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CHAPTER 3

Morning came far to fast for Aurora, maybe it was because she was actually in a comfortable bed or that she didn't hear Aunt Petunia's bird call of a voice . She really didn't want to get up, but she remembered how Professor Snape said that he didn't accept tardiness. With a yawn and all of her will power she pulled herself up and went to get dressed.

There were no students in the Common Room and at first that made Aurora nervous. That is until she looked at the schedule and saw that all students were supposed to be down at breakfast. The strange thing was, as calm and relaxed as she felt, she was not remotely hungry and the thought of breakfast did not tempt her in the least.

Quickly fixing her green and silver tie she set out for the Great Hall. The dungeons were empty but that did not surprise her, who would want to spend all their time in this cold creepy place anyhow? Well obviously Professor Snape, but that was him.

She assumed that she would just adapt to the cold and dark tunnels. Slowly she walked up the stones steps and across the Entrance Hall to the sound of students. She walked inside feeling extremely embarrassed to be so late.

"Hey Rory!"

Aurora turned to see that Draco was beckoning for her to join him. With a smile she sat down next to him.

"Wha ook you do long?" he asked his words severely muffled by a mouthful of buttered toast.

"I just couldn't bring myself to wake up." She said simply.

Draco nodded in understanding. "The beds here are really comfortable right?"

"Yeah, so what do we have first?"

"Transfiguration with the Gryfindors." He said distastefully.

"What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing, except the fact that they have to be there with us."

Aurora looked over to the table Draco was glaring daggers at. They seemed like a normal bunch of kids just enjoying breakfast, why were they talked about so meanly? Oh well, she didn't have time to worry about some little grudge the school houses had, she had bigger things to deal with…like how she was going to find her Transfiguration class.

"Hey, aren't you hungry? You didn't touch any supper last night!"

Aurora shook her head.

"No, I'm not really hungry…breakfast isn't really my thing."

"And dinner?" Draco questioned.

"My nerves kept me from eating."

Draco nodded and then said, "if you don't eat lunch I'll use a confunding charm and shove it down your throat."

Aurora looked at Draco mortified, would he really do something so mean?

"Just kidding Rory!" he said laughing at her expression. "Well sort of, if you don't eat I'll tell Professor Snape."

Oh, and that was a million times better then having the food forced down your throat. She would take that over her House Master any day. They continued breakfast talking about certain little things, just random things that really had no importance.

"What do we have after Transfiguration?"

"Umm…hang on I need to check."

Draco pulled out his time table and scanned down the list.

"Umm…potions…with Snape."

Aurora nodded and straddled her leg over the bench.

"I think I'm going to go now, "she said standing, "I want to be able to find my way around the school properly."

"I could show you-"

"No, I want to be able to find it on my own." Aurora said rushing away and out the door.

She was happy to be alone; she actually kind of preferred to be by herself. It was not that she did not like Draco but she did not want to have to keep up with a conversation on the way down to Transfiguration. She wondered what Potions would be like, she certainly didn't want to disappoint her teacher but that was why she spent most of the night going over her potions book again. She had already read the text about twice but she was never afraid to pick it up again and continue reading.

Transfiguration would be cool; she was looking forward to turning some type of animal into a clock or something. It would be really fun to use magic and not have her Uncle or anyone threaten to bash her head in. Aurora took out her map as she reached the main stairs. The Transfiguration classroom was out in the Transfiguration court yard…okay…so where the heck was that?

She began walking up the steps; maybe there would be a sign somewhere. How many bloody steps did one place need?! felt like an eternity, they went on and on and on. There was no doubt that if it turned out that Aurora really was going the wrong way she would be livid.

"Hey!"

A voice called to her and instantly Aurora whipped around, she looked to see an older boy in front of her. He had bronze colored hair and very warm eyes.

"Umm…yeah?"

The boy was wearing black robes with a yellow ferret on the breast pocket.

"Are you lost?"he asked kindly.

He walked up the steps until both of them were right next to each other.

"Uhh…kind of." She whispered feeling her face flush.

"Where are you heading?"

