A/N Well Looks like the sorting hat found something in Amy since she is in Gryffindor just like all the other members of her family on both sides. How will she manage though and what will Nastia's reaction to Amy giving her the custard Creams be. Well read and find out and if you feel like it review.
Amy's Time at Hogwarts
Chapter 2 The First Week
The next morning Erica and Tonya Mains jumped on her four poster to wake her up.
"Gerroff," Amy said.
"Amy, this is the first day of classes don't you want to at least stoke the ol furnace before hand," Erica said.
"With my luck we will have Defense Against the Dark Arts first," Amy said.
"Amy, I'd think you would want a class like that first," Julie said AS she exited the bathroom.
"Amy has her reasons Julie," Emily volunteered.
Amy rather reluctantly showered and put some fresh robes on. She then headed for breakfast getting lost twice before Myrtle appeared and showed her the way. Carly, Emily, Erica, and Hannah were with her.
When they finally arrived in the great hall Amy looked up at the Great Hall and only saw McGonagall, Sinistra, Hermione, Conway, Pince, Pomfrey, Snape, and Flitwick on hand. McGonagall, Sinistra, Hermione, Conway, Pince, and Pomfrey were sitting at the Staff Table and Snape along with Flitwick were flitting amongst their tables doing something.
"Oh good he hasn't arrived yet," Amy said sitting down.
"Who?" Erica wondered.
"My dad," Amy said as a hand set a small piece of parchment in front of her.
"Morning Pumpkin," Harry said. "Got your schedule here. Just so you know Snape's bite is worse then his bark."
"Oh ah Morning Dad," Amy said giving him a casual wave.
"Did you have any trouble finding your way?" Harry wondered.
"Myrtle ended up bailing me out," Amy said as Geoffrey Adams sat down next to her.
"Morning Professor," Geoffrey said.
"Morning Mr. " Harry started to say.
"Geoffrey Adams I'm in Gryffindor."
"I didn't figure you were in Ravenclaw," Harry joked as he set down Geoffrey's schedule.
"Let see we have Transfiguration and Charms this morning followed by Herbology and Potions this afternoon. Professor, what does this D mean after Potions on Wednesday?"
"It means Mr. Adams you have Double Potions so it is twice as long as on Monday," Harry said as he headed off.
"Geoffrey, the only good thing about our schedule is we don't have Defense Against the Dark Arts until Tomorrow," Amy said.
"Cool we have Friday Afternoons off you want to sneak into Hogsmeade or something?" Geoffrey wondered.
"Geoff, you heard what McGonagall said No exceptions to the rule otherwise I would talk my dad into giving me permission so I can sneak home. My house is right in Hogsmeade," Amy said.
"Then why were you on the Hogwarts Express yesterday I heard that Big Guy invite you to ride over from town with him?" Geoffrey wondered.
"I spent the last part of summer at my Grandma and Grandpa Weasley's," Amy said.
"I thought you got sorted before the W's," Geoffrey said.
"I did. My mom's maiden name is Weasley as in Virginia W. Potter," Amy said.
"I didn't make the connection. I noticed that Professor Potter seemed especially interested in you this morning the ol pet name," Geoffrey said.
"Geoff trust me my dad doesn't do that very often," Amy said. "I think he did it just to get my attention. Did you get an idea on the goofball who lost us fifty points by sending that Spitball at Peeves?"
"Yeah a guy named Nigel Nelson or something. He seems like an ok guy but I probably won't try to make real good friends with him," Geoffrey said.
"Why worry about him when you have me?" Amy said. "Are any of our
classes with other houses?"
"Yeah Potions is with the Slytherins and Herbology with the Hufflepuffs. Nothing with
Ravenclaw," Geoffrey said.
At that moment Nastia Boldegard walked over.
"Listen here you Gryffindor Twerp. After I ate one of those Custard Creams you gave me yesterday I ended up sprouting feathers. What is up with that?"
