Chapter 3: And the Fun Begins!

I woke up to the sound of Lily's alarm at five thirty the next morning; I sighed as I climbed out of bed and went into the bathroom to take my shower. When I was done I walked out and saw that Lily, Kira, and Allison were waiting to use the bathroom, and I just started laughing as I walked over to my trunk and grabbed my uniform and robe. Once I was done I charmed my hair dry and did my make-up, eyeliner and gold shimmery eye shadow. Then I waited for the other girls to be done, when everyone was done we headed down to the common room to see if the boys were ready to go to breakfast yet. There I saw Sirius and James in a very intense conversation, probably about the next prank they plan on playing. Remus was reading his book like usual, and Peter was just sitting there looking around like he was uncomfortable being there.

"Well hello boys!" I say as I plop down next to Remus.

"Hello Livvy, did you sleep well?" Moony asks me

"Yes if you can call being woken up at five thirty good." I say as I shoot Lily a look.

"Yay! They're here lets go get some breakfast!" Sirius yells making all of us jump minus James who knew it was coming. Breakfast was uneventful; I have all of my classes with Kira and Allison:

Name

Year

Head of House

Olivia T. Lucas

5th

Professor McGonagall

Days

Professor

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Herbology

Professor Beery

Ancient Ruins

Professor Harper

Charms

Professor Flitwick

History of Magic

Professor Binns

Lunch

Free Period

Care of Magical Creatures

Professor Kettleburn

Dinner

Astronomy (12:00 pm) (Only on Wednesday)

Professor Sinistra

Days

Professor

Tuesday, and Thursday

Potions

Professor Slughorn

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Professor Meryythought

Transfiguration

Professor McGonagall

Divination

Professor Trelawney

Lunch

Free Period

Free Period

Dinner

Once we compared time-tables we went on our way to class, Herbology is one of my best subjects so I'm stoked I can't wait this year is going to be awesome I get to start my day with Herbology! Kira and Allison hate this class they aren't very good at it, which is why I help them with the work all the time. Professor Beery is a great teacher she seems to always find a new way to teach class.

"Okay class; take your seats, today we will be learning about Aconite. Now can anyone tell me what it is used in?" I look at Kira and whisper, "Wolfsbane Potion." Kira raised her hand,

"Yes Miss Kinght?"

"Wolfsbane Potion." Kira says nervously seriously since when have I ever given her a wrong answer she has no reason to be nervous.

"That's correct Kira I see you studied over the summer good, ten points to Gryffindor because that was on the list I wanted you to study. Now for your homework that is due on Wednesday I want a twelve inch essay on these herbs: 1-Aconite 2-Asphodel 3-Belladonna 4-Bubotuber 5-Daisy now that shouldn't be too hard to do so I expect all of you to have it done, yes Mr. LeStrange."

"Do we have to do a twelve inch essay on all of them?" of course it would be Rabastan LeStrange who would ask that probably worried he might actually have to do some work.

"No, the whole essay covers all five of these herbs. Have a good day class." With that me, Kira, and Allison packed up our stuff and left to head to our next class, Ancient Ruins, with Professor Harper. By lunch we had only two twelve inch essays to write by Wednesday but that's not so bad. Our fifth hour was a Free Period so we all got to work on our Herbology essays

Olivia Lucas

September 1st 1976

Aconite- Is an extremely poisonous plant (hence its other name of wolfsbane). It is also called monkshood because the shape of the flowers somewhat resembles a monk's cowl. A folk name for the highly poisonous Wolf's Bane is "Dumbledore's Delight". Aconite is used in Wolfsbane Potion the effects of the potion: while this potion doesn't cure lycanthropy, it does prevent the extremely dangerous dementia which would otherwise accompany the transformation from human into werewolf.

Asphodel- Powdered root of Asphodel is used in the Draught of Living Death along with Crushed Snake Fangs, Moondew, Wormwood, the Asphodel is an infusion of Wormwood, and then you have Valerian Roots, Sopophorous Beans, and Sloth Brains. This concoction when done correctly causes the drinker to fall into a deep death-like slumber. This plant is traditionally associated with the afterlife and the underworld.

Belladonna- Essence of this poisonous plant is part of a student's standard potion-making kit and can be bought at your local store.

Bubotuber- The puss of a Bubotuber, properly processed, is useful in treating acne.

The puss of a Bubotuber is a yellowish color, and smells of petrol.

Daisy- Chopped Daisy Roots are used in the Shrinking Solution.

I finished my essay for Herbology and started on my essay for History of magic which isn't hard it's not even a full twelve inch essay all we have to do is name the four houses what they value their mascot and colors and the founder:

Olivia Lucas

September 1st 1976

Hogwarts has four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin.

Gryffindor-Gryffindor values Courage, Bravery, Loyalty, Nerve, and Chivalry. The mascot is a Lion, and the colors are Scarlet and Gold. The founder is Godric Gryffindor.

Hufflepuff- Hufflepuff values Hard Work, Tolerance, Loyalty, and Fair Play. The mascot is a Badger, and the colors are Canary Yellow and Midnight Black. The founder is Helga Hufflepuff.

Ravenclaw- Ravenclaw values Intelligence, Creativity, Learning Ability, and Wit. The mascot is a Eagle, and the colors are Blue and Bronze. The founder is Rowena Ravenclaw.

Slytherin- Slytherin values Ambition, Cunning, Leadership, Resourcefulness, and most of all, pure Wizard Blood. The mascot is a Serpent, and the colors are Green and Silver. The founder is Salazar Slytherin.

Now that we finished our essays we decided to head out to the Black Lake and just chill until we have Care of Magical Creatures. When we got out there we saw Lily sitting under the tree studying no doubt, we walk over to her and sit down.

"Hey Lily" I say to her

"Hey Livvy, Kir, Ally, what class did you girls just get done with?"

"We have Free Period right now but before that we had History of Magic. What are you reading?" Ally asks.

"Oh Cinderella, it's for my Muggle Studies class."

"Oh I love that book." Kira says. We all just sat there talking until we had to go to our next class, for Care of Magical Creatures, the class is Me, Kira, Ally, Moony, Padfoot, Prongs, Wormtail, Regulus Black, Rabastan LeStrange, Severus Snape, Evan Rosier, and my brother Mikey, and some Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs. But one Hufflepuff I notices is Marcus Jones, yes this just became my favorite class of the day! When we got there Sirius and James were arguing with Regulus, Rabastan, and Evan. My brother and Snivellus seemed just fine keeping out of it.

"Padfoot what did they do this time?"

"Why do you people always assume it's us that start it?" Evan yells at me I just shoot him a glare,

"Because I know Padfoot and I know Prongs, I also know you like fighting with them so drop the fucking innocent act." As I turn my attention back to Sirius.

"They decided it would be funny to insult Lily in-front of Prongs and you know how protective he is over her. So of course I can't let him go at it on his own when it's three of them and one of him."

"Okay Snuffles it's done." I say to him.

"Prongs!" his attention snaps to me, "Enough they aren't worth it Lily would have hexed you for fighting with them and you know it so stop." I say to him, him and Sirius and me walk over to where the others are, Kira was laughing her ass off.

"What is so funny Kir?" I ask

"The look on Regulus and Rabastan's faces when you said that they weren't worth it!" she says still laughing, along with Remus, Peter, and Ally. Then me, James, and Sirius joined in trying to imagine it.