Hey everybody, I'm back with a new chapter. I'm so sorry for the delay, I've had a lot of things going on in my life recently and I have major writer's block for it. I've had to keep pushing myself to come up with things so I could get you guys the next chapter. I'm so sorry if there are mistakes or something doesn't make sense. I'll try to answer any questions you guys have. Thank you guys so much for the favorites, follows and reviews, they were the things that kept pushing me to write this chapter.

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For the rest of the class, I focused on nothing but making the potion as perfect as possible. I kept as quiet as possible, not wanting to upset my partner or draw attention to myself. My partner was actually pretty nice. He didn't raise his voice at me or get angry if I didn't answer any of his questions, he just shrugged it off and kept working on the potion. Even when we were sitting back and letting the potion brew, he didn't ask any questions.

By the end of the class Professor Snape had criticized most of the class' potions, but everyone had been successful in brewing the potion. As everyone started packing their bags, getting ready to head to their next class, the professor spoke.

"Mr. Malfoy, don't forget that I want to speak with you after class." I lowered my head, nodding in acknowledgement. I had been able to forget about it while I was brewing the potion, but now it was coming back full force.

As the other students left, I waited patiently in my seat. When the last student left, Professor Snape asked me to come forward. I shrank in on myself as I made my way to his desk, trying to avoid making eye contact.

When I reached him I came to a stop, keeping my eyes cast downwards like I was taught.

"Mr. Malfoy." He said harshly, I stayed silent, not making a single move. "Daniel." My eyes shot up, surprised as he said my name softer. I hadn't heard my own name in a long time, nobody besides the hat had called me by my first name. Master refused to acknowledge that I even had one, as did all the other wizards who came to the Master's house.

"The organization your master and I are in has ordered me to keep an eye on you while you're here. They don't believe you'll remain under their control while you're here. So I'm here to make sure you remember just who you are, and who you answer to." I lowered my gaze hearing that, this man worked for my Master and just wanted to make sure I stayed loyal, figures one of my teachers would be working for him.

"However," My head shot up at that, what more could there be? "I don't agree with that. I know what you are Daniel, and what you are capable of. You are a powerful being, and if the Dark Lord were to be resurrected and have control of your power, the world would be doomed. You must not ever fall into his hands, you must learn to protect yourself, and think for yourself."

"You won't have to worry about me punishing you or reporting you to your master. You can come to me if you have any problems or questions, and you'll have nothing to fear from me. I will be here to support you if you ever need anything, so don't be afraid to come to me." I looked at him and saw a sort of softness in his gaze. "I need to remind you, that there are students here who's family also work for the organization, so I must treat you as is expected of me when others are around. Any other time, you can come to me, understand?" I nodded, stunned by what he was saying.

"Now, off to class with you, I believe you should have Herbology next. It should take place in the greenhouses outside the castle. I trust you can find it on your own?"

I nodded again, replying with "Thank you Professor, I-I'll come if I need anything." With that I went invisible and intangible, not wanting to risk getting lost in such a huge place. I walked through several walls and classes before I was able to make it outside.

I quickly became visible again and walked around the castle, looking for the greenhouses. Thankfully I was able to catch a glimpse of some of my Housemates turning a corner. I ran to catch up with them and entered the greenhouse right behind them.

The Herbology teacher turned out to be our Head of House. She was small, stout, and seemed quite nice. For our first lesson she instructed us on how to trim and water a relatively safe plant in the greenhouse. The only danger with it was that if it was clipped the wrong way, it released a gas that paralyzed the person in front of it for up to 5 hours. She demonstrated how to safely trim it in front of the entire class and then set us in groups of 4 to take care of it.

I was put in the same group as my Potions partner and I began to work carefully. I had no experience with plants before, so I was a little worried about messing up. Most of the students were quiet for the entirety of class, too busy concentrating to talk.

The end of class thankfully came without any incidents. Most of the students were too nervous to actually get a lot progress done though, so that may have been one of the reasons. Professor Sprout, which I had heard other students call her, let us out while our luck was still high and the casualties low. As we walked out of the greenhouse I could hear some of my housemates talking excitedly about the other classes we were going to attend. From what they were saying, it sounded like we had Charms next, followed by lunch, then History of Magic.

It seemed like none of the others had any idea where either classes were. So our only other options were wandering around or asking for directions. The only reason they seemed to know where the past two were was because they had gotten help from their older Housemates to the dungeon and the greenhouses were kind of obvious.

I split from the rest of the group, there was no point following them if they didn't know where they were going. I had no idea where anything was, but I didn't want to risk ask anyone for help, especially somebody that could be working for my master. I sighed as I kept walking, I just hoped I wasn't late or that the teacher wouldn't be upset if I was.

While I was walking, I failed to pay attention and bumped into the back of someone. I gasped and they let out a small squeak.

"I'm sorry."

"Sorry." We both seemed to say at the same time. The kid I walked into turned around and I recognized my Potions partner. Great, I had just run into the one person who was a tiny bit nice to me, but why had he apologized? I had run into him, he should be upset, not apologizing.

He pushed his glasses up as they seemed to have slipped down a bit. I glanced up and caught a good look at him. His hair was short and strawberry blond that was slightly wavy, one strand rebelliously stuck out from the rest, a curl at the end. His eyes were violet and were hidden behind a pair of glasses with a silver frame.

The boy's eyes averted away from mine, looking towards the ground. I was a bit stunned at that, nobody averted their gaze from mine, it was always the other way around.

"I'm sorry, I should have watched where I was going." I told him, not wanting him to tell my master if he was working with him and the others. When he didn't say anything I started to get nervous, had I really upset him? When he spoke up I was a bit surprised.

"It's okay, I'm used to it by now. No one really pays attention to me so it happens all the time." The boy responded, a sad smile on his face. "You're my Potions partner right?" I nodded, surprised he remembered. "I never asked for your name, I'm Matthew Williams." The boy, Matthew, offered his hand.

"I-I'm Daniel Malfoy." I responded shakily, unsure if it was okay for me to be telling others my name. I cautiously grabbed his hand and he shook it a few times before letting it go.

"Nice to meet you Daniel, now I have to try to find our next class." Matthew started walking down the halls and I followed, a few feet behind. Neither of us knew where our class was, but I didn't want to be caught out of class alone.

Although it seemed like we were walking in circles eventually we were able to find our class. Thankfully we weren't the last ones, there seemed to be quite a few empty seats. I took a seat in the far back of the class and was surprised when Matthew took the seat to my left.

I shook it off and pulled my Charms book out and started reading through it again, this was another class I was excited for. In fact, I was excited for all of my classes, especially Astronomy, I wanted to learn as much as I could.

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Again, I'm so sorry guys. I know it's short, but this was all I could come up with and I thought this was a fine ending point. If Snape seems OOC, I apologize, but this was what I've had planned from the beginning of the story and fits in with later plot.

Matthew Williams is not actually a character I own or an OC. He does belong to another fandom and I decided to borrow him for my story. Anyone who knows which fandom he's from gets a cookie and a secret prize. I needed a character who's soft spoken, gentle, and caring and he was perfect, so you will be seeing a lot more of him through the story.

Anyways, that's it for now, sorry for it being so short. Love it, hate it, just review it. Buh-bye!

Edit: Fixed two typos that were bugging me and changed Matthew's appearance to a more popular version.