The sorting started and I couldn't have cared less. A few went to Slytherin. "Future death eaters." I muttered to the others, who laughed quietly. I heard a name I recognized and looked up to see Colin Creeveys little brother, Devin. He was sorted into Gryffindor and we all stood and clapped. I had a hard time being happy for him. I was glad he was with us, but being in Gryffindor meant you had a target on your back. "Hello Devin," I said when he sat down. "I'm Tia Potter, head girl. This is Ginny Weasley, and Neville Longbottom. They're the prefects for Gryffindor. If you need anything just ask one of us. I'm so glad your in Gryfindor. Your Colin's little brother right?" He smiled widely. It was apparent that the death eater presence had not put a damper on his day. Oh, to be young and childish. "Yeah, I think he's somewhere farther down on the table. Did you say Potter? As in Harry Potter?" I grinned. "Yep, he's my big brother. We're twins actually, but he is older by ten minutes." I told the well rehearst story without flaw. "Cool! That's amazing." I nodded. Harry was amazing. I looked up towards the staff table to see Mcgonigal heading our way.
"Hello Professor. How are you?" A very frazzled looking Mcgonigal sighed. "I'm alright deary. I've been better. I just want to remind you three to keep your heads low and remind Miss Lovegood to do the same. The Carrows can be nasty." I gulped. "Would meeting Amucus in his office tonight be keeping my head low?" I tried to put on a dazzling smile. "Tia, what happened! With your family and parentage(I knew what she meant by parentage) you of all people need to be escpecially careful." "Nothing, I simply told Alecto my name and Amucus heard. He asked if I would see him. I tried to get out of it, but there was only so much I could do. In my defence I think I actually charmed them." I was offened that she thought I had done something in the less than an hour I had been at school. Aw well, I was a Potter/Riddle. It came with the reputation which I had double. She sighed once more. "Well, alright, but do try and stay out of trouble. If you need me then do get me. I don't want you in danger." "Of course professor, but I'm pretty good at taking care of myself." "I know you are Potter." With that she wandered back towards the staff table.
"Looks like your mad butt kissing skills didn't work to well with Mcgonigal," Ginny teased. "Oh just shut up already." I said. The food was good, but it was weird not having harry and ron stuffing their mouths and Hermione going on about her class list. I was pretty smart and my friends often called me teachers pet and know it all, but no one could compare to Hermione. People said I came close, but she was the queen. At the end of the feast Snape stood up. "Your attention please. You have all been made aware of our new staff adjustments. I would also like to point out that Defense Against the dark Arts is now simply Dark Arts. Muggle studies is now a mandatory class as well. I will have you all know that we will have the great privilege of hosting guests throughout the school year. These will be rather important guests and as such you will all behave. Perhaps some of you lucky older students will even be given opportunities. Now off to bed with you all." We stood and I turned to Neville and Ginny. "I'll send out a message on the coins. Meeting tonight in the common room. You guys will have to start without me. You can bet we are going to need DA to get through this year." I turned to Devin who was standing nearby. "Take this. Your brother will explain it to you." With that I headed towards the Dark Arts office.
I knocked on the classroom door and waited for a reply. "Come in." I heard Amucus' voice call. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. It was dark and cool. I tried to put on a brave, but friendly face as I walked toward the place were Amucus and Alecto sat. "Ah, Potter. I'm glad you came. Have a seat, please." He waved tentatively towards the seat. It seemed they were both testing me. My brothers reputation preceded him. I would play along for now and pretend to be the good twin, but when the time came I was going to make their lives(and likely mine) miserable. "Thank you," I said taking the seat hehad pointed to. "We spoke to the Dark Lord a few moments ago and he seemed curious about you. He said that he knew of you. It also seems your brother is not the only one who has given our cause trouble in the past. Although, our lord was surprised when we told him that you were rather obedient tonight. He is anxious to hear more about you." Great, Voldemort wanted to keep tabs on me. When Amucus mentioned my causing trouble I had to assume it was in refrence to the graveyard incident.
"I saw your house received a handful of new members. That must be exciting. You were speaking to one in particular were you not?" He inquired. I really didn't want to small talk, but it seemed Amucus didn't care. "That was Devin Creevy. His older brother, Colin, is a sixth year and a friend of mine." "Interesting. I know you have matters to attend too so to get to the reason I asked you to see me..." I refrained from rolling my eyes. It was obvious. "You want to know if I know where Harry is."
"Well, yes. You are a quick one aren't you."Amucus said. "Your guess is as good as mine. I have no idea where my brother is. After he disappeared from the wedding no one heard from him again. He wasn't about to tell any of us either." Amucus studied me for a moment. He seemed to be deciding whether or not he believed me. I put on the most innocent look I could. I knew Voldemort's people liked to accuse you of lying even when you weren't, Finally he nodded. "Thank you Potter, you are free to leave. Have a good night." I smiled at them both. "Thank you professors." With that I left.
When I reached the common room the DA meeting was in full swing. They were discussing where and when to meet. "Lets us the room of requirement again. We can meet tomorrow at 6 if that works for everyone." Everybody agreed and we headed to bed looking forward to the next nights meeting. I was a bit worried about taking over completely. Harry had always been in charge and he was better than me, but if he and the others believed in me I would try.
The next morning I was late for breakfast. Hermione usually woke me up and she was gone. Just one more thing I would have to get used to. Ginny handed me my schedule when I sat down. Looking it over I found that I started the day with transfiguration. Then I had a free period, lunch, Dark Arts, and charms. Not a bad schedule. I was even with luna during Charms. Dark Arts wasn't going to be fun, but I would just keep low. Neville and I headed to transfiguration and said goodbye to ginny who had muggle studies first.
"Ah, Potter," said Mcgonigal when she saw us come in. "Was everything alright last night?" She looked worried. "Yep, they just wanted to know if I knew where Harry was. Obviously I don't. He's not that stupid. When I told them I didn't Amucus told me I could leave." She sighed in relief. "Well that's something good at least. Do you have either of them today?" I nodded. "Dark Arts with Amucus." "Well, just keep your head down. You don't want to get a target on your back." "Relax professor, Tia is a pro butt-kisser. She already has them under her thumb." Mcgonigal gave Neville a disapproving look as she returned to her desk.
With Hermione gone it was easy for me to earn the top marks in class, earning me a bucket load of know-it-all and butt-kisser comments from Neville. We were able to have a good laugh at Malfoy who had accidentally turned Goyle into a rat instead of turning the bird in front of him into one. After class we headed to the library to relax. We met up with Luna, Seamus, and Pavarti to chat for a while. By lunch time I was feeling pretty good about the way things were going. That changed very rapidly when we reached the lunch table. A very nervous Devin was wating for us.