Chapter 3

"It seems I have the pleasure to teach the Slytherins and the Gryffindors, together, again. Oh what joy this will be." Snape stood in front of the class giving his annual 'Oh how I hate teaching all of because none of you will ever understand it anyway' speech. Then he paused and looked to the new students in his class. "I wonder how well they teach you in American schools? I do pray they teach you well in the art of potions in America because without any previous knowledge I wouldn't expect to pass this course if I were you." His last words were spit out as if it pained him to even consider himself being one of his students. "Now I am going to pair you off and I want you to begin the preparations for your first potion, just one to refresh you memories from last year. That is if there is even any memory to refresh."

Harry looked to Ron, hoping he had remembered anything from last year. Ron mouthed back that he remembered nothing, so he wasn't going to be much help to him in getting caught up.

"Potter! Weasley! Don't look so hopeful, I am not so daft as to place the two of you together. Potter you'll work with Malfoy, at least he was able to show up last year and should be able to tag you along. I hope you don't go to quickly for our Mister Potter." Draco just smiled at Snape, and when Snape turned to start to pair off other students he gave Harry one of the worst sneers he could muster up. Snape was calling out names again of pairs.

"Weasley, I want you to work with one of my own. Shannon Casey! Please seat yourself next to Mister Weasley." Several Slytherins gave Shannon a pitying look. 'I don't know why they feel sorry for me; I get to work with a hunk what is so bad about that? Shannon stop it, remember you are not supposed to like Gryffindors so just play along, you don't want to be shunned out of your house before you even get to know anyone in it.'

"Granger, let's see, you being such a big know-it-all I'm sure can help out a new student. You with Miss Moran! And now Noah you need a partner you'll be with Pansy Parkinson, she'll help you immensely. Chastain! Please sit next to Miss Zambini!" As the students began to get to work with gathering their ingredients Snape sat at his desk watching the new students as they worked. 'I see Pansy still hasn't changed; she is hanging all over that new boy. Hmm, how I would pity him more if it didn't make that idiot Malfoy so mad.' He glanced at Sarah working with Hermione, 'Those two don't seem to be getting along all that well. What else can be expected I know I can barely stand that know-it-all, Miss Moran must have the same problem.'

Hermione glanced at her partner, 'She hasn't talked much. I wonder if she's just nervous about being in this new school. Odd that someone who was friends with that boy, Colin would seem so cold-'

"Hermione. Hermione. Hermione!"

"Huh?! What?"

"Thank you for coming back to this dimension. Is the bubotuber pus done boiling?" Hermione looked at Sarah as she was fighting to comprehend what she was just asked. "Hermione is the bubotuber pus finished boiling?! Oh you're hopeless!" Sarah reached across the desk and picked up the small cauldron from Hermione. "Oh it figures you let it boil too long. And you are Head Girl as well as top in the class, I find that highly unlikely when you can't boil pus without drying it out!"

"Is there a problem here Miss Moran?" Snape had appeared behind her as if out of know where, it seemed he was extremely good at that.

"Yes there is Professor, it seems that Miss Granger here can't boil a simple substance without ruining it."

"Do you care to explain, Miss Granger?"

Hermione's mind was jumping for a reason for why she let that happen. 'I am always so cautious in Potions, what happened?' The entire class was listening now for her explanation. "I must have been day-dreaming, Professor."

"Apparently so, 25 points from Gryffindor for such day-dreaming. And both of you have a detention." Sarah had been looking rather smug with her self up until then. The Gryffindors, who had been devastated at the loss of points, were now looking rather please that Snape had actually given one of his students a detention. Even the other Slytherins seemed to find it quite funny.

"Professor!" Sarah yelled back, "That's not fair, she was the one not paying attention!" Snape seemed as if someone had just told him Neville Longbottem was passing his class with full marks.

"Miss Moran I don't know how they handle such things back in America," the way he said America would make anyone never want to go there, ever, "but in my classroom I will deal with it as I like! That is a second detention for yourself!"

"But-"

"Would you like some points taken as well, or maybe a third detention?" Snape had composed himself and was no longer yelling, just speaking in a normal tone, which made everything he said even more terrifying. He turned and went into his office and slammed the door. He sat at his desk trying to keep his composure under control. 'That was nothing. She didn't do anything nearly as terribly as some students in my class. Nowhere near as terrible. In fact she hadn't done anything wrong, she just exploited the mistake of a Gryffindor, but that was something normally congratulated. So why had he been so hard on her?' He knew why. She had actually had the guts to yell back at him.

"Wow," Ron said with admiration, "I have never seen anyone actually talk back to Snape, let alone yell at him and dispute what he said."

"What I don't understand is why that Hermione girl could be so ignorant as not to see what she was doing." Shannon replied.

"Hey Hermione is one of my best friends! I don't want to her anyone talk about her like that! She is the smartest witch this school has ever had!" Ron was fuming, probably more about what had happened to Hermione than what Shannon actually said. "If it wasn't for your friend over there giving her such a hard time she wouldn't have gotten in trouble!"

"If it hadn't been for my friend she would have burned the cauldron straight through!" Shannon too was mad, "I guess it is true what they say about Gryffindors you are just a bunch of blind morons!" And she stormed out of the classroom.

"Shannon!" Sarah ran out of the room but not without giving Hermione and Ron a death glare. Cy who had been sorta dumbfounded by the whole situation looked to see if Noah was going to follow them. He figured the two girls were probably in hysterics in the hallway but Noah was making no move for the door he was to busy flirting his head off with Pansy. And since most of the class had already left when Snape secluded himself in his office he figured no harm done if he left.

"Normal Noah behavior," Cy grumbled then he looked to Blaise; the two of them had actually had a good conversation and worked fine together. The two of them had arranged to meet sometime on Saturday to go for walk or something, "I gotta go Blaise it was, uhh, nice talking to you, I'll owl you or something about tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah sure, I hope your friends are alright."

"Me too." And he was almost out the door, but Harry got his arm.

Harry whispered to Cy, "Where are you going? You don't think you are going after those two Slytherin Sluts to comfort them do you? Didn't you see what happened to 'Mione?"

"Yeah I saw, but I also saw two of my friends storm out of this room."

"I'm telling you now they won't take well to you trying to comfort them. When you're done you can come up to the common room, that's where will be since we got out early of Potions. We'll be getting ready for our Quidditch fun, 'kay?"

"Alright, I'll see you when I finish down here." Cy smiled and left the room. 'I don't know why this big fights happened those three seem nice enough.'

Draco who had had enough of this emotional banter called to Pansy, Millicent, Blaise, and Noah, "Okay lets get out of here, I don't want to be here if these three end up breaking into a group hug!" Draco noticed that Noah and Pansy were close so he of course grabbed Pansy's hand and dragged her to walk by him. Millicent and Blaise lagged behind a little. Millilcent spoke first to Blaise.

"What do you think you're doing planning on having a 'date' with that Gryffindor twit?!"

"What do you mean?"

"You know exactly what I mean! You know what Draco will do to you and him if he finds out that you hanging out with some other guy. I don't understand how he can stand Noah, he must be keeping him around for some reason." Blaise didn't answer she just quickened her pace to keep up with everyone else.

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A/N: Okay yeah so this entire story will probably be some horrible, never ending soap opera, what did I get myself into!! Again as always, complaint, replies, compliments it is all welcome. I have also given up on naming my chapters I think it is just too difficult.

Squashy Golashes: Nah, I like to thank people who help me out, besides my friends who I force to read this no one else has given me any reviews so you need to be thanked. And if you think that only 'Mione is gonna get her self some romance you have got a lotta surprises coming up!