Kai Romanoff

7

Kai and Harry sat next to each other in Defense Against the Dark Arts and talked about their up coming charms quiz. The door opened then slammed shut. Snape walked to the front of the class using magic to close all the windows on his way.

" Turn to page 394." He told them.
" Uh sir where is Professor Lupin?" Harry asked as Snape walked past him.
" It's not really your concern Potter. But Professor Lupin is feeling under the weather so I'll be teaching today. Now turn to page 394." Snape told him as he walked to the projector in the back.
" Werewolves?" Ron shrieked.
" But sir we aren't suppose to start on nocturnal animals for weeks." Hermione told him.

" Quite. Now can anyone tell me the difference between an anigmagus and a werewolf?" Snape asked.
Hermione raised her hand.
" No one? How disappointing." Snape said.
" Please sir. An anigmagus is a wizard that elects to be an animal. A werewolf has no choice, every full moon he turns into one and can't remember himself as a man. He'd kill his best friend in this form. Furthermore the werewolf can only be drawn off by a call of another werewolf." Hermione explained.

Then Draco howled like a wolf.
" Amusing Malfoy. Miss Granger this is the second time you've spoken out of term. Can you not listen or do you pride yourself on being an insufferable know it all? Five points from Gryffindor." Snape said.
" Sorry sir I'm not sure that's fair. No-correction I know that's not fair. You asked, a question she answered it." Kai spoke up.
" I did not call on her to answer my question." Snape replied.

" Well obviously no one else knew the answer. And let's not shit yourselves you saw her hand up. It doesn't make any sense to punish her for knowing an answer that you expected all of us to know." Kai told him.
" Miss Romanoff, you seem awfully worried about other houses when you should be focused on your house." Snape told her.
" Hermione is my friend, and honestly I couldn't care less which house I'm in, if I see an old man using his power over a young girl I am going to stand up and say something." Kai told him.

" Well it's landed you in detention for the rest of the month. Now I want two rolls of parchment on werewolves and how to identify them by tomorrow." Snape said.
" But sir, it's quidditch tomorrow." Harry said.
" Then you better get it done quickly. Page 394." Snape said before he started talking again.

After class the Harry, Ron, Hermione and Kai walked to the library to start on their essay.
" Hey Kai-can I talk to you for a minute?" Hermione asked before they walked into the library.
" Sure. Go grab us a table." Kai told the boys.
They nodded and walked into the library. Kai turned back to Hermione.
" So what's up?" Kai asked.
" Uh thank you for standing up for me. No-no one has ever done that for me before." Hermione said.

" Well that's about to change. I'll always stick up for you. You let me join your friend group and we're nice to the new weird girl and I appreciate that. Plus what I said in there was true I'm always going to stand up if I see something I don't like." Kai told her.
" Your very strong willed." Hermione said.
" I have to be, in my life." Kai nodded.
" I'm just sorry you got detention over me." Hermione apologized.

" Dont be sorry, I was going to get detention because of my mouth sooner or later." Kai shrugged.
Hermione laughed and Kai smiled.
" Shall we write this absolute bullshit of an essay?" Kai asked.
" Sure." Hermione nodded still smiling.
Kai nodded and starting walking into the library, Hermione following.

Hermione didn't know how it would be having another girl in the group. But it turns out it was the best thing that could have happened.

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The next night Kai was in detention. Which was killing her, because Harry was in the hospital wing after his fall in the quidditch game. She wanted to be with him, but she was stuck here.
" Professor please I'll do detention an extra day. Just please let me go tonight." Kai pleaded.
" Miss Romanoff, do you think I want to be here? You acted out in my class now we're both here." Lupin told her from his desk.

" Did you ever get detention in school Professor?" Kai asked.
" Your suppose to be doing homework." Lupin told her.
" I'm already done." Kai told him.
Lupin raised a skeptical eyebrow at her. Kai grabbed her work and walked to his desk. She placed it on his desk, he looked over it.
" Very good Kai. All correct as well. I'm impressed." Lupin nodded.

" I know I'm pretty impressive. Any ways back to my question." Kai said pulling a chair to a nearby desk and pulling it up to Lupins desk.
" Well I guess since your done. I did get detention quite a bit back in my Hogwarts days." He told her.
" Really for what?" Kai asked.
" My friends. They loved to pull pranks." Lupin told her.
" So they were like Fred and George." Kai said.
" Probably worse then them." Lupin told her a fond smile starting to form on his face.

" Sounds like you had fun." Kai said.
" Yes, well what about you. As I've heard it, you got in trouble for your friends as well." Lupin turned the focus on her.
" Snape was being a total asshat to Hermione for no reason. She just answered a question that he asked. And she got in trouble, it was the biggest load of horse shit I'd ever seen-pardon my French sir- but it was. So I stood up for her and to him. Like someone needs to knock him off that high horse of his." Kai ranted.

" I understand your frustrations Kai. But you cannot talk that way to your professor." Lupin told her.
" And he shouldn't talk that way to a student. Titles don't matter, we're all people and we all deserve to be treated with decency." Kai retorted.
Remus stared at the girl in amazement. She was so wise for her young age.
" That I cannot argue with. The hospital wing closes in an hour, if you leave now you'll be able to spend the next forty five minutes with Harry. I'll see you tomorrow Miss Romanoff, in class and after." Lupin told her.

" Thank you Professor." Kai smiled and jumped up.
" Goodbye Kai." Lupin waved.
Kai waved and rushed out of the room.