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Heath blinked, momentarily caught off guard by Claudine’s eye roll. At first he thought he might’ve done something wrong, but when she spoke, he realized she was teasing him and smiled. “You know me so well,” he replied with a slight chuckle. His smile grew as he watched her with her own snake. “I think Slythers is a great name!” He looked at the snake. “Hello, Slythers,” he whispered. “I’m Heath, and this is Baby Yoda.” He inclined his head toward the small garden snake still perched on his shoulders. “Come say hi to our new friend,” he said to Baby Yoda, but the little snake was too content in its place on his shoulders to move closer to Slythers.
O_____________O Sweet slurping sarlaccs! What was going on?! All Heath could do was stare in disbelief as Phoebe shrieked about being ignored and spilled the box of snakes. That was… not like her. Before he could process the sudden change in Phoebe’s behavior, Emmerson started yelling. Okay, that in and of itself wasn’t unusual - from what he’d seen of her, she seemed loud and unpredictable. It was what she yelled and the way she yelled it that concerned him. What treasure was she talking about? And where had that voice come from? That wasn’t the voice of a first year girl! The thought occurred to him to offer to help Professor Kitridge round up the snakes from the box, but she’d already taken care of that before he had the chance.
Heath was so flustered by the sudden turn of events that he had trouble concentrating on the lesson. He tried to follow along with what Professor Kitridge said... something about observing their snakes and taking notes. He didn’t know! He went to retrieve a copy of the poster, hoping that would make things clearer. Finding a space to work, he extended his arm to allow Baby Yoda to slither down it so he could observe him/her better, but where was Baby Yoda? He still felt the snake on his shoulder, but he could no longer see it in his peripheral vision. HIs head whipped around frantically, and he saw the tiny snake nestled against his neck, curled up in a ball. He immediately realized what had happened. Baby Yoda must’ve been scared by the yelling and hid behind his hair for cover. “Poor Baby Yoda!” he whispered. “Did all that noise scare you?”
Heath glanced at his list of interpretations. Curled up in a ball… so that meant, “danger is near.” Once again, his thoughts turned to the two Gryffindor girls’ strange behavior. Could that be the danger in question, or was there something else? As he tried to riddle out the meaning (if any) behind the interpretation, he remembered a story from his older brother’s time at Hogwarts. Something about a hawk and kids being possessed… It seemed crazy, but could that be happening again? That would explain the girls’ behavior. Come to think of it, Headmaster Trent had also been acting different all term. Could he be possessed too? Should he say something about it? Better not… He didn’t want to cause a panic or worse, lose house points!
Besides, it seemed Ashley had already handled that. He gave a barely perceptible nod in agreement, though he blinked confusedly as she mentioned a ghost. He shot her a look as if to ask, Which ghost? The school was full of them, but he'd never met one that sounded like that! Hopefully she'd understand the meaning behind the look and explain!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |