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Chapter 2: Sorting and First Day
The doors opened to reveal a giant room with four long tables and a long table in the front. There were hundreds of students at the tables. The ceiling above them had a sky that looked like the sky outside and floating above the students were candles. The first years filed into the Great Hall looking around them in awe.
"Wow this is so cool," Thorn exclaimed.
"It's enchanted to look like the night sky and the weather outside," Cassie said coming up behind Thorn. "Except for rain of course," Cassie added. "I read it in Hogwarts a History by Bathilda Bagshot."
Thorn heard the twins snort, but Cassie ignored them still staring around the Great Hall.
"Brilliant!" Thorn whispered, feeling her excitement growing more and more.
The students gathered in the front where Professor McGonagall stood next to a stool with an old looking hat that sat upon it. The children stared at the dusty thing with a wonderment and a few gasped when the rip in the brim grew to reveal a mouth and soon the hat began to sing.
"Welcome little First Years
I welcome you to my school
I hope you enjoyed your journey
Please now come and sit on my stool
Do not think me foolish
For I am never wrong
Put me on your noggin
And I'll sort you in not too long
I can see into your heart
I can see into your mind
Don't try to hide your thoughts
For I see everything inside
I was enchanted by strong dear Gryffindor
To sort you all in time
In one of the honorable houses
That I will now describe in rhyme
You could be a Gryffindor
If you have a lion heart
Who will fight until the end
And never fear to start
Or you could be a Ravenclaw
If you have a swift mind
Who will solve problems with logic
And keep emotions all in line
Or could you be a Hufflepuff
If you are always kind
Who will help all those in need
And assist anyone in a bind
Or maybe you are a Slytherin
If you are dreaming high
Who will use cunning to reach their goals
And do anything to get by
One of these houses will be yours
Where you will meet your friends
Regardless, Hogwarts is here to welcome you
Until the very end
So dust me off
And put me on
For I am always right
I am the Sorting Hat
And I will change your life tonight."
At the end of the song the Great Hall erupted in cheers and the hat looked please as well bowing to the respective tables. The first years stared a moment before clapping as well, Fred and George adding some loud cheering.
When everyone quieted finally, Professor McGonagall spoke, "I will call you up individually. You will sit on this stool and the Sorting Hat will be placed on your head and tell you which house you will be placed in, then you will go sit at your designated house's table. The house are again, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin."
The first years were starting to get anxious. They were fidgeting with their robes and shifting positions as Professor McGonagall unrolled the scroll with the student's names.
"Sarah Andrews," Professor McGonagall announced.
The girl named Sarah walked up and took a seat on the stool. The Sorting Hat was then placed on her head. There was a moment of silence before it shouted out, "HUFFLEPUFF!"
The girl hopped off the stool, a large grin on her face as she walked over to the Hufflepuff table who were clapping loudly for their new member.
"You nervous?" Fred whispered to Thorn, as they both watched a mean looking boy be sorted.
"N-no, why would you think that?" she said trying to smile, she pulled at her black robe nervously.
"Oh I don't know, you're tugging at your robes so I had to guess," he said smirking. Fred took Thorn's hand in his giving it a squeeze and saying with a smile, "Don't worry. It'll be fine."
"Thanks," Thorn said smiling.
"SLYTHERIN!" The boy hopped off the chair looking pleased and slightly smug as he walked over to the table.
"Deatheater," Fred mumbled.
Thorn looked at him puzzled. Deatheater? Dad's never mentioned the word 'Deatheater' before. I wonder what it is. she thought.
"Thorn Fernsby," Professor McGonagall said.
Thorn went rigid at the sound of her name.
"Go on," Cassie whispered giving her a reassuring push.
Thorn walked to the front shaking uncontrollably a million worries going through her head. Okay take a deep breath. Remeber what dad said. Even if you're put in Slytherin he will still love you. Ah! But I don't want to be put in Slytherin! She took her seat and Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on her head.
She sat there quietly for a moment before she heard a voice in her ear.
"Ah lots of determination in you. Brave, talented as well. Ah a tough decision. Where to put you," the Sorting Hat said.
Please, please, please. she thought squeezing her eyes closed.
"I know exactly where to put you, GRYFFINDOR!" the Sorting Hat declared.
