Chapter 5

Harry's thoughts were running fast in his head as he was trying to assimilate all the new informations.

He sighed as he was walking in the school's hall. His eyes suddenly met Ron's, the first friend he got in this giganstic school, and in this new world. He smiled and waved his hand at him, hoping they still had a special connection. Ron smiled shyly but never sent back the "Hi."

That's when Harry realized a lot of people were staring at him. Most of them seemed suspicious, but some looked scared. Harry's heart started to beat quicker. He had no idea why everyone was so weird towards him, but it made him feel really uncomfortable, and he realized that it would be real tough to find friends this year.

Harry quickly entered his potion class and sat in the back seat. He thought that this way, he wouldn't feel everyone's eyes on his back. It felt really awkward for him to be there at the moment, and he honestly didn't know what to expect.

The other students arrived and sat down at the free tables. Livia and Draco sat on each side of Harry. The young boy smiled, feeling more comfortable, surrounded by the only real friends he had. Everyone started whispering around them. Harry looked around him. Livia was sending him a smile to die for. She didn't seem to give a damn about what people were saying around her. She just had this way to make you feel special, and pushing away all the bad vibrations around.

Harry smiled back shyly and turned on Draco's side. The boy had a mean expression on his face, but Harry knew it was always that way. Still, he started to wonder why Livia was friends with him. They were so different, and in Harry's opinion, Draco was plain mean. Harry didn't feel any glimpse of kindness in this guy.

Draco sent him a mischievous smile and raised his eyebrows. It always made Harry frown. He couldn't really understand Draco, hough he tried real hard.

A long black haired man entered the class, walking quickly until the front. Everyone stopped talking at the same time to stare at their new teacher.

"I will not accept stupid incantations and metamorphosis here. This is the potion class, and this art is to be done with a lot of precision. It takes talent, and effort." the man said.

He looked at all the students one by one. His eyes stopped on Draco who sent him a smile. Not a real smile. A Draco smile.

The man didn't glance and kept talking.

"I'm Severus Snape. We will work together this year." he added.

It mostly meant like a threat to Harry and he realized that he was so scared he even stopped breathing. As he took a big breath to fill his lungs, Snape turned to him and frowned.

"The boy who lived. A Slytherin. What a shame."

Harry felt his heart beat really quick in his chest. What did he mean, exactly? Was he not good enough to be a slytherin?

Snape turned his back to the students in a rough way.

After some reading, everyone started a potion they were supposed to try out. Harry turned at Livia's potion who turned a weird green color. He quickly looked in his book, making sure it had to be blue. Draco's concoction was even worse. For an unknown reason, it had became a flashy pink color. Harry's bowl was not working really good either. It was full of lumps, while it should be crystal clear. Harry sighed and rubbed his eyes. He really needed to improve quick.

"Time is over." Snape said, still no facial expression showing.

He started walking around the class, looking at everyone's potion, maintaining his hands in his back.

"Awful." He said to a boy Harry didn't know.

"Incompetent." he told an other one.

Harry started stressing and he cracked his knuckles.

He walked until Harry's table and stopped dead in his track.

He started at Harry's potion, and than looked in his eyes.

"We could think that with all the powers you got, you could actually do something as easy as this, Mister Potter."

Harry frowned, wondering what he meant by all this. He quickly switched of victim, and turned to Livia.

"Miss Cooper. I thought you were worth more than that."

Harry started fuming inside. How could he be so mean? It was everyone's first week. Did he really expect them to be that good? He wanted to hit him for being so mean to his new friend. He turned to Livia, who seemed to be as angry as ever. She didn't say a word though, but kept staring at their teacher.

That's when Harry realized this year would be long... real long.