The First Day

By: J.L.Rosenqueen

Jessica rolled on her side to meet her alarm clock, it read 5:30. She sighed after waking up from a really good dream she couldn't quite remember. She sat up and closed her eyes and stretched. Jessica's eyes snapped open as she looked around. "What's going on? This isn't my room! These aren't my covers!" She thought and then it came back to her. She was at Hogwarts and first lesson's were in 3 and ½ hours! Jessica got out of bed and made it. She looked at all the other sleeping girls around her and chuckled. Jessica loved getting up early in the morning. She walked into the bathroom and turned on one of the numerous showers. She removed her nightgown and stepped in. After her long hot shower she stepped out and glanced at the clock. "6:00" it read. Jessica smiled again. She went into the dorm room and pulled on her jeans and a t-shirt. Then she pulled her robes over her head. Brushing her hair and pulling it up into a messy bun. Finally she slipped on her last piece of jewelry ( a locket with one side empty and the other side had a picture of her family in it.) she picked up her book bag and wand and headed down to the common room. She looked at her watch "8:00" it chimed at her. She was about to leave when a huge spider dropped down from the ceiling on a fine thread. She screamed really loudly and a couple of boys half dressed ran down the stairs and Hermione peered out from the girls dorms. She reconised the boys from the "match maker" test last night. One was the red headed boy and the other one was oh no! The boy with the scar!

"What's going on?" the red head boy asked. Jessica pointed to the spider. She was wrong it wasn't a spider! It was a tarantula!

"Sp…sp...spider" Jessica managed to get out due to her fear of it and embarrassment.

"SPIDER?! WHERE?" Screamed the red headed boy hiding behind the other boy.

" SHHH! Ron!! Calm down!" The other boy said trying to pull him from behind. The boy walked over to the spider and plucked it off of the wall "hmmm its Lee's tarantula" He said waving in front of Ron's face. Ron screamed and tripped backwards onto what looked like a moving ginger colored cushion.

"ARRRGGG! Crookshanks!" Ron yelled at it as it slashed his arms and cheek. The cat scurried up to the girls dorms still hissing and spitting. Jessica bent over and helped him up, Smiling at him. Ron's face went really slack as he smiled dopily and blushed redder that his hair.

"So you must be the new girl" Ron said with an appraising smile.

"And I'm Harry" Said the other boy holding out his hand to shake hers.

Jessica mumbled as she put her hands behind her back and her head down" I know who you are. Your Harry Potter. You defeated the Dark Lord. But I really don't understand why people call him that why don't they just say his real name…Voldemort is it?!" Ron looked horrified as he did when he saw the spider.

" What did you just say?" He hissed at her. Jessica took a step back.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you or any-" She was beginning to say but Harry cut her off.

"It's ok…don't worry about it" He said throwing Ron a nasty look. Jessica blushed and looked down.

"I… really got to go ill be late for breakfast" Jessica mumbled then she turned on her heel and walked out of the portrait hole. Finally she reached the Great Hall. She slipped inside and went to the end of the table. Lee sat beside her. Jessica stuck her fork into her eggs and popped some into her mouth. Lee looked curiously at her plate.

"Why aren't you eating any sausages or bacon or anything couldn't you find them?" He asked her pointing to them.

"No I'm a vegetarian." Jessica replied simply. Lee looked at her like she was nuts and piled a lot of meat onto his plate. Jessica finished and looked at her digital watch. ""8:50" it beeped at her. She rolled her eyes and dove into her neatly organized book bag and pulled out her schedule. "Double Potions" She read aloud "Then Defense against the dark arts"

"DAMN!" Someone cursed from behind her. She whirled around. There was Ron and Harry. She blushed furiously. She lowered her head and stared at the floor.

" I meant we have potions with the most meanest foulest rottenest potions master in the wizarding world, Professor Snape. He favor's his house and always try's to get points off of Gryffindor!" Ron exclaimed.

"Oh well…I'll see you there then." Jessica departed quickly then reached the dingy dungeons. She walked in and took out her cauldron and the ingredients listed on the blackboard. She sat quietly waiting for instructions from the teacher who had just noticed her when the bell rang. Students started to file into the dungeon. Harry and Ron were last and dueing to this, Harry and Ron had to split up. So Ron went with Hermione and just her luck, Harry sat with her. As Snape finished taking the register he glanced over to her table.

