Rivilis Amiculus

Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff

~Amanda~

Slytherin's victory over Gryffindor was talked about for a while afterwards. When people started talking about the Ravenclaw vs. Hufflepuff game, it died down. Rao and Songal became a problem over the next few months. Songal climbed to the top in Transfiguration and Rao became a favourite of Professor Jaeger's. I have more strength in potions, but with Rao being a teacher's pet, they both made sure I didn't forget they were good.

"Say, Nisha. What animal should I transfigure Arlert into?" Songal asked one time in the hallways.

"You don't need to. She already looks like one," She replied and they laughed.

"Human Transfiguration is a sixth-year lesson. We can barely turn a match into a needle," I replied and tried to walk away.

"I was the first to do it. It wasn't that hard, but I suppose a mudblood doesn't have as much ability as a pure-blood."

"I am not a muggle-born, but I don't like it when you use that word." I still felt insulted because my mum was a muggle-born and a fantastic witch.

"No one cares if you like it or not. We say whatever we want to," Rao replied.

"Remember what Liddle said? You're lucky I haven't told him about your dirty mouth. He already doesn't like you two and you already have something on your records. Now, if you'll excuse me." I pushed past them and went to potions class.

"You'll be working with the people next to you."

"Professor! Can I work with someone else? I don't want to work with Arlert," The Gryffindor student next to me shouted.

"Why? I believe she is one of the best in the class," Hannes replied.

"She's manipulative," She said. I turned to her and gave a look of confusion.

"Where did you hear that?" Theo stood up a few tables away from me and asked.

"From another Gryffindor student."

"You should know better than to buy into petty gossip. Professor, I'll work with Amanda," Theo said. The professor shrugged.

"Very well. Switch spots with Mr Foster." Theo picked up his books and walked over to me. My ring turned to a bright grey. The colour for stress. Once the lesson began, Theo offered to get the ingredients and I opened up the book.

"Did you know about the rumours?" I asked when he came back.

"No, I would have told you if I did," He replied and put the cauldron down.

"Do you believe them?"

"Of course not. Why should I believe a Gryffindor student over you?" He asked and I sighed. "Is something wrong?"

"No... I'm fine." My ring went from grey to blue. I don't know if Theo saw it, but he rubbed my shoulder before taking out the ingredients. I sighed and straightened up to help him out. "What's your life at home like?" I asked to change the subject.

"My mum earns money for the taxes and I usually help with most of the chores," He replied.

"What about your dad?" He paused.

"My dad... He's been suffering a chronic illness that gets progressively worse over time. It's a recessive blood trait and I was lucky enough to be born healthy but, he recently was checked into St. Mungo's hospital and... I haven't been told how he's doing," He explained.

"I'm... I'm so sorry..." I said. He put the first ingredient into the cauldron.

"It's fine," He said.