Chapter 3

I was woken up by the sound of Maddy yanking open my curtains, and yelling at me to get up and I realized that today was the first day of lessons, and the fact that there were 20 minutes before the first bell, shoot. I quickly jumped out of bed and grabbed my clothes and raced into the bathroom where I showered and changed and tied my hair into high ponytail -and since Jane, Taylor, and Santana had already left- ran out of the common room and down the many stairs and into the great hall where everyone was eating and the Heads of the Houses were handing out our timetables. I got there just in time to get my schedule from Professor Flitwick.

Ravenclaw First Years

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY

Breakfast

1- Potions; Hufflepuff

2- Potions; Hufflepuff

3- Transfiguration; Gryffindor

Lunch

4-History of magic; Gryffindor

5-Herbology; Slytherin

6-Charms; Slytherin

Dinner

7- Astronomy; All first years, in all houses on Mondays only on Wednesday no class, on Friday flying lessons

TUESDAY, THURSDAY

Breakfast

1- DADA; Hufflepuff

2- Potions; Hufflepuff

3- Transfiguration; Gryffindor

Lunch

4- History of Magic; Gryffindor

5- Herbology; Slytherin

6- Charms; Slytherin

Dinner

7- None; All First Years

End of Classes

"Wow, this year we have two classes with each of the other houses," I told Maddy.

"At least we don't have Potions with the Slytherin. Ugh, I heard potions was hard, and we have double potions today! That's horrific, especially since it is Slughorn. Have you heard about the Slug Club," She asked stuffing some toast in her mouth.

"Yeah, Dad said that when he went to Hogwarts he and Mum were in the Slug Club and Dad was in it because he was, you know…" I trailed off.

"The Chosen One." Maddy finished for me.

"Yeah, and my Mum was in the Slug Club to, apparently Professor Slughorn saw her perform her famous Bat-Bogey Hex on a Slytherin on the train and he invited her. Also, Aunt Hermione was invited because of her skill level in potions. I think you'll be invited since your father is The Percy Jackson! Even though I know nothing about him!" I said

"Maybe, but what about you! Your father is Harry Potter! The savior of the wizarding world! Plus, both your brothers and all your cousins that are already in Hogwarts are already in the Slug Club," she replied.

"I don't really want to be in the Slug Club though," I said.

"Neither do I, I mean seriously who would?" She replied.

"Yeah... Slughorn is kind of weird," I said.

"Anyway we should get going to class Slughorn's already left," She said while scanning the room. So we finished up our breakfasts and packed up our things and headed down to potions. Even though the great hall was still packed with people, I knew we would get lost, after all, it was our first day.

Once we arrived, after many wrong turns, wrong staircases, and directions, we finally made it to potions with a few minutes to spare before the bell rang starting class. Professor Slughorn being as old as he was didn't hear the bell and continues to read his book about potions ingredients. About half the student just stared at him, until a Hufflepuff said his name. That caught his attention, and he started to take role.

"Abbott"

"Here"

"Bower"

"Here"...

"Smith"

-Silence-

"Smith?"

-Bang- The door slammed open revealing Jane herself rushing in with a scowl on her face and something spilled down her front. She slammed her stuff across from me and onto the table, shaking the table and sending some potion vials crashing to the floor.

"Miss…"

"Smith"

"Miss Smith you are late."

"Yeah, no kidding," she muttered under her breath.

"Why were you late may I ask?"

"Some stupid bloody Slytherin spilled their bloody oatmeal on me, so I went to the common room to change but I couldn't figure out the riddle so I had to find my way down here to get to class and I ran into Peeves who was no help, the Bloody Baron who was also no help and Ms. Norris who then brought Filch and now I have a bloody detention," she rambled for about 2.315 minutes.

"Okay Miss. Smith have a seat next to Mr. Bower. Potter... Well, I'll be. It's the youngest Potter. Welcome Miss Potter."

"Here, and thanks!" He's never had to say Miss. Potter before, it has always been Mister, besides Mum, but she's Mrs. Potter ha ha...

As Professor Slughorn continued down the list I glanced over to Jane. Her hair was a mess and she looked kind of distressed. I turned to the front of the room where Slughorn was finishing up attendance.

"Weasley, Mister Weasley? Who are your parents?"

"Err… Ron and Hermione Weasley sir."

"Oh! I remember Hermione. What a bright young which she was too. Very talented at potions, she was even part of my Slug Club!" he said with a joyous smile on his face.

"Err, Professor what about the lesson?"

"Um... Open your copy of Magical Drafts and Potions to page 5 and brew it. Any extra ingredients are in the back cabinets, now start." I looked around my table. Jane, Sally Bower, Maddy, and I, hm... I opened my book to page 5, Cure for Boils.

"Do one of you guys want to go get the ingredients for the cure for boils?" I asked.

"What do we need?" Sally asked.

"Uh... Dried nettles, snake fangs, horned slugs porcupine quills, Pungous Onions, Flobberworm Mucus, Ginger root, and Shrake spines" Maddy answered. Janey grabbed Sally's textbook and her arm and called over her shoulder,

"Sally and I will get the ingredients and you two start the potion."

"Okey dokey"

"Maddy, so you want to grab a cauldron and I'll start the fire." Maddy ran over to the shelf and I checked the initial temperature the stove should be turned to and lit the fire and adjusted the temperature to 350°Celsius. Maddy came over to the work bench and placed the cauldron into the fire and handed me a beaker of water and I poured the water into the cauldron and waited for the water to reach a boil as it said in the textbook. I saw a black thing swish next to me, then BANG, of course, was the potion book, I turned to see who threw it towards me. It was Hugo trying to get my attention.

