March 2, 1888 — An Unused Classroom

It was already curfew for most students and Kitty was certainly thought that she was done for the day as well if it weren’t for her duties. She was usually enthusiastic during her duties but the lack of energy and sleep explained her moodiness throughout the day. It was a miracle that she managed to survive the day with only a few hours of sleep after she had done late night memorization of terms for Transfiguration after forgetting about it.

Noise came from one of the classrooms that should be unused by now. She always thought that these rule breakers should just use their time to do something more useful than pranking another student or making things explode. With a loud sigh, she opened the door slowly, ready to scold whoever were breaking the rules to only find the room empty and dark. Taking her wand form her pocket, she quietly cast Lumos and cautiously entered the room to inspect it. It might have just been the rodents or her hearing things from the lack of sleep. She was too busy looking for the source of the noise ealier that she hadn’t noticed someone else had entered the room.

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Handsome Whitledge

  

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One of the good things about being Head Boy was he pretty much had an excuse to be in most places that students could find their way into. Abandoned corridor? He heard a noises and went to make sure no one was out of bounds. Abandoned classrooms? The door was open when it shouldn't have been. Not that he ever really liked to break the rules—he definitely was not like Caliban or anything.

Sometimes, though, the most entertaining thing to do was to fuck with the other prefects. Maddie was the easiest—she never got pissed at him, and she enjoyed when he joined her unexpectedly—but some of the others were fun, like how he could make Miss Woodcroft think he was with MacFusty so she'd turn all red. Today, though, he was following Miss Midford.

While keeping a healthy distance from her down the hall, making noises every now and then so she'd have to look around, she'd disappeared into one of the classrooms. With a cocked brow, she'd emerged from the shadows and followed her in, genuinely curious as to what had caught her attention.

After peeking around the door corner, he followed her into the room, his footsteps quietly announcing his arrival. "What are you doing in here, Miss Midford?" he asked, lighting his own wand.

  

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She gasped, dropping her wand as well. Her eyes were wide open and she looked as if she had been caught in doing an illegal act. She faced her male counterpart but avoided eye contact. “You almost gave me a heart attack, Mr. Whitledge.” She said as her heart raced. She didn’t really do well in the dark and being surprised.

“I..umm uhh” She fumbled to find an answer to his question, at first. Why was she getting all flustered in front of Whitledge anyway? “I heard something in here or at least I thought there was,” She managed to reply after a moment.

Maybe, it really was just her imagination. The sudden shock that Mr. Whitledge unintentionally gave woke her up from her sleepy state. She was still highly suspicious of the room but it was probably due to its contents rather than a hiding student.

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Handsome let out a soft chuckle. "A heart attack, eh? Getting into trouble that I should—" He stopped immediately, noticing something in the corner that seemed to be moving. His expression fell, and he moved closer to the Head Girl. "It does seem that there's something over there." And, with the glimpse he got, it didn't look human.

  

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Katherine picked up her wand from the floor and light it up. “Scared?” She asked teasingly as she thought the head boy was messing with her but noticed the change on his mood. He did use something instead of someone which alarmed her. But it could just be a shadow of someone’s pet.

“Let us take a look then,” With a tense shoulder, she slowly pointed her wand towards the corner and saw a black blob – which quickly shifted its form to her mother, bloody and furious. “..Mama?” she uttered shakily.

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Handsome let out an arrogant scoff; he wasn't scared of the dark, and he certainly wasn't scared of a little blob... at least until its form came into the light. He didn't recognize what it was, only noting that Miss Midford seemed to recognize the woman. A boggart, he thought as a shiver ran up his spine. It had to be.

"That's not your Mama, Miss Midford," he hissed, instinctively reaching out to tug the head girl back towards him. She didn't need to get it in her mind that this was real; boggarts fed off fear. "It's a boggart. Use the spell we were taught," he continued quietly, trying to keep his own eyes off the thing.

  

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She was shaking and her face was completely drained of color as she stared back at Mrs Midford.  For a moment she thought that her mama had returned from the dead to take her, technically she is one of the reasons why the woman had to die. It was ironic that even until her death, the woman was still as fearsome in her mind.

Thankfully, Handsome was able to snap her back into reality. He really was…helpful. His presence calmed her enough to remember the spell. She spared him a glance then aimed her wand at the shapeshifter ready to finish it off. However, ‘Mrs Midford’ shouting “USELESS!” had distracted her. “Riddikulus” she cast but she missed her target completely.

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When it became apparent that Miss Midford was incapable of targeting the boggart, Handsome slid his hand out in front of her in a protective manner and nudged her backwards. The boggart apparently noticed his sudden shift, as it spun until it fully shifted into another form (or rather, forms): Darling, Honey, Pumpkin, Cupcake, and now Maddie, standing beside his twin, shouting what he thought were insults. The sheer volume was enough to overwhelm him, and he found himself shakily holding up his own wand. This may have been the only time having Sweetie there would have been a good thing; he would have been annoyed enough to simply cast the spell out of spite.

  

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While she avoided looking at the boggart now, she had a good look at it when it began to morph into the fears of Mr Whitledge – his sisters and one of their friends. Kitty was aware that Madeleine and Mr Whitledge were close but she never expected that the hufflepuff was special to him. If she wasn’t so scared to face her dead mother once again, she might have the guts to tease the head boy.

Being behind him had calmed her enough that she tried to mimic the encouragement that he used on her earlier. “They’re not real, the real ones would never say those things at you. You have your wand, use it.”

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He was not scared, he was about to insist, but a sudden loud insult coming from the boggart-Cupcake made him jump. There was nothing inherently scary about his family, but the insinuation that he'd fucked up enough to have the whole lot, including Maddie— Oh shit, Miss Midford could see Maddie! His eyes wide, Handsome suddenly found the strength to hold up his wand and cast the appropriate spell.

After the boggart fled, Handsome stood awkwardly for a moment, trying to figure what was the appropriate explanation to give Miss Midford. He couldn't quite say "yeah, I've been snogging Miss Backus in the broom closets every afternoon for the entire year", but he couldn't allow her to come to her own conclusions!

  

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Finally! It was over. She could feel a relief wash over her. They could finally return to their duties and get out of the dark classroom that would likely not enter again. But before that...

“So… ” Katherine began teasingly. “Care to explain?” Not that she needed explanation. It was obvious that Mister Whitledge thought of Miss Backus as someone special. Heck, she swore that the Head boy’s boggart had one of his sisters missing and was replaced with the blonde hufflepuff.

The thought of a secret and scandalous romance blossoming between her two friends made her squeal inside.

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Handsome's cheeks flared red as Miss Midford immediately jumped on the single topic he'd hoped she'd be kind enough to avoid, but alas. Conflicted, he began shaking firmly shaking his head at the same moment as he opened his mouth to give an explanation. But what could he say? Despite his friendship with Miss Midford, they weren't close, and he quite honestly had little clue how prone to gossiping she was.

"'S not a big deal, okay," he replied in a muffled voice, his gaze moving towards the ground. "I'm- We're not-" Well shit, there really wasn't a good way to put this, was there? "Just don't mention that to her — or to anyone, really," he finally managed, his gaze rising to give her a pleading expression.

  

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Katherine never thought that seeing Mister Whitledge flustered would be fun. “Of course, my lips are sealed.”  Even if he hadn’t asked her to keep his feelings a secret, she wasn’t going to gossip about it. The only thing Mister Whitledge had to worry was letting her see himself with the presence of Miss Backus because no way will she let the chance to tease the two slip by her.

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