Aurora took out her time table and pointed to Transfiguration.

"Ah, don't worry you are not late or anything, everyone actually just got out of breakfast. I could walk you down there, considering that my class is near there."

"Oh," Aurora said with a nod, "okay, thank you…ummm…?"

"Oh, I am Cedric; Cedric Diggory."

He held out his hand for Aurora to shake, at first she questioned this boy's intentions but seeing that the smile on his face was completely sincere she took it within her own.

"I am Aurora Potter." She said smiling politely at him as well.

"Oh, I kind of figured." He said with a chuckle.

Cedric led her back downstairs all the while telling her about the school and the Professors. She had to admit that Cedric was very engaging, and really good looking. She enjoyed hearing him talk, and before she knew it they were in front of her class and the bell rang.

"Darn," he said looking down the hall, "Hey Aurora, I'll see you around okay! If you ever need help with anything just look for me, I'll talk to you later!"

Before Aurora could even mutter a thank you Cedric was halfway down the corridor. She opened the door to the classroom and walked inside. Desks lined up in rows of four sat before her, she didn't want to sit in the back but she did not want to look like a suck up and sit right in the front row. To be safe she should probably sit in the second row.

"Ah! Ms. Potter!"

Professor Mcgonnagal came over with a friendly smile on her face. Aurora remembered this teacher from the sorting, she reminded Aurora a lot of what a grandmother should be.

"Good morning Professor." Aurora said setting her bag in one of the chairs.

"How do you like the school Potter?" she asked approaching her.

Aurora thought for a moment, she wanted to word this carefully without sounding like a complete and utter twit.

"Uh, it's big." She said laughing.

Mcgonnagal chuckled and nodded, "It is that lass, but do not worry you will become accustomed to the hallways."

Aurora nodded, she sure did hope so.

"Well Aurora, I see you have chosen your seat, I trust it will not be a problem if you sit next to," she pulled out a seating chart and scrolled down the names, "Ashley Blake."

Aurora did not recognize that name, nor could she place a face with the name. Oh well she assumed that it was some blond preppy girl. When the class filed in Aurora waited to find who would be sitting next to her. Seating the class was easy, Mcgonnagal, just like Snape, did not lead a lot of energy to make a classroom listen.

She waited for Ashley Blake the preppy blond to be seated next to her but when the person she was expecting came in Aurora couldn't be more surprised.

Ashley Blake was a boy. A blond haired, silver eyed, boy! She had to keep her jaw from dropping. Aurora would have never guessed that Ashley was a boy's name?

He turned to her briefly and then went back to facing the front of the class.

"Hello." She said politely.

"Hi." He whispered back.

Aurora didn't know how to continue the conversation, so she didn't and just waited for Professor Mcgonnagal to continue the class. It went slow, and they didn't really touch on much magic. Aurora preferred a more hands on approach to learning; she hoped that potions class would involve some type of brewing and not just naming fundamentals.

The bell finally rang and thankfully Mcgonnagal did not assign any homework. She watched as Ashley stood about to leave but before he could Aurora spoke up.

"Do you know the way to potions?" she asked.

His silver eyes went to her and he nodded slightly.

"Would you mind if I walked with you?" Aurora said looking down at her feet.

Ashley shrugged his shoulders, it was clear that he really did not care all that much about anything Aurora did. She kind of felt a little offended by this; Ashley seemed to be one of those boys that had absolutely no plans for the future.

"Okay, well forget it I'll find my own way!" she said pushing passed him and walking out of the classroom.

Ashley sighed watching Aurora go, he just wasn't good at making friends…his brother Gregory was more of the social butterfly then he was.

Finding her way back to the dungeon was actually pretty easy. Seriously, all she had to do was go back downstairs until she reached the door a couple of yards away from the common room. What Aurora did not get was why she was always so early to each of her class! She leaned against the cold stone wall and waited. Surprisingly this was the hard thing. She wanted to go to Potions and prove to Professor Snape that she would exceed his expectations!

"Bloody Hell!"

