Paige half stood and half dangled there, the scruff of her robes still in Snape's grasp. He stood over her glaring angrily down at her.
"Detention tonight at 8:00 Miss Castro; and don't even THINK about being late!" Snape spat at her, in return she just glared at him.
"And what about Blondie over there? Is he just going to get off scot free even though he openly insulted another student and nearly made her cry?" She spat back though Snape didn't look like he was in the mood to hear her say anything he didn't answer.
"Class dismissed" He growled he released Paige and glared at everyone as they shuffled out. "And Malfoy, go to the infirmary!" Draco stood and limped out.
As Paige and her friends left and headed off to their next class, the Slytherins all gave her a nasty look as they walked past. Paige didn't feel anything at the moment, accept for anger.
"You shouldn't have done that." Hermione said quietly, her face covered in guilt. "You should have just ignored him."
"What kind of friend would I be if I had let him talk to you that way?" Paige replied and Hermione's eyes brightened at the word "friend" Paige looked at her. "And it wasn't your fault either, he had it coming and I would have done it anyway because of what he said to you and because of this…"
Paige pulled out the note and handed it to them, they all read it.
"Well I for one know that pug faced prat wouldn't be able to do anything to you but thanks for sticking up for me!" Hermione said.
"No problem! And besides dumping those beet roots into Malfoy's potion was worth it!" Paige laughed at the look on their faces.
"You did that!" Ron laughed. Harry joined in as Paige grinned a crooked, mischievous grin. Hermione look completely shocked at hearing this.
The four friends continued to their next class. The rest of the day dragged on and when it came time for supper, Paige ate her fill.
"Aren't you nervous?" Neville asked anxiously, Fred and George meanwhile; were smiling encouragingly.
"Not at all! I'm used to getting detentions." Paige replied coolly.
"Wait till you get to Snape's office." George replied. "His detentions are horrible! But what you told us about the cauldron was genius. It makes us proud to know that there is another person in this school with a prank bone!"
Paige grinned happily. "Well I had better get down there, he might spank me if I'm late!" she sniggered. Although on the inside she hopped he wouldn't.
When Paige arrived, she knocked on the door.
"Enter." Snape's voice came from behind the door. Paige entered, closing the door behind her. She looked around, her eyes resting on Snape who was sitting behind a large wooden desk.
"Sit" Snape commanded, Paige lingered by the door when she didn't move Snape looked up. "Is there a problem?" He asked icily.
What would Fred and George say? Paige thought and then she smiled and took a step forward.
"Not at all professor! I was just admiring your beautiful office! Did you design it yourself?" She laughed inwardly as she sat down. Fred and George would be proud! Snape narrowed his eyes but said nothing.
"You shall be cleaning cauldrons, and when you're done with that you can organize the potions in that cabinet" He waved a hand at a cupboard on the wall. Paige had guessed that she would be cleaning cauldrons, because there were at least 50 on the table when she walked in.
"With or without magic?" She asked, knowing what the answer would be Snape looked up at her.
"Without; honestly are you that idiotic you don't know what a proper punishment is like? And you will address me as Sir or Professor! Bring your wand up to me." He replied with a hiss.
She stood and walked over to his desk. There she handed her willow, phoenix feather cored wand, which also had a hint of billywig stinger in the core. Snape examined it for a moment, and then he looked at her once more. His eyes lingered on her wolf pendant.
"Get to work" he growled when she hadn't moved yet again, she did so.
Halfway through cleaning cauldrons, Snape stood and walked towards the door.
"Keep working, I have important business to attend to." With that he left and as soon as he closed the door, Paige stood and stretched. She walked over to his desk and picked up her wand. She examined it and as she did; she remembered when she first got it. It was given to her from a man named Maldac, Xavier Maldac. He was a fine wand maker. When he had given it to her it had glowed and the man had stared at her. After that he had told her that it was made from an ancient willow tree. A phoenix feather was given for the core and some billywig stinger. He also started to say what else was in it but he had changed his mind. And to this day she wondered what that was. It was extremely odd for there to be more than one core but not impossible. Paige was so wrapped up in her thoughts that she didn't hear the door close and footsteps come up behind her. Usually no one could sneak up on her.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" An angry and dangerous voice came from behind her. Paige jumped and turned around to see Snape standing there his arms crossed and eyes narrowed.
