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James Potter slumped over his plate of food, his syrup making its way toward his hair. Albus glanced at his brother and poked him in the arm. James jumped.

"What?" he said groggily. "What's wrong?"

"You fell asleep again," Albus commented dryly. "Try to stay awake."

"Sorry." James blinked a few times and picked up his fork. "I couldn't really sleep. To busy thinking about…things." In truth, James had been up all night fretting over Lilac. He just couldn't believe that she had chosen George over him. That, in his opinion, was a sign of insanity.

"Oh, ok," Albus said, and went back to reading Rose's copy of Hogwarts, a History which he had propped up against the cream jar. He chewed intently while reading a passage on the Chamber of Secrets and how his dad killed the Basilisk. Hogwarts, a History had stopped printing right after Draco let the Death Eaters into the school. It had just began printing again when Andrew started school, 4 years ago, revised and filled with all the things his dad and friends had unlocked or uncovered. Suddenly an owl flew overhead and dropped a large parcel in Albus' lap. He looked up and saw Hedwig Jr., the family owl.

He tore the wrappings off and found a battered copy of Hogwarts, a History. Albus opened it and saw Sirius Black written in faded ink. The copy was one printed before all the revising was done.

"Cool."

Down the table, Freddie sat talking with Cedric and George as Jessica moped beside her. Freddie laughed at a particularly funny joke from George when Jessica accidentally spilled the jar of syrup. The sticky mess quickly spread.

"Ugh," Freddie complained, looking at the sticky sleeves of her uniform. "Gross."

"Sorry," Jessica said, throwing a handful of napkins down.

"Stop!" Cedric commanded. "The napkins aren't doing anything!"

Half the hall was watching the commotion now. The Slytherins were giggling madly. Scorpius turned a deep shade of red as he noticed his dad stifling laughter.

"Nice move Jessica," George said disgusted. Jessica almost cried. She didn't want him mad at her!

"I'm sorry." She looked at her feet. "Really."

"I know," Freddie said. "But it's really gross." Jessica noticed the syrup now covered her shoes.

"Yeah," she agreed. "It really is."

Jaclyn had come over and was just pulling out her wand to do a cleaning spell when Teddy came over.

"Let me," he said gently. "You might get in trouble."

With a wave of his wand, the syrup was cleaned from the table and clothing of various students and flew back into the jar.

"Thank you so much!" Jessica gushed. "That was so embarrassing."

"It's fine," Teddy said. "I've done it before myself." Jessica laughed for the first time that day.

"Well, we might as well get off to class now," Cedric said. "I lost my appetite." His friends agreed and they left for double Transfigurations.

"And for homework," Professor Lockette, the DADA teacher, said, "I want you all to practice the Releasing spell. Next class, I'll bind Teddy and you all will have to successfully release him. It will count for a test grade."

The first years grumbled, none having fully mastered the spell, except Albus and Rose.

"I hate this," Scorpius told Albus as they gathered up their books. "I cannot fail this next test. I got and A on my last one."

"That's still good," Albus assured him.

Scorpius snorted.

"Easy for you to say. You got an O." Albus shrugged, not wanting to brag.

"Well, I'll help you later if you like. I'll bind a pillow or something," Albus offered.

"You're a life saver."

The left the classroom and found the third years waiting to get in.

"Hey Freddie!" Albus called to his cousin. Freddie waved. She had been picking the canary feathers out of Jessica's curls. They had transfigured feather dusters into canaries.

"Hello, Albus!" she replied.

"Come on guys!" Teddy appeared in the doorway. "Class started."

Freddie looked back to make sure Albus got out of the crowded corridor safely before turning to go into the classroom.

The Gryffindors were busily pulling ink, quills, and books out of their bags. The buzz of chatter hung over the kids until Professor Lockette quieted them down.

"Sit, sit," the blond professor said. "Now, you all should be able to disarm successfully as well as bind and release, am I correct?" The third years nodded. "I certainly hope so. If Albus Potter can do it, you should be able to."

Freddie smiled, rather proud of her cousin. George nudged her, also smiling.

"So today," Professor Lockette continued, "Teddy will be pairing you up and we will have controlled duels."

The students clapped loudly.

"Teddy, do the honors."

Teddy came forward, running a hand through his currently jet black hair, causing half the girls to swoon and gaze at him. Teddy blushed and looked down, his hair switching to red.

"So, I'm going to try to keep it boy-girl," Teddy said, and began pairing off. Freddie was put with Cedric.

"Your going down," he warned her. Freddie just shook her head, red hair flying.

"In your dreams," Freddie shot back.

"You're already in mine," Ced said. Jessica, next to Freddie, just rolled her eyes.

"What's up with you today?" Freddie asked, turning to face her. "You PMSing or something?"

Jessica grew red. The glanced at George and Ced who were snickering.

"Shut it," she said. "The boys'll hear."

"So? George has sisters, he knows."

Jessica sank deeper into her seat.

"Ok, is that everyone?" Teddy asked. George put up his hand.

