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Summery: The next generation of Witches and Wizards are finally at the age to go to the school where their parents learned it all, Hogwarts! The children of the wizards and witches we all know and love now attend the school of witchcraft and wizardry and face there own adventures and problems. RnR please!!

Couplings (of JKR's characters): H/H, R/OC, D/G

A new kind of magic

Chapter three -

After all of the sorted first years had sat down amongst their new class mates, Headmistress McGonagall stood up, tapping her spoon on the water goblet as she did,

"Let the feast begin!" She announced. And with a wave of her hands, all the plates on every table filled with food of all types. Emily and Rebecca exchanged glances before each reaching towards a plate with roasted chicken pieces. The Gryiffindors talked and ate happily as they began to know the newest additions to the house. But on the Slytherin table, the atmosphere was completely different. Andrew Malfoy stared sadly at his food, not touching it.

"Hey, new boy! What's your problem?" a third year Slytherin asked. Andrew looked up slightly in the direction of the voice,

"Huh? Oh, nothing, nothing at all." He sighed. "Well, at least I'm in Slytherin, my family will be proud, and that's what matters, right?" he thought, looking at all the green and sliver clad students around him. "I'm in the house with the worst reputation for evil witches and wizards, but, I will be accepted by my dad." He thought, trying to convince himself this was right. "But why did the sorting hat want to put me in Gryiffindor?" he mumbled, looking up at the Gryiffindor table.

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For the new Hogwarts students, the next morning came much too quickly, and up in Gryiffindor tower, there was no difference. Amongst the Gryiffindors, Emily and Rebecca searched madly for books, quills and inks.

"Becca!? Have you seen my nice quill? The one with the peacock feather that I was showing you last night when I was supposed to be getting stuff together!" Emily asked.

"I don't know." Came a muffled reply from Rebecca, her head buried deep inside her bag.

"Oh well, I will just have to use a different one! Come on Becca, we are going to be late! We still need to get out schedules at breakfast, and if were late to breakfast, then were going to be lost for the entire school year!" Emily exclaimed, tugging on the edge of Rebecca's robes.

"Fine, let's go!" Rebecca said, flinging her bag onto her shoulder.

"Simon's supposed to be waiting, but I bet that he's gone by now." Emily mentioned as they walked out of the girls dormitory. They sped down the stairs to find an annoyed looking Simon.

"Could you be any later?" he asked.

"Probably" Rebecca giggled and the three Gryiffindors walked out.

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"Okay, so, first we have double potions with the Slytherins." Emily said, more to herself then anyone else.

"Great. The Slytherins." Rebecca said sarcastically. "I have heard lots of absolutely wonderful things about the Slytherins!" she continued.

"I'm sure they can't be that bad." Simon said just as the owls flew in, delivering the post. A letter in light blue parchment envelope fell in front of Emily.

"Great, mum and dad have written, going on and on about how glad they are that I'm not in Slytherin." Emily sighed; pressing her finger under the top of the envelope and ripping it open,

"Dear Emily,

Congratulations on getting into Gryiffindor! Your mother and I are so proud. I hope you do well on your first day. Tell Hagrid I said hello, he will of course remember me. And if that Malfoy kid gives you any trouble, just give him a good slap across the face! Okay, your mother just told me off for writing that. She says that you should try to talk to him, because maybe he'll be different then Draco, and if he still gives you problems, there's many spells you can use. Oh well, I best be off. Be good and stay out of trouble. We both love you and already miss you.

Mum and dad"

Emily sighed, folded the letter, and placed it in her robes.

"Yep, just parental rambling." Emily said, standing up, "lets get to class." She said.

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"Welcome first years, I am professor Bastet." Said the same female professor that greeted them before the sorting. Her hair was still in the same, neat braid, but she looked a bit calmer, her chocolate eyes were less tense as they were the night before.

"Well, this is first potions lesson, so, lets get started on some simple rules." She paused as the Slytherins and Gryiffindors groaned slightly at the thought of rules, "always listen to me, because I know what I'm doing, you don't. Never leave a potion unattended that can spell disaster. And, of course, be very, very careful. Potions is a very exact science, and one wrong ingredient or even too much or too little of a correct one can be terrible!" she paused again, "any questions?" after a few seconds of deafening silence, she smiled, "Okay, get with a partner and get to a cauldron." She said. Rebecca and Emily exchanged glances and moved over to where their cauldron sat.

"Fine!" Simon exclaimed as they walked off.

"Sorry Si'. We wanna work together. Maybe next time, okay?" Emily stated.

"I will just work with my good Slytherin friend here, uh, what's your name?" he asked,

"Andrew." He said simply.

"Yeah, I will work with my good friend Andrew!" Simon stated, putting a playful arm around the Malfoy boy. Emily and Rebecca giggled before turning their attention towards the teacher.

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I know that's a crap way to end the nameless chapter, but there you go. I'm stuck on where to go in this chapter. Thanks for all the great reviews! Any suggestions, please feel free to add them to a review. I am very open to suggestions!