Chapter 3:
"Don't you think it's odd how Connor decides to eat with the douche bags over there, instead of eating with his actual friends," said Mikael.
"It is quite odd. Though, Connor is a weird person," replied Katie.
"Maybe he is just trying to get use to the house and make friends before me makes enemies," said Taryn.
"That could be a possible reason," said Katie as she pushed the carrot on her plate around with her fork., "I'm sure he'll be back to his old self soon."
"Hopefully," said Mikael. "Anyway, how has your first day of class been so far?"
"It was pretty cool actually, Ms. Trelawney was predicting futures with tea leaves," responded Katie.
"Madame Sprout is teaching us about plants and stuff. It's alright I guess," said Taryn. "What about you?"
"Professor Snape's class is pretty boring to be honest with you, and he is so strict," sighed Mikael.
Taryn laughed, "That's too bad."
An owl flies above the consumers in the cafeteria and screeches, "Well, that's the signal to go back to class. I'll talk to you guys later." Katie got up from the table and went to her class along with the other students heading to their class.
"Oh bother, I'm just ready for this day to be over all ready," Mikael gets up, "Catch ya later."
"Peace," said Taryn.
Mikael took his seat in Professor Snape's class. Snape paired up everyone and told them to follow a hiccup removal recipe he wrote up. Mikael was paired with Luna Lovegood. Unfortunately for him, he had no clue of how poorly she did in the class. As they were putting ingredients into the cauldron Luna put in too much of one ingredient and a pink cloud erupted from the cauldron. Snape came over and lectured Luna. He told her to follow the recipe instead of putting in as much as she wanted. "You are going to blow up this whole blasted school one day," were Snape's final words before he went to check on the other students.
Luna sat down and slumped over with a depressed kind of look on her face. Mikael tried to shrug off what happened and continue working on the project, but he just could not bear to seeing his partner sad. He came over to her and asked, "What are you doing?"
Luna just kind of looked up at him, a little confused as to why he was even talking to her and said, "I always mess these projects up. I thought it would be best if I just sat down so I wouldn't mess up anymore." Luna put her arms on her thighs and plopped her chin onto her hands.
Mikael looked at her for a moment then said, "So you are just going to have me do all the work? I think not." He sat down in the chair and crossed his arms, Snape looked their way.
"What, what are you doing? You'll get a zero if you don't work." said Luna.
"I refuse to work alone, takes out the learning standard of teamwork," said Mikael sternly.
"But he might give you a detention, do you want that?"
"I've all the time in the world, do you think a detention will effect me in a harmful way?" chortled Mikael. Luna baffled, just kind of looked at him. "Besides, the old man needs to get his panties out of a bunch some of the time. How are you going to lecture someone over a tiny mistake?"
Luna looked back down at her lap and thought for a bit. Then smiled as she looked back at him, "What are we sitting around for? We've got to finish our assignment."
As Snape stood up and began to walk in their direction, Mikael smiled back and said, "Well let's get to it before we both get a detention."
At the end of class everyone packed their things up and left. Mikael was chatting with Luna as they left.
"How's it that you are in a lower grade than I am, but you are older than me?" asked Ron.
"I started late, what more can I say?" shrugged Katie.
Trelawney handed out a cup of tea with tea leaves and told them to use the steps she showed them to try and see hints that lay in their future. As Katie was doing it the leaves made a bird like symbol, "Ms. Trelawney, could you come over here real quick?"
When Trelawney came over she was a little shocked to see what the tea leaves made. She told Katie that the symbol was that of a raven. "The raven symbolizes bad news or death that will lead to new beginnings," said Trelawney. She tried to assure Katie that death did not always mean of a person. She said it could be of a plant, or animal, or of some negative force. It assuaged Katie to hear Trelawney say that but there was still that persistent fear that something was going to happen to her or one of her friends.
Ron saw he worry on Katie's face and said, "Don't worry Katie, terrible things happen to my friend, Harry, and I all the time. I'm sure you'll be fine." Katie was not affected much by Ron's words but thanked him as it was time to switch classes. During the class switch she saw Mikael and they talked a little. She decided not to say anything as to not cause a paranoia.
"This is ticking me off," thought Taryn as she unsuccessfully tried to text on her cellphone, "Does this place have no service at all!" She gave up trying to text and went back to paying attention to what Madame Sprout was saying but something caught her eye. The student sitting next to her was picking at the insides of his nostrils, she was disgusted from what she saw with her peripherals. "Oh Jesus, that's sick," she said to herself as she scuffled her chair away from the boy.
"Try not to pay any attention to him," said a girl diligently taking notes next to her. "His habits may be disgusting but he's a good person."
"But it's just so nasty," Taryn over exaggerated the word nasty. Taryn looked over at the girl still taking notes "Oh hey, I met you yesterday. Hermione, right?"
"That's correct."
"It's a relief to have someone I know in class with me." sighed Taryn.
"But we only just met yesterday night."
"I know, but still, it's better than being alone, or next to that nasty little boy," shuddered Taryn. Hermione did not say anything, Taryn felt slightly awkward and decided to just listen to Madame Sprout instead of complaining.
After a long boring speech on mandrake roots Taryn went to her next class, which was not too far away, Care for Magical Creatures. She was thinking about trying to talk with Hermione but was too timid to try again and just continued on to her next class. When she got to the little hut on the outskirts of the school a huge man came out of it. Taryn stared at this hairy man with amazement, "Hello students, my name is Hagrid. I'll be your mentor for this class." He brought two of his sausage fingers to his mouth and emitted an ear piercing whistle. A gryphon flew out of the treetops of a nearby forest and glided towards the group of students. While the other students were getting frightened Taryn watched the magnificent beast gently land on the ground and come over to Hagrid. Hagrid petted the gryphon and whispered, "Good boy," into the side of his head. "As I said, my name is Hagrid and I'll be showing you how to take care of magical creatures." A smile cracked across his pudgy face.
