Horrendously short but I wanted to give you something. Thank you for all the lovely reviews!
(Told you it would update slowly)
Edit: I forgot the thing at the beginning, opps. I'm gonna use song lyrics and quotes, most of which won't have sources since I stumble upon a lot of them scrolling through people's blogs on tumblr (wow that sounds really creepy woops).
I swear I'm working on the next chapter!
Title: School Days
Characters/Pairings: Lots 'o people, Spitfire, Chalant, Supermartian, other pairings I can't think of listing
Summary: AU - The year is 2012, they're all in their fourth year of Hogwarts and they're confused. Well, what teenager isn't? Between school work, their love lives and for some of them, their parents, they have a lot on their minds. Multi-chapter. Spitfire, Chalant, Supermartian and others. Updates slowly.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything - not Young Justice, not Harry Potter, nor the song.
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Chapter Two
'I don't think that darkness is something you grow into. I think it's something you're born with.'
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Ever since her idol died, Megan hasn't been the same.
When Connor first met her, she was the sweetest girl he knew. She always smiled and laughed at every joke she heard, the sound filling the room in a good way. She was a strong follower of the school rules - all the teachers liked her, besides Professor aL Ghul, the History Of Magic teacher and Slytherin head of house, but he doesn't like any of the students. Even Professor Isley, the Herbology teacher, liked her, and she seemed to only have a handful of people she liked (once there was a rumour that she considered plants her friends, but Connor never believed it). Megan's uniform was always clean, ironed and basically in perfect condition.
It's one of the reasons that Connor fell for her in the first place. He remembered when she had invited him over to her uncle John's house (he also happens to be the transfiguration teacher, which made it slightly strange) and made cookies. She had to make several batches, because they kept burning. The look of triumph on her face when she finally got them right was so sweet that Connor couldn't help but smile at the thought.
Roy once said that her cheeriness balanced out his anger. That had put a small smile on his face too - it made it sound like they were almost perfect for eachother. That's how Connor had felt when he would spend hours talking to her about tests, what they were going to do on the weekend, how their friends were doing, even talking to her about homework was a good way to spend time, in his opinion.
Before they had gotten together, Megan had always seemed to think of different reasons to talk to him, and the one she used the most was Transfiguration tutoring. As Professor Jones was her uncle, she had heard that it had been suggested that Connor get a tutor, as it was his worst subject at the time. And it just so happened that it was her best subject. So, once, when he had been working on his potions homework with Wally in the library, she had stopped at their table and asked (she ignored Wally's flirting - he had been trying ever since they met in their first year).
He had said no the first three times, but eventually gave in.
So, late in their second year, they started meeting at the library twice a week. Connor had asked why twice, not once, and she had responded by saying that the more time they put into it, the more he could learn, but she hadn't been looking at him as she said it. Connor was sure that there had been a slight blush on her cheeks.
Slowly, they became closer. They ended up spending most of their time in the library talking, laughing, and apologising to the librarian for being so loud. Connor became less closed off and more relaxed, smiling more and not being so angry. Wally noticed and happily stepped back so that Megan could spend more time with him (Wally decided to hang out with Artemis and Dick instead somewhere around the beginning of their third year).
It was only a couple of weeks into their third year that Connor realized that they were dating.
But, a couple of weeks ago, Marie Logan died.
When Megan came to Hogwarts, she was afraid of being judged. In the town she came from, muggle-borns were still being discriminated against. She thought that, at Hogwarts, she would get the same treatment. So, she pretended to be 'pure-blood', as some put it.
When she told them she was muggle-born some time after her and Connor started dating, she told them how Marie was who she had always looked up to. She had found out about her when she helped some muggles who were being threatened by a pure blood. Marie was part of a wizard family, and she told the pure blood trying to hurt the muggle that it didn't matter who your family is.
When she died, Megan cried with Garfield for a day. They sat in the Hufflepuff common room, remembering Marie, remembering all that she had done for them, as a mother and an inspiration, and mourning her. Other students knew not to disturb them - they walked around them, pretending they couldn't hear their sobs.
When Connor next saw her, she wasn different. Her smile was less childish, her voice more experienced. She still sounded broken. She had cut her hair - now it was short and made her seem more of a tomboy. She started being more harsh to people. Connor even saw her punch a boy in his seventh year.
Connor didn't know if he should do anything about it. He missed the old Megan - the one that almost fainted for excitement at meeting the Logan family, the one that did an all nighter to study for a test that she had a week to study for, the one that would laugh at all of Garfield's jokes, even if all of his jokes weren't funny. But a stubborn voice in his head told him that she was still that Megan - he didn't have to do anything about it, because there was no 'it'. Despite this, he confronted her about it. She simply walked into the Hufflepuff common room with a glare thrown in his direction.
He really knew he had to do something when she brought magic into the situation.