"Um.. I was just...erm looking at my wand and stretching for a moment!" Paige replied truthfully Snape stared at her.
"You're not here to stretch you are here to fulfill a punishment." Snape hissed, taking her wand from her. Paige stared at him then decided that she would reply.
"Yes I know what I'm here for but apparently Draco did nothing wrong!" She shot back Snape glared down at her.
"I have dealt with Mr. Malfoy; and I suggest that if you do not get BACK TO WORK right now, you will be in the same situation as he is; and trust me, you will not enjoy that at all." He snarled. Paige quickly sat back down and got to work.
When she finished with the cauldrons, she set to work with the potions. She was halfway through when she heard a noise. She turned to see Snape staring at her wand she realized that he had made the noise.
"Is there something wrong with my wand professor?" Paige asked irritably. Snape's eyes snapped up to look at her.
"You are dismissed." He replied. Paige was wondering why he was staring at her wand again but she was more than happy to leave. She walked over to his desk and plucked her wand off his desk. He glared at her but said nothing and as soon as Paige shut the door, Snape got up and started pacing.
What the heck was that all about? Paige wondered as she walked back to Gryffindor tower. But she stopped as she came to a corner. She heard voices and whimpering. Peering around the corner, she saw Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy surrounding Neville.
"l...leave me alone!" Neville whimpered and then yelped as Goyle hit him in the stomach.
"What are you going to do about it Longbottom? Your all alone with no one to help you, you're a pathetic excuse for a wizard." Draco smirked and Paige, growing extremely angry snuck around the corner and came up behind Draco.
"He said leave him alone." And before Draco could turn around, Paige grabbed him and slammed his head off the wall. She then whipped out her wand and hexed Crabbe and Goyle. "It's not very fair to fight someone whose outnumbered nimrod."
Draco scrambled up and glared at her Pansy had just stood there too stunned to move.
"What do you want mutt?" Draco snarled Paige moved forward and pushed him up against the wall, putting her hand on his throat her blue eyes flashed as she did so.
"Just to talk." She replied icily. " And to finish what was started. You had better leave my friend alone or I'm going to mess up that pretty screwed up face of yours."
Draco laughed then swung his free arm around and hit Paige in the side. She jumped back and kicked him in between the legs. He gasped and dropped to the ground and Paige then turned to Pansy.
"So when were you and me supposed to finish what we started Parkinson?" She asked her eyes flashing excitedly. She was looking forward to a good fight but Pansy glared at her.
"I'm not going to fight you! your to much of a spazz!" She hissed.
"So you're a chicken then huh? Well I could just beat you senseless now!" Paige replied coolly. Pansy stared at her.
"I...I didn't mean I wouldn't fight you. I...Just meant not right now. I have homework to do!" She replied quickly Paige noted that she was scared now cause she didn't have her friends to back her up! She smirked then turned to Draco and bent down to look him in the face.
"I'm looking forward to our next chat! And I suggest that you and your friends get back to your dorms before you get caught!" she said menacingly. Draco got up and un-hexed his friends. Then the four of them hurried off but page caught Draco by the arm.
"Oh and Draco, I suggest that you don't tell anyone about this, unless you want to wake up with a mad hippogriff in your room." With that she let go of him and watched as her ran after his friends.
"You'll pay for this Castro!" Draco hissed angrily as he raced off. Paige grunted then turned to Neville.
"Are you all right?" she asked.
"Yes thanks for helping me. I've never seen someone take on that many people at a time! That was amazing." He said happily.
"Yeah well I did what I had to, it was nothing. Let's get back to the common room." The two of them walked off and when they got back to the common room she spotted Harry, Ron, and Hermione sitting near the fire. She joined them and filled them in with what had happened, leaving out the part about the wand.
"You kicked him in between the legs?" Ron said looking pale and Paige nodded Harry laughed
"Wow! You must really be a scrapper. What'd your old friends teach you back at your old school? I definitely wouldn't want to get into a fight with you." He said.
If only you knew what my life was like before I came here. Paige thought.
"Well I'm tired; see you guys in the morning." Paige yawned and then headed for the stairs to her dorm. When she was in her room, she got into her pajamas and climbed into bed. She soon fell asleep. Not knowing what was planned for her the following day.