"I'm gonna like this class," thought Taryn gleefully.
"And that's how you wash a gryphon, one wrong move and the lil' critter will cleave your head off," chuckled Hagrid. When the class was over he gave the gryphon a treat and it flew back into the woods.
As the students were leaving he called Taryn over, "Yes sir?" she asked.
"There are some people here who need to see you," Hagrid took Taryn inside his shack.
"Hello Taryn," said George as he jumped from a closet in an attempt to scare her.
"George!? Where did you disappear off to?' asked Taryn surprised. "Where's Fred?"
"He's taking a nap in the other closet," laughed George, "How is school treating you guys?"
"I don't know how it is for the others but it has been pretty boring for me," said Taryn. Hagrid stared her way, she froze up a second then said, "Except for this class of course, this class was beyond exceptional." Hagrid smiled and went to sit down. "So this is the place you guys have been hiding at the whole time?"
"Yep, we didn't really know where else to go, anyways. We found one of the instruments that you need and guess what."
"Hm?" hummed Taryn.
"The dog you were looking for turned up here. Hagrid took it in," said George.
"Really! That's a relief, now I don't have to worry about her." Taryn put her hand to her chest and exhaled, heartened.
"Alright, it's time for you to be getting back I think," said Hagrid. Taryn said her farewell to George and told him to tell Fred she said hi. By the time Taryn got back to the school the sun was just setting over the horizon.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts is a class the describes itself," said the new teacher, Mr. Lovedtrom.
"You have quite the odd name sir," said a student in the class.
"And you are a fat little pig. Now shut up and listen,"calmly said Lovedtrom, "and it's pronounced Low-ved-trom. If you are attacked by a rival wizard you will need to know the means to stop their spell." He pulled out his wand and aimed it at the chubby boy whom mocked him earlier, "Extonare!" The boy froze in his place, "You see, he would have been easily able to counter that spell. I think I'll leave him like that for the rest of the class. Now for more important matters, on to teaching you children the counter to that spell." The students laughed at the frozen boy.
When Lovedtrom had his back turned Connor went over to the frozen kid. He pulled out a permanent marker and made a mustache and beard on the boy's face, and on his cheek Connor put a poorly drawn penis. Connor went back to his desk and continued his classwork. One by one the students began laughing at the boy, until the teacher turned his head up to see what was happening. The class stopped laughing when the teacher stood up and walked over to the boy and asked, "Who did this?"
There was silence at first but Connor rose his hand and told the teacher he did it. The teacher came over to him and glared at him, then said with a smile, "Good job."
Connor was a little flabbergasted that a teacher would say that, but he took his compliment proudly. The class was dismissed and Connor went back to class with his fellow Slytherins.
Mikael headed said the password to get into his house and he went to relax on the couch sitting in the lounge. "So how was your first day newbie?" asked Diggory.
Mikael tiredly looked up at Diggory and replied, "Tiring."
"Make sure you come to the quidditch game tomorrow," said Diggory.
"Why?'
"To support our house, we are going against Gryffindor."
"Taryn's house, eh," mumbled Mikael solemnly.
"You say something?"
"Huh, oh. Nah, I didn't say anything. I'll decide if I want to later."
"You had better come," Diggory chuckled.
He pulled his self up out of the seat and told Diggory he was heading to sleep. His day may have been tiring but he was satisfied because of the girl he met earlier in the day. Mikael lay out on the bed and got comfortable, ready for the swarm of pleasant dreams, "Ah, nap time I do believe." he sang.
"So how come you were all quiet today in herbology?" asked Taryn to Hermione in the girls dorm of the Gryffindor house.
Hermione was changing out of her school clothes and into her pajamas, "Because I taking some notes for a friend. I would have felt terrible if I left anything out, causing her to fail the class.
Taryn thought a little bit then said, "Why are you in that class anyway? Aren't you in a different level of it since you are a higher grade than me?"
Hermione finished pulling up her silk bottoms, "Of course I am. Like I said, I was taking notes for a friend since she was sick today. I have lots of time to spare, so I was allowed to do that for her."
Taryn sat herself down on her bed, "Oh, you must be popular among the teachers then."
"I wouldn't say it like that exactly but I guess."
"Interesting."
"You should go to the quidditch game next weekend," said Hermione.
"Why?" asked Taryn.
"Because my friend Harry is in this game. He alone can take out Hufflepuff's team," joked Hermione.
"Sounds like fun," smiled Taryn. "I'll probably invite Katie to come," thought Taryn.
"Alright, well I'm going to sleep now. I'll talk to you tomorrow," Hermione pulled her patchwork blanket over her and settled into her bed.
"Night," said Taryn as she did the same.
"Really?" asked Katie. "I wouldn't expect Mikael to do something like that."
"As odd as it was he did. Made me feel better and we both passed the little project Snape handed out." replied Luna.
Katie laughed, "That's good."
"So how was your day Katie?"
Katie thought back to the raven the tea leaves made but said, "It was pretty good."
"Ah, that's good I guess," chuckled Luna as she too was getting herself accompanied with her bed.
"Yeah, well. I'm going to sleep now. Good night," said Katie.
"Good night." Katie only got three hours of sleep that night.
