Chapter 4 Mudbloods
"P-profess-sor Snape..." Tonks said frightened. "See, Lily didn't understand any of this, she is new to this and I—" Before Tonks could finish Snape interupted her. "Detention tonight in my office. 8 o'clock, don't be late and 10 points from Gryffindor!" Snape finished and walked off. Tonks could hear the Malfoy's laughing behind her. Tonks slumped in her seat, she could have sworn that her heart skipped a couple beats. At the end of the class Tonks and Emma filled their vials their perfect potions and took them to Snape's desk, Lily followed behind them with her potion that was giving of blue smoke, and the left the classroom.
"Sorry about that." Lily said as they were walking away.
Tonks didn't answer, she new that Snape would definitely tell her father. And after that Tonks had a weird feeling that sometime, her dad would tell Snape to make the potion that kept her awful werewolf nightmares away. She walks slightly ahead of them. "I am going to the common room." Emma said and started up the stares. Tonks went the other way out of the grounds, she wasn't mad at Lily at all, it was Snape and her fear of becoming a full werewolf is what scared her the most right now. She wanted to talk to Hagrid; she wanted to talk to Hagrid alone.
"Wha'ch hurry?" He asked looking down at her.
"Hiya, Hagrid, I wanted to talk to you." Tonks said looking at the ground for a minute then back at Hagrid.
"Here, come'n back to my hut. I'll make ya some tea ans we can talk." He said and led her back to his cabin. Once inside he started making tea.
"It's dad, and Snape." Tonks said looking at her hand instead of Hagrid. Hagrid turned around and looked at her. "I am scared..."
"You can tell me." He said as he put down her mug of tea. Your dad us ter tell me stuff's about bein' a werewolf when he was here and buckbeak know's I heard nuff' stuff about Snape when Harry and the Gang us ter be here." He gave her a rough smile and took a gulp of his tea.
"I got in trouble with Snape today… And I know he is going to tell my dad, but I don't think he will care, But I know Snape will catch me doing something else that I thought was good and make it a crime. My dad will get feed up and, I am afraid that he might make Snape make me the potion that keeps my nightmares away..." Before Hagrid could answer she blurted out. "I don't trust him! I don't, I don't know how all the teachers can but I don't!" Tonks started to yell a little and had a couple of tears run down her check.
"There, there." He said and then patted her roughly on the back and hand her a handkerchief. "I don' blame ya for not trust in Snape, it's in yer geans, yur father was never the bes'ta friends with him and your mother never like'em much, and with all the friends ya hang around with it's no wonder you have that feel'in, but the our tech'ers and I Bleave him and Turst him and I doubt I can turn ya round, so there is really nothin we can do. As for ya potion yer forgetin yer mum, it'll take a ruddy hell of a lot to get her to let Snape make your potion, and if wors' coms to wors' we can talk to McGonagall about havin Madam Pomfrey do it."
Tonks looked up at Hagrid and smiled a little. "Thanks Hagrid." Tonks said giving him a hug. "Well, I better be off, I have to get some ingredients for Snape's next potions class, and I want to get done with it!" Tonks said standing up and walking to the door. "Bye!"
Tonks walked out the door and the door and almost collided into Emma who looked furious and Lily who looked annoyed and confused. "Emma just tell what it means, so I can tell you weather or not you need to me upset!" Lily said determinately. "No I need to be upset!" She said harshly to Lily the rounded on Tonks. "Were have you been?" She asked her in the same hard tune.
"Here..." Tonks said looking at them with wide eyes and confusion. "What's the matter?"
"The Malfoy twins came up to us after you left, and called Lily a mudblood." Said Emma in a rage. "I would have cursed'em to oblivion too, if Snape wasn't standing write behind me. Anyway I need your help to get back at them!" Lily, still looking annoyed, and said. "Okay you told her now will you tell me what the hell it means!"
Tonks stood back shocked at first then with an evil look on her face. "Yeah, I will help you. But first you might want to explain to Lily what it means." Tonks was going to add something when Hagrid came in. "They said wha'?" Hagrid said upset.
