In Potions they took the same set up they went to the front of the class but because of the fact they were at desks that only fit two Harry decided that he would go sit next to Cedric as the class was with the Hufflepuffs. This helped Cedric out with Snapes excessive bullying of the other houses but since Harry was with Cedric and because Snape had already quizzed Harry at his house he left him and Cedric alone. By the end of the class Cedric was repeatedly thanking Harry for 'his protection' as he put it, well at least it made Daphne and Tracy smile. During lunch the three Slytherins were joined by Blaze Zabini who Harry had already talked to and another boy called Theodore Nott. Harry was reluctant to let the other boy in as Nott's father was a notorious death eater but as he saw the way the boy acted with them and the fact he wasn't with the resident pureblood supremacists he thought he could let him in for now, under close observation
'when did I become obsessed with my company?' Harry thought
'you're looking for potential allies ones that won't betray you and will serve you' Salazar's voice rung in his head
'serve? Allies?' Harry thought back
'yes you wish for power and notability, these people have strong names and will have a strong pull on the wizarding world in the future, you brought them into your confidence without even thinking about it. Could almost say I'm proud'
"Harry come on we've got muggle studies" Tracy said breaking him out of his stupor
Harry thought this may be a good opportunity to get deeper into Nott's head
"so Blaze what do you think about having to do muggle studies?" Harry asked
"meh it's ok but I have no real interests in it" he answered passively
"Theo?"
"I have no plans to go to the muggle world so I find it useless for me but for others that wish to study it, it would be useful can't have everything"
'damn, I may have to resolve to using legilimency' Harry thought
In fairness Harry also thought the class itself was useless and as he saw it why come to a wizarding school to learn about the muggle world. Due to his mothers influence Harry already knew a lot about the muggle ways so decided on better things to do in this time maybe bring books from the restricted section in to read?
'you wouldn't know a way to get into the restricted section of the library unseen?'
'perhaps' Salazar replied with an almost audible smile
The class went on and as it was the first lesson it was pretty much just an introduction and because the only house there was Slytherin it wasn't a big hit.
"we need to find other things to do during that class" Harry said in the halls on the way to Herbology with the Ravenclaws
"I agree perhaps homework so we have more free time?" Daphne put in
"good idea" Harry said
"I thought as a Potter you wouldn't be caught saying anything remotely anti muggle" Theo asked
"nah it's as you said Theo unless you are going into that kind of occupation it's useless" Harry answered
Harry could see the Nott heir relax a little seeing that he wasn't completely out of place
Herbology was held in a massive greenhouse and was taught by a jolly woman and the head of Hufflepuff if Harry wasn't mistaken. Harry paired up with Theo for this lesson as Blaze was with a Ravenclaw girl who Blaze called Penelope and how it was never too early to 'gain allies', well the bloke was part Italian after all.
After Herbology was Runes again with the Ravenclaws which Harry thought was good as it gave him good competition. Unknown to most Harry's grandfather Charlus Potter was a master of runes and had fought against Grindlewald during his reign as a dark lord and also unknown to most Harry had found his diary which contained many of his own runic work giving Harry a huge head start. During this lesson he was paired with Daphne who said it was because Tracy was terrible at runes and Harry was again pleasantly surprised that Daphne was also very advanced at runes.
After Runes was defence against the dark arts which Harry was looking forward to the most and after the lesson had finished he had racked up 50 points from that lesson alone.
