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[h1][color=MediumSlateBlue]Melanie Ariana Stryder[/color][/h1]

Melanie raised an eyebrow as she glanced across in Megan and Alyssa's direction again. [color=MediumSlateBlue]"And why should you take it any less seriously than any other class?"[/color] the Slytherin pointed out smoothly as she tipped the final ingredient into her cauldron and stirred it in. [color=MediumSlateBlue]"I'm sure you wouldn't be saying that if you ended up in the hospital wing and needed a bone regrowth potion after you crashed off a broomstick or something."[/color] it was a very poorly directed quip at the Ravenclaw girl because Melanie herself could hardly do better on a broomstick, in fact she'd crashed more times than she could count and she made a point of avoiding them like the plague. But she could hardly think of a better insult and it had come out before she could stop herself or re-think what she'd said.

Feeling rather flustered, she turned her back to Megan and began to focus intensely on the finishing touches to her brew, glancing down as out of the corner of her eye she caught Kindle's head poking out of the edge of her pocket, the rust red snake eyeing up the sickly rats in the cage on the desk hungrily. Rolling her eyes, Melanie dropped her voice to a whisper in the hopes she could pass it off as muttering inaudibly to herself if any of the nearby students heard, and slipped into the serpentine dialect to mutter at her pet.
[color=MediumSlateBlue]"I wouldn't do that if I were you..."[/color] she raised an eyebrow in response as the snake huffed something quietly back at her in response. [color=MediumSlateBlue]"Do they [i]look[/i] safe to eat to you?"[/color] she retorted, quickly raising her gaze back to the Professor at the front of the classroom and shooting her hand into the air. [color=MediumSlateBlue]"Um, Professor Cunningham I think I'm done."[/color]