"I don't know. I've eaten Custard Creams loads of times without sprouting feathers," Amy said They were just a different brand then the one from my uncles joke shop
After breakfast was over Myrtle appeared so she could show Amy back to the Common Room. She quickly walked upstairs to her room and grabbed her bookbag. After that She headed down to the Common Room where Myrtle showed her and her friends the way to Transfiguration. Hermione was waiting inside.
"Morning Professor," Amy said as she took a seat in front and pulled out her wand.
"Oh Morning Miss Potter," Hermione said using a more formal address since they were in class.
Soon everyone was seated.
"Class in here strict paying attention is necessary, Transfiguration can be very difficult fool around in my class and you won't last long either in my class or at Hogwarts," Hermione said prior to giving out about ten pages of notes. She then handed out small wooden dowels and asked the class to see if they could transfigure them into Needles. Amy managed to transfigure it into a rather blunt needle by classes end and she was one of the ones to actually get close to success.
The Bell soon rang.
"Homework for next time is to head the first chapter in the Potter Book. IF for some reason you didn't buy a copy see the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor. I will periodically be assigning material from it."
Myrtle popped out of the ceiling so as to lead the way to Charms. Amy only had a vague idea who Professor Flitwick was. Everyone ferried into the classroom and noticed a somewhat diminutive professor standing on a stack of books. Amy glanced at the titles but didn't see the words Hogwarts Guide to on any of them. AS she went to sit up front with Carly and Emily the professor glanced out at her.
"No way this couldn't be Amy Potter could it. Last time I saw you I was a few inches taller then you," Flitwick said.
"Yet I'm probably taller then you at this point," Amy said.
"As you probably noticed I didn't even think to desecrate such fine books as your mothers by standing on them," Flitwick said.
"I'm sure she would be glad to know that," Amy said.
Class went well. The charms they learned that day were fairly simple. After that was lunch. Amy took the time to go easy on lunch. After that She headed with her housemates out to the Greenhouses where Professor Sprout was waiting by one of the Greenhouses.
Amy had fun even if she wished she had thought to bring a trowel with her. Of course after they re entered the castle it was time to head for the Dungeons.
"Simmer Down Class. In This class you will learn the exact art of Potion Making. You almost wouldn't realize you are doing magic in this class since there is no foolish wand waving here. Now I realize that the Hogwarts Guide to Potionry was recommended. We won't be using it in here so if you have a copy you might as well just leave it in your dormitory and use it strictly as reference," Snape said.
He then started to take attendance, Nigel Nelson, Hillary Lewis, and Justin Wilson were missing but all the Slytherins were on hand.
"Well I'm glad to see all the Slytherins are here let see Fifty points to Slytherin for perfect attendance and what's this three Gryffindors missing. Ninety points from Gryffindor for less then perfect attendance," Snape said before quizzing the students on a few concepts. Amy had gotten practically every question right even ones that weren't thrown right at her. She took extremely meticulous notes on the stuff Snape went over. As everyone left the Dungeon after class with Homework to read up on Boil removing potions and to have everything ready so they could do the potion the next class Amy looked around for Myrtle but didn't see her until She came out of the Dungeons. Myrtle was trying to pull Amy off course from the route up to Gryffindor Tower.
"Myrtle, what is going on?" Amy wondered as she tried to struggle.
"Follow me you'll find out soon," Myrtle said as she started to head off in a slightly different route. Geoffrey followed her trying to figure out what was up. Eventually they came to an empty classroom. At least Myrtle lead the way to a door off the Classroom. A professor was sitting at a desk inside.
"Dad, I didn't expect I would be stopping by your office," Amy said when she realized who was inside.
"I figured I would see how your first day went?" Harry said.
"It could have been better. Snape is a little unfair. He gave Slytherin fifty points for perfect attendance and took ninety off Gryffindor since three students were missing.," Amy said.
"Well it has been rumored for a long time that Snape favors his own house. In the position I'm in I try to remain impartial when it comes to the students and not give many if any breaks to Gryffindor," Harry explained. He then slipped a small folded piece of parchment to Amy. "You didn't get this from me," he whispered to her.