Aurora looked up into the face of another student, this one was Gryfindor. He had red hair and a whole lot of freckles.

"You're Aurora Potter!" he shrieked.

"Uh…yeah…" Aurora said uneasily.

"I'm Ron Weasly." He said shaking her hand.

"Uh…cool."

He looked up at the large oak door in front of them.

"They say Snape can be pretty mean." He said with a shiver.

"He doesn't seem all that bad," Aurora argued, "he was alright to me."

"Well that's cuz you are Slytherin…he doesn't like the Gryfindors."

Aurora shrugged her shoulders, she was sure that that was just Ron's opinion. Everyone described a person differently Aurora just supposed that this was one of those cases.

When the bell finally rang signaling that it was time for them to enter Aurora pushed the door in and took a seat right in the front row. Once again Ashley appeared in the class with her but this time Aurora asked Draco and two other boys he had made friends with to join her. At least Draco liked to talk with her.

He sat next to her and instantly started talking non stop, about absolutely everything. Aurora sighed, she could not understand that how a boy she had almost every class with could discuss so much from a different point of view.

"So why were you talking to the Weasel?" he snapped.

"Weasel?" Aurora repeated.

"Yeah, Ron Weasly…he has to be one of the worst wizards Hogwarts has ever received-

"Draco Malfoy!" Aurora spat reproachful. "That is the rudest thing anyone could ever say about anyone!"

"It is true Aurora! The Weasly's only care about muggles-"

"I lived with muggles!" she snapped.

"But you are…Aurora Potter-"

"You know what," Aurora snarled, "don't talk to me. I don't want to hear it."

Aurora turned her back to Draco and ignored him completely as he whined and tried to clarify for his bad behavior. Finally his rants were broken when the door to the classroom swung open and Professor Snape walked in. His strides were long and his robes billowed behind him.

He walked to the front and then turned to face them all. His eyes scanned the table but stopped when they reached Aurora's face. He did not know how to react but he knew one thing. Hurt rose in his heart that he never felt before. Her face and eyes…in that uniform, it was like an alternate universe. He just wished that Lily would have really been sorted into Slytherin. Maybe then things might have been different.

"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class," he began prying his eyes away from Aurora, "as such I don't expect you all to understand the subtle art of potion making but those select," he turned to Draco who smiled, "the predisposition."

Professor Snape crossed his arms and his lip curled into a sneer.

"I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even stopper death." He turned to Aurora so that there eyes locked. "As long as you aren't the usual bunch of dunderheads I have to teach."

Aurora's eyes widened; had her House Master called her stupid?

"Potter!" he spat.

Aurora's focus quickly went back to her teacher; he sure was using a really sharp tone. What had she done wrong? Aurora swallowed hard in an attempt to get her voice back and waited for her teacher to say something.

"Tell me what you would get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

Aurora knew that one!

"The Draught of the Living Dead, sir." She said softly.

Severus looked at Aurora shocked; he assumed she would take after her father when it came to potion making.

"Correct, what is another term for that potion?"

"Aconite." She said fluently.

"Tell me where you would find a beazor?" he persisted.

"Um…in the stomach of a goat?" she said uncertain.

Darn her for not reading more on that, but when she saw the visual aid the text had give it disgusted her to the point that she felt sick to her stomach.

"Yes, what did you do last night in your dormitory?" he spat."Swallow a textbook?"

Aurora's body began to quiver in fear. "I-"

"We have curfews set for a reason Potter, and fame or not you are expected to follow them. Ten points from Slytherin."

Severus could not believe he had just taken points from his own house, but it was true. Rules were set up for a reason and Aurora looked exhausted enough as it was without staying up till dawn cramming knowledge down her throat. Just as he was about to continue the lesson he looked once more into Aurora's eyes.

Damn it, tears were pooling and streaming down her cheeks.

There's Chapter Two everyone, I would really appreciate your reviews. Oh, if you don't like the story, because it's AU I would appreciate you not sending me messages. I find that when people send me those reviews I feel less compelled to continue with the story. But any good reviews you have or suggestions for chapters I would be delighted to hear them!!!