Spell 001 | Harry Potter | Behind on Homework

[hero_complexed]

[ There is a boy seated at a small desk in a darkened room scribbling away on a piece of parchment surrounded by books. He stops writing only to pull out more Parchment and starting to write on that. It isn't long before he grabs more parchment and abandons the other piece. He starts writing faster now as the stack of books begins to grow in height as does the blank parchment. ]

[ He's not writing fast enough, however as the stacks continue to grow and grow until they can no longer continue up and topple over-spilling all over the classroom floor. Somehow, when they toppled they took Harry's half-completed homework with them and all the papers and books are scattered all over the floor. When he goes to sort through them again the papers seem quite insistent on staying where they are and a few even try to bite the poor kid. ]

[ They rearrange themselves on the floor and the essay he had been writing shows itself at last. He doesn't think anything of it as it waves to him and stalks forward to grab it, only it disappears and then reappears on top of the chandelier, still waving and now it even feels like it's giggling while it's so far out of his reach. ]

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[waterfell]

[Harry, remember that girl, always does great on tests? Rumored 300 IQ? Constantly at the top of the class? No, not Hermione.

No? That's OK, because despite the bright blue of the Ravenclaw uniform, and despite being the right age of fifteen in this dream, Harry has never seen this girl before. Ami's lips curve upward in a faint smirk as she takes stock of the chaos in the room.

She always gets her homework done promptly.]

Letting homework build up like this is a sign of laziness. Ravenclaw will certainly pull ahead in the house rankings at this rate.

[hero_complexed]

It's not my fault. [ Harry isn't taking his eyes off the piece of parchment that is currently waving at him. ] I've had detention every night this week-Detention that started at six and went on until passed midnight.

...I think she wants me to fail. [ He pulls his wand out of his pocket and points it at the homework taunting him. ]

Accio Potions Essay! [ ...nothing happens. ]

[waterfell]

Doesn't that mean you earned it?

[She does not have much sympathy for the famous boy-who-gets-excused-for-every-rule-he-breaks-just-because-it's-him-and-he's-special. She knows where that above-justice attitude leads.

She knows Tsukino Usagi.

Nonetheless, her voice stays light and airy as she continues to enjoy the sight of his struggle.]

Be good this time, and maybe the homework will like you better!

[hero_complexed]

But I didn't even do anything. She gave me a detention for saying Voldemort's back-which he is.

[ Totally unjustified. ]

It's not my fault the ministry won't admit the truth.

[waterfell]

[That's different. How many times have her own warnings been brushed aside, disbelieved; how many times has she even been hated for them? Against her will, she feels a sneaking understanding.

However, she is no longer nearly as noble as Harry. And she is, perhaps, frustrated.]

Then the consequences will be on their heads. [She should have been in Slytherin, really... but she wasn't always like this.]

[thatoldthatkind]

[ The Doctor, seemingly from nowhere, appears and slowly edges around the stack of books. Blimey, he hasn't seen things this bad since his days in the Academy. Ten life times ago! Not that he was the best in school, mind you. He was one of the worst. That's why he's extra careful not to bump anything over. ]

[hero_complexed]

Yeah, I guess. I don't see why I should serve detention for it. [ Especially if that old toad is going to make him cut open his hand every night. He's going to have a permanent scar there. ]

How am I supposed to get any of my homework done with detentions that run past my curfew?

[hero_complexed]

[ Harry, meanwhile is watching his his essay taunt him a distinct 'Yoo-hoo!' ]

Get down here! I still have to write in three inches about the properties of moonstone! [ This only makes the essay laugh at him, and Harry resorts to the summoning charm. ]

Accio Potions Essay! [ Nothing happens and the parchment blows a rather loud raspberry at him and seems to fall over in a fit of giggles. Which is interesting... considering it doesn't have a mouth. The frustrated teenager looks around for a ladder or something but his eyes fall on the Doctor instead. ]

Oh, Hullo...

[waterfell]

They probably thought you were trying to create a panic.

[This time, the words come without judgment. It's simply the easiest reason she can think of for driving out what Harry has to say. Ami's eyes finally seek out all the variously misbehaving papers.]

