I woke to the sound of the shower running. I sat up, and looked over at Aria's bed, which was empty. I tossed my legs over the edge of the bed. I stood, and walked over to my closet. I pulled open the door, and as I was pulling out my robes Aria walked back into the room.
"You're awake," she said.
"Oh, put a cork in it. It's not that late. It really can't be that late because Alic, and Jin made sure that I'll never sleep past 6:30," I said.
I pulled off my night-shirt. I then heard a gasp from behind me. I turned to look at Aria.
"Those scars how did you get them?" she asked.
I continued to change as I said, "Right after my mother's death, my dad had a short problem with drinking. It didn't last very long, but during that time he often beat me. He never touched my brothers, and for that I was grateful," I said.
I walked over to the door.
"Maka, how long did the beatings last?" Aria asked.
"About a month. They didn't start right after her death though. Actually if I had to say they didn't start till right after he lost his Muggle job. Just after My brothers' 3rd birthday," I said.
"Did he ever apologize?" she asked.
"Oh, yeah. Every morning after he got drunk," I said.
We walked up to the mess, and sat down. I put 9 pancakes on my plate, and started to eat. Then the owls came flying in with the mail. Alphonse came to me he didn't have any mail. Ms. Wakana came down to me.
"We need Alphonse to send this," she said.
She handed me a small pech of paper. I took it. Alphonse landed on the table. He held out his leg. Then I tied the paper to his leg.
"父に," I said.
"What did you say?" Aria asked.
"To father," I answered.
Alphonse took off flying. I went back to eating. Then Ms. Wakana came down the table with our schedules.
"Here you go," she said while handing us our schedules.
I looked down at mine to see what classes we would go to today. It said Potions was first then we had Herbology, that was before lunch. After lunch we had History of Magic, Transfiguration, and Charms.
"Well, let's go get our cauldrons," Aria said.
I nodded. We walked back to our dorm. Once there we grabbed our cauldrons, ingredients, and books.
"Lets get our herbology texts too," I said.
"I was just thinking that," Aria said.
We got our stuff, and walked to potions. It was in room 7P. We quickly found the room. There was two other kids in the room. They weren't Leviathans. One of them had long wavy brown hair that reaches her mid-back and is blue at the bottom with light blue eyes and her skin was slightly tanned. The other had blond hair that went to her shoulders, gray eyes, and had lightly tanned skin.
"What house are you two from?" I asked.
"Warg," the brown-haired one said.
More students walked into the classroom. I noted that all, but the other two girls from Leviathan had come into the room. We sat down in the front of the classroom. Soon afterward Mr. Alexander walked into the room.
"Now some of you might not believe that potion making is magic, for there is little to do with your wand. Now have any of you ever brewed a potion?" he asked.
I raised my hand, a few other students did so too. Aria was one of many that didn't.
"More than normal. I'm going to call role now," he said.
"Abby, Aaralyn," he called.
"Here," Aria said.
"Cade, Elizabeth."
"Here," said the girl with blue tipped hair.
He eventually called the last name which was mine. I answered with a quick here. The other two Leviathan girls still hadn't shown up.
He started to lecture us on how to make a Cure for Boils potion. We had just got to the part that if you add the porcupine quills before taking your cauldron of of the heat you'll melt it and cause boils if you get any on you, when the two girls came into the classroom.
"Five points from Leviathan apeach girls. No back to what I was saying..." He said.
He set us to work not long after that.
"I've heard that he doesn't doc as many points if you're late to class, because your grade will suffer if you're not in here for the whole time," Elizabeth said.
"Really, will that would make since. My brothers tried to brew the cure for boils right before school started. They melted one of my father's good cauldrons. When my father asked me why I hadn't been watching them, I told him, 'They must have picked the lock, because I didn't let them in there.' I hadn't known that they had been in the room till I heard one of them scream," I said.
"What, you get to be home alone with your brothers?" she asked.
"Yeah, my mother died when I was 9, and my brothers were 2. My brothers have always seen me as their mother figure. They don't remember our mother at all. My dad didn't leave me home alone with them till I turned 11 thought," I answered.
At this point she said, "Oh, so you haven't been doing it for long."
"No, I have I turned 12 last Friday. You see my birthday is after the cut off date, so I started when I was 11 yes, but the day after I turned 12," I said.
I waved my wand at my cauldron at this point. I checked the time with my wand it was 8:15 am. Potions class lasted from 7 to 9:30 am. It was the longest class because you had to have enough time for the lecture on who to make the potion and to make it.
"How did your mother die?" Elizabeth asked.
"My mother was killed during in an explosion at the factory she worked at," I answered.
"Hey, Maka?" Aria asked.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"What type of cherry wood is your wand made of?" she asked.
"Japanese, why?" I answered.
"Because, that type of wand is excellent for brewing potions," Mr. Alexander said.
I turned to see him standing behind me.
"Why are you using the time telling charm?" he asked.
"So I know when to add the horned slugs, and porcupine quills," I answered.
"6 points to Leviathan," he said.
He walked on to another set of students.
"Nice lie," Aria said.
"Wasn't a lie," I said.
Soon it was 9 am. I added the horned slugs, and right after I added the quills a scream pierced the air. I turned to who had screamed to see the two other girls from Leviathan covered in boils. I turned back to my potion. I finished it by the time Mr. Alexander asked, "Is anyone done with their potion, that is absolutely sure that you won't poison your classmate?"
I raised my hand. He came over to the desk that I was sitting at. He looked down at my potion.
"Do you have a phial and a scoop?" He asked.
I pulled out 3 phials and my scoop. He took the phials and scoop. He filled all three phials. He took two back to the two girls. I put a stopper in the one he left on the desk. I then put a label on it, and labeled it: Makayla Rider's Cure for Boils.
"Nicely done Ms. Rider, you managed to do a potion in your first try without poisoning your classmates, 20 points to Leviathan. Now you see what can happen if you miss even part of my class," Mr. Alexander said.
The rest of the day went on without any ascendent. Well other than us getting lost several times. I made a new friend as well, and her name was Elizabeth Cade.