Thorn's face brightened when she heard 'Gryffindor'. She jumped off the stool when Professor McGonagall took the hat off and ran to the Gryffindor table where she was greeted warmly.
More and more first years were sorted into their houses, each just as excited as Thorn was and everyone before her. Then Professor McGonagall called out, "Cassandra Villin."
Thorn saw Cassie made a face when she heard her real name, which made Thorn giggle.
Oh I hope Cassie's put in Gryffindor.Thorn thought grinning.
Cassie sat on the stool and the Sorting Hat was placed on her head. "Ah a Villin...A Slytherin familiy..." Cassie held her breath awaiting the final decision. "But I can see it would have to be...RAVECLAW!" the Sorting Hat announced.
Cassie hopped off and walked proudly, with her head held high, over to the Ravenclaw table. Though Thorn noticed even as Cassie walked, her eyes looked towards the Slytherin table for a moment. But Cassie was grinning when she sat down at the Ravenclaw table and began chatting with a handsome boy next to her. Thorn sighed sadly.
Aw it would have been a lot more fun if she was in Gryffindor. Ah well, she seems to be happy at least. And there's still Fred and George. Thorn thought.
After almost all the other students were sorted Professor McGonagall said, "Fred Weasley."
Thorn turned her attention to the front as she watched Fred run up to the stool. The hat was barely on his head when it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Fred jumped down and ran to the Gryffindor table, taking the seat next to Thorn and waited for his brother's turn.
"George Weasley."
Like Fred, George ran up to the stool, he on the other hand almost knocked it over causing a few students to giggle and laugh. He just smiled as Professor McGonagall placed the hat on his head and immediately the Sorting Hat cried out, "GRYFFINDOR!"
George ran over to the Gryffindor table taking the seat next to Fred and high fived him. Thorn was overjoyed to have Fred and George in the same house as her.
When the sorting was done Dumbledor stood up to make his announcements. "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! I am delighted to see so many eager students tonight. Before we begin the banquet I'd like to say a few words. Firstly, all students are forbidden to go into the Dark Forest, if you do you will encounter numerous dangerous creatures and not only will you risk your life, but your house points as well. And finally dunderhead! Twisted! Barrel! Meak! Thank you!"
Thorn was a bit confused, but everyone clapped and cheered as he sat back down in his seat among the other teachers. Suddenly the plates in front of the students were full of various foods.
"Whoa!" Thorn exclaimed as she gawked at the different dishes, candies, and pastries. "I think I'm in food heaven!"
"Want some carrots Thorn?" George asked handing her a plate full of glazed carrots.
"Sure!" she said taking the plate. "I'm kind of upset Cassie wasn't put in Gryffindor with us."
"Did you know she was a Villin?" Fred asked a bit harshly, his mouth full of turkey.
"I knew her name was Cassie Villin. So what?" Thorn said, giving him a stern look.
"So what? Her family is full of Slytherins. They're Deatheaters!" George said in an urgent whisper looking over at the Ravenclaw table with shock on his face.
"Ok, what are Deatheaters?" Thorn said finally giving up on the fact that she isn't in the know.
"Deatheaters are the followers of You-Know-Who," George said, his voice getting quieter.
"Didn't your mum or dad ever tell you about You-Know-Who and Deatheaters?" Fred asked.
"My dad doesn't like to talk about You-Know-Who. And besies, Cassie's nice! She would never become a Deatheater," Thorn said, defending her friend. "And the fact she ended up in Ravenclaw should tell us something right?"
"Yeah, but her brother is in Slytherin," George said.
"Either way, no matter what happens we will always be there for Cassie," Thorn said, taking a drink of her pumpkin juice.
After the banquet was over the prefects guided the first years to their houses' common rooms.
"Keep up! And watch out for the stairs. They change at random," Charlie Weasley said. "Fred, George! Stop messing around and keep up!"
Fred and George were sneaking away from the group and heading to a classroom until their brother caught them in the act, a green stink bomb in on of their hands. "Aw, way to ruin the fun Charlie," Fred said as he got back in the group with George.
"Nice try you guys," Thorn said rolling her eyes.
"Like you could do any better," George said.
"I can and did," she said casually as they climbed the stairs. Thorn waved at a portrait of Victorian Debutantes, they in returned waved their fans at her cheerfully.
