alchemical blurb

[mswoods]

The following day, Sadde has Transfiguration in the morning.

She is all over it at lunch.

"Okay, so, Transfig is just about the coolest thing," she says first thing to the Ravenclaws as soon as she sits at the table.

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[mrwoods]

Om nom food.

"What classes do you have today? Do we have any together?"

[chanuphis]

Out come the schedules!

[peterxy]

Apparently the Ravenclaws have Potions and Charms in the morning and Defence and a free period in the afternoon, while the Slytherins have Flying and Charms in the morning and Transfig and Defence in the afternoon.

[mrwoods]

"Oh cool, we have Charms together again! And I have fffllllyyyyiiiing that must be so much fun!"

[chanuphis]

"Flying is great!"

[mrwoods]

"I kinda really wanna hit evil metal balls with a bat, whyyy don't they let firsties play Quidditch?" he whines.

[pleating]

"They did once, but that was Harry Potter."

[mrwoods]

"Of course you get to break the rules if you're Harry Potter," he sighs.

[pleating]

"Yeah. But you'd probably want to learn to fly a little before trying to play anyway, wouldn't you?"

[msmaxwell]

"Didn't he have to learn to fly well before trying to play?"

[pleating]

"No, Harry Potter was just really good from the moment he touched a broom, I think? But, you know, he's Harry Potter."

[mrwoods]

"You know, I've been putting off getting books on the war and him but this lack of cultural context is really starting to get old."

[chanuphis]

"Why've you been putting it off?"

[mrwoods]

"Mostly because I wanted to go to all other classes and see if there wouldn't be any other things I'd want to read books on first so I could prioritise better. Other than Flying, I've had all classes, though, so it's Transfig and War for me now, I guess."

[chanuphis]

"I'd recommend something but I don't know of any good ones. It was so recent."

[mrwoods]

"I'll probably try to check something out at the library after lunch. I'll also get a book about the Philosopher's Stone, I wanna know if there's anything useful I can learn about breaking magic's rules."

[chanuphis]

"Sounds interesting."

[peterxy]

They finish eating and go their merry ways. Sadde's suitably enthusiastic during Charms about flying, and he's actually pretty good, even if not quite Harry Potter material. Books are grabbed after lunch, and class happens.

At dinner, Sadde is nowhere to be found, even though the other Slytherin firsties are already there. In fact, one of them - they might recognise him as the one Sadde was talking to during the Sorting Feast - is looking antsy and nervous when he spots the girls and makes a beeline to them after a moment's hesitation.

[chanuphis]

Karen is still nervous around strange Slytherins and Willow's an obvious Muggleborn, so Miranda addresses him. "Hello."

[peterxy]

He looks just as nervous as Karen! And he says, "H-hello. Um. You're Sadde's friends, right?"

[chanuphis]

"Yes. Is something wrong?"

[peterxy]

He looks around as if to make sure no one's looking at him, then says, "Yeah, one of the older Slytherins, um, he jinxed Sadde."

[chanuphis]

Miranda sighs. "Where is he and what was the jinx?"

[peterxy]

"He's in a room just by the DADA tower," the boy says, still looking a bit terrified and glancing over his shoulder every now and then.

[chanuphis]

"...And what's wrong with him, is he speaking in iambic pentameter or stuck to the wall or what?"