(An: Reviews would be appreciated. And I forgot to add while it won't ever come to anything there will later be incestuous overtones in one pair of relationships that I will try to portray realistically and tastefully. And I'm also not gonna right in accents or change the words depending on the accent.)

Chapter 3: Wow, First Day Back (Germany/Italy, Nagisa/Rei)

The students were all in their first classes of the day. The energy from yesterday had seemed to mostly drain away and now the reality set in: The students actually had to go through school.

The second year Ravenclaw's and Gryffindor's were having Charms together with Professor Hoenheim. He was a strange old man, who would often drift off while talking and could be seen talking to himself in the classrooms and hallways. The two Houses had intermixed, the students seeking out their friends for their partners.

Nagisa Hazuka was sat beside (or in the same seat) as his friend, Rei Ryugazaki. The Ravenclaw was trying to focus on the lesson about the "Lumos", a very useful yet simple light casting spell. His shorter honey haired friend was nearly hanging over his shoulder, paying less attention to Hoenheim's words and instead focusing on the notes of his partner.

Hoenheim left the students to test out their new lesson. Rei was muttering to himself every time before he actually cast the spell.

Silly Rei-chan, Nagisa thought, a small smile on his face, you can't calculate magic.

It was common knowledge that Rei was a Muggle-born, and a very smart one at that. While many found his habit of saying angles and formula's before he cats a spell was strange, it worked well enough for him. He wasn't the best at it but slowly getting better.

Nagisa was a half-blood himself but had always been around magic. Which more often than not would end up with disastrous results if he were left alone too long.

"Nagisa, you have to try out the spell!" Rei whisper-shouted at him while shrugging Nagisa off his shoulder. When Nagisa didn't let go of his arm (he was practically wrapped around it), Rei gave up. "Fine, you don't have to let go of me but at least get out your wand!"

Nagisa chuckled at his friend's words; the smirk on his face and the look in his eyes enough to make the taller Ravenclaw realized what he had said.

His face got bright red and threw his hands in his head, spell practice forgotten. Nagisa got out his own wand and started to practice the spell of the day. He squealed with delight when from the end of his wand appeared a glowing, silvery-white orb. He threw his arms around the still red-faced Rei and rubbed the side of his head the blue-haired boys arm.

While this was happening, another pair of friends was partnered up for the practice. Ludwig was staring at his Italian, Ravenclaw friend. He still didn't quite understand how Feliciano was in Ravenclaw. Must be one of those strange types of Ravenclaw's, like that blonde American girl. I'm still suspicious of her.

Feli wasn't even pretending to try out the spell, unlike the studious and hardworking German he was always following around.

"Ve, Ludwig look, I can use sparks and make a kitty! Look Ludwig, look!" The small redhead was using his wand to make yellow sparks that he was waving around making what Ludwig had to admit was a very nice cat.

Ludwig turned back to his wand and tried out the new spell. "Lumos." He said, his voice steady. The end of his wand lit up bright enough to light up the darkest of caverns. The sight gave him a strange, alien feeling. Is this heartwarming to me?

Feliciano had stopped making the spar cat and had seen Ludwig light up his desk area with a small smile on his face. "Oh yeah, you did it! I'm so happy!" He yelled and hugged the Gryffindor, who tensed up before relaxing into the Ravenclaw's embrace.

"Thank you Feli." He murmured.

The next two classes went by smoothly and before the students knew it, it was time for lunch. While the students were technically supposed to stay at their House table, the teachers never enforced the rule, perfectly content to let the kids sit with their friends.

At the Hufflepuff table Rei and Nagisa sat with their friends from the unofficial "Magic Club" they had created. The others with them were Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana and Gou Matsuoka.

"Haru, aren't you going to eat?" Gou asked, looking at Haru's empty and completely clean plate.

"Not hungry." He answered, saying it deadpan and emotionlessly.

"You still have to eat though, Haru" Makoto said to him, his voice reminiscent of a concerned mother or wife. " You'll just get hungry later."

"Speaking of later", Nagisa cut in, " Are we meeting up today after classes?"

"Cant, sorry" Makoto told him, while tilting his head. " Me and Haru have Astronomy tonight."

"But Mako-chan, that's tonight!"

"Nagisa, we have to rest beforehand!" The taller boy retorted.

"Ugh!"

Makoto took Haruka's plate and placed tiny portions of different foods onto it. "Here", he chuckled, " At least eat some?"

Haruka looked up at the brunette and sighed. "Fine."

At the Slytherin table sat another group of five fifth year friends. Lily Aldrin was sat close to her boyfriend-slash-practically-husband Marshall. The two, who were listening to Barney (the boy, not the dinosaur) tell a story about some wild adventure he had over the summer, were seen as quite an odd pair. Marshall was the epitome of Hufflepuff, while Lily was perfectly fit for her Slytherin status. Across form the sat Robin, the ever-prideful Gryffindor and Ted, a pretentious yet still their friend Ravenclaw. They had dated a while but were now broken up. Despite the odds and unlikeliness of it, they managed to be great as friends despite the former romance.

"…And so finally, I get the ball back, the gnomes are still in the tree and my brooms been snapped in half! Crazy, am I right?" The blond boy finished his story with a dramatic, flourished wave of his hands.

The others of the group leaned in, waiting to hear the tales resolution. Silence fell over the table and the atmosphere started to get awkward. Robin looked around at the others and then back at Barney before asking:

"And then?" Her eyes were wide and her voice teemed with curiosity.

Barney frowned before saying "That's it. Story ends. But wasn't it legen-wait for it- dary! Legendary!" He once again waved his hands around as he talked.

"Okay then Barney."

"So, who wants to see some epic magic tricks?"

AN: the chapters from here on out will be shorter and more focused on one group or set or pair or whatever of characters. Feel free to constructively criticize or ask questions, the latter I will respond to in these author notes. And thanks for reading!