Candy in Class
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Professor Diteg was slightly confused. He was the current Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, which he'd only taken because Dumbledore had offered him hazard pay. So far, nothing serious had happened and he was actually enjoying himself, until now, because he was confused. The object that was currently the source of his confusion lay innocently on his desk in front of him. It was the length and width of his pinkie finger and was packaged in an off-white shiny wrapper. He though it was a form of muggle candy but really wasn't sure. He sighed and thought back to when he'd acquired it, earlier today, in class.
Flashback
It was Gryffindor/ Slytherin 6th year class and he'd just launched into the lecture when young Ms. Granger raised her hand and asked to be excused. Diteg took in her pale face and shaky demeanor and let her go. She left and returned after 10 minutes or so looking much better. He waver her in and was about to begin another point of his lecture when he noticed Ms. Granger had dropped something.
Before she could react, he swooped down and snatched it up "now Ms. Granger, I really am disappointed in you. I thought you wanted to leave for a legitimate reason not to scarf candy! Well, young lady, I hope you brought enough for everyone!"
Hermione just gaped at him and caught sight of what he held up for the entire class to see. She turned red but then seemed to recover her cool "well, actually Professor Diteg," she grabbed her bag and rummaged through it "I have enough for all the girls."
He gave her a hard look "and the boys? Or is it some sort of 'girl candy'?"
Hermione smiled "exactly right Professor!"
He gave her a curt nod "well then, don't delay, hand them out to all the girls." Hermione smiled, rose from her seat and distributed the 'girl candies' among all the girls in the class. Twitters and giggles arose when the girls recognized the items, while the males looked on in confusion. Professor Diteg waited until Hermione had finished before continuing in his lecture, while pocketing the strange candy he had picked up to figure out later.
End of Flashback
For a good part of the evening, Diteg had been studying the strange candy and hadn't been able to figure it out so he'd decided to nip down to the kitchens for a quick snack. He took the candy with him just for pondering on the way.
He'd neared the kitchens when he'd happened upon two gossiping girls and, in the true tradition of teachers everywhere, eavesdropped.
"homework page 163. Anyway, can you believe what happened in DADA today?"
"No! I can't believe that not only she had the guts to try it but pull it off! Girl candies, please I can't believe none of the guys can recognize them for what they are!"
"And you saw Professor Diteg, right?"
"Oh yea, I wonder if he'll ever realize that the 'candy' he pocketed was a tampon!"
Girls' Laughter
Professor Diteg put his hand into his pocket and pulled out the strange candy he'd been puzzling over all day. Very carefully, he peeled of the shiny wrapper and carefully looked over the newly revealed object. After carefully studying it for at least 5 minutes-he'd come to the conclusion that yes, it was a feminine hygiene product known as a tampon. Knowing exactly what a tampon was, he gave into his instinct.
Everyone in Hogwarts suddenly looked up as a terror-filled scream sounded throughout the ancient school.