Geoffrey soon as he realized Amy was visiting with her dad had left. After Amy left her dad's classroom she felt something.
"Oh great, Myrtle, you know where the nearest restroom is?" Amy asked her companion.
"Follow me I know just the place," Myrtle said. Myrtle then lead her to a bathroom with an Out of Order sign on it. Amy took the time to point it out.
"That doesn't mean anything," Myrtle said as she lead the way inside.
"Not bad. Real nice in here," Amy said. "Why is it out of order?"
"This is where I hang out if I'm not with you. Most people treat me like I'm lower then pond scum and it sends me bawling so the room floods a lot. This really ticked off some of the caretakers especially Argus Filch. He was caretaker when your dad was a student. Man what a grouch he was. Frank Connolly the new Caretaker is a nice guy. He knows more cleaning and repair charms then even Professor Flitwick. He is also real understanding. He will even try to help a student out if they are having trouble. Of course he can get mean if he catches you doing anything real bad. If it's a minor little thing he won't get upset. Did you dad give you the parchment?"
"Yeah he did. Any idea what it is?" Amy wondered as she made use of one stall.
"There are seven secret entrances and exits out of Hogwarts. He made sure that Frank knew about six of them. The seventh one he left alone. That one leads to two places. One is Honeydukes in Hogsmeade but there is a turnoff that leads to your house. In there is the location of the entrance and the password. He also said to make sure nobody knows about that paper so memorize the information and burn it," Myrtle said.
"I shouldn't have a problem doing that," Amy said as she looked over the parchment. She then set it on a sink. "Incendrio." Instantly the parchment burst into flames and turned into ash.
"Hope I didn't ruin the sink," Amy said.
"Don't worry about it Amy you managed to choose the one sink in here that doesn't work," Myrtle said.
"That's a relief," Amy said noticing the small image of a snake on one tap. "I better be going. One more thing though how often will I see you at first?"
"Mostly between classes. Once I feel you know your way around I'll back off some. Most of the ghosts are real nice but be careful around both Peeves and the Bloody Baron," Myrtle said.
"I encountered Peeves on my way to the Common Room with Melanie and the other first Years last night," Amy reported.
"Peeves is GNG around your house," Myrtle said.
"GNG," Amy said confusion creeping into her voice.
"Ghost Non Grata. In other words he is not welcome around your house. Have you met Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington yet?" Myrtle asked.
"I don't think so," Amy said.
"He is better known as Nearly Headless Nick. He is the Ghost of Gryffindor Tower," Myrtle said.
Amy then headed off looking to go to the Great Hall. She eventually saw a Tall Brown haired male in Green Robes with an apron on over them.
"Hi I'm Frank the Caretaker you look like you could use some help," he said.
"I was going to go to the Great Hall and grab some dinner but I'm not sure how to get there. This is my first year," Amy informed him.
"You know I probably should get something to eat myself. Maybe we can go together," Frank said.
"Sounds good," Amy said. "My dad said you were a nice guy."
"That's nice," Frank said. "I want the students to feel that they can trust me. Little things happen sometimes like the 2nd floor girls bathroom flooding when Moaning Myrtle gets upset so I don't let them get to me. Did McGonagall give the warning last night about how magic is not to be used in the corridors. I meant to remind her but I was busy polishing the stuff in the trophy room yesterday."
"I don't think so," Amy said. "If she did I must have missed it.
By this time they had arrived in the Great Hall and Amy went right to the Gryffindor Table walking past the Ravenclaw table where Sarah slipped a note into her robes. The food was already out. None of Amy's friends were at dinner right then not even Geoff. A Ghost with a Ruffed neck and a long suit came over and sat next to her.
"Oh a Hi," Amy said. "I'm Amy Potter."
"Amy, you don't have to be frightened of me. I'm Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington."
"The Ghost of Gryffindor Tower. Myrtle told me a little about you," Amy said.
"Man Hogwarts wasn't the same without her. Most of the Ghosts here were glad to see her return back in July," Sir Nick said.
