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Trouble All Ready?

The two girls had made it to Humanology, but unfortunately two minutes late. They nervously took their seats as the students gave them sympathetic looks, knowing that they will be scolded for their tardiness from the teacher who stopped in the middle of her sentence to glare at them. Rip pulled out her books from her bag, trying not to look up, feeling those piercing blue eyed burn into her.

"You're late," came the icy British comment.

Rip heard a sound that imitated a whip that came from a blond haired girl sitting in the row next to her three desks behind. Ginny glared at her and she just stuck out her tongue.

The Professor stalked over to the front of Rip's desk, crossing her arms. This time Rip risked a glance up at the woman, and immediately wished she hadn't. Her eyes were so cold that Rip swore she felt the temperature drop too. Professor Hellsing sniffed, turning her glare towards Ginny who shrank back.

"Perhaps I could get Professor McGonagall to turn one of you into a watch so you can make it on time when you are to come to my class. Or maybe you both need to go to kindergarten and learn how to tell time?"

"No ma'am..." both the girls muttered, keeping their heads bowed.

Rip heard the girl snickering, and she glared at her at the corner of her eye. She really wanted to punch her in her face so bad...

"I will let this slide," the Professor said, causing their heads to snap up at her, her icy glare melting a bit. "Since it is your first day I shall let this be your first and final warning. Do not be late again. But if you will come late again, then I am sure that Ms. Elenar will be able to tell you how fun my detentions are."

The blond girl stopped snickering with her friends,turning slightly red.

When the Professor walked away, Rip felt the atmosphere around her ease. She made a mental note to always be on time for Humanology. Humanology didn't go as bad as she thought. Even though Professor was strict, she didn't bore them to sleep like Professor Binns. They learned about humans, how to get along with them, and what history they shared with them. It was a bit interesting to learn about humans, even though she practically lived with them her whole life at the orphanage.

"Why should we get along with humans when they treat us like freaks?" a boy asked, and everyone nodded their heads, mumbling in agreement.

"Yeah, humans are weaker than us, and we can crush them for all they know!" another boy said, and the bickering became louder.

Rip noticed that the Professor's nostrils flared, but her face showed no trace of emotion. "Enough," she said.

"I think that we should all just kill 'em off, they're useless," the girl with the last name Elenar stated, and her friends grinned.

There was a vein bulging in the blond woman's forehead. "I said enough!"

Everyone fell silent. The Professor gave them all a look, and they knew that she wasn't in the mood to be dealing with their nonsense.

"She should have never said that about humans," Ginny said when they got out of Humanology. "Especially in front of Professor Hellsing. She's human you know? But not everyone knows that of course, they try to keep it hush hush for some reason."

Rip's eyebrows shot upward, was that why she thought that the woman was different from the rest? Because she was human? She did smell different than them, and she always wondered what powers she possessed.

Apparently Larxene Elenar heard, and so did her friends. She stepped up to Ginny and Rip, looking quite pissed off. "Defending the humans huh? Even though they burned your kind alive?"

"Shut up," Ginny said through gritted teeth.

Larxene threw her head back, laughing. "And if I don't?"

Ginny pulled out her wand, but Rip held her back. Larxene's two friends who were athletic looking girls, stepped in front of her as if to protect her.

"Whatcha gonna do ya little witch? Wave your stick at me?" she laughed and her friends laughed too. She looked at Rip. "And why're you defending this weasel?"

"Its Weasley!" Ginny exclaimed, more than ready to cast a hex on the girl.

Larxene ignored the Witch, peering closer at Rip. "I heard rumors about you...is it true that your parents abandoned you because you were too pathetic?"

Rip inhaled slowly, trying to calm herself. She couldn't let anyone get away with talking about her parents like that.

"Or maybe it was because you were a mistake or maybe your parents were just jackasses-AGH!"

Larxene didn't get to finish her sentence when Rip punched her straight in her face. Larxene clutched her nose, and when she removed her hand, blood was gushing out of her nostrils.

"You fucking bitch..."

Suddenly, Larxene took a swing at her, but instinctly from being bullied all her life, Rip dodged the attack and delivered a punch to her gut. Students who had gathered around to watch, winced at the impact and Larxene was bent over, clutching her stomach.

"Don't you ever talk about my parents like that, and never insult my friends either."

Larxene looked up at her, and surprisingly, laughed. "You're such an idiot!" then, her eyes glinted suddenly, and she tackled Rip, sending them falling to the floor with a thud. "You're such an idiot for picking a fight with me!"

