PP4

"What?"
"No!"
"Then stop badgering me."

## Summary

Draco follows Rigel to Charms. They discuss classes and Rigel says she's not looking forward to any, except Potions. In the classroom, they sit next to Pansy and speaks about being in the Slytherin House. During Charms, they learn the Levitation Charm, but Rigel can't get her feather off her desk, to the deception of Pansy and Draco, who send her meaningful looks during History of Magic. During lunch, Draco asks Pucey how long it took him to levitate his feather, and he answers that it took him the whole period (but that he got it), so Pansy and Draco get upset. They speak about her wand, supposing that it is not good. Then, they understand that she didn't try hard *mentally*, and tell her that intent is crucial. Rigel finds this silly. During Defence Against the Dark Arts, Pansy and Draco pester her to succeed in doing the Lumos Spell. She can't do it, but, as with the Levitation Charm, she committed the wand movement to muscle memory. After classes, having done their homework for History, they pester her again about her magic, saying she is like a muggle. Rigel finds magic quite pointless, she only wants to learn Potions.

After dinner, she writes a letter to Sirius using a dicto-quill because she doesn't know a handwriting charm. In it, she tells him that she got sorted into Slytherin and about her classes, without mentioning something incriminating like her magic to keep him from coming to the school. Seeing that Draco also wrote a letter, she looks on her Map — without being seen — the fastest route to the Owlery. On her way to leave the room, she is stopped by Draco, who tags along against her wish. Draco follows her on her way to the Owlery but stops them when she goes in the direction of the West stairway, saying that they don't know the castle enough to take side-routes, but she ignores his concerns and continues on her way until they make it to the Owlery. They each send their letters. Draco looking cold, Rigel gives him her scarf and gloves. They walk back to the common room, and Draco gives back the scarf and gloves. Rigel takes her shoes off to lay on her bed, on top of the covers, and is called out by Theo for sleeping in her clothes. She doesn't explain why to them, but she does it out of paranoia, so they don't think it strange that she changes every time in the bathroom and in the case that there is an emergency, or that she is attacked.

Draco stares while Rigel sleeps. He wonders that she got lost the morning but knew perfectly her way to the Owlery, and that she doesn't act much like the son of Sirius Black. He heard her dictating her letter, and he is surprised about the lies in it. Draco decides to keep a close watch on her.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Draco Malfoy
* Rigel Black
* Pansy Parkinson
* Filius Flitwick
* Adrian Pucey
* Theodore Nott

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* Charms classroom
* History of Magic classroom
* Great Hall
* Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom
* Slytherin common room
* Entrance Hall
* Corridor on the fourth floor.
* Owlery

## Trivia

According to the author note, here is the Slytherin First Year schedule:

Monday: Charms, HoM, Lunch, DADA

Tuesday: Transfiguration, Herbology, Lunch, Flying

Wednesday: Charms, HoM, Lunch, DADA, Astronomy

Thursday: (no first period because up late for Astronomy) Potions (theory), Lunch, Transfiguration

Friday: Double Potions (practical), Lunch, Herbology

## References

1. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 4 Author's Notes

## Differences

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* Minor grammar adjustments