Chapter Six
That afternoon the first year Gryffindor's were to be having their first lesson with the Slytherins. Lily, Erica, and John entered their last class of the day with a darkened attitude as the Slytherin's pushed their way into the Potions classroom.
Lily and Erica sat at a table in the back with John at the table next to them. They heard of Snape's old class and dreaded who would be teaching it. The Slytherins seated themselves in the front tables as the bell rung and a woman entered the classroom.
The woman had dark hair and dark eyes that searched around the room at all of her new students. She was very rather skinny and had long bony fingers that clutched her wand in her right hand.
She stopped at the front of the class. No one really seemed to notice she was there. She cleared her voice but no one heard. She eyed her students then turned around and ran her extremely long fingernails down the blackboard surface. Everyone jumped and held their ears tightly.
"Now that I have your attention." The professor stepped around her desk to face the students fully. Everyone looked at each other as if she were crazy.
"Welcome to Potions, if you really would put it welcoming. I am Professor Parkinson and I am your Potions Master until the end of yours days here." Her voice was filled with venom.
Lily noticed the boy who she had met, unfortunately, this morning was watching her closely as if trying to remember her from another life. He had jumped slightly at the sound of her name.
Parkinson had assigned them to begin a new antidote to work on for the rest of the class time. Erica and Lily worked together and talked about their first day on the whole as John got to know a rather clumsy girl by the name of Alexandria Longbottom.
"No wait Alex!" John tried to stop her but it was too late. Alexandria had already added the last ingredient before stirring ten times clockwise. The result was a large bang that echoed throughout the classroom and out into the rest of the Dungeon. The room burst into fits of laughter and giggles.
Parkinson rushed over to her cauldron and looked at her straight in the eyes. Alex sat back slowly, not taking her eyes off the teacher.
"I suppose you forgot something?" she asked coldly. Alex nodded slowly. Parkinson smiled.
"Ten points from Gryffindor. Do it again and you'll have no points left." With that Parkinson stood up straight and walked to her desk. Alex looked on the verge of tears as the bell rung.
Outside the classroom, Lily and Erica waited for John who was helping Alex clean up. The Slytherin's walked out and stopped a few steps away. Erica and Lily were behind a wall and could hear them talk.
"So Luscious, do you really think that she's ….your mother?" One boy asked Luscious, who seemed to be the leader, quietly. Lily looked around the corner at them.
"Yes. She has to be. I've never knew my mother. All I know is that her name was Pansy Parkinson." Luscious said to them in an even more hushed tone.
"My father married her but he died because of that Potter! Then my mother ran away. I guess she couldn't handle it, so I was sent to live with my uncle who was killed a few years later." Lily could see the other kids' expressions. They seemed shocked.
"We'll find out soon enough." He began to walk away with his friends to their common room the other way. Lily looked over at Erica who had the same look as her.
John walked out to them and sighed. "Toke us forever to clean that mess up." He looked at their faces and his small smile fell off his face. "What?"
Lily grabbed his arm and began to walk up the staircases to the Entrance Hall. Erica followed. Lily didn't let go until they were in the Gryffindor common room. Lily let go and faced him with Erica at her side.
"What is it?" John said in a small voice as he looked from Lily to Erica.
"Who is Luscious and who was his father exactly?" John looked at them with small eyes.
The plot thickens! Haha! Well hope you enjoyed this rather long chapter. More to come soon! Phoenix