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~Do not call me Professor, Sir, Teacher, anything but Austin. I'm not old.
~If you aren't a good flier, you will become one, like it or not.
~I don't take crap from anyone. I'm not prejudice, I hate everyone equally.
~Do not take off the ground until I tell you that you can.
~No reason for spells here. I see you doing spells, I snap your wand in half.

~OPEN, GET YOUR BUTT IN HERE.~

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Lucas rushed over to Fionna. He couldn't help but grin a little bit.
"Richard is so screwed." He said confidently. With Rhiannon and Austin hating his guts, there was no way, no way he could get away with any of the crap he pulled.
"Anyways, Richard has to partner up with Al, right? So he doesn't break her heart yet? Come on." He grasped Fionna's hand, but his touch was much gentler than Richard's.
He smiled at her warmly.
"Partner." He winked and smirked at Richard. Let's see that jerk try to get his hands on Fionna....now...
but what he did see didn't make him any happier.
Richard had indeed partnered up with Al. Lucas looked away and kept walking with Fionna, doing his best to ignore the disgusting kid.



Richard didn't take crap from anyone, but he had no choice but to take it from a Professor. Still...this made him wonder. No wonder Austin had quit, he was earning more money here, doing better for himself. He flushed a little bit when Austin called him a little brat and he bit his bottom lip. HOW DARE HE? That was embarrassing, and right in front of his girlfriends, dammit. He didn't seem as confident anymore, but he quickly gathered himself.

He couldn't partner up with Fionna because Al was here, and Al would wonder why on earth Fionna wasn't with Lucas and...well it'd be messy. So, when he thought no one was looking, but Lucas was glaring, him completely unawares, He walked up to Al, slid his arm around her waist and down into the back of her pants a little bit.
"Partner?" He whispered, giving her ear a bit of a kiss.

She gave a bit of a nervous nod. They both were excellent fliers, she played on the Quidditch team, he knew plenty about brooms. He'd show Fionna how much better he was than Lucas, just you wait, Fi...


I DON'T WANT AN UGLY SCAR ACROSS MY FOREHEAD, THANKS.
NEVER GO TO BED ANGRY. STAY UP AND PLOT REVENGE.
REAL FRIENDS WILL HELP YOU INCENDIO THE BODIES.
VIOLENCE ISN'T THE ANSWER, BUT IT'S AN ANSWER.
MEAN AND FUNNY IS STILL TECHNICALLY FUNNY.
BECAUSE AMBITION IS EVERYTHING.

Al nodded a bit nervously at Richard, fiddling with her shining necklace again. He'd never seen her fly before, and his father was a famous broomstick company owner. Hopefully she wouldn't disspoint. She felt his warm hand slide into her pants a little bit and she flushed. She didn't want to create a fuss, and it was just a bit of a squeeze. When he took his hand out, she held it for a moment before getting on a broom and doing some laps with him, smiling and blushing.

She didn't like the idea of Austin being a teacher, he didn't seem very fair considering what he'd said to Richard. Richard had every right to go and make deamnds of Austin if Austin was a bad worker...but Austin didn't seem nearly as horrible as Rhiannon did. It was a bit curious to her, she had no clue about what was happening. All she knew was that she had fallen hard for Richard, and she hoped he'd catch her sooner or later, or she'd crash.









Rhiannon's heart was hammering against her chest. When everyone partnered up she ran up to Austin and gave him a huge hug.
"Hiya, Austin. So...so this is your new job? Not a bad gig." She said, elbowing him lightly in the chest. He smiled and gave her a small peck on the cheek.
"I know you can't be prejudice, but what's say we partner up? Everyone else here hates me or is a complete asswipe."
She got on a broom and soared around the field with Austin, as far away from Richard, Al, Lucas, and Fionna as they could be.

But Rhiannon flashed a small smile Lucas's way, even though she wasn't sure he caught it. He kept his end of the deal. He got Austin a better job that allowed Rhiannon to see him more than she could've dreamed. So, she hated owing people anything. She'd now keep up her end of the deal and knock Richard off his pedastal. She thought about careening into him now, but he was too good a flier when she was only average, because Austin, who knew a lot, had taught her.
She thought about duelling her, like she did Fionna, but she'd need to be sneaky.
She'd need to be super stealthy, extra careful, so no one could really prove it was her. It would be obvious it was her, but if they couldn't prove it, she wouldn't get in trouble. And it needed to be life-threatening. Word travelled, she knew a lot more about how cruel Richard could be than people thought. She'd just have to be worse.
So as she flew high into the sky and looked over the grounds, smiling down at Austin's face, it came to her. She saw it's branches swaying in the breeze, she saw the great ancient tree flailing, shaking off the last of it's leaves. It could fight her battle for her.
The whomping willow.

