I have nothing to say for myself. Part 2! (As always correct my spelling and grammar)

Nico blinked up at the hundreds of pictures on the walls. Lockharts smiled and waved from every corner of the room. The Hufflepuffs, the Gryffindors hadn't arrived yet, stared in horror at the moving pictures as they sat down. Nico took a seat down in the back of the room and Will Solace slammed his books down next to him.

"What are you doing, Solace?" Nico hissed at Will.

Will looked at little hurt at this but just glared him, "I do what I want Di Angelo. Why do you even care so much anyway?" Will said in a quick whisper.

"I don't!" Nico said back. "But I was here first so go sit somewhere else!"

"If you care so much maybe you should move!"

"Maybe I'll will, you Mudblood!" Nico spat at him.

The room went deadly silent. All the other Hufflepuffs looked at him in shocked. "What did you say Di Angelo," Said one of the Hufflepuff girls. He looked at them in confusion. He didn't know what was so bad about what he said. His step-mother used it all the time so did all of her friends. Just as this was going on the Gryffindors filed in. Will looked at him in disgust and stood up. Well maybe now he'll leave me alone, he thought. Will sat himself next to a Gryffindor girl that Nico thought might have been called Inej.

Everyone was glaring at him but he still didn't know what he had done. He shrugged and piled his books on the seat next to him. Just then Professor Lockhart stepped out into the classroom. "Hello first years and welcome to DADA taught by yours truly," Nico raised his eyebrow and glanced around. Rory and Amy were looking at each other, barely containing their laughter but Will and several of the girls looked as though they were hanging on to ever word.

"I hope you all have copies of my books!" The class muttered their collective yes. "Good, good. Now why don't we all start out with a little quiz," The class looked a little annoyed to be asked to take a quiz. "Now can you all take out your quills!" There was a rustling as everyone reached into their bags for a quill. Nico saw to little, grey pen that Will had given him and almost grabbed it but instead got out his quill and ink. Lockhart glided around the room, handing out papers. He stopped when he got to Solace's desk, "What this?" He said picking up the grey pen.

"It's a pen, sir. Like a quill but you don't have to re dip," Will squeaked.

Lockhart laughed and set it down on the desk. "What will the Muggles think of next!" When Nico got his paper, he glanced over the questions. He squinted hoping he was reading it right. What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite colour and What is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest ambition were just two of the questions. Nico snorted and looked around. This had to be a joke, right? When he saw all the kids were doing the quiz, he stood up.

"I don't mean to be rude sir but this quiz is shit," He said, throwing the test on the floor. The class looked at him in shock as he ground the test under his heel and stormed out.

Nico ran down the hallway trying to find the way back to the Hufflepuff common room, when he literally ran headfirst into Cedric. He jerked back as Cedric tried to steady him. "Don't touch me!" He gasped. Cedric stood back as he gasped for air.

"What happened Nico. You should be in class," Cedric said worried. "You should sit down," Cedric guided Nico to one of the stone benches that lined the halls. "Peppermint," Cedric held out a little red and white sweet wrapped in plastic. Nico took it and put it in his mouth. He immediately coughed and spit it out. He glared as Cedric laughed. "You need to take the plastic off. It's a muggle sweet," He pulled another one out of his back pocket and tore open the wrapping. Nico followed suit and placed the candy back in his mouth. This time it tasted fine. "So do you want to tell me what happened,"

Nico pulled his knees up to his chest and nodded, "Will sat down next to me and I told him to go away. He didn't and I called him a mudblood. Then..."

"Wait, what!" Cedric looked at him in horror. "You called him what?"

"Why is everyone so mad about that?" Nico's voice broke. "My step-mother and her friends say it all the time! They told me there's nothing wrong with it,"

Cedric looked at him with pity, "Nico it's not a good thing to call someone that. It's a slur," He sighed. "You should apologize,"

Nico looked at him and groaned, "Now they're gonna hate me. I always fuck up friendships," He said bitterly.

"Language Nico. He might forgive you. Then what?"

"Then the Professor handed out these dumb tests and I just couldn't sit and fill out those answers. So here I am," Nico spread his hands and sighed. "Now can you point me back to the Hufflepuff common room?"

