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Chapter 4: Welcome to Hogwarts (Part One)

Jesabelle walked into the Great Hall with Ginny to find that Hermione was already there, looking irritated as if she didn't sleep well last night.

Ginny and Jesabelle sat on either side of her.

"What happened Hermione?" Jesabelle asked, as Harry, Ron, and Neville sat down across them. "Did Malfoy give you a hard time?"

"Humph" Hermione said. "He didn't let me into the dormitory, and didn't even tell me the password! Argh. He wouldn't let me in until I threatened to tell Dumbledore about the ordeal." Hermione grumbled. "But don't worry. I talked to Dumbledore, so he can't lock me out of the dormitory, because Dumbledore helped the portrait learn who I was so that when he tries to lock me out, he can't because the portrait already knows that I belong in the room behind it."

"Which reminds me, I should try to convince him to take you out of that dormitory." Ron said getting up.

"No, Ron, this is final, Dumbledore will not change his mind." Hermione said firmly. "Besides, it's all right with me, as long as we keep to our own sides of the dormitory."

Ron opened his mouth to say something but then closed it.

Professor McGonagall walked down the table, handing them their schedules.

"Aw, we have double potions today with the Slytherins." Harry said, sighing.

They all groaned in unison, spending and hour and a half in the hot dungeons with the Slytherins, and under Snape's prying eye was not a good thing for them or the Gryffindors. Snape was always looking for some reason to take points off the Gryffindors, much to the entertainment of the Slytherins.

Jesabelle laughed silently and took a look at her schedule as well.

September 2nd - Tuesday (Class Schedule)

1: Transfiguration 2: History of Magic 3: Astrology 4: Herbology 5: Care of Magical Creatures 6: Potions 7: Potions

"So, what's Care of Magical Creatures like?" Jesabelle asked, while reading the schedule in her hand and taking a swig of orange juice.

"Well, uh, Hagrid teaches that class." Ron said.

"It's all right I guess, but I warn you, it isn't a picnic." Hermione said.

"That's true, I mean, he once had a Norwegian Ridgeback as a pet in our first year." Ron said.

"Really? But it's against the law to have one of those here." Jesabelle said, putting down her schedule.

"Yeah, well, that's Hagrid for you. Leave it up to him to find something dangerous for us to study." Ron replied, causing everyone to laugh.

"He seems like a really nice person though." Jesabelle said, looking up at the staff table at Hagrid, who was making good conversation with Tonks.

"He is, it's just that he doesn't know where his boundaries are." Hermione said, scooping a spoonful of porridge into her mouth.

Jesabelle looked over to Ginny's schedule and realized that she had the same classes as they did.

"Hey Ginny, are you advanced or something?" Jesabelle said.

"Yeah, McGonagall moved me up to seventh year, since I was more equip for it, and since I got some of the highest scores on my O.W.L.s."

"Cool" Jesabelle said as Harry turned to Hermione.

"So, Hermione, any updates on spew?" Harry asked teasingly.

"It's S.P.E.W. Harry!" Hermione said aggravated.

"S.PE.W.?" Jesabelle asked. "Oh! That program you're running for house-elf freedom right?"

"Yes, that's right." Hermione said with a smile.

"Yeah, Harry told me about it. Sounds interesting." Jesabelle said.

"You think everything is interesting!" Ginny said, laughing.

Everyone else laughed at this, including Jesabelle.

Transfiguration and everything else went though like a blur, but everything began to slow down when they headed to Care of Magical Creatures.

As they all walked down the yard to Hagrid's hut, they could hear the same lazy drawling of Draco Malfoy coming up from behind.

"I thought they already threw him out, the big oaf." Malfoy said, yawning in boredom.

"He's such a terrible teacher." Came the voice of Pansy Parkinson.

Harry and the others rolled their eyes and walked to the front of the class, waiting for Hagrid at the side of his hut. When the entire class had assembled, Hagrid appeared out of his hut and walked over to them, obviously in a good mood.

"Good mornin' everyone!" Hagrid said with a smile. "All right everyone, if you'll follow me, we shall begin our first lesson of the year."

They all followed him, though most of the class was reluctant to see what Hagrid had in store for them this year.

