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lemon 
Hmph. This boy was annoying. "Yes. MY ducks. Because their obviously not yours. And I was here first. So shoo." Her, unpleasant? If this boy wanted unpleasant, she'd give him unpleasant. Wanting to get Bubba back over on her side of the small pond, the lioness pointed her wand at the loaf of bread. "Geminio," she said, and the bread multiplied in size. That was her favourite Transfiguration spell, because it could be used on food.
The bread multiplied in size, and the smell of warm bread filled the air. Alice ripped it in half and tossed the giant chunk into the pond. The ducks gathered around the grains and started pecking at it. The third year tossed in another, but slightly smaller, piece of bread into the pond for Bubba. Content, the girl sat on the rock ledge and dipped her feet into the pond.
"Go away now," she told the boy. "I win. So ha." Life was good.
Well. It would be if old bloke would go away.
Edric eyed the blonde girl as she went on about being there first and the ducks being hers. Oh, Merlin. It was times like these that made him miss being part of an all-boys school. Girls were absolutely ridiculous. This one, especially, seemed a royal pain in the neck. And, as she enchanted the bread to become as large as her oversized, air-filled head, Edric realized with horror that her uniform matched his an awful lot - she was a Gryffindor too.
Oh, great.
Edric rolled his eyes as the unfriendly girl stole all the ducks and shooed him off. Honestly, did she really think she had a say on what other people could or could not do? 'Cause…. she didn't. And Edric was staying. ESPECIALLY now that he'd discovered this awful, unpleasant creature. If having him around was unhappiness for her, then this duck pond was about to become his second home.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that," muttered the Gryffindor boy as a lonely duck lingered by his side of the pond. It was a smart duck - when he realized that all the other ones had gone away to fight over the same bits of bread, he stayed behind and took all of Edric's offerings to himself. He was taking alone the meal of at least a dozen ducks. Edric smiled with amusement at the realization.
Who knew ducks could be so clever?
As a few of the other ducks began to notice what Mr. Brain was up to, they came over to Edric's side, taking greedy bites of the bread they didn't have to compete so fiercely for.
"You may have more ducks, but my ducks are certainly happier," pointed out Edric proudly. He was a good, kind ruler. That annoying girl was just a manipulating dictator. Psh.