69. Slap
Whaaaap!

The sound echoed throughout the room and down the hall. Alexa stared up at Amanda, momentarily stunned by the fact that she had actually had the nerve to hit her. She blinked twice, hoping clarity would arrive before she did anything rash.

“Did you just slap me?”

“So what if I did? Are you going to run and tell your father?”

Alexa shook her head slowly. “…No…” At last Clarity had arrived. “Because then I wouldn’t get away with doing this!” With that she stomped down as hard as hard as she could on her step-mother’s foot then bolted.

56. Fight
“Alexa Cambridge, get your butt in here right now!” Came the stern voice of her father. She swallowed hard as she entered the room. She had already known that he would have found out about what happened between her and a kid in her class but she was still hoping. “Your teacher tells me you were in a fight today.”

“He started it!” She tried in her own defense. Someone had to take her side.

He raised an eyebrow at her. “She said you knocked him to the floor.”

“Yeah…but he was looking at me funny.” It was his fault.

97. Dictionary
“I-E!”

“E-I!”

“Alexa , everyone knows ‘weird’ is spelt W-I-E-R-D!” Will exploded impatiently. This only made her roll her eyes.

“No you dunce, it’s E-I! Look I have a dictionary to prove it!” She began skipping through the pages like a madwoman . “Aha! Weird, W-I-E-R-D—like I told you, see?!” She said.

“Incendio!”

Instantly there was a fire that spread rapidly. Alexa dropped the book instantly and shot him a menacing glare. She latched on to his neck and began shaking him.

“Are you an idiot?! You better know a spell to reverse this before my dad gets home!”

33. Classroom
Children were jumping from desk to desk, throwing books and marking all over the chalkboard.

Alexa, the ringleader, stood atop the teacher’s desk shouting and screaming in sheer pleasure. That teacher had chosen the wrong kid to mess with. When she got there she would see what the 11 year old was capable of.

“That’s right, break it all! I want nothing left in one piece when that woman gets here!” She said before cackling madly. This would teach her to give star stickers instead of those useless hearts. To think this could all have been avoided if she listened.

25. Sorting hat
With sweaty palms she took a seat on the stool and waited patiently for the hat to make its decision. She really didn’t care where it placed her as long as it wasn’t a certain house she had been dreading. When she thought it was taking much too long she whispered, “Psst, how much will it cost for me to make my own selection? Name your price…”

“Slytherin!” Bellowed the hat.

“No wait! I’m sorry…” That didn’t work. She needed a different approach. With a softer tone she said, “I’ll be your bestfriend…”

Hearing that, the hat went on deliberating.

35. Pureblood
Lex never thought it was possible but she had finally found someone more annoying than her step-mother; Darren, a 12 year old elitist that seemed to enjoy putting everyone down.

“Hmm, Cambridge, huh? That’s a muggle name right? Though I’ll assume you’re a half-blood out of courtesy.

Hearing that made her livid. Just earlier he had called Will a mudblood and made him cry. She didn’t have much time before they were re-joined by the grown-ups but she wanted to teach him a lesson. Without hesitating she punched him in the nose. “I’m a pureblood and don’t you forget it!”

68. Roar.
“ROAR! ROAR!” Alexa stomped around the house like a magnificent creature just learning to roar. Her step-mother walked into the room with the phone pressed to her ear and scoffed at her.

“Could you go be a lion somewhere else? I am trying to use the phone”

“ROAR!” She said with a spiteful grin.

“Alexa!”

“ROAR!”

This time Amanda was fed up. She shouted upstairs in complaint to the girl’s father. “Your daughter is spitefully being a lion while I’m on the phone!”

“Daddy don’t listen to her, she’s lying; I’m a dragon!” Then she turned to her again. “ROAR!”

90. Present
Alexa sat on her back patio with one of her favourite adults. She sighed heavily and leaned unto her. “Dia, do you think I’ll like it there at Hogwarts?” Now that the time was drawing closer she was starting to feel uncertain about leaving home and leaving her father.

“What? Are you kidding me? Once you get there you won’t want to come home!” The woman knew this from experience and her little friend had nothing to worry about.

“Yeah… you’re right… just promise me you’ll get rid of that woman before I get back.