Hagrid lead them to a picket, where in their third year, they had met the hippogriffs.

The class held their breath as they turned the corner, not knowing what might come out of it.

They were surprised though to see a bunch of birds, about 20 or more, that resembled ferrets, except they were talking, and saying very rude remarks too. They were about as big as ostriches, except they didn't have the long neck and all. They were all tied up to sticks stuck into the ground.

"You're all trash, a bunch of trash." One of the ferrets said, laughing a laugh that sounded mostly like a squawk.

"Jarveys!' Hagrid said enthusiastically. "They're mostly found in Britain, Ireland, and North America. Now, who can tell me what they see in the Jarveys."

As usual, Hermione's hand shot up like a cannon.

"Yes Hermione?" Hagrid asked.

"Jarveys can talk, but they mostly say rude remarks to whoever they see." Hermione said. "And," she continued, looking straight at Malfoy, "it mostly resembles an oversized ferret."

The whole class laughed at this while Hermione explained the event that took place in their fourth year, when the fake Professor Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret and bounced him up and down from the ground. Hearing this, Jesabelle laughed with the class as well.

"Very good, ten points to Gryffindor." Hagrid said over the laughter.

Malfoy looked around at all of them. They were all laughing except for the Slytherins, who were just giving Hermione dirty looks. Since Malfoy was seventh year, combined with his popularity, it made him the head of the students of the Slytherins house, under Snape that is. And if anyone insulted him, they became instant enemies, but then again, anyone who was friend with Harry Potter were all enemies already.

When the class settled down, Hagrid continued.

"Now that we are all refreshed, thank you very much for that Hermione." Hagrid said, grinning at Hermione, he had found the joke funny as well. "From now until possibly the start of Christmas break, you will be assigned a partner for that period of time."

The class groaned at this.

"And," Hagrid said, trying to put an end to the groaning. "you and your partner will have to work together to either tame the Jarvey, or befriend it if possible. You will have to feed it everyday, and treat it with the utmost respect. But, you are not to poison it. If you and your partner's Jarvey dies, you will fail this part of the class. Plus, I will be grading the way you and your partner work together, so that means you must all treat each other with respect, or at least, tolerance."

The rest looked around at the Jarveys.

"You are not permitted to have a battle of cut lows with the Jarvey either, we do not want to have a repetition of the hippogriff situation now, do we?" Hagrid said, looking Malfoy in the eye. "Now, for the pairing."

"Harry and Ginny, Hermione and Ron, Pansy and Justin" Hagrid said, reading from a piece of parchment he took out of his pocket. Parkinson and Justin eyed each other with the utmost disgust.

"And lastly, Malfoy and Jesabelle." Hagrid finished, causing the class to look over at Jesabelle, then at Malfoy.

Jesabelle, who was examining the Jarveys, did not hear Hagrid. When she realized that the class was looking at her, she turned to Hagrid, saying, "Excuse me Hagrid, but could you please repeat the name of my partner?"

"You are paired with Malfoy my dear." Hagrid said, looking at Malfoy, who had the look as if he wanted to kill Jesabelle with his eyes. "Now, everyone, choose a Jarvey, and get to work, there are boxes of dead rats, moles, and voles to the left side of the picket."

Everyone began to walk cautiously into the picket, while Harry and the others stayed back to talk to Hagrid.

"Hagrid are you sure about this pairing?" Harry asked, as the others gathered around Hagrid, Malfoy leaning on the picket, keeping a good distance away from them, but keeping close enough to hear the conversation.

"Yes, Harry." Hagrid said, looking down at them.

"But, you can't pair her up with him! She's new, pair me up with him." Harry said. "I'm willing."

"Naw Harry, with you two working on it, that Jarvey would be dead before you two stop fighting. And I don't want any fists thrown in this class." Hagrid said. "And besides," Hagrid said, smiling at Jesabelle. "I wanted to see how a Gryffindor and a Slytherin would work together. This is final."

Jesabelle sighed and walked into the picket, where Malfoy had already chosen a Jarvey at the way back of the class.

There you goooo! I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a bit of a while, but my internet was down, so I couldn't post this up. I hope you all like it! ^_^