Injured, of course

[Estrella Drage]

Estrella cursed as she trudged in through the hospital wing, having to endure stares as she clutched her face, her nose exploding in pain. She had to give Athene some credit; she threw a hard punch. Sticky red blood dripping over her fingers, she looked around for a Nurse, knowing that she would not be able to fix her nose herself. In any case, she couldn't tell them the truth; she had already decided that she would call it a fall down the stairs, no matter how embarrassing that would be. She knew she had provoked Athene, but she still considered her a venemous twit nonetheless.

Sitting down on one of the beds, she waited for attendance, her eyes flickering with a calm despite the feeling that her face had been shred to bits.

 

[Athene Perthro]

Athene, who was about a half a minute behind Drage, hadn't seen the older girl enter the hospital wing. Just as she flew through the door, her eyes widened at the site of Drage there. She had thought that the prefect would have gone to one of her older friends for help, or to a teacher that she knew well. She stopped in the doorway, debating whether to stay or to leave. But, she couldn't handle this any longer. She felt claustrophobic to the point of near suffocation. She was shaking, and breathing fast. She had tried, all the way there, to pull her tongue free. It had only intensified the uncomfortable feeling og Langlock. Tears stung at her eyes, but she blinked them away as she walked past Drage, trying to keep her calm. She didn't look at her once as she sat down on the bed next to her.

 

[Estrella Drage]

Estrella could only smirk as she observed Athene entering the hospital wing, wondering why she just hadn't gotten someone to cast Finite. Of course, the girl didn't really have friends, and if she had gone to a Professor she would have had to explain herself. Estrella knew that as a Prefect she would probably get out of any trouble, considering that Athene had thrown the punch. She was simply defending herself; even if she had to use Dark Magic to do so.

She looked to the Hospital Wing attendant as they approached, moving her bloody hand away from her nose to reveal the unnatural position her nose was in. Hopefully, Athene's blow wouldn't affect her appearance once the nurse was done. She gave the second year girl a sideways glance, feeling an ounce of pity for her. Granted, her words had not been very nice. She had not acted the way a Prefect should; in any case, she was nearly fifteen, whereas Athene was twelve or thirteen.

She waited as the Hospital wing attendant moved over to Athene, to see what was wrong with her.

 

[Athene Perthro]

Athene frowned hard as the Nurse approached, and cringed. How was she going to explain this? She opened her mouth, knowing how utterly ridiculous she must look, to show off her langlocked tongue to the nurse.

"Oh dear, the two of you are quite the mess. You weren't fighting were you?"</COLOR><COLOR color="magenta"> The nurse said with an anxious glance between the two. Athene turned her head to look at Drage, but quickly whipped it back, and said nothing. For indeed, she couldn't. "You'll be easy enough to fix, dear. Finite." The nurses wand hit Athene's lip, and suddenly the curse was lifted. Thankfully, Athene flexed her tongue and swallowed as the nurse proceeded to Drage.

She made to jump from the bed, but paused. 'Will Drage rat me out?' she panicked. 'What if I don't say anything. She can hardly want to get into trouble any more than I.' Sat back down, and swallowed again, anxious to hear what Drage had to say.

 

[Estrella Drage]

Estrella waited as she continued to hold her nose, and with a gentle hand the Nurse snapped her nose back into place, the blood dripping in only short spurts now. She of course did nothing when the nurse asked her if she had been fighting, hoping that her gleaming prefect's badge would be enough to dissuage suspicion. Her large brown eyes trailed slowly to Athene, unable to tell what the girl was thinking.

Why is she staying? she thought to herself, she's fixed. She raised her eyebrow in curiosity, but was dragged out of her thought when the nurse returned with a potion for her to drink.

Grimacing, she brought the foul smelling stuff to her lips, gagging all of the liquid down as her nose snapped back into perfect place, the tissue about it healing quickly. A dull pain remained, but it was a small price to pay for the healing.

"How'd you come about this?" the nurse inquired.

"I took a fall down the stairs," Estrella lied blatantly, "And I fell pretty hard." Not bringing herself to look at Athene, she rose as she thanked the nurse, and without another word she strolled quickly out of the hospital wing, a lot of thoughts welling in her mind.

 

[Athene Perthro]

Athene didn't blink at Drage's lie, but inside she was squirming with shock and curiosity. 'Why did she lie?'</COLOR><COLOR color="green"> thought Athene, her brow furrowing as Drage left. 'But of course. She wants me, in return, not to dob her in.'' Athene contemplated that for a moment, before she stood up, quite abruptly, and hurried after Drage.