PP5

“Then I insist you call me Draco,” Malfoy said gallantly, shaking his head sadly at Rigel, “For I do fear we have a long road ahead of us.“

## Summary

The next morning, Rigel and Pansy go for a walk and become friends. They take their breakfast with the others, during which they talk about their expectations of Rigel and her supposedly prankster attitude, that she denies. They go to Transfiguration, and Rigel understands immediately that the cat on the desk is Professor McGonagall, getting her questioned by the Professor and five points for her observation skills. The lesson—turning matches into needles—proceeds, and Rigel still can't do it. She drives her friends nuts with jokes, and Draco dramatically reacts, pushing Rigel to practice the incantation again. Exasperated, she wishes for something pointy to stab him in the eye, and her match becomes a perfect needle. McGonagall, who was just passing, congratulates her, and gives her ten points. Her friends try to understand how she did it. They come to the conclusion that they need to continue to bother her.

On their way to Herbology, Zabini comments on her exploit. In Herbology, Rigel learns the importance of the soil in which potion ingredients are grown, and develop an interest in the subject. After lunch, they have Flying, and Draco is excited at the prospect. They are with the Gryffindors. The lesson starts, and Rigel can't get her broom to get up, and Draco explains that it's the same as Wingardium Leviosa, but the broom channels the energy instead of the wand. Humoring Draco, she gets the broom to go in her hand. Rigel intends to not show that she is good on a broom, so that she's not asked to try for the House team. When they are about to fly, Neville goes before the end of the count, and can't get down. He falls. Rigel levitates him to the ground using her wand but no words, and once Neville is safe, she quickly stows her wand away. Madam Hooch gets Neville to the Hospital Wing. Everyone's attention is on Rigel. Ignoring them, she asks her friends if the place they take their sample of soil for Herbology is important. Ron dangerously approaches, and she stops him immediately by asking him to transfer her wish of good health. She introduces herself. Ron comes back to his senses and asks her why she stopped Neville from falling. Rigel gives him an "appropriate pureblooded answer" to meet his expectations. Draco makes a mean comment, and Ron immediately draws his wand and shoots a jelly-brain jinx, but it's Rigel who takes it, pushing Draco. After speaking nonsense for a while, she comes back to her. During the evening, they work on their Herbology assignment, but in reality, Rigel was thinking about Potions.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Pansy Parkinson
* Draco Malfoy
* Tracey Davis
* Daphne Greengrass
* Blaise Zabini
* Theodore Nott
* Minerva McGonagall
* Neville Longbottom
* Rolanda Hooch
* Ron Weasley

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* First floor
* The Great Hall
* Transfiguration classroom
* Greenhouse
* Flying lessons

## Differences

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* Minor grammar adjustments