I'll help get them down, if you want.

[hero_complexed]

But why would anyone think I of all people would want to start a panic?

[ He glances back up at this waving essay. ]

Could you? Apparently the summoning charm's not working.

[waterfell]

[Is he asking could she? She knows what he means, of course, but the insufferable smug smirk comes anyway.]

Just let me. [Of course she can! Or at least, she has the ego to say so. Ami takes out her wand, and instead of the summoning charm...

A freezing charm might work. She's best at those anyway, and she's heard they can disable alarms, so why not freeze a bunch of papers? She speaks the word, confidently.]

[hero_complexed]

[ Harry doesn't seem to mind it as the freezing charm does the trick and the paper that had been currently taunting him stops in mid-wave. ]

Thank you!

[waterfell]

Ta-da!

[She even makes a little pose, apparently milking her moment for all it's worth.

As the papers finally stop and settle, Ami snatches for the nearest ones, and looks over Harry's work. Call it curiosity.]

[hero_complexed]

[ ..Was that really necessary? He moves over to collect his paper from her. ]

Um.. can I have my essay now? I really need to finish it before morning...

[ It's not very good. It might scrape by with an 'Acceptable' but.. that's a pretty big might. He's also obviously written everything as big as he could manage to make the essay as short as possible and still make the length requirement. ]

I am kind of loving these two XD

[waterfell]

[Is he even serious, thinking this is enough to get by? Where is his sense of overachieving pride? Ami hands the parchment back, but not without commentary.]

The teacher will mark points off for the length. You should revise this part, too. The end is redundant; were you trying to pad the line count again?

[So sympathetic, this one.]

XD me too

[hero_complexed]

[ As far as Snape's grading goes... Harry wouldn't be surprised to find out you started with no points and had to earn them throughout the paper. He takes it back and looks at it sideways to see if he could see it the same way she could. ]

...I don't really have time for revisions... I have potions in a few hours.

Admit it, he'd be lonely without a pedantic, overly academic friend. XD

[waterfell]

In that case, remember it for next time. And start earlier.

[This may, just may, be why she has a reputation for being a bit of a snob about schoolwork.]

H-he would... also he'd be failing everything except... maybe care of magical creatures :/

[hero_complexed]

But-I couldn't! I had detention, remember?

[ He's still scanning over his essay and trying to think of something to squeeze in at the bottom. ]

....Um... have you seen a book on the properties of moonstone around?

Hagrid would never fail anyone. Except the idiots bothering the animals. Ok, fine, he would.

[waterfell]

[Ami is one of those people who finds Professor Snape very strict, but fair. This could possibly be because she's the type of sharp student he can respect more than most, and her attention to detail makes her do well in Potions class, though she's no prodigy there like Snape himself.

She's also the sort who carries a very, very heavy bookbag (made easier with charms to make it seem lighter). She rummages around in it, and produces one of the books she used for her own essay.]

This one has the best and most up to date research.

Malfoy is probably failing that class

[hero_complexed]

[ Yeah but... she's not a Gryffindor and the son of the guy Snape hated D: ]

Anything I could easily squeeze into the end? I really don't think I could rewrite the whole thing.

along with his friends.

[waterfell]

I'm not doing the paper for you. Find a new idea for it, and write in a final paragraph on that.

All Slytherin's get D's

[hero_complexed]

No, I wasn't asking that-just if you knew of anything in that book that you'd- y'know... recommend I put in the essay?

Automatically. XD

[waterfell]

[She might. But this is Harry Potter, always surrounded by friends who can help him.

And she is Ami Mizuno, who'd have to resort to spells the teachers would certainly detect and disallow, to achieve the same. She's spitefully jealous.]

What part of 'do it yourself' is difficult to understand?

They deserve it anyway

[hero_complexed]

[ Those friends are probably the only reason he's still alive to be honest ]

Well then.. Can I borrow your book?

[waterfell]

[Hers left her alone and let her be hurt. Some friends.]

You can borrow it. [The tone suggests she won't be slow to remind him he owes her a favor now, but on the bright side, she hands over the book.]

It's due in a few minutes anyway, right? So give the book back tonight.