Alessia walked into the dungeon and sat in the only chair, waiting for the boy.

Theo entered the Hooligan Hole. He had finally found it. There were so many rooms in this dungeon. He saw the wolf sitting in a chair. The only chair. How rude.

"Let's talk Master Newtington..." She said crossing her arms. "What is this about?"

Theo placed his hands behind his back and rocked on his heels. "What is what about, Professor?"

"Your outbursts," She said raising her feet and tucking them under her on the chair as she extended a hand. "Your wand Mr. Newtington." She said.

"What about my outbursts?" Theo frowned. He pulled his wand out of his robe pocket. He hesitated at giving it to her, "Why do you want it? Professor Kazimeriz told me to keep it with me at all time."

"And I and asking you for it Master Newtington." She said holding her hand outstretched.

Theo shook his head, but handed it over. She had better give it back. Or he would complain.

Alessia tucked the wand away in her robes. And drew her own, but she let her arm hang down to her side, so the tip of her wand was touching the floor.

The lock sounded on the door.

Suddenly, the floor began to get warm. "Master Newtington, why the disobedience... why yell and hit your fellow student. I expected more from a Slytherin."

"He yelled and hit me first," Theo frowned. If that was why he was in trouble then Cope should be here as well.

"He stopped when I asked him to." She said, "you continued yelling at other students. The problem was not the yelling it was that you did not stop when asked, I warned you."

"I didn't," Theo frowned, "Rafe had his wand to my throat. I don't see him in detention. He could've killed me. What sort of Head of House doesn't protect their students against death? Forrester would've done."

She was about to say something equally as hurtful to the boy, but she took a breath and opted against it. "But he didn't. He couldn't have killed you..." she said as the floor became warmer still. Now heat was emanating from the floor and the walls. "I was there... I would have taken Master Lyocan down. Is that your issue? That Professor Forrester is no longer here? No longer your head of house? Is it because I'm a woman?" Alessia knew exactly why he had behaved that way... but she wanted him to say it.

Theo could feel his feet and body getting warm. Nope he wasn't embarrassed, so it wasn't that. Maybe she was trying to cook him from the inside. It would make sense. She would eat him after that. He would come already cooked and warm.

"You think I hate you because you are a woman?" Theo scoffed. "I do wish Professor Forrester was here, because I want to become a spaceman. Lord Borr is useless. He kicked me out of Astronomy because I wanted to be a spaceman."

"I'm sure Professor Borr had his reasons, but I will talk to him. You are a Slytherin, I will speak on your behalf." She needed to meet the man anyway... and he was only two floors above her.

"You hate me... do you?" She said looking into the youth's eyes, "Why is that?" she said

"Now you will defend me. But you wouldn't when I had a wand to my throat," he glared. Seriously this woman had conflicting issues. One would think she was protecting this Rafe lad.

"Because you could've attacked and eaten me," he muttered. Actually he was in a room, just him and her. She could eat him now and noone would know.

She pointed her wand at the boy's shoes. They disappeared... Now he could feel the heat better. "As I said you were never in any real danger Newtington. And yes, the werewolf could have bitten you, but it didn't because the headmaster sacrificed themself for you and other students. I wasn't in that body Master Newtington... you need to understand that.

She vanished his shoes! Those were new. He wanted them back. "Hey you can't do that," he frowned, "Those are my shoes. They are velcro and everything." He could feel the warmth more on the floor. Hmmm he would cook well for her now. He imagined them having this conversation out in the snow. Its cold in snow.

"You were. I saw you change. And then I fell unconcious. I was a perfect snack for you. You could've finished with the Headmaster and then found the easiest target. Me," he huffed. His logic was true. He had spent all summer worrying and panicking. And trying to convince his dad that Hogwarts wasn't the place for him. He would be better at Beauxbatons.

"I can and I did." She said and vanished his socks next.

"Tell me Master Newtington, if I wanted to 'eat' you, why am I not doing it now? Why hadn't I done it before? I've been a werewolf for over 25 years."

Nooooooo not his Buzz Lightyear socks. That woman was going to pay. They were his favourite pair.

"You are doing it. I have worked you out. You are slowly cooking me alive. Then when I am fully cooked you are going to eat," he smiled. He was smart see. "And to answer the other question, you haven't been alone with me. So you wouldn't have tried to eat me in front of lots of people."

"And at the assembly it was just you and me?" She smiled, "Master Newtington, I like my meat rare..." More heat was seeping it, and now the ground felt the way noon beach sand feels under your feet.

"No but you were a wolf then, and you wouldn't have cared who you ate," Theo answered. He could feel the floor getting alot warmer, especially now he didn't have socks or shoes on. He went back to imagining snow. He was playing in the snow with Fia. Yeah. That made him happy and cold. "Well I am not quite there yet. I am still alive. Give it a few more minutes and I should be done."

She shook her head as the temperature kept rising. She tranfigured the boy's ears... into those of a wolf, and then his nose.

Theo felt his ears and nose elongate. He reached up and felt his ears. They were long and fluffy. His eyes widened. She had turned them into wolves ears. His breath caught in his chest. She was a meanie. He started to panic. He didn't want to be a wolf. He wanted to be a Theo. A real Theo.