Amanda definitely had to go.

94. Allergic
It was late afternoon and Lex had baked some cookies. There had been a change in plans and Amanda wouldn’t be heading off to her office after all. This was what inspired her.

“Mm, these smell delicious.” Her father commented when she walked out with the tray of cookies. She beamed over at him and held out the tray for him to take. She watched with satisfaction as Amanda did the same. Seconds later the woman was choking.

“Sweetheart did you put cinnamon in this?” Her father panicked.

She flashed him an innocent smile. “Is that what she’s allergic to?

91. Future
Her eyes searched those of the man sitting across the table from her. Not long ago a smirk had crept unto her face that she couldn’t dislodge.

This was almost too easy. In the end it all boiled down to one thing; telling them what they wanted to hear. She didn’t care very much for this one nor did she for the several others before him but at this time in her she was bored. Could he keep her entertained? She didn’t know but he had potential.

“So can I see you again sometime?”

Her smirk grew darker in character.

54. Dare
“Alexa, I have something to tell you…” Lex turned to her muggle friend with expectant eyes. At the moment she was trying to get through the first chapter of Hogwarts, A History and he was wasting her time.

“What?”

“I really like you and think you’re pretty…?” He swallowed hard.

“What?!” She was sure the annoyance was clear in her voice after having been interrupted for foolishness—foolishness!

Jeremy’s eyes went wide. “Will dared me to do it, I swear! You gotta believe me! You know I’d never say that without coercion!”

She turned slowly to her other friend. “William!”

5. Astronomy
Being out this late was quite relaxing. There was a gentle breeze blowing that could lull even the most hyperactive, vigilant student to sleep. It was no wonder that Alexa was seated to the back with her head against a wall and her mind on the other side of reality. In all truth she was trying to stay awake and well she loved the stars as much as the next guy but there came a time in every young girl’s life when she needed to sleep and unfortunately in little Alexa’s case this just happened to be during Astronomy class.

13. Quidditch
“That was amazing! Have you ever considered being a seeker?” The captain asked as Alexa landed.

She shook her head stubbornly. “No way, I’d much rather be a beater.”

“What? But you’re incredibly quick and lightweight. Come on!”

Alexa stood, broom in hand, listening patiently to everything the tall boy had to say. Not much of it was relevant and in fact she was only listening out of courtesy but once she had heard enough she cut him off so she could interject. “Look,” she started with a sigh, “have you ever seen a seeker knock anyone off their broom?”

14. Hogwarts, A History
“Lalalala…” Lex hummed little tune as she busied herself late one afternoon. At the moment she felt so creative. Her father was right. She should have thought of it earlier.

“Hey Lex, what you up to?” He asked, walking into the room.

“making history more interesting.” She said without breaking from her fun to look at him. This made him curious enough so he peered over her shoulder.

“Merlin, what do you think you’re doing?!”

“Colouring Daddy…”

“In your text book?!”

She put down her crayon then looked up at him. “You’re the one who said to make history exciting.”

51. Act
Here was the moment she had been waiting for; the schoolplay. For months she had tried refining her acting skills and tonight was the night she would shine. Was she nervous? Not even a little bit. The world was her stage and in fact she was still waiting to receive payment for all the shows she did. Nothing in life was free and everyone knew she had a price; what 11 year old didn’t? The curtains rolled up slowly and the lights fell on her. She took a deep breath but before she could speak her alarm clock went off.

83. Fearful
It was a city-wide black out. Her father and Amanda were gone. Alexa and Jeremy walked around in the dark, squealing and running from any and every sound that was made. There was someone else in the house; there was no mistaking it. Entering her room they heard the door shut behind them. The two screamed and clung to each other desperately.

“BOO!” Will shouted, jumping forward while shining the light from his wand at his face. He gave a maniacal laugh as he took in the expressions on their faces.

“That wasn’t funny Will, I nearly sacrificed Jeremy!”

“What?!”

29. Pensieve
Alexa was hopping mad. Someone had eaten her last chocolate frog and she was sure she knew the culprit. She marched over to Will’s house and pulled him before the pensieve that his father kept in their den. “I know you ate my frog and since you won’t admit it I’ll just check for myself.” She meant business.

“What, are you nuts? I said I didn’t!”

