"Can you do it, Hagrid?" Filch asked.

"Oi, I don't know, Professor, seems pretty dangerous considering last time..." Hagrig nervoulsy ran his fingers through his thick hair.

Filch glared at the half-giant. "Just don't split up like you did last time! That seemed to be the whole reason the problem occured."

"No, Volde-" He gulped. Even after years of the dark wizard being dead, he still had trouble saying his name. "Mort wouldn't have backed off if I'd been there."

"You little wimp! If you don't do it, I will!" Filch barked. Even though he wasn't half of Hagrid's size the little man was still intimidating.

Hagrid averted his gaze from Filch. "I'll do it, bu' I'm bringin' Fang," Hagrid said.

Filch relaxed his shoulders, crossing his arms in the process. "Very good, Hagrid. And if you mess up again there will be consequences."

"What do yeh mean by 'mess up'. Like getting the students killed!" Hagrid's cheeks flushed of color at that thought.

"No, I mean not bringing them back at least bruised." Filch held his head higher.

"What task do yeh want the students to do?"

Filch smiled like this was the most fun he'd ever had. "I'm sure you'll think of something, Hagrid. Just remember, at least bruised." Filch turned away ready to leaved.

"Wait!"

He turned back around. "Now what, Hagrid?"

"Which students am I bringing?" Hagrid asked.

"You'll find out soon enough. See you on Saturday."

Her stomach hurt. Not like she was going to throw-up but from nervousness.

Professor McGonagall gazed over Lily's shoulder down at the shoe she was supposed to be transfiguring into a rabbit. "Something wrong, Miss Potter?"

All eyes in the class turned to Lily. Everyone else had completed the task. Her cheeks started to heat up. "N-no, Professor," she sputtered.

"Is there a reason you shoe is still a shoe?" Professor McGonagall asked.

Lily looked down at the shoe. "No."

Just then the bell rang to signal class was over. "Class dismissed!" Lily started to stand up. "Except you, Miss Potter, stay."

Lily sank back into her chair.

Professor McGonagall leaned her hands on Lily's desk, looking down at her. "Everyone else has accomplished this task. Why haven't you?" Lily had a feeling that she was trying to sound nice but her voice was still stern.

"I don't know, Professor," Lily responded.

"You do realize how important Transfiguration is, don't you?"

Lily nodded. "I'm trying, I really am. I just can't do it."

"Next Hogsmeade trip after break, you will be reporting here. If you were to be taking the O.W.L.s right now, you would probably earn a D. Your dad got an E. I don't want you to fall behind. Now you're dismissed." Professor McGonagall turned around to her desk.

Lily gathered her things then exited the classroom.

"Who knows one of the twelve uses dragon's blood?" Professor Slughorn asked his class.

Almost everyone's hands went up except for Scorpius Malfoy's. He just sat in his desk, almost dazed.

"Mr. Malfoy?" Professor Slughorn asked.

Scorpius's head jerked up. "Yes, Professor?"

"One of the uses of dragon's blood?" he asked Malfoy.

"Oh, um, oven cleaner was number twelve, wasn't it?" Scorpius said.

The Professor nodded. "Pay attention, Malfoy." Then he continued talking to the class about the substance of dragon's blood and why it was used as oven cleaner.

Scorpius tried to tune him out, unsuccessfully. He drummed his fingers against his piece of parchment.

"Now, class!" Professor Slughorn boomed. "Using the directions on the board, make a hiccuping solution!"

Malfoy did as told but was barely aware of it. His mind was else where at the moment. As he waws adding another ingredient, Professor Slughorn walked up to him. "I recall your dad making the same thing when I told the class to make something amusing."

Scorpius nodded, not looking up.

"He always did try to be the center of attention. Wasn't bad at Potions, either," Professor Slughorn rambled on. "Sometimes a git though."

Malfoy still pretended not to hear him. He wasn't even fazed when he called his dad a git.

"Anyway, pay more attention in class." The Professor gave him a pat on the shoulder then continued throughout the class.

When class was over Professor Slughorn shouted over the business of the class, "I want a 17 inch paper on the uses of dragon's blood! I don't expect you to know all of them just most."

Scorpius just continued on out of the dungeons.

The fire crackled in the Slytherin common room.

Lily, meanwhile, was trying to transfigure a shoe still. She even prodded it with the end of her wand but nothing worked.

"What did that shoe do to you?" Clara asked her.

"It won't turn into a rabbit!" Lily complained. She continued trying then giving up, tried to turn it into a different shoe at the very least.

"May I interreupt this entertaining show and suggest we go down to dinner?" Clara offered.

Lily shook her head. "I have to go down to the library and finish my report for Charms. Why is it that I never see you doing homework?"

Clara just laughed. "All of this is easy for me. I finish it really quickly. See you later, Lily, have fun in the library."

Lily followed Clara out of the dungeons but departed to the library. She pulled out books on the shelves about different charms.

She had to do a 11 inch essay on the pros and cons of the Summoning Charm and the Levitating Charm.

After an hour of nothing useful she started to curse under her breath. A guy at a table next to her looked up.

"Sorry if I bothered you," Lily mumbled.

"Was there a reason you're so frustrated?" the guy asked her.

"Other than my lack in Transfiguration and this stupid essay for Charms, then no nothing is wrong." Lily continued flipping through the book, then slammed it shut and retrieved another one.

"Do you need help?" The guy stood up from his table.

"I don't want to bother you," Lily told him.

He just laughed a little. "It wouldn't bother me. I've helped a lot of people. So do you need help?" he asked again.

After a moment's hesitation she replied, "Please. And I'm Lily Potter."

"Roy Duessel," he told her. "Okay first, what is the Charm's essay on?"

"Pros and cons of Levitating and Summoning." Lily tapped her fingers against the book she was using.

"First of all, a book won't do you any good in this situation. This is just logical thinking and problems you would find in different situations when using these spells," he responded. "Now, here's a fake situation, say you're dueling somebody and you need to summon, say a broomstick. In this situation how would the Summoning Charm help you?"

Lily thought for a moment. "It would help me escape?" she asked.

Roy nodded. "Good, and what's a problem that would most likely occur using Accio?"

"Uh... It might be too late depending how far away you are from your broom?" she offered.

"See, now you're getting the hang of it. Here's another situation using Wingardium Leviosa, and this is a very unlikely situation; You're remodeling a room-" Lily tried not to laugh "-And something is too heavy to carry. What is the pro in this situation?"

"You can move it with the Charm?" Lily was still trying not to laugh.

"Yes, what's the con?" Roy asked.

"Hmm... If you weren't concentrated enough you could accidentally send it through a wall or something?" Lily said.

Now Roy was trying not to laugh. "Okay... You see what you're doing now?"

Lily nodded. "Thanks," she said gratefully.

"Anytime. I would offer to help you with your Transfiguration but it's getting late. We should both get back up to our dorms." Roy got up, gathered his stuff, and left the library without even a glance back.

"Definitely Ravenclaw," Lily grumbled, gathering her own things. At least she could do her Charms essay now without a problem!

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