First year: A stoned heart professor

Chapter 7

It was the beginning of a November morning as Enadira rose from her short slumber. She worked almost all night from making her potion for Snape's injury she saw yesterday on Halloween. She also realized that today is Quidditch Day, which makes it Harry's first game as a seeker. Enadira got dressed, and as she left the girls dorm and walked into the common room, she noticed a group of girls huddled by the fire on the couch.

"What's going on?" Enadira asked them. Two girls looked in her direction; it was Pavarti and Lavender. "Anna here brought some of her coffee from her home country of Italy," Lavender said. Anna approached Enadira with a cup of coffee. "Would you like to try some?" Anna asked her. "Oh, thank you," Enadira said, surprised, and took the cup of coffee.

"I heard you worked hard last night, so I decided to whip up some coffee; it'll give you energy for the rest of the day," Anna said with a smile. "Thank you, Anna, how kind of you," Enadira said, returning a smile and taking a sip of the coffee. "Mm, it's good," Enadira said. "I think I'm more of a tea drinker, though," Enadira thought as she finished her cup. As she went to the great hall for breakfast, she saw Ron, Hermione, and Harry already at the table.

"You three woke up early," Enadira said as she sat down next to Ron. "I heard you working late at night," Hermione said to her across the table. "Did every girl hear me?" Enadira asked. Hermione nodded. "It wasn't bothering anyone, but some were curious," she said. "Oh, well, I was just practicing on a potion," Enadira said. "Oh, alright," Hermione said.

Enadira didn't want anyone to know she made a potion for sixth years make and gave it to Severus because of his injured leg. She noticed that Harry wasn't eating his breakfast and was more into reading his book. "Take a bit of toast, mate. Go on," Ron said to him. "Ron's right, Harry, you're going to need your strength today," Hermione said. "Yeah, you're just reading a book," Enadira pointed out.

Harry looked at them. "I'm not hungry," he said as he closed the book. "Also, it's called Quidditch Through the Ages, which I'm finding interesting to read," Harry said to Enadira. As they try to convince Harry again to eat something, Snape appears from behind. "Good luck today, Potter," he said, and they turned around to see him. "Dreamy," Enadira thought.

"Then again, now that you've proven yourself against a troll, a little game of quidditch should be easy work for you," Snape said to Harry as the others listened. "Even if it is against Slytherin," he said, eyeing them individually for a second. Enadira raised her brow. "You're just dying to show off Slytherin winning, aren't you?" she asked him. The trio's eyes widened as they looked at her and back at Snape for his response. "Why this little girl" Snape thought about it and replied to her, "There's nothing wrong with a little competition, Ms. Cromwell," he said.

"Mhm," Enadira said to him, her brow still raised. "What's that you've got there, Potter?" Snape asked as he eyed the book. Harry showed the book to him. "Library books are not to be taken outside the school; give them to me," Snape said, and Harry had no choice but to give them to him. "Five points from Gryffindor," Snape said and walked away.

"He made that up," Hermione said as they watched him. As Enadira watched him limp away "Wonder what's wrong with his leg?" Harry asked. "I dunno, but I hope it's hurting him," Ron said bitterly. "Hey, I get that he isn't nice, but that's a bit harsh," Enadira said. "Are you defending him?" Ron asked as the other two looked at her for a response.

"No, but pain hurts for anyone, that's all," she said. "They don't know that the leg injury was from yesterday, poor thing. I should really give the potion to him, but how?" Enadira thought. As they finished breakfast and there weren't any classes today because of the quidditch game, they decided to head back to the common room and work on homework. As Hermione was helping Ron with a question and Enadira was writing, Harry felt restless. Harry rose from the couch and told them he was going to get the book back from Snape.