Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters (except maybe Hermione…muhaa). I only own Andrew, Cha, Sahara, Alicia, and of course all the new Slytherins.
DADA Partners
Classes started the next day as usual. What was so amazing is that none of the six had classes together, except for Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA). Even though most of them were training to be the same thing something happened and nobody had classes with anyone else. DADA although might have sounded great because they were all together, not to mention Neville Fred George (F&G had come back to see what the new students were like, they kept saying that if they didn't like it they would leave again) and Alicia, it was not their favorite class. Besides the fact that their teacher was a Snape they also had the other Snapes in there as well, not to mention Draco Malfoy.
About a week into the school year Professor Snape (f) gave them an unusual project; she paired them up (Cha/Andrew, Alicia/ Draco, Sahara/ Neville, Kimberly/Fred, Lindsay/ George, Maria/ Harry, and Ron/ Hermione) and told them to get to know their partners. "If you have a problem with the person you are paired with (she looked at the Gryffindors who were rolling their eyes) get over it. You have been paired boy girl and with your partner for a specific reason. You will be working in close contact with your partner all year so make the most out this particular class period because it is one of the few opportunities you will have to find out about your partner before the hard part begins. Over the course of the year we will have a series of projects, most of them life- threatening. All of them will help in whatever career you chose no matter what it is. The first project is in one week and you will have two months to do it."
When they were in the corridor Harry began complaining about DADA "I cannot believe I got paired with a Snape! You two are lucky you got paired with one another."
"Well maybe professor Snape knows something about each of us that is needed for our projects. Come on Harry. Please don't be like this. Maybe Maria isn't as bad as we think. Just because she is a Snape doesn't mean she is all bad. What did you find out today?" Hermione tried to reason.
"Just her fears and the things she is into. I didn't learn much. I'm not sure I want to."
"You're gonna need to find out all you can Harry. If we are doing life or death projects you need to know all you can. Maybe once that happens you two will be friends. It worked for us and Hermione" Ron added at the look Harry gave him.
"Maybe. But I doubt it, she is a Snape" Suddenly someone pushed passed them, it was Maria.
"Oh no" said Cho.
"Not again" said Ron.
"Again?" asked Andrew.
"Our first year I was complaining about Hermione because she had proven to be a know-it-all again and she brushed past me. Later that day a troll got in and she was almost killed because it went into the same room as she did. She only survived because Harry and I felt guilty about making her cry" explained Ron.
"Well then maybe Ron is right and you guys will be friends Harry" reasoned Sahara.