Sorry, this one's a little shorter and a little boring, but I have a few ideas for the next chapter and it'll get more interesting. (Hopefully) Please review!
James woke up, feeling groggy and disoriented. It was a few seconds before he realized where he was, and he jumped suddenly out of bed with a yelp of joy.
"Finally, you're up. I was just about to hex you awake." James looked to the source of the voice to see Sirius watching him with a grin on his face.
"You don't even know any!" James shot back, but in a joking way.
"You better watch out, then. First day of classes."
"Oh shoot! We better get to breakfast!"
James and Sirius sprint out of the room, racing each other.
"Here are your schedules Mr. Potter, Mr. Black. Mind you get to class on time."
Professor McGonnegal was waking around hanging out the schedules to all of the Gryffindors.
"Sure thing, Professor." Sirius grinned cheekily up at her. Professor McGonnegal pursed her lips and walked away.
"All right, what have we got today?" asked James while cramming a piece of toast into his mouth.
"We have... Transfiguration with McGonnegal-"
"She'll probably give us detention for something as soon as we walk in."
"Charms with Flitwick, and double Potions with Slughorn."
"That's with the Slytherins! That means Snivellus." says James, looking over Sirius's shoulder. Sirius snickered.
"During this class we will be Transfiguring objects, animals, and eventually, humans. But I must warn you all that if any of you prove yourself unable to control yourself while working in this classroom, you will..."
"Wow, doesn't seem too strict on rules, does she?" Sirius whispers sarcastically. James fought to hold back a laugh.
"...we will not be Transfiguring anything to big yet, so don't get to excited. Today we will just be turning matches into needles. Miss. Evans, please come up here and hand out the matches please." The red-brown-haired girl named Lily got up and started handing out matches.
"Look, it's Snivilly's girlfriend." James didn't know why, but this made him angry. Sirius, seeing the look on James face, says "What's up?" but James just shakes his head and starts working on the match. James was the first one to make a difference, closely followed by Lily, then Sirius. Showing the class the difference in their needles, she awards Gryffindor 10 points.
The rest of the day was uneventful, up until Potions. James and Sirius take a seat in the back, and are joined by the other 2 boys in their dorm, Remus and Peter. They both looked nervous when sitting down next to James and Sirius, but grateful when James smiled warmly at them. When Snape passes their table to sit down, James hissed "Hey, Snivellus."
Sirius and Peter laughed but Remus frowned very slightly, though hiding it and hitching a smile on his face when the other boys looked at him.
"Okay class, settle down, settle down." Professor Slughorn says.
"Today we will just be reading a little bit about the theory of potion-making. It is important to know the theory before you begin making potions. Please open your books to Chapter One and begin."
James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus all groaned quietly in unison.
"2 solid hours of pointless reading?" says James dejectedly.
"Well, seeing as we cannot begin mixing potions until you learn the theory, I would not say it's entirely pointless, Mr. Potter." came a voice from behind them. All four boys spun around in their seats and saw Professor Slughorn standing behind them, but they could see he was smiling.
"Now, I would suggest that you boys open your books, or else you won't have time to finish before the end of class."
"Yes, sir." It was Peter who replied, and he hastily opened his book and began reading. The others followed, though James and Sirius did it as if they wanted to, and didn't mind in the slightest, but as soon as Slughorn walked away, they stopped pretending to read and started talking at random.
"Ugh, this day is TOO long. I can't believe we already have homework." complained Remus at the dinner table later that afternoon.
"Hey, look. It's Snivilly." Sirius points him out walking out of the Great Hall with Lily. James stands up and calls, "Hey, Snivilly! How's your day going? I hope you don't have any homework yet, 'cause the teachers won't be able to read a word of it, with your greasy hair dripping all over the place." Sirius laughed a loud, booming laugh that rung across the Hall. A few people turned and watched. Snape whipped out his wand, but Lily grabbed his arm and said "Ignore him." Lily takes Snape, who looked like he would have loved an excuse to curse James, by the arm and led him out of the Hall. James sits back down. "What a git. He doesn't even know how to send out sparks with his wand yet, who does he think he's kidding." Sirius says scornfully. But James, for some reason, kept thinking about how Lily was holding Snape's arm. He realized Peter was talking, gave himself a mental shake, and with great effort, brought himself back to reality. He joined the conversation, pushing thoughts of Snivellus to the back of his mind.