So this chapter is going to be a bit further on than the last one. Further in book, so… don't hate on meh player… *Walks away*
I don't own Monkeys that read Harry Potter.
It had been long day for the students of Hogwarts. Homework was piling up in the dorms of all students. Some going stir crazy from not seeing the sunlight in days. Backs sore due to crouching over parchments and books. The library was crowded, noisy, and smelt like a bunch of sweaty teenagers. A few third years sat in the potions classroom working on overdue potions and essays. Katie Rogers was just barely finishing a two foot essay on poisons and how to cure them, for extra credit. She was muttering to herself as Jess moaned about her potion not bubbling. Jayce and Ally were cleaning out their bags of rubbish and old crinkled pieces of parchment.
"Katie it won't work." Jess poked her with a quill.
She ignored Jess as she wrote the perfect finishing sentence to her essay. Another sharp poke then a jab and she finally turned around. Her robes flew up and onto the counter were the laid so lightly and flammable. The perfect essay smothered under the black robes, waiting to be turned it. Katie face was a mixture of happiness and irritation.
"What is it Jess?" she snapped, causing a sharp chill to travel down Jess's spine. She looked down at the potion. Things were flouting in the cool liquid substance. It was not bubbling like it should and the items inside it were not melting.
"Is the burner on?" Jess disappeared under the counter then with a click the potion started to bubble. She popped back up looking ashamed with herself.
"Jess, did you put the last ingredient it?"
"Yes, Mother." Katie stepped back into her counter. The potion started to bubble more and more, heat was rising off it like steam coming off broccoli just out of the pot. Jess stood up and walked over to Snape who was grading papers from his fifth years class. "Professor Snape, everyone needs to vacate the classroom." she whispered. She was shaking with the laughter a mad woman.
"What did you do Ms. Vance?" he asked glaring at her.
Jess looked at her potion then back to him then shook her head. He stood up and walked over. Everyone watched him as his arm disappeared under the counter and the burner went off. He had then started to calmly/forcefully explain the rules of the potions lab.
Now, only a few people can actually make things explode. Seamus, the twins, Jess, and Neville. Only it was none of the students faults for the cauldron to explode but Gibby. Katie was watching Snape yell at Jess for almost exploding the classroom and leaving no survivors. Gibby sat next to Neville on the his right side, Katie on Neville's left. He was reading a book on how to tame owls when he bumped his elbow into the switch that starts the burner. Neville, who thinks he is so clumsy started to hyperventilate when he saw the flames.
In a potions room that would mean something is right and a potion was brewing, but when nothing is on the burner but a black edge of robes, that's when one would panic.
After it started to spread along the seams and across the bottom, it started to smell. Jess was staring at her friend on fire who was just laughing at Jess's own humiliation. Snape started to snap in her face saying her last name but she didn't hear him.
"Katie's on fire." Jess said with no emotion in her voice.
Katie turned around and started to scream as the flames grew bigger and bigger. Jess pulled her robes off then her button up shirt leaving her in a tank top as she beat the fire with the button up. But it wasn't working, she was fanning the flames. Without a second thought, Snape pulled his wand out and shouted, "Aguamenti!" drenching the two girls. Neville was sitting there cowering in fear stuttering his apology.
"It's okay Neville!" Jess threw her arms around him and started to rock. She looked up at Gibby who was laughing, "It was you." she whispered. Katie walked past Jess and Neville, grabbed Gibby by the ears, and then dunked his head into Jess's potion.
"Katie don't freak out!" Jess shouted.
She looked at Jess with rage, "What?" she snapped.
"Your hair is burnt to a crisp."
Katie let Gibby go, he fell sputtering on the floor, and touched her hair. It was charred from the bottom of her ear down. Her hand dropped and her face went from panic to rage. She jumped on top of him and started to bash his head into the floor.
"Ms. Rogers! Ten points from Ravenclaw!" Snape snapped.
