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A/N -This chapter was written in three days so please forgive me if it doesn't make any sense.
Chapter 7
First Day of Classes
After gorging themselves, they decided to get a jump start on the classes because the classes started the next day.
"What do you guys have for your first class tomorrow?" asked Blaze.
"Well," said Cole, "we all know that we have Transfiguration and then Charms together, but then it will divide between Divination and Ancient Runes and Arithmancy and Muggle Studies. Then we all have Potions."
"And then Defense against the Dark Arts and Herbology and then the next day, it starts off with History of Magic, then Astronomy, then Care of Magical Creatures, then it goes back to the schedule we had today, only we won't have Potions or DADA (Defense Against the Dark Arts)," finished Laura.
"Thank God," said Blaze.
"Cole and Laura are both goody two-shoes," said Dylan.
"What the heck are you talking about?" asked Cole. "It's the truth!"
"It's not until tomorrow!" replied Dylan. "Don't talk about classes and school and learning on our last day of freedom!"
"It's not that bad Dylan," snapped Megan. "It's Hogwarts. There's always something going on here."
"That's true," said Laura as she finished up here pancakes.
The rest of the day was pretty straight forward. The spent the last of their summer vacation playing sports like Quidditch and went swimming and walked through the gardens and hung out in the dorms.
Blaze awoke because he heard a groaning cry. It was Dylan. Dylan had just figured out that he had to go to classes today, but it was six in the morning and they still didn't need to get up yet, so Blaze threw his pillow at Dylan and told him to shut-up. Today, everyone had to be in the Great Hall at eight o'clock just like if were an opening or closing ceremony. By the time seven o'clock came around, there were many commotions throughout Hogwarts. No one wanted to get up, especially Dylan. Laura and Megan had to come into the dorm and wake up Blaze, Cole, Dylan, and Riley. Laura gradually tried to wake them up, but Megan was losing her impatience, so she yelled "GET UP OR ELSE!!" so all four got up, not wanting to know what 'or else' was going to be. They all got dressed and went down to the rush in the Gryffindor Common Room. When they finally got out the door, they slowly went down to the Great Hall for two reasons, one; they were half asleep, and two; it was too crowded to fast walk or run. When they got to the Great Hall, they took their seats and started to talk, and even some went back to sleep, (Blaze, Dylan, Cole, and Riley). After about a half an hour, Dumbledore stepped up to his podium and reminded everyone about the things that were off limits, or things that need to be repeated again. He also said the Quidditch try-outs were that night at five o'clock. He also stated that Hogwarts will be sending and accepting students through a foreign exchange student program. At the end of his speech he wished everyone a happy first day and after he said that, he clapped his hands and all the breakfast food appeared.
After breakfast everyone went to their first class. Lucky for the kids, they all had just about every class together, so they did have someone to do something with when the classes got really boring. All of them (except Andrea who had Charms, Megan and Eric who were in Divination and Michael who was in History of Magic) went to Transfiguration at a bit of a run to get some good seats.
When they got there, thought, half the room was full, but only Lora and Olivia were separated from each other across the room on the right side, stuck in the front while the rest of them were on the left in the middle. Riley was the last to come into the room. He came running in and took a seat next to Laura. A split second after Riley took his seat, McGonagall came walking in, but she was in no hurry.
"Good morning class," she said, standing in front of the chalk board with her back turned to the crowd of kids, (who were mostly Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors).
"Good morning," rang the class unenthusiastically.
"Today we will be learning how to transfigure a swallow into a miniature cello. Any questions so far?"
"One," said a boy in the back, "what time does this class get done with?"
"When the bell rings," she said glaring at him. "Grab a partner then I will pass out the birds."
I guess I might as well tell you who partnered up with whom. Lora and Olivia partnered up, Blaze and Laura partnered up, Dylan and Cole partnered up, Sara and Jessica partnered up, Allison and Melissa, Riley and John, James and Sirius, Remus and Peter P, Lily and Serenity, leaving Zach with Margaret.
When everyone had partners, (McGonagall made sure of it), McGonagall passed out the birds. When every group received one, she told the class that you have to picture a cello playing music, and then flick the wand at the bird, and you should be able to do it.
