A/N: HEY! No way, I'm back!
Ezani Malfoy is a sixteen year walking contradiction. When she is expelled from Spain's exclusive Witch's Academy for treason, she will start a new life at Hogwarts. Through her journey she will find her purpose, her true love and herself.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did I that'd be pretty rad, 'cept I'd have screwed it up somehow.
Two weeks passed uneventfully. The cool autumn breezes, constantly lured Ezani and her friends outside, where they spent the last bits of summer messing with the giant squid. She had told Fred, George, and Lee all about her detention with Severus, the next morning. "I wish Sev would just yell at us. He normally make us sort rotten flobberworm brains from toad spawn." Fred had told her.
Severus's snarky attitude towards everything and everybody had made things worse. He had attempted to talk to Ezani, in the corridors where it was too loud to be overheard, but Ezani had just kept on walking. The boys had seen this as an act of bravery, as most people who ignored direct orders from Snape, ended up regretting it in the end.
"I mean, it's easy for him to say 'lay low'! C'mon, He's a master of disguise, laying low is second nature to breathing for him." Ezani had said, exasperated, several times in those two weeks.
Another thing that made Ezani even more furious was the way Severus had talked about her friends. He had said that her friends had 'been rubbing off on her in a bad way'.
"Stupid prick." Ezani muttered to herself, staring at her porridge.
"Apologize to your breakfast." Fred said with mock seriousness.
Ezani cracked a smile. Fred, George and Lee were easily the funniest people Ezani had ever met. She was grateful that they were so good humored about everything, as it helped her take her mind off trying to hate Severus, which was getting harder for Ezani. She missed having the nice and reasonable Severus in her life
"Hey, Ezani." A voice called from down the table. Ezani looked up and saw Hermione staring at her holding a copy of the Daily Prophet.
Before Ezani could remove the goblet of orange juice she had been drinking, from her mouth, Hermione said, "Your dad's been released from Azkaban."
Ezani spit the orange juice out of her mouth, most of it landing on Lee, and started coughing as she partially choked on it.
"Ugh, nice, Ezani. Nice one. Scourgify." Lee said.
Ezani practically vaulted over the table to where Harry, Hermione, and Ron were sitting. Hermione handed her the newspaper, it's front page was taken up by a large picture of her father's mugshot.
She read aloud, the article below the picture:
Lucius Malfoy Released From Azkaban, Testimony States He
Had Nothing To Do With Prestigious School's Destruction!
Lucius Malfoy, age 40, presented his testimony yesterday to the Wizengamot, regarding his account of the destruction of The Eternal School of Magic of Spain for Young Ladies. Mr. Malfoy presented his case saying that he hadn't even been in Spain that day. He presented two witnesses, Narcissa Malfoy and Amycus Carrow, who is a close friend of the Malfoys. Both witnesses's testimonies said that on the evening of October 3rd, Lucius Malfoy had been at home, having tea with his wife and Amycus. A high-standing Ministry official also reported, saying that he had sent Lucius Malfoy home early that day, seeing as he hadn't left the Ministry for a week, and had taken to sleeping at his desk. This unnamed Ministry Official also stated "He's a hard worker. But sometimes he works too hard, stress piles up, and Malfoys don't deal with stress well. We only force him to go home when we think he's on the brink of throwing himself off the Millennium Bridge." During the trial, Mr. Malfoy was found innocent and cleared of all charges. He was seen leaving Azkaban earlier this morning.
"Funny how they don't mention who was really behind it." Ezani said darkly.
"Who was really behind it?" Harry asked.
It had just dawned on Ezani that she hadn't told anybody besides Severus and Dumbledore about the Guerra Tigri Amulet she had found. She quickly explained about how she found the amulet on the body.
Nobody said anything for a moment. Then suddenly Hermione jumped up abruptly and ran out of the Great Hall.
"What the hell?" Ezani said.
"Library." Ron and Harry said in unison, as if this was the most normal thing in the world.
Ezani pretended to be focusing on her potion. She refused to look Severus in the eye. Currently he was walking around the room breathing down people's necks. Ezani felt him stop behind her and she knew he was standing directly behind her.
It took all of her self-control not to punch him in the crotch.
"Pathetic, Weasley. Is your head so swelled that you can't read properly? To be frank, I wouldn't be surprised if you had never learned how. You've earned yourself a zero. Next time grind the porcupine quills into a powder." Snape's jeering voice rang clearly through the silent room.
Ezani saw Fred glare at his potion, biting his lip to keep himself from saying anything stupid.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't read past your colossally-sized nose." Ezani muttered, before she could stop herself.
"Ten points from Slytherin." Someone dropped a glass flask across the room, several quills also snapped. Snape had never in recorded history, taken points from his own House. Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare.
"Detention too, might teach you how to watch your tongue. Wednesday night, eight o'clock." Snape said before striding back to the front and sitting behind his desk.
Ezani looked up from her potion to glare at him, for a moment. She could have sworn she saw a look of triumph on his face.
"You got to stop that." Said Fred breaking the silence as he, Lee, and Ezani headed down toward Hagrid's Hut. George had already left to the Arthimancy Classroom.
"Stop what?" Ezani had been absorbed in her own thoughts.
"Sticking up for us like that!" Fred said. "If you keep racking up detentions at this speed, you'll have as many as me and George!"
"Y'know Ezani, I think Snape did that on purpose." Said Lee. He had been quietly contemplating something the entire time.
"What?" Ezani said, looking at him.
"Lee's got a point. Snape's been trying to talk to you for the past two weeks. Maybe he's figured if he could get you in detention, then you wouldn't have a chance to ignore him. And c'mon. He took points from Slytherin. I bet he's crying in his office right now, for doing it." Fred explained as they waited for Hagrid.
"Sev would never do anyth-" Ezani cut herself off. When she thought about it, this is exactly the kind of thing he would.
Ezani's stomach did a backflip. A humiliated feeling rushed over. She couldn't believe she had fallen for his plan.
"Well, if he thinks he can get on my good side by publicly humiliating my friends, he's got another thing coming." Ezani said defiantly, angry with herself.
"All I know is that he better make you sort rotten flobberworm brains, or I might get the feeling he favors Slytherin."
Yeah, I know it was short, but I figured I'd write something so you'd know I was alive.
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