Rough Diamond (The Poisonous Princess Book 3)

Awakening

My boyfriend convinced me to simply let go for a while. He was persuaded that I would be back to "normal", or even more balanced than before, if I ceased overthinking.
He made me seat with everyone else at diner, started small talks and light conversations about Hufflepuff's lame champion, so I would focus on other thinks.

Poppy whispered to me encouragement :

"You will be all right, Bella. I believe in you, you know."

That meal, I finally ate up my noodles.

Even at next breakfast, I gladly took the jam toast that Moranna prepared for me.

It was good because i needed to regain energy. All the professors where getting stressful about our end of the year tests and they all kept warning about next year's OWLs exams.

McGonagall had of corse the most pressing speech.
She was anxious that our level could be judged by other schools.
Consequently, we had to practices every transfiguration spells we learnt since first year.

The classroom quickly got a mayhem of odd creatures, from walking buttons, to changing colors rabbits.
Many students, like Draco, Daphne and Leanne, succeed to summons snakes all at once, and the hissing became unbearable.

I frowned eye-brows and covered my ears to protect from the reptile's verbiages.

"Can you all vanish them please ?!" I begged to whoever would listen.

"Indeed. "Approved Pr McGonagall. "Make the vanishing spell now. We don't want tinnitus."

"Oh right, Bella, you understand what they are all hissing, aren't you ?" Inquired Daphne.

"It must be fun to talk parseltongue. What do they say ? Can you order them to do things ?" Asked Draco.

"No, this are just transfiguration spell, not like real piton or boa. Those are like zombies, they don't say anything intelligent and don't listen to me, I tried. They are just dumb."

My bunch of friends laughed.
I still had my hands on ears, waiting for calmer time.
Just a minute later, silence got back and I practiced the vanishing spell on my surroundings. Small charms was armless. I made a parchment disappeared, then an empty cage, a sandwich...

"Hey ! I was about to eat it !" Complained Vincent Crabbe.

"Oh, sorry." I made a tooth grin.

That lessons was refreshing somehow.
After that, my peers happily walked in pack with me to next period.
It was potion and I assumed that we would brew something useful, after that the teacher forestalled us.
We arrived with Griffindor students and seetled in two distinguished groups.

"Batch you all as pairs, don't make a fuss already." Professor ordered, irritated.

Draco immediately took the place by my side.

"Ah Malfoy and Miss Green. 20 points from Slytherin, for every missed days."

We both opened huge round eyes.

"WHAT !?"

"Each of you." He specified.

All my classmates were shocked as well.

80 points ! But he was there ! He literally accepted our absence...

"Professor, you.." I started.

"But, isn't the house-cup cancelled because of the Triwizard Tournement ?" Interrupted Granger.

"Then, you won't be bothered you if I take off 10 points from Griffindor as well, do you ?"