#chibigo_ma

"Yeah, I am. I apologize. Are you late too, Misaki-senpai?" Juno asked as Misaki texted Shiela once again that Juno was with her. "Not really. I come in and out of the clubroom as I have two clubs to deal with," she shared. "Woah, really? You must be very busy then. It's still remarkable as you're still the assistant head," Juno had great admiration for the human as she clung to her.

"Assistant director, but still the same," Misaki corrected as she opened the door. "Sorry, I'm late!" Juno announces her arrival while still holding onto Misaki. Misaki raised an eyebrow as she noticed how tense the room was until they came in the room. The majority of the members went up to the two.

"Come on, Juno! You're supposed to text Sheila-senpai when you're late," Els informed the first-year. "She was carrying a sloth to the restroom, so her hands were occupied. It was very kind of you, Juno," Misaki acknowledges Juno's willingness. "Why, thank you, Misaki-senpai!" Juno was happy with Misaki's compliment. 

"I've also made sure that Shiela got the memo and to not get you in trouble, so no need to worry," Misaki shared as everyone was wow-ed by Misaki's consideration. "But it doesn't excuse me for being late, so I want to clean the training hall after school. Sorry, Louis-senpai," Juno apologized as she bowed. 

"Oh, Legoshi-senpai!" Juno called out to the gray wolf. "I saw the dinosaur in the plaza. It was really pretty. The stage crew is doing their best, so we actors are going to do our best with our dancing practice. We're very inspired!" Juno smiled widely and only had her eyes on him. "...Mm, good, good," Legoshi doesn't seem affected by Juno's comment. 

"Yeah, you guys did great. Seeing as it's also my first time seeing it, I'm proud of each one of you. I'll be sure to take pictures of all of them when they're finished," Misaki smirked and showed that her lock screen was now the T-Rex Statue they painted, making sure she looked everyone in the eye. 

"Aww, Misaki!" Dom looked flattered. "I'm happy it exceeded your expectations!" Kibi smiled as everyone in the creatives team was appreciative of Misaki's honest remark. "Ah, speaking of, Misaki," Shiela walked up to the human and dragged her towards Louis. "We have some sudden news to share with you," she shared as Louis glared at the cheetah due to her comment before. 

"Yes, Sanu suggested that you'll be our main dancer," Louis mentioned and Misaki was shocked. "What!? What do you mean? I'll be at the front?" Misaki covered her mouth with her hand. "One of our dancers won't be available for the festival and you know the dances well. So, they made Juno be back up and you in the center since you know the dance very well," he shared.

"There's only two days left though," she looked worried. "You'll do fine, you the entire dance anyway," Louis was confident. "Did... did Tarok tell you that I'll be revealed too? Is that why you weren't opposed to it?" Misaki asked. 

"Yes, he did tell me. I asked his permission for the dance and he's fine with it. You won't be wearing that get-up anymore," Louis smirked and Misaki sighed. "Fine, fine. I'll do it. I'll text Haru that I have a big role here so they won't have to worry about my whereabouts," Misaki shared as she went to grab her phone to text her. 

"We'll do a quick fitting with you. I'm sure they'll just readjust one of the existing outfits," Louis told her as Misaki was ready to walk away. "I'll let Legoshi know," Louis smirked upon seeing Misaki frozen in place. He chuckled and patted her back and walked away from her to talk to Legoshi. She quickly ran to the changing room and walked out wearing her PE Uniform. 

"Woah, you do have fur in your legs," Juno wondered as she gave a close inspection of Misaki's legs. "They're called Hair for humans. Despite it being short and thin, they make sure they regulate our body temperature and keep dirt away such as my lashes here," Misaki pointed her eyes to let Juno get a closer look. 

"Woah, they're so tiny," Juno giggled. As everyone was talking to Misaki and was excited to see her fully perform on stage, Legoshi kept his eyes only on her. He looked up and down her figure as he felt aroused by her appearance. 

