When they went to Transfiguration's it was to see the Gryffindor's. Harry lit up upon seeing Harry at Harry's side Ron glared at Corvus because of it. Corvus sat near the wall with Draco next to him and and Theo behind him. A paper ball hit Corvus in the head. As he pulled out his materials. Corvus turned to see one of the girls Lavender Brown throw anther at him. He popped his wand out and flicked it the wand and it flew back at her and turned into a rat. She began screaming.

The tabby cat on the table became Minerva McGonagall.

"10 points to Slytherin." she said flicking her wand the rat vanished. " and 5 from Gryffindor for picking on another student Miss. Brown. "

"I wasn't picking !" Lavender Brown cried out, the girl at her side Lily Moon was giggling. " i wanted his attention!"

"You had it with the first ball." Sally Smith giggled. " You were picking with the second. "

"Shut up , you!" Lavender growled.

"ENOUGH!"

With that class began.

"How's he going to do magic if he can't even talk?" Sophie Roper wondered from the Gryff side. She batted her eyes at Corvus when he looked at her. "Sorry."

"It's fine." Corvus shocked, everyone by talking. Sophie blushed. "I can do Non-Verbal magic. My magic prefers it actually. It's easier for me to do Non-Verbal spells."

"Wow really?"

"That's quiet advanced, Mr. Black." Minerva said, "Please show me. A pin to a needle. "

Corvus nodded and pointed his wand without saying a word his pin turned into a perfect needle.

"10 points to Slytherin!" Minerva cried, "I'm going to kill Severus for not telling me this!"

"You'll have to get in line after we go to Charms." Harry laughed.

Minerva suppressed a smile. It was true. Flitwick was going to be jumping for joy.


Sophie Roper decided she was in love and began stalking Corvus much to the dismay of the Slytherin First years. The next day they went to Potions last.

"CORVUS!" Sophie rushed toward him but stopped just short of running in to him. "Would..." she blushed, "Would you be my partner?" Corvus gave her a dead look but shrugged and motioned her to follow him . She did . Her brown hair was in braided pigtails and her blue eyes were shining. They took a seat near the front and Harry made it so he was facing the class he didn't want anyone touching him while he was working. Sophie quickly set up her cauldron as he did his. They both got out their books. "Did you do the reading?" Corvus nodded and cocked an eyebrow at her. She giggled blushing. "Yes, I did too. I must admit I'm really looking forward to this lesson." Corvus nodded. "Sorry am I talking too much?"

Severus was surprised by the Gryffindor. Then remembered Roper was a Dark Lord sympathizer. He knew both the Mother and Father from school both were pure bloods. His eyes strayed to his only child his son the boy didn't seem to mind the girl. He launched into his speech.

"POTTER!" Harry jumped a bit "What would I get if I added Powdered Root of Asphodel to an infusion of Wormwood. "

Hermione Granger's hand went into the air. Followed slowly and unsurely by Sophie's. Harry shook his head.

"Roper!"

"A sleeping potion so strong it's called the Drought of Living Death, sir?"

"Is that a question or an answer?"

"An answer." She stated firmly, " The Drought of Living Death."

"POTTER." Harry sighed "Where would you look if I asked you to find me a Bezoar !"

"You wouldn't ASK me to find anything." Harry replied,

Hermione's hand was up again

"Corvus?'"

All eyes went to Corvus who opened his mouth , closed it, then looked at Sophie. Somehow he could talk to her.

"If you were looking for a Bezoar you will find it in a the stomach of a Goat, Unicorns and Magical breeds of Wolves." he told her and was happy when she wrote it down. "It will cure most poisons. Though it will not cure anything with Basilisk Venom in it."

Severus smirked at his son and the girl hanging on his every word. She nodded at him.

"POTTER!"

Harry moaned.

"What's the difference between Monkswood and Wolvsbane?!"

Harry bit his lip.

"I don't know sir but I think Hermione does maybe you should ask her."

"5 Points from Gryffindor for you cheek and not being prepared for class."

"Longbottom!" Neville looked ready to faint. "Answer."

"They are the same plant that goes by Aconite ." Neville said instantly.

The Gryffindors were shocked at their resident pussy cat.


"WHY AREN'T YOU WRITING THIS DOWN?!"

Corvus took a few calming breaths. Suddenly the door to the class burst open and Bella came rushing in.

"BELLA!" Severus bellowed. "I told you not to cast a monitoring Charm on our son!"

"But he's in duress. " she whined,

"I asked him to speak in class." Severus sighed, "Go have tea with your sister."

"Fine." she whined and walked out of the room.

"I feel sorry for my mother." Draco mumbled to Pansy who giggled.

With that Severus gave a lecture and set them to work on a Boil Cure charm.

They began working .


Corvus gave Sophie some advice on her cutting, chopping etc as they worked. The two of them were doing the best out of all the others even Granger. Sophie asked a few questions and Corvus was happy that he could actually answer. He'd been brewing since he was small because he'd follow his father into the lab so often that he'd just started teaching him. Bella had joined them and it had become a family thing. Though when they started Bella was awful at Potions and blamed someone named Slughorn.

"SIR!" Hermione Granger called, hand waving frantically. "Black added something not on the ingredients list!"

Corvus moaned to himself.

"What did you use, Corvus?"

"He enhanced the... the snake fangs by adding crushed Moonstone." Sophie explained for him he shot her a grateful look. " He was making the potion stronger."

Severus cocked his eyebrow.

"He was enhancing the nettles." Severus corrected, they all heard Sophie berate herself under her breath. "But correct none the less. I'll give you points if you can explain a simple and precise answer on why I did not comment on Corvus' use of this method when everyone knows I saw it. "

"Well, it's rather obvious that Corvus is very good at brewing. " Sophie said, " It's also clear that he understands the interaction between the ingredients and could counter any problem he had with mixing them. You did berate Corvus for doing this because you know this and would step in and stop him if his experiments got beyond his control, sir."

"5 points to Gryffindor. " Severus said , shocking everyone. "Bottle your potions if you're done."

"Thank you." Corvus mumbled to Sophie. "It was a nice guess. You almost had it. I...can give you a book to help you better understand interactions. "

"That'd be great !" Sophie's eyes shone. "Oh, thank you! If you didn't hate touch so much I'd hug you!"

"Please don't." Corvus cried with a small whine in his voice. "Three people have touched me in two days and I'm at my wits in. It's too stressful."

Sure enough he was suddenly grabbed up and pulled into his mother's arms. She gave Sophie a book and a push toward the door.

"I'll see you later Corvus!" Sophie beamed, waving, "Thanks for letting me borrow the book! "

She happily left Potions beaming.