"Ah…our other celebrity. And would you look at this. Be careful they might make a fan club" He said nastily. Jessica and Harry went red. "Well lets see how smart you are" Snape added.

"What is a hagglestone?" Snape said staring at her, so was everyone else.

"It cure's you from being frozen" Jessica replied simply. Snape and the rest of the class looked at her in awe.

"How about what do you get when you mix Ashroot with powder of Wormwood?" He said sneering at her inching closer.

"It makes a potion that will free you from all discomfort of burns" Jessica said as though she had swallowed the textbook. Snape looked sourly at her and said a few words under his breath and started the lesson. Jessica flushed as people started to smile at her and laugh at Snape. After a while they had to start partner work. Jess's hands were shaking nervously as she measured some crushed dragon scales into a measuring cup. She handed it to Harry and he dumped it into the cauldron. Jessica was abut to ask him to pass her the brass scales but she felt a pair of eyes drilling into the back of her neck. She looked up and turned her head slightly to look who it was. Jessica groaned as she saw Draco Malfoy staring at her from behind. He saw her and smiled she gave him a little smile back. She turned back and groaned again.

"what's up?" Harry muttered to her as she handed him the pestle and bowl.

"Draco Malfoy… do you know him?" She asked him as he handed her the mulched up caterpillars. She dumped them into the cauldron.

"Do I? He's like the biggest jerk I've ever seen!" Harry exclaimed grabbing for the knife. Jessica chopped on the willow branches nervously her hands still shaking.

"I think he likes me or something." She muttered. Harry snorted with laughter. Jessica felt an angry surge rush to her face. She actually looked up into his gorgeous green eyes. When their gazes locked Jessica felt a electric shock run down her spine.

" Are you trying to imply that I'm ugly or not worthy or something" She said as she cocked an eyebrow at him. He shook his head

"No that's not what I meant" He said earnestly. Jessica smiled a little and shook her head and returned to her work. At the end of the lesson Snape told them something.

"What you just made was a different form of Vertiserum. The truth elixir. We'll be testing it out on people in 15 minutes so wash up and go back to your stations." He said oilily. Jessica and Harry cleaned up hurriedly and went back to their cauldron. Once they waited for Snape to come around and test them, he of course tested them last.

"Now who will take the potion?" Snape said while all of the class was sitting down watching the two of them.

"I will" Jessica said bravely. Snapped nodded and Jessica took a tiny beaker and scooped up some of the clearish blue liquid. She tilted it to her mouth and drank it. Her face went slack and Snape started the questioning.

"Can you hear me?" asked Snape.

"Yes" replied Jessica

"What is your favorite color?"

"Emerald green"

"Are you pureblood?"

"No"

"When is your birthday?"

"May 9th 1986"

"Are you a girl"

"Yes"

"Do you like any boys?"

"Sort of"

"Who?"

"Professor you are not at authority to ask that to me"

Snape looked very confused. He gave her some of a black liquid and she returned back to normal state as the bell rang. Jessica cleaned up her stuff and placed it back into her book bag. She went to go find Hermione and Lavender. Finally she found them and walked beside Hermione.

"What happened?" She inquired to her.

"ah nothing to worry about he just asked you your birthday, gender, favorite color, If you could hear him, if you're a pureblood and oh yeah if you liked anyone." Hermione finished with a small smile. Just as Jessica was about to open her to protest a large bang came from the corridor behind them. Jessica bristled and went to go check it out. Just as she rounded the corner Malfoy and Ron had their wands out pointing at each other. Jessica stood there wide-eyed as Malfoy just sent a snake out of his wand. It looked really viscous and was rearing on Ron. And it looked like Malfoy couldn't control it.

"STOP IT" Jessica yelled at the snake. Miraculously, it stopped and looked at her. Jessica sweeped it away with her wand and bent over Ron who had fainted.

"I cant believe you're a parseltounge!" Malfoy exclaimed at her.

"excuse me?! A what?" She said looking at him her eyes flashing.

"A parseltounge you know a person who could talk to snakes the only one in Hogwarts that can do that is potter!" Malfoy stood there in awe, babbling.

"Malfoy…Just go to class" Jessica said turning her head back to Ron who was lying sprawled on the floor. She took Ron's pulse and looked at him.

