I sat on the bench in the train compartment reading a large novel that was covered with black ink to disguise its title and cover art from any curious passers by. I readjusted my glasses and turned the page being careful not to let the pages face the entrance as three students entered my compartment, it didn't bother me, and at this rate they would think I was a student as well.

"that's a professor!" one of the three whispered rather loudly to his aperent 'followers', this student had longish blond hair and an aperent smirk on his face, obviously proud of his simple feat which made me shake my head at his stupidity. I sighed and nodded moving my legs off the seat to let a rather large boy sit next to me, I was still absorbed in my book when I heard the blond child speak again.

"what class are you teaching? He asked " and why are you taking the train, couldn't you have aperated? I smiled at his questioning, I had always loved answering questions. I closed my book setting it in the narrow space between me and the mammoth that had seated himself beside me and brushed a lock of golden brown hair behind my ear. "to answer your first question, mister Malfoy, I am to be the knew care of magical creatures teacher., and to the second." I said blowing the same stray hairs out if my face. " I don't like aperating, and I love trains" I said picking my book up again. "now if you would, please stop interrupting my reading.

"but that doesn't help at all!" Said the giant boy next to me. I shook my head, what an idiot, I hope he isn't in my classroom to often, I thought lightly to myself.

By the time the train had arrived at Hogwarts, I had finished my novel and another smaller one I had as well, I walked into the great hall and seated myself at the teachers table waiting for the hat to be brought out ,my favorite part of Hogwarts was always the sorting.

The sorting hat was brought out on a stool and Minerva, or as I still prefer calling her: Professor McGonagall, stood next to it with an extremely long scroll of parchment that contained all the first years names, but before she would do the, the hat would sing its song.

"ahem" the hat seemed to be clearing its nonexistent throat to get the halls attention, it worked.

my oh my

Someone here is telling quite a lie

A little laugh, a little smile

You have the attention all the while

Underneath this witches skin

Is something no one should hold within

But we who seek amazing power

Are drawn do her, for but an hour

She lives her life

As do us all

But for her life is a ball

She toys with people

For some time

The throws them off

She also has a startling cough

So those of you who love your lives

I recommend you stay inside

The hall filled with excited chatter about what this years song could possible mean whilst I tried to cover the cough I had coming up in my throat, I lent over the table and coughed into a small handkerchief I had made out of my fork, then quickly disposed of it as it. Then my eyes turned back to Minerva.

She unrolled the scroll of names ever so slightly and coughed to gather the chattering halls attention. "Aberantha, Alisia! She called the first name, and a pale awkward looking girl that I recognized immediately as my niece walked slowly towards the stool and sat down, the hat was placed on her head and sat silent for a few moments before letting out a loud "RAVENCLAW!"

I stood up and cheered which is more than I could say for anybody else that was getting sorted this year, I smiled at Alisia as she walked to her table and was greeted by friendly smiles, but frowned once more as I sat back down, the rest of the sorting was rather uneventful, so I ate and went to my room and got ready for the day ahead of me.

I sat on my bed I started laughing ever so lightly at myself, but the laugh strengthened and as it got louder it turned into a bad cough. I sat coughing for ten minutes or so, I had forgotten my potion and as a result this would happen. I shook my had when the coughing stopped and pulled out a roll of parchment with a list of names. My experiments. I read over them a few times to be sure and nodded to myself memorizing the first three names, these three were to be in my class today, I smiled. Lucius Malfoy, and his two friends, this should be fairly easy I thought to myself.