All though the summer I was excited about going back to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, it was like my home. No it was my home. You see when I was 14 voldemort killed my parents. Yes thats right I am not afraid of saying his name. Well not since he killed my parents. And since then Hogwarts has always been my back to what I was saying. I couldn't wait to go back to Hogwarts and see all of my friends.
So today was the day it was finally time to head back to school. I boarded the train from platform 9 and 3/4 and headed straight onto the train to find an empty compartment. However, before I could find somewhere to sit I ran in to the stuck-up, snobish and oh-so full of himself... Draco Malfoy. God how I wished I could wipe that smirk off of his face.
"Hey, Ravens looking good" he smirked. 'Really, he's seriously going to try and flirt with me again ughh. You see I may be in Gryffindor but Malfoy has always flirted with me.'
So I walked over to him purposly swaying my hips. I saw a change in his face as I backed him up into the side of the train. I then whispered in his ear "soooo not going to happen Draco. Besides I'm not as easy as Parkinson over there." So I left with a smirk on my face and saw Pansy scowling at me I was so happy at that moment. Messing with the Slytherins was always fun. I then walked off to the usual compartment we usually sit in.
When I walked into the compartment I was greeted by the smiling faces of Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny and of course Luna. "Hey guys" I greeted hugging each and everyone of them. After our hugs the long trip to Hogwarts seemed to fly by quickly and soon enough we were boarding the carridges to the castle. However, when we walked into the great hall I whispered to Harry "Something different is going to happen." When Harry looked at me his facial expression showed me that he was confused "How exactly do you know 'something different is going to happen." "I have one of those feelings" I whispered.
So we all sat down at the Gryffindor table and Professor Dumbledore got up and motioned for the sorting to begin. Everytime I see the sorting process sat the begining of the year it always takes me back to when I was being sorted and then it always leaves me smiling. The sorting went quite quickly and at the end of it at least 50% of the first years were sorted into Gryffindor. Professor Dumbledore stood up once again and started with his welcome back to Hogwarts speech and went over everything that was forbidden, so nothing new there. However, when he usually sits down he didn't and we heard him say "There has been a changed in the staffing roles here at Hogwarts this year. Our new Potions Professor will be Professor Slughorn. Which then leaves the position for Defence Against the Dark Arts open. And the person filling this position will be... Professor Snape" at this point there was a loud cheer from the Slytherin table as their head of house stood up and pretty much every other house looked either scared, shocked or both.
I leant over to the trio and said "I told ya something different was going to happen."
So after Dumledore's 'little' announcement dinner went by quite quickly and soon enough we were in the common room with Harry and Ron freaking out about Snape being the new DADA teacher. "There is no way we are going to pass this class. I mean Snape hates Gryffindors" Harry said and he kept mumbling things about Snape and DADA.
"Guys, look. If we just work hard I'm pretty sure we can pass this class" I said. Then Harry looked at me as if I grew another head. "What do you mean if we work hard we'll pass. This is Snape we are talking about. I mean even if we do work hard he will find some way of failing us. You know what I've had enough of this I'm going to bed" with that said Harry walked out of the common room and up the stairs.