"What do you mean?" Fred asked skeptically before making a face at the portrait which earned him some glaring from the women.
"When you weren't looking I stole one of your stink bombs and put it in a classroom," Thorn whispered so no one around them heard.
"You did?" the twins asked shocked.
"Mhm," she hummed happily.
Fred and George began frantically checking their robes' pockets for their stink bombs. George had his six while Fred had only five.
"Brilliant!" they chorused.
"Thank you," Thorn said, taking a small bow.
The Gryffindor group stopped in front of a giant portrait of a fat lady. Suddenly she began to move and speak.
"Password?"
"Adventurum," Charlie said.
"Enter." The fat lady gestured her arm and the painting moved to reveal a hole in the wall.
"Remember that password. If you forget it you will be out of luck until someone else comes along to open the entrance," Charlie explained.
He led the group throught the portal and into a large room. There was a large fireplace with a roaring fire. There were large comfy chairs and couches that were placed around the fireplace and other places in the room. A few table were placed between the chairs here and there. And underneath the furniture was a large, dark red rug.
"The boys' dormitory is on the right and the girls' dormitory is on the left," Charlie directed. "You'll find your luggage already in your rooms."
Thorn followed the rest of the girls up to the dormitories as Fred and George followed the boys. She found her room and found her luggage next to a four poster bed while Willow was curled up on the pillow. Thorn looked around the room and saw three other four poster beds with luggage and cages on top. I wonder who I'll be rooming with. she thought.
The bedroom's door then opened and in walked three girls.
"Oh you must be my roommates," Thorn said. "I'm Thorn Fernsby."
"Patricia Simpson," the girl with blonde hair said pulling her trunk onto her bed.
"I'm Angelina Johnson," the dark skinned and dark haired girl said.
"And I'm Alicia Spinnet," the dark haired girl said.
"Nice to meet you."
The other girls responded with their own polite replies as they all went about unloading their robes and school supplies. Soon though all of them succumbed to their long day and full bellies and began to get dressed for bed.
"I can't wait until tomorrow," Thorn said as she put on her pajamas.
"Same here," Alicia said as she also changed into her pajamas.
"This will be a great year," Patricia said as she climbed into bed.
"Well good night guys," Angelina said turning off the lights.
"Good night," Thorn said laying down. I hope Cassie's alright. she thought before her eye lids closed.
ooOOoo
Cassie felt as if she was going to faint after the Sorting Hat yelled out 'Ravenclaw'. But like any true Villin she pulled off the hat, walking off calmly and smiled making sure not to show the nervous excitement or fear that clouded her mind. Absently she looked over to the Slytherin table and saw among the shocked students her brother's stunned face, which looked coldly angry as well. Cassie inhaled sharply and quickly sat down feeling light headed.
"Hello," the first year boy opposite her said cheerfully. "I'm Roger Davies."
Cassie looked up surprised and blushed when her eyes met the boy's, which were the brightest hazel she had ever seen.
"Hi, I'm Cassie Villin," she mumbled smiling shyly.
"So want to play the sorting game?" he asked smirking as a short brown haired girl walked up to be sorted.
"What's that?" Cassie asked as the hat took extra long to sort the girl.
"You try to guess who will be placed where based on their looks. Then see how well you did," he explained. "My guess she'll be Gryffindor."
"GRYFFINDOR!" the Sorting Hat shouted.
Cassie laughed as Roger looked at her smugly. "Ok that was impressive, I'll admit," she said.
"You try," he said.
"Ok he'll be a Hufflepuff," she said looking at a cheeky faced boy being sorted.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.
"Oh no," Cassie said as the boy walked towards them. Roger was chuckling.
"You better not tell hmi," Cassie said sharply turning to Roger, glaring what hoped intimidatingly.
Roger chuckled louder at that. They played their game more laughing at their mistakes and clapping when they were correct.
When Fred's name was called, Cassie and Roger said their guess at the same time.
"Gryffindor."
They both looked at each other laughing when the hat yelled out the same result.
"All the Weasleys end up Gryffindors, must be in the blood," Roger said laughing as George was sorted just as quickly.
