Chapter One
1 SEPTEMBER, 1991
Cordelia Saunders slowly pulled herself out of bed. As excited as she was about the first day of classes at Hogwarts, she really was not a morning person. She was however determined not to be late for all her classes again this year. Every day for the past three years, Cordelia had been late for every class. Her teachers had started taking attendance half way through class so they didn't have to wait for her. But no more! From now on she would never be late again!
This dream was crushed as Cordelia looked at the clock. 9:15. Classes started at nine. She let out a resigned sigh and dressed slowly. No point in rushing, she was already late. Once she had finished dressing, Cordelia slowly made her way down the spiral stairs into the elegant Slytherin common room and looked around. The lavish black leather and rich emerald velvet that filled the room reflected the taste of most Slytherins; it was too heavy and dark for Cordelia, though. She found it smothering.
Just outside the common room Cordelia found herself walking, half in a dream, toward the dungeons where potions classes were held. Somewhere in the back of her mind she remembered that this year her schedule was different and her first class was herbology, but her feet kept heading toward potions. Suddenly something zoomed around the corner and smacked right into her. The next thing she knew, she was flat on her back on the cold stone floor of the dungeons. "Watch where you're going next time, huh," said a rather androgynous looking Hufflepuff with longish shaggy hair and deep ocean blue eyes, "you almost killed me! And look what you did to my skateboard! It's mangled!"
Cordelia fumed. "Well," she shouted angrily, "you shouldn't have come barreling down the corridor on it! That's a blatant violation of school rules!" The Hufflepuff laughed scornfully. "Oh, please! A Slytherin worrying about rules!? You must have hit you head really hard, huh?" Cordelia was unhappy but knew the stereotype well. It was why she didn't speak to any of the catty girls in her dorm room. All they did was gossip and stab each other in the back. She wasn't like them and she was proud of that. She continued thinking about how she would like to tell them all what they really thought of each other and see if then they'd act the way they do. She had just been thinking where she'd like to have them put their catty remarks when she noticed the blank expression on the Hufflepuff's face and realized she must have been thinking out loud. She clapped a hand over her mouth and muttered some rapid apologies through her narrow fingers. The skater just laughed. A much warmer laugh this time rather than the short harsh one earlier. Cordelia blushed and started laughing as well. She couldn't help it. His smile was infectious. They have been friends ever since.
Sorry the first chapter was kind of short. Tell me how you like it and I'll write more soon. ; )