Chapter Three: First Day Chaos

After breakfast the three girls walked, with a relatively unenthusiastic slump to their stride, to their History of Magic class. It was definitely the least favourite class amongst students. Professor Binns seemed to have a particular gift for boring his students into profound daydreams.

"Vic!" Victoire quickly spun around only to find two of her younger cousins standing before her, looking nervous and confused.

"Hey Rose! Hi Al!" and in a moment of realization she added, " I forgot to congratulate you guys on making Gryffindor!"

"Thanks. I don't know why I was worried. I always knew deep down I would be in Gryffindor, both mum and dad were. Plus, the Slytherins don't seem as bad as James and Uncle Ron say," Albus said, beaming up at his older cousin. Rose, who had blushed slightly at the mention of Slytherin, spoke in an attempt to change the subject.

"Er... we are kind of lost. Can you tell us where the Potions class room is?"

"It's in the dungeons," Victoire said. And when she saw that their confused expressions did not fade, she continued with directions to the dungeons. A look of relief was shown on their faces and she said, "You two are lucky. You have all of your older family members to help you find your way around. If you need help, you are welcome to ask me or any of the others. I might not trust Fred and James's answers though. When given the opportunity to prank someone, they will take it," Victoire comforted Albus and Rose as she knew very well what they were feeling. On her first day at Hogwarts, she felt a mix of emotions from pure excitement and amazement, to overwhelming confusion. As a look of confidence was evidently expressed on their faces, she said, "Well we have to head off to History of Magic now. I have to warn you, Professor Binns will put you to sleep. That class isn't near Potions, but I think Dominique has a class near the dungeons. If you need directions to your next class, just ask her. Good luck!" and with that, Victoire, Emma and Adalyn left for their first class of the year. "Oh and watch out for Peeves!" she called back at them. She didn't turn to face them, but she could only imagine that their expressions changed from clear confidence to complete bewilderment.

The morning seemed to drag on until the end of time. Victoire was immensely relieved when the lunch bell sounded throughout the castle.

"So where do you want to go?" Emma asked Victoire and Adalyn as they met up after class. The three decided against lunch as they were still full from breakfast and they arrive at the conclusion that they will spend their lunch hour by the lake.

"So Hogsmeade is in the first week of October, right? Can't wait! Even though it's a month away. Vic, you should buy Teddy a gift from there," Victoire was wide-eyed in awareness of the fact that she had a boyfriend. Teddy! With all of the first day commotion occurring at Hogwarts, she hadn't thought about Teddy since the previous evening. She rummaged through her bag and took out a quill and a piece of parchment.

"You're doing your homework now? But we have tons of time to finish it tonight," Adalyn said to Victoire in surprise. But Victoire shook her head and replied, "No, I'm writing a letter to Teddy," the ease of this statement established the fact that she was no longer upset over her detachment from her boyfriend.

Dear Teddy,

Hi Ted, how are you? It's only the afternoon of the first day and it's been pretty hectic. Rose and Al were pretty confused. They needed help finding their Potions class so I told them where it was. They are so lucky! They have me, Dom, Louis, Molly, Lucy, Fred and James (although I wouldn't trust those two) to help them out. And next year Roxy will have all of them (minus myself of course) and the following year Lily and Hugo will have them all. I didn't have any of this since I'm the oldest. Well I did have you. I'm always willing to help them out though. You probably already know, but Rose and Al made Gryffindor! Al and James probably already told you though. They really admire you, you know. Anyways, History of Magic was my first class and almost put me to sleep. Arithmancy, Divination and Herbology were not much better. I really miss you, Ted. I wish you could be here with me. We are getting so much homework this year and the classes are challenging. Well I guess that is all for now. Tell the family I send my love.

Love,

Victoire.

By the time she had finished her letter, lunch was almost over. Victoire bade farewell to her friends and headed up to the Owlery. She strongly hoped that Dominique or Louis didn't already use Xena to send a letter. There was nothing wrong with the school owls, she just preferred her own.

When she arrived, sure enough she saw her beautiful barn owl, Xena, perched on the highest windowsill and looked as though she was expecting a letter to deliver.

"There you go, Xena. Take this to Teddy Lupin please," Victoire said softly. The owl blinked to demonstrate that she had understood Victoire, then took off on her distant journey. Victoire gazed out the highest window of the highest floor in the Owlery. It was nowhere near the height of the castle; nevertheless, it towered over the grounds of Hogwarts. She looked in admiration at the exquisite scenery that was presented before her. She spent the majority of the past six years here, yet the true beauty of it never fails to impress her.

A bell echoed far in the distance. Victoire moaned at the thought of more excessively boring lectures, difficult class work and the additions to the profusion of homework she already had. This was going to be one long, busy and demanding year ahead of her. However, on the bright side it might take her mind off of the absence of Teddy.