A Trip to the Past
Disclaimer: I only own my Characters and my plot. J.K. Rowling owns everything else. Sorry for any mistakes.
Chapter 2~~~~~~
I awoke the first day of classes before everyone else in my dorm. It was still dark outside so I estimated the time to be around 5. I decided to get up then so I didn't have to hurry to breakfast.
I took a long shower to help me calm down for classes. When I got out no one was awake still. I found a pair of faded flare jeans and a black tee shirt. When I looked in the mirror in our room I almost cried. I hated my looks.
I wasn't pretty like Mum and James was handsome and inherited Dad's good looks but I didn't. I had shoulder length curly black hair (A/N: think Howard Stern.) and hazel eyes. My skin was sickly pale like Remus and my lips were pouty and pale pink. My body was thin and normal height. I thought I looked like one really good punch would kill me.
Lily woke up when I was looking at myself and walked up to me. She was the exact opposite of me and when we got older she would be highly sought after while I was going to hide in the library and study all my seven years. Right then I decided I would never do anything to make others notice me.
I pulled on my robes and left to get my times table at breakfast. I left Lily on her own and I found my way to the Great Hall, which I had no trouble finding because I memorized it from last night. When I sat down in the hall, Professor McGonagall handed my schedule to me. I had Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms before lunch and a double period of Transfiguration and Herbology.
I ate some toast and left to get my books for morning classes. I ran into Lily going up to the dormitory with the other girls. I told them to go back and get their books before going down. I got my books for the day and my wand which I forgot. I loved my wand; it was holly and dragon heartstring, 10 inches and powerful as Mr.Ollivander told me.
I went back to breakfast and sat next to James and stared into space.
"Tempest, watch the Slytherins." James whispered to me.
I knew instantly James pulled a prank on the Slytherins with his friends. I looked at the cunning folk and saw them with flashing robes and hair of Gryffindor colors and I cracked a smile. I wondered where they learned those spells but then again James did learn spells like me and I didn't know about the others.
"James where in the world-"
"Sis you weren't the only one learning spells this summer."
"It is funny but I expected more chaos from you."
"Wait."
I watched as the Slytherins couldn't take the spells off and then dungbombs exploded over them. I laughed at this and watched Lily look coldly at my brother.
"Better dearest brother."
"Thank you sis but you might want to calm down Red. She looks like she wants to hurt us maraudering fiends."
"Help us all when you get worse." I turned to Lily who was on my other side and asked what was the matter with the prank.
"What is the matter with the prank, Tempest is it was wrong and the Slytherins didn't deserve it."
"They will eventually."
"Lets drop it and lets just get to class."
"Okay."
We grabbed our bags and ask a prefect where the DADA classroom was. We were the first in the classroom and our professor was a man in his early thirties. He smiled at us and asked our names for attendance. Lily and I grabbed seats up front and sat patiently for the rest of the class to arrive, Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs. Or it was more like Lily waited patiently and I tapped my foot for the lesson to begin.
Once everyone was in the class, my brother last ("No surprise there") the teacher spoke. "Hello class I am Professor Whiteman and this is your first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson."
"We will begin our lesson by learning the objectives of this class. Take out a piece of parchment and right this down.
Understanding and learning defense magic.
Learning and experiencing situations called for defense magic.
Understanding the dark arts and creatures for uses of defense."
I copied this down and knew I would love this class, this school, this world of knowledge. Professor Whiteman told us about Dark magic and how we lived in a time of dark magic with Lord Voldemort. He told us we to learn to protect ourselves and that class would be more spellwork then not. Our writing was reserved to homework and certain creatures in the future.
After DADA we had Charms with the Ravenclaws. Professor Flitwick was a tiny Professor who had to stand on books to look over his desk. Charms were easily Lily's favorite subject while I was great at both subjects and probably the rest.
At lunch I sat next to Lily and Sirius who talked away to me.
"Hi Tempest"
"Hello Sirius"
"Do you like the classes so far?"
"Of course, I bet you don't along with my moronic brother."
"Hey, I heard the Tempest Nicolette Potter" James shouted at me.
"Your middle name is Nicolette?" Sirius laughed at me.
"Yes and JAMES I WILL KILL YOU FOR USING MY MIDDLE NAME!"
"Run Jamsie, Run" Sirius mocked
I threw a chicken wing at James missed and hit Remus.
"May I ask why we throwing food AT ME!" He cried at he whipped off his face.
"I like your sister James, smart but funny."
"I take that as an insult, Sirius" James said.
"Well Bye guys I actually intend to be on time for class with Professor McGonagall."
"Bye Tempest, the Curly Haired One" Sirius called as I left the Great Hall.
I was the first to Transfiguration after I asked the Gryffindor ghost, Sir Nick for directions to class.
"Hello Miss name please?" asked Professor McGonagall at her desk when I sat down in the front.
"Tempest Potter, ma'am"
Lily came in after me and said her name. She took a seat next to me and whispered in my ear. "Your Brother just got his first detention with Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew because they turned Severus Snape's hair red, his robes gold, and poured water all of him saying take a shower." 'Oh dear god' was my thought.
When the class assembled for transfiguration, Professor McGonagall started her speech. "Transfiguration is one of hardest and complex magic you will learn in Hogwarts. Anyone messing around in my class will be sent out and not return. You have been warned" she stated strictly.
She gave us matches and told us to change it into a needle. I learned this spell when I first got my books and changed it immediately, I noticed James, Sirius, and Remus did too. We didn't get homework from McGonagall, like Flitwick or Whiteman.
Herbology was taught by Professor Sprout and easy because plants were easy to deal with unless your name is Sirius Black. Who got bit by a plant he poked too many times and went screaming around the room. The Professor had Peter take him up to the hospital wing.
At dinner Sirius returned happy as before to serve his detention with the caretaker, along with my brother, Remus and Peter. We had no homework to do so I left dinner and Lily with her other friends to check out the library.
The library was huge with thousands of books. I felt at home here. I knew few actually wanted to be here unless they had to and the less people I had to talk to and meet, the more I was happy.
I knew Hogwarts was my home for seven years excluding summers and I wanted to learn all about it. I wanted to be able to get to class on time and excel at my studies but there was a doting voice in the back of my head telling me that some things don't happen as planned. I hated that stupid voice and everything it said.