Larxene started punching Rip, but Rip was blocking all her blows. The blond's two friends snatched Ginny's wand away when she pulled it out, and threw it down the hall. The students just stepped back, watching. Ginny didn't know what to do. If she didn't get her wand, she was defenseless, and she wasn't really good with hand to hand combat.

"Don't just stand there! help me out!" Ginny said to the students, but they were too afraid to do anything.

Larxene's two friends had forgotten about her and her now holding Rip up so that Larxene could punch her in her stomach.

"Yeah! How do ya like that, you punk!" Larxene said, laughing as she delivered another punch.

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Larxene turned around, alarmed, and saw that Ginny was pointing her wand at her. "STUPEFY!"

A red beam of light shot out from her wand and headed towards Larxene, but one of her friends pushed her away and took the shot for her. Shocked for a moment, Larxene glared at her other friend. "Don't just stand there! Get the weasel!"

The brown haired girl blinked but obeyed, dropping Rip to the floor and thrust her hand out to Ginny before she was even near her, and a fireball shot out of her fist. Ginny's eyes widened and the students screamed. She ducked, feeling the heat of the fireball just zoom over her head.

"Bloody hell..." Ginny muttered when she saw that the flames had engulfed a portrait.

The athlete glared at Ginny and jumped in the air, sending a kick that caused an arc of a fire to fly towards the redhead. Thinking fast, Ginny brought up her wand. "Protego!" the fire was suddenly deflected by an invisible force. Everyone gasped in surprise and backed away, but Ginny held her ground, glaring back at the girl.

Larxene pulled Rip up by the hair, and flung her down the hall with inhuman strength. Rip collided with a wall, knocking the wind out of her and slid to the floor.

"Not so tough now, are ya, Rippy?"

Rip got to her knees, and glared up at Larxene, wiping the blood from her lips. "I'm not giving up, if that's what you think."

Larxene spread her arms out, a smirk playing on her lips. "Bring it on, vampire."

Finding renewed strength mixed with adrenaline, Rip got to her feet and charged at Larxene with incredible speed. She collided with the girl and held her tightly around the waist as she kept running down the hall, everyone and everything becoming a blur. Larxene tried pushing her off, but it was no use. They crashed through a pillar and ended up outside. Rip didn't even wonder why she wasn't burning under the sun, she just kept her focus on beating up the girl.

The students who were outside screamed at their sudden appearance, scrambling away. Rip and Larxene finally crashed onto the grass, causing a line of upturned soil on bright green grass. Rip punched Larxene in the face, making her nose bleed even more, and wasn't satisfied until she heard a crack. Both from her knuckles and from breaking the girl's nose.

Larxene yelled out in pain and anger, and rolled them over. She grasped Rip's head and started bashing it onto the ground repeatedly. "You!" WHAM! "Broke!" WHAM! "My!" WHAM! "NOSE!"

"Stop this instant!" boomed a voice, and Larxene's eyes widened. Rip was blinded by stars and kept blacking out too much to figure out what was going on. All she knew was that her head ached really bad.

The weight in top of her was lifted, and their were yelling voices, but she couldn't make out what they were saying. She wondered why the sun was so bright, and why it wasn't burning her like the other day. This place was so mysterious... A figure loomed over her, blocking the rays of the sun. All she saw were two blue orbs and pale blond hair. The person scooped her up in their arms, and carried her away.

Rip whimpered at the pain, wanting nothing more than to close her eyes, but she was shook slightly that kept her awake. "Don't go to sleep," Professor Hellsing ordered, and Rip knew that she should obey, but the warmth of the teacher's body was just...

Get a hold of yourself...you can't think that way of a teacher! Her logical side said.

But she couldn't help it. She could hear the woman's heart beat against her chest, the blood that she wished to drink running through her veins...

A yell of fright pulled her out of her trance. "What happened?!" Madam Pomprefy asked.

"A fight, but we're not sure what happened entirely. Treat her quickly, her head is bleeding, Poppy," Professor Hellsing said, laying Rip gently onto a bed.

The door creaked opened, and through half lidded eyes, Rip saw Professor McGonagall and a man with greasy hair carry a girl who was knocked out between them. "Ms. Banks was hit with a Stunning Spell," informed Professor McGonagall as she and the man laid the girl a few beds away. "Ms. Weasley and Ms. Durum are being taken care with by Shego."

Madam Pomprefy shook her head as she poured a liquid into a cup. "A fight already at the beginning of the year..." she turned to Rip and held the cup against her lips.. "Drink up, dear, then get some rest."

She drank from the cup, taking in its sour taste. Madam Pomprefy dabbed her head gently with a wet cloth, willing her to sleep. Rip looked up at the two women looking over her before she finally surrendered into the the dark abyss of sleep.