(The next day)
R E M U S
Sirius, Tonks, Teddy and I sat around the dining table having breakfast when an owl tapped on the window. I got up to get it and saw the letter was from Thea. "Thea's sent us a letter" Tonks' face lit up when she heard Thea mentioned. "Well, what does she say?" Sirius asks blatantly.
I open the letter with a smile,
To Remus, Sirius, Teddy and Tonks,
Hi, I can't believe my first week at Hogwarts is nearly over. I got into Gryffindor, *whoop whoop*, and all the girls in my dorm seem to not dislike me. A made a friend, Asena, she's really nice, but she's in slytherin so I don't see her as much as I would like to. I haven't met that many teachers yet, the DADA teacher seems to like me, but the Potions Professor hates me.
Today wasn't very good. I got up late, then I had to rush and have a very small breakfast. Get ready super quickly, and then I couldn't find charms. I found the ghost of a girl in the bathroom, and she told me to get out. I was 20 minutes late to Potions and lost Gryffindor 10 points, and then a girl called me out for asking someone next to me how to work out a question.
The class laughed at me and I'm really really sorry, but I lost Gryffindor another 5 points. I didn't want to bother the teacher more than I already had! And I didn't know we couldn't talk, or that it was a quiz! When the Professor was about to go through the answers, I was about to start crying because I didn't know any, so I ran out and went back to my dorm. I'm currently with James on my bed, deciding whether to go to lunch and face everyone or not.
I miss you guys so much,
- Thea
My smile faded quickly as I read her letter, why aren't people liking her? I looked up from the letter to see Sirius and Tonks looking very confused. I slammed the letter on the table and sat down with a sigh. As we all finished reading the letter, everybody's mood had dampened drastically.
"That wasn't the letter I was expecting from her" We all nodded in agreement, "What can we do? We can't keep letting her struggle." Tonks nodded, "Maybe we can owl Minnie, ask her to can an eye on her?" Sirius suggested. "All we can do is hope that this is her worst day, and she won't have any repeats of it.
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(Present time)
T H E A
I spent a bit longer with James on my bed, before my stomach settled my internal argument. Warily, I got out of bed and made my way to the Great Hall. I tucked my hands away inside my jumper sleeves and bit my lip nervously. I sat down at the Gryffindor table and grabbed a chicken sandwich with some salad, never tomatoes though, they can die a bloody crimson death.
Worriedly, I looked up at the House points and shrunk back in my seat when I saw that Gryffindor was 3rd.
Slytherin - 109
Hufflepuff - 105
Gryffindor - 63
Ravenclaw- 47
Another first year saw me looking and pointed at me, "She's the reason Gryffindor are 3rd! She's stupid and can't even tell the time. My seven year old sister is way smarter than you!" I looked down at my food and my appetite vanished. "Cry baby cry! Crying with her cuddly toys in lesson time!"
What?
"Skipping lessons, doesn't care if it affects anyone else!" Another boy snapped. "Wants to get us all in trouble!"
"I heard that she has nightmares about her toys being taken away!"
My mouth gaped open in shock.
"I heard she can't read!"
That's not true!
"I heard she's a sad lonely orphan with no family!"
A tear finally escaped my eye at that.
"I heard-" A boy began,
"THATS ENOUGH"
A female voice hollered, my knees were upto my chest, and my hair covering my face.
"Twenty-five points from Gryffindor for Bullying" The whole room became silent. "And three weeks detention for all first year Gryffindors." The table gasped at the teacher's words. "If I hear of any more of this behavior, the consequences shall be far worse" I could feel the whole table's eyes on me. I couldn't bare it any longer so got up and left.
I left the castle and wondered outside. I decided to go to the quidditch pitch, but on my way there, somebody stopped me. A giant man with a bushy beard stood infront of me. My tear stained face must have been telling, "What ever has happened?" I just shook my head and took off running towards the Quidditch Pitch.
I sat down on the grass, admiring the colours of the stands and the pigment of the sky. Everything around me seemed so calm. Out of the corner of my eye, I spot a deer. It's standing at the entrance to the pitch, and it's brown head is tilted at me, almost as if it was confused at what I was doing.
I looked away from the deer, but within a few seconds, I heard it come up to me. I turned around and saw that it was sitting behind me. I reached my hand out to pet it, and the deer leant into my touch. I spent a while like that, just petting the deer, trying to calm myself down. "I'm going to name you Prongs, after Sirius and Remus' best friend. So, what do I do, Prongs? They all hate me.
Should I go to my lesson? Do you think of I can prove to them that I am smart and capable, maybe they will like me!" The deer seemed to nod, "Bye Prongs, see you soon! I've got myself to prove!"