"oh god! I hope I wont have to… no he's fainted." Jessica told herself. She ran her fingers over his forehead and muttered a few words and he was back to normal.

"Ron!" Jessica smiled.

"huh?" he said getting up

"were late for class" Jessica remembered. "Defense against the dark arts" Jessica told him.

Ron groaned. "I wonder who It is this year?"

"huh?" Jessica said looking at him

"well there's a different Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher each year. The job is like cursed or something."

"whoa" Jessica replied. Finally they reached the room. They stepped in and saw only the Gryffindor's looking at them. They took a seat and waited for the teacher. After about 10 minutes the class broke out in babbles. The door creaked open and a man stepped into the room. Everyone gasped, except Jessica.

Harry was staring at him in awe. Ron was staring at Harry and the man in awe, so was Hermione.

"Hello everyone! I am your new professor!" Said the man as he chuckled at the expressions. He turned around and wrote his name on the board. "Sirius Black" he wrote. Everyone except Jessica gasped again.

"If you have any questions to ask me please feel free to do so now" He said politely. Several student's hands shot up in the air, Including Jessica's. First he nodded to Harry's hand.

"ummm…Professor could you tell us how you got out of Azkaban" He asked.

"they cleared my name and now I'm living in the wizarding world" Black replied "And Mr. Potter please see me after class" he added. Harry nodded and somewhat smiled. He nodded to Jessica's hand this time.

"Excuse me professor, but I don't know who you are, why is half the class is in peril and what is Azkaban?" Jessica said looking at him not showing any fear.

"Miss Houghton, I believe, please see me after class also" He said to her. Jessica flushed deep red as he turned around and started the lesson. When the bell rang everyone hurried out while Jessica and Harry collected their things and walked up to the professor's desk.

"Miss Houghton I think ill start with your questions first" he said nicely. "Firstly I am Sirius Black, Hogwarts professor, Legal guardian of Harry and a ex-mass murder, or so they thought" he finished with a chuckle. "But I would like to know a little about you miss Houghton, What is your grade average?"

"3.6" Jessica replied

"hmmm I see" He said surveying her. "alright then Harry your question," He said smiling and turning to Harry " I got out by Wormtail, he came in and turned himself in and I got out, simple as that" he said "And now that I'm released and I have a house…if you still would like to…well…move in" He added trailing off. Harry grinned.

"OF course anything to escape the horrible muggles! I hate muggles they don't even understand magic!" Harry said. All of the sudden Jessica had tears in her eyes and turned on her heel, slamming the door behind her angrily. Jessica felt a surge of hot tears wave over her face as she headed up to the Gryffindor dorms. Finally she reached the portrait and bustled upstairs. When she got to her bedroom, she dropped her stuff on the floor beside her trunk and threw herself onto the bed. She laid face down on the bed sobbing into the pillow for half an hour, finally she rolled onto her back pulling her silver locket out of her shirt and opening it to look at it. She stared at her family picture for a long time.

"I knew I couldn't do it, I knew everyone would hate me" She murmured at the locket. She sighed heavily and closed it, slipping back into her shirt. She got off the bed and opened her trunk and pulled out her schedule. "Care for magical creatures and Herbology" She read aloud. She packed up her books and headed down to find Hermione and Lavender.

"Hey guys where's Care for Magical Creatures?" Jessica said a little excited. Jessica loved animals and anything to do with animals.

"Were about to go why don't you come with us?" Someone said from behind her. She turned around to see Harry and Ron standing there. Harry's eyes were looking down but Ron was smiling at her.

"Thanks Ron! I really got to get used were the classes are" She said smiling at Ron, only Ron. "I'll see you later guys" She said over her shoulder at Hermione and Lavender who were just finishing their lunch. Jessica and Ron were laughing and joking around but Harry still not saying anything. When they reached the notice board, Jessica stopped to look at it.

"Quidditch tryout's this weekend, See your captain for your house" Jessica read out loud. "Who's the captain, Ron?" she inquired to him.

"ummm I think this year its…umm I don't know" Ron said.

"Me" Harry said quietly.

"Oh I think I might try out for…ummm seeker maybe" Jessica said.

"That's my position" Harry said hotly.

