Chapter 4
Magic Mayhem
Cassiopeia was in a rush to get to her first class History of magic taught by Professor Binns. James said he was the oldest teacher at the school, he even surpassed Dumbledore who was the newly appointed headmaster. She had gotten lost thanks to the moving stair cases and was almost late. Cas sat down while trying to catch her breath. To her shock Professor Binns was a ghost! James said he was old but he didn't say he was dead. The other students also seemed surprised even the prefect who stood at the back of the class room, the boy rushed out of the room quickly. Professor Binns began his lesson as if he wasn't aware he no longer had a beating hart. He briefly introduced himself before telling us to read chapters 1-5 in the book and take notes. Occasionally throughout the lesson he would ask a question about the chapters but other than that it was quite dull until the prefect returned with Professor Dumbledore. He to seemed surprised at this change in the teacher and polity y asked Professor Binns to step into the hall for a moment. Cassiopeia expected Dumbledore to follow Binns out but instead he shut the door. "It would appear that our dear professor Binns has died earlier today and has yet to notice. I would appreciate if nobody mentioned this to him, because he would find it quite a shock. He will remain your teacher because he is still fully qualified to do so. That will be all. Good day." With that Dumbledore left in a whoosh of his cloak. Her next class flashed by and suddenly She was sitting in transfiguration. Professor McGonagall told them all to start by simply turning a button into a beetle. Cas managed to do it in seconds witch caught McGonagall's eye. She proceeded to get Cas to do other spells each one getting harder and harder, including turning a glass into a rat. She then took Cas to see Professor Dumbledore but made Cas wait outside. When McGonagall came back out she explained to Cassiopeia that she was going to be moved up to level 3 in transfiguration. Because of all this her time table got changed and Cas now had transfiguration right after lunch. Since it was almost time to eat now Cas just walked straight down to the great hall and waited for the boys to arrive. At last they arrived coming in from there horology lesson. They began to chat about the current rumors which were all pointed towards Professor Binns and his sudden death. Cas discovered that the boys would all be in Her transfiguration class! She couldn't wait. "So how hard is your transfiguration?" She asked nervously. "Not to hard but it's a little distracting because most of the class are Slytherins" James replied with a tone of disgust. "You might find it a bit complicated because we're doing a continued assignment that we started last year, but I'm sure McGonagall will partner you up with someone" Remus said sincerely. She nodded, some of her excitement wearing off. A class with Slytherins? From the way the boys talked about them they were really mean and disrespectful, as well as rude. However she decided to ignore this and enjoy her lunch. She decided to eat some roasted chicken, salad and a brownie which was all delicious and mouth watering. At last it was time for transfiguration, her stomach was in knots of excitement and nerves. Finally, following the boys she entered the class room and sat down next to Sirius. He was so nice and always made her feel comfortable and happy. To Cas' shock her brother was in this class too! He glanced at her, surprised at first but than his face hardened when he saw the red and gold colors on her chest. He then turned away and began talking to another Slytherin boy. Cas felt like a knife had been driven through her stomach slowly before it was pulled out. Sirius noticed this imeadatly before I could retain my composure "Is that your brother Cas?" he asked in a low voice. Cas nodded her head unable to allow words to form. "He may be your brother by blood but were your only true brothers!" James said while rubbing her shoulder. She smiled at the boys, she didn't completely feel better but it had helped. Sirius handed her a piece of blank paper to me, at first I was confused but then words began to appear on my page. We can use this to talk to each other during the lesson, It will allow us to speak but after you've read it tap it 3 times with your finger and it will disappear. Cassiopeia gasped in surprise and ten tapped it with my finger 3 times. As Sirius had said the ink disappeared. Do you think my brother still likes me? the ink disappearing as she wrote it. I'm not sure, some people are very picky about houses, including my family. My mom almost disowned me when she found out I was in Gryffindor. I only go home to visit for 3 days in the summer. But I don't mind. I won't waste my time with someone who hates me, even if it's my own mother. Cas was surprised that Sirius' mother didn't like him. She found it hard to picture this fun juvulent boy being raised in a house like that. Oh I'm so sorry, I guess me worrying about my brother liking me is nothing compared to your parents not liking you. I guess I should be happy my parents were from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, so they didn't mind which house either of us got into. I just find it hard to adjust to my brother hating me. We always had so much fun as kids, although in these last few years he has seemed more distant... Not sure what else to say I left I at that which was convinet timing because just then Professor McGonagall walked in. "Hello class, as I'm sure many of you noticed we have a new student in out class. Her name is Cassiopeia she's a first year but her transfiguration skills proved to be of a 3rd year level." Some people eyed Cas curiously and others just stuck their noses in the air. "No everybody please continue working on your projects from last year." a low murmur of people talking could be heard as they got out there quills and parchment. McGonagall approached Cassiopeia "You can work with Remus for this project, he will explain what to do." Cas nodded her head and switched spots with James so she could be sitting next to Remus. Remus began to explain the complex project were the students had to combine 2 transfiguration spells to make a better spell and then write a 3000 word essay explaining what it did and why it was better. Remus had already picked out 2 spells but was having difficulty combining them. We spent the last of class brainstorming different ways to attempt the combination. The boys and Cassiopeia all had a free period after transfiguration and decided to go out onto the grounds and enjoy the sunny day. As they were walking they caught some Slytherins trailing them, one was Cas' brother. "It's okay, let me talk to him alone please? I'll just be a second" The boys nodded reluctantly. Cassiopeia put on a brave smile and walked towards the trio. Her brother, Oleander sneered as Cas neared him. "what do you want blood traitor!" Oleander hissed. "I-I-I just wanted to see you, we haven't talked since I got sorted. Is everything okay?" she finally managed to get out. "Everything's fine!" He snapped "I just don't have time to waste on some filthy Gryffindor like you! Even Hufflepuff would have been better!" He said coolly. Cassiopeia feel to her knees tears streaming down her face. Suddenly Sirius was in front of her. She heard a crack and then all 3 boys had a pigs tail and ears. They looked mortified and ran off towards the hospital wing. Sirius sat down on the ground next to her. "Sorry about though's 3 Severus and your brother never liked us... I'm really sorry you had to go through that. Come on lets go to the Room of Requirement and get you cleaned up before you next class." Cas allowed Sirius to lead her through the corridors and up the stairs while the other 3 boys followed closely behind