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Chapter 7 feasts again
After a few weeks Ellen had realized that Hogwarts was the most boring place in the world. Other than her slow moving job all she had to do was read books, and though she liked doing that she could only read for so long. Boredom drummed into her skull, she really wanted to listen to music or play music, anything. Whatever petty job she got only lasted her an hour at the most so she wondered why she even was working there. Sometimes she would use her time by making her presence easier for Snape to cope with. She made a sign saying:
"Bath in use"
She saw it on a movie once and thought it would be wise to do so as there were times were she nearly walked in on him and he on her. So when she would use the bathroom she would stick it on his side of the door at his eye level so he would notice it.
Sometimes she would be so board that she would sit in Snape's office (only if he wasn't there and because she couldn't be bothered to go any further) doing her nails or reading a book because surprisingly there was quite good light in there for a dungeon. On one occasion he came in while she was doing her nails.
'At what point did this stop being my office?' He said harshly as he came into the room
'Oh sorry.' Ellen said and jumping up from his chair behind his desk and sitting in the one in front where she continued filing her nails.
'Don't you have work to do?' He asked plonking some books down on his desk.
'You would think that wouldn't you. Do you have a job for me?' She asked hopefully Severus looked around for something for her to do.
'No.' He sounded disappointed that he couldn't find anything to get rid of her. Ellen continued filing her nails. Then Snape noticed the colour of them, they were dark purple. A lot of her had been changing colours lately fist part of her hair now her nails. He wondered how she managed it.
Amongst the boredom there was always one person who continuously called for her and that was Moody or as Ellen liked to call him "peg leg pervert". Ellen hated him, for one thing he was the scariest looking man she had ever seen and that he was a complete pervert. He was always getting her to retrieve things from under desks and when she bent down she just knew he was taking a long look at her arse. And she was positive of this because who in their right mind would call someone to pick up something from the floor if they had magic to do it for them. She wondered about this in many other cases as well.
Things started to pick up in the days leading to Halloween. In fact it was really busy, Ellen was bombarded with messages to send and items to buy. She guessed it was because of the Tri-wizardthingo as she called it. She was asked to send many messages to a lot of people with funny names like Ludo and Igor she thought this was odd because all the people of one generation had really odd names and people from the younger generation had normal ones.
It was the 30th of October; normally Ellen didn't know the date due to her complete isolation from the rest of the world, but today she knew because everything was leading up to today. This meant that she was busy all day and for this she was happy, nothing was more boring than this place. The jobs she was given occupied her well into the evening. She walked into the great hall half way into the feast but she wasn't worried because there would be another one the following night. As she sat down at her normal place at the end of the table she noticed the extra twenty or so students and the four extra teachers. The one that she presumed was Madame Maxime was big and large and reminded her strongly of Hagrid and Ellen wondered if they were related. There were three other men who were also seated at the table. Mr. Bagman, Mr. Crouch and Professor Karkaroff but she didn't know who each was by sight. She asked Hagrid which were which and he cleared that up for her. She realized Professor Karkaroff who also reminded her of someone, a teacher she had in year four but with less white hair.
Like after the very fist feast all the teachers and staff; were to go to the staff room to discuss the rest of the year. Dumbledore cornered Ellen going up there and he gave her three more stones one olive green the other a dark mahogany the last a scarlet and said they were to go to the visiting teachers and Mr. Bagman. When she entered the staff room both of the professors were already in convocations Madame Maxime was talking to McGonagall and Karkaroff was standing in the corner of the room with Snape having a deep discussion, but Snape looked like he didn't want to talk to him. Mr. Bagman was talking to Dumbledore and when he saw her left for her talk with him. Soon McGonagall detached herself from Madame Maxime and Ellen went over to talk to her. Like all others she explained who she was and told her what to do if she needed her. Getting to Karkaroff wasn't as easy, Ellen decided first to wait until his convocation was over, but after twenty minutes it was likely that that wasn't going to happen so she just went over hoping that they would notice her. Luckily one she had gotten close to them they stopped talking and just looked at her.
'Yes?' Snape's voice was sharper then she expected
'I don't mean to interrupt but could I talk to Mr. Karkaroff for a moment?'
