That night Paige slept fitfully. The particular dream she was having wasn't something that she wanted to dream about either. To her it was more of a nightmare.

Yelling and screaming is what she heard. When she went into the kitchen there stood a man and a woman yelling at one another. Suddenly the man smacked the woman. The girl in the doorway screamed for them to stop; when she did, the adults broke off what they were saying and looked at her. The man's eyes where bleary, he stank of alcohol but he smiled warmly at her. The woman's eyes widened when she realized her daughter had seen what just happened. She moved forward and wrapped her daughter in a hug. The man looked at the woman then snorted in disgust. The little girl looked at him, silently begging him to hug her. He smiled when her saw the look in her eyes; his own eyes were filled with warmth and love but then he looked at the woman again. His eyes hardened, and without a word; he whipped around and walked out the kitchen door, got in his car and drove away. The girl ran out in a pair of teddy bear pajamas; tears welled in her eyes as she tried chasing the man.

"Daddy!" she cried. "Daddy, come back! Where are you going?" Her mother came outside and wrapped her arms around the weeping girl.

"Your dad will be back, he just needs some time alone." Her mother said but the girl heard resentment in her mother's voice.

The dream changed suddenly.

The man came through the door. The little girl cried with delight and ran to hug him. He smiled at her and spoke to her.

"My little wolf pup, I've missed you so much." He said, smiling at her.

"You came back! I knew you would!" Paige said happily. Her father's smile slipped away and sadness shown in his eyes.

"I'm sorry my little bumblebee; but daddy isn't going to be coming home anymore." her eyes widened. "But I'm not going to be far, you remember the house down the road? The one you said you would like to live in? Well daddy bought that house just for you and me!" He smiled Paige sniffed and looked at him with those ice-blue eyes so much like her fathers.

"But why can't mommy come with us?" She asked causing her father to look at her with a look of sympathy and regret.

"Paige, your mother and I, well... we're getting a divorce, that's why I'm moving out. But don't worry! Your mother will be just down the road. You will be able to live with both of us!" Paige stared at him.

"But I don't want to live in two houses! I want to live in this one with you AND mommy!" Paige wailed.

"You'll understand when your older" her father said with a patient tone.

"BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND NOW! WHY DONT YOU LOVE MOMMY ANYMORE?" Paige cried.

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" An angry voice came from behind her, she then felt a sharp pain on her side. She turned around and stared at her mother; her mother had never hit her before ever! Her mother looked angry; Paige sobbed and ran out the door feeling fear, confusion and anger. As she ran, both parents yelled after her.

Paige woke up with a start; she had broken out into a cold sweat. She blinked and looked around, her eyes adjusted to the dim light. She looked at the clock; she had woken up an hour early. Paige sat up in her bed, mulling over the dream she had just had. She hadn't cried since she was 8 and that was in front of her mother; her parents had divorced when she was 6. She loved both of her parents. But she loved her father much more. He had taught her everything she knew about magic. Her mother had tried to teach her, but she would get impatient quickly and sometimes hit her. Paige resented her mother for the abuse she sometimes received.

I will never cry again, and I will never stand by and let my mother hit me ever again. Those days are through, dad always loved me more. She thought to herself.

She stood up and went over to the mirror, deciding to go to breakfast early. As she got ready, she brushed her hair and put the necklace her father had given her around her neck. It had a crescent moon on it; it was her most prized possession, other that her father's family crest, which was another necklace. It had a wolf leaping at something and above it was the full moon, vines wrapped itself around it. She was looking at both necklaces when Hermione woke up.

"huh? Paige... What are you doing up so early?" She asked.

"I couldn't sleep and I felt like going to breakfast early." Paige replied.

"I'll join you... you're not dressed yet? Oh well we can do that later, come on!" Hermione was fully awake now. She stood up and brushed her hair and teeth, just as Paige had a moment ago. The two friends went down the stairs and out the portrait hole. When they got to the Great Hall; they walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down. Some teachers were already there, Paige looked over at the Slytherin table. Just what she needed; Malfoy was sitting there glaring over at her threateningly.

"Uuuggh, nasty blonde haired Slytherin at two o'clock." Paige muttered. Hermione looked around. She snorted and looked up at the staff table.

"Don't look now but professor Snape is looking your way!" Paige looked around and realized too late that it was a mistake. A big nosed, greasy black haired teacher was staring at her and when he caught her eye he raised an eyebrow; Paige looked back at Hermione.

"Let me guess normally kids get dressed before coming to breakfast?" Paige said dryly

"Yes actually we do but it's too early to be down here anyway so it doesn't matter." Hermione replied. "Oh look professor McGonagall is coming towards us."

Paige turned around; indeed she was. She was looking very stern but she had papers in her hands.

