This was... too much. Just as she had gotten her breathing under control and was attempting her first push up the man demanded Derf's badge. HIS BADGE! Penny did one more push up and raised her head to look at him, fire in her eyes now. The urge to sass was so strong, but she knew better. Not if this lunatic was taking badges from people for having a thought in their heads. What a maniac! Penny began concentrating on her breathing and vowed right then and there, silently of course, that she was going STRAIGHT to professor Noble about all of this as soon as this dung weasel let them out of class. And if her own Head of House didn't care then she was writing to her mother!

As it were, the man was fueling her with hate fire. Something the teenager had NEVER experienced before in her life. EVER. It was invigorating, really. Now it didn't help her finish those twenty five push ups easily, but it had definitely helped her push through them nonetheless. And as she did finish, arms shaking, ears ringing, and dirt on her robes, she stood up shakily and refused to look at the man. She'd never look at him again. And she'd also never take this useless excuse for a magical class again, either.

This was the worst day of her LIFE. And she was going tattle. .