For most people it was a synch, but for some it wasn't. All around you could here birds squealing, feathers flying, and tiny explosions. In the end though, only three people still had trouble transfiguring the bird. Lucky for the birds none of them got severely hurt, (nothing a little magic can't fix), and plus, they were cloned copies of the original that was up in a bird cage in the front of the room.
McGonagall gave them a 500 word essay on swallows and if you didn't accomplish the transfiguration lesson, that was also part of your homework.
Next they had Charms. Again everyone rushed to get good seats, so Blaze only caught a glimpse of Megan and Eric arguing while running to their next class, which was Transfiguration. When everyone got to Charms they that they were the first people there, so the all took seats in one row in the back, but three of them had to sit in the next row, (which would be down one and forward since the benches and tables there were on something like stairs.) In that Charms class, they learned to make lightning and rain happen at the same time and they received no homework.
At the end of the lesson, Professor Flitwick told them that they would be doing Thundorgio and Aquian challenges the next day. Everyone had excitement about this, but not all of the excitement was good. Some people were worried because in reality, a challenge is like a test but you can get fail it and injured. When Flitwick dismissed them, Blaze said that he was going to stay behind to ask Flitwick about it final exams last year because there was a smudge on the paper, so he went to Flitwick's desk. Blaze couldn't see Flitwick, but he thought that was because he was short. When Blaze realized that Flitwick must have disappeared with the class, Blaze started at a fast walk up out of the room hoping that he could catch Flitwick. When Blaze got to the top, he took a step forward, felt his foot hit something, and the next thing he knew, he was on the ground, his school bag opened, his parchment torn and scattered everywhere along with his books, and his ink bottles were all broke except for one.
"Are You Okay!?" asked someone who apparently was still in the room. Blaze looked up. There, right next to him, was a girl with hazel eyes and dirty blonde hair that was wavy like Blaze's. Her name was Anastasia.
"I'm fine," said Blaze in a quiet voice, his face bright red.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Positive," said Blaze. He reached over and started to put the stuff in his bag, and Anastasia helped.
"Thanks," said Blaze after everything was picked up and cleaned up.
"Your welcome," she said in a nicer voice and smiled a smile that shown brightly across her face as she exited the room. Blaze picked up his bag and hurried off to a long hour-and-a-half in Divination.
He got there just in time. The grand bell rang three long rings right when he walked into the room. He could smell the sweet smell of Professor Trelawney's perfume. He looked for and found his friends (and sister) in the upper back corner by a window.
"You're late and you're lucky that we thought of you and saved you a spot by the window or else you would have to sit in the front of the class!" exclaimed Laura.
"Yeah thanks," said Blaze quickly, half ignoring what Laura said while looking up to see if Pr. Trelawney had spotted him, which she didn't.
"Why were you late?" asked Cole, who was sitting to the right of Laura. Laura and Blaze shared a round table, and Cole and Dylan shared their own. Each table in the sweet smelling room had a maroon covering.
"I was late because I wanted to ask Flitwick a question, but he wasn't there…"
"I saw him walk out," said Jessica who was on Dylan's right who was also listening to the conversation.
"Yes," replied Blaze, "I kind of figured that. Anyways, I was at the top of the stairs that go between the benches, and I stub my toe on a nail, fall over, and rip and break everything in my bag!" He opened his bag to reveal the torn parchment and stains from the ink bottles.
"And then…?" asked Jessica.
"And then I hear this voice asking if I'm okay, and I look up and Anastasia is standing right next to me, holding out her hand out to help me up. Of course I could feel my face just heat up and turn red!"
"Oh, so you like An do ya?" asked Laura with a smirk on her face.
"Well duh!" said Dylan. "We both liked her last year, but now I've moved on to another girl that only Blaze knows."
"And I wish I hadn't," commented Blaze. At this point the room was getting quieter because more people were realizing that Trelawney was waiting for them to be quiet.
"Now that I have your attention," she began and already half the class was bored, "I will tell you what we're doing this next week, and yes it's already a project."
"Great…" murmured Blaze.
"Candles," rang her voice, "what do we know about them?"
"We know that they burn fire on a wick and are made of wax," said a boy in the front who was quite frankly annoying and was a teacher's pet.
"Yes," replied Trelawney, "but that was an amateur answer. Do we really know what candles can do?"
"Make light?" suggested a kid shrugging his shoulders and shaking his head.
