Hello everyone! I would just like to wish everyone a happy holiday and say, it's a Christmas miracle! I know I said in the last chapter I've been having problems with my computer but I managed to getting it working well enough for me to post this chapter just for you guys, so consider this a gift from me to all of you! I would like to thank the people that gave me kudos and took the time to read this sad little story, you know who you are. Anyways! I hope you like what little I managed to write for you and I hope you have all a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!

PS. Sorry if it's shorter than the other chapter.

Chapter 7 Potions

The cold air puffed out with each breath she took as she laid on the snowy ground, her right arm stretched out

in front of toward the sky, practically stroking each snowflake she tried to catch. It might have seemed silly

bad even a bit childish to anyone bypassing but it was moments luke these that she cherished the most even

more so with her beloved friends nearby. Sound of laughter filled the air as two boys threw balls of snow at

each other and the soft scratches of quill on parchment next to her followed along as her beautiful friend tried

to catch every movement and expression their boys made. Sometimes Hel wishes these moments could last

forever.


Lessons were about to begin but all Hitomi could think of was her old school and comparing it with Hogwarts. It

seemed too much of a coincidence to her that Slytherin was very similar to her old house, Kitsune, however it

seemed there was a lot of hostility coming from the other houses toward her's. This alone puzzled her, she

had heard from her father about the great war that plagued Great Britian, however, no one but those directly

involved with the war knew all of the details. She had attempted at one point to question Harry when they

were first getting to know each other, although all she received was a cold and tormented stare, one so full of

agony that she or any of the other Four, ever brought it up again. Just then Hitomi was pulled out her thoughts

only to realize everyone was heading to class. She pulled out her schedule, instantly noticing the first lesson of

the day was advanced potions. Hitomi's lips curled upward, she would get the chance to start the day with her

most favorite subject. Obviously that had to mean her first dynamic was bound to be a great one, and as her

mother always used to say, the first great day of school means a great year as well.


The potions room was located in a dungeon, it seemed, a rather appropriate place if she said so herself, the

coldness of the room was the perfect temperature for potion making. Hitomi sat herself by Mason, gaining dirty

looks from his fellow housemates. It really did seem to be a form of racism. If she were in the muggle world,

she would've expected it to be due to her race but here that was not the case, just because her personality

leaned toward the more mischievous side she was being punished for it. Hitomi wrinkled her nose at those

thoughts, these wizards and their customs were very strange, and that word, muggle sounded like a disease.

She much preferred calling the non-magical people, humans, like everyone else in Asia. Mason's shoulders

slouched as he fought from falling back to sleep, each time his head drooping forward as he swayed his head closer to his desk, before the classroom door burst opened and Professor Snape walked in,

his billowing robes around him, not even attempting to explain his reason for being late, (not that he had any

reason to) he turned to his class from his desk causing Mason to jerk upward in sudden alertness, drawing her

attention to him, "Welcome to Advanced Potions, since you're all here then that means you're all competent

enough not to destroy anything" he sneered. "Today we'll be working on the Polyjuice Potion, you and your

assigned partners will have the rest of the class." With that he began to call out whose partner was who. As he

did every year he paired Harry Potter to be partnered with Draco Malfoy and then proceeded to pair up the

only two foreigners that were taking his class, Mason and Hitomi as well. "Well? What are you waiting for? Get

to work!" He shouted after sorting out the potion partners. Scrambling around all of the students rushed to

gather their ingredients. As usual Harry and Draco argued as they tried (unsuccessfully) to work together on

their potion. Near by Mason and Hitomi were also having trouble working together on their potion, causing

both pairs to be too distracted to realize a group of mischievous students toss something into their unguarded

cauldrons. Before either pair knew it an explosion erupted from their altered potions, throwing back the

students behind them and knocking out Harry, Draco and the two foreign exchange students. Before blacking

out, Hitomi heard a muffled voice and once again saw a vision of the blonde haired woman calling for someone

named Sal.