Gryffindor Schedule: First Year

Monday

9:00 Charms

10:00 Double Potions

11:00 Herbology

Lunch

1:00 History of Magic

2:00 Care of Magical Creatures

Tuesday

9:00 Arithmancy

10:00 Transfiguration

11:00 Double Defense Against the Dark Arts

Lunch

1:00 Runes

2:00 Divination

Wednesday

9:00 Charms

10:00 Muggle Studies

11:00 Care of Magical Creatures

Lunch

12:00 Astronomy

Thursday

9:00 Transfiguration

10:00 Double Divination

11:00 Defense Against the Dark Arts

Lunch

1:00 Arithmancy

2:00 Runes

Friday

10:00 Double Herbology

11:00 Potions

Lunch

1:00 History of Magic

Said a peice of parchment lying on his bed as he and Rose were having breakfast. "So, we have Herbology in a half hour?" Albus asked.

"Actually, no, in ten minutes," She said looking at her watch. "Then we Potions, Lunch, and History of Magic."

"And then, Hagrid's for tea–" Albus said. "No, next week... Sorry." And they headed off to Herbology with Professor Longbottem. Professor Longbottem was a man from their parent's school year. He had black hair and longer front teeth than you would think of someone that can mend stuff with magic. And he was quite tall. While there, they took an hour to learn about differant plants, which Rose knew all of them. They scored ten points for Gryffindor and some people in Slytherin scored twenty points total. Slytherin went somewhere and Gryffindor headed to Potions with Professor Whitney. He had white hair and a short body and loved to doze off into one of his stories from places like Egypt or Mount Everest. They were making a boil cure potion, Albus was half way through exploding the whole room when Rose finished hers and everyone stopped.

They had an hour to eat lunch and were off to History of Magic which was the only class with a ghost teacher. He droned on and on about stuff and all they had to do was write down names and dates. Then the day was over and anything they wanted to do was right there. Albus was heading to the common room, but in the third floor, he was dragged into a room. And James was in there. Albus was confused so didn't try to run or scream. He pulled out a peice of parchment and waved it in front of him. What was it?

"This is the Maurarder's Map. I stole it from dad's office last year. I've been using it a lot. I suddenly swear that I am up to no good." The last sentence James had the tip of his wand in the middle of the parchment. Slowly, ink was starting to write itself. And it decided to write the words;

MESSERS MOONY, WORMTAIL,

PADFOOT, AND PRONGS

ARE PROUD TO PRESENT

THE MAURARDER'S MAP

"Moony was Lupin, Wormtail was Pettigrew, Padfoot was Black and Prongs was Grandad." James explained. Lupin, the father of Teddy Lupin. They were both werewolves. The three of the others were unathorized animagi. Pettigrew could turn into a rat. He betrayed Albus's grandparents. Serius Black was their fahter's Godfather. He could turn into a big black dog. And James Potter, dad of their fahter could most likely turn into a stag. But Albus and James didn't know. James opened the map and Albus saw his and James's names next to footprints facing the same way. The footprints were just outside a passageway to the left and to the right, there were stairs. There were more footprints going up the stairs. Madam Hanence, the nurse, and two boys and a girl. Albus noticed one from the train, one from departure, and one from the Sorting Hat.

Scorpius, Grace, and Blade Shaw. They made a trio almost instintly. Then Albus wanted to go look, but James had some reason to stop him. "Now, don't tell anyone about this. Don't even speak to me about it unless it says that we're alone. Invisibility cloaks won't get past this baby. Mischief Managed." The last sentence he again tapped his wand to the parchment. And the ink, as quickly as it came, left the pages. Albus was prepared to leave when he asked James, "Why show me?" James looked at him for a minute and then said "Because Dad is going to give you his invisibility cloak. I just know it, that cloak has a story behind it. Check out the book Tales of Beadle the Bard. The Deathly Hollows or the Tale of the Three Brothers." And he left the room. Albus soon after did, too and headed off to the Library. Albus somehow knew where everything in school was. It wasn't hard to find any class.

In five minutes, Albus encountered Peeves the Poltrigeist and had to walk through him, which was like walking through ice. He asked the Librarian, Madam Joy, where the book was, but someone already took it out. He asked for it to be put on hold and took out a book that his father had loved. Quidditch Through the Ages. Albus was a fast reader and by the time they wanted dinner, he was done the book. The dinner wasn't a huge feast like the start of the year, but it ended almost like that, they didn't need a prefect to guide them, and could stay until the last teacher left.

