Disclaimer: I own nothing that you recognize everything else comes from my own twisted
mind

Chapter 5

They just had left the classroom when they heard a sneering voice behind them.

"Hey Warren!! I heard you didn't make it in the house team. Yes I guess playing feetball did not help you to develop any skills in quidditch.... But what can you expect from somebody who was raised like an ordinary mudblood" Malfoy said which a glance at Hermione.

Kelsey stared at Malfoy and his left eyebrow started to twitch slightly. "You got some wrong information here blondie" said Kelsey mockingly. "I've have never tried out for the house team and its FOOTBALL not feetball. I suggest you should take muggle studies next term so that you know what educated people are talking about when you interrupt them in such a rude way."

"Let's go ", said Hermione "or we'll be late for potions", and looked anxiously at Harry, Ron and Kelsey, who had their wands out and stared at Malfoy. She was glad when the boys turned around and they just started to walk to the dungeons when they heard a loud bang and Kayla's body hit the floor.

Hermione kneeled down next to her and turned her around. Obviously Malfoy had hexed her because Hermione could see something that looked like bat wings sprouting from Kayla's back.

The rest of them turned around in an instant and looked at Malfoy who stood in the middle of the hallway laughing and pointing at them.

All of the sudden jets of light in all different colors flew threw the air; one bounced off the wall and finally hit Malfoy. Another bang and he had grown the ears, teeth, tail and feet of a very fluffy, pink bunny.

Kayla had opened her eyes and tried to get up from the cold floor when she recognized that the batwings, she had grown, had wrapped around her body so tightly that it was impossible for her to move.

She raised her head to see what was going on. Her brother and Harry yelled "Expecto patronum" and she could see a silver stag and a silver wolf chasing something that looked like a pink bunny in black robes down the hallway. Then the whole crowd busted out in great laughter.

"This really was a show worth seeing" said Harry still laughing holding on to Ron as if he'd be afraid to collapse. "Draco Malfoy the fluffy bunny.... This was definitely an improvement to his regular appearance" said Hermione spitefully.

She helped Kayla to get on her feet and after a few tries Kayla managed to make little steps. "We got to hurry now or Snape will rip our heads off. Hermione, will you help Kayla to the hospital wing and we tell Snape what's going on. I bet Malfoy´s already there and Snape will be delighted to take a thousand points from Gryffindor for that "said Ron and they headed towards the dungeons in high speed while Kayla and Hermione set off for the hospital wing. Luckily Madam Pomfrey got rid of the batwings easily so Kayla didn't miss any more classes that day.

When she saw Hermione climbing through the portrait hole she sat up straight in her chair and smiled at her.

"Sorry I'm late" said Hermione panting heavily after she sat in a chair next to Kayla. "I had to stop in the library and pick up some books". She pointed at the huge pile of books she had put on the table in front of her.

Hermione had agreed to tutor the twins until they caught up with the rest of the class to take their OWLs.

"Where's Kelsey?" asked Hermione, her eyebrows slightly raised. "He is watching Harry and Ron playing quidditch" Kayla replied shyly. "He will never get his OWLs with this attitude". Hermione growled and grabbed one of the books from the pile. "Let's get to work then".

The next day started nicely. Kayla woke up from a ray of bright sunlight. She recognized that her roommates were all gone already and after a look at the clock on her nightstand she took a deep breath, jumped out of the bed and started to dress in a hurry.

"Maybe I still have enough time to grab some toast" she thought and speeded down to the great hall. After a quick breakfast the Gryffindors headed towards the dungeons. "Double potions.... First thing on a Monday morning... looks like they're trying to kill us this year", growled Ron while they filed inside and set down in the back as far away from Snape's desk as possible.

Kayla set up her cauldron and tried to remain calm. Although she was very good at potions, just like her brother, she felt uncomfortable in the dungeon.

Snape eyed her very carefully und never wasted a chance to make a comment about her potion in an unbearably mocking voice. Even when she completed the assignment perfectly and faster than anybody else in the class, including Hermione, the strict potion master always found something to criticize.

Today's assignment was the multilingo potion, which allowed the consumer to understand and speak every known language. She started putting the ingredients into her cauldron and watched Snape strolling between the rows of students making snide comments about the inability of the Gryffindor's when it came to the skills of potion making.

She was determined not to give Snape any reason to criticize her this time and didn't pay much attention what was going on around her until.... "I wonder how long it will take until you blow up one of your fellow students, Longbottom. Are you so incredibly stupid that you can't tell the difference between a mandrake root and belladonna? "

Neville looked like he was trying to crawl under his table when Snape started yelling at him. Kayla had so much pity for the poor boy, who again was Snape's victim. She doubted seriously that Neville has ever made it out of potions class without Snape giving him hell. Neville deeply impressed her, how he made it through over 4 years of embarrassment and still went back to endure more.

She watched Neville going through another dressing-down and when Snape finally yelled "This mixture is totally useless. I want an essay about how to make an efficient multilingo potion and how you messed it up – two scrolls of parchment should do – to be handed in next lesson" and vanished Neville's potion with a flick of his wand, Kayla heard a loud BANG and a scream that made her blood chill.

Please leave a review :-)