“Then gimme a tear drop and we’ll have this all sorted out.”

“What? No way, I’m not giving you my tears.” He was definitely guilty.

“You want me to make you cry?” She offered.

63. Mooch
In every muggle class there was always a mooch; the kid who borrowed your crayons and ate your cookies. Alexa was sinfully annoyed by the one they had. He always went asking for things instead of using his own and she planned to fix that.

During lunch she found herself filling her half-empty juice cup with dirt. What could she say? She was bored. Then it happened; Justin walked up to her with an eager smile.

“Hey can I have some of that?”

“Sure.” She answered with a sweet smile.

“Alexa!” Will quickly protested.

“Gee thanks.” He gulped it all.

92. Chocolate
Omnomnom. The sweet deliciousness that was chocolate. Alexa dipped her hand in the bowl and drew for another piece. Ooo a chocolate frog. She snickered in satisfaction, throwing the whole thing into her mouth. The chocolate had strange effects on her and as William stood by watching the worry inside him was growing; soon she would be bouncing off the walls.

“Lex…” She heard him say, “h-haven’t you had enough…?” From the corner of her eyes she saw his hand reach over and touch her bowl.

“No! No! Mine don’t touch it!” She screamed. “Can’t a girl just be happy?!”

15. Room
“Oh my! Michael, it’s wonderful; you did a great job Honey!” Amanda squealed, jumping into Michael’s arms and planting a kiss on his lips. Alexa rolled her eyes at the sight before her. All her dad did was re-paint the livingroom and rearrange the furniture yet Amanda was acting like they had bought a new house!

“So what do you think Lex?” He asked, leaning over so he was at her level. She sighed then took his face in her hands.

“Daddy, please don’t get tangled in her stupidity, it’s the same room; all you did was change the colour.”

8. Potions
A little bit of this, a dash of that; this potions thing was pretty easy! After adding the last ingredient she began stirring but by then the Professor had made her way over to her.

“Ms. Cambridge, just what do you think you’re doing?”

“Familiarizing myself with the ingredients like you told us to.” She answered rather meekly.

“The professor shook her head. “Yes, in the hopes of conjuring a cure for boils—what you are creating is a potent mixture that kills in seconds.”

“Really?! Awesome! Hey Sarah, I’m gonna need you to drink this when I’m done, okay?”

17. Cauldron
Alexa’s dad had taken her shopping but she could tell that he was starting to get tired; they had been at it all day. Walking to the back of the store she found a cauldron that made her gasp before climbing into it.

“Honey what are you doing?” Her father.

“I’m making sure that I can fit inside, Daddy.”

He raised an eyebrow at her. “Why?”

She popped her head up so she was looking at him. “Because, if I can fit in here then Jeremy will be able to fit and then I can threaten to boil him alive.”

23. Telescope
Alexa and Will were atop her house and as promised Will had brought his telescope. The 11 year old couldn’t wait to start using it which was evident seeing as she had grabbed hold of it and begun scanning around.

“No, Lex; you’re using it wrong. You have to point it into the sky to see the constellations, like you have Sagittarius right there—there’s Orion’s dog Major and—”

She sighed in frustration. “William, will you get out of the way?!” She shoved him to the side. “You’re making it hard to see the inside of Molly Atkinson’s room!”

1. Herbology
Ah the end of yet another Herbology class and once again there was that kid that decided he wasn’t leaving her alone. Merlin, at one point she contemplated feeding him to their class project but then she was reminded that the plant wasn’t man eating. On her way out of the room she saw the Professor hauling in a massive plant. That, she was sure, could eat annoying little boys.

“Now let’s get you fed.”

Without hesitation she latched onto the boy’s robe to prevent his departure and pulled him over to her. “I can help you with that Professor.”

10. Arthimancy
“Professor, open up please!” This had been her 5th trip to the Arthimancy Professor’s office in less than a week—but through no fault of her own!

The door swung open and she stood face to face with what might have been the most patient woman in the universe.

“Yes Ms. Cambridge, what can I do for you this time?”

“I know you said I should try and I promise I really did but now every time I look at numbers I get a headache and I don’t speak Russian!”

“The homework is in English.”

“You can’t convince me of that!”