Cedric smiled, "I'll take you. I have the next two periods free and I have to walk you guys to Herbology next anyways," Cedric picked up Nico's books. "I also have to make sure that Chase, Blitz and Hearth don't blow something up,"

As the entered the common room, several people were indeed blowing up the common room. Except it wasn't just Hufflepuffs, three girls, two in Gryffindor and one Slytherin sat by the fire. Two boys one in Gryffindor and one in Ravenclaw sat drinking cups of tea. They all seemed to be playing what could only be called Modified Exploding Snap. "What are you doing!" Cedric ran in grabbing one of the Hufflepuff's wand from him.

"Aw, Cedric you ruined it," Said one of the girls by the fire.

"No I did not Alex. I saved my common room from being blown up," He glanced around. "What are you lot even doing in here?"

The girl called Alex wiggled her eyebrows, "Can't I just spend a little time with my boyfriend here?" She grabbed one of the Hufflepuff boys and kissed him."Oh who's this?" Her gaze landing on Nico.

"Hi, I'm Nico Di Angelo," Nico spluttered.

"Great!" Alex jumped up from where she was sitting. She had green hair, was wearing a jean mini skirt and a green lacy top, and had her tie handing loosely around her neck. The most shocking part about her was her eyes. One was brown and the other was amber. "I'm Alex Ferrio, Slytherin, fifth year. And this," She grabbed one of the Hufflepuff boys, "is Magnus Chase. My idiot boyfriend," The boy had shoulder length hair and was hunched over with his hands buried in his pockets. He waved and went to go back to sit down.

One of the Gryffindor girls stood up and walked over. She was wearing a green headscarf and had serious, scary eyes. "My name is Samirah al-Abbas. I'm the Gryffindor, fifth year prefect. Alex's sister," Then she gave him an awkward thumbs up.

A tall, black boy stood up and waved, "I'm T.J. in Gryffindor and fifth year," He pointed at the red haired Irish girl, "That lovely lady is Mallory Keen. She is also in Gryffindor, fifth year," Then he pointed at a tall boy with a surprisingly large beard, "That is Haftborn Gunderson,"

The tall boy walked up and nodded, "I'm in Ravenclaw, prefect, sixth year," He stood at about 6'8" "I'm hoping to make Head Boy,"

The Hufflepuff boy standing next to Magnus made some sort of signs with his hands. "Be quiet Hearth. I don't think Weasley will make Head Boy," The other kid made more signs with his hands. "Yeah, yeah, I know," He rolled his eyes. "This is Hearthstone," He pointed at the tall willowy boy who Nico thought might have been not fully human. "7th year," The boy signed some more.

The boy standing next to him sighed, "Okay Hearth, ye dorky elf," Nico must of had a look on his face because the short boy said, "You got a problem with that," Nico shook his head. "Good, kid. I'm Blitz the half dwarf and he's Hearth the half elf," Hearth signed something. "Because I'm proud of my heritage," Blitz said. "And you should be too," Blitz smiled. "Welcome to Hufflepuff kid. This is our final year so you better be a make us proud,"

Cedric sighed, "Guys you're overwhelming him. Anyone who's not a Hufflepuff, go back to your out house," Cedric looked down at his watch. "We have to go anyway. I'm late to pick up the first years fro-" As he was talking the first years and Sarah streamed into the room. "What about Herbology?"

"Fred and George," Sarah said. "They blew up the greenhouses," She reached down and pulled off her heels. "So you guys have a free period," Cedric nudged Nico and pointed at Will. Nico nodded and took a deep breath.

Nico walked over to were Will was sitting with Cecil, Lou Ellen, Rory and one of the girls. "Um, Will," Will turned around and all the people he was talking to glared at Nico.

"What do you want Di Angelo," Rory said.

"I just- I just wanted to apologize to Will," Nico said. He turned to look at Will. "Look, I'm really sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it,"

Will looked at him, "Okay," he said and turned back to his conversation. The people he was talking to continued to glare at Nico. Nico walked away and sat in one of the window seats. This is going to be a long year.

Yay! So a couple things. First, I'm not defending racism, I'm just saying that Nico grew up with it and doesn't know better. He is a child, he is not Malfoy. Also Sarah is based on a friend and ex. of mine. (We both turned out to be gay) So all the badass is real Sarah. If you're reading this, hi Sarah. How did you like it and please review.