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During breakfast Breanna finds herself in a not so great situation.
I do not own Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling does.
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Chapter Five
By the time we got down to the common room it was almost empty. No one we knew till the boy's door opened and out came "Neville!" I yelled making him jump a bit. He walks over looking a little upset "You okay?" I asked.
"I woke up late, forgot to set my alarm. Dean had to wake me up." He says.
"Looks like its national late day." I say a bit louder than I meant to. The others look at me "What? It's true." They all just laugh at me.
"Who's Dean?" Jenny asks.
"One of my roommates." His face lights up as he says "Harry Potter is with me as well!" Our mouths drop.
"Seriously?" I say "What's it like?"
He shrugs "Didn't get to talk much. But he seems nice. Uh, maybe we should go." He says looking at his watch "Don't know when Professor McGonagall is going to pass out our schedules." We all agree and walk off.
As we are walking down to The Great Hall we hear a voice echoing from the entrance that led to the dungeon. "I can't believe he rejected your friendship Draco, it was so rude of him." It was Pansy with Ashley, Crabbe, Goyle, Draco and another boy that none of us had seen before.
We all rolled our eyes continuing to walk the last set of stairs. They decided to stand in the middle of the hall as we were getting to the bottom, so trying to get by without notice didn't work out sadly "Hey you there." We all looked over to see Draco looking at us "Got the time?"
"Uh, yea..." Jenny says surprised looking at us.
As Jenny went to look at the time the other boy none of us knew looked at me and smiled. A bit shocked I smiled back. I could feel my insides getting butterflies, his light blue eyes stared at me till Pansy gave him a nudge "Ouch." We hear him say looking at her, he never looks back.
"Almost 7:40." Jenny says looking at Draco with a look of suspicion.
"Thanks." He turns back to the group who all give him a look "What?"
Catching Ashley looking at us we walked as quickly as possible, not wanting the pleasure of sticking around. Before getting inside I looked back to see he was looking at me again. I can feel myself turning red, when I noticed Ashley was looking over I looked away and kept walking. We found seats by Oliver and the twins towards the end of The Great Hall. Seamus was sitting across the table with another boy, Harry and Ron not too far down from him. We look at the Ravenclaw table to see that Steph and Sandy were sitting a bit farther down than yesterday with Danny, Manny and the Roberts. We smiled at them a little upset that we couldn't make conversation.
I look down the table to see Jill with some of her friends then sat down next to Jenny with Hermione next to me. Neville sat across next to Seamus and Oliver.
Seamus looks over "Good morning." He says smiling.
We all smile back "Hey Seamus." I say.
He looks over to the boy next to him, he had black hair and dark skin "This is Dean."
"Hey." I start "I'm Breanna. This is Jenny and Hermione." I say looking at the others who smile.
"We heard you woke Neville up this morning." Jenny says looking at Neville who started blushing.
Dean nods "Yea, good thing too. I think he would have still been asleep if I hadn't" he smiles at Neville who started turning even redder.
We all laugh as we see his face. Then Hermione turns to me and Jenny "What was that all about...Draco being nice? He wasn't very thrilled last night when it came to Harry choosing the "wrong family" and made sure everyone knew."
"I know something isn't right, especially coming from a Slytherin." Jenny says looking back at the door.
"You know he only asked for the time. There's nothing wrong with that." Then without meaning to I said "Not all Slytherins are mean." I look over "Did I say that out loud?" I start blushing.
They both look at me "Are you out of your mind?" Jenny says "Slytherins have always been made to be bad. You name me one that didn't go to the dark side?" I didn't answer. Hermione turns around seeing that Jill was walking over.
"What's up with you?" Jenny asks me.
Jill had just got to us "Hey guys, how did you sleep last night?" She says with a smile.
We hadn't noticed her, Jenny was still trying to get me to answer her question. She gives me a nudge to get my attention "Hello?" she says.
"Nothing..." I simple say.
Hearing Hermione behind us "Oh fine, met our roommates this morning. They seem really nice."
Jill smiles then looks at me and Jenny noticing we weren't paying attention "Does it have anything to do with Ashley? And what's gotten into you about not all Slytherins are mean?" Jenny asks. "Breanna?" she says trying to get me to look at her.
Neville clears his throat "What?" we both say looking over.
"Um, I asked if you guys were okay last night...what's wrong?" Jill asks.
"Oh, nothing we're good." Jenny says with a smile.
"Yea great." I say as I grab some food trying to avoid her eyes.
Jill looks at me suspiciously "No seriously, what's wrong. Did something happen?" she could always tell when I was lying.