"I guess," Cassie mumbled watching George scramble to his brother and Thorn. She felf so left out as they all began laughing and talking. She almost wished she had been sorted into Gryffindor although she knew if she had her parents would have never forgiven her. She turned back to Roger smiling and began speaking with him and the other new Ravenclaws as they all ate speaking about their readings over the summer. When the first year Ravenclaws reached their common rooms they were not expecting to see a large bronze eagle door knocker. Many began to whisper before the eagle spoke to their Prefect.
"What is bright and dark at the same time?" the bird asked.
"An idea, bright for being wise or astute and dark for being evil or mean-spirited," the Prefect responded calmly.
"Well explained," the eagle complimented before the door swung open.
Cassie stepped in and was immediately at ease. The room was filled with books. She could see large writing desks piled with paper and quills and every wall had a book case installed into it. From the ceiling hung dark blue tapestries reminding her of the night sky. She could feel the warmth of the fire that flickered in the marble fireplace. Cassie smiled contently just staring for a moment, glad she wasn't going to be sleeping in the cold Slytherin Dungeons that her brother told her about.
"I think it'll do," Roger whispered sarcastically.
Cassie laughed before pushing him good-naturedly. "I'm going to head up to my room."
Roger nodded becoming very dramatic, cluthing her hand. "Then this shall be fare well raven haired Cassandra-"
Cassie scrunched her nose snatching her hand awa. "I'll see you at breakfast and don't call me Cassandra."
Roger rolled his eyes, but complied. "Fine. Bonne nuit de rater la bouche à puce. Au revoir."
"You can speak French?" Cassie said a little stunned.
Roger nodded again smirking before running up the stairs. Cassie suddenly realized something.
"Hey what did you say? What did you call me?" But the boys dormitory door was closed and Cassie rolled her eyes walking up to her own dorm wishing she could speak French so she could really give Roger a piece of her mind.
She looked out her tower window wondering how Thorn's time was at her dorm. And even though she'd deny it, Cassie also wondered what the twin's thought of her now that they knew she was a Villin. They've probably convinced Thorn she's evil or something. Cassie went to her bed and snuggled into her sheets falling asleep, a plan forming in her mind.
ooOOoo
"Thorn get up!"
A pillow came in contact with Thorn's head. She waved her hand shooing whoever it was that was disturbing her sleep. "Mmm go away. Five more minutes," she mumbled.
"Thorn. Get. Up. Now," the person said, hitting Thorn with the pillow with each word.
"Let me sleep!" Thorn yelled, sitting up in bed. She was now face to face with her attacker. To her surprise it wasn't Patricia, Angelina, or Alicia. It wasn't anyone from Gryffindor. It was Cassie.
"Cassie?" Thorn said, now wide awake. "How did you get in the Gryffindor common room?"
"It wasn't that hard," Cassie said nonchalantly.
"But you need the password," Thorn said, now climbing out of bed and getting dressed.
"I know. That's why I waited for someone to leave and then sneak through the entrance. By the way I think your roommates left you."
Thorn opened her mouth to say something, but closed it knowing whatever she said to Cassie would be pointless now. Instead when she finished braiding her hair she said, "Let's head down to the Great Hall. I'm hungry."
"Okay," Cassie said.
The two girls walked down the stairs together chatting about what classes they hope to be taking and hoping to be taking together when they heard someone exclaime, "How did you get in here?"
The girls stopped talking to see Fred and George, fully dressed in their robes, standing at the foot of the stairs to the girls' dormitory. Their mouths open in shock and their hair stilll rumpled from bed.
"Are you guys trying to catch flies or something?" Cassie remarked at their expressions.
The twins closed their mouths. "How did you get in here?" George repeated, lowering his voice, "You're a Ravenclaw."
"I'm not going to tell you how I got in," she snapped."Hey how about instead of arguing we head down to breakfast?" Thorn said a bit cautiously.
"Brilliant idea Thorn," Fred said linking arms with her. "Shall we?"
Thorn giggled. "Lead the way."
The four walked together to breakfast, Thorn and Fred's arms still linked while Cassie kept her distance from George who was watching her suspicioiusly as if she may hex him any minute.
"Cassandra!" someone shouted behind the group.
They turned to see an angry looking boy with jet black hair and piercing blue eyes walking over to them.