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Lucas looked from behind Fionna's back at the people flying. Al and Richard were a bit close...Austin and Rhiannon were grinning wickedly and talking, making snide remarks. He looked away and decided to just focus on Fionna. He knew this wasn't over, it wouldn't be until Rhiannon did her part. Lucas had no idea what she would do, but could only hope it would be soon. He wanted Fionna back today, now! He couldn't stand seeing her near Richard, or knowing that she was going to be back in his arms the second Al was out of sight.

He put on a burst of speed and flew next to her. He smiled, then frowned a bit. She had a small hickey on her neck, and Lucas knew it wasn't from him. He looked down and took a deep breath. He couldn't lost it and go attack that jerk like he wanted to...but he seriously wanted to.
He looked at Fionna again and now saw a bit of a topaz glinting on her neck. So she was happier. Well, that counted for something. He didn't kiss her on the cheek like he wanted to, she was probably kissed plenty yesterday. He just flew beside her and didn't really speak. There wasn't much of a need for words. He glanced back at Rhiannon every now and again, but didn't once catch her looking at him. For a split second, he thought he saw her smile, but it didn't make her any less ugly, gruesome, so he couldn't be sure. Still, she seemed happier, if at all possible, now that she was with Austin.
Rhi was a lot of things, but not a liar. He silently prayed she'd kick Richard's butt right now and here, but she didn't. At least Fionna knew the plan was in motion, she knew something was going to be done.
Wait just a bit longer, Fionna...I swear I'll get you out of this... Lucas thought desperately.

"Okay, first, don't call me sir, Professor, teacher, none of that, kay?" Austin said, gliding down. He winked out of the corner of his eyes and waved to Rhi who kept flying on her own.
"I'm not that old. It's just Austin. For now, we're doing laps around the field, learning some tricks. It's my first day here and out first lesson, so we aren't doing any moves yet. If you're new at flying, just try and get a few feet off the ground. Here ya go."

He handed her a good broomstick and taught her how to actually sit on it properly. She was obviously an inexperienced flier. Ah, well.
"I don't give essays for homework, none of that will teach you how to fly properly. But if you're not a good flier, you can do the essays and that type of stuff will bring your grade up. Just don't be late again, if you're lost, it's easy enough to find us, we're just outside. Not too hard to find."

He didn't speak in a cold tone, he wasn't sharp with her, he was pretty easy-going. But really, he just needed this job right now, he wanted to be around Rhi, he needed all this money since really, his 'family name' as well as Rhi's had been smeared through the mud by their death-eater parents. So he had to repair it somewhat. Oh, well. He still had that kinda swagger-ish smug look, but it wasn't as bad as Richard's, and not nearly as bad as Rhiannon's. It couldn't be, or he'd get fired. The Headmaster rammed it into his head she wasn't about to stand for prejudice.

I can tell by the way you
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'Cause your jeans too tight and your hair ain't right,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxwell we all have some of those days

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try to hit your reset,
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Put your hands in the air now,
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don't be goin' M I A








" The professor had explained everything to her, which, well, was very frightening. But, she sighed internally with relief to hear that she could bring her grade up to a good level with essays and such. Kierra was a very inexperienced flier, so she would need all the help she could get with those essays. "Sorry, pro-... ehhh. Sorry, Austeen?" she said with her french accent. those short 'i' sounds were very difficult for her to comprehend, but she was trying her hardest with them, since they were new for her. But, it was obvious she still needed to work on them, since she couldn't say the word after he had spoken it aloud. When he handed her the broom, her eyes went wide. The professor, or better known as Austin, had shown her the proper way to sit on the broom, and she was extremely tentative to do that herself. But, she broke down and did exactly, to a tee, what he had done. It felt very strange for her to be straddling a broom again, since her experience with them hadn't been too very great. Then, he explained that she shouldn't be late again, since it was a fairly easy class to find.

He flew off, and she sighed, trying her hand at walking with the broom between her legs. That was very awkward for her, but she felt more comfortable getting her land legs down than her flying legs down. Once she stopped, she was about ready to kick off from the ground to try and hover like the others had taught her to do before, when a girl had sounded over her with a greeting. Then, she asked Kierra if she wanted to be partners. Her eyes went wide at the girl, not taking in anything important about her like the color of her robes, her bubbly and happy-go-lucky personality, or anything else that would have probably been important. No, she was just focused on the fact that she would have to fly now. She wasn't ready to fly yet! She couldn't even kick off the ground properly!

Kierra didn't want to say no, but she said "I would love to be your partehner... But, do you know anyone here other zhan zhe teacher zhat could maybe help me? I am not a very... ehh... What ees the word? Talented? at flyeeng." Kierra had to be honest with the girl. But, the girl seemed to be a upbeat and cherry girl. Maybe she had some experience? That would help her quite a bunch. "Or! do you zhink zhat you could teach moi?" she asked, hoping that the answer was a yes. This was scary enough as it was, let alone doing it on her own. She would have fallen off most likely, even with just a hover about six inches off the ground. She wasn't a steady flier, she wasn't confident, she couldn't even get the nerve to fly around a pitch three inches off the ground, let alone up in the air like everyone else. "