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Edit: I put up these stories just to see if people were interested! Now that at least a few are I'm fixing the format of them! When I wrote them they weren't designed to go online! Thanks to all who read these before I fixed them!

I woke up the next morning slightly confused to the sound of snoring. Shooting upright at the strange noise, I quickly relaxed when I realized that it was just Millicent snoring. Looking around the room I noticed that due to my exhaustion the night before, the room was way prettier than I imagined. With a color scheme of green, silver and black along with the lake peering in from behind the window, it sounds like the room would be gloomy, dark and creepy. The elegance of the furniture and the furnishings made the room seem very homey and I knew that this would be a place that I could be very happy in. I was the first person awake and deciding that I didn't want to waste any time, I got up and went to find the bathroom. It was a very spacious room, I noticed it even had a couple of vanities lining the wall. I guess that would be useful if I liked makeup, maybe eventually, appearances are important.

After taking a quick shower, brushing my hair into a neat plait, and changing into my uniform, I could get used to the green and silver, I grabbed my book bag and headed out of the common room towards the Great Hall. Most of Slytherin house seemed to still be asleep but there were a few early risers sitting at our table. Noticing that my sister wasn't there, I found a spot at the Slytherin table and pulled out the first year Potions book. I found potions fascinating, even one little change can completely alter a potion. It requires complete concentration and the potions that one could eventually learn to make were incredible. I had just started reading chapter 6 when I heard my name being called. I looked up and standing across the great hall was my sister gesturing at me to come over. As I made my way over to the Gryffindor table I noticed that I was on the receiving end of many glares. It was almost as if they were disgusted by how I wasn't staying in my corner, because Merlin forbid I have friends in other houses. I looked at a group of young looking Hufflepuffs glaring at me; Second years maybe, they don't look nearly confused enough for freshman. Deciding that I wouldn't be cowed by some measly little Hufflepuffs, I pulled my mouth into a sneer, raised an eyebrow and stared at them as I walked by. I laughed silently to myself at their fear and discomfort before turning and looking at the Gryffindor table. Only because I feared Izzy's reaction if I laughed out loud, I silently laughed at the facial expressions sitting before me. Izzy looked at me disapprovingly, almost as if saying 'you are so not helping your case.' Across from Iz sat a bushy haired girl who looked as if I had started setting baby kittens on fire. The red-headed friend of Potter's looked at me as if I was the scum of the earth. Potter, well, Potter just looked confused. Iz asked me how my night went and as I went to respond I was accosted by arms throwing themselves over my shoulders.

"Hey Kat, saw that number you did on those Hufflepuffs. Don't think they'll mess with you ever."The twin I think was Fred said. Almost seamlessly his twin continued on "setting up your reputation on the first day. Smart. It's what we did. And well I like to think we turned out alright. Whaddya think Gred?"
"Couldn't agree more Forge" was the response.
"But you're nothing like her!" exclaimed Potter's redheaded friend.
"And why's that Ron? For those of you who don't know, this is our baby brother Ronald Weasley" Fred explained. "Also, feel free to ignore most of what comes out of his mouth. He tends to not think before he speaks." George finished the conversation by shaking his head sadly with his final words. They finish each other's sentences a lot. I hope me and Iz don't do that. It'd be creepy.

"But, but. She's a Slytherin!" Ron stammered out. Oh yes, because that's cause enough to hate me. Git.

Fred looked at George in what could only be described as dramatic shock "Oi, Georgie. Did we know that little Kitty Kat here is a Slytherin!?"

George widened his eyes in mock horror "The poor little firstie that saved our arses on the train?! I mean how did we not see it!? Oh no, whatever shall we do! "

Fred looked at me sadly "Oh, well miss Kat. According to our brother over here we're not allowed to be friends anymore. It's a good thing he's an idiot and I don't care what he says." Finishing his sentence he sent a smirk worthy of a Slytherin towards Ron who turned tomato red at the comment. Smiling at the scene I looked back over at Iz who was deep in conversation with the bushy haired girl I saw earlier. I sat down next to Iz and at that movement she stopped talking and looked at me.

"Kat, I want you to meet one of my roommates! This is Hermione Granger. She's a muggleborn, her parents are dentists! Isn't that so cool!"

Smiling slightly at Izzy's obvious enthusiasm at the relatively boring job that Hermione's parents held, I never the less decided to be friendly to Hermione. Iz obviously likes her well enough and I don't want to completely antagonize her friends.

"Dentists? Like the ones who clean teeth? I've always found that concept interesting and completely weird. No offense." I said with a wry smile.

Obviously flustered at my friendliness she responded rather hesitantly "Oh yes, they clean teeth and I feel the same way. I never had any interest in doing that. Even before I learned I was a witch."

