The next day Nat up and ready for breakfast. Evelyn avoided them all morning, not that she minded . She'd rather not engage with her than loose her mood for the first day of class. Nat waited for Cat and Aurora to get ready.

Soon the three of them headed down for breakfast. On the way to the great hall, she got loads of stares from people and whispers followed her all the way. She knew that everyone was soaking the news that Natalie Potter was alive, but she wished they'd be a bit more subtle. But who was she kidding.

At the entrance they met Percy who told Nat to wait outside after her breakfast to talk. Nat looked at him nervously but he just gave him a warm smile and walked towards to the Gryffindor table. She then saw Charlie who gave her a smile. Smiling back she went and joined the Slytherin table for breakfast but not before she scanned the hall for the twins. She wanted to talk to the twins hoping they were okay, but she didn't find them nor did she see Lee. Sighing in disappointment they sat beside three boys, who looked like first years.
"Hi, I'm Catherine." Cat told them brightly holding her hand out to one of the boys. He was nice looking guy with dark blond hair and deep blue eyes
"Hi, I am Adrian Puecy" . he introduced himself as he accepted Cat's hand and shook it.
"I am Terrance Higgs" a guy with brown hair and grey eyes introduced himself.
"And I am Michael Travers." the third guy with dark eyes and black locks introduced.

"Hi. This is Natalie Potter and she is Aurora Longbottom by the way" Cat introduced her friends still smiling . "Ah! Potter!" Adrian said and quickly realised what he just said and told them and turned red "Sorry that came out rude. I meant its nice to meet you too."

"It's okay Adrian. Your not the first one" Nat told them chuckling at his reaction. Adrian was still red .
It was true. On her way from the dungeons to the great hall she could hear people saying her name and looking at her. Obviously it was news to the entire Hogwarts and by now to the wizarding world that the Potter's daughter was still alive . Being the sister of the Boy-Who-Lived definitely brought questions. Questions like. How is she alive? Why was she hidden? How did she survive? Sadly she didn't know the answers to those questions either. But the boys seemed nice. Adrian , Terrance and Michael didn't care about blood purity like Carrow. They were nice and friendly. Boy! Was she wrong about Slytherin having blood-purity freaks. Obviously still most of them were mad. But putting it as a house stereotype is not good.
Halfway through breakfast, the teacher who she saw yesterday at dinner - Severus came to the Slytherin table and told in a monotonous voice. "Good morning. I am professor Snape Head of the Slytherin house and the potion's teacher. I will start handing out your schedules. Be prompt as I will not tolerate any foolish behaviour from my house." With that he started distributing the schedules. Grabbing her schedule she gulped down the rest of her breakfast and grabbed her stuff to leave . She saw Percy leave a few minutes back.

"See you guys in class. I need to meet my brother" she told them knowing Cat and Aurora will explain the whole 'brother' to the three boys.

So by the time she reached Percy was already there.
"Nat!" he said happily.
"Had a good sleep? First day of class after all"
"Oh yeah I did. I also wrote to Mum and papa. I hope she is not mad at me for getting into Slytherin" she told him looking at her green tie.
"Oh come on Nat! Don't be ridiculous. Mum will love you no matter what house your in. You'll see. Just because Charlie and the twins are idiots..." Percy said. But before he could finish she heard a voice say "Oi! Who you calling idiot." She turned around and saw Charlie facing them. He gave Nat a smile as he approached her.
"Okay, maybe I was an idiot yesterday. I'm sorry about Nat. I was just shocked. Your literally an angel. How did you get into Slytherin Merlin knows. But I still love you" he told her warmly. Nat gave him a huge smile and pulled him into a hug. He then said "Better be off. Oh and your right about the twins Perce. They are idiots. Especially Fred!"
Percy just laughed, but Nat looked downhearted.

Fred hated her now. She always thought that Fred understood her when no one else did. He was there always by her side when she had nightmares. He held her hand through every vision and every situation. And now. He hated her because she was in Slytherin. She didn't know whether to blame him for being such a judgemental ass or herself for being in Slytherin. Sensing Nat's tension Percy touched her shoulders (Stooped a little because she was short!) and said "Nat. Fred is an idiot. But he'll come around. Both of them will. Just give them sometime. Okay. Now come on class starts in 15 minutes. I see you have transfiguration first. That's on the ground floor straight down the hallway across second door to the left" Percy instructed her. With that she ran towards her friends went to her first class.

