Henrik sat with his family at the extreme end of the Gryffindor table, as far away from the Golden Trio, as they were called in this school and the Britain Wizarding World, as possible. The way the boys looked at the girls last night and the reckless words of Mr Ronald Weasley were not something that he wanted to endure one more time. And he was sure that his family felt the same way. Last night, after their dramatic exit from the Great Hall, they went straight to their allotted quarters in the fifth floor. The Common room was very spacious, with a large fireplace. There were two refrigerators. One stocked with blood bags that was placed upstairs adjacent to their bedrooms while the other stocked with human food that was in the common room. And much to Elijah and Arabelle's delight, there was a cabinet full of all kinds of tea.

The mattresses were so soft and comfortable, and all his siblings decided to stay with their mates in the same room, like living together. Marcellus, Elena and himself took separate rooms. Since, he opted not tell anyone about his mate. He sighed. And much to the boys' dismay, the sofa was so damn soft. All that comes to those who wait, right? He knew that he was not only hurting himself and her as well. But he knew that her siblings were still reluctant to let go of the bad blood between them. Because, lets face it, she helped their Mother to concoct that ill fated plan that would have killed his entire family, have Elijah and Arabelle not acted soon. So he wanted to wait till they atleast ready to give her a chance.

He sat with his back to the other three tables, with Arabelle at his left, and Elijah and Finn sitting on her other side. Across from them were Caroline, Elena, Bonnie, Stefan and Matt. He prayed all the spirits above to have their first day uneventful. But knowing their luck he knew the chances of it happening were slim to none. Henrik looked around the Great Hall, nothing seemed to be out of ordinary. Heaving a sigh, he thought, 'Maybe, just maybe, my wish is coming true.'

Not long after he thought that, an owl flew straight to their table and sat in front of Bonnie. Hesitantly Bonnie took the letter that was tied to the owl's leg and gave it some food from her plate. Henrik had a very funny feeling about the letter in his gut. Bonnie opened the letter and read it. At the end of the letter, her eyes were as round as a saucer, she slapped it over the table and her face transformed into the one of very angry. Henrik craned his neck a bit to read what was in the letter, that could make already short tempered Bonnie into a scary one. It read:

Bonnie lass,

Thank you for the eventful night for our first day here, love. This place seem to be making you very energetic. Care to give free show to the school?

-Kol

Henrik slapped his hand on his forehead and looked at his Gryffindor side of the family, only to have them wear different expressions. Finn was uncomfortable, since he spent most of his life in a coffin and not used to Kol's bachelor predator side. Elijah as usual was stoic with neutral emotion. Caroline was somewhere between outraged and humoured. Elena was very uncomfortable, while Stefan had a soft smile, who was having a hard time hiding his humour. Arabelle was, like Elijah, wearing a neutral expression. Henrik looked at Bonnie who was still fuming and followed her gaze to the Slytherin table. Only to find Kol signing his death sentence with a smug smirk on his face.

It all happened so fast. One moment Bonnie was glaring daggers at Kol, the next moment Bonnie's left leg shoe was flying across the Great Hall straight toward Kol's face. Luckily, the others ducked away so the impact would only be on its target. Everyone except the newcomers was shocked to say the least. But Kol just caught the shoe hair breadth from its impact. He casually got up from his table and made his way toward Gryffindor table to Bonnie and smirked. He held out the shoe and said, "Bonnie, my love, is this your shoe? It seems that you lost it"

There was a howling of laughter from the Slytherin table, that obviously belong to their family, which was followed by Damon Salvatore's, "You did it, Big Bad two. Judgey rendered speechless. Never saw that day coming"

For which he was effectively gifted with a shoe flying at his face, which successfully made the impact on his face, from none other than Arabelle.

Severus Snape had an unusually chirpier mood that morning. Despite the fact that two of his house students were assaulted by shoes by their own Gryffindor girlfriends, he had an eventful morning. Yes, seeing his house students beaten, literally, by Gryffindors was a humiliation, but he would be lying if he said that he did not find it entertaining. But the moment he entered the Defence class, his face was masked with what his students dubbed as 'greasy git' face. That day the class was for the sixth year Gryffindors and Slytherins. Severus rolled his eyes, Albus' ill fated idea of house unity. Much to Severus' discomfort, Albus also prepared a list that was supposed to be the seating arrangement in classes from here on. Did he mention that the Slytherins and Gryffindors were partnered in all classes?

His eyes landed on his dear Godson Draco Malfoy, who was packed between Theo Nott and Blaise Zabini. This year did do a number on him. What with the noseless prat taking over their manner and his father still in the Azkaban. Draco still believed that his father was a cold man, who believed in pureblood supremacy. But what he did not know was that his father was the warmest person the Slytherin house could have seen. He was not just warm to his classmates and house mates, he always treated the Muggle-borns equally, even though the other Slytherins never liked it. But they remained quiet, since he was a Malfoy. He loved his wife and son but it all changed, the moment the Dark Lord pointed the wand at a very pregnant Narcissa Malfoy. He had no choice but to take the Dark Mark, and that moment he started to keep himself away from his son and wife. It was a good thing that the Dark Lord disappeared for a while. It gave the family some time to grow closer, but not enough.