Realizing that I was attracting quite a few stares by sitting at the Gryffindor table, I glanced around the room. Noticing that the Great Hall was starting to fill up I decided to take my leave.

"Hey Iz, I'm going to head back to the Slytherin table now, I'll catch you after breakfast to see what classes we have together?"
Taking her half arsed nod as an affirmative I quickly glanced back at Hermione "it was nice to meet you Hermione. I'll see you around."
I turned around and glared at the same Hufflepuffs from earlier as I noticed they were staring at me again. I laughed when I heard Hermione ask Iz "Is your sister bipolar?"

Arriving back at the Slytherin table I sat down next to Daphne and across from Blaise and Theodore, who prefers to go by Theo.
"Hey guys, have I missed anything?"
Theo didn't even look up from his book as he replied
"No, but Malfoy and Pansy are having a field day about you being at the Gryffindor table."
I rolled my eyes at that "Oh like I give a damn what either of them think. My sister is in the house for Godric's sake. Do any of you care?"
Blaise responded "How did you know? Ouch Daphne that was my leg."
I looked over at Daph to see her smirking at Blaise. "Fine, you know I'm just taking the mickey out of you. No we don't care and we don't have any concerns about your slytheriness. We loved the Hufflepuff part."
I looked at the rest of the group and at their nodding heads I decided that this group wasn't so bad. At that moment, a pale man with greasy black hair whom I could only assume was Professor Snape walked to our group.
"Here are your timetables. Don't be a disgrace to Slytherin" he drawled before walking away. I looked at our timetables and noticed that we had every class with the Gryffindors, probably so we won't terrorize the other houses.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:

Transfiguration

Charms

Herbology

Lunch

Free Time

History of Magic

Tuesday, Thursday

Potions

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Flying

Lunch

Free Time

Astronomy

The first day went pretty well. I generally sat with Daphne in classes with Izzy and Granger in front of us. If there was a 4 person table then me and Iz sat together with our other friends on the other sides of us. The first real excitement came with our first potions class. We were all chatting when Professor Snape blew into the room, he immediately launched into an introduction about the potential of potions; however, Potter was writing something down and Snape called him out on it and then began asking him questions.

"Tell me, what will I get if I add Powdered Root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood?"

Granger's hand shot into the air as Potter looked terrified, especially as he didn't seem to know the answer "I don't know sir"

"Where would you look if I tell you to find me a bezoar?"

"I don't know sir"

"What is the difference between Monkshood and Wolfbane?"

"I don't know sir."

I don't think that Granger's hand dropped once during Snape's questioning session.

Snape's sneer became even more pronounced at Potter's last admission. "Clearly fame isn't everything. Is it Mr. Potter?"

I laughed quietly to myself sharing a smirk with Daphne who was sitting next to me, while I attempted to evade Iz's elbow from the other seat next to me. Professor Snape must have heard my laugh because he turned directly to me "Miss Herondale, do you have something that you'd like to add?" Ignoring Iz's triumphant smile, I smiled sweetly at Snape.

"Of course Professor. If I add Powdered Root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood, I'll get a powerful sleeping potion known as the Draught of Living Death. A bezoar, which will save someone from most poisons, can be found in the stomach of a goat. Finally, the difference between Monkshood and Wolfbane? There is none, although they are more commonly known as aconite."
Smiling at Iz's shocked face I looked back at Professor Snape and was proud to see a hint of a smile, only a hint but I think that that's the best that I was going to get. "Well at least some people manage a semblance of intelligence. 10 points to Slytherin." he drawled out. I spent the rest of the day extremely proud of myself for earning the first points for Slytherin out of the first years.

The next couple of months flew by and before I knew it, it was November already. I was very happy at school. I had Iz, and her friends weren't too bad. Granger could be a bit pushy and annoying but she had good moments too. Weasley and Iz didn't get along super well but they weren't enemies. Weasley was easily my least favorite, he was a git. Potter, well he wasn't bad. Just a bit of an idiot. I also had friends, other than Izzy, who understood me and accepted me. Me, Daph, Blaise and Theo were almost always in each other's company. Daph was great, she and I had a lot in common. We could talk about almost anything but also be perfectly content with sitting in silence and reading or doing homework. Theo matched me academically perfectly. He was pretty quiet but had a wicked sharp sense of humor. Then there was Blaise, he was so outgoing and funny. He was always finding ways to make us laugh. Malfoy and I, we weren't friends and we weren't enemies. Malfoy, Blaise and Theo got on pretty well. Daph and Malfoy were friendly so he tended to be around our group a lot. I guess the best word to use was cordial. Sometimes Parkinson would hang around our group and I just ignored her for the most part. Parkinson and I never really got on, she didn't like that I didn't care what she or Malfoy thought. Most people also liked Daph and I better than her. Her ego couldn't take that.