"I don't now WHAT they said." Said lily who admired to me more annoyed then ever because of Tonks and Hadgrid's reaction. "Because no one will tell me!" Emma shot her a glance and then said calmly. "It means Dirty blood, it's really cruel name for muggle borns." Lily didn't seem to be any less annoyed by this news. "So it means dirty blood, so what! I don't see what's, so mad!" Emma answered her again in her calm voice. "It's not so much the meaning of the so much as what is represents, see it's like they think there so much better then you, like your just dirt." This seems to penetrate Lily and she looked less and annoyed almost considering. Then she said smiling. "So... when are we going to get them?" Just then the bell rang for the end of break.
"I don't know, but not now." Tonks said starting to walk towards the castle. "Do we have class right now?" Tonks asked not thinking, she was planning agenst the Malfoys'.
"Yes." Said Emma as she stared to walk toward the castle. "We have Mum and she kill ya is were late. Bye Hagrid!" She called and waved. "Ya bye." Added Lily as she made her way through the door.
"Yeah, she will kill me if I accidentally call her Hemione that is what I called her at home!" Tonks said annoyed.
They made their way up to Transfiguration and were about the forth people in there. They took seats near the front and waited as the last few travelers made it through the door a millisecond before the bell and took seats in the back. Hermione called them to order and then started calling role. "Lily Black." She called and Lily raised her hand. "Here." Hermione stared at her for a second then went down the list form Camren Creevey, past Tonks with out a flinch though a smile crossed her face and finally to Emma who was last. Then she started her speech.
"At least she enologist me!" Tonks whispered to Emma.
"Hello Class, My name is Professor Granger. This class you will learn how to transfigure things. Such as an animal into a wine goblet." She said tapping a lizard that was on her desk and transforming it. There were Ohh, and Awes. In the class as Hermione hushed them she went on. "So I want you to start reading on page 20 to page 50 before our next lesson, about transfiguration." Hermione said tapping her book with her wand and it turning to page 20. "You may begin." Professor finished and sat down. "Ohh, fun." Tonks said looking at her book and slowly opening it. She looked at Emma who was packing her bag. "Whatca doin?" Tonks asked confused. "I already read it. I read it when we bought the book." Emma said not looking up from packing her books.
"Wow." said Lily in an irritated tone, under her breath so that only Emma and Tonks could hear. "I sure picked the two perfect people to hang out with, one can mix any potion in five seconds the other memorizes the text book, You better help me pass, because not only will I fail as you don't, I fail while getting out shinned by my mates!" She said and started reading the text.
Tonks laughed a little and Professor looked at her. She looked up at her with a sorry look and got back to reading. The bell rang "Class dismissed!" Professor Granger said and motioned them out of the class room.
They headed down to lunch after class without dropping of their books. "No offense Emma." Said Lily jokingly. "But your mom is boring!"
"Only when she is teaching!" Tonks blurted out before Emma could say anything. "She is awesome at home when I see her and she visits!" Tonks said smiling. Her stomach growled. "I am starving! Better eat big, knowing Snape he will make me skip dinner, save me some food!" Tonks said sitting down in an empty seat.
Emma and Lily Laughed and sat down beside her. "Sure" Said Lily happily. "But dose she really expect us to read all that before the next class I barely got through five pages?" Emma shook her head. "No she'll be surprised if anyone besides me reads all of it. She just likes to read a lot so she assigns a lot of reading, she go over the finer points in class anyway."
"Yeah, I am only going to read it if I finish my other homework!" Tonks said starting to stuff her face with food. "So, do we have any other classes today?" Tonks asked with a mouth full of food.
Lily fished eating and looked down at her schedule. "Double peired of Defense Agenst the Dark Arts with Professor Spinnet. But that's it for the day."
"Ok, do you know when quidditch tryouts are? Me and my mum have been practicing at home! "Tonks said still eating as much as possible.
"Yes." Said Lily, still looking down at her schedule.
"When!" Tonks said anchesly and scooting closer to Lily.
"Like I know" Said Lily giving Tonks a look. "I don't even know what it is what made you think I'd know when the Tryouts were?"
"Cause you said you knew..." Tonks looked confused.
"She was joking Frog brain!" Emma said standing up Lily joined her. "I am going to go to DADA Right now, you comin?" Emma said looking at Tonks.
"Yeah, but what part were you kidding about Lily?" Tonks said confused "The part about you knowing or the part about you having no Idea?" Tonks said nagging at Lily, Emma rolled her eyes and shook her head.