Sorry there's not been as much today! Busy Busy Friday!
CurlyWitch14: Next Chapter we'll see some chaotic trio action! See how they react. Im a little nervous to write it, ngl. I struggle with enid a bit.
Onto the story!
Chapter 14: Upcoming Tests
The Week had gone fairly well for Hecate as well. She'd have expected Looking after Mildred to take up a large portion of her time. But that hadn't been the case.
Hecate got up early in the morning, Way before Mildred. She'd go about sorting out the school for the morning, Making sure everything was in order, and nothing was destroyed. She'd head to breakfast, in which Mildred would normally already be there.
Hecate made sure to make her presence known to Mildred, and Mildred back to her. It was becoming like a ritual. For Hecate, it was putting the fear in Mildred that she would always cheek. There Was no escaping.
Her lessons went well, In a week there had only been three Explosions, and only one had been caused by Mildred. She put double the amount of Bugle Shell pieces then she was meant to. Other than that little mess up, Mildred had been performing.. Fine in lessons.
It was nothing to scream and yell about, The Child still had much improvement to do. But, She'd also seen Mildred do much.. Much worse. Any Improvement is good when it comes round to Mildred.
She'd been helping her with her homework like clockwork. She had thought herself a little mean.. And harsh on the odd occasion with it. She feared she'd made Mildred cry once or twice. But the Girl had shook it off, and just seemed to use it to try harder.
She'd Finally asked Mildred to come to Pentangles with Her. And just as Pippa and herself suspected, She was overjoyed. The Visit won't be till the end of term. It wasn't too far away, but it wasn't that close either.
They had their end of term tests to get through first, those would be starting up just next week. Hecate will need to help out Mildred a little more over this period. As long as the girl Passes, Hecate will be happy. If she gets anything higher. She'd be overjoyed. As overjoyed as Hecate can be.
Hecate had not known how to bring up the trip, she knew Mildrid would like to go, but it was approaching the subject that she hadn't a clue how to do. But, when Mildred Brought up telling her friends, she saw the opportunity to counter it.
She hated gossip about her private life. She didn't have an awful lot of it, given that she was a deputy head at a boarding school. But of what she did have, she liked to keep it away from the Students.
She'd invited Mildred into her private life simply because of the shared experience. But, She also understood that Mildred had friends. And it was natural to talk about one's life with friends. She was now a part of that life.
Hecate knew her students far more than they realised. Since day one she had watched them. She could tell that Maud would be understanding. It's Enid that worried her. That child had a troublesome strike in her, one she did not approve of.
Then again, Mildred was also a child with a troublesome strike. So, Perhaps there was hope for Enid yet. Hecate didn't know when she went from silently, sometimes not so silently, judging students as a watchful teacher. To whether she approved or disapproved of her ward.
"Hecate?" A Voice Snapped Hecate from her thoughts. She looked over the desk at Ada.
"My Apologies, Ada." Hecate started. She'd come to speak to Ada, to finalise the tests, and the trip to pentangles.
"Do you know what Potions you're testing them this year?" Ada Asked, It wasn't that she was curious, it's that she wanted to make sure Hecate wasn't picking potions that were too hard.
"Indeed. I thought we'd start with.. Truth Potion.." A Useful potion, that wasn't overly complicated. "Then we'd test their Translation potions.." They'd been practising them, And Hecate felt there was a Fifty-Fifty chance of them passing or failing. "And lastly.. Rock Transformation Potion". They had touched on it, but they don't typically do it till third year. The other two are child's play in comparison.
"Rock Transformation.. Hecate are you sure?" Ada gave her that look that always said 'really. Are we doing this?'. "It's a little advanced for the second years.."
"I believe it's just the right amount of push." Hecate Justifide. "I will go over it with them beforehand."
"Well, If you're sure.." Hecate understood, she doubted it, but was allowing her the freedom to do it nonetheless.
"MIss Drill would like us to join her for the Flying Assessment." Hecate Continued. "Miss Bat would like the girls to perform one of their Assessment pieces during Assembly at the end of the year.."
"Oh that will be nice!" Ada loved it when the students showed off what they learned.
"I've already gone over the assignments from Rowen-Webb and have found them.. Adequate." Hecate placed down her Maglet, the one they held all the information she needed.
"Well, Good. And the time table?" Ada was reeling things off from her own list, the one she kept skillfully stored in her head.
"Ready to go up on Monday, A Week in advance, As per usual." It was the same drill every year, yet they still had to go over everything.
"Good, Good. Is that all?" Ada took a sip of her drink, peering over her glasses rim.
"The Trip to pentangles.." Hecate was hesitant every time she spoke about it, Ada always gave her this knowing look every time she mentioned the school, or her friend. "Myself and Mildred will be leaving after Lessons on the second to last day of term, We will return two days after."
"I'm sure we can manage one school day without you, Hecate." Ada Tried to ease her mind. This is after all the first time she would be missing a school day, Hecate didn't even get ill. Bugs were far too scared to infect her.
"Some of the Students will be going home after Lessons that day, The rest will be going home the next day, I should be back to help with the emptying of the school."
The Clearing of the school included everyone apart from staff, and now Mildred. It almost sounded like one of those cheesy bands she'd listen to as a teenager. 'Mildred and the Staff'. At least Mildred was well looked after.
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