"She is acting as a tour guide for me between classes," Amy said. "Right now she is in her bathroom.
After she finished eating she headed for the Common Room where Erica was looking for someone to play Exploding Snap with before she went to dinner. Amy played a few rounds with her then went to write in her journal while Erica and the others went to dinner. Suddenly she saw someone plop down on the coach next to her. She looked over to see Geoffrey.
"Geoff, how come I always seem to see you around?" Amy wondered.
"It has nothing to do with Professor Potter. I simply figured we could be friends. After all you are sort of pretty," Geoff replied. "I like the way you kept Snape under control."
"I doubt that is easy," Amy said. "I've heard all sorts of stories about Snape growing up. How he was at Hogwarts with my grandma and grandpa Potter, about how he would prefer to have but has never managed to get my dad's job. The fact that I had potions on my schedule today is probably why my dad commented about his bite being worse then his bark."
That night Amy was having trouble sleeping so she put her robe on and went down to the Common Room about three thirty and noticed an house elf working at tending the fire.
She sat down in a chair at one corner and watched him working away while she tried to study the homework for Transfiguration. She must of eventually fallen back asleep because She heard Noise about quarter of seven and woke up to find a blanket covering her. She then went up and quickly showered and changed before heading for breakfast. The other girls from her dorm joined her and they sat together. Geoff sat with Nigel and Justin along with the other three boys from their dorm room. After the bell rang to signal that Classes would soon be starting Amy and the others headed for History of Magic. She kept her eyes peeled for Myrtle but didn't spot her. She was surprised to find a Ghost sitting at the desk.
"Greeting everyone I am Professor Binns. I teach History of Magic. If anyone is wondering how it is that I'm a ghost it's quite simple I fell asleep one night in the Staff Room before the Fire and the next morning when I got up I was without my body. Most of what we cover will be facts. Solid Verifiable Facts. I personally don't care for legends and all that. Starting out we will be learning about the Goblin Wars," Professor Binns said.
Amy managed to stay awake for his class and even managed to survive her dad's class. After that she had Myrtle lead the way to the Library so she could study.
The next couple days went well. Friday Morning at Breakfast a familiar Snowy Owl came swooping down with the other Owls and landed next to Amy.
"Morning Hedwig," Amy said. She then noticed a couple notes on Hedwig's wing. She removed them. One had her father's handwriting and asked her to stop by his office after her Herbology Class. The other one was an untidy scrawl.
Amy
I know for a fact that you have Friday Afternoons off. How about stopping by my Cabin about 3:30 for Tea. Bring any friends you want
Hagrid
Amy quickly polled her friends and Carly, Emily, Erica, Julie, and Geoff offered to come with her. She then wrote a quick note to Hagrid and sent it off with Hedwig. That afternoon they walked with Amy to her father's office before they went back outside to go to Hagrid's.
"Amy, how has your first week been?" Harry wondered.
"It went well Tuesday morning I sort of fell asleep studying in the Common Room at three thirty in the morning and someone took the time to put a blanket over me," Amy reported.
"It was Dobby the House elf that was tending the fire. He told me about it," Harry informed her.
"Oh that was nice of Dobby," Amy said.
"He spent some time with the family when you were little that's how he knew who you were. What do you have planned this afternoon?" Harry wondered.
"Hagrid invited me to his place for tea and he said I could bring a few friends. That's why Carly and the others are with me," Amy said.
"Tell you what let me just grab my cloak and I'll join you," Harry said.
Harry then lead the way out of the castle He and Amy continued to chat away about the week. They soon arrived outside of Hagrid's cottage. Harry took the liberty of knocking on the door.
"Harry, how you be doing. I half figured it would be Amy and her friends," Hagrid said.
"Dad had me meet him in his office after my last class and when I told him we were coming here he decided to join us," Amy explained as she lead her friends in. Most of them her slightly intimidated by Hagrid and all of them except for Harry and Amy were intimidated by Fang Hagrid's huge boarhound. Fang of course took a couple minutes to lick Amy's face.
