C5 Enter the Wolf

Disclaimer: Still don't own those rights A/N: hmm. Last one for right now. Six and seven will be forthcoming by the end of the weekend, I hope.

Sarah found herself following Lily through many twisted passages. Then they began a descent downstairs. Damn, it's cold. Should've brought a coat. Then Sarah thought about clothes. What would she do about clothes in the next few weeks, months? Well, this was something she would just have to ask at a later time. They entered a rather dank room. Great, dank and dark. Just what I need. Won't catch pneumonia now.

Sarah was given the seat next to her. She looked around at her surroundings. There were potions floating everywhere. She frowned. Just like Severus Snape's room. But of course this would not be his potion's class. Well, unless he happened to be attending class. But that truly was a horse of a different color.

The teacher entered the room and just glance at her. 'You must be the new student, Ms. Sarah Gregory. I do not expect you to complete the following potion marked up on the board. However, perhaps Ms. Evans might need your help? You are welcome to help her out if she needs it.'

More out of curiosity than anything else led Sarah to copy down the potion recipe. Maybe it would help her later. Ha. Doubtfully. She had finally accepted that this place was just too much for Katy and them to pay for. Maybe it was a dream, but it definitely wasn't a joke. Her heart sank then. After waiting for her Hogwart's letter, she received it, in a way, only to remember that she truly couldn't do magic. What the hell was she supposed to do? She could act dumb or just rebel.

'Hey, do you mind cutting these for me? You can use this for cutting them. Please?'

Sarah thought for a second. She couldn't do magic. But cutting the ingredients? Come on, now. That's like cooking. She didn't have an adversity to cooking. She wasn't half-bad at either, if she did say so herself. So Sarah took the ingredients that needed to be cut, the knife, and used her written instructions to see if there was any specific way to cutting them.

Let's see. The scarab beetles must be cut lengthways, so that the head is in two. Ok. That's not too bad. She did that, marking how the guts oozed out of beetle as she cut it. Now that's a bit gross. Next one, Ginger roots must be cut into twenty equal pieces. Gulp. This will be tricky. She pulled out the ginger roots surprised that they turned out to be square roots. How strange, she muttered as she cut them. Then came Joudran. This plant needed to be cut nicely, not chopped. Equality wasn't as important as neatness. And on went the list, some being easier to cut then others. She finished with a hefty amount of time left. But of course she didn't know that.

Lily took the ingredients, as she needed them. Sarah was finished before Lily finished her potion so she sat and thought. This wasn't too bad. If only the other classes were as easy as this. Or perhaps she thought that this class was easy because it didn't require magic. Thank God she didn't have a wand. Can't do magic without a wand. Well, maybe it is possible but how would she now how to do something like that? Anyways, Potions wasn't bad. It was like Chemistry but different ingredients. She might even be able to pass this course. But only if she could learn a bit more about Potions before she goes to the next class.

Lily finished the potion. Professor Mackeney came over and inspected the potion; she was the only one that he did that to. Must be because of me, thought Sarah.

'Hmm. Very good job, Ms. Evans. Not forgetting Ms. Gregory, you did a fine job as well.' He took the vial, which Lily had filled with her potion, and headed back to his desk, placing the potion among the others resting upon it. Sarah couldn't believe it. She did it right. Ha. Who says muggles can't do anything magical? She kept thinking about her good job. Then she picked up her paper with the potion written on it, folded it and placed it into her pocket. She even forgot the dilemma about her clothing situation. Life was good. She followed Lily out of the Potions classroom.

Unfortunately, that's when she stopped paying attention. If she had been, she would have heard Lily's warning to watch her step. But as it was, she was just hoping that she wouldn't have to perform any magic and happy that she would at least be able to do Potions. It was while thinking of this that she stepped upon the ground and found it slippery. She fell down. 'Fuck,' she muttered as she hit the floor.

A hand was extended down to help her up. She looked up and found herself staring into a pair of gorgeous golden eyes. It was him, the hot guy at her table. She took his hand as he helped her to her feet.

'I'm Sarah.' She told him.

He smiled. 'I'm-'

'This is the moonmeister.' A black haired boy interrupted him. 'And I am Sirius. Sirius is my name that is. This is James and Peter.' He pointed to a boy wearing frames and having messy black hair and a small, mousy boy. 'I'm sorry, but we must really be going, places to rob, people to scam, you know, the usual. Oh, don't look shocked. I am only kidding. But we really must be heading off. Come, my moonmeister.' With that, Sirius headed off, dragging James, Peter and Moonmeister.

'What a strange name' she muttered to herself. 'There's no way it's the same people. No way in God's green earth.'

Lily came over. 'Sarah, are you alright?'

'Yeah, just fell down. Maybe a few bruises though.' Sarah shrugged. 'Nothing big.'

'Well, Potions is my last class today. Tomorrow, senior classes last longer. That's why they were in such a rush,' she said, referring to the four boys. 'I'll show you to the common room and give you the password. But not under any circumstances are you to tell that password to anyone who is not a Gryffindor.'

Sarah smiled; she knew that. 'That's reasonable.'

'Also, I'll show you where the classrooms are, but I'm not expecting you to remember where any of them are,' Lily smiled. 'So, you can follow me or anyone else in class around for a bit, as long as they don't mind. And the Great Hall, that's where we eat. I'll show how to get there from the common rooms. And probably seems like a lot, but you get used to it.' She shrugged and they walked out of the frigid dungeon.