"Are you done yet?" Tirza asked impatiently. "Child, give me five minutes or I will not take you outside," Snape ordered. "You better take me outside! You promised!" Tirza yelled back. Snape looked up from the potions that he was bottling; Tirza was standing there, her curls hanging long, in a sky blue sweat outfit, her hands on her hips, a scowl matching his own on her face. "You already played outside earlier with Dumbledore, is it truly necessary to play again?" She nodded stubbornly. "Fine; go get all your things on and than I will take you." Tirza jumped in excitement. "Yippy!" She blew him a kiss and ran from the room. Classes had been out for a half hour when Snape followed Tirza outside, standing in his long black wool coat. She bounded towards a group of kids making a stash of snowballs. "Gonna have a snow ball fight?" She asked. "Yeah," Seamus told her. "You any good?" She smiled. "Watch this!" Tirza made a snowball and scanned the various students for her target; she spotted Draco and his cronies coming out of the school. "This is gonna get Goyle's head." Seamus and the boys laughed. She drew back her arm and threw the snow ball with all her strength. Sure enough, it head Goyle upside the head, almost knocking him over. "Yes!" Tirza shouted, punching up in the air. "Who threw that?" Draco yelled. Tirza stalked over to him. "I did," she announced happily. "No way; girls can't throw that good," Draco told her. "Oh yeah?" Tirza scooped another snowball in her pink mitten and pointed at Snape. "This is gonna get my dad's chest." Draco shook his head, but she threw it and it went splat all over Snape's chest. Draco's mouth hung open for a moment; girls weren't supposed to be able to do that! "Girls rule, boys drool!" Tirza taunted. Draco was still speechless as she ran towards Snape, a pink flash in a sea of white.
Tirza snuck up behind Snape, as best as she could sneak in squishy snow pants, and made two snow balls. She tossed them at Snape, one hitting his back, the other getting his neck. Snape whirled around, ready to kill the student who had done that and saw Tirza rolling on the ground, laughing. "Must you do that?" he asked, clearly irritated. "Duh," she replied shaking her head. "I would prefer that you do not." She squished up her face into a scowl. "I would prefer that you do not." Snape raised an eyebrow; Tirza raised an eyebrow. "Are you mocking me child?" "Are you mocking me child?" Snape was very quickly growing irritated. "Stop that this instant!" "Stop that this instant!" "Tirza Jade, I do not find this amusing!" "Tirza Jade, I do not find this amusing!" Snape opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, than closed it again. It was clear that Tirza would not stop until she was good and ready. She scooped another snow ball and tossed it at him, making a wet spot on his shoulder. She giggled at the disgusted look on his face. "God, have some fun daddy!" He leaned down and put his face close to hers. "You wish me to have fun, do you?" She nodded, smiling. "Then I shall grant your wish." Before Tirza knew what was happening, Snape picked her up and dropped her upside down into the snow. "Hey!" she said giggling. "Now that... was fun," Snape told her with a wink. She jumped into his arms and toppled him over into the snow. "I get you!" She dumped a handful of snow right in his face. Snape sputtered and wiped his hand across his now wet and cold face. "So you want to play that way, do you?" He asked. She nodded. "Then you better run little girl!" Tirza jumped off his chest and took off running, with Snape close on her heels. He began to pelt her with snowballs as she giggled and tried to keep from tripping in her snow pants. "Hey you two!" someone yelled. Tirza and Snape stopped in their tracks and turned to see who was yelling. "We're going to choose teams for a snowball fight. You two want to join?" Oliver Wood asked. Tirza turned to Snape. "Pwease daddy?" He chuckled. "Alright; I'm going inside. I'm very cold and wet. You may stay out here, just be good and come inside when everyone else does." Tirza blew him a kiss and followed Oliver.
The group of nearly thirty kids stood in a long line. Draco and Oliver had been made the captains for the snowball war and they began choosing their teams. Draco of course chose Crabbe and Goyle; Oliver picked George and Fred. "TJ!" Draco yelled. Everyone was stunned; did Draco Malfoy really just pick a girl to be on his team? "Draco! Girl's can't throw," Crabbe said. "This one can," Draco replied as Tirza walked towards him. "But Draco," Goyle spoke up. "Look, if I say she's good, she'd good, got it?" Crabbe and Goyle nodded and Tirza giggled as she stood beside Draco. "You sound like a mobster." "A what?" Draco asked. She shook her head. "Never mind." Within a few moments, all the kids had been chosen for a team and Tirza was the only girl on Draco's. Suddenly the snowballs began to fly. Tirza threw as many as she could, several hitting Oliver, the twins, Ron and Harry. "Good job!" Draco called over to her. "Merci, moi capitane!" The snowball fight lasted nearly an hour and a half before Professor McGonagall stepped outside. "Students, it is nearly time for dinner. Please come inside and warm up before you get catch colds." Everyone reluctantly trudged inside. "Hey, you did a great job. You got a good arm there," Draco said as he walked behind Tirza. She turned and smiled. "Thanks." Her face suddenly darkened. "What do you want? This isn't normal, you being a nice and everything." Draco nodded. "Nothing, I don't want anything. It's not many girls that can throw like you and kick guy's asses as easily as you. I thought it would be better if I had you on my side instead of beating me up and getting me into trouble." She giggled. "Okay, I'll call peace. No more picking on me, and I won't pick on you." Draco nodded. "Deal." Tirza extended her hand and Draco gently shook it. "So what made you change your mind?" she asked. "Well, your dad is friends with mine and I figured if we kept bothering each other, you dad would tell mine and I'd get in trouble," Draco told her. "That's cool. See ya later!" She took off to go change before supper. Draco watched her run and laughed. "Weird little kid," he thought.