THe day vanished and it was night. The second day of classes were to start. And Albus drifted off to a long sleep. Saturday, they got to play around, the book still wasn't there, Sunday was exactly the same. The next day, they had to wake up earlier and they went to Charms with a short goblin named Professor Flitwick, he was Albus's father's Charms teacher, he was also head of Ravenclaw in that time. The next hour, they were at Potions with the Hufflepuffs. Professor Whitney made them redo a boil cure potion, the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors were doing so. Albus and a Hufflepuff, Samuel Klein, almost got each other blown up. Fun hour. They had another Herbology and at lunch, owls came in, a barn owl gave a letter from his parents. ALBUS POTTER it had on the back, then the owl gave James a letter, too.

Albus, how was your first couple days,

write back, did you encounter Peeves?

I'd consider you the luckiest boy ever if

you still haven't

Dad

Albus took a long red quill, a small peice of parchment, and black ink from his bag and scrawled back;

Yeah, second day, I have, work, almost got blown up in Potions,

Professor Longbottem was being nice, we got ten points on Friday.

Was it easy for you to hear Professor Binns class? He still teaches

History of Magic, Goodbye,

Albus

He gave the letter to an envolope and to the owl, James wrote a long letter to him and they sent them together. They had another History of Magic and then they learned about Bowtruckles with Hagrid. Albus was about to tell about his week, but Hagrid said to wait until Friday, so Albus and Rose headed back to the castle. A third year walked up to Albus and gave him a book. The Tales of Beadle the Bard. Albus ran to the common room, got a comfy seat and started to read;

There were once three brothers who were travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too deep to wade through and too dangerous to swim across. However, these brothers were learned in the magical arts, and so they simply waved their wands and made a bridge appear across the treacherous water. They were halfway across when they found their path blocked by a hooded figure.

And Death spoke to them. He was angry that he had been cheated out of three new victims, for travellers usually drowned in the river. But Death was cunning. He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him.

So the oldest brother, who was a combative man, asked for a wand more powerful than any in existence: a wand that must always win duels for its owner, a wand worthy of the wizard who had conquered death! So Death crossed to an Elder Tree on the banks of the river, fashioned a wand from a branch that hung there, and gave it to the oldest brother.

Then the second brother, who was an arrogant man, decided he wanted to humiliate Death still further, and asked for the power to recall others from Death. So Death picked up a stone from the riverbank and gave it to the second brother, and told him the stone would have the power to bring back the dead.

And then Death asked the third and youngest brother what he would like. The youngest brother was the humblest and also the wisest of the brothers, and he did not trust death. So he asked for something that would enable him to go forth from that place without being followed by Death. And Death, most unwillingly, handed over his own Cloak of Invisibility.

Then Death stood aside and allowed the three brothers to continue on their way and they did so, talking with wonder of the adventure they had had, and admiring Death's gifts.

In due course the brothers separated, each for his own destination.

The first brother traveled on for a week or more, and reaching a distant village, sought out a fellow wizard with whom he had a quarrel. Naturally, with the Elder Wand as his weapon, he could not fail to win the duel that followed. Leaving his enemy dead upon the floor, the oldest brother proceeded to an inn, where he boasted loudly of the powerful wand he had snatched from Death himself, and of how it made him invincible.

That very night, another wizard crept upon the oldest brother as he lay, wine-sodden, upon his bed. The thief took the wand, and for good measure slit the oldest brother's throat.

And so Death took the first brother for his own.

Meanwhile, the second brother journeyed to his own home, where he lived alone. Here he took out the stone that had the power to recall the dead, and turned it thrice in his hand. To his amazement and his delight, the figure of the girl he had once hoped to marry, before her untimely death, appeared at once before him.

Yet she was sad and cold, separated from him as by a veil. Though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Finally, the second brother, driven mad with hopeless longing, killed himself so as truly to join her.

And so Death took the second brother for his own.

But though Death searched for the third brother for many years, he was never able to find him. It was only when he attained a great age that the youngest brother finally took off the Cloak of Invisibility and gave it to his son. And then he greeted Death as an old friend, and went with him gladly, and, as equals, they departed this life

Was that cloak that his father had possibly the cloak from there? An Elder Wand and a Resurrection Stone? This required more books.