The Untouchables

Year 2 Chapter 5

"Erin wake up! We're gonna be late!" Blaise pounded on the girl's door. It was currently seven minutes before midnight. The four had Astronomy class, the three boys were already standing outside Erin's room waiting for the girl who was still sleeping. A few moments passed and the door swung open revealing a girl with a scowl on her face, holding her books in her right hand.

The three boys laughed at their friend's expression, "Whoever thought that children should have classes at twelve midnight?!" Erin grumpily said and walked towards the exit of the dormitories. "Well it is an astronomy class, I think it'll be difficult to look at stars at ten in the morning," Theodore said amused by Erin's sour mood. "Shut up," the girl muttered and grumpily walked up the astronomy tower. Blaise and Theo chuckled, Erin hated it when her sleep is cut short.

The four arrived just in time as professor Sinistra introduced the lesson. "Tonight we are going to be discussing constellations. Now I want all of you to find a partner and write down at least 10 constellations you know and identify 5 types of stars." the professor explained.  "I bagsie Erin as my partner!" Draco suddenly announced making Theodore and Blaise groan. 

"Not fair! You both are already partners in potions!" Blaise said but Draco only shrugged, "This is easy enough, just name some of Draco's relatives." Erin told Blaise, the girl covered her mouth and yawned, she walked to the other side of the tower, and Draco followed her. "I mean she's right," Theodore said and took out a scroll. 

On the other side of the room, both Erin and Draco were almost halfway done with the assigned work. Erin examined the things they wrote on their scroll, "Cassiopeia, Orion, Cygnus, Draco, Bellatrix, Sirius, Regulus, Sirius... we need three more. Do you have any other family members Draco?" Erin sleepily asked and the boy chuckled, "Yeah, mother had a sister named Andromeda," Draco said and Erin wrote it down. 

She remembered the stories her parents had told her about the noble house of Black, Erin was always intrigued about what to their family, but she didn't want to pry since it was such a tragic story. "Two more," she said and thought of other constellations she knew, she remembered one and wrote it down. "Scorpius?" Draco asked and Erin nodded. "That's a brilliant name, don't you think?" Draco said and Erin scrunched up her nose and shook her head no. 

Draco was slightly disappointed that Erin didn't agree with him. "Oh, Rigel!" Erin exclaimed feeling giddy that the constellation part was complete. "Next, five types of stars." she thought to herself. A few moments passed and the two had finished, they passed the scroll to professor Sinistra who was impressed when the two completed the work in only 6 minutes. 

The two walked back to Theodore and Blaise who was now arguing, "I told you Draco doesn't have an uncle named Castor!" Theo frustratedly said. Blaise only rolled his eyes, "What are you two arguing about? Castor isn't even a constellation," Erin explained and the two boys turned to her. "It's not?" Theo asked, "It's not, Castor is a star in the constellation Gemini." She explained and the two boys nodded.

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Later that day Erin headed to the great hall to meet up with Hermione so the two can finish their task in Transfiguration; the two needed to turn five animals into everyday objects. The two girls had to first, find five animals that they could use. After meeting in the great hall they headed to the greenhouses, they wanted to catch some insects in which they can transform into a hairclip. 

"There! I think I saw a ladybug by the mandrakes," Hermione said and pointed by the potted mandrakes. She was right, there was a ladybug. The two carefully captured the bug and placed it inside a clear vile with a small hole on top to let air in. 

The two then walked near the whomping willow trying to find a bird in which that can turn into an alarm clock. Thankfully there was an abundant amount of birds and the two girls were able to catch one. On their way back to the castle they were able to spot a beetle and a grass snake, the two girls took the creatures into their possession and headed to the Gryffindor common room.