Belladonna Le Faye

Dinner to Bed

They pack up their things and head inside to get supper. Bella goes and sits with Norville, Thomas, and Sky after getting her food.

"So how did it go?" Sky asks as Bella sits down.

"Pretty good. She helped with a lot of my mispronunciations, and made me a copy of her little cheat sheet that helps her pronounce them so I'll hopefully have an easier time getting through this class, she also suggested that I speak to my guardian about having an undiagnosed speech impediment. She notices that I don't pronounce some sounds quite right and that a speech therapist could help me with that a few times a week. I said I'd talk with him when he get back from his latest job." Bella explains.

"Why would it have gone undiagnosed before now?" Norville asks.

"It may not have been. My previous guardians didn't exactly like me. So often times they wouldn't take me to a doctor. Heck, I didn't even get properly prescribed glasses until this summer when I managed to sneak away to Gringotts and they helped me with a lot of my medical issues. So I wouldn't be surprised that even if they were told about it they wouldn't get me the help I need. Actually, I should really talk to Mr. Snape about something."

"The vision correction potion," Sky supplies.

"Yeah," Bella says, sheepishly. She stands up having finished her food. "I'll see you in the dorms, Sky. Good night, Thomas, Norville."

"See you later, Bella." Sky replies.

"Good night, Bella," both boys say as she grabs her bag and walks away. She makes her way down to the potions classroom and knocks on the door.

"Enter," comes the quick response. Bella pushes the door open. "Miss. Le Faye, did you need help with something?"

"Yes, but, umm, it's not related to your class, exactly."

"Oh," he places the pen he had been using to grade some papers down on the desk. "But it is related to potions, I take it?"

"Yes, sir." She says moving to stand before his desk.

"Which potion?"

"The Vision Correction potion."

"I take it you would like one."

"Yes, sir. I was hoping that you could either help me brew one or brew one for me."

"I would be glad to help you brew the potion, Bella." Severus says, a small smile turning his lips upward. "However the amount of time it takes to brew such a potion will require a Saturday brewing session."

"Okay, Uncle Sev," Bella says a smile spreading across her own face. "Would you like me to come here or you can come to my house and I can show youy potions lab that the Goblins helped me set up? Oh, and it will have to be next Saturday, since Blaise wants to take me out this Saturday."

"I would love to see your potions lab. We'll doing the brewing next Saturday in you potions lab then as long as your guardian doesn't have a problem with that."

"Bella smiles at him with a small giggle. "He may want to run a background check on you. He is an FBI agent after all with a teenager and a four year old to take care of."

"Yes, I can see why he would be cautious."

"I'll let him know what you said and then get back to you about it. I should probably get to the dorms now. I don't want to risk being out after curfew and get the rest of my homework done."

"I'm glad to see you really taking an interest in your education."

"Well, now I don't have Ron calling me weird for wanting to study and Hermione ruining my essays on 'accident.' I saw her throw one into the Gryffindor common room fire pit. I also don't have an old man putting so many compulsions and potions on me it isn't funny." Bella says walking to the door. "Good night, Uncle Sev." She leaves, closing the door behind herself and quickly made her way to her dormitory. Sky was only just arriving when she got there. 

"So how did it go?"

"He agreed to help me brew the potion next Saturday."

"That's great." Sky says as they make their way through the main common room before joining the study group of girls in the girls only common area. "Hello, everyone. This is Bella. Bella this is Diana, Sylvia, Katy, Alice, and Francine."

"Nice to meet you." All six of them say together, and then all giggle about it.

"Bella is going to be staying in the dorms off and on and wanted to join our study group tonight."

"Wonderful," Sylvia says as everyone pulls their books out and starts to study. Every once and awhile whispers are asked and questions are answered or a small debate will start up based on what the question was. Then at about twenty minutes before lights out they all clean up and go prep for bed.