"So! That doesn't mean I cant be reserve seeker or maybe I'll even be better than you" Jessica said challenging him on. Harry said nothing more. Jessica continued to stare at the board for a while "Hey! There's a dance this weekend" She added to them. They didn't reply to this so Jessica just continued to walk out to a cabin just off the grounds near a forest.

"Hello! Got something interesting today" Hagrid said brightly. All of the Gryffindor's and Slytherin's followed him around to the paddock. There, standing chewing grass were unicorns except they were light blue and pink and they had angel wings. They looked up from their grass and looked politely puzzled as they blinked their gold colored eyes.

"Pinto's!" Hagrid said happily as he saw the Slytherin's round the corner. "Know that we're all here open your books, The Monster Book, to page 143." He added patting one of the pinto's. Jessica took out her book and it fluttered madly at her biting her fingers. She whimpered as she took one foot stood up and placed it onto the book.

"Umm Hagrid?" Jessica said as he stride over to her. "I've never had a Care for Magical Creatures lesson before and umm this might sound weird but, the book just bit me" She said holding up her finger to show him.

"Ah ok well you calm your book like this" He said, running his finger down the side of the book. "And about your finger, put this on" He added, tossing her a magical band aid. Most of the Slytherin's were laughing at her. She blushed and sat alone at the back of the crowd, taking notes on the Pinto's

"The blue Pinto's are boys while the pink are girls" Jessica said after Hagrid picked her to answer a question.

"Very good, your almost as smart as Hermione" Hagrid said beaming down at her as she flushed and Hermione frowned a little. "Would you like to get some hands on experience?" He added as the Slytherin's coughed "Teacher's Pet".

"Sure" she replied, getting up and walking over to the paddock. Hagrid opened the gate, and she walked in meekly. The other's looked at her as they were taking their notes. She walked up to the pink Pinto and patted it between the eyes just below the horn. Jessica smiled as she thought she was doing something right. After the lesson was over, Jessica said good bye t the Pinto's and went to the greenhouse's, and walked in. Again Jessica stayed back, alone while trimming a Beullie Bush. When the loud bells rang to signal the end of the day, Jessica sighed, relived, and gathered up her stuff. As she headed to the common room to do her homework. She was the first in there so she pulled up a chair to a small table in the corner by the fire. She pulled out her Defense Against the Dark Arts and her Potions homework. It took her about 15 minutes to write a foot long essay about moonlyers and about 10 minutes to finish up her questions that she got from Snape. Just as everyone came bustling in from the library, Jessica set down her quill after she signed her name with a flourish in Emerald Green ink. She scanned over her tiny writing and smiled. Soon, everyone was sitting down getting ready to do their homework as Jessica was just leaving. She smiled at a few people as she passed and went to dinner early. When she was done people were just arriving.

"It seems that I'm a little ahead of schedule today" Jessica giggled to herself. She got up and went to the common room, which was now deserted. She was sitting in a chair reading when she had an idea.

"I don't even have a broom! If I want one for Quidditch then I might as well just ask my parents" She thought pulling out a flute and blowing into it making a owlish sound. A few minutes later Mickey swooped into the room and perched on the back of her chair. Jessica spread her parchment over her book and pulled out her letter ink. She dipped her quill into the pink shimmering ink and scrawled neatly onto the parchment:

Dear Mom, Dad and Lis.

Hi how is everything going? Well I'm having a lot of fun at Hogwarts and I really like it here. And I know Dad, school is supposed to be work not fun. Well I've been thinking I would like to try out for seeker for our houses Quidditch team. Quidditch is the wizarding sport its like basketball on brooms. And speaking of brooms I'm going to need one it doesn't matter what kind I just need one. So could you please send me one ASAP? Quidditch trials are on the weekend so I need it for then. And by the way Dad I hope your happy, I got sorted into Gryffindor just like you wanted. Just send me back you reply with Mickey, he knows were to find me.

Love you lots!!:

Jessie xoxo

Jessica read the letter over and smiled tying it onto Her owls leg. She brought him to the window as he stretched his wings and flew off into the sunset. Jessica sighed and decided to go to bed early.

"this'll certainly be an interesting year." Jessica thought to her self as she crawled into bed and shut her eyes.

By: J.L.Rosenqueen Watch for the Quidditch trials!