"Stop eye fucking, my sister." Legoshi snapped out of it and shrank away as Louis glared at him. Louis was most annoyed upon seeing Legoshi's wagging tail when Misaki came into the room. "Sister?" Legoshi questioned. "She's like a sister to me, so don't go hurting her," Louis crossed his arms as it would seem that he was finally open for Misaki to be together with Legoshi. 

"So whatever happened before they came in was a misunderstanding on your part," Louis pointed out. "You got the tape measure ready?" Louis asked. 

"Oh, yeah, I do," Legoshi went to pull it out, "Fix your problem first," Louis interrupted and he walked away. "Problem?" Legoshi questioned. He looked down to see a tent in his pants. He panics and quickly runs to the restroom. He could not believe he just had a hard-on. It embarrassed him more to notice his tail wagging faster than ever. He really wants to disappear.

"Dracy, Dracy, is it true?" The trio heard the obnoxious voice of Pansy behind them. "About what?" Draco asked confusingly as Pansy's grin grew wider. "That your sister fainted on the train because of a dementor?" Pansy's friends started to mock fainting, which ticks Draco off. "Like she actually fainted and passed out?" Pansy asked again.

"You think I know? Instead of asking me, why not Potter? Right, Potter?" Draco smirked at Harry, lying about the fact that he wasn't there when Charlotte passed out. "Like is it true? You also fainted?" Now, it was Draco's goons that started to mock faint. "Shove off, Malfoy," Ron retorts and the trio stopped looking at the Slytherin table.

"Charlotte passed out too, huh," Harry muttered and he started to get worried. "She'll be alright, Harry. She's with Madam Pomfrey and Professor Lupin. He knows what he's doing," Hermione tried to reassure Harry and it did a bit. "I'm delighted to announce that his place will be taken by none other than our own Rubeus Hagrid," the hall, including the trio and mostly the Gryffindor table, applaud for their giant friend.

Suddenly, the doors to the great hall opened and everyone looked over to see Professor Lupin, Madam Pomfrey, and Charlotte Malfoy coming in. "Thank you so very much again, Professor Lupin, Poppy," Charlotte thanked them. "Go back to your table and be careful, Ms. Malfoy. Don't forget to eat the chocolate," Professor Lupin patted her shoulder as the two adults walked over to the teacher's table; Charlotte went over to the Hufflepuff table.

"Everyone, give it up for Professor Lupin," everyone clapped as Harry watched Charlotte walk back to her usual seat. "Did you know Charlotte conjured the Patronus Charm?" The trio heard one of the six-year mutters. "For real? Isn't that a hard spell?" One of them asked. "It is but she did that with just one try. It took me years for me to get it right," the one who informed them complained as the trio looked at one another.

Harry looks over at Charlotte to see her nibbling the chocolate Professor Lupin gave her. "On a more disquieting note, at the request of the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban until such time as Sirius Black is captured," Harry snapped out of it and looked over at Dumbledore again.

"The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. Now whilst I've been assured that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities, a word of caution. Dementors are vicious creatures. They will not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore, I must each and every one of you give them no reason to harm you. It is nature of a dementor to be forgiving, but you know, happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one remembers to turn on the light," Dumbledore finished and the food appeared in front of them.

After all of them finished eating, Harry sprung up and quickly went over to Charlotte. "Harry!" Hermione exclaimed but he was long gone to the Hufflepuff table. "She has him wrapped around her finger since we were first-years and she doesn't even know it yet," Ron commented as the two stood up. "She'll know eventually," Hermione commented back as they sat near the door to wait for Harry.

"Charlotte," Charlotte looked up and looked over to see Harry. "Oh, hello, Harry! I heard you fainted at the train as well, you doing alright?" She asked and Harry smiled at her. "I should be asking you the same thing," he watched her giggle. "Well, I'm doing alright now. Professor Lupin gave me chocolate to ease the woozy feeling. That spell I've done took a lot on me," she giggled once more.

"I can accompany you back to your dorms?" He asked nervously. "No need to do that for me! I'll be alright," she nervously smiled at Harry and grabbed his robe sleeves. "How about this, you can accompany me until we split ways. We do need to catch up. Is that alright for you?" She asked.

