"Oh, no! Don't kill it!" Sage rushed over towards two Ravenclaw boys, who were trying to stamp on a small grasshopper that had found it's way into the Transfiguration classroom. She bent down, picking the grasshopper up in her hands and scowling at the two boys.
"What did this grasshopper ever do to you." She frowned. "That was very cruel of you, please say sorry." She asked, and the boys exchanged confused looks. "Sorry.. Mr Grasshopper?" The boys apologised.
"Good, but next time don't assume it's gender." She smiled at the two boys, before approaching the teachers desk. "Professor McGonagall, can I please take this grasshopper outside?" She asked. "What? Oh.. Yes, dear." She obliged, and Sage exited the classroom.
"That was kind of you." Said Olive when she got back. "I'd hope someone would do it for me, if I were a grasshopper." She smiled. "I'd save you if you were a grasshopper." Cedric beamed at her. "Thank you, Ced."
"And don't forget about the homework, dears." Professor McGonagall waved the students good-bye, as they left for potions. "My sister says Professor Snape, the potions Professor, is really mean to everyone who isn't a Slytherin." Jill warned as they entered the Potions dungeon.
"It's really cold in here." Olive frowned as they found their seats at the back of the classroom. "I'm going to sit with Rowan and Harper." Cedric whispered to Sage, before crossing the classroom over to two Hufflepuff boys.
"Today, first years, we'll be learning about the 12 uses of Dragon Blood.. Please open your textbooks to page 92, I am Professor Snape." A tall, greasy looking man scowled from the front of the class as the lesson began.
"I already don't like him." Olive shuddered as they opened their textbooks. "Today we will be doing theory, but on a normal day you will need to pair up for potion making." Professor Snape informed them, and Cedric turned to Sage giving her a nod, as if to say 'we'll be partners.'
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"I'm writing a letter to Athena." Sage told Olive when she'd asked what Sage had been doing. "Who's Athena?" Asked Olive. "She's my little sister." Sage smiled. "She's very excited to come to Hogwarts in two years, I do hope she'll be a Hufflepuff too." Said Sage.
"I love Athena." Jill joined in. "She named her chicken after me, it died two days after, but it's the thought that counts!" Jill laughed as Sage finished her letter, folding it up and dropping it into an envelope. "I'm off to the Owlery, don't go anywhere without me!" She waved her friends goodbye.
"Take this to my sister." Sage petted the head of one of the school Owl's, attaching the letter to its leg before it flew away. She watched for a little longer as the owl disappeared from sight, turning around when she noticed a Gryffindor girl had entered the Owlery.
The girl nodded at Sage, before attaching her own letter to her Owl, rather aggressively. "Stupid bird, stay still." She scolded it. "Let me." Sage hurried over, not wanting to see the bird in anymore distress.
"I can do it myself." The girl pushed Sage away. "Ugh, just stay still." She grabbed the Owls leg, pinning it down as it squawked in protest. "Please, you're hurting it." Sage pleaded as the girl finally attached the letter.
"I said I could do it myself, stupid Hufflepuffs, never minding their business." She scoffed, elbowing Sage as she exited the Owlery. "Ouch." She frowned, caressing her side, where she'd been elbowed.
She sniffled quietly, she didn't want to cry. "Sage?" Cedrics voice called, entering the Owlery after the Gryffindor girl had left. "Cedric." She began to cry. "Sage? What's wrong?" He frowned, pulling Sage into a warm hug as tears streamed down her face.
