Hello and welcome back to my second story! Sorry I haven't updated in forever but I've been UBER busy with school and a job interview. But, here I am. On my day off, typing up this chapter.

To be honest, I wanna skip ahead and write the romantic parts and stuff but this is epic and important. So HOLD YOUR HORSES and wait for the juicy goodness.

I do not own Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling does.

Chapter 2- The Return to Hogwarts

The train ride to Hogwarts seemed to be endless. Since I wasn't part of Harry's group, I sat with Ginny, Seamus, and Luna. Luna was passing out the Quibbler and I just looked out the window most of the way there, trying not to think about Malfoy taking away my schlorship, but it just kept popping up in my mind and even made me lose sleep last night.

Dancing was my life. Dancing was the only time I could get away from my large family and my time to be free from the stress and lonliness. Everynight, my siblings would talk about girlfriends and boyfriends and I would feel left out. Everyone tended to forget about me until I brought home bad news.

After what seemed like eight hours, we arrived at Hogwart's platform and suddenly I thought of how I couldn't fail any of my classes this year like I did last year. If I did, Mother would probablly send a lengthy letter filled with strong words about how disappointed she was in me.

Once I was in the halls of Hogwarts I took a look at my class sceduale. I had potions first. The class I epically failed at. And some how, I got placed in Advanced Potions which I had no idea how I got placed in that class due to my O.W.L.S score.

I went to sit at the long Gryffindor table and began to eat the scumptous food that Hogwarts had prepared for us. Then I noticed, that Harry was missing. I turned to Hermione since my twin brother, Ron was eating like a pig.

"Hermione? Where's Harry?" I asked her.

"He said in the train that he was just going to get fresh air." She replyed, then turned to my brother and hit him with her book. "Would you stop eating? Our friend is missing?"

"Well, he's back..." I noticed Harry walking with Luna.

"Why is it that he's always covered in blood?" Ginny, my younger sister asked.

Just as Harry sat down, Dumbledore began his speech.

"Very best of evenings to you. First off, let me introduce the newest member of our staff: Horace Slughorn. Professor Slughorn, I'm happy to say, has agreed to assume his old post as potions master. Meanwhile, the post of the defence against the Dark Arts will be taken by Professor Snape. As you know, each and everyone of you was searched upon your arrival here tonight. And you have the right to know why. Once, there was a young man who, like you, sat in this very hall, walked this castle's corridors, slept under its roof. He seemed to all the world a student like any other. His name: Tom Riddle. Today of course he's known all over the world by another name. Which is why, as I stand looking out upon you tonight, I'm reminded of a sobering fact: Every day, every hour, this very minute perhaps, dark forces attempt to penetrate this castle's walls. But in the end their greatest weapon is you." (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, J.K Rowling.)

I turned my head to the Slytherin table and saw Malfoy lulking and not smirking like his usual self. I found it odd.

After everyone finished eating, we all headed up to our common rooms and dressed for bed. Instead of goingto bed like everyone else, I stayed up and watched the flickering flame in the fire place. Mother was making me find a tutor in potions and history of magic so my grades didn't slip again. I didn't want to find a tutor, nor go to school. I wanted to be a professional dancer in which magic didn't really apply.

The next morning, I awoke ten minutes later than I should have. I rushed to get ready and down the stairs to get to advanced potions.

I was late, but the new potions instructor forgave me since it was the first day of classes.

The potions classroom was dark and smoky like I always had remembered. It was a bit chilly even with my robes on. Malfoy, Hermione, Pansy, and Lavander were some of the people in the class. Of course Crabbe and Goyle were in the class too. Everyone who seemed to torture me with their insults was in the class. Harry and Ron ran into the class even later than me.

"Now, everyone, grab a partner and get to work. The winners get a vile of Felix Felices." Professor Slughorn instructed us.

"What do we have to do?" I asked him.

"Make the instant death potion." He answered my question. "Now get to work."

Everyone rushed to grab a partner except me. Ron went with Lavander who seemed to beg him to be her partner. Harry went with Hermione because Ron was already taken. I was surprised that Pansy didn't go with Malfoy. But my current problem was that I didn't have a partner.

"What are you two doing? Your supposed to be getting a partner." Professor Slughorn told me and of course Malfoy who seemed to not want to be a part of this class.

"I don't have a partner professor." I told him honestly.

"Miss Weasley, it seems that you're in luck, Mr. Malfoy doesn't have a partner. Now, get to work you two."

"With all do respect Professor, I can't work with a Weasley." Malfiy sneered.

"Well, she doesn't have a partner. Now work with the young lady before the class ends."

I could hear Malfoy's groan as he made his way over to the cauldren I was at.

"Let's just get this done and over with." I told him.

"Let's," Malfoy seemed even more hostile than he was at the dance studio.

Malfoy of course wanted to do everything since he knew that I failed potions last year and he didn't want to risk the bad grade. He made me read all the instuctions, but the instructions seemed to be wrong.

"Are you reading me the wrong directions or you just don't know how to read?"

"I know how to read, Malfoy." I frowned.

"Then read the right directions." He sneered.

"Look Malfoy, I am." I held the book to his face. "They are the right directions."

"Do you need a tutor to read too, Weasley?"

"I don't. Now, can we just be nice to each other, for once? We're 16, it's time to grow up."

Malfy continued to try to cut the jumping bean-like object which seemed to jump whenever the blade of the knife would touch it's black body. I saw Malfoy growing more and more frusterated.

I turned my head to Harry who had already cut the bean.

"How did you do that, Harry?" I asked him.

"You smash it." Harry smiled.

"Try smashing it." I told Malfoy.

"The directions said to cut it."

I took my hand and clutched the knife's handle with Malfoy's hand still on it. I turned the knife so the blade didn't touch the object but made the smooth side of the knife smashed the black bean in an instant. This time, it didn't jump uncontrolably.

Malfoy turned to me in disbelief and looked into my eyes for what seemed like a couple minutes. All of a sudden he shook out of our freeze frame and continued to work.

"What's the next instruction?" Malfoy looked back at the cauldren.

I couldn't focus on the book or my words. I was still in shock from the last event.

"Its...Its...Its..."

"Perfect...One drop could kill all of us in a second. Well done Harry." Professor Slughorn annouced to the class. "Harry has won the Felix Felices."

Everyone in the class but the Slytherins clapped for Harry. Everyone was still frazzled from the challenging potion we had to make. Hermiones hair was frizzled up, so I was guessing Hermione ended up working by herself in the end. If I would have known that, I would have worked alone.

The bell rang and Malfoy rushed out of the classroom without any remark or any word. I ran up the steps to get to the door but he was gone in an instant and wasn't even in seeig distance.

"Good job Harry." I congratulated Harry as he put the Liquid luck in his pocket.

"Thanks Riley."

"Anytime." I slowly made my way out the door and out into the halls of Hogwarts, thinking about what happened in potions class.

I wondered if something would happen like that again.

I highly doubted it.

And there ya go. Short chapter and slightly boring to me but the next chapters are going to be better. PROMISE. As long as I get reviews and suggestions I can update faster than I did for this chapter.

The next chapter is called the Room of Requirement. Any guesses on whats going to happen or have any suggestions? Anything will be greatly appreciated. :)

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