"Y-yeah, that's alright," he smiled back and the two walked over to the doors, which made Ron and Hermione stood up upon seeing the two. "Hello, Charlotte!" Hermione greeted as Ron waved at her. "Hello, Hermione! Hello, Ron! What a night it has been, huh?" Charlotte rubbed her neck and all four of them walked out of the great hall.

"Yeah, it was. You doing alright though?" Ron asked. "Yeah, I'm perfectly fine. Before that dementor kissed me, Draco snapped me out of it and I conjured the Patronus spell at it," she replied. "With a full Patronus?" Ron asked in shock, which left the other two confused. "And Mal—6b  um, Draco was there?" Harry asked.

"I used to be able to produce a full Patronus, but now it's just gone. It's getting harder and harder to conjure it now that I don't have many happy memories left," she rubbed her neck once more.

"And about Draco, he was walking over to my compartment when I went to check what was going on. Then all of a sudden, a dementor came and the rest happened," she was still holding onto Harry's sleeve, so he grabbed her hand instead. Charlotte was shocked at first but lets him hold her hand.

"Did you hear a scream before you passed out?" Harry asked which made Charlotte look at him next. "No, but I think that scream was your mother's," she replied and making Harry confused.

"Dementors make us recall our worst memories. You mentioned you heard a scream, so it's most probably your mother screaming during that night when your parents... you know," she didn't mention the last part. She didn't want to because she didn't want to hurt Harry's feelings.

"I get it now, thank you, Charlotte," Harry smiled at her. "You're like Hermione, but with magical creatures," Ron commented which made Hermione scoff and slap Ron's shoulder.

"We're all like Hermione. We just show how smart we are in different ways," Charlotte commented as they were close to the basement. "I agree," Hermione nodded and Charlotte waved goodbye as all of them split ways. "You should take care of her, Harry," Ron slapped Harry's back as Harry's face turned red.

"Can you stop the teasing?" Harry asked in embarrassment as the two laughed. "Come on, Harry. Get closer to her, get to know her. We won't know if someone is going to steal her away from you," Hermione mentioned and it made Harry stiffen.

She's right. Someone might have the same feelings Harry is feeling toward Charlotte. His heart sank at the thought of that. He was tenacious to get closer to her now. "You two sure know how to get on my nerves," Harry commented, which made the two laugh. After that, the trio went back to their dorms while Charlotte was walking to the basement alone.

"Hey, you alright?" Charlotte looked beside her to see Rolf Scamander, a fifth-year student in her house. "I'm doing alright. Thank you for asking," she moved away a bit as they went downstairs to the basement.

"I'm Rolf," he introduced himself as Charlotte nodded at his introduction, not looking over at him. "I know. You're the grandson of Newt Scamander and the son of Thomas Scamander," Charlotte mentioned as Rolf raised an eyebrow.

"Um, alright, you already know me, um," he scratched his neck as they were in front of stacks of barrels. She tapped the barrel two from the bottom and middle of the second row in the rhythm of Helga Hufflepuff, and a sloping earthy passage appeared as the lid of the barrel opens.

She crouched down and crawled inside the big barrel as Rolf follows her. "Well, this is awkward," he looked down to not look at Charlotte's bottom as she finally got out of the big sloping barrel and Rolf got out as well.

"Well, what are your interests?" He asked as they walked over to the round wooden door. "Magical Creatures," she replied as she opened the door.

Upon entering, the immediate focus was the greenery and pottery around the common room. The fireplace and the painting of Helga Hufflepuff are paralleled with the door while there were chairs and a table on one side of the fireplace.

A three-seater couch was in front of a coffee table that was a meter away from the fireplace. Single-seater couches were at either end of the couch and there were beanbags and throw pillows on the other side of the fireplaces. The color scheme of the room stayed loyal to the yellow and black colors.

People would describe it as a badger's den, but for Charlotte, it was home.