"What do you want Hugo?"

"Where do you get the ingredients?"

"Ask your tablemates."

"I already did none of them know either."

"Well, they're a smart group."

"Actually, they are mostly from your house..."

"Ugh fine they're in the cabinet in the back, you know where everybody else is and where he just told us they were."

"Thanks Lil's you're the best."

"Uh huh... Sure" Hugo isn't the smartest in our family, he gets that from his dad. Rose got all the smarts I think... Jane then returned with the rest of the ingredients and we started the potion.

"So Janey, is witch life different from muggle life?"

"Why would you care, what's it to you? Besides we have to make the potion and I want a good mark."

"Well, my aunt was muggle-born, and my dad was raised by muggles, so I know a lot about muggles, which is part of the reason why I'm not going to take muggle studies."

"The why are you asking me is witch life is different than muggle life?"

"Because, that's the part I don't know, how does life change during transition between the two works?"

"Why can't you just ask you dad or aunt?"

"Because, for one, they are a lot older, and my dad's aunt and uncle were horrible to him, and he is quite famous. Also I can't ask my aunt because she read so many books about wizardry before she met real live wizards and witches."

"Ugh, if it means that much to you then ask me later, otherwise stop trying to make small talk with me and work on the potion."

"Well, the potion is almost done."

"Then I'll get a vial and a stopper and we can bottle this up and be done," Jane went over to Prof. Slughorn to ask where the vial and stopper were, and then went over to another cabinet and opened it to grab a vial and stopper and walk back to our workbench and unstopped the vial and set it on the table while Maddy turned down the heat and stirred it some more until it turned a blue-ish color. Sally then called over Prof. Slughorn to assess our cure for boils.

"Well done ladies, full credit. Alright class, tomorrow we will be taking notes on Antidotes for common poisons and on Wednesday we will be brewing the forgetfulness potion."

RING RING RING! The bell rang signaling the end of class. Now it's on to Transfiguration. We get to see Louis and find out who took over McGonagall's job.

When Maddy and I entered the Transfiguration classroom there was a young witch, probably around the age of 35 at the front of the classroom wand in hand looking at the students?

"Welcome class my name is Professor Wallis and I will be your Transfiguration teacher," she said as she pointed her wand towards the board, where her name appeared. "Today we will start learning the Transfiguration alphabet."

The class snickered. "Didn't we learn the alphabet when we were, like, five?" A Gryffindor boy shouted out.

"If you learned the alphabet when you were five, then tell me what this means, Mr..."

"Finnigan, Danny Finnigan."

"My idiot twin," Santana whispered to me. I tried to stifle a laugh because I've known the two of them for a while and know that they have their differences.

"Does your father happen to be Seamus Finnigan?"

"The one and only. My sister Santana is right over there." Santana glared at her brother.

"Congratulations Mr. Finnigan, I'm sure your family is very proud, but I assure you that your family will be even prouder of you if you don't speak out in class."

"They are probably proud that at least one of us is going to graduate with good marks and get a decent job." Santana muttered under her breath.

"Alright class please fill in these worksheets of the Transfiguration alphabet since you learned the alphabet when you were five and when you are done please turn in your papers on my desk. If they aren't completed in class, they are homework." She said while she passed out pieces of parchment, then sat down at her desk. Thanks a lot Danny. Santana and I both gave him the death stare, and started to work on the dreaded worksheet.

"Do any of you know any of the alphabet, because some of us are muggleborn?"

"Yes, but I think we should ask the Professor if she can give a small lesson to the muggleborn."

"Professor?"

"Yes Miss..."

"Jackson, Maddy Jackson. I am a half-blood and my parents didn't teach me anything about the magical world, and also the muggleborn didn't know anything either, so could you possibly give a small lesson to those who don't know the transfiguration alphabet?"

"10 points to Ravenclaw."

"But, I said I didn't know the transfiguration alphabet which is the main point of this worksheet."

"Yes, I was waiting to see if any of you would be brave enough to ask for help. Here at Hogwarts, help is always given to those who ask for it." She began writing the transfiguration alphabet.

"Alright class, I'll give you a moment to jot down the alphabet. You'll be needing it, and there will be a quiz on memorizing it. So … write it down."Prof, Wallis finished writing the transfiguration alphabet and reached for her glasses to clean against her robes. Once she decided that her glasses were clean to her liking, she placed them back onto her face and looked over her class with a calming expression.

"Now, I'm sure you all have heard this before, transfiguration is a more … 'scientific' medium," she said, giving a wave of her hand as she spoke, "you will have to make sure you're doing the spell correctly—any wrong move and there could be a problem. But I'm sure all of you will do just fine on your exams with hard work and practice."

Her dark eyes flickered over the classroom as she clasped her hands together.

"Everyone have the alphabet down? "There were a chorus of yes's and no's

"Well hop to it," As she said that, her parchment turned into a frog. The class laughed. Santana raised her hand. "Yes, ?"

"When will we learn how to turn objects into animals?"

"Not until 3rd year." Prof. Wallis said as she walked back to her desk and began to write on some parchment. I turned to the board and continued to copy the transfiguration alphabet onto my worksheet.

"Psst. Maddy, I didn't know you were a half-blood"

"It's complicated, I'll tell you at lunch, where nobody can hear us."

"Okay," Maddy has a secret. Well everyone was secrets including me.

A/N: Hello everybody, this is a pretty long chapter, with a little about Lily's dorm mates. What is Maddy's secret? What are Lily's secret? We will find out Maddy's in the next chapter. If you have any suggestions for following chapters, let us know in your reviews. Oh, and a HUGE thanks to HPforever276, who, without, this chapter wouldn't exist.

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