"Who's that?" Thorn asked Cassie.
"My brother, Dorian," Cassie replied, her voice becoming cold and face impassive.
"His name's Dorian?" Fred asked, he and George were suddenly trying hard to cover their laughter.
Dorian reached the group, giving the twins a scathing look before turning to Cassie sharply. "How are you not in Slytherin?" His voice was accusing and harsh.
"I don't know. Maybe you should ask the hat," Cassie replied bored. George smirked.
"Did you say you didn't want to be put in Slytherin?" he pressed.
"No!" Cassie shouted frustrated.
"Do you have any idea what mum and dad will say?" Dorian said.
"They'll be mad at me," Cassie said, rolling her eyes. "What else is new?"
"Don't get smart with me Cassandra," her brother warned her and walked away.
"I'm a Ravenclaw I'm obviously already smart," she mumbled, glaring at her brother's retreating form.
The moment he was out of ear shot Fred and George burst out into a huge fit of laughter.
"His name's Dorian?" Fred said through tears.
"Can we call him Dori?" George said almost falling over with laughter.
"You guys are so immature!" Cassie shouted fiercely before running off down the hall.
"What did we do?" George asked as he and Fred were recovering from their laughing fit. Fred shrugged his shoulders.
"Way to go you two. Cassie wait!" Thorn said chasing after the retreating girl.
"Just leave me alone," Cassie said walking faster.
"Cassie are you okay?" Thorn said jogging to catch up. "Fred and George didn't mean to upset you by making fun of your brother's name."
"It's not about his name. You don't know what it is like," she said her voice breaking.
"What what's like?"
"Forget it. I'll see you around Thorn," Cassie said walking ahead of her.
"Cassie?" Thorn said sadly as she watched Cassie walk through the doors to the Great Hall and sat down at the Ravenclaw table.
Thorn took a seat at the Gryffindor table and began piling her plate with different breakfast food. She was eating some toast when Angelina, Alicia, and Patricia sat down around her.
"Hey Thorn. You excited about our first day?" asked Angelina.
"You bet! When are we getting our schedules?"
"In a few minutes," Alicia said pointing out Professor McGonagall. "I see Professor McGonagall handing out the Hufflepuff's schedules."
"Hello ladies!" George said taking a seat next to Alicia. Fred taking a seat next to Thorn and a boy with dark skin and dark hair sat next to Angelina and Patricia. "I'm George Weasley and this is my brother Fred," George introduced himself and his brother to the three other girls.
"I'm Lee Jordan," the boy with dreadlocks said.
The girls all smiled introducing themselves as well.
"Glad to meet ya," Fred said smiling. "Hey Thorn what happened to Cassie?"
"Yeah is she alright?" George asked worry and concern all over his face.
"I don't know. She wouldn't tell me," Thorn said looking down at her plate.
"Ms. Johnson, Mr. Jordan, Ms. Simpson, Ms. Spinnet, Ms. Fernsby, Mr. Weasley, Mr. Weasley," Professor McGonagall said handing the group their schedules.
"Oh look! I have Potions with Ravenclaw first!" Thorn said brightening up.
"Us too!" Fred and George said.
"Same here!" Lee said.
"Me too!" Alicia and Angelina said.
"I have Charms first with Hufflepuff," Patricia said.
"Aw sorry Patricia," Thorn said disappointed.
"It's alright, I have a friend in Hufflepuff. Hopefully we have charms together. I'm gonna go ask her," Patricia said, getting up. "See ya!"
"Bye!" everyone said.
Thorn got out of her seat and ran over to the Ravenclaw table. "Cassie! I have Potions with Ravenclaw first. What about you?" she said excited.
"Same!" Cassie said looking at her schedule.
"Fred and George do too," Thorn said cautiously.
"Great," Cassie said groaning in annoyance.
"Let's go! I don't want to be late!" Thorn said grabbing Cassie's hand. The two ran out of the Great Hall leaving the twins behind.
"Oy! Wait for us!" they called running after them.
ooOOoo
At Potions the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws sat two at a table chatting away while they waited for the teacher. Fred and George sat together, their table behind Thorn's and Angelina's. To the side of them were Cassie and Roger Davies and on their other side were Lee and Alicia. At every table were different ingredients, vials, and two cauldrons.
