CH 2: The Scroll Esmeralda's POV: I got sorted into Slytherin but I don't really mind it that much, except when those really annoying kids, Crabbe and Goyle started talking to me. I had to tell them to shut up for a billion times. Finally, Draco Malfoy, this other 6th year boy with white hair and pale skin (and boy, did he look UGLY) came and told them to mind their own business. He talked to me for a few minutes. He kept on saying things such as Death Eaters and Voldemort. I heard about those names before. Malfoy wasn't really fun to talk to but he sure was better than those other two dorks. He said something about Voldemort's weakness but I wasn't really paying attention. Later, I realized that I should've but that's after. The next day, I had Potions first. The other Slytherins were really excited. Everyone knows they'll get a passing mark even if they did nothing. Snape was real cheap, that's for sure, but hey, who cares. Unfortunately, we didn't get to do anything except copy of the board. I was surprisingly relieved when class was over. Snape had to look over all the notes. I looked down at my untidy writing. Luckily, Snape gave me a passing mark. Next was transfiguration. It was not much better. During lunch, Malfoy passed me a note. It said: See me after lunch in the library. I shrugged and continued copying in my book. After lunch, I went to the library. Malfoy was already there. He handed me a crumpled up scroll and told me it was very important not to look at it until later. I was seriously annoyed at him. Plus, he just happened to bring his friends, Crabbe and Goyle. I just call them the Dorks. "Really, even read the warning on the side. It said: do not open until midnight or something bad will happen," Malfoy said, trying to convince me. Unfortunately for him, I was not easily influenced. I told him that I will open it at midnight straight. As soon as the afternoon lessons began, I opened the scroll. All of the sudden, I wished I hadn't. The whole class was amazed, even the teacher, Professor Binns. Even the whole school came to the classroom. I shut my eyes tight. I knew I would get expelled real badly. I was so mad at Malfoy for getting me in this mess, even though he had warned me. I opened my eyes, expecting the whole school to be mad. That probably would've been true except for one thing. I was no longer in the classroom. I was in the world of nothingness. Every-where was white and shapeless. Another thing: I still had the unrolled scroll clutched tightly in my hand. It freed itself from my grasp and floated, glimmering. Then ... FLASH! The landscape changed. It was like traveling by floo-powder.