Pearl and Garnet walked together to Rose's office after classes were over. Pearl had had a few classes with Amethyst as well, but Pearl decided she preferred hanging around with Garnet. Amethyst was really nice and all, but man, she was obnoxious! In charms class, she had kept muttering a spell under her breath to make the professor's hair change color, and even worse, she kept picking her nose with the tip of her wand. It was disgusting! Despite all of that, Pearl had to admit that she was impressed that Amethyst could perform non-verbal spells.

The two girls arrived at the entrance of Rose's office and Pearl said the password. Rose normally didn't give students the password to her office, but Pearl was the exception. Pearl smiled. Rose trusted her with a lot, and it made her feel special. The escalating stairs took her and Garnet to Rose's office and the woman greeted them warmly and called them over to her desk.

"Hi Pearl. Hello Garnet. What's going on?" Rose asked, putting her papers aside and giving the girls her full attention.

"There were just a few things I wanted to talk to you about. Garnet wanted to come with me." Pearl replied. "I…wanted to ask about my sorting. There has to be some kind of mistake. I'm not a bad person, you know that, right?"

"Oh Pearl, of course not! Slytherins on the whole are a nasty bunch, but at its core it's about ambition, cunning, and resourcefulness. You may be all of those things, and those are traits that can easily go bad, but they are great traits in a good person like you."

"I'm scared around the other slytherins though! You're the headmistress, can't you put me anywhere else?

"I'm afraid I can't re-sort you, but I can change your living arrangements. There are a few empty spots in Gryffindor tower if you would like to stay there instead."

"I'd love that. Thank you so much, Rose! There's one more thing I wanted to talk about. You know my current roommate, Lapis?

"Of course. She's an excellent student. She made a perfect score on her owls last year and I made her a prefect!"

"Well… I can't prove anything, but I think she's dating that Jasper guy, and I think he's been hitting her. I know he's mean to her and threatens her, and her face is all bruised up. She came in crying last night after I saw him threaten her."

"I wondered how she kept getting all bruised up! She told me she kept getting hit by bludgers when she was practicing quidditch. I never believed her, but she insisted it was the truth and wouldn't tell me anything else, so I couldn't do anything. I promise I'll look into this, Pearl. Thank you for telling me. If I can prove anything I'll have Jasper expelled, but unfortunately I'd have to have no reasonable doubt that he's really doing it. Don't worry though, no one will know you told me."

"Ok" Pearl still felt a bit nervous, but she had done all she could, and she'd be moving into Gryffindor tower so she tried to relax as the two girls turned to leave.

"Oh wait, Garnet! May I talk to you alone for a minute? I wanted to discuss some rumors I've heard concerning you." Garnet looked to the headmistress nervously but reluctantly agreed, and walked back toward Rose's massive desk. "I'm sorry, Pearl. This should probably be a private conversation." Rose shooed Pearl out of the office. Pearl felt a bit hurt by this, but she needed to hurry up and move all her stuff anyway, so she walked back to her dorm wondering what she could possibly want to ask Garnet about and just hoped she wasn't in any trouble.