Jess looked at him, "If trying to kill someone only takes away ten points from a house… I'm going to go kill Bulk. Nobody stop me!" Jess then ran out pulling Katie along with her. Katie was shouting about her hair through the dungeons, hoping they could salvage a bit of the length.
The next day was the big Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch match. The stands outside were loud with excitement. Katie was down in the changing room getting ready for the match. Her hood was up to cover Sierra's haircut.
"Katie, hey!" Jess and Sierra were standing in the doorway, "Take that stupid hood off. Your hair looks great." Katie lowered it and it was visible that with her haircut the Hogwarts affect had slammed into her like a train. The shorter hair made her look so much older and more mature than she was and acted.
"I've got to go hide my date from you now." Jess mumbled.
"Who are you dating?!" Katie grabbed her shoulders and started to shake.
"It's Zach." Sierra laughed.
"Pieper! Jess I knew you could…"
"No, Zacharias Smith."
"That blonde arse in Hufflepuff. Jess, why?" Katie pulled her shin guards and elbow pads on.
"He asked, not my type, but very cute."
"What's your type?" Sierra asked, helping Katie put her boots on.
"Black hair, tall, nice eyes, fare skin, maybe a tattoo or two."
Katie shook her head laughing while Sierra brushed her hair out of her eyes. The roar of the stands blocked out what Katie laughed at her.
"Come on Jess, let's go find our seats." Sierra pulled Jess by her arm out to the stands.
Shannen sat next to Seamus, Jess, Zacharias, Sierra, Zack, and Casey. The match was starting and everyone had taken their seats. Zack was glaring at Zacharias and Jess talking.
"What does she see in him?" he asked Casey.
Casey looked over and bit his lip, "Well, he has nice hair, great teeth for a Scottish boy, cute butt, his face is slim, plain eyes though. Maybe it's the teeth."
Zack looked from Casey back to Zacharias then to Sierra. She was looking across the stands with a smirk on her face. Shannen was talking to Seamus about the game, he was trying to explain it in return.
"So I heard your on the Slytherin Quidditch team." Zacharias said, he had one of those fake smiles like Lockhart.
"Yeah, I joined last…"
"I'm on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. I might make captain next year, hopefully. It's been a good season, we won last game you know." Jess just nodded and smiled.
"Hey Smith, keep talking about yourself, that's a real turn on." Sierra said as she took Ron's binoculars from him and looked at Cedric across the way.
"Well, I also am going to try and become a famous Quidditch player."
"That's one in a hundred." Shannen said.
"POTTER'S GOT THE SNITCH!"
"That was a fast game." Zack said.
"Not really, you've been talking for hours." Casey said.
Once dinner was eaten and the children were all sleepy Casey approached Jess. He grabbed her arm and started to pull her to the Gryffindor tower.
"I've been having nightmares so you have to sleep with me." he said, pulling her harder.
Casey shared a room with Ron, Harry, Seamus, and Dean. The other four did not notice Jess laying in Casey's bed.
That night the wind was howling. The door creaked as it opened slowly. Jess was dreaming about Hell and Bulk being there when, 'AHUGAUHSHASDFGHJKL!"
Casey jumped up with his wand lit in the air, "What's oing on!?" he shouted.
"Sirius Black!" Ron screamed.
Jess jumped up screaming about how she wasn't going back to the broom closet.
"What's going on?"
"Who screamed?"
"GO BACK TO BED!" Harry stood up and pulled Ron to the common room. The rest followed.
Fred and George were standing behind Jayce and Ally. McGonagall was trying to bring order back to the common room.
"What on earth happened?!" she shouted.
"Ron says Sirius Black was trying to kill him." Casey said.
"It's true!"
"I'm going back to Slytherin Dungeons. Whoever wants to sleep follow me!" Jess started to walk out. Ginny was behind her rubbing her eyes. "Alright Gin Gin. Let's go."
BYEEEEEEE Always!