Severus hoped that Draco would seek him or Albus to escape the fate that awaited him. Heaving a sigh, Severus looked straight at the students and began, "Good Morning Children" he drawled, "It would seem that I will be your Defence Against Dark Arts Instructor for the year, much to some people's chagrin. And I am not going to go easy on you as I did with your Potions. But first, Headmaster Dumbledore has given some seating arrangement that has to be followed for all your classes throughout the year"

Severus had that evil glint in his eyes, as he continued, "Now, as I read out the names in pairs, you will all sit with your partner. If you all please move to the side of the room, we shall proceed." The students moved as they were instructed and waited for the names to be read. Severus rolled out the parchment that had the list and the moment he looked at the names of the first pair, he was immediately reminded of their antics that morning. But he schooled his face and said, "Now the first pair to sit in the bench one is Miss Bennett and Mister Kol Mikaelson"

Bonnie threw a glare at Kol and made her way to the first bench in the left row and sat beside her boyfriend.

"The next pair is Miss Brown and Mister Gregory. You will sit in the first bench of the second row from the left"

Let's just say Lavender was outraged and her eyes filled with tears, while Greg looked like he might fall sick then and there.

"Next, Mr Donovan and Miss Greengrass" the pair just nodded at each other and made their way to the first bench of the third row to the left.

"Next, Mister Finnegan and Mister Crabbe" the pair avoided each other's eyes and sat in the first bench of the right row.

The pairs that followed sat in the benches in the same way.

"Next, Miss Forbes and Miss Rebekah Mikaelson" Severus gestured the two to the second bench in the left row. When Severus saw who the next pair was, his eyebrows literally reached his hair line. "Well, well, well, here is a treat. The next pair would be the first two rank holders of the year, Miss Granger and Mister Malfoy"

Severus looked at the two and suppressed the snicker that tried escape him. Hermione Granger's eyes were as big as a saucer, while Draco looked like he might murder someone. Oh, he's going to enjoy this year. "We don't have all day. Would you two mind making it fast?" then they scrambled to the next bench and sat down. "Next, Miss Arabelle Mikaelson and Miss Petrova"

The pairs followed were, Henrik Mikaelson and Theodore Nott, Parvati Patil and Millicent Bullostrode, Harry Potter and Pansy Parkinson, Stefan Salvatore and Tracy Davis, Dean Thomas and Marcellus Mikaelson, Ronald Weasley and Blaise Zabini.

Severus looked around the classroom at his students and started the class, "Now that the seating arrangements are over, let's start the class. So, can anyone tell me about the Patronous charm?"

As expected three hands rose in the air. Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and Kol Mikaelson looked at him with their raised hands.

Severus raised his perfect eyebrow and asked, "Mister Malfoy, what is a Patronus Charm?"

Draco said the answer in a calm tone, "A Patronus charm is the purest form of magic that can be produced and strengthen by the caster's positive emotions"

Severus hmmed and said, "Very good. Ten points to Slytherin. Mister Mikaelson, What is the use of the Patronus Charm?"

Kol smirked and said, "Well, a patronous charm works as a defender against the magical creature called Dementos and sometimes works as a messenger"

Severus smiled and said. "Ten points to Slytherin. Miss Granger, What is a corporal Patronous?"

Hermione took a deep breath and said, "A patronus charm takes a corporal form when the caster puts as much positive emotions as possible. A corporal form of a patronus is the patronus that takes an animal form that often represents the caster's character"

Severus smiled grimly and said, "Ten points to Gryffindor"

And so the class on the Patronus charm continued in the DADA class and ended with homework of three feet long essay on the Patronous charm. As they were all preparing to go to their next class, Hermione stopped draco, "Listen Malfoy, whether you like it or not, we have to sit together in the classes hereon. So, please don't make it hell"

Draco looked at her straight in the eye and said, "Granger, I already have a lot of problem going on, so I could care less about who sits next to me in the classes. If it means so much to you, then I shall ignore you as long as you do the same" With that said, Draco walked out of the classroom much like his Godfather.

To sum it all, Arabelle and Bonnie where called by their Head of House, Professor Minerva McGonagall for a very long lecturing on how the school was very prestigious and such actions were strictly 'prohibited'. And atlast rewarded with a week long detention with the ever scary Professor Severus Snape, who was standing just behind McGonagall with a very stoic expression and humour filled eyes.

The girls rolled their eyes as they walked to their common room. Not two days in the school and they were already getting into trouble. Damn, Kol.

Sorry for the long wait, friends. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I particularly loved the "slipper flying across the hall".

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