Thorn was talking to Cassie and Roger when she felf something hit her in the back of the head. "What the," she said as she took a horned slug out of her braid. She turned around to see George, or was it Fred, with their arm extended and a shocked face on both of them.
"It was him!" they both said pointing at the other one.
Thorn rolled her eyes and went back to talking. A minute later the classroom's door opened and in walked a man dressed in all black with a long nose and long, greasy black hair. He went to his desk and began taking roll call. After he was done he placed the sheet for roll call on his desk and turned to the class. He spoke in a bored and drawn out tone.
"I am Professor Snape. I am here to teach you about the science and art of potion-making. Many of you will think this is hardly any magic for as there is no use for your wands here. I don't expect you to understand the wonder of the melodic bubbling of a cauldron or the quiet brilliance of a potion as it creeps through your body. I can teach you- Mr. and Mr. Weasley! Stop horsing around and pay attention!"
Everyone turned to look at the twin red heads who were playing with the ingredients on their table. They slowly put everything down and turned their attention to Snape. Cassie rolled her eyes at Roger who smirked at her in turn. George watched the two confused.
Snape continued, "Today you will be brewing me a boil cure potion. I hope it won't be too difficult for your small, pitiful minds." He turned back to his desk and the students began their work.
"This will be easy," Cassie said to Roger. "I alread read about this in Magical Drafts and Potions over the summer."
"Really? Did you read the whole book?" Thorn asked as she poured her flobberworm mucus into her cauldron.
"Yep. I read all my textbooks before school started," Cassie said already mixing her crushed snake fangs into her cauldron. "What did you do over the summer?"
"Me?" Thorn said putting her hand to her chin as she thought about the question. "I went to the beach with my mum and dad."
"The beach!" Roger said a wide smile on his face. "Really? I went to France over the summer. It was brilliant. Their beaches are amazing. How'd you like it?"
"Oh wow France! We stayed in England mostly, and it began to rain at the end, but we had alovely time anyway. Brilliant really," Thorn said fondly remembering her dad having to charm all their clothes dry when they got home.
"And what, might I ask, is brilliant Ms. Fernsby?" Snape asked standing behind her and Angelina.
"How brilliant this class is Professor," Thorn said, choosing her words carefully.
Snape looked pointedly at her before walking away, not saying a word.
"That was close," Angelina said smiling.
"Oh brother!" Cassie exclaimed.
"What?" Lee and Alicia asked.
"Look at those two," Cassie said scrunching her nose.
Thorn turned to where Cassie indicated. She saw Fred and George laughing to themselves as they fooled with their ingredients again, squishing a few of the horned slugs up and mixing them into their cauldrons spilling some onto the table. "You guys are idiots," Thorn whispered to them.
"What are you talking about?" George asked with a smirk.\
"We are working very hard for your information," Fred said also smirking.
"Oh yeah," Angelina said. "What step are you on in the instructions?"
Fred and George looked at each other then grabbed their potions book. They all laughed, knowing the twins didn't know what step they were on.
"Uh...," Fred stuttered.
"Step..." George searched the page.
"Step 4?" they said uncertain.
"Oh yeah, that's working hard," Thorn said. "I'm on step 7."
"And I'm almost done. Two more steps until my boil cure potion is complete," Cassie said smiling at her potion as it turned from a pink to orange.
Fred and George looked in their cauldrons and saw their potions were far from any color of the rainbow. Their potions had turned into a horrid shade of brown. They looked at each other exchanging looks that said 'We failed'. They shrugged and began throwing the rest of their horned slugs at each other. A few hitting the other six on the head.
"Would you stop?" Cassie exclaimed as she and the others picked the slime covered slugs out of their hair. Lee just laughed even throwing some back at them.
"What is going on over here?" Snape asked looking at the four tables. He saw the Weasley twin's mess of a table and the slugs on the other six kids. "If you two have time to distract your classmates, you should have time to complete your assignment."
"We would Professor," Fred began.
"But these slugs were just begging to learn how to fly," George finished.
The two chuckled at their joke while Cassie and Thorn shook their heads.
"Ten points from Gryffindor. Each," Snape sneered.
"What?" the boys said.
"You've gotta be kidding!" George said shocked.
