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Ender got the rain she asked for that night. She listened to it pound on the windows like a thousand angry bees banging against the glass, trying to get in. She sighed and shifted her attention back to the mound of homework she was trying to finish before bedtime. She didn't want to get overwhelmed with it so early in the year so she tried to do her homework the night it was assigned. But despite her efforts it seemed her homework pile was getting bigger and bigger. She was convinced it was some sort of conspiracy against her, Draco never seemed worried about homework, actually she had never seen him do any at all, but he still was passing all his classes.
She didn't have time to ponder this long however because as soon as she finished the essay for Transfiguration, she had a star chart to complete for Trelawney and a diagram to complete for Care of Magical Creatures. And sometime before tomorrow she had to practice a color-changing charm for Professor Flitwick.
But lucky for her she only had to come up with a closing sentence for the essay and then she would be done. And grindylows didn't have many parts to label so she figured she could draw something resembling a snarling fish and label its head and tail, and then she would be finished with the diagram.
She smiled knowing she could finish all of it that night if she hurried, and then she could get a decent night sleep and all would be well. So she labored on.
Soon the common room emptied around her until only a few people were left doing homework like she was. Soon they to filtered out (except Blaise who was reading a book by the fireplace) and she cursed herself for holding off the star chart until the last minute. She didn't think it would take so long to do. And sure enough she became stuck on a spot she just couldn't fill in. She checked her notes and the book, she redid her calculations a million times and she still could not find the answer to save her life.
She pounded on her book in frustration so hard it caused Blaise to walk over and ask what the problem was.
I am so sorry this chapter is so short but I have so many things to do, including homework...
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