She soon entered the Transfiguration class , the classroom was already half filled. She had them the Gryffindor's. There were some seats in the middle and some right in the front. Greeting prof. McGonagall, the three of them took the second seat in the left. After sometime she saw Carrow and Athena enter the class room. The only seats besides the Slytherin's were near the guys (Adrian, Terrance and Micheal) and the one beside them. Carrow scrambled as fast as possible to sit beside the boys, trying to stay as far as possible from Cat. 'Serves her right' Nat thought. So Athena came and stood at the seat beside them. Since Aurora was sitting at the end , Athena stopped before us and asked. "Is this seat taken?".
She looked sad and lonely, like she was forced to be in Carrow's company according to Nat , so she stood up and swapped with Aurora (who gladly swapped) and gave Athena a kind smile and "Sure Athena. Sit down."
Athena was surprised. No one has ever smiled at her genuinely (except maybe her aunt and cousin) But from someone her own age, no. She found Nat's smile very warm. Also she has never heard someone say her name with love (Again except her cousin, Dobby and her aunt). It was like she had hoped for.
She finally found a friend.

Nat received a smile from the girl as she sat down beside her. Athena looked happy. Not a fake smile she puts with Carrow, but genuine happiness.
Minutes before the bell rang the Twins entered the class with Lee. Prof. McGonagall gave them a very disapproving look but didn't say anything. Lee sent a wave in their direction as he went to sit beside the twins in the middle of the classroom. However the twins again ignored her and Nat felt a pang in her heart. 'Get over it Nat! They are idiots" she told herself.
'Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts,' she said after taking attendence. 'Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned.' Then she changed her desk into a pig and back again. They were all very impressed and couldn't wait to get started, but soon realised they weren't going to be changing the furniture into animals for a long time. After making a lot of complicated notes, they were each given a match and started trying to turn it into a needle.
Nat was kind of okay with transfiguration. She wasn't great at it like potions or DADA but passable. Cat on the other hand seemed to have a knack for transfiguration. Maybe being metamorphmagus made her interested in Transfiguration. Cat got it in the fifth or sixth try itself. McGonagall looked impressed and gave Cat a small smirk.
Athena got it around her 15th try . After all those theory lessons (Duh! Magic outside school isn't allowed) with Percy she still couldn't do it.
But then she closed her eyes and relaxed her head for a few seconds. Taking in the theory and every explanation Percy gave her, she waved her wand one more time and said "Conmutocus" and right infront of her stood a brand new needle. She must be proud because more than half the class is still struggling. Now the three of them were helping Aurora with the spell. After a few more tries she got it.
They talked as quietly as possible amongst themselves (Aurora not talking much to Athena). But Athena and Nat made small talks like favourite food and colours and all. None of them uttered a word about their families. Just about themselves. McGonagall came over to them at some point and saw 4 needles on their desks. Surprised , she let them be.
Nat sometimes glanced behind her to catch either Fred or George's eye. She sometimes met Fred's eye but he'd soon look away. 'Fine. Have it your way.' Nat thought.

After Transfiguration, they had Charms after which they had History of magic. So they walked up to the third floor (Panting heavily.) and made to the classroom in the Charms corridor. Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was a tiny little wizard who had to stand on a pile of books to see over his desk. At the start of their first lesson he took the register, and started calling out the attendance. He gave a small squeak at Athena's name and a smile when he read Natalie's. Charms was better than transfiguration though. Aurora seemed to have a knack for charms apparently and again Athena made it look easy. Nat took about seven tries before she could make her book spongy. The softening charm finally worked. She gave Aurora who was sitting infront of her (with a Ravenclaw girl ) a small smile , and turned back to give Athena (sitting with Carrow) a smile as well. Cat finally got the spell after some tries. So now they were sitting and taking down notes on that spell.

Easily the most boring lesson was History of Magic, which was the only class taught by a ghost. Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staff-room fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him. Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up. Nat and the girls were trying their best to keep their eyes open but failed miserable. Aurora got a full SMACK on her face by the desk because she fell asleep and got up mumbling "What the !" and Nat and Cat had to cover their mouth to stop laughing, even some of the Ravenclaw's beside them laughed but as usual Prof. Binns didn't hear anything.

After the day of classes a group of eight first year Slytherin's were walking towards the common room. On their way Nat saw the Twins and Lee with two girls. They didn't even look at her as they were busy laughing with the girls. Nat felt a twinge of pain in her heart because she knew she had been replaced, even after knowing the twins since she was three , they didn't believe her or accept the fact she was in Slytherin. Nat's sadness turned to anger soon because the twins were being judgemental idiots. She couldn't believe them and hated to face the reality that was history to them. She decided to talk to them.

The three friends were in the common room chattering and doing the homework. Halfway through they were joined by Adrian, Terrence and Michael and the six of them started working on their HoM essay. One would be surprised to see six students studying on their first day, but the guys were great and Nat was happy she'd made a group of friends.