"Yes, but no. Candles can help us tell the future!" She spread her arms up to the ceiling and looked up. Mostly everyone had a look of boredom on their faces. "And they can help us know about the past!"
"Yeah, just like my butt can right an orchestra!" replied Dylan only loud enough for Cole, Laura, and Blaze to hear. All of them had to laugh at that.
"Now," continued the Professor, "I will pass out the candles." The rest of that class went pretty boring and self-explanatory. They barely learned anything except that magic still can't stop you from getting burned from laying your hand over the candle. But, after what seemed like forever, the bell rang and almost everyone rushed out of the class. Lunch after that was really blunt.
After that, Blaze and Laura headed off with Cole to Arithmancy. It was almost as boring there as it was in Divination, but a kid did get in a fight about giving them homework with the teacher, so the teacher gave him a 700 word essay and the rest of class a 400 word essay about number charts. After that was the worst class in the world, Potions, and for one reason, Snape.
They walked down the stairs to the dungeon as people first years were walking up. Most of them, (including some Slytherins) didn't look very happy. Blaze saw Michael, but Michael was talking to a group of friends. They entered to the Potions room with discuss and hatred from the pervious year. Blaze, like everyone else, rushed to try and get to the back of the room, but Blaze got there first and claimed the whole back row for his friends. Everyone in the room was talking but in a quieter tone just incase Snape was listening.
"Don't get me wrong," said Blaze, "I love making potions, I just hate the person who teaches us how."
"I know what you mean," said Laura, "I…" She didn't get to finish because the wooden doors with metal on them flung open to reveal Snape walking through them, and so they shut after he came through them.
"I hope you had a good summer, but now is not the time to discus it!" he said sneering at everyone (except the Slytherins). "Today we'll be making a potion called Hearindecreasum which increases or decreases the hearing of a living thing depending on what extra ingredient you put in the potion, Flobberworm Mucus or Engorga Gas. You will do this on your own, and then you'll right a 200 word essay on each ingredient. Any questions?"
"Why do we have to right 200 words for each!?" blurted out Dylan, "that's like over 2000 words in all!"
"Do NOT interrupt me Mr. Saphler! Ten Points From Gryffindor!" exclaimed Snape, "and another 200 word essay about the rules! All due on Wednesday!"
"Good going smart butt!" said Cole.
The rest of the time went pretty slow and was agonizing, especially for the Gryffindors. At the end of class everyone turned in their flasks of potions to Snape. And what was really unfair was that even if the Slytherins did bad, they received good points for their work unlike most Gryffindors, (everyone except for Blaze, Cole, Laura, Serenity, and some other girl), who got really bad points even if they did good. Snape even purposely dropped Dylan's flask when Dylan wasn't looking, so Dylan had even more homework.
Next was Defense Against the Dark Arts, and this would probably be interesting because there was a new teacher, Professor Massallon. The kids filed into the desks of the stone room that was packed with all sorts of dark objects. Blaze took a seat by Cole and Serenity and waited for Massallon to start. Once everyone was there, he walked over to a wardrobe and pulled out a cloak.
"Invisibility cloaks," he began, "are very useful in all sorts of incidents. But how do you tell when there is when near you? Well, simple spells like 'Show Your Secrets' aren't going to work and just attacking at random places isn't either. You simply say the spell Entopeniano at places to reveal any invisible thing. Entopeniano is from an ancient language that was spoken around here and can also be said in the English translation, but we aren't going to say it in English, but in the ancient language called Solarrar."
"Oh great," said Blaze, "Now we're going to learn how we can get caught."
"Lovely," replied Laura.
"Now there's an up and down to the assignment, but the down has a beauty to it," continued Massallon, "now you assignment is to research on the Entopeniano spell, but there is a bit of a scavenger hunt to it. There are three resources in this room that can help you with this spell, and in the library, there are fourteen, and you'll know because a piece of purple paper will appear when you have read the section that gives a good example about the spell. For every purple slip you bring to me, you get some extra credit, and I know what the paper looks like so there'll be no cheating. Any questions?"
"One," said Olivia, "what's the down side of this?"
"Oh, right," answered Massallon, "the down side is that you have to right a report due on Thursday. You'll have tomorrow to work on it, but we're starting our real lessons on Wednesday. Well, get to work!"