"I have the tea all set and I brought some treacle fudge from Honeydukes for visitors. Unfortunately I was too busy today to make any rock cakes," Hagrid said.
"That's all right Hagrid," Amy said since she had once broken a tooth on his rock cakes.
"This is some place you have Mr. Hagrid," Geoff commented at one point.
"Please Geoff just call me Hagrid. Everyone else does," Hagrid said even though his first name was actually Rubeus. "You met the Caretaker yet?"
"He is real nice. Seems like the kind of guy who is hard to get angry," Amy said. "He helped me find my way from Myrtle's bathroom to the Great Hall on Monday."
"Yeah he is. If there is one creature I don't miss around here it's Mrs. Norris. She was a cat that belonged to Frank's predecessor Argus Filch," Hagrid said.
"Hagrid, what do you do around here?" Erica wondered.
"I do a couple things around here. For one thing I'm the gamekeeper along with the keeper of the keys. I also teach an elective called Care of Magical Creatures to students starting their third year. It can be a fun class but you have to have real good listening skills for that class," Hagrid informed them.
"Hagrid has a point. His class is one where by not paying attention and goofing off can cause real serious injury," Harry informed them thinking of his nemesis Draco Malfoy.
"Amy, you have any siblings at all?" Julie asked her.
"No I don't. I'm an only child," Amy said.
"Miss Watkins trust me it isn't for lack of trying but Amy's mother has had a couple miscarriages since Amy was born. One when Amy was three and another when she was seven," Harry explained.
"I figured you would have siblings galore myself. What with what they say about Weasleys how they tend to have big families," Geoff said.
"Well my Uncle Charlie and his wife Colleen have two kids. My Uncle Bill has a son he adopted who is attending a wizarding school in Africa. My uncle Percy and Aunt Penny have a couple kids but they are younger then me. Same with my three cousins that my Uncle Ron and Aunt Ashley have. My other two uncles Fred and George don't even have wives let along kids," Amy explained.
"Well I'd say it is a normal sized family if you look at it household by household," Geoff said.
"Definitely small for a Weasley family," Amy said. "Typically a Weasley Family is bigger."
The others took the time to talk about their families. When they got done it was time for dinner so they all went to dinner Amy and her friends sitting at the house table and Harry up at the Staff table with the other professors and the few support people like Frank, Madame Pince the Stern faced librarian, Madame Pomfrey the hospital wing attendant, Madame Conway the Flying Instructor.
"Oh man this week has been unreal," Erica said.
"How do you figure that we are witches and wizards," Amy said.
"Yeah but how often do you figure we will have weeks like this?" Erica wondered somewhat rhetorically when a tall dark haired fifth year with biceps the size of a dinner plate walked up to them.
"Is one of you Amy Potter?" he inquired.
Amy gave him a just barely discrete signal.
"I want to talk to you for a few minutes tonight in the Common Room," He said.
"What about?" Amy wondered.
"I'll let you know when we talk tonight," he said before sitting down several feet away.
"Any of you know who that guy is?" Amy wondered.
"All I know is his name is Josh. I think he is the House Quidditch Captain," Julie said. "I went to talk to Madame Conway today about joining the team and she told me that to be on the team you had to be a first rate broom rider and you had to supply your own broom since the school brooms aren't real good for Quidditch. Due to the fact that First Years aren't authorized their own broom they couldn't very well play on the school team."
"I heard Professor Potter was on the Quidditch Team as a first year. God he was the 2nd best seeker Gryffindor has had in recent times. He was 2nd only to some guy named Charlie Weasley," Justin said as he joined them.
"It just goes to show I have greatness in my blood," Amy commented.
"Why is that Aim?" Justin asked.
"Well think about it Justin, Professor Potter is my dad. Also Charlie Weasley isn't just some guy but my uncle," Amy said. "I was a better then decent Keeper for my school on the Little League Quidditch Circuit prior to coming here. The school provided broomsticks so I don't own one yet."
