Chapter 3: Potions, Charms, Detentions, and information
The next day, Kit woke up to the high pitched squeals of her new roommates, Lavender and Pavarti.
"I swear to god," Kit growled as she pulled her curtains to the side, "If you don't stop squealing, I will kill you."
Lavender and Pavarti paused and stared at Kit, before they both broke down giggling. Kit rolled her eyes, disgusted, and stormed to the bathroom so she could take a shower and get dressed. And then she went to breakfast.
She winked at Kyla, who looked slightly put out about the seating arrangements, and took her own seat at the Gryffindor table. She noticed that she had received a letter from Professor Potter, which basically ordered her to attend her Detention that night at seven, and then McGonagall gave Kit her new schedule. "Ooh…Potions first. Sweet," She smirked and gathered her school stuff and strolled, with the Slytherins, down to the Potions classroom.
She took her seat close to the back, and watched, absently, as the rest of the Gryffindors walked in. She smirked as Hermione took a seat in the very front of the classroom. And then she watched as Snape systematically tortured Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom, and as he mocked Hermione and Kit laughed.
"Were you laughing, Ms. Mathers?" He asked silkily.
"Yeah," Kit replied easily, "I was."
"Five points from Gryffindor," Snape hissed, his eyes glittered dangerously.
"Alright," Kit said lazily as she stared right back at him.
Snape twitched, "Ten Points."
"How kind of you,"
"Five more points."
"Thank you."
"Detention, tonight at eight."
"I have detention for the rest of the week," Kit said with a cheeky smirk, "How's next week look for you?"
"One week of detention," Snape snapped, "Starting next week." And then he glared at Kit. She just saluted insolently.
A muscle in Snape's jaw clenched and Snape spun and walked to the front of the room, waved his wand at the board and told them to get to work. Kit managed to make a perfect Potion on the first try, much to everyone's annoyance, but she just smirked at them. As much as she hated these classes, she would never allow Granger to show her up. As she strolled out of the classroom, Kit smirked. "Let the games begin,"
At the same time that Kit was silently goading Snape, Kyla was trying to focus on Professor Potter. It was hard for her to do so; since the red headed bitch was the reason her sister had Detention tonight. But she tried to focus. She waved her wand absently, trying to get her feather to levitate, however, seeing that Kyla hated charms she wasn't putting her mind into it.
Next to her Padma was stubbornly trying to get her feather to levitate. Bored, and sick and tired of Padma, Kyla flicked her wand Padma's feather, causing it to burst into flames.
Now pleased with herself, Kyle proceeded to levitate her feather to the ceiling, and she leaned back in her chair as she waited for Professor Potter to notice. And then, after she won twenty points for her house, she hurried over to help Sally-Anne. Sally received fifteen points for her charm work, and they were quickly dismissed.
Kyla dragged Sally-Anne to the second floor bathroom with her potions book in her hand. Daphne joined them quickly, she was smiling.
"What happened," Kyla asked Daphne.
"Kit managed to get herself detentions with Snape every night next week." Daphne replied, before she started to giggle, "It was brilliant."
"That sounds like Kit," Sally replied, "Did you bring the ingredients that we need?"
"Yeah," Daphne said and she pulled some jars out of her bag and placed them on the floor.
"I was thinking," Kyla said, "What do you think about becoming Animagi?"
"I'd like that," Sally said, "That's turning into an animal, right?"
"You're inner animal," Daphne said, "It's supposed to be really hard. Can it be done?"
"Totally," Kyla replied as she started the Soul Mate Potion. "Listen to this plan…"
Meanwhile, Kit walked into the Charms classroom for her detention. "Hello Professor, I'm here for my detention."
"Yes, Hello Ms. Mathers," Professor Potter smiled tightly, "This is my husband, James Potter. He works as…"
"Head of Magical Law Enforcement," Kit interrupted, "I know," She saw her Professor's confused look, "My grandfather works in the Ministry. And my uncle is the Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation."
"You're uncle is William Perkins?" Mr. Potter asked, "That would make your grandfather Michael Perkins from Misuse of Magic right?"
"Yeah, it would." Kit said drily. "I thought I was here for a detention, not to gossip about my family."
"Those books need to be sorted," Professor Potter said, "No magic, and in Alphabetical order by last name, please."
Kit nodded and did as she was told. She pretended to be absorbed in her work so they would talk around her.
"James," Professor Potter said, "Are you sure it's her?"
"We never found her Lil." Mr. Potter replied, "It's a good chance."
"Oh…I hope not," Potter said softly, "Bellatrix was unbearable when Voldemort was around. Can you imagine how insane she must be now?"
"I can." Mr. Potter said, "That's why there are going to be Aurors here at the school. To protect you, Harry, Moony, and Neville." Kit heard a deep sigh, "But I have to go. Stay safe."
"I will," Professor Potter replied, and then Kit heard the tell-tale signs of a kiss, and the door opened.
Kit had never been so grateful that she was so good at Multi-tasking. The bookshelf had been halfway sorted by the time the Mr. Potter left the room.
"Well done Ms. Mathers," Professor Potter said, "You're dismissed. Have a good night."
Kit nodded and gathered her things so she could go and find her friends.
"Potions done," Sally said as she looked at the potion. It was a light purple, like it was supposed to be. And she proceeded to pour it into four small vials. "One for each of us."
Suddenly the door opened and Kit was standing there. "Hey, you are never going to believe what I just heard."
"What?" Daphne asked.
"Supposedly, Bellatrix LeStrange is alive and on her way here." Kit said, "They're setting Aurors up near the school."
"Really," Kyla asked, "Well, I hope she doesn't come here, she's kind of insane."
"I can ask around," Daphne said, "If you'd like."
"You should," Kit said with a savage grin, "If she shows up here, we need to have a way to fight back."
Kyla nodded, but Sally just looked confused. "Who is Bellatrix?"
"She was a Death Eater," Daphne said, "The most loyal of Voldemort's Death Eaters. She killed blindly, friends and family, men and women, old and young. She would have teamed up with Fenrir Greyback."
"Fenrir Greyback?" Sally asked.
"A werewolf," Kit explained patiently, "The nastiest of all of them. He is much more monster than a man. He enjoys eating children, even when he is in his human form."
"In other words," Kyla said softly, "He's not the kind of person that people want around school children."
"I have never seen you two so serious," Sally said suddenly, "Are they really that bad?"
All she got were three solemn nods, and Sally paled.
"But there is nothing that we can do now," Sally said then, "We finished the Potion. There is one vial for all of us." She handed a vial to Kit. "We should go to our rooms and take the potion."
"Yeah," Daphne said, "Alright,"
Kit just smiled at Sally. "You are a good friend. Don't let anyone tell you different." She took her vial and left to return to her common room.
"Fenrir Greyback scares her," Kyla said, "But then, he scares everyone." She smiled at Sally and took her vial, "See you tomorrow Sally. Kit will be back to normal then."
Sally nodded and walked out of the bathroom and to her common room. She knew that she should be frightened. She had listened when Kit, Kyla, and Daphne told her about these people, but she felt like no one could hurt her when she was with Kit and Kyla, they were so strong after all.
She smiled and nodded. She would be fine. Tomorrow Kit would pull a major prank and everyone would forget about the fact that there were murderers out who wanted to get into the school. She was sure of it.
As Sally changed into her night clothes, she drank the potion and fell asleep.
In the three other Dorm rooms, her three best friends were doing the exact same thing.