"Ah Miss Castro and Miss Granger. Here are your schedules and I hope you two aren't planning to wear you pajamas to class because I will certainly NOT tolerate it!" McGonagall sniffed.

"Don't worry professor, we weren't." Paige replied but the stern looking teacher just sniffed and walked away. The two girls looked at their schedules and saw that they both had the same classes.

1st- transfiguration

2nd- potions

3rd- DADA

4th- charms

5th-lunch

6th- free period

"Yey! We have the same classes together!" Hermione said happily. "I wonder about Ron and Harry?"

"Let's go get dressed and come back down with them!" Paige said and both girls leapt to their feet and strode off. Some people stared after them amazed by what they were wearing. When the two girls were dressed, they went back down into the common room and met Harry and Ron.

"g'mornin." Ron said groggily.

"Wow! Nice necklace!" Harry commented he had been staring at it since the two girls walked in "umm.. Why are you two still up here? You should be at breakfast already."

"We already ate so we came up to get you so we can find out what classes you have!" Paige said excitedly. They all left and went to the Great Hall. Ron and Harry ate; Ron shoveling food into his mouth while doing so. While Paige and Hermione chatted with Neville and Ginny; Ron and Harry both got their schedules, it turned out they had every class with Hermione and Paige. They all looked delighted.

"Well we best be off! Don't want to be late to our first class!" Hermione said. The foursome stood and went to their first class. Transfiguration dragged on, they had homework of course. Paige followed the others to find the potions class room afterwards.

"Is it really down here?" She asked looking baffled. "Who would want to teach down there?"

"Scared huh mutt?" A voice came from behind them, they all turned to see Malfoy standing there smirking.

"No I'm not! I just don't know why anyone would have their class down here! Why don't you just lay off before I wipe that smirk off your face?" Paige spat. Suddenly the door behind them swung open and they had all turned to enter the class room and sit down. They all went silent as soon as Snape walked in.

"There shall be no wand waving in my class as you all have learned from your previous year. Even you should know that as well Miss Castro!" Snape said. Paige had been glaring at Draco and had jumped when Snape addressed her. Several Slytherins snickered. Paige looked up at Snape who had gone on giving directions to what they would be doing that day.

"You have one hour to finish what you have been assigned. Now get to work!" With that everyone began making their potions. No one talked, Paige guessed that it was because of the teacher. She wasn't afraid of Snape, but she couldn't help but notice how Neville cowered each time Snape passed him. She also noticed how Snape stopped by only Gryffindor's and made nasty comments about their progress. Already page was beginning to hate him. But she kept working and waited until Snape came to her. When he did he loomed over her and stared down into her potion.

"Congratulations" He hissed in her ear "You have achieved Granger's level" He didn't sound at all friendly and Paoge knew she was being taunted which was something she did NOT tolerate but she was appalled about the way Snape had said it. She had expected a teacher to be happy with their student's progress. Snape stayed beside her for a couple more minutes, each of which Paige found hard to concentrate. She stopped what she was doing and turned to Snape. A look of surprise flickered across his face but it disappeared immediately, he looked at her an eye brow raised.

"Excuse me sir but could you go torture someone else? You've been standing there a bit too long!" Everyone froze and Snape stared at her; then a smirk came across his face.

"Why? You're doing so well! Surely you can still work!" Snape said, Paige noted that there was a hint of warning in his voice. She was very talented in the act of telling when an adults tone was warning her to stop doing whatever she was doing.

"Well sir; as much as I love your presence, I think Draco is lonely!" Paige shot back, Snape smirk disappeared.

"Five points from Gryffindor for cheek!" Snape spat but he moved away to harass some other student. Paige sighed but kept working. As she worked, a note suddenly fluttered over to her. She glanced around to see Snape bent over Neville, who had the look of pure terror on his face. She opened the note

Mutt,

How dare you talk to our head of house that way! Just wait till later! I'm going to teach you a lesson in manners. Hope you know how to fly without a broom you filthy little American. You probably don't even know how to fly WITH a broom! Seeing as you Americans are slower than Longbottom is as potions!

Ps. Pansy says hi and that she's looking forward to beating the crap outta u again.

Paige looked over at Malfoy who was grinning madly. Pansy was shaking with silent laughter, Crabbe and Goyle smiled dumbly at her. She smirked and mouthed again? He just winked. Paige looked up and saw Snape coming down her isle and she shoved the note into her pocket. She was fuming and as she was cutting up an ingredient when she suddenly had an idea. She had more than enough beet root; so she slipped some under her table and put it back on the note which then magically floated back to Malfoy without anyone noticing and dropped the ingredient into the cauldron. The note then came back to her and she stuffed it in her pocked; laughing inwardly as she did. She did it without her wand! Something her father had taught her a long time ago. He had been; as she is now, a prankster when he was a kid.

