Author's note- Hi people! I was scared for a few days I didn't have any reviews, but you guys came through. I've been betaing like crazy for badass. slytherin. boys 's story Mudblood Slytherin, which you all should check out. okay, on with the story!

Olive's eyes snapped open with shock. Not because she wasn't home, or because she was at Hogwarts, or because she'd had the best sleep she'd had in years, or because she had friends she was exited to see. No, she was shocked because she had finally realized the audacity of what she'd done. The night before, when she'd written to her parents, and she hadn't mentioned what the hat said. She had lied. She had lied to her parents. Of course she hadn't really lied, but she hadn't really told the truth, and to her, that was lying. Scorpius would be proud if he knew she thought to herself, smiling because for once, she felt great.

Rolling off her bed and making a thud when she hit the floor, Olive heard a giggle. Looking up she saw Elle, looking somewhat blonder that morning than she had the night before. Olive guessed it was the natural light coming through the window, but it was still odd. Yet she smiled at her new friend as Elle helped her stand up.

"Déjà vu," Elle said through her giggles.

"Huh?" Olive asked, still quite clueless.

"Never mind," Elle tossed her hair out of her face and told Olive to hurry getting ready, because she was hungry and needed breakfast. "Father always insisted I eat a lot. I'm just glad I inherited a fast metabolism from Mum."

Down in the Great Hall Olive waved shyly to Scorpius, who seemed to have made a few friends. As soon as he saw her his eyes lit up as much as grey eyes can and his lips formed a smile. She saw him mutter a goodbye to the boys around him and saunter over to her.

"'Morning sunshine!" He said with a smile. Olive giggled, slightly alarmed by his confidence and bright mood so early in the morning. She couldn't remember a nicer "good morning."

"I see you've made some friends," she said, looking off towards the crowd of Slytherin boys he'd just been with.

"You mean those guys?" he said, thrusting his thumb his shoulder in the general direction of his house's table. "They're alright I guess. Not as fun as you, so don't worry about it." He said with a smile. "And you've made a friend…" He looked at the blonde girl hoping up and down impatiently next to Olive.

"Elle," She said with a smile, which then she switched back to her original expression of impatience. She was a very impatient girl.

"Charmed. I'm Scorpius." He said grandly with a blatant delight at the fact she couldn't care less what he was saying, yet earning him a friendly punch on his upper arm from Olive.

"Olive, I'm sorry, but if I don't get breakfast I'm going to eat you." Elle said to her small friend cheerfully.

"I understand the not-so-subtle goodbye. Hope to see you two later!" The blond-haired boy laughed and took a seat one table over.

"Sorry." Elle said once they were seated and she had an abnormally filled plate sitting in front of her. Olive sat next to her at the Ravenclaw table, nibbling on a pumpkin muffin with cranberries, but not really paying much attention.

All at once, an owl for just about every student at Hogwarts flew into the Great Hall. Erin had told her the first day was always the busiest when it came owls. Elle didn't receive an owl and explained to her friend that her father refused to send mail through birds. Just as she finished her story, she heard Scorpius's voice from the table behind where she was seated.

"No Fred! You're Olive's owl! Oi! I don't need two birds bringing me letters! She's one table over sweetie." He laughed at his friend's owl that just proved that she liked him better. The owl's expression seemed to somehow drop before taking off again and landing unceremoniously on Olive's plate.

"Oh Fred! Now there are feathers in my food!" Olive knew that wasn't the important thing about what was going on. No, she was simply afraid to address the real matter: her parents' reactions to the letter she'd sent the night before. As she took the carefully sealed note from Fred, she tensed with anticipation. Opening the letter she read in he mother's graceful hand:

Olive,

You're Father and I are both very proud of you. Of course it would have been darling if you had followed my footsteps in Slytherin, I would have been able to teach you so much. Ravenclaw is a very respected house, as I'm sure you know. You're your father and my little genius. I love you very much. Your father would like to say something.

Hello pumpkin! As your mother said we're both very proud of you. I think you would have been a great Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw's lucky to have you. You study hard and keep to your studies and soon enough you'll be a brilliant little witch. I miss you. Your mother would like a few more words.

Write back to me soon and tell me everything that's going on. I'll see you at Christmas. I miss you baby.

Hugs and kisses,

Mummy (and Dad as well)

Olive was relieved when she read the contents of the letter. Her parents hadn't seen through her lie. She felt yet another surge of pride in herself and happily ate the rest of her muffin, not even minding having to pick the feathers out of it, though she may have found a few in her teeth later on.

Then Professor Flitwick, who also happened to be head of Ravenclaw, gave her and her housemates their timetables. She and Elle were beginning their first day with Charms, with the Slytherins. She smiled and turned around to see Scorpius grinning back at her, as he'd just seen the same thing on his timetable. Olive could tell she was going to have fun this year.

Author's note- okay, so it was short. Really really short. And nothing happened. I'm planning some fun for next chapter, but I need you guys to tell me: What do you want in here? There's a big plot I'm building, but it will last all seven years. So, do you want a lot of fun non-essential stuff happening? (I think this would be fun) Or do you want only important things going on (too much too fast in my opinion). Or somewhere in between. Just let me know the kind of stuff you want to see, and we'll all have a great time.

I want to thank my beta, badass. slytherin. boys, and again urge you to read her story! (It's really good)

Thanks guys! Now, please please PLEASE review. I need feedback to make this story worth reading, and I really hope it is, because I'm really passionate about it. I know, I'm creepy, but still. REVEIW. every time I get a review it's like an angel's burp. So, keep in mind the beauty you're creating. Yay!