Chapter 2
The next morning Harry got up and still wasn't talking to Ron or Hermione. He walked down the stairs from his dormitory into the common room. Elle and Darren were there and he walked over to them "Hiya you two," he said to them. "Hi Harry"
"Hi Harry," they both said. He sat down when they said "Let's go to breakfast," Darren leapt up and said "Yes lets!"
They walked down there and sat down and started eating. The owls swooped down and Hedwig was amongst them. She had a letter for Harry and a parcel. Harry opened the letter first and read it.
Dear Harry,
How are you? We are all fine here. We saw what the Daily Prophet wrote and thought we'd say not to get too angry about it
"Great. Now they tell me," said Harry and he carried on.
Dumbledore said he hasn't found a new Defence Against the Darks Arts teacher, so I might be filling in again this year. Tell Ron and Hermione not to open anything from strangers, same to you Harry.
Might see you soon,
Lupin
P.S. The parcel is from Molly
Harry read the letter and thought about what he had done to Ron and Hermione but didn't want to make up with them yet. He looked at the parcel and felt it. It wasn't a Weasley jumper, or anything else he had felt before. He opened it and stared at it. It was amazing to him. There was a small note on the back o it that read
Sorry Harry for leaving. This is for you.
Sirius
It was a new magical instrument. He knew what it was, it was an Elpeop Mirror. You could see the faces of people in it, anyone you wanted. He looked at it and stared, he saw his whole family smiling at him and he smiled back. He saw Sirius with his Dad and smiled even more.
Elle and Darren we staring at him "What's up with you," asked Darren? "Nothing," Harry said hastily putting the mirror away. He looked at the others and said "What you two got first. I have double potions. How wonderful," he said, the last bit sarcastically. "I have potions as well," "Me two," said Darren and Elle.
The made their way to the dungeons that seemed even gloomier than usual, Harry climbed the twelve steps down along with the others and walked down the corridor. They got to the classroom and sat down. Snape walked in and smirked and looked coldly at Harry. He called the register and stopped at Darren and Elle's names. "New students. I want you to know that nothing will be tolerated in my class or waiting outside for it," he sneered and stared at Harry. "Mr Potter. Why are you not sitting with Mr Weasley and Miss Granger," he asked him coldly. Harry just sat there and didn't answer him. He didn't want to tell Snape about his friendships. Snape slithered down to Harry's desk and slammed his fist on it. "Mr Potter answer me," he shouted "I will not be ignored!"
Harry simply glanced and said "I won't tell you. You don't have to know," he said and folded his arms and tilted back on his chair. Snape seemed taken aback with his response and couldn't bring himself to take points away for some reason and just left it.
Harry was shocked but didn't say anything. Something was wrong with Snape but he wasn't going to complain. He carried on with his work, make a friggle potion and write an evaluation on it, complete for homework and why friggle potion is used. Harry thought what great fun all this is sarcastically. He looked over at Darren and Elle. Elle had added the wrong ingredient and it suddenly exploded. It covered her, Darren, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Harry and Malfoy. Snape looked menacingly at Elle "You dumb blonde," he shouted at her! "100 points from Gryffindor," he shouted then said "Scorgify," and it disappeared!
At the end of the lesson Elle was in a rage "I'm not a dumb blonde! I'm just not good at potions," she shouted. Harry and Darren tried to calm her down and she ran off. They followed her.
She snuck out of the grounds and towards a muggle village about 20 miles away. Harry turned to Darren and said "Go back. They won't guess we have gone off grounds if only two of us are gone," he said and Darren left. Harry still went after Elle. They then got to a run down building. Elle was intrigued and went in.
