Chapter Two: …Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days…

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The following day, Al woke up to Corpse shouting, "Move you lazy bastard! Do you want to be late on your first day of school?"

"What?" Al sat up and looked around in his morning haze. Lip and Robbie were leaving the dorm and Scorpius was standing on the frame of Al's bed. He checked his watch and realized he needed to move now if he wanted to eat anything. "SHIT!" Al was only eleven but he was taught very well by his uncles in the use of swear words. He rushed over to his trunk and put on the new robes with the Slytherin embellishment as Scorpius went over to face the mirror to check out his hair. "Why the hell didn't you guys wake me?"

"We tried, Al. You mumbled something like, 'Just a few minutes, mum,' and then went to back to sleep. Then when Lip came back from the bathroom you yelled, 'I'm up!' but then fell asleep again," Scorp said, smoothing back a stray hair. "It was kinda funny, really."

Al grimaced. He was not a morning person. That was basically how every morning used to be at home, too. He'd need to work on that if he planned on passing at Hogwarts. After a quick rush to the restroom to brush his teeth and whatnot, he ran up the stairs to the Great Hall for his first breakfast.

When he opened the door, he saw a lot of people turn and stare and even more of the whispering. He knit his eyebrows in confusion—what's the big deal?—and walked with Scorpius to the Slytherin table.

The first year Slytherin boys ate quickly, talking and laughing only occasionally when their mouths weren't full of food. The girls of their year gossiped and talked way too quickly, looking every now and then in disgust and the boys laughing open mouthed. Well, this didn't include Al. He didn't eat too much for breakfast (lunch and dinner, however, were a different story), so he didn't feel the need to start now. Plus he couldn't help but notice all the looks and whispers aimed at his direction when he sat and observed the hall over his toast and jam.

He looked over at Scorpius, on his left, smirking at something Lip had said and he realized why they were all staring. "How stupid could I be?" He thought. "I'm in Slytherin and I'm a Potter. How could I forget that?" Al realized he must have just been so happy he forgot that a Potter in Slytherin was not a normal thing.

Al paled a bit at that thought and looked over at Scorpius again. Scorp looked at him about to say something when he saw that his face was even paler than normal. He surveyed the hall and looked back with a sympathetic half smile. "They'll get over it," he whispered and took a bite of eggs. Al smiled in response and murmured a thank you. He didn't like that much attention on him. It made him even more nervous than before about his chances of failing.

Not too long after the other boys finished eating. "So, have we gotten are schedules?" Al asked shakily, his eyes not fully leaving the other tables.

"Uh, yeah…First thing is that Muggle Studies seminar," Robbie answered as the girls in their year and House moved closer.

Sapphire, who sat on Al's right, gave his hand a bit of a supportive squeeze and smiled at him.

"God, I'm glad I have only sisters," Skye exclaimed, "or else I would never get any food. Jeez, do all guys eat like that?"

The boys (including Al) looked at each other. "Yeah," They all said.

"Come on, Al, you didn't even eat anything, you can't join in," Skye said with a laugh. "Can you say anorexia?" She added with a laugh.

"Hey, hey, I'm not anorexic! I had toast and jam! It's just how I eat guys," Al replied in a mockingly defensive tone.

Scorpius put a hand on his back and said, "We'll watch him over these seven years, look for the warning signs."

Al gave a sarcastic "ha" when people started to leave the Great Hall. He checked his watch. "Oh crap, you guys, we have to start moving. Where's this Muggle Studies seminar?"

"Way to not look at the schedule, Al," Kristin said while laughing with the others.

The Potter boy made a confused look to which Hannah responded in her quiet way with, "Al, the seminar is in here. We wait for the others to leave."

Al made an "oh" look on his face. "Are all the houses in it?" He asked and Hannah shook her head.

"I still might be able to sit by Rose!" Al thought. He looked around at his new friends and sighed. Maybe Rose would sit with him and his friends. The redhead cleared his throat and said, "Hey, guys, I got to say hi to my cousins and brother…"

They said bye and let him go across the hall. Sapphire and Hannah reassured him before he left. Al walked over to the Ravenclaw table in the cover of students leaving the Great Hall. Astonishingly, he made it over to a spot over by Rose without being noticed by everyone. Rose was facing the other way talking about something to someone when Al sneaked behind her back.

"Hey Rose," Al whispered.

Rose jumped out of her chair in shock. "Oh my God, Al, do no do that!" she said through gritted teeth. But soon her unhappiness turned to glee in seeing her favorite cousin and Al was pulled into a hug.

"So, have you written home yet about the sorting?" Rose asked after general questions she always asked (she too picked on his eating habits).

Al hit his forehead. "UGH!" He moaned, "I completely forgot to do that! I felt like I forgot something."

"This wouldn't be just to avoid telling them, is it?" Rose asked with an attempt of raising one eyebrow. She took in Al's shrug and said, "Oh well, you can write them during the Muggle Studies seminar. You'll probably get exempt from it."

"Do you have it next, too?" Al asked hopefully.

"You overslept again, didn't you?" Rose asked knowingly. When Al nodded with a bit of a blush Rose said, "Sadly, I do not. I have it later in the day with Hufflepuff. Slytherin and Gryffindor have it together, though."

"UGH again! I hope we get something together!" Al whined.

