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Chapter 13

September 1st 1988

Hogwarts

Walking down the hallway with the rest of the First Years, Daphne found her room where she went to unpack and he eventually found a door that said Potter, Harry on it.

Opening it up he was astonished.

A large bed was in the center of the room that was hung with deep velvet green curtains and his trunk at the foot of the bed.

He also had a chair and a writing desk as well as a cabinet and the door to a bathroom.

"Not bad," Harry murmured smiling.

He went to the bathroom first to get cleaned up before going to bed.

"Wow," He gasped.

His bathroom was an impressive sight. The floor was tiled with a pattern of silver and green, the Slytherin House colors .and there was a sink with bright silver handles. The shower that lined the far wall had highly decorated curtains with beautiful mythological scenes.

Soon he heard a knock on his door.

Opening it up he saw Daphne.

"Hey"She said, entering and looking around "Nice room Harry"She whistled.

"Thanks Daph,"Harry nodded "You unpacked already.

"Not yet"She said "Ive got a lot of clothes to unpack but just wanted to see how your room was".

"Ok"Harry said "I want to go to visit the Library tomorrow so we can get some books before class starts on Monday".

Daphne nodded "Yeah we need to be prepared".

The two of them then chatted for a little bit before Daphne decided she needed to finish unpacking.

Harry decided to do the same

SCENE CHANGE
The next day after a several hour long visit to the Library Harry and Daphne where in his room sorting through all the books they had got.

"What did you get for Herbology?"Harry asked.

Showing him her books Daphne replied "What did you get for Charms".

Harry showed her his books

"Wow how where you able to get all seven of the Standard Book of Spells"Daphne asked.

Harry shrugged "Master Dao was friends with Madame Prince when they were in school".

Daphne showed him her Potions Books

Harry nodded, impressed and then showed her his defense books

"What are those?"Harry asked then looking at the rest of the books she had

"Practical Magic Books" Daphne replied "I thought they looked interesting".

"Do you think we got a good amount of books?"She asked.

Harry chuckled."We got over sixty books Daphne i think we're good"He said "But i dont know where we are going to put most of them".

"Hmm"Daphne got up off the bed and went to his closet "You have quite a bit of space left"She observed.

"You want me to put the books in my closet?"He asked.

Daphne nodded "I was also wondering if i could store some of my stuff here"She asked.

"What?"Harry asked surprised.

"My closet is full"Daphne replied "So i was wondering if i could store some stuff in my best friend's one".

"Sure"Harry said "How much stuff did you bring her Daph".

"I just bought a lot of clothes,"She said.

As Daphne went to go get some of her things Harry was looking through some of the books.

He wanted to come up with a list of spells that he wanted to learn by the end of the year at the very latest.

About a hour later he had come up with a list of fourty spells

Finishing what he was doing Harry saw Daphne had finished putting in his closet what she wanted to.

Getting up he went to the closet and looked in.

He was surprised at some of the clothes that were in there but he decided to not say anything seeing how happy Daphne was that he had given her the extra room.

Harry was glad to help out his friend.

"Say"Daphne noted "We havent gotten in our practice today have we".

"No we havent"Harry said "Where do you want to practice".

"We dont need a ton of room"She said "How about here".

Raising his eyebrow while thinking Harry agreed and soon the two of them were practicing until it was time for dinner".

SCENE CHANGE

The following day it was time for Potions.

Arriving in the Potions Classroom Harry and Daphne sat in the last unoccupied seats.

Professor Snape was already up front and he soon took the attendance and began the lesson.

"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion-making," he began. He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort. "As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death—if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."

More silence followed that little speech.

"Potter!" said Snape suddenly. "What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

"Asphodel and Wormwood make a sleeping potion known as the Draught of Living Death sir" Harry replied feeling thankful for the studying he had done.

Snape's lips curled into a sneer.

"Let's try another one. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"

A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons" Harry replied

"What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?"

Monkshood and wolfsbane, are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite" Harry said responding calmly to the repeated questions.

Snape turned to the class "Why aren't you all copying that down?"he snapped before turning to Harry "Well Potter I'm glad that you don't appear to be such a dunderhead like your family"and then turning to the class again

"Today you will learn to brew the Wiggenweld Potion. It is a powerful healing potion that can be used to heal injuries, or reverse the effects of a Sleeping Draught."Snape said.

"There are ingredients at the front of the room," He said "And on the board is a list of what you and your partner need to brew this potion.

Getting the ingredients from the front of the room Harry and Daphne sat down to await further instructions.

Which there wasent apparently any more.

Wow Snapes a good teacher, Harry thought sarcastically.

Harry looked at the instructions on the board.

Wow.

That was something complicated for the first lesson.

Oh well better get to work.

It was challenging work indeed but Harry and Daphne made a good team and were able to get their work done on time.

Snape when he was walking by nodded at them.

The Next Class was Defense Against the Dark Arts with Profesor Patricia Rakepick

This should be interesting.

Entering Classroom 31 they looked to find a good seat.

And soon Professor Rakepick entered the room and went to the front before taking attendance.

"Good afternoon students" The professor began "Please take out your textbooks and turn to Page 5".

Harry was then surprised as the Professor went to the board and began to write.

Imps Chapters 1-5 September 15th

Ghosts Chapters 6-11 September 28th

Hags Chapters 12-19 October 10th

Gytrashes Chapters 20-28 October 30th

Vampires Chapters 29-38 November 25th

Zombies Chapters 39-49 December 18th

"Ok," Professor Rakepick said, "I know several of you will not like this but we will be going over only the theory material at the very least until the winter holidays".

She then raised a hand to stop several complaints "This is not because I believe you are incapable and I know many of you are eager to learn spells" She said, "But first you must learn about the Dark Creatures that you will be facing before you learn how to defeat them".

The Professor then pointed at the board "These goal marks"She said, "You will be reading these chapters during class with your tablemate and then by these dates there will be tests on what you read".

She then looked at the class "Your first assignment is reading about the Imps before a test that will be on September 15th so get started".

Hmm.

That actually was not a bad teaching strategy.

It made sense to learn about your enemy before learning how to defeat your enemy.

Harry was annoyed nonetheless.

By having the students spend the class periods reading Professor Rakepick would have the ability to just lay back and relax.

Both Snape and Rakepick did not seem to want to do any sort of teaching.

Oh well.

It could have been worse.

SCENE CHANGE
Harry and Daphne arrived at the greenhouses for Herbology before any of the other Slytherins. A couple of the Gryfindors stood in a group. The cast suspicious glances at them when they noticed their Slytherin just gave them a big smile and waved. Now they all looked confused. ..

Slowly the other Slytherin students started to arrive.

Soon Professor Sprout came out of a side room to address the class.

"Good morning,studnets.I am Professor Sprout. I will be your Herbology professor here. I am also Head of Hufflepuff House. Can anyone tell me the importance of studying magical plants?"

A small Gryfindor girl raised her hand. At the professor's nod, she answered, "You need to understand the plants for potions making and treating any injuries from the plants."

The professor smilled, "Excellent! Two points for Gryfindor" The Professor smiled. "Today we will tour the greenhouses and discuss the plants we will be reviewing this year. I must remind you not to touch anything. Some of the greenhouses you will not reenter again unless you take the NEWT-level classes." With a final nod, the professor called out, "Follow me!"

Daphne and Harry extended a look and then followed their teacher.

Herbology seemed interesting and the rest of them were a mixed bag.

The most boring class was History of Magic taught by the ghost Professor Binns who had been old already when he had died and it seems like he had left any sense of interest back in his body.

It was so boring they just spent their time scribbling down names and dates and sleeping.

What a bore

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