Oddly, Will woke to something licking his face.
Upon opening his eyes he realized that Shadow was on top of him, currently licking his cheek. Not the worst way to wake up, Will thought to himself, but still strange.
Will lifted Shadow off of him and set him on the ground where he ran back over to Nico's bed.
Twenty minutes later Will was loading bacon onto his plate. Once again he was sitting across from Lucy, but this time some of her friends had joined. Lorcan Scamander, a third year who had a twin in Ravenclaw, sat beside Lucy. Hugo Weasley, Lucy's cousin and a fourth year, sat beside Will. on the other side of Will was Lily Potter, another one of Lucy's cousins and also a fourth year.
"What's America like?" Lily asked as Will sat down.
"Well," Will began, "I'm from Texas which is different from the rest of America. In Texas there are a lot of small towns, farms, and burger joints. And people take their beer very seriously down there. In the bigger cities in America you'll find a lot of skyscrapers, theaters, hot dog stands, and dirty subways."
"Wow," Lily said.
"Tell us about yourself Will," Lorcan said, "What's some things we should know about you."
"Well, I'm a bisexual dork who can't stand repetitive noises." Will started, "Also, I hate the color brown and I have never made a bad grade on an exam. My favorite word is squishy, I'm muggle born, and my biggest fear is albino rats." Will took a breath. He was expecting for them to say something about him being bisexual or muggleborn , but they didn't. The reaction he got was still unexpected, though.
"So, let me get this straight," Hugo said, "You are scared of albino rats, but not regular rats?"
Will laughed, "Yes that would be correct."
"Weird." Hugo muttered under his breath.
Will's first class was potions, which he was told was in the dungeons. His schedule said that his class would be taught by Professor Slughorn and that it would be taken with Slytherin.
Will had heard things about Slytherin. HE wasn't one to judge a person by their house, but the rumor that all Slytherins were bad wouldn't leave his mind.
When Will reached the correct door, he entered the room to find that the seats were labeled. An old, frail looking man stood at the front of the class beside a blackboard. Will assumed he was Professor Slughorn.
Will started reading nametags to find his seat. He found a one with his name printed on it on the second row. The tag next to his had the name Lou Ellen on it, indicating that this would be his partner. Will took a seat and waited for the class to begin.
Slowly students began to arrive. A girl with purple streaks in her blond hair took a seat next to Will. She wore a Slytherin tie and to muck jewelry.
"You must be Lou Ellen," Will guessed.
The girl nodded. "And you must be Will."
Will nodded.
Not long after their small exchange, the class began.
"Now," Professor Slughorn began, " I suppose we should start with roll call?" The professor picked up a sheet of paper and squinted to read the names off it. "Chery Bullarini?"
"Here!" come a voice from the back of the room.
And on it went. There were about twelve people in Will's class. Among those people were Nico, Albus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Molly Weasley, and lots of others.
After the roll call, the lesson began. They were learning how to make an all purpose pain relief potion. The potion looked simple, but when it was time to make it, it proved to be difficult.
Will chatted with Lou while they tried to successfully make the potion.
"You a transfer too?" Will asked.
"Yeah," Lou answered, "from Canada. Where the nice people are."
"Are people over there actually nice?" Will wondered.
"Nah, most people are though. Only a few are really rude." Lou explained.
Will carried on his conversation with Lou throughout the class period. By the end of class Will had decided that Slytherin house and Canada were similar. Not everybody is evil and rude, some are good and kind.
The rest of Will's day proceeded in the same way at the first part. He sat with the same people at lunch that he had at breakfast, except Nico joined them. Nico didn't speak a word or try to include himself, but he willingly sat down with them, so Will guessed that counted for something.
Back in his dorm room, Will sat on his bead completing his homework. He didn't have much to do since it was only the first day. It took him all of forty minutes to complete it all.
Right around the time Will finished, one of his dorm mates stalked in. Ronald Chang was a short boy with jet black hair. His face was very rounded and he was as lazy as a rock.
Ronald threw himself onto his bunk and pulled the curtains shut. Will took that as a sign to leave him alone.
With nothing else to do, Will decided to make his way to dinner. The Great Hall wasn't filled by any means. Will guessed that he was early and took a seat at the end of Hufflepuff table.
As Will began loading his plate, one of his new friends appeared beside him.
"So," Hugo said reaching for a chicken leg, "how many of my family members did you have class with today?"
Will thought for a moment. "Molly, Rose, Albus, and Louis, I think" Will answered.
Hugo nodded his head and shoved more chicken into his mouth.
When Will entered his dorm room he saw that Ronald's curtains were still shut. The only thing different was Nico sitting on his bed, Shadow in his lap. Nico looked up at him, but he didn't say anything. His eyes followed Will around the room, watching intently.
Will sat on his bed and looked back at Nico. "Why are you staring?" Will asked a smile playing at his lips.
Nico's eyes immediately flew to his cat and his cheeks grew red.
Will brushed it off and continued like nothing happened. "How was your day?" Will asked.
Nico shrugged in response.
Will didn't see Nico speaking to him any time soon, so he began preparing for bed. Will layed out his clothes and bag for the next day like the dork he was and crawled into bed.
