SPOILER!!: Aspen, Bentley, Joao
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Originally Posted by
Mad Eye Touz
Tiny as it may be, it was quick, this Odessa-shaped battering ram.
...
Was it horrible that some small part of Aspen waited expectantly for the Piranha to latch onto Loud Threatening Slytherin Boy and take a chomp after West headbutted him? Even in the current setting, where her and West were probably about to get expelled and have to perpetually live with their Aunt Linda and their neanderthal cousins, it'd still be fascinating to watch someone get bitten.
Aspen didn't move to stop West, but she HAD noted Older Boy With Attitude with his wand earlier. If he even HINTED at using his wand on her little brother, Aspen was going to be on him. So much for blending in unnoticed during the rest of class....
Aspen reached for West to pull him UP and AWAY and towards her. And away from the plant. Admittedly, it'd be less interesting if he got bit. "Away from the plant, West."
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Originally Posted by
Hera
Seren had noticed some sort of commotion occurring through the eyes on the back of her head, because ALL teachers had those, special implants they were... she could have sworn she saw a flying Odessa. Now that was certainly not supposed to happen. Was there something wrong? Had the plant woken? Where they in danger? ... Why no screaming? Despite not hearing her name, she had turned to the group which had caught her attention. West, Aspen and Joćo.
"You three," she called out, eyeing them as she approached. "What's going on?" In other words, explain yourselves and make it quick.
She spared the plant a look. It was safe.. thank Merlin for them.
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Originally Posted by
Deniiz
Heart beating at its full pace, Joćo had just stopped and turned around to see if the plant had
really moved when he was hit from the behind quite forcefully. He shrieked this time, and fell on his back with whatever hit him under his body. In the meantime, with that fear and confusion, his wand had fallen from the wrist holster into his hand and shooted some spell in some direction he couldn't even control. Whatever done was done. Rolling quickly to get up, face all flushed red, he directed the wand at the
thing that caught so much commotion. The Ravenclaw girl had beaten him to it though and she was already getting... oh. It was a little boy. Joćo lowered his wand quickly not to be misunderstood as if he had intended to shoot him. Well, he
had, and he
would have, but for the professor right there who demanded to know what was going on.
He, himself, didn't know it exactly either, to be honest. All he knew was, that plant did move, and this boy hit him.
Although, that girl had got him up almost caringly. She also knew his name. To make it worse, the boy was a Slytherin. Why hitting another Slytherin, in front of a PROFESSOR, who was
sure to deduct points for disturbing the class?! His confusion turned into anger. Putting more distance between himself and the plant and that over-excited ram-like boy; he said, in an attempt to beat them to answering Professor Bentley:
"She--she made fun of my obvious reservation about this plant and he hit me on purpose from behind. So my wand shooted blindly." A quick, effective summary. See? He was COMPLETELY innocent!
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Originally Posted by
Mad Eye Touz
As soon as Professor Bentley came over and asked THAT question, Aspen immediately put her hand over West's mouth. West would tell her in GREAT detail, and then some, and perhaps... if they let the older boy go first, they could get off easier.
Hah.
"Actually, Professor, I was having fun, not making it.This is a great learning experience, but my partner wasn't having OR making fun. Perhaps Herbology isn't suited for him. I believe he woke up your Piranha with his brushing techniques. I tried to help him."
As for West... "West was just coming to see me. He got a little excited." In a sense, that was true. Aspen pulled him tighter and did her VERY best not look at the older Slytherin boy. He had shot off an accidental hex or something! It could have hit West! Or any of the other first years! He was an irresponsible almost-adult wizard and Aspen no longer wished to be his partner.
Things happened too fast for West to easily focus on one particular bit with any clarity.
HE WAS SO MAD! NOBODY THREATENED
HIS SISTER OR YELLED AT HER OR DID MEAN THINGS TO HER!
He was squashed by the bigger boy and West let out a pathetic 'ooof' as the wind was entirely knocked out of him, and that went with a strange little crack that West felt on his INSIDES. Wheeeeen did he end up on the ground? He let out a pathetic little 'I'm-just-a-little-kid-and-now-I've-been-physically-damaged-and-you-should-feel-sorry-for-me-and-give-me-hugs wheeze and grabbed Aspen's offered hand and heeeeeld on for dear life even as he stood up.... owwwwwwww....and that big boy was pointing his wand at him right when the professor showed up! A fierce little West, just like was the case during many summers when it was he and Aspen against the cousin horde,
would have gone back into the fray, small fists flying, concerned only by protecting his sister, if it wasn't for Aspen's calming and now restraining grip on him, and her attempts to cover his mouth, and the strange hurting and poking in his chest.
And the professor was asking what was going on and that big boy was answering and he was WRONG and LYING!
"Nuh-UH! He YELLED at MY SISTER and THEN he THREATENED HER!" West protested, letting out a wheeze and putting his other hand over the sore bit in his ribcage. Mouth covering was a fail when he was this worked up.
He would tell the MINISTER! And and... and TWO FORMER MINISTERS! And... and... HIS
DAD who could CURSE HIM and BREAK HIM and MAKE THAT BIG BOY PAY!
Except that really, Leon Odessa wasn't at all prone to violence or lashing out and would have solved things with a few carefully chosen, but stern and understanding words.