A/N: Okay...you're allowed to hate me. It's been so long, but I've got valid excuses! 1) I've got a job now. 2) I've just been super, super busy! Here's this and I swear I'll try extra hard for you all to get the next chapter out sooner!
The Potions Master
Of all her dreams this one seemed to be the cherry on the very top of every single one she had ever had. Ella watched as Professor Quirrell glared at Harry who was about to fall off of a broom stick and she watched his turban twitch as though there was something under there. She ran from a troll who went into the girl's bathroom and watch with wide, horrified eyes as the great beast attempted to kill Hermione. Then the images started to flash around her. It was McGonagall and the cat she turned into then rats, beetles, and dogs flashing around her as well as people she had never met before. She closed her eyes wishing it would all go away, but they just flashed around her and they now mixed with the other images of the nearby future. All of her dream gained a red tint and everything seemed to speed up to a sickening pace, Ella was about to throw up.
She bolted upright in the bed of her dormitory to see that the sun had just started to rise on her first day of school. Ella was shaking and drenched in a cold sweat. The images were always getting more intense as though she was losing time in figuring them out. She didn't even know where to begin. Ella washed off before heading to the Great Hall. She didn't feel like eating, but did it anyways since she would probably gain an appetite in the middle of a class and not concentrate because of how much her stomach desired food. By the time Katie showed up she had managed to drink a glass of pumpkin juice and eat a slice of toast.
"You look awful, did you not sleep well?" Katie asked Ella.
"No, I didn't at all," she said forlorn to her.
Katie gave her a skeptic look, "Were you dreaming? Is something bad about to happen?"
Ella frowned; she hated having to lie so much to her friends, "No, I guess I'm just worried about the classes this year. I hear that they only get more difficult as you get older."
Nodding she replied, "I've heard that too, but you'll be fine. You were great at classes last year." Ella nodded feeling guilty that she had lied yet relieved that Katie hadn't questioned her like her other friends did.
"Well good morning you two, ready for the school year to officially begin? I'm worried about what my schedule will look like," Angelina said slipping into the empty seat beside Katie.
"I just don't want to have Snape today; that would be a horrible way to start out the school year. I can already hear him saying ten points from Gryffindor," Katie groaned.
Just then McGonagall came over to the girls and passed out the schedules they would be going by for the rest of the year. Angelina quickly studied her schedule trying to memorize it so she wouldn't need it the whole day. Ella and Katie sat there looking at the pieces of parchment not wanting to look at the writing that was on them.
"You look, I can't do it," Katie said covering her eyes with both of her hands. Ella looked down at her schedule and nearly laughed out loud.
"No worries Katie we have our favorite teacher first," Ella told her in the most clam voice she could muster.
"Really?" She asked grabbing her schedule and looking at it. He face dropped and she said, "Double Potions, first class on the first day back with the Slytherins. On what planet is Snap our favorite teacher?"
Ella laughed, "The one where we're both snotty Slytherins. C'mon it won't be that bad now that Zahareth is gone. I bet the year will be a breeze without him around to ruin everything."
"Is that him?"
"He's next to the boy with red hair."
"Do you think he remembers anything?"
"What kind of magic do you think he knows already?"
Ella looked down the table and saw Harry and Ron sitting there looking at their first schedules. Everyone else in the Hall was craning their necks trying to see the boy with the lightning scar. She felt bad for him, he hadn't asked for the fame and it was obvious he wasn't really enjoying having everyone ogle at him.
"Oh look it's the great Harry Potter, why don't we all turn into bumbling idiots," Fred snapped at a couple of Hufflepuff kids who were openly staring at him.
"Finally someone says something; they were driving me insane," Ella said rolling her eyes in the direction of the now ashamed students.
George shrugged, "How are the schedules looking?"
Angelina quickly replied, "Oh, they're looking pretty good for this year, really nice. We've got Herbology first today and I remember you saying you were going to take Car of Magical Creatures so we both have that afterwards."
Neither of the boys thought too much of Angelina's hurried outburst, but Ella gave Katie a look. Both of them knew that something was up with her. No girl rushes a conversation so much unless something is going on.