The rest of the class was wild, and not much work was done, but Massallon didn't care. After DADA, they headed off to Herbology. When they got outside, the bright, late afternoon sun shown warmly down on their faces, along with the slight breeze that barely ruffled the leaves on the trees. When they got to the gardens, the headed threw the maze of hedges to the greenhouse where Pr. Sprout was waiting for them.
"Today we're learning about Niseverlis. Does anyone know what it is?" Lily raised here hand. "Yes Lily?"
"Niseverlis is a plant that is the opposite of the Devil's Snare. It will strangle, but only when the owner is threatened and can come in handy in many ways, thought like the Devil's Snare, it is banned in England's District of Magic," recited Lily.
"Very, very good, as usual. Five points for Gryffindor," said Sprout, "now, we are going to spend a couple of days working on Niseverlis's so today we will learn the basics. What do they eat?"
"They eat nutrients as well as bugs," said a boy in the middle of the crowd that was around a long table.
"Well done! Five points for Hufflepuff! Now obviously they drink water. Today we'll learn about the body parts and then tomorrow we're going to dissect a live one, but don't worry. These don't belong to anyone. They were found in the Forbidden Forest, courtesy of Hagrid and so they won't strangle you. Now, divide up into groups of two or three to study these plants, which will be your homework."
The rest of the class was messy and dirty and only when kid got strangled, but he was okay after a while. But now, it was the end of classes, so when the bell rang, everyone rushed to the Common Rooms to do homework or just hang out.
Blaze and the gang went up to the picture of the fat lady to get into the Common Room.
"Arpesatire," said Blaze and the picture swung open and they all went in.
"We should really start on our homework," said Laura.
"Yeah," said Serenity, "we didn't get a lot, but we didn't get a little either."
"Lucky," said Megan, "we got a butt load of homework on the first day and all the Professors said that that was just the beginning!"
"I say we go to the library and start to check out books," said Cole.
"I say no!" replied Dylan and Eric agreed.
"Fine," said Olivia, "your loss. All the good ones will be gone by the time that you guys get there."
"Oh well," said James and Sirius at the same time.
"Hey," said Blaze, "where's Michael?"
"Oh, he's in the Great Hall with some friends. Why?" asked Eric.
"Well, I guess he won't be needing us anymore," said Megan, "let's go!"
"Fine," said Jessica. In the end, James, Eric, Dylan, Sirius, and Peter P. were the only people that didn't go.
When they got to the library they split up into groups. Blaze, Laura, and Serenity ended up going to the same area for the same assignment.
They arrived at the shelf and Blaze cursed to himself because there were only two books left, one of them only about twenty pages long.
"Great," said Blaze, "what are we supposed to do!?"
"How about we share it," suggested Serenity.
"That sounds hard, but it might have to do," said Laura, so they grabbed the book and went up to the front desk. Blaze wasn't looking where he was going so when he got to the check out desk, he bumped into someone. It was Anastasia. Blaze's face turned bright red when she turned around.
"Oh hey Blaze," she said, smiling that same shining smile.
"Hi Anastasia," said Blaze half hiding his face.
"Are you sure you're okay from when you fell?" she asked.
"I'm pretty sure I'm fine."
"Well if you're going to check out a book, you might as well wait. The new librarian, Madam Daisly, is out for a couple of minutes."
"Well I guess we could right our names on the sign out sheet," suggested Laura.
"I never thought of that," said Anastasia. She reached over the desk and grabbed a binder and a feather pen and signed her name. When she was done, she gave it to Laura and Laura signed her name. After that the three left wishing the others good luck, but at the last minute Blaze went and grabbed the book that everyone was looking for and checked that out as well.
The next day was the same, except for different homework. Blaze, Laura, Megan, Eric, Cole, Serenity, and Dylan did get in a fight with Blake after classes and again the gang emerged victorious, thought it was an unfair seven to one, but then again, he started it! Blaze had bumped into Anastasia once or twice and he still blushed and hurried along his way. One thing that wasn't mentioned is after they came back from the library the first day, Serenity, Blaze, and Laura sat down and started talking, so Riley came over and started talking as well, and before long Riley and Laura were flirting! Serenity and Blaze left and they didn't even realize it until about ten minutes later!
A/N- How was it? It was kind of short but o well. Please review to tell me what you think and I will try to get the next chapter up soon!
P.S.- If you like the Chronicles of Narnia, read my other Fanfic!
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