Chapter seven: Wake up to a Notice and a Bit of Potions Homework

The next day the Gryffindors woke to find an announcement on the common room notice board. First one's to read the notice was Andy and Andrew. The pair had woken early so Andy could help Andrew with the first lot of homework set. Andrew claimed he didn't get any of it, Andy offered to help and she didn't have time last night so she help him that morning. Anyway, Andy's tutoring aside...the notice on the notice board read:

Attention First years:

Your flying lesson will be held today, by Madam Hooch.

Heads of Houses will be observing the lessons and will choose

students for the first year Quidditch team.

Quidditch teams will be decided by the Heads of Houses and possibly

captains of other teams. Their decision will be final and they will be choosing the position you play.

Hufflepuff First Period

Gryffindor Second Period

Slytherin Fourth Period

Ravenclaw Fifth Period

Have Fun!

"Yay!" Andy squealed, jumping up and down.

"Yay?" Andrew said eyeing the notice nervously, "I would prefer keeping both feet on the ground thanks..."

"Aww! You can't be serious! Flying is so fun!"

"Have you flown before?"

"Well no," Andy admitted, "But my dad used to and he said flying is the best feeling ever. Bastard wouldn't let me fly though..."

Andrew laughed but still felt nervous.

"Andrew, you'll be fine! Remember a lot of people wouldn't have flown before - like me - and you're not even expected to be good. You don't have to get into a team!"

"True..."

"Now, shall we start?"

"Guess so," Andrew said smiling, the butterflies in his stomach slowly calmed themselves.

As Andy explained every question on their potions homework, slowly people started coming down from the dorms, stretching and yawning. Barry was one of the first,

"Morning guys," he said sleepily.

"Morning Barry!" Andy said distractedly,

"Good morning Barry," Andrew mumbled to the potions book, looking confused.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Saucey, what the fuck does it look like their doing?" The three turned around to see Lemo standing at the foot of the girls dorm stairs, "I mean their not exa- what are you guys doing?"

"You know how dodgy that conversation sounds from here?" Said a sleepy Don making his way over to the table.

Andy sighed in frustration,

"I'm trying to help Andrew with the potions homework we were set! So would everyone just piss off for a second!"

"We had potions homework!" Lemo cried.

"Opps...we did, didn't we?"

"Oh yea..."

"FUCK!" Barry, Don and Lemo all cried, before they all dashed back up to their rooms to fetch their books.

"Also, guys we have our flying lesson today!" Andy called after them.

Somewhere to the left and up they heard a,

"WOOOOOOT!" from Lemo, then a

"LEMO! I swear I'll fucking beat the shit out of you! You know I love my sleep!" From Emo, then they heard a muffled,

"Why don't you all just fuck up?"

After Barry finished his potions homework, he went down to breakfast. It was late, but maybe if he was lucky he could get a piece of toast. On his way through the door that leads to the Great Hall, he managed to bump into Dracola Malfoy, Boyle and Cray.

"Well, well. What do we have here? A late sleeper? Does poor Saucepanny need his sleep?"

"Just move it Malfoy."

"Oh! Not very friendly..."

"What part of move it don't you get Malfoy?"

Barry turned and faced Emo; he forgot she liked to sleep in…

"Oh! Got yourself a girlfriend have you Saucepan? Thought you would have gone for the tall one or the Goth, more your style. Got some screws loose, they have. But then again I think the tall one is taken to that other tall freak..."

"Andrew?" Emo asked curiously.

"Something like that, ghastly common muggle name - like Barry..." Boyle and Cray sniggered.

"Oh that's so sweet, you've trained your baboons to snigger at your pathetic jokes!" Andy said giving Malfoy a sugary sweet smile. Malfoy jumped and looked up at Andy, Andy was several inches taller than him.

"Andy! That's not very nice! Baboons are kind and intelligent creatures, I don't think they would appreciate being compared to those two!" Lemo chimed in

"Guess we got you surrounded Malfoy, so you better bugger o-" Andy began,

"I hope we're playing nicely children..." Snape sneered.

"Oh of course Professor!" Andy replied cheerily, "Please excuse my friend and I, Dracola!" Andy and Lemo passed Malfoy then skipped off down the corridor.

"Idiots," Snape said, then pushed through the doorway, followed by Emo and Barry as they hurried to get some breakfast.