Ella sighed, "Sorry to go so soon, but we need to get our supplies for potions and our other classes so we don't earn a negative number of house points."
"I'll go with you, I'm full anyways," Angelina said standing up to leave the twins alone.
Once the three got out of earshot Ella looked at Angelina and said, "Now what was that?"
She looked confused for a second but one look at Katie and Ella's faces told her all she needed to know, "It was nothing, I was just trying to tell them our schedule, there's nothing wrong with that."
"Nothing, doesn't try to rush when she speaks," Ella said.
In a very Weasley twin like fashion Katie finished, "Or blush like crazy."
"Fine, fine you got me. I may have a slight crush," she admitted.
"Oh, on who? On who?" Katie asked nearly jumping up and down.
Angelina blushed a vivid red, "Well on George actually. He's really sweet and cute, but I sometimes can't tell him apart from Fred which I'm not too happy about, but I know I like George."
Ella smiled widely, "That's so cute! You two would be quite the pair."
"You really think so? I mean, I do, but if you crush on someone you normally always think that," she said still rambling.
Katie giggled, "I definitely think that you two would be a great match!"
She was smiling like mad now, "That's great, except for the fact that most boys don't think that way yet. I swear they've got the same brain capacity as trolls."
"Most definitely," Ella said giggling like Katie. She loved the idea of two of her closest friends becoming a couple. She thought it would be a perfect match. After grabbing all the supplies they needed Katie and Ella went their separate ways from Angelina.
Throughout the girl's potion class the Gryffindor's were taunted and the Slytherin's praised. The day didn't seem to get much better after that. They constantly received homework assignments, new spells, and shortly learned that the second year was definitely more advanced than the first. By the end of the week Ella was bogged down with homework and a bit under the weather from all of her dreams. It was hard to not burst out screaming that the teacher in the turban seemed suspicious to her or that somehow a troll would get into the castle. Most days she would sit and wonder if she could write out what was going to happen, but her courage would always falter as soon as she got a quill in her hand.
Fred and George hadn't asked her about her dreams, but she could tell both were doubtful of her original statement. She knew that they no longer believed she wasn't dreaming. She was worried that they would think she didn't trust them. In a way she wanted to tell them about the curse, but how could she tell them?
"Hey, did you guys know Dumbledore put this spell on me so that if I tell anyone about my dreams I'll be subjected to terrible pain?" That wasn't going to go very well. Sure, there were probably millions of ways she could break it to them more lightly, but they would take it the same way. They were so protective over the people they were friends with or cared about that they would probably attempt to jinx Dumbledore to death if they knew.
Studying was dull Friday evening, not even the twins had room to crack a joke. Ella, Lee, Katie, and the twins were all studying in the common room. The second years had a long parchment due on Monday about trolls from Professor Quirrell which Ella found extremely unsettling. The third years were studying different monsters for Care of Magical Creatures.
"That's it, I'm done reading and writing and studying for tonight. I've got the rest of the weekend for that, who wants to play Wizards Chess or something?" Lee asked slamming his book shut. Katie and the twins did the same then looked at Ella expectantly. She hestitated with her answer not wanting to push off all of her homework.
"I suppose I could watch," she said so they wouldn't get mad at her or think she didn't want to be their friend. She watched Lee and Katie fiercely battle until Lee finally beat her. She immediately demanded a rematch, but Lee wouldn't have it. The common room was nearly empty by the end of the game and everyone was exhausted from a week of getting used to being back in school. The parchments were gathered and the assignments were pushed off for the next day. The group packed their bags and slung them over their shoulders.
They all told each other good night and headed to their dorm rooms. Ella stayed awake for hours. It was hard to fall asleep when all you got were nightmares and riddles. She wished she could just be normal, but not like Muggles, she wanted to be a normal witch. She sighed and closed her eyes inviting the future world into her dreams.
A/N: I just wanted to go over a couple of reviwes quick! I love them so much! Each one makes me practically jump for joy! So please keep them coming, but I just wanted to say that no, she will not be dating them both. Sorry for any confusion! :)