"I believe we have potions together. I can't remember what else," Rose assured. She glanced at Al's watch. "Listen, Al, I got to get to class. I need to allow time to get to wherever my class is. But, hey, listen, do you want to eat lunch at the Gryffindor table with James and Fred?"

They agreed on a time and place to meet for lunch so they wouldn't awkwardly sit by themselves while waiting for the other. Rose left with a hug and a cry for Al to eat something else.

Al turned around to the Gryffindor table but saw James already leaving, laughing with someone in his year. He saw Al just in time to give him a wave, which Al sadly returned. "He's not avoiding me, is he?" he thought to himself. With nothing else to do, Al headed back to the Slytherin table until only the first-years in Slytherin and Gryffindor remained.

The Muggle Studies seminar was added to the core curriculum after the fall of Voldemort. It was thought that if all wizards were taught how Muggles were people, too, that the aforementioned wizards would be less likely to become the next Voldemort. Obviously, some students already knew enough about Muggles that there was no need to take the seminar. So to catch students just trying to get out of a class and let the ones who knew their Muggle information out, there was a twenty-five question pre-test on the subjects taught that term.

Albus and Scorpius sat next to each other as they took the test and they switched papers with each other after the test was over for grading. Scorpius knew nothing and resorted to just making a pretty pattern in the bubble sheet. Al laughed at his lack of trying during the grading, especially when a few were actually right.

"Now switch papers again," the teacher droned on, "and see what you got on the test and check to make sure you understand what you missed and why."

Al looked down on his paper in shock and amazement—he had only missed two. And they were multiple choice, meaning he got the short answer section right! He didn't really think all those times talking with Aunt Hermione and Rose about Muggles would really help him that much on the seminar.

"All the students who missed three or less, please come up to me with your tests," the professor said. Al, Sapphire, and a Gryffindor girl made their way to the front of the room.

"Okay, you three," she started after she made sure the tests were graded correctly, "You are exempt until Christmas break from this seminar. Every time this class meets, you must report to me. Then you are allowed to go out into the outside of the Great Hall, but you mustn't stray too far. And you must report back to me before class ends. Feel free to work on homework during this time. And please," she added, "Help your fellow classmates with their homework in this class." And with that, the three went outside with their bags while the professor started handing out the syllabus for the term.

As soon as the doors closed, Sapphire yelled, "Hellz yeah, one less class to take!" She raised her hand for Al to slap, then to the Gryffindor girl, and then that girl raised her hand to Al. "AWESOME!"

The Gryffindor girl and Al laughed at Sapphire's glee. When she finally calmed down, "Oh yeah, hi," Sapphire said offering her hand, "I'm Sapphire Turner."

"Hi, I'm Wednesday Adams," the Gryffindor said, returning her hand. "If you can think of a good nickname for that, feel free to call me that instead of a day of the week." She made a sour face as she lowered her hand.

"Trust me, I can relate," Al said, offering his own hand, "I'm Albus Severus Potter. Please, call me Al. It's simpler."

"Or Asp, he's our house's mascot," Sapphire added while she lowered herself to a sitting position on the floor.

"I'd prefer Al," Al said while he shook Wednesday's hand. They all laughed a bit and sat down where they stood in a circle.

"Okay, Albus might be a strange name, but my name is the same as a character from a TV show that became a movie. The show is about a strange family where they were like vampires and stuff. Everyone thought it was hilarious when I got my letter to here," Wednesday said as she gestured around herself.

"Okay, that's pretty funny," Al said with a laugh. Wednesday stuck out her tongue out but soon joined in with Al and Sapphire's laughter. "I actually don't mind my name but, well, I'm named after two people my dad considers the two bravest men to ever exist. That's no pressure at all."

"Yeah," Sapphire said after some giggles had subsided, "I'm named after my birthday stone, a beautiful stone! Does my mom expect me to be as beautiful as a sapphire?" After a bit she added, "...Okay, maybe I already reached that goal."

They all laughed, but Al and Wednesday didn't really think of it as a joke. Sapphire was beautiful. She had chestnut brown hair that was slightly wavy down half her back. Her eyes were as dark blue as her namesake's and they were framed in an almond shape, slightly larger than Al's, with thick, long eyelashes. Her nose was cute and small and her lips were shapely and almost the same shade as her cheeks.

Wednesday was beautiful, but she was basically Sapphire's complement. She had blond hair that was slightly curlier than Sapphire's and went just past her shoulders. Her eyes were dark green and large with long eyelashes. Her mouth was full on the bottom, but the top lip was full until halfway to the end of her mouth when they seemed to disappear, giving her a bit of a cartoonish look. Wednesday's nose was somewhat bigger than Sapphire's but it was just as cute.

Then Al thought of something. "Um, Wednesday," he started and the blond looked up in response, "Don't you have a twin brother in there? I mean, you guys have the same name, so I kinda assumed…"

"You know what they say what happens when you assume," she said with a smile, "You make an ass out of you and me." Wednesday laughed, "See, I'm "Muggle-born". Well, my dad was…not the best person…especially to my mum. I wasn't even two when my mum finally filed for divorce. My mom met Scott and fell in love. Scott's wife died and he was left with his son, Doug. Doug's dad and my mum were married when we were four. I hadn't been in school yet, so my mom decided to change my surname to Adams since she loved him so much and owed a lot to him. Plus…"

"She thought the TV show name would be cute, huh?" Sapphire interrupted.

"Yeah," Wednesday said with a laugh, "So, we grew up in a wizarding house, since