Desdemona's POV

I hated Transfiguration. It sucked. Who had thought that this stupid subject was appropriate to teach to kids? It's not like I was going to become a professional transfigurator! Luckily, the sweet sound of the bell snapped me out of my thoughts, reminding me that this god-awful class was finally over.

Turning towards me, Professor Swytch said, "Desdemona, could you stay back for a second please? I just want to speak to you about something briefly."

"Yes of course Professor" I reluctantly replied to the professor. As much as I hated this class, I couldn't deny that Professor Lenore Swytch was one of the nicest people at Hogwarts.

"Listen Desdemona, I'm just gonna come straight out and say it. I think you need some serious help in this class. I'm afraid that if you don't get some sort of extra-help you'll fail this class."

"What?" I whispered. "What do you mean? I knew I wasn't doing to well, but at risk of failing? Isn't that a bit extreme?"

"I'm afraid it isn't."

"Oh."

I felt like crying. Why did school have to be so hard?

"So what do I have to do?" I asked quietly.

"Unfortunately, I don't have any spare time in my schedule to help you, but I can enlist the help of one my upper year students. Would that work for you?" Professor Swytch asked me.

"Uh, yeah, I guess that would work."

"Perfect! I was thinking of Benedick Saddleset. He's an amazing student, and I'm sure that he would be more than happy to help you."

The minute she uttered his name, my heart nearly stopped. Benedick Saddleset. That beautiful demon. I was not going to survive this class if he was the one tutoring me. He would probably make me fail even more. His good-looks and relentless teasing would be the end of me. But, there was no way of getting out of this. Professor Swytch wasn't going to take no for an answer, so I needed to suck it up and pray to god that Benedick was going to be merciful with his teasing.

"Ok. Are you going to speak to him or should I?" I asked.

"I'll speak to him next period. I'll tell him to come speak to you if he agrees. Now, you should head to you next class."

"Thank you very much Professor. I really appreciate it."

I pick up my books and walk out the room, trying to distract myself from the upcoming peril.