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"Iris," Sage said looking at me, "Come on, you can sit with me."

I nodded my head slowly while looking back at the door where Cedric had run out of. What happened between Sage and him? And as much as I wanted to know I thought better of it.

Sage was overprotective of me, not that I blamed him. Whatever just happened was because he wanted to keep me safe. It might be a bit annoying at times, but I loved my brother.

Feeling a hand on my back I let Sage lead me to the Slytherin table and sit me down. I looked around and saw a bunch of people glaring at me, but they looked away a few seconds later.

"You must be Iris," a blond boy said staring at me, "I'm Draco Malfoy."

"Hi," I said glad that someone wasn't being mean to me, "I saw you when we were at Magical Menagerie, right? Well, you were talking to Sage and I was looking around and then I saw this awesome kitty that was perfect for Sage. I went to show him to Sage, but you were talking to him so I hid until you left."

"Yes, that was me."

I grinned happily at Draco when I realized that he actually listened to what I said. For years I had been told how annoying I was, and I was, but all my life only Sage had fully listened to me.

Draco, Sage, and I continued to talk for the rest of breakfast. It seemed that people weren't very happy about me sitting there, but between Draco and Sage's glares no one dared say anything.

"Draco," I said finishing off my orange, "Do you know where the potions lab is?"

"Of course," Draco said nodding, "Why?"

"Because I have this small love of potions and I really want to know where it is. And basically everything about it."

"I'll show you. If everyone's done we can go now."

Nodding my head I stood up quickly and waited. Sage and Draco moved slower then I did, obviously they weren't all that excited about this, but I was grinning widely at just the idea of seeing the potions lab.

Once all of us were standing I linked my arm with Sage's and looked at Draco. He might be acting like a nice guy, but he did have a crush on my brother. If he was pretending I'd know soon enough.

Draco offered me his arm making me smile happily and let him lead me towards the potions lab. Sage and Draco were talking calmly to each other over my head, but I wasn't paying attention to them.

"Here we are," Draco said stopping in front of the door, "The potions lab."

Grinning I reached out to open the door only to have a hand stop me. I looked back and saw Sage shaking his head calmly. A frown came to my lips when I realized that I probably couldn't go inside.

"Professor Snape is the Potions Master," Draco said calmly, "He's also the head of the Slytherin house."

"Do you think he's inside?" I asked curiously.

"I'm not sure. I did see him during breakfast, but that he could be anywhere now."

"Oh, I was hoping to see what kind of equipment there…"

Hearing a door open loudly I spun around and saw someone standing there. I stared at him closely trying to figure out where I knew him from, but I couldn't place him at all.

"Mr. Malfoy," Professor Snape drawled out glaring down at him, "What are you doing here?"

"That would be my fault," I said raising my hand calmly, "I wanted to see the potions lab."

"Why?"

"Because potions is my favorite subject. I spend almost all of my time making potions and I was hoping that I could continue that inside an actual lab."

Snape looked over the three of us with a sneer before motioning for us to go inside. The grin came back to my lips as I rushed inside and started to look over everything.

Turning back around I saw Sage and Draco watching me. Sage never understood my love of potions, but he was going to stand there until I was ready to leave. Though I knew he really disliked it.

"Wow," I said turning towards Snape, "This place is amazing."

"I'm aware," Snape said calmly, "How good are you at potions?"

"The best," Sage said before I could answer.

Snape looked over at Sage before grabbing a book off of his desk. He started to flip through the book until he found what he wanted and handed it to me. It was a rather difficult potion that I hadn't actually made yet.

"You want me to make this?" I asked softly.

"Yes," Snape said going towards his desk, "Everything you'll need is in that cupboard. Get started."

Turning towards Sage and Draco I shrugged my shoulders helplessly. Sage knew that I wanted nothing more then to be a Potions Master and I couldn't help but hope that this would help me get there.

Sage nodded his head calmly before kissing my forehead and pulling Draco out of the room. The potion itself was going to take a few hours and it needed all of my attention focused on it for most of that time.

Once Professor Snape and I were the only ones left I quickly grabbed all the ingredients and a cauldron before going to a table. A smile spread on my lips when I realized that I was going to be making a potion again.

This was the time that I felt the most at ease. From the first time I made a potion I knew that this was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life, but I never thought I truly had a chance.

Hours went by as I made the potion carefully. Potions often got messed up when someone went too quickly. I just had to keep my head level and focus only on it. Sadly, focus was something I was lacking in most cases.

"Almost done?" Professor Snape said startling me.

"Yes, sir," I said smiling, "I just have to let it simmer for an hour"

"Then leave and come back."

"As much as I would like to go find my brother I know that if I leave I'll completely forget about the potion and it would be ruined. If you don't mind I'd like to stay here and wait."

Snape watched me carefully before nodding his head and going back to the papers on his desk. Looking around I realized that I didn't actually have anything with me to distract me.

Sighing I pulled out my wand and stared at it. My wand was Larch and Unicorn, ten and three quarter inches, slightly springy. It had been the first wand that was put in my hand when I was eleven.

"What are you doing?" Snape said a few moments later.

"Nothing," I said calmly, "Sorry, Professor Snape, the only thing I have with me is my wand and I doubted you'd want me to do anything to distract you from whatever you're doing. I was just going to sit here and wait for the timer to go off."

"Come here."

Cocking my head to the side I slowly stood up and walked to his desk and waited. He finished writing something before standing up and moving away from his desk and stood there staring at me.

He pulled out his wand and pointed it me calmly. There was such an odd presence about him. It was like he was hiding something from me. That wasn't such an odd thing, but if I had to guess it was a secret about me.

"Are you good at dueling?" Snape said staring at me.

"Not really," I said shrugging, "Sage said that I was never going to be in a position where I'd need that knowledge."

"You're brother's smart, but you do need to know. While we're waiting we'll duel."

I started to feel nervous as Snape sent a spell my way. Wand work had never been something I was good at. I could do basically anything with a potion, but I never really felt the need to learn with a wand.

It took one spell for Snape to have me on the floor wandless. For a second it looked like he was upset with me, but he sighed softly and motioned for me to stand up again.

This fighting went on until the timer started to glow softly. Panting heavily I walked over to the potion and took it off the fire. I only had to work on it for a few more minutes before it was done.

As I finished it up I felt eyes on me and had to fight the urge to turn around and ask what I was doing wrong. Professor Snape didn't seem like the person that would be able to handle the insecurity that was me.

"Done," I said grinning.

Snape cocked an eyebrow at me before going to the potion and looking over the potion. He didn't say anything for awhile. His expression didn't even change as he stood there.

"You successfully made the potion," Snape said looking at me, "You want to be a Potions Master, correct?"

"More then anything," I said truthfully, "It's all I've wanted for years, Professor."

"Then I will teach you. Come back tomorrow with your timetable and we'll figure out a time."