Jenny looks at me noticing I was now stuffing my face. Not only did she know but Jill also knew that this was my way of avoiding things and the only way of making a problem go away. "Tell her." Jenny whispers to me. I give her a look as we hear voices coming from the doors.
We all looked to see the Slytherins we ran into, we both looked at Jill who notices Ashley "Is that what has you out of it...Ashley?"
"Uhh..." is all I can say as I see her walking down the aisle between the Gryffindor and Slytherin tables.
She looks over spotting me and stops "I'll catch up with you." She tells Draco and the others. The boy gives me another smile before looking away to find a seat with the others. Ashley has an evil look as she says "Well if it isn't Bree the Geek, who would have thought we'd be running into each other here of all places?"
I just look at her and say calmly "Always a pleasure to see my elementary bully accompany me to another school." Trying not to cry I put on my bravest face as everyone looks at both of us.
"Bully eh?" she thinks for a minute, then smiles at me "So I guess blaming you for all those "magical" things happening wasn't a waste after all." She laughs, everyone is now staring her down.
Jenny was just about to say something when Percy walks over sensing trouble when he sees Fred and George get to their feet at the same time "What is going on over here?" he looks at Ashley "I believe you're at the wrong table Miss...?"
"Uh...Ashley Stan" she says looking like she wanted to tell him off.
"Well Miss Stan you are obviously not making nice conversation with these students, calling them names will not be permitted. Please move along." He says giving her a serious look.
She looks at me smiling "This is going to be an interesting year." Percy gives her a look. She starts walking away then turns back saying "By the way brace face..." I was now turning red and trying to hide my braces from view as we all looked at her "That's Logan Tanner, I think he likes you." She gives me an unpleasant smile "But he must be out of his mind." She starts cracking up as she walks away "See you around Campos!" She says over her shoulder as she finds her seat with the others.
Percy looks at me "Who was that?"
"Just someone from our muggle school." I say looking at Jenny who wasn't paying attention.
He turns to see where she was looking, Ashley was staring at our table while talking to Pansy "She's going to be a troublemaker, I can feel it."
"Really Perce?" George says with a pretend shocked face.
"We had no idea..." Fred finishes looking like he could hex her "Little git." He adds under his breath staring at her too.
"Did she really bully you?" Neville asked looking concerned.
Still upset I didn't answer right away. "Yea." Is all I say not being able to look him in the eyes, all the memories were starting to come back. I start eating not wanting to answer anymore question.
Jill kneels next to me "You know things will be different here right? No teacher is going to tolerate her bullying you."
"That's what they said back home." I looked at her "Yet I still wound up in the bathroom crying every day."
"That's because you didn't want to get anyone involved." Jenny said with a sad look.
I stare at her "What was the point? Every time I did it would be worse the next time and everything the teachers did didn't keep her and her friends from picking on me. I didn't see the point after awhile."
As they all looked at me speechless for words we hear noises, looking up to see owls flying over our heads "Ah, mails here." We hear Ron say a few people down.
Jill got up, giving me a kiss on the top of my head and says "Everything will be okay, I'll talk to you later." I nod not looking up at her but can see from the corner of my eye that she walked away.
Owls were flying to their owners dropping off whatever they had. I hadn't taken my eyes off my food till Jenny's family owl Lego (named by mike when he was 3) and our family owl Hunter landed next to us with letters in their beaks, Hunter also had a package. We grabbed our things, gave them some of our food and they flew off.
Reading the letter I said "Mom and dad just wanted to see how the first night went."
"Same with mine." Jenny says reading hers.
"Oh...looks like they noticed I didn't pack an alarm." I say opening the package, my mouth dropped. It was a new watch "Awesome!" I say slipping it on and showing Jenny.
I looked over seeing Seamus looking at me. He opened his mouth then closed it seeming to change his mind. Then collecting his thoughts he finally said "Who's Logan?" Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me.
I see even Harry and Ron were now staring over our way. I looked away thinking to myself "How am I going to explain this..." Looking back I decided to just let it out "He's that tall dirty blonde haired boy sitting next to Malfoy."
Everyone looked over, across the table next to Draco he was staring at our table with a dreamy look in his eyes. When he realized he was being watched he quickly stopped and started talking to a boy sitting next to him.
Jenny looks at me "No, absolutely not."
"But Jenny..." I start being cut off.
"NO! Breanna honestly besides being a Slytherin he is friends with the worst group of Slytherins possible. He has to be up to something."
"So what are you saying? There's a possibility that someone could actually like me but that being said automatically means they're up to something?" I say furiously.
