The Unsolved Riddle.

Sleepy Defence.

Bells were due to ring at any given moment, professors had started to pack away and students were ready to leave. When the bell finally rang, students of all ages and houses stood and lined up at the doors. After a short moment of silence, students were marched from one class to the next, careful brown eyes darted around to make sure that the students she passed were okay but a few bloody noses were seen from time to time.

Students in their seventh year parted ways as their professor left them, returning instead to her classroom. Eliana was first to arrive at Transfiguration and so swept her way into her seat and folded her arms in front of her. Silence surrounded her and before she knew what was going on, darkness surrounded every fibre of her being. Dreamlessly Eliana slept and caught up with what she had missed. After a short pause, the darkness lifted and her dark brown eyes examined the room again. Stood at the front, in her usual place, stood Professor McGonagall. As Eliana checked her watch to see how much she had missed, almost the whole hour had been spent asleep and panicking, Eliana turned to her friends who handed her a copy of their notes. By the time Eliana managed to navigate her hand into her bag for a quill, the bell rang and Eliana jolted in shock. Suddenly returning to the room, Eliana stood but swiftly sat when Professor McGonagall arrived in front of her.

"Miss Abaza, in the name of Merlin, what has you so tired?" Stern, beady eyes watched the student before McGonagall and Eliana's wide, deep eyes seemed to mesmerise her for a second.

"Soowy Pufess, I's having defension wiv, uh, Pufess Currow," Eliana mumbled as her tongue seemed unable to find a comfortable place in her mouth.

"You had detention with Professor Carrow. And what is wrong with your tongue?" Eliana stuck it out to show a large red lump, achieved by Eliana biting her tongue during one of the many tortures she had been subject to. With a silent wave of her wand, Eliana felt her tongue swell to an appropriate size and rather than talking, she chose to stand and with that, her head span and she had to lean on the desk.

"Well, you slept through my lesson so tonight you may serve detention with Professor Flitwick. I will have him set up a bed in his office for you to sleep on. And, as for the content you missed, there is no other option I guess, I will catch you up now before your tongue has the chance to swell up again." Eagerly, Eliana nodded and tried to sit down but if it wasn't for her professor, moving the seat with her wand, she would have fallen to the floor.

"Thank you, Professor." Eliana watched carefully as a toad was withdrawn from a cabinet and placed before her. After a few minutes, Eliana watched as the toad transformed into a toadstool, though it looked a little green and slimy still. Professor McGonagall was quick to turn it back and after a few more attempts, the toadstool looked perfectly normal.

"Well done, now. Whatever lesson you have next will be expecting you soon and I have a class of my own. Keep an eye out Miss Abaza, Hogwarts is no longer safe." Eliana slowly agreed as she then got to her feet.

"Oh, Professor, what time is my detention tonight?" Professor McGonagall checked the time and then cleared her throat sharply.

"As soon as you have eaten, head straight to Professor Flitwick's office, your task will be ready for you when you get there and don't dilly dally." The bell soon rang and Eliana watched students head towards their next classes, professors watched the halls carefully and a few house points were taken from time to time as professors saw rule breakers.

"Neville, how are you?" Eliana walked beside him as they headed towards Herbology together.

"Been better. I heard that you slept through Transfiguration. Sorry, it's my fault you got detention." Eliana shook her head to disagree as the greenhouse was entered, Professor Sprout hadn't yet arrived.