'Certainly' Snape said quickly and excused himself for a moment and said all she had to say with him. When she had finished Karkaroff went to Snape again.
'Who was that delightfully polite girl and why is she dressed like a pitiful muggle?'
'Because Karkaroff,' Snape eyes followed her 'that's what she is.'
The next day seemed to pass rather fast though there was not much to do and again ended in a giant feast. Ellen didn't care if she never ate again and she knew that others felt the same. Students were flinging peas at each other and playing with their food. When the feast ended and everyone fell into a dead silence. Everyone was waiting in intense anticipation except Mr. Crouch and Ellen who couldn't care less. Snape actually seemed kind of interested. The lights were dimmed and there was no noise for a whole five minutes, then red flickers spouted from the goblet and a name was red out for the Dumstrang School, there was a loud applause and the person in question, Victor Krum, got up and left the hall. Then the name was read out for the other visiting school. The champion was a beautiful young girl who Ellen envied. Lastly the last name was a boy, Cedric Diggory, whom she thought was nothing special. Dumbledore started to closes the feast when the goblet spouted another name, Harry Potter. Everyone looked confused and didn't know what to do. Ellen thought that this was just a ploy to get people into the event, but no.
After the rest of the students were sent off to bed, Dumbledore, Snape, Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, McGonagall and by invitation Ellen went into the room with the champions, and there she was left to watch the war of words over the boy, Harry. First Dumbledore was being blamed for misinforming but then Snape intervened and shifted the blame to the boy himself, then Dumbledore broke in again and asked the boy if he did it and denied it. This made Snape make a soft noise of impatient disbelief and Ellen laughed, she hid it with her hand but it still made Snape shoot her an vindictive look and this made her have to leave the room to hide her hysterics. Outside she met Moody going in.
'What's so funny then?' He asked
'Nothing' she said and she didn't feel like laughing anymore.
. If there is anything that can make your reading experience better tell me or email me (the address is on another author's note) I don't mind you all seem like very nice people.
P.S I'm not trying to butter you up to keep reading the story
Chapter 7 feasts again
After a few weeks Ellen had realized that Hogwarts was the most boring place in the world. Other than her slow moving job all she had to do was read books, and though she liked doing that she could only read for so long. Boredom drummed into her skull, she really wanted to listen to music or play music, anything. Whatever petty job she got only lasted her an hour at the most so she wondered why she even was working there. Sometimes she would use her time by making her presence easier for Snape to cope with. She made a sign saying:
"Bath in use"
She saw it on a movie once and thought it would be wise to do so as there were times were she nearly walked in on him and he on her. So when she would use the bathroom she would stick it on his side of the door at his eye level so he would notice it.
Sometimes she would be so board that she would sit in Snape's office (only if he wasn't there and because she couldn't be bothered to go any further) doing her nails or reading a book because surprisingly there was quite good light in there for a dungeon. On one occasion he came in while she was doing her nails.
'At what point did this stop being my office?' He said harshly as he came into the room
'Oh sorry.' Ellen said and jumping up from his chair behind his desk and sitting in the one in front where she continued filing her nails.
'Don't you have work to do?' He asked plonking some books down on his desk.
'You would think that wouldn't you. Do you have a job for me?' She asked hopefully Severus looked around for something for her to do.
'No.' He sounded disappointed that he couldn't find anything to get rid of her. Ellen continued filing her nails. Then Snape noticed the colour of them, they were dark purple. A lot of her had been changing colours lately fist part of her hair now her nails. He wondered how she managed it.
Amongst the boredom there was always one person who continuously called for her and that was Moody or as Ellen liked to call him "peg leg pervert". Ellen hated him, for one thing he was the scariest looking man she had ever seen and that he was a complete pervert. He was always getting her to retrieve things from under desks and when she bent down she just knew he was taking a long look at her arse. And she was positive of this because who in their right mind would call someone to pick up something from the floor if they had magic to do it for them. She wondered about this in many other cases as well.
