing a detention!"
Uh, DUH! I couldn't help thinking. Professor Dumbledore just said we had and interesting story! Weren't you listening? Maybe if you actually LISTEN this time, you'll find out what it is!
"It seems that these two bright students have made a discovery about the magical plant you wanted them to collect. I believe it was the Eledora?" said Dumbledore, turning to Draco and me. We both nodded.
"So?!" said Snape impatiently. I honestly don't know why he keeps him here as a teacher. He'd do so much better as a gargoyle, or maybe a poltergeist.
"They could not find it in themselves to capture any Eledora after what they have witnessed this evening," continued Dumbledore.
"Which IS?!" Snape half-yelled.
"I'm getting to that, Severus. You see, it seems that the Eledora that they first met had tried to strangle them. Miss Calaway, here, had read in a book that stunning an Eledora will only strengthen it, not kill it. So, when Mister Malfoy tried to stun it to protect his own life, she put up a Protego shield in front of the Eledora to keep it from getting any stronger. It seems that once the Protego shield had vanished, the Eledora told them through forming words with its leaves that stunning it would indeed have killed it, and in putting up the Protego shield, Miss Calaway spared its life. Because of their gratitude, the Eledora, in return, granted them one wish." Finished Dumbledore.
"Absolutely preposterous!" exclaimed Snape at once. "You trust these two children with a cock-and-bull story like that? They just made it up to get out of detention!"
I couldn't take Snape's crap any more. "You can question us with Veriteserum if you want! We're telling the truth!" I shouted to Snape. "Besides, you know someone such as your PRECIOUS Draco wouldn't do anything wrong! I'm amazed you even gave him detention in the first place!" Both Snape and Draco looked very taken aback.
"Very well then, Miss Calaway, I will return in a few minutes with Veriteserum ready," he said after a moment or two. "I trust you will keep an eye on them, Headmaster?" he said to Dumbledore.
"Oh, yes, Severus, fear not," replied Dumbledore. Snape nodded his head and swept out of the office.
"Well, it seems you two have had an interesting evening," said Dumbledore, turning to us. I was waiting for him to scold me on talking back to a teacher. "Miss Calaway," he said to me, "What made you yell at Professor Snape like that?" I was amazed. He wasn't scolding me – he sounded more like a psychiatrist.
"Well, Professor," I said, looking up at him, "For one, I don't really like Professor Snape that much,"
"Not many Gryffindors do, Cassandra, that's nothing to be ashamed of," said Draco.
"Continue," said Dumbledore, ignoring Draco.
"Well, I'm just tired of him always picking on Gryffindors and being unfair to us, and always praising the Slytherins and not taking points off of them when they break the rules." I finished.
"If you notice, Miss Calaway, he didn't believe either of you when you two presented your story," started Dumbledore. "He instead just assumed you two made up a tale to get out of detention. He will be returning with Veriteserum shortly, and we will see if you did or not."
"You do believe us, right Professor?" asked Draco worriedly.
"Of course I do, or I would not have called Severus up here in the first place," he said, glancing at Draco. Draco sighed with relief.
It was then that Snape chose to return – two tiny bottles of a clear potion in his hand. Draco and I were instructed to each drink the potion at the same time, and then we would be questioned. I downed the potion – it was tasteless. I all of a sudden felt like I was in a trance. From somewhere I heard the question "Did you two actually see an Eledora thank you this evening for sparing its life by forming words with its leaves?"
"Yes," answered Draco and I in unison.
"There you go, Severus," I heard Dumbledore's voice from behind me.
"Wait, Headmaster. I want to ask one more question, just out of curiosity. Mister Malfoy, what did you two wish for?"
I then heard Draco's voice from beside me: "That my father never persecuted muggle-borns and half-bloods and that he would never do so again,"
"Very well, then," I heard Snape's voice. He said a spell and then I felt normal again. I shook my head to clear it.
"Happy now?" I couldn't help asking Snape. He glared at me, but then said, "Yes, you two have proven that you were speaking the truth."
"Well, now since this has been cleared up, I say we give you two an award for the trophy room and a special presentation ceremony in the Great Hall tomorrow at dinner," said Professor Dumbledore.
I chuckled. "Professor Dumbledore, all we did was discover a new action of a not-that-well-known plant. Surely we don't deserve a special ceremony?" I said.
"Miss Calaway, there have been many people whose lives have been claimed by that rare plant," started Dumbledore. "It is indeed a great thing for you two to have discovered, because now people will know how to kill an Eledora, should they have to. Although, it might be wise to put in there that if you spare an Eledora, it will grant you one wish . . ." he trailed off. "Well, you two ought to be going back to your common rooms, don't you think?" he added with a smile.
"Thank you, Professor," I said as Draco and I walked out of his office. "That went well," I said simply.
"Yes, very," said Draco, smiling at me. All of a sudden, something occurred to me.
"Draco," I said suddenly, "didn't you say in the forest that you knew about my past?" I asked him.
"Er – yes, actually, I did, and I - I do know your past," he stuttered.
"Well, what is it?" I asked him. We then heard footsteps, however, and I saw Hermione walking down the corridor, I guess on prefect duties. She hadn't noticed us – yet.
"Not now, Cassy. I will tell you soon, though. Now go on!" he said, shooing me off. I ran down the corridor to Hermione.
"Hermione!" I called. She turned around and looked mildly surprised to see me, when I was supposed to be doing a detention. I caught up to her.
"Cassandra! What are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to be in detention!" she said.
"Hermione, you will never believe this! Come on, we have to get back to the common room!"
"But I – I have to do my prefect-"
"This is much more important than prefect duties. Now come ON!" I said, pulling her arm.
"Alright," she gave in and followed me at a run to the common room. When we finally got there and burst through the portrait hole, the first people we noticed were Harry and Ron, who were playing chess, and hadn't even taken the slightest hint that they saw us.
"Harry! Ron!" I said, jogging over to their table. They looked up from their game (amazing) and at Hermione and me, now at their table.
"What?" they asked together.
"Cassy, aren't you supposed to be in detention?" asked Harry.
"Yes, but I got out of it! You won't believe what I have to tell you!" I said excitedly as they reluctantly abandoned their game to pay attention to me.
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AN: So how was that? Good? Bad? Incredibly boring? (I think I'd go with the third choice...) Oh well. JUST REVIEW!!!!!!