Chapter nine
"You were lucky to escape then," said Ron
"Well, you will remember that I did aggravate her somewhat during the class with hagrid" replied Legolas, he would that he was in the grounds once more rather than shut up in these halls
"The look on her face was priceless…but we have her in the next lesson"
Legolas felt his heart sink he was to be once more trapped in a small room with that toad woman
"If I manage to keep my tongue blunt in this lesson I will allow you to dye my hair pink" he confided with Aragorn
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Harry looked at Aragorn and Legolas, they had started to speak in their native tongues again, they appeared to be joking together, Harry found himself wondering whether Legolas would wind professor Umbridge up any further….Ron was right the look on her face was priceless, he also wondered if the three thousand five hundred year old had met Snape yet
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Aragorn followed Harry into the classroom; they had been settled but a moment when the toad woman entered
"Good morning class"
It seemed that they were supposed to respond, the rest of the class did, the toad woman frowned at them and then turned her attention back to the whole class
"Put your wands away, open defensive magical theories to page 445 and read on from there"
The entire class silently groaned
Legolas took out his book and opened it to find that the runes inside were unfamiliar to him, he turned to Aragorn and Boromir to see that the same problem had occurred for them, Aragorn had scrawled a quick note to Legolas, it read, what are we supposed to do?
Legolas picked up his quill and replied, 'why don't you ask the beauteous maiden who teaches us to help you?'
Upon receiving this note Aragorn snorted, he showed the note to Boromir who was looking questioningly at Aragorn, unfortunately it appeared that the son of the steward of Gondor was unable to keep his laughter within himself at this through his laughter he scrawled back, 'beauteous maiden, nay, an orc in disguise' this caused a smile to come to Legolas' lips, but it was swiftly hidden as he saw that the person about whom they were writing was approaching them as swiftly as her short frame would carry her
"what do you think you are doing?" she asked in a sweet and Legolas supposed she meant to be menacing voice, this was due to the fact that the entire class was looking at the three of them with extreme pity, Boromir answered before Legolas and Aragorn
"My dear orc, we are unable to read the set exercises so we were wondering of what we should do"
Legolas heard a sound that he did not think that he had heard so loud for more than thirty years, it appeared that Aragorn son of Arathon was laughing aloud, he turned startled to Aragorn and saw that it was true…his amazement was interrupted by the toad woman's speech
"…what are you laughing about? Do you with to find your self in detention?"
It seemed that this was supposed to be a threat
"that would depend…on what a detention is" replied Legolas as he was the only person of the three who was not bent over double with mirth, the teacher ignored his question and picked up the scrap of parchment with the three very different handwritings upon it, for a moment Legolas was worried that the teacher would be able to read the written words, but was relived when a frown creased her forehead, he called in the grey tongue to Aragorn
~look at her now she looks ever more like an orc~
Through the fresh wave of laughter that had engulfed him Aragorn gasped back
~methinks mellon nin that her countenance much resembles that of the attercops that live in your forest~
still able to keep a hold on his mirth Legolas agreed with Aragorn
~since mellon nin you have mentioned this to me the resemblance shines through…~
"SILENCIO"
Legolas saw that his friends were still laughing but he could not hear them, he turned to the teacher to see that the short fat woman had drawn out her miniature staff,
"now that I have your attention and you are not going to interrupt me…"
"and why would you think that?" asked Legolas still curious, looking around he saw that the entire class was watching him
"DETENTION,"
"why do you shout? I am less than one pace from where you stand; anyhow you have still not explained what a detention is…"
"ask him" she pointed to Harry "…everyone else back to your work!!"
"you still have not told us of what we should do…" put in Legolas after this tirade
he watched as the toad started to turn puce, he resisted the temptation to cover his ears to give them some protection against the noise that was about to ensue, but luckily for him the bell rang just before the woman exploded.
He saw that Harry was gesturing that they should make haste
Once out of the classroom they headed down towards the dungeons
"that was amazing…" Ron said to them, "wait till I tell Fred and George…what was written on that piece of paper?"
"not much really, the toad woman destroyed it"
"…and what did you say to Aragorn to make him laugh so much?"
"I said that she resembled one of the most ugly creatures of our world…and Aragorn told me that I was mistaken for he conceived her face to look like that of a giant spider"
"right…why aren't Aragorn and Boromir speaking?"
"oh Ron you are so stupid, they are under the silencing charm here, finite incantatem"
"thank you my lady, I thought that I would have to remain silent forever more" were Aragorn's first words, Legolas hid a smile at his friends light hearted comments, then he remember the matter that the toad had been speaking
"Harry…would you be so kind as to tell us of what a detention is?"
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AN sorry about all the bad grammar and spelling etc
Estella brandybuck~ I was wondering when someone would think of that, the men and elf in question are youthful.
Twin kats~ I am really sorry I am trying twenty times my hardest, if I try any harder then will be unable to do my school work…yes I am still at school…I am also doing GCSEs this year
Pussin boots~ sorry hope there is more detail in this one
Yavie Aelinel~ sorry about the punctuation…hope this is better, glad you like the story
gas exchange takes place in the alveoli inside the lungs…oops that is why you should not write chapters in bilge
Eowyen lady of horses1361~sorry I don't have an AOL thingy, I am on a school thingy…alas…I will try on my capitals
NEXT LESSON IS POTIONS…AM NOT SURE WHAT THE REACTIONS TO THIS MAN SHOULD BE OPINIONS ON THIS ARE WELCOME