She stares at me wide eyed "Breanna no, that's...that's not what I..."
But before she could finish Professor McGonagall had just came around "Class schedules." She says look at us from the end of Gryffindor table closest to the doors. "I will come to you, no need to get up." She then starts walking down the table.
Jenny looks back at me. Seeing I still looked mad she says "Bree...I didn't mean it in that way."
Not looking at her I say "Just because he's a Slytherin doesn't mean he's a bad guy."
She had no idea what to say, looking at everyone for some kind of help but no one was able to say a word. Not to long later McGonagall finally gets to us saving them from the awkwardness, she puts the paper in front of each of us and taps her wand on it. Words immediately start writing on its own till it is filled with the names and times of our classes.
She looks down at me "Ah Campos I can feel you are going to be a great addition to the Quidditch team next year."
"I...w-what?" I say speechless.
She smiles "You're Joe's daughter no?" I nod and she continues "Your father was one of the best in his year. All the Campos's to try out for the team has made it. It seems to be genetic and I expecting nothing but the same from you." She walks away with a smile, finished the rest of the scheduling then walked to the end of Gryffindor table and looked down the table "Flying Lessons won't start till the second Thursday of term. Whoever is interest for the Quidditch team from second years and up may write down their information and give it to me, if tryouts are going to be presumed Wood here will let you all know." she says pointing to Oliver then she turns and walks to the head table.
"Oh no..." is all I can say.
Everyone starts laughing "At least you got a whole year till you embarrass yourself." Jenny says trying to get on my good side.
I half smile at her then look down at my schedule for the first time...
Miss Breanna Campos,
Hogwarts students are expected to put forth their best efforts throughout the school year and will be graded accordingly. Depending on your letter grading you may be permitted to repeat subjects and also may or may not count toward your O.W.L and N.E.W.T testing. (Wizarding exams for 5th and 7th year students).
O = Outstanding (Passed, always continues to N.E.W.T)
E = Exceeds Expectations (Passed, almost always continues to N.E.W.T)
A = Acceptable (Passed, rarely continues to N.E.W.T)
P = Poor (Failed, may repeat subject)
D = Dreadful (Failed, may not receive O.W.L credit)
T = Troll (Failed. More than one T may mean refusal into other N.E.W.T classes)
Monday
9:00-10:00 - Charms
10:15-11:15 - History of Magic
11:15-12:15 - Lunch
12:30-1:30 - Transfiguration
1:45-2:45 - Defense Against the Dark Arts
Tuesday
9:00-10:00 - Charms
10:15-11:15 - Herbology
11:15-12:15 - Lunch
12:30-1:30 - Transfiguration
1:45-2:45 - Defense Against the Dark Arts
Wednesday
9:00-10:00 - Charms
10:15-11:15 - Herbology
11:15-12:15 - Lunch
12:30-1:30 - Transfiguration
1:45-2:45 - Defense Against the Dark Arts
Midnight-1:00 - Astronomy
Thursday
9:00-10:00 - Charms
10:15-11:15 - Herbology
11:15-12:15 - Lunch
12:30-1:30 - Transfiguration
1:45-2:45 - Defense Against the Dark Arts
3:30-4:30 – Flying Lesson
Friday
9:00-11:00 - Potions (Double)
11:15-12:15 - Lunch
Rest of day off till dinner
Teachers and Location
Charms – Flitwick, Third Floor Classroom 2E
History of Magic – Binns, First Floor Classroom 4F
Transfiguration – McGonagall, Middle Courtyard Classroom 1B
Defense Against the Dark Arts – Quirrell, Second Floor
Herbology – Sprout, Herbology Greenhouse
Astronomy – Sinistra, Astronomy Tower
Flying – Hooch, Training Grounds
Potions – Snape, Dungeons
I look at my new watch realizing it's almost 8:45, then looking at the girls I say "Looks like some of the classes are easy to get to but it's good they give us 15 minutes between each to get there."
Hermione nods "What class do you have first?"
"Well it's Monday so..." I look down my schedule again "Charms with Flitwick."
"So do we." Both Jenny and Hermione say.
"As do I." We look over to see Neville staring at us.
I smile "Do you guys also have these?" I pass my schedule to them and they both nod with a smile.
"We have the same exact schedule for every day of the week." Hermione says passing it to Neville who also had the same classes.
"Oh thank God." I say with relief. "I feel better now and on top of that we don't have Potions with Snape (Head of Slytherin House) till Friday. I hear he's hard, especially when it comes to being in any other house that isn't Slytherin." They all nod. Few minutes later the bell rings to start going to class, we get up and walk down to the doors.