If someone bothers you during potions, you can put an ingredient on the note they gave you and it'll float back to the person who wrote it. And you can mess up their potion without magic and therefore, you will not get caught! She remembered her father's words with a small smile. Suddenly there was a hissing noise from Malfoy's potion. Everyone looked around wondering where the noise was coming from when suddenly,

BOOOM!

The potion splattered all over Draco and the Slytherins around him. Shere were surprised screams and Snape; who had been checking Ron's potion, whirled around. The Slytherins were all standing there covered in a pink liquid, the potion was supposed to be blue. Soon enough it was turning their robes different colors. Everyone went silent for most of the students who hadn't been caught in the splatter were laughing their heads off. Snape looked furious as he looked around the room, trying to find out who did it. Paige thought to herself. He didn't see anything in anyone's eyes. He waved his wand and everything disappeared. He then pointed it at their robes and they went back to black with the Slytherin colors on them. Snape stood there glaring around the room.

"EVERYONE, take out your wands this instant!" he hissed. Everyone did so and it wasn't just the Gryffindors, the Slytherins did as well. Snape checked their wands first then he moved over to the Gryffindors who all looked like they were about to burst with laughter. Snape looked angrier and angrier as he went all down the line and came to a halt in front of Paige who hadn't raised her wand all the way for she was trying hard not to laugh. Something flashed in Snape's eyes and a smirk tugged at the end of his lips.

"Miss Castro? Is there a problem?" Snape asked dangerously. Paige shook her head and held up her wand. Snape muttered the spell and the essence of the last spell page cast wisped out of the tip of her wand. She smiled as a small flame emerged but Snape only glared.

"DETENTION!" He spat at her. Paige's eyes widened and then narrowed in anger.

"I DIDNT DO ANYTHING!" She spat back. Snape just glared. "I didn't cast any spell other than the one to light the fire for my potion!" She added with forced calm.

"Yet you have such a guilty look about you!" Snape spat though even he knew that it wasn't true. Paige hadn't betrayed and more emotion than any other Gryffindor and yet he had a feeling it was her.

"She does not and you know it!" Harry jumped to defend his friend causing Snape to round on him.

"SILENCE!" he snarled and Harry quickly fell silent. "Fine, Miss Castro, you don't have detention... but as soon as I find out who did this! I will have this whole Gryffindor class scrubbing cauldrons for a week!" Every Gryffindor groaned and then Hermione nervously raised her hand. She looked embarrassed to be doing so. Snape stared at her, almost as if he expected her to fess up.

"Please sir; isn't it possible that Draco accidentally knocked the wrong ingredient into the cauldron?" She asked. Snape stared at her, but of course it was as plain as day that the explosion came from Draco's cauldron and Draco's cauldron alone.

"Don't be so daft Granger! None of Mr. Malfoy's ingredients were near the edge of the table!" Snape snorted as if it were the dumbest thing he had ever heard. "Unless you did this and you're just trying to cover it up?" He accused. Hermione's eyes widened and she looked as if she were going to argue when Harry cut in again.

"I was standing right next to her the whole time! She couldn't have done it! And besides she would never do anything like that!" Harry said. Snape glared at harry he leaned over their table and was about to say something when Draco snorted with laughter.

"Of course SHE wouldn't do that! She's too much of a goodie-two-shoe! And besides even if she is the smartest in our class, shed be too stupid to do something like that. She may be smart when it comes to school, but doing things like this would cause her little brain to override and then fizz out! What do you expect from someone who is muggle born?" Draco laughed. All the Slytherins joined in. Paige had been growing angrier and angrier with each word uttered out of his disgusting mouth. All the other Gryffindors were clearly angry at this to; but before anyone could do anything and before Snape could say anything, page leapt up from her chair and moved towards Malfoy.

"THAT'S IT! IM SICK AND TIRED OF HEARING YOU INSULT PEOPLE WHO ARE CLEARLY BETTER THAN YOU! YOU DISGUSTING SON OF A..." Paige broke off and before anyone could do anything she had tackled him to the ground. Everyone was shocked by this. Even Snape was taken aback by this sudden reaction and how violently Paige had reacted. Suddenly, as if on cue, all the other Gryffindors moved forward. The Slytherins were shocked by what was happening but they retaliated as well. Shouting and accusations flew from one end of the room to the other. Snape moved towards Paige who was hitting Draco over and over in the stomach on the ground. He grabbed her by the scruff of her shirt and hauled her to her feet.

"ENOUGH!" Snape shouted and everyone went still. Paige hadn't moved since Snape separated her and Malfoy. Snape glared down at her clearly angry with the way she had reacted and the disorder she caused. "NOW I have a reason to give you a detention!" He snarled.

Right at that moment as the silence drew on and Snape glared down at her. Paige knew she was in deep trouble.

And on my first day! She thought to herself.