"Another ten points from Gryffindor," Snape said.
"But-"
"I suggest you quit before you risk more points being taken from your house," Snape warned.
The twins turned back to their cauldrons, anger showing on their faces. Snape turned to Cassie and Roger's table and examined their cauldrons. "Well done Ms. Villin and Mr. Davies. You've gotten your boil cure potions to turn an excellent shade of pink. Twenty points for Ravenclaw for being the first in the class to complete the assignment."
After Potions was Charms for Cassie and Roger while it was Transfiguration for Thorn, Fred, and George. Cassie walked down the hall to her next class with Roger leaving Thorn with the two prankster red heads.
"Onto Transfiguration Ms. Fernsby," George said holding out his arm to her.
"Allow us to be your escorts," Fred said on her other side, also holding out his arm.
"Why thank you Mr. and Mr. Weasley," Thorn said linking her arms with theirs.
The rest of the day went on with the same thing happening during each class. Fred and George goofed around, occassionally losing house points while Thorn, Angelina, Patricia, Alicia, and Lee earned them back. Lee, however, was great friends with Fred and George, which made him also lose house points.
Lunch was their free time and their time to goof off without having to worry about losing house points. Angelina, Alicia, and Patricia talked about Quidditch, Fred and George joining in here and there. Fred, George, and Lee talked about plans for pranks they wanted to do. Thorn talked with all of them about Quidditch and about her own ideas for pranks. Finally the day ended with dinner and the group of friends talked about thier day, classes, teachers, and how much homework they were given.
"Ugh! Snape gave us a stupid essay on a Potion of our choice. Five pages!" Lee complained. "Why?"
"Professor Flitwick gave us a list of charms we need to be able to do by next Monday," Patricia said, taking a bite of potatoes.
"It's the first day. Why do they give us so much homework?" Fred said stabbing at his steak with his fork.
"I don't know how we'll find the time to do our homework and plan our pranks," George said leaning his cheek on his fist.
"Well I don't know about you two, but I'm heading to the common room to get a head start on my homework," Thorn said getting up from the table. She said her goodbyes and walked to the common room.
"Thorn wait for me!"
Thorn turned around to see Cassie running towards her. "Hey Cassie. How was your first day?"
"Fabulous! I learned so much. All my classes were great. I like Potions well enough, but can those twins behave for a few minutes?" Cassie made a disgusted face at the memory of Potions class. They talked until they reached the Gryffindor common room.
"Okay, you do realize you can't come in right?" Thorn said standing in frnot of the Fat Lady.
"Did that stop me this morning?" Cassie said smirking.
"Good point," Thorn said. "Cover your ears." Cassie did so.
"Password?" the Fat Lady said.
"Adventurum," Thorn said clearly.
"Enter."
"Come on," Thorn said grabbing Cassie's hand. "Get in before someone realized you're not a Gryffindor.
For twenty minutes the girls worked on their homework around the comforting heat of the fire. Cassie was working on her Potions essay while Thorn hummed and doodled on the edges of her paper. Around eight thirty the common room portal opened and in strolled none other than Fred and George Weasley, accompanied by Lee, Patricia, Alicia, and Angelina.
"Evenig Thorn. Evening Cassie," Lee said walking past the two. He stopped mid step, spun himself around and stared dumbfounded at Cassie. "What are you doing in here?"
"He's right. This is Gryffindor's common room," Angelina said sitting down in one of the chairs.
"And you're a Ravenclaw," Alicia said pushing the still confused Lee to a couch.
"That doesn't stop her obviously," Patricia said, laughing.
"So what are you two doing?" Fred asked as he sat next to Thorn, who was laying on her stomach swinging her legs in the air as she continued to doodle.
"Finishing some homework," she said staring intently at her doodle trying to get the owl's eyes to look just right.
"Homework? But you're just drawing an owl," George commented, looking at her paper.
"Yes, but unlike you she's almost done with her Potions essay," Cassie said picking her things up. "As for me, I've finished." And with that she walked out of the common room without a second glance.
"Well I'm tired," Thorn said sitting up and stretching out her arms. "I'm heading up. Good night boys."
"Good night," the three males said as the four girls went up to the girl's dormitory, bringing their first day at Hogwarts to an end.
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