Rebel Sisters Without a Cause: Chapter Three: "Of Classes and Papers"
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Chapter Three: "Of Classes and Papers"
"Lisa Tyler, turn around and at least attempt to concentrate!" exclaimed Professor McGonagall for the fifth time that day. Lisa just shook her head and continued to write, alternating between taking notes and writing a note.
"Lisa, what's that you're writing?" asked Hermione, who happened to be her partner for the class.
"Nothing," she said and folded the note and put it into her notebook. Hermione just shook her head and stared straight ahead, making it look like she was paying attention so that McGonagall wouldn't know that she already knew how to Transfigure a chair into a dog. Out of the corner of her eye, Lisa noticed that some of the guys, meaning Ron, Harry, Seamus, and Dean, were Charming folded pieces of paper and making them dance around the room when McGonagall wasn't looking. Lisa shook her head and started folding a piece of paper. When she was done, it was a folded paper crane. She looked around the room, trying to find someone to send it to, but before she got a chance, Professor McGonagall brought her out of her state of mind.
"I must leave the room for a few minutes. I expect you to start Transfiguring your chairs. There will be no talking either, because I will be right outside this door." With that, she closed the door behind her. Lisa looked at Hermione, smiled, and with a flick of her wand and a muttered incantation, she had Transfigured her chair into a dog.
"Did you already know how to do that?" asked Hermione incredulously.
"Yes," said Lisa with a small smile. "A friend taught me how to Transfigure just about anything. I'm a fast learner," she added with a shrug of her shoulders. She Transfigured the dog, which was barking really loud, back into a chair. Lisa sat down and quickly unfolded her crane, wrote something on the paper, and then refolded it. She then muttered, "Volvius parchment." The little paper crane rose off her desk and flew over to where Draco Malfoy was attempting to Transfigure his chair, but not having any success. He spotted the flying piece of paper and snatched it out of the air. He unfolded it and glanced at the one sentence written on the paper. A slow smile appeared on his face for two seconds before it vanished. He glanced up to see who might have written the note. His eyes scanned the room before they came to rest on Lisa, who was now twirling her wand absent-mindedly in her hand. He then scribbled an answer, folded the piece of paper, and sent it flying back to Lisa. She unfolded it and read what he had written.
"What do you think of my sister, Marie?"
"Well, Miss Tyler, I would be lying if I said I did not like her, now, wouldn't I?" — Draco
Lisa smiled, then scribbled the following message underneath what Draco wrote.
"Yes, I suppose you would be lying. What has she shared with you so far?" — Lisa
She then sent the paper back to Draco, who caught it and quickly read what she had written. He shook his head, and scribbled a response, then sent it back to Lisa.
"Well, she has shared with me why the six of you were transferred here and what happened to Mark, Chris, Kali, and Sarah. Do you think you'll ever see them again?" — Draco
"I'm not sure, Draco. That all seems like a horrible nightmare that won't go away. Cha...I mean, my boyfriend keeps telling me that if they're alive, they'll find us. I hope he's right, not just for my sake." — Lisa
Draco caught the note while trying to Transfigure his chair. Lisa shook her head and walked over to him.
"You're not flicking your wand. The key to performing the spell is to flick your wrist. Like this," said Lisa, using her wand to show him what she meant. His chair instantly became a Husky with one green eye and one pale blue eye.
"How'd you do that?" asked Draco, petting the dog.
"Here, I'll show you again." With a flick of her wrist and the counter spell, the dog became a chair again. "Now, watch my wrist." She again did the spell, and flicked her wrist. The chair became the same dog.
"Okay, I'll try it again." He said the counter spell and flicked his wrist. The dog became a chair again.
"You see? Just takes a little practice."
"So, who's your boyfriend?" asked Draco in a hushed tone.
"I'm not telling."
"You're not all related directly, are you? Your sisters, I mean," added Draco. Lisa snapped her head around to face him. (A/N: Lisa has a habit of having short bursts of ADD-related behaviors. Carry on!)
"What makes you think that?"
"Come on. Two sets of twins and two sisters, on year apart? Not to mention that you have two brothers and two more sisters. How dumb do you think I am?"
"Fine, you caught me. Erin and Krista are my stepsisters. My two half-brothers are a year and a half older, and Kali and Sarah are two and four years younger than me, respectively. They are my blood sisters, as are Tina and Marie. Oh, and Karen is my stepsister too. Happy now?"
"Yes. What do you expect to see if you find your brothers and sisters again?" Lisa looked at Draco and tilted her head to the side.
"I don't know. I just don't know. I'm hoping to find them the same, but maybe I'm hoping for too much. I don't know."
"Well, it's really questionable as to what you'll find, but don't lose hope. I'm sure you'll find your answer someday." Lisa smiled.
"Thank you." At that time, Professor McGonagall came back into the room. She had a look of slight panic on her face, but her voice remained calm.
"Students, you are dismissed from your classes for the rest of the day. Please return to your Houses, where you will be addressed by your Heads of Houses, as soon as possible." With that, she opened the door and left. The class was in an uproar, asking questions and panicking. Draco turned and looked at Lisa, who had a terrified look on her face.
"Lisa, are you all right?" Lisa turned to face him with a sad smile.
"Sorry. The way she was talking sounded just like how my teachers talked the day the siege started." After thinking, she looked at Draco again. "Why are you so nice? According to Harry Potter, you used to be horrible to anyone who wasn't in Slytherin. What changed?" Draco looked taken aback by the question, but then shook his head and focused on Lisa, who had started walking over to her seat to pick up her Advanced Trans book and other stuff. Draco followed her, after he had picked his stuff up.
"It's true that I used to be a real jerk," he said as he followed Lisa out of the classroom. "The reason I stopped is because last year Harry saved my life. After that, I decided that there was no point in being his enemy anymore because I had no reason to be against Harry and anyone else who was friends with him. That's why none of the Slytherins will really talk to me anymore. They will remain civil with me, but that's only because the Death Eaters have been captured and the Dark Lord is not much of a threat these days. Harry and his friends still don't like me very much, but they tolerate me now, at least. Now it's my turn to ask you a question. What changed your mind about me?"
"Well, my sister seems to like you, and you're not half-bad, once you're no longer in a bad mood," Lisa added with a smile. Draco laughed.
"So, what's the deal with your twin? I've never seen twins who are so different."
"She's okay, but I wouldn't want to be alone with her for more than an hour, because she's changed so much now that it's really hard for me to stand her for very long. After the siege, she became uptight and Little Miss High-and-Mighty on us, so we don't pay her any mind anymore because we're used to her attitude. Why do you ask?"
"Because she's getting on my nerves and I want her to leave me alone. How do you get rid of her?" Lisa laughed.
"Just threaten to turn her into a large, pink bunny or something like that. It usually works."
"And if it doesn't?"
"Then just give her a good kick down a flight of stairs."
"Thanks," he replied, giving her a funny look.
"No problem. Just doing my job as a sister and a friend."
"Well, this is my turnoff, so I'll see you tomorrow, or at dinner, if they allow us to eat tonight," Draco added with a sigh. Lisa smiled and waved. She then continued on the hike up to Gryffindor Tower.
Okay, so what did you think? A little short, I know, but that's all I was able to write. I promise that I will write more sometime in the near future. Until then, bye for now!