Thornton tensed when the professor began to say pull out your... figuring she would end with wand and the he would, once again, prove himself unworthy of his house and his family name.

But when she said parchment and quill, he relaxed, visibly. What was it he had been reading about in the text? He squinted his eyes in though, tip of his tongue licking his upper lip.

Putting ink to paper, he smiled.