"I don't have a partner," he said.

"Does any girl no have a partner?" Teddy asked.

"Yeah, Jessica," Freddie told him.

"Well, George, you'll go with Jessica then." Jessica moaned.

The pair of students stood in front of the class and dueled for about 10 minutes each, dodging and casting spells. In the end, whoever disarmed their opponent won. After four duos, George and Jessica were called. George sauntered over to one side of the room, smiling. Jessica knew he thought he had this in the bag. Anger flared up inside her as she thought bitterly of Lilac.

I'll show him, she thought, and bowed.

George cast the first spell, attempting to disarm her. It flew past her. Jessica raised and arm and cast a Jelly Legs Curse at George's legs. It his him straight on and the students clapped loudly. George muttered the counter jinx, which stopped his legs. He fired a binding spell at her. Jessica moved, but not in enough time. She spell caught her legs in a lock.

"Relashio!" she yelled and the cords vanished. She shot another spell at George, one her mom had taught her as a joke. George's hair was set onfire- completely harmless and very entertaining.

"That's it, Thomas!" he said. Jessica dodged a slew of curses, and with one final "Expelliarmas!", George's wand was gone and the force of the spell pushed him into the wall. Jessica was breathing hard, watching as George got up slowly. He looked at her.

"Why?" he asked simply, meaning why in hell's good name did she almost kill him.

Jessica felt her emotions getting the best of her and wiped away tears forming in her eyes, leaving a smudge of ash across her face.

"Sorry," she said and turned away. George grabbed her wrist.

"No, seriously. What do you have against me? You've been acting so pissy lately. What's up?"

"What's up?" Jessica said, not so calmly. "You cavorting around with another girl, thinking yourself lucky that you finally found someone while you standing here, breaking someone's heart!"

"What?" George said confused. He wasn't fluent in dramatic girl language.

"I FREAKING LOVE YOU!" Jessica screamed and flew out of the classroom. The room was silent and George just stared.

"Were we really that hormonally unstable at thirteen?" Teddy wondered aloud. The room just glared at him.

"Try again," Albus urged as Scorpius yet again failed to release the rope-bonded pillow. "Just focus and aim."

Scorpius nodded and took a deep breath. "Relashio!" he said strongly but his wand only sputtered a few gold sparks. Albus groaned.

"Ok, last time," he said, looking at the clock on the mantle. "We were suppose to be in bed an hour ago."

"I know, I know," Scorpius said. "I'll try one last time." Albus crossed his fingers.

Scorpius closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them. He aimed is wand and cried, "Relashio!" The spell shot out of Scorpius' wand and didn't it the pillow. It hit Albus' copy of Hogwarts, a History with a thump that rattled the whole table.

"Shot!" Albus said, hoping that no one woke up. "Good spell, bad aim. I just hope no one woke up. We'll be in-"

"Albus, look." Scorpius was pointing to Albus' book. It was glowing a bright yellow.

"What the-?"

Albus and Scorpius went over to the table. Albus flipped over the book and gasped.

Hogwarts, a History: Unlocked Secrets The Secrets Hidden Beneath the Secrets

Albus flipped through some pages and saw the usual text was gone, and in place were pages of words glowing in a fiery yellow.

"Albus, look," Scorpius said, pointing to the table of contents. Where the chapter on the sorting usually was now stood the chapter entitled, 'The Secrets of the Sorting: Slytherin's Trick.'

Albus flipped to page 369. Scorpius and Albus both read.

As most people know, the Sorting Hat is an ancient and wise hat charmed to place students in the Houses they will benefit and in turn benefit them. But the little known secret is this; the hat can indeed be tricked.

When Hogwarts first opened, a young and rather rash Baron Blubious Bolber, also known as the Bloody Baron, sought out Slytherin and requested something so absurd it seemed impossible. As we know, the Baron had a liking for Helena Ravenclaw, a beautiful girl who was in her mother's House. The Baron's own parents had been in Hufflepuff and the Baron thought that Helena would not be impressed with a boy of such lowly status. Knowing that there was no chance of getting into Slytherin, the Baron asked the impossible of Slytherin himself; to trick the Sorting Hat into putting him in Slytherin. In the end, the Baron killed Helena and killed himself, but he was able to get into Slytherin. The devious plan was this; to make d\Di Trucco Ha Affascinato gli Oggetti, an ancient Italian potion used to trick heavily charmed objects. The recipe for this potion is found in only the most ancient of books, but the tricker drink the potion on the eve of the Hat's anniversary and place the hat on his or her head exactly at the stroke of midnight, saying the House name.

Albus and Scorpius looked at each other.

"We cannot let my dad find out about this," Scorpius said. "He wants me in Slytherin so badly."

"What puzzles me though," Albus said. "Is that I've accidentally put spells on Rose's copy and nothing happened. I wonder why it happened just to this book?"
"Who cares," Scorpius said starting to climb the stairs to the dormitory. "We cannot let my dad see this."

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