Things started to pick up in the days leading to Halloween. In fact it was really busy, Ellen was bombarded with messages to send and items to buy. She guessed it was because of the Tri-wizardthingo as she called it. She was asked to send many messages to a lot of people with funny names like Ludo and Igor she thought this was odd because all the people of one generation had really odd names and people from the younger generation had normal ones.
It was the 30th of October; normally Ellen didn't know the date due to her complete isolation from the rest of the world, but today she knew because everything was leading up to today. This meant that she was busy all day and for this she was happy, nothing was more boring than this place. The jobs she was given occupied her well into the evening. She walked into the great hall half way into the feast but she wasn't worried because there would be another one the following night. As she sat down at her normal place at the end of the table she noticed the extra twenty or so students and the four extra teachers. The one that she presumed was Madame Maxime was big and large and reminded her strongly of Hagrid and Ellen wondered if they were related. There were three other men who were also seated at the table. Mr. Bagman, Mr. Crouch and Professor Karkaroff but she didn't know who each was by sight. She asked Hagrid which were which and he cleared that up for her. She realized Professor Karkaroff who also reminded her of someone, a teacher she had in year four but with less white hair.
Like after the very fist feast all the teachers and staff; were to go to the staff room to discuss the rest of the year. Dumbledore cornered Ellen going up there and he gave her three more stones one olive green the other a dark mahogany the last a scarlet and said they were to go to the visiting teachers and Mr. Bagman. When she entered the staff room both of the professors were already in convocations Madame Maxime was talking to McGonagall and Karkaroff was standing in the corner of the room with Snape having a deep discussion, but Snape looked like he didn't want to talk to him. Mr. Bagman was talking to Dumbledore and when he saw her left for her talk with him. Soon McGonagall detached herself from Madame Maxime and Ellen went over to talk to her. Like all others she explained who she was and told her what to do if she needed her. Getting to Karkaroff wasn't as easy, Ellen decided first to wait until his convocation was over, but after twenty minutes it was likely that that wasn't going to happen so she just went over hoping that they would notice her. Luckily one she had gotten close to them they stopped talking and just looked at her.
'Yes?' Snape's voice was sharper then she expected
'I don't mean to interrupt but could I talk to Mr. Karkaroff for a moment?'
'Certainly' Snape said quickly and excused himself for a moment and said all she had to say with him. When she had finished Karkaroff went to Snape again.
'Who was that delightfully polite girl and why is she dressed like a pitiful muggle?'
'Because Karkaroff,' Snape eyes followed her 'that's what she is.'
The next day seemed to pass rather fast though there was not much to do and again ended in a giant feast. Ellen didn't care if she never ate again and she knew that others felt the same. Students were flinging peas at each other and playing with their food. When the feast ended and everyone fell into a dead silence. Everyone was waiting in intense anticipation except Mr. Crouch and Ellen who couldn't care less. Snape actually seemed kind of interested. The lights were dimmed and there was no noise for a whole five minutes, then red flickers spouted from the goblet and a name was red out for the Dumstrang School, there was a loud applause and the person in question, Victor Krum, got up and left the hall. Then the name was read out for the other visiting school. The champion was a beautiful young girl who Ellen envied. Lastly the last name was a boy, Cedric Diggory, whom she thought was nothing special. Dumbledore started to closes the feast when the goblet spouted another name, Harry Potter. Everyone looked confused and didn't know what to do. Ellen thought that this was just a ploy to get people into the event, but no.
After the rest of the students were sent off to bed, Dumbledore, Snape, Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, McGonagall and by invitation Ellen went into the room with the champions, and there she was left to watch the war of words over the boy, Harry. First Dumbledore was being blamed for misinforming but then Snape intervened and shifted the blame to the boy himself, then Dumbledore broke in again and asked the boy if he did it and denied it. This made Snape make a soft noise of impatient disbelief and Ellen laughed, she hid it with her hand but it still made Snape shoot her an vindictive look and this made her have to leave the room to hide her hysterics. Outside she met Moody going in.
'What's so funny then?' He asked
'Nothing' she said and she didn't feel like laughing anymore.
. If there is anything that can make your reading experience better tell me or email me (the address is on another author's note) I don't mind you all seem like very nice people.
P.S I'm not trying to butter you up to keep reading the story