'My last day of freedom,' Tirza thought as she walked down the hallway, her large pink bad slung over her shoulder. Jinn Jinn, of course, was riding in the pink bag; Jinn Jinn generally didn't mind riding around, but today she was feeling fractious and wanted to run. Tirza's school materials were arriving tomorrow, so she was determined to have lots of fun today! She was paying more attention to the hallways, making sure she wasn't lost again, than to the rabbit anyways. Jinn Jinn poked her head out of the bag and suddenly leaped onto the floor. Tirza could feel the change of weight in the bag and opened it; there was no rabbit inside! Maybe she is a genie bunny, she thought. Several feet in front of her she suddenly noticed a spot of white in the dimly lit hallway. "Jinn Jinn, you silly bunny! What ya doing?" She started walking slowly towards the rabbit, but to Jinn Jinn, life was nothing but a game and what was a better game than tag? She hopped down the hallway a few feet, and then turned back towards Tirza, almost as if she was wondering why Tirza wasn't there yet. As Tirza did get closer, Jinn Jinn took off hopping down the hallway at top speed. Tirza started to run after her, but the tiny bunny was a lot faster. (You'd be surprised at how fast those little rabbits can run! They are fast little cuties!) Jinn Jinn, enjoying being chased, hopped around a corner and out of Tirza's sight. Tirza quickened her pace and saw Jinn Jinn hop into Snape's classroom. Tirza groaned. Jinn Jinn was not allowed in the Potions classroom and if Snape saw her, Tirza would be in trouble! Tirza peeked in the slightly open door of the classroom; Jinn Jinn, who's life is nothing but a game, was sitting beneath a student's desk. 'It's like she's waiting for me!' Tirza thought. 'But how to get her out?' She could call Jinn Jinn, but the rabbit would only come if she wanted to, and people would hear her. She could think of nothing except crawling under the desks, and hoping not to get caught, and grab Jinn Jinn and make a quick exit.
Tirza slowly began to crawl under the desks; several people looked to see what was going on, but Tirza whispered for them not top pay attention to her. Thankfully, Snape was busy with something at his desk and had no idea that the bunny was lose and being chased in his classroom. The bunny spotted Tirza closing in and started hopping away from her. Tirza swore under her breath and she began crawling under even more desks. The going was slow, trying to avoid hitting the desk and people's feet and the space was tiny already. She glanced at Snape's desk and was relieved to see he was oblivious to her presence. She crawled under the next desk and felt someone poke her side. She carefully looked up; Draco was giving her a look that asked what she was up to. She pointed to the bunny and he shook his head. Jinn Jinn sat just under the next desk, waiting patiently for Tirza. Tirza scooted a little bit farther ahead and reached her hands out, circling Jinn Jinn and scooting the rabbit towards her. She had Jinn Jinn in one hand and turned to try and crawl out of the room. Not realizing Tirza was under her desk, Pansy Parkinson readjusted her position, moving her feet; a foot knocked into Tirza. Tirza released Jinn Jinn just before she rolled into the corner of Draco's desk.
Snape heard a potion splash on the floor. "Clean it up Longbottom!" Snape yelled without looking up from his papers. Only this time it wasn't Neville's potion; it was Draco's and it spilled all over Tirza. 'This isn't good,' Draco thought as he looked underneath his desk. He expected to see an angry Tirza; instead he saw a pile of clothes. 'What if I melted her?' Draco panicked. A moment later, that problem was solved and another took it's place; Tirza's head poked out of clothes pile. Only it wasn't the Tirza he and the rest of the school knew; Tirza was a baby! Draco's eyes went wide with shock. "Professor?" "I asked you to work in silence and that is what I expect you to do," Snape retorted, once again not looking up. Draco shook his head; Snape was not going to be happy that Tirza had come in and gotten an age regression potion spilled on her, turning her into a baby! Tirza's wide black eyes stared up at Draco and she extended her arms toward him. Draco rather reluctantly gathered Tirza the toddler into his arms. "You're rather cute this way; and harmless too," Draco whispered. The students around him noticed the toddler and within a moment, the whole class was staring at her. Jinn Jinn suddenly came out from under a book case. Tirza spotted her and pointed. "Bunny!" she shouted. "Who said that?" Snape demanded, finally looking up. No one was paying attention to him; all eyes were focused on Draco and the toddler. Snape caught sight of the mini Tirza. "What happened?" he demanded. "Her rabbit came in here and she was chasing it and she bumped my desk. The potion spilled all over her," Draco told him. The toddler held out her arms towards Snape. "Poppy!" Snape groaned. Of course Tirza would have to come in and have something spilled the day that they were working on age regression! "Poppy!" Tirza shouted again. Snape just stared at the mini Tirza in Draco's arms.