Chapter 3 Potions Class
Lily watched Tonks sprint off a head; she was easy to follow because of her pink hair and all the stares she was attracting. Her and Emma followed slowly in Tonk's wake not talking. A little bit ahead, the meet Snape, Emma him a quit good morning, and a smile that looked more like grimace, and Snape sneered at her and walked ahead. "So why do you guys hate Snape?" Lily asked cautiously. She wanted to know about what had happened but was a little concerned about accidentally insulting someone which usually happened when she asked these questions. Though she thought it quite a good idea to ask Emma instead of Tonks. Out of the three of them Emma diffidently had the coolest head.
"Well first of all he's a git" Emma said happily. "HE also hates us, our families and all our close friends, and, most importantly, he killed Dumbledore." Lily stopped and looked at her. "He killed someone and he's allowed to work here?" Emma stopped too and looked at her with an almost pitting look. "Almost all the teachers here have killed someone that's what happens in war, But who the other teachers killed were death Eaters and other such creatures on the dark side. Snape, though, he killed Dumbledore who was not only the best of headmaster this school ever had but also he was the head of our side in the war." Emma started walking again, and Lily followed still confused. "Whatever so other teachers here have killed, but why would he be allowed to stay here if he killed this great guy?" Lily asked as the started down the stairs that lead to the dungeons. "Because at the last second he proved he was on our side and after the war gave solid proof that he was under Dumbeldor's orders all along." Lily would have questioned her further but the had now joined the cue outside the door to the dungeon. All the kids were standing in a circle and in the middle they could see Tonk's pink hair. She was facing three figures in Slytherin robes Two had white blond hair and looked like twins, and the third was big and bulky and by the way he was standing Lily could tell he was suppose to be a body guard.
Lily and Emma passed though the crowd and stood next to Tonks "Called for back up did you?" Sneered the girl, smirking at her brother.
"No, how could I have, I was insulting you and your sister the whole time." Tonks said in a smooth tone, the Malfoy's got angry. "So your name is Tonks Lupin right?" One of the twins asked shrewdly. "Yes, and you are Sira Malfoy." Tonks said calmly and smiling. "Isn't your dad Remus Lupin, or may I sat Werewolf Lupin?" Sira said laughing a bit and her brother joined in. "Yes." Tonks said in the same smooth tone not flinching, the Malfoy's stopped laughing, probably thought that I would tell them to shut there bloody mouths but I didn't. There mouths opened to say something when Snape opened the door and everyone flooded into the class room and Emma and Lily sat down next to Tonks in a desk with cauldrons that had bubbling liquid in them.
"So who were they?" Asked Lily pulling out quill and book and smiling the wired liquid.
"The Malfoy's!" Tonks said opening her bag and getting out her parchment, and books.
Tonks finished putting out her books. "So, your father was a werewolf?" Lily asked trying not to offend her. "Yes." Tonks said not looking up and arranging her books.
"So are you a werewolf?" lily asked quietly for Snape was glairing at every one.
"Well, sort of." Tonks said now looking at Snape and whispering out of her mouth so that he wouldn't see her. "I am not a full one. I don't turn into one ether. I have some symptoms and act more wolfish most of the time then regular people. My dad sends me a potion that keeps the nightmares away. But I don't know how long he can keep that up!" Tonks finished as Snape started saying his rehearsed speech.
"Welcome to first year potions class." Snape began in a cold voice "This will be your hardest, and most profitable class you shall ever take, though few of you will every be up to scratch enough to ever serious learn for the art of potions making I shall proceed in wasting me year tiring to teach those of you who are to thick to comprehend what is being told to you." Lily noticed that as He said the last part he was looking at Tonks and Emma. "Now copy these notes form the bored and quietly turn to page 63 in you potions book."
Tonks was at the last sentence of the notes when he finished his speech. She quietly and quickly turned to page 63 and glanced from the book to the cauldron. "Ohm...that is what it is. Joy." Tonks said to herself and looked at Emma and Lily who were copying notes. Tonks reached for her wand and tucked it in a place that she could easily get to it and slouched back in her seat waiting for her next instructions.
Lily looked up after she had finished with her notes, which were sloppy and hard to read, she saw that Tonks was lining back in her chair staring at the ceiling and than Emma had proceeded in reading the page and the two after it. Lily turns too to page 63 and looked down to see it was about a potion to cure boils and that the liquid in the cauldron was Newt Solution the base ingredient in the potion. No sooner had she turned to the page then Professor Snape started lecturing them about the potion and finally setting them to work making them, which would be graded at the end of the peired. "great." said lily in an under tone. "I understood all of none of what he just said and now he expects me to make a potion. I'm going to fail this class!"
"We all are!" Tonks said starting to make the potion. She almost finished instantly. "How in bloody hell did you do that?" Emma said staring at her potion and Lily had the same expression. "You should have asked Fred what happen's in the first day of class. He told me what Snape always does the first day of class and told me how to make it. Here!" Tonks said starting off the potions for them and telling them how to make it.
"I thought…" said a cold voice behind them. "that my class was a solo event, forgive me for being mast ken." the three of them turned around to see Snape, who was watching Tonk's fixing Emma's and Lily's potions.