 ¼ of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pls
Katherine sighed impatiently. It was getting harder to ignore the little voice in her head that was saying that Haddie was a kid and she ought to be nice to kids, but she said in a very stressed manner "Because, this is the only room you can't harm yourself and the potion will work when it will." Got it? Got it. She shook her head to herself. This was ridiculous. Haddie was wasting her time. She had done it on purpose, Katherine was sure. She was going to pay, though. Katherine didn't know HOW, but she was.
The older girl looked alarmed for a moment when the little girl uttered a name excitedly - but it turned out to be just a stuffed animal - a rabbit, to be precise. Okay, good. Katherine relaxed, but Haddie turned sullen. Why? She didn't have a lot of friends? This was absurd. The whole Ravenclaw girl dormitory was her friend - though, of course, she didn't know that. But Katherine also didn't think she had few friends when she was younger. People loved girls like her - funny, carefree, bold... But she also looked so innocent, and Katherine felt bad for a split second before she remembered why they were having this conversation in the same place: Haddie had messed up on purpose.
"I don't, either," she said and shrugged in a manner that showed she didn't care. And she didn't. Except for the moments when she'd secretly cried for being so alone an unwanted, but that was in the past. Now she - didn't need friends. "Don't worry though," she said a little bir more kindly, "you'll have lots if the stupid potion works."
Why was it taking so long?
Her heart broke a little again when Haddie looked so somber. Maybe she was being too hard on the girl. Maybe Haddie had changed involuntarily too - like he lack of friends or something forced her. Maybe... Don't fall for it, it is just an act. You KNOW she did it on PURPOSE. This kind of people are losers, and you're going to win.
"Whatever," she muttered in the end. She didn't want to look too soft just because Haddie was seven years old. On the contrary, she hated the girl more. She stole her spotlight, and even though Professor Newton had said otherwise, he was definitely blaming Katherine for it.
Haddie was going to pay for this.
In her distraction, it took Katherine too long to work out who 'he' was. "No-!" she uttered, but before she could effectively shoot a spell to stop the girl, the bloody ferret was out. "Petrificus Totalus!" she cried as she pointed her wand at the ferret instead. Hopefully, the animal was a slow one and was hit by the spell; because she wasn't going to move one single finger to catch it if the animal ran away.
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