James Potter and Sirius Black sat through Potions, practically drooling
over their new, beautiful, Professor. They had just gotten a new potions
Mistress, Professor Samantha Snape. Molly Malloy and Lily Evans, on the
other hand, were paying attention to her every word. Lily wrote down all
the notes, only because she knew nothing about Potions.
"Now, when adding powdered ash-root to a sleeping potion, it must be
ground up well." Said their Professor, writing all this down on a black
board behind her. James noticed Lily write this down, and couldn't help
writing down one thing on his paper: "Samantha Potter." Sirius Black had
done this several times all over his notes; they actually took up a whole
page. James quickly erased it, not liking the way it looked. James looked
over at Lily again, and heard snickering from behind him. He turned
around to see Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape laughing at him.
"Mr. Snape, will you please stop bothering me?" said James loud
enough for their Professor to hear. Severus straightened up as his
mother turned around and looked at him.
"Mr. Snape, please stop bothering the Gryffindors" she said, winking at
her son, "and 5 points from Gryffindor for Mr. Potter shouting out during a
lesson." All the Slytherins began cracking up, while all the Gryffindors
groaned, except for Lily. James felt his face turn bright red, and felt a
hand on his back.
"Don't worry about it, I've got five points coming to me for the essay that'll
be coming to her next week" James heard Lily whisper to him. She was
smiling warmly at him. James smiled back, and went back to taking
notes, and beginning to dislike this teacher.
Soon enough, Potions was over, and they all ran off to Transfiguration.
There was a new Professor in there too.
"My name is Professor McGonagall," said a stern faced woman, who had
just walked into the classroom, "I am head of Gryffindor House, and I
expect you to pay attention in my classes." With that, she changed into a
small tabby cat, and popped right back to a
witch again. Everyone in the classroom clapped; the Hufflepuffs in the
room were speechless. "This is advanced Transfiguration, which you will
begin with in 5th year.
Now, can someone tell me how to transfigure a piece of straw into a
needle?" she asked them. The whole class was silent. "Oh good, then,
let's get started!" she said, showing them what to do. Lily was the only
one who made any progress before the end of class; hers became silver
and shiny.
The bell rang, and they next ran off to Charms. Professor Flitwick was an
awfully short fellow, who had a very high-pitched voice. In class, he taught
them how to make an object change colors. The bell rang, and it was
lunch time. Lily and James went sat down across from each other; Sirius
sat down next to James, Remus next to Arthur, Arthur next to Molly. Peter
was, once again, nowhere to be seen. "Where is Peter?" asked James,
looking at Sirius. Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Peter got in trouble this morning, when we got called over, ya know?" he
said, pointing to Remus, "Dumbledore said last night, he tried getting out
of the school at night."
"Sheesh, already got a detention, does he?" asked Molly, flickering her
eyelashes at Arthur. Sirius nearly spit out all his food when she did this.
"Arthur" he whispered, loud enough for Molly, and the rest of the crew to
hear, "You sacked yourself a gel already?" (Gel is how Girl is pronounced
through a mouthful of food) Molly turned bright red, and excused herself
from the table. Lily whacked Sirius over the head with a newspaper that
had just been delivered to her by owl post, and went back to chatting with
James about flying.
over their new, beautiful, Professor. They had just gotten a new potions
Mistress, Professor Samantha Snape. Molly Malloy and Lily Evans, on the
other hand, were paying attention to her every word. Lily wrote down all
the notes, only because she knew nothing about Potions.
"Now, when adding powdered ash-root to a sleeping potion, it must be
ground up well." Said their Professor, writing all this down on a black
board behind her. James noticed Lily write this down, and couldn't help
writing down one thing on his paper: "Samantha Potter." Sirius Black had
done this several times all over his notes; they actually took up a whole
page. James quickly erased it, not liking the way it looked. James looked
over at Lily again, and heard snickering from behind him. He turned
around to see Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape laughing at him.
"Mr. Snape, will you please stop bothering me?" said James loud
enough for their Professor to hear. Severus straightened up as his
mother turned around and looked at him.
"Mr. Snape, please stop bothering the Gryffindors" she said, winking at
her son, "and 5 points from Gryffindor for Mr. Potter shouting out during a
lesson." All the Slytherins began cracking up, while all the Gryffindors
groaned, except for Lily. James felt his face turn bright red, and felt a
hand on his back.
"Don't worry about it, I've got five points coming to me for the essay that'll
be coming to her next week" James heard Lily whisper to him. She was
smiling warmly at him. James smiled back, and went back to taking
notes, and beginning to dislike this teacher.
Soon enough, Potions was over, and they all ran off to Transfiguration.
There was a new Professor in there too.
"My name is Professor McGonagall," said a stern faced woman, who had
just walked into the classroom, "I am head of Gryffindor House, and I
expect you to pay attention in my classes." With that, she changed into a
small tabby cat, and popped right back to a
witch again. Everyone in the classroom clapped; the Hufflepuffs in the
room were speechless. "This is advanced Transfiguration, which you will
begin with in 5th year.
Now, can someone tell me how to transfigure a piece of straw into a
needle?" she asked them. The whole class was silent. "Oh good, then,
let's get started!" she said, showing them what to do. Lily was the only
one who made any progress before the end of class; hers became silver
and shiny.
The bell rang, and they next ran off to Charms. Professor Flitwick was an
awfully short fellow, who had a very high-pitched voice. In class, he taught
them how to make an object change colors. The bell rang, and it was
lunch time. Lily and James went sat down across from each other; Sirius
sat down next to James, Remus next to Arthur, Arthur next to Molly. Peter
was, once again, nowhere to be seen. "Where is Peter?" asked James,
looking at Sirius. Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Peter got in trouble this morning, when we got called over, ya know?" he
said, pointing to Remus, "Dumbledore said last night, he tried getting out
of the school at night."
"Sheesh, already got a detention, does he?" asked Molly, flickering her
eyelashes at Arthur. Sirius nearly spit out all his food when she did this.
"Arthur" he whispered, loud enough for Molly, and the rest of the crew to
hear, "You sacked yourself a gel already?" (Gel is how Girl is pronounced
through a mouthful of food) Molly turned bright red, and excused herself
from the table. Lily whacked Sirius over the head with a newspaper that
had just been delivered to her by owl post, and went back to chatting with
James about flying.