Chapter 4:

The next morning, I woke up thinking it was all a dream. Then, I looked around and barely suppressed a shriek! I was at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the place I had dreamed about my whole life practically! I walked down to the Gryffindor Common Room and followed the girl prefect, Penelope, down to the Great Hall. We then had the most scrumptious breakfast I had ever seen! I especially liked the Pumpkin Juice. Almost as scrumptious as my mum's. Then, we went back to the common room and got our schedules from Professor McGonagall, then head of house. I had all of my classes with Hanna and a girl named Ginerva Weasley. I had no idea who that was, but Hanna and I looked at our schedules. First off, we had Potions, with Professor Snape. I had heard from all of my brothers and sisters that he was mean to the Gryffindors. I gulped at that thought. I hoped he wouldn't be too bad. As we crowded into the dungeons with all the other first-years, Hanna and I sat down at a table towards the back. Snape gave us a very frightening welcome and then gave us instructions on how to make a potion. We all got out our ingredients, and then started. The only one who got it right was Mia Fritz. She looked like a potion whiz and was from Slytherin, Snape's house. After we were told we were to be terrible at potions and better be better next time, we left and went to charms, where Professor Flitwick recognized me at once. "You," he said, with a twinkle in his eye, "You must be a Gryffindor, you certainly act like it."

"Thank you sir," I said.

"What's your last name? Do you have any older brothers or sisters?" he asked.

"Teylor. There is at least one Teylor in every grade."

"Aren't all your brothers and sisters in Hufflepuff?"

"Yes sir."

"Well, then you must be the exception. Come and sit by my desk. Bring, umm, Hanna Albert with you."
Hanna and I smiled at each other while we went up to the desk closest to Flitwick's desk. A boy, Jake Nadiera, was seated behind us with his friend Henry. They both seemed very nice. Then, after everyone was seated, class began. We started with learning the spell Wingardeum Leviosa. The Professor told us it had saved some lives at Hogwarts, and that it was necessary to learn. We practiced all class on that and were given homework to practice. In potions, we had to write a a roll of parchment on the difference between a bezoar and wolfsbane, neither of which I had any idea about. After Hanna and I were about to leave, Flitwick called me back. He said that he was extremely proud of me and that I would definetly have some potential in his class. I said thank you and left. After Charms, we had Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall. We tried to transfigure animals, mine was an owl, into a vase or a cup, depending on how big it was. The only person who got even close was a girl called Ginny. I wondered if she was the Ginerva Weasley I had all my classes with. I knew that she was in my Potions class, but I wasn't paying too much attention to who was in my Charms class. Ginny seemed nice though. I thought I knew her name, and I realized her brother was a prefect. She was Gryffindor. I made a plan to get to know her more. At lunch, which happened after Transfiguration, Hanna and I sat by her and made small talk. We all worried about Herbology, but were excited about Defense Against the Dark Arts, which was taught by the handsome Gilderoy Lockhart. Harry Potter and Ginny's older brother, Ron, were at our table now. I was anxious to meet him. Ginny said she had a crush on Harry, but that he would never like her. She also showed Hanna and I her diary, which had the word Riddle on the front. We were curious about how she got it, but she wouldn't tell. We weren't extremely worried as we went off to Herbology. We had to dissect something I won't even mention, it was so frightening. In defense against the dark arts, I finally got to meet the famous Gilderoy Lockhart. He was very handsome and charming. Then, he took off a cover and showed us Cornish Pixies. He opened the door of the cage and all heck broke loose. They tore open books and lifted kids in the air. Everything was chaos until a voice in the back of the room shouted a spell that made them all freeze. It was Jake, from charms. He must have older brothers or sisters that taught him that, because it seemed like a difficult spell. After that incident, class was dismissed. After that disappointing class, we went out to the Quidditch Field to learn how to ride a broom. Hanna, Ginny, and I all got up in the air. It helped that we had brothers and sisters that had taught us to play. The last class before dinner was history of magic. It was taught by a ghost, and it smelled musty in the classroom. Half class felled asleep as soon as he was done with his introduction. I tried to keep careful notes, but ended up nodding off. Only Hanna stayed awake. I had to copy the rest of her notes down. We went to dinner afterwards, and then went to our common rooms. But, on the way there, Jake came to talk to me. I waved at Hanna and Ginny. They finished going up to the common room. He pulled me into a corner and waited until the hallway had deserted. Then he told me that he liked me and that we should go out. I didn't know what to say. We had only known each other for one day. He was in Gryffindor too. I liked him too, so I said yes. He pecked me on the cheek and we walked to the common room together. We split at the separate staircases and I walked up to tell Hanna and Ginny everything. We all laughed together and they were so excited. I changed into my night clothes and went to sleep thinking that this was the best day ever.