Nat was busy writing when Janet flew through an open door and landed on her hand. Laughing at her bird she grabbed a few bird treats from her bag and gave it to her owl, she then took the letters and saw there were four. One from Papa, Molly , Ginny and Grandpa Lyall each. Excusing herself she went to her room and saw Athena sitting on her desk and studying. At the sound of the door opening Athena turned around and saw Nat entering. Nat saw her friend's eyes were tear-stained and gently walked over to her. "Hey Athena. What's the matter?" she asked her gently.
"Nothing Natalie. Just stay away from me ok? Please. I'm sorry for saying this, but PLEASE just don't ever talk to me again!" Athena replied , tears flowing from her eyes. "But Athena. I want to help you. Why are you pushing me away?" Nat asked the girl to which she replied "I can't tell you, I'm sorry but just stay away from me. If you want to help me then please do this.". Nat was surprised at this, but then she did something that she would never imagine she would do. She hugged the crying girl, she hugged Athena Lestrange and Athena hugged her back, she then told her gently "I'll stay clear from you for now, but if you ever want to talk please don't hesitate to find me. I'll give you space and when you're ready I'll be happy to be your friend again ok?". Athena was just shocked. Never had someone talked to her with so much love and sincerity. She felt bad for pushing her away, but she was helpless and the only way she can keep everyone safe was by pushing them away like she usually does. She knew she's going to lose her only friend but she can't help it.

Nat then walked over to her desk to open her letters. She felt bad for Athena but she didn't want the girl to get hurt, so she knew that until Athena is ready she'll stay clear but will help and accept her again with open arms. Now for the letters in her hands Nat felt a horrible feeling in her stomach. The letter determined if the ones she loved didn't mind her being in Slytherin or if they are disappointed. With trembling hands she opened Remus's letter first.

Nat, (Good sign, because he uses her full name if he's angry)
I knew you'll love Hogwarts. I had some of the best time there and I wish I could go back there now but its not possible. Anyways Congratulations on making it to Slytherin! I am not disappointed Nat don't worry. Merlin himself was a Slytherin! And besides who am I to judge? If you can love me for being a wearwolf, then I can love you back even if your in Slytherin. Honestly it's not a big deal. If you were worried if I stopped loving you because of this then you my answer will always be the same. I love you no matter what Nat.
And I'm happy you met Aurora. Alice's daughter right? She'll be an amazing friend I know that. As for Lestrange , I'm not telling you stay away from her but just be cautious because fear makes people do bad things. I'm sure as a person she'd be lovely but just be cautious. I do hope you are happy with everything Nat.
Don't worry about the twins and Charlie. You guys know each other for almost eight years! They'll come around don't worry. Right now, learn, be a good girl, and have fun.
I want you to stay away from the Carrow girl. She seems to be trouble. You probably hate her by now for saying all that, so just stay clear of her.
As for Sophia she was a friend of mine who was tortured by Alecto Carrow who I believe is the relative of your roommate. All the more reason to stay clear because she clearly took in the blood-purity nonsense unlike Lestrange .
I love you Nat.
Love Remus.

P.S: Don't worry about the sorting hat and your visions. You'll understand in time. For now have a good term.

Smiling at Remus's letter Nat was happy. Her godfather approved of her house and friends and she couldn't ask for more. She was scared to think what would have the situation if Remus was disappointed with her because she couldn't bear to lose another close family of her's. Of course her little brother still didn't know of her exsistance, but she remember's him and she hopes that his life is okay. There isn't a day where she doesn't think about Harry. Obviously she tried to convince Remus to atleast go for a visit or write him a letter but no, not allowed. She just wanted him to be safe and happy, the last thing her mom told her was to protect him and she promised her she would. So she will do anything to keep him safe even if it meant giving up her life.

Next she opened Grandpa Lyall's. She assumed Remus must have told him everything. She read:

SweetPea,
I'm so happy that you love Hogwarts! And what's this nonsense of Slytherin? Slytherin is a great house full of people with Ambition, Resourcefulness and determination. It's a great house. This just means your determined and Clever and I am extremely proud of you. I love you no matter what.
Heard you already made new friends, that's amazing. It's said that people in Slytherin make real and extremely loyal friends. So I am sure you made good friends and that you are being a good friend too (It goes both ways). And don't worry about those Twins, they are just sad that their bestfriend is separated from them. They'll get over it eventually, nothing to worry about.
Now Have fun love.
Grandpa.

Grandpa's letter cheered up Nat that she was smiling so much it hurt. But she didn't mind because he appreciated her qualities and her house. Remus was happy for her but he didn't say anything about Slytherin. It's like he thought Nat was put there by fluke and he didn't mind. Grandpa on the other hand made her feel that Slytherin was good and she was in the right place. Brownie points for grandparenting for Grandpa!

Moving to the next letter, She opened Molly's. Her heart was beating on her chest. It was Molly's reaction she was afraid off because she was like her mother. And since she called her Mum at the platform ,opening her letter made her nervous.

Nat
Congratulations on making it to Slytherin! Arthur and I far from being disappointed. We were shocked first I admit but then we thought 'who are we to judge'? Merlin himself was a Slytherin. Its a house with ambition and determination Just because most of the people chose the wrong path doesn't mean all Slytherins are evil and we know that you are the last person to become evil. You are our daughter no matter what Nat and we love you with our heart. So if you were afraid of our rejection then you know our answer by now.
The boys will get over it Nat don't worry. I'm sure they are just sad you are separated from them.
Take care Love. Be a good girl.
Love
Mum.

P.S: Arthur says Hi back. he also says he loves you and is happy for you.
P.P.S : I would love it you want to continue calling me Mum. You are after all our daughter!

By the end of the letter Nat had small happy tears in her eyes. Molly and Arthur were fine with it and she was still loved. She couldn't explain how she was feeling but she knew that it made her happy more than anything.
She still had Ginny's letter left. Hoping Molly could convince Ginny, Nat opened the letter.

Nat!
You go girl! Slytherin Queen, you are something else. I love you no matter what. Ron's being a bit of arse though (Don't tell mum I swore, she'll have my head. But hey! I grew up with the twins and you) and speaking of the twins they are complete idiots too. Charlie's , Percy's and Bill's letters said they are completely fine with you being in Slytherin and so am I. It's just the twins and Ron, but they'll be fine eventually because I know Fred and George (Especially Fred) cant stay away from you much longer. I'm counting the days till you come back because Ron's driving me crazy! Do write soon!
Love you Slytherin Queen,
Gin (The most coolest and awesomest sibling you've ever had).

P.S: I just made that word up. I know it doesn't exist.

By the end of Ginny's letter Nat was laughing at the P.S and the nickname Gin gave her. She was again relieved. Gin still loves her but she still felt bad about Ron. Her baby brother hates her and it hurt. She decided she'll prove Ron and the twins that Slytherin's are not all evil and pureblood maniac's.

She went down to the common room to join her friends to finish her homework. Seeing the smile on Nat's face Cat asked her 'Someone's happy. What's special?' . 'Nobody hates me for being in slytherin except the twins and Ron'. 'Oh! that's nice. Mom's thrilled about us so that's a top!'. At that Nat's smile widened if possible, as she sat down Adrain looked at her and said 'Someone's happy. I think those letters carried good news!'. 'Excellent ones. Thank you for your concern Puecy!' Nat replied with a smirk. 'Anything for you m'Lady!' he replied in a fake posh accent and then the group burst into laughter. Nat felt happy being there with her friends. She felt at home and she wanted it to last, she had friends already and she couldn't ask for more.

After about an hour of homework the group was getting ready to go for dinner when Athena and Evelyn came downstairs. She didn't even know Evelyn was even in the dorms. Maybe she'd come in later.
"Puecy , Higgs, Travers. Why are hanging out with these blood-traitor and filthy Half-bloods? Join us." Evelyn said
"Hey Carrow! If I wanted to hear from an asshole, I'd fart." Nat told her.
The six of them burst into fits of laughter, even Athena was covering her mouth to stop herself for laughing out loud. Cat was holding her shoulder for support from laughing so much that her turned yellow . "And … to answer... your … question …. They are cool... unlike … you...So... we have...to ….reject your...offer" Terrance told the Carrow girl (who was red and shaking with anger) between his fit of laughter. With that the six of them left still laughing.
Nat looked behind to see Athena still smiling. She gave her a swift wink and left with her friends to the Great Hall. Dinner was amazing and Nat was so full that she had Michael carry her back to the dorms. It seems weird that they just met the boys that morning and now were all great friends, but Nat loved it.

What she failed to notice was the twins cold glares at her . They were being stubborn mules but it didn't stop hurting them for the fact that Nat had already got along with her fellow housemates. They hated her smiling face at the three slytherin boys.

She also failed to notice the over protective looks Charlie and Percy gave her. Its only been a day and she's already been carried on the back of a boy.

They were happy she's making new friends but they knew Nat trusts almost everyone and they couldn't bear to see her getting hurt one of these days by her house