DISCLAIMER : I don't own anything , everything you may recognize is from the amazing J.K Rowling. But the OC Lina is something of mine.

Any mistake you may find are my own. Thoughts will be in italics and *

Here's the next chapter. Enjoy !


If only the world wouldn't get in the way
If only people would just let you play
They say you're both being fools
You're breaking all the rules
They can't understand, the magic of your wonderland
Hu-hu-hu

When you're the best of friends
Sharing all that you discover
When that moment has past, will that friendship last?
Who can say? There's a way!
Oh I hope... I hope it never ends
'Cause you're the best of friends

Movie: The fox and the hound – Best of friends

First year = Potions class

"And now you add 4 horned slugs to the potion and then we need to take the cauldron off the fire before adding the next ingredient," Lina read.

Regulus nodded and did what she said.

"So? How do you like it here?" Lina asked, breaking the silence.

"It's not so bad, I already made some friends and I like the classes." Regulus answered.

Lina smiled. "I like it as well, I was so scared when I needed to be sorted and the hat laughed out loud when he 'read' all my thoughts."

Regulus nodded. "I noticed that. The Sorting hat took quite some time to place you."

Lina chuckled softly and nodded her head while she took a look around the classroom.

Professor Slughorn thought it would be beneficial for his students to place a Hufflepuff with a Slytherin together for Potion making.

What he was thinking would always remain a mystery for Lina.

At the back of the classroom, she saw her friend Lisa-Marie with a Slytherin, whose name she had forgotten, it was something like Bleaks or Bleech or something along those lines, it did not matter anyway.

But she clearly noticed the long faces Lisa-Marie made, her silvery-blue eyes pleading with Lina's to safe her from her horrid 'partner'. Lina chuckled softly and gently shook her head, indicating she could not help.

Lisa-Marie frowned and pushed a lock of her dirty blond hair out of her face and then turned her attention back towards her 'partner' who was stirring the potion.

Turning her attention back towards Regulus, she noticed him staring at her.

"I have no idea what Slughorn was thinking but Potions is going to be hell the entire year." He stated.

Chuckling, Lina nodded. "Lucky, that we are friends. If I hadn't met you on the train, I don't think we would have liked making Potions together."

"And why is that?" Regulus asked, rather shocked from her bold statement.

"Look at all of them. My classmates hate your classmates and vice versa. My classmates even cornered me right after the first Transfiguration lesson to warn me about you. They wanted to know why I had been talking to you. "

Noticing Regulus confused look, she elaborated further.

"You are a Black and a Slytherin." Lina said, emphasizing the word and.

"They thought I had gone crazy for talking to you. They literally told me it would be beneficial for me if I did not talk to you anymore."

Regulus' grey eyes scanned her face.

"Did they now?" he asked with indifference.

It was in this moment; Lina understood why they said he was a Black and someone she should better avoid.

He was a pureblood, raised very strictly, not showing his emotions. He was cold, like nothing could touch him and he walked down the hallways like he owned them.

But Lina knew he was not like that, she saw it in his eyes and she heard the difference in his voice when he spoke, while nobody else noticed a thing.

"Don't do that Regulus, please? I don't care what the others say. I decide for myself who my friends are and whom I talk to. You were my first friend and I will not forget that. And besides, isn't being a Hufflepuff about being just and loyal and see the best in people? And what am I?" Lina paused for a moment, noticing Regulus eyes shine in delight.

"A Hufflepuff," he said loud and proudly, making several heads turn towards them.

Throwing a glare at some people, Regulus focused his attention back on the potion. "What do we need to do now?"

Quickly glancing at the instructions on the blackboard, Lina added 2 Porcupine Quills to the cauldron.

"Now you only need to stir 5 times, clockwise and wave your wand at it and we are finished." Lina said, watching Regulus while he did what she told him.

While pouring their potion into their flasks, they suddenly heard a cauldron sizzling and the classroom started to smell horrid.

"Everyone on their chairs," Slughorn said while he made his way towards the back of his classroom and the melted cauldron.

"Mr. Flint, you needed to take your cauldron off the fire before adding the Porcupine Quills, now you are under the boils." Slughorn said in a calming voice, like it was something that happened all the time.

*Which probably is the truth*Lina thought, while chuckling slightly when she saw Jerome Flint with his hands covered in boils.

Taking a glance at Regulus, she noticed he wasn't laughing but his eyes held a mischief twinkle, indicating he thought it was amusing as well.

"Class is finished, bring your flasks to the front and for next lesson I want you all to read the chapter about the Forgetfulness potion and its uses."

Regulus and Lina cleaned up their workplace and brought their flasks towards Slughorn's desk.

"Ah , it seems rather good at first inspection." Slughorn said, eying his potion carefully.

"Thank you, sir."

"Well, off you go, I don't want you to be late for your next lesson."

Lina and Regulus left but Lina swore she heard Slughorn muttering under his breath: "There's always one who does that… Always forgetting to take the cauldron off the fire… It really is not that hard…"

Lina needed to go to Charms while Regulus had History of Magic. Stopping where their routes parted, Regulus placed his hand on her arm and gave it a gentle squeeze.

"I'm happy that you are my friend too and I would love to be yours, always."

And before she could respond, he had already rounded the next corner, leaving Lina with a gentle smile on her face.

*Who says Slytherins are all evil?*


The potion they are making is a Boil cure potion and it's the same potion as in The Philosopher's stone which was the start of many melting cauldrons thanks to Neville.

I want to thank the people who have favorited this story , put it on story alert and replied.

To MissSadieKane : Thank you for reviewing. I will try to make the chapters a little longer but I can't promise anything. I will try to pay attention to give a more detailed story but again, I'm not promising anything. I'm just typing and I don't really pay attention to the length of the chapter. When I finish it, it's finished and then I look how long the chapter is. But some future chapter will indeed be longer, I think.

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