-The good, the bad, and everything in between, ch. 2
Rae awoke slowly the next morning to the cooing of the owls. The castle was already bathed in sunlight and a good deal was shinning through the window onto her bed. She turned over to see Pansy brushing her hair and already dressed. "Oh, you're awake! C'mon, I'll wait and then we can go down to the Great Hall for breakfast." Rae nodded sleepily and hobbled out of bed awkwardly. She pulled on a pair of jeans and an old green t-shirt. "C'mon!" Pansy said impatiently. "Let's go!"
Pansy introduced Rae to a couple of her friends before she came into Hogwarts. All Slytherin girls, Rae began to feel the secluded feeling of each house. Rae was standing at the base of one of the staircases in line next to Pansy. "What's the hold up?" Pansy asked her moodily. Rae shrugged. She stood on her toes to try to get a better view. Over a few shoulders she saw…Draco. And another kid she didn't know with black hair and green eyes. Draco seemed to be yelling at the kid. Rae pushed her way through to her brother. "Draco! What are you doing? And on your first day! Mum will be ashamed." Draco rolled his eyes as Pansy came rushing up. She gasped. "Don't you know who that is Rae? That's Harry Potter." Rae stopped short and stared at the two of them. Pansy looked worried but her brother looked angry. "Jeez Rae." Draco muttered as he pushed his way out of the crowd quickly followed by Crabbe and Goyle.
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Later in the great hall Pansy was comforting her. "It's ok, Rae. You didn't know it was Harry Potter." Rae shrugged. "I don't care much to tell the truth." But she bit her lip. "My dad and mum always say nasty things about that boy and his parents. But still…if he defeated the Dark Lord.." Pansy cut her off. "Shut up, Rae! We mustn't talk about Him here." Rae was puzzled. She had heard so much about the Dark Lord. How great he was…how terrible he was. Rae's father went on, and on about Voldemort and these people called Death Eaters. How they served the Dark Lord and brought justice to muggles and half-blood wizards. (Which he called a name her mother said never to repeat.) Rae knew her father supported Voldemort's ideas full-heartedly, as did her mother. Rae even suspected him of once being a Death Eater.
Pansy shoved her schedule at Rae's arm. "Have a look. He have double potions with the…Gryffindors, ugh!" Rae munched on a piece of toast. "Why's that terrible?" Pansy just stared at her. "You've had a sheltered childhood, you know that?" She said and crossed her arms. Rae scowled at her, "I do not! And what do you mean by that?" "Nothing." Said Pansy. "It's just…everyone knows that Gryffindors are snotty, full of themselves and bratty!" Pansy spat. Rae shrugged. That was her brother's outlook too, but she didn't know if she was ready to believe it yet.
"Also that Hermione Granger and Ron Weasly are in Gryffindor too!" Pansy said angrily. "Did you say Weasly? My dad talks about that family…says they're poorer than dirt." Rae spoke. Pansy nodded. "Exactly. And Granger is a know-it-all mudblood." Rae glanced at her but said nothing on her language. She shrugged. "I guess it just doesn't bother me." Pansy groaned. "Well, hurry up at least. We'll be late for potions."
Rae took her seat among Pansy and her gang of Slytherin girls named Alex, Alyssa, and Melody. She watched out of the corner of her eye Harry Potter, sitting next to Herminone and Ronald. There was also a boy sitting next to Harry she didn't know. He had shiny auburn hair and deep blue eyes. "Listen up!" Rae snapped out of it and turned to the potions teacher. "I am professor Snape, your potions master. Pay attention in this class, and you will be able to do remarkable things." Snape had long black hair and cold gray eyes. She knew he was the head of Slytherin house. Snape glanced down at Harry, sitting in the second row. "Ahhh..who do we have here? If it's not Harry Potter…our new celebrity." A few Slytherins laughed rudely, including her brother. "Potter." He snapped. "Can you tell me where I can find the bezoar stone?" Harry shrugged. But Hermione's hand was in the air, waving franticly . Pansy snorted and Rae chuckled a bit. "She? She is a know-it-all." Pansy whispered in her ear. Rae nodded, now believing. The rest of the lesson went smoothly, as did the rest of the day.
It was later, when all the Slytherins were gathered around the common room. Draco was doing an imitation of Hermione and everyone was laughing. She even found herself laughing out loud a couple of times, though her brother's act was not funny in the least. After a few glasses of Pumpkin juice someone had managed to nag from the kitchens she headed down to the girl's dormitory. She undressed and quickly brushed her hair. Pansy sat down on her bed across from her. "See Rae? I told you. Those Gryffindors are losers, right?" Rae smiled. "You were right. Draco was too. I was being stupid." Both girls laughed and rolled into their beds. "Oh, Pansy! One question." Rae said suddenly. Pansy rolled over. "Yeah?" "Well, you know that kid sitting in potions today next to Harry? Who was he?" Rae asked. "The brown-haired one?." Pansy asked. "Auburn." Rae correctly sharply, but with a look from Pansy quickly added, "But yeah." "I dunno." Pansy said. "Why?" Rae rolled over. "What? No reason. Just curious." Pansy rolled over too. "Night."
Rae was a teenager. She was pretty and had long red hair. She was wearing black clothes and smiling at some guy behind her. Then there was two guys…one was fighting the other and the other was screaming. Rae woke up and yelped. She breathed in heavily and looked outside. It was still dark and no one was awake. Rae laid back down and shook her head. "Stupid dream. No pumpkin juice before bed for you." She muttered to herself and closed her eyes again.
Rae rolled over. Then she rolled over again. She was freezing. Where was her blanket? Rae groaned and opened to her eyes to retrieve her blanket from the floor. But when she got up she realized the dorm room was empty. She looked around frantically but Alex, Alyssa, Melody and Pansy were gone. She groaned and looked at the ceiling. "Why me!" she shouted to no one. "I'm gunna be so late…Snape's is going to kill me…" she said to herself as she pulled on clothes and her cape. She ran out of the deserted common room and practiced her speech to Snape as she sprinted down the halls. "I'm so sorry professor, I overslept." No, that wasn't going to work. "You see professor, I had a bad dream and it made me oversleep." No, she didn't want to tell anyone about the dream yet. She moaned and just opened the doors to the potions room. "Sorry, sorry professor Snape." She gasped. "I overslept. Won't happen again." She dropped her books and looked at the class. Everyone was divided into pairs. "Calm down, Rae." Snape said calmly. "It happens to everyone. It's just that we were going to make a potion in pairs today and you don't have a part-"
"I'M HERE!" Everyone erupted into laughter and jeers as a boy entered the class. The same boy she saw yesterday with the auburn hair had just thrown open the doors. "I'm sorry Snape, I mean professor. It seems the house elves misplaced my clothes and suitcase. Couldn't find pants." He grinned and everyone laughed. Snape however looked stern. "That is inexcusable, Logan. No one is allowed late to my class. 10 points from Gryffindor." Logan scowled at him, but then like Rae stared at the seating arrangement. "I'm sorry, Ms. Malfoy, but it looks like you'll have to be paired with Mr. Logan today." Rae's eyes widened and Pansy made a simpathetic face for her, sitting in the fourth row with Melody. Rae sighed and moved a chair and her cauldron next to…whatever his name was. He moved his textbook and a stool over into the corner with her.
"Hey, you're Draco's sister, right?" Rae nodded and stared at him. "What's your name?" Rae blinked. "Rae." She said. The boy grinned. "I'm Chase. Chase Logan. Do you know Ron Weasly? He's my cousin." Rae nodded and looked down. "Um…c'mon. We have to make the…" she scanned her textbook. "Wigensweld potion." Chase nodded and flipped through his textbook to the page with the ingredients. Rae didn't talk to Chase throughout the class, except for, "Pass me the knife," but other than that she avoided him. When Snape came around to inspect the cauldrons, he nodded at theirs. "Not Bad, Malfoy, not bad…considering." When he was gone Chase made a face. "Can you believe him!" he exploded. "He is the rudest teacher I've ever met! Do you agree?" Rae shook her head. "He's not rude to me…" She trailed off. "That's cause you're a Slytherin! His house! He is so…housesit." Rae snorted. "You jus think that because you're a-" Chase looked at her. "A Gryffindor? Yeah. But think about it." And then he scooped up his books and left with Rae stunned.
Pansy hurried over to her. "Oh, my god. I'm so sorry, Rae. I thought you were sick or something.." Pansy went on but Rae didn't say anything. Her eyes were focused on the cauldron, steaming and brewing. "Rae? RAE?" Pansy shouted in her ear. "wha- what?" She asked, turning back to her friend. "You..ok?" Pansy asked annoyed. Rae didn't say anything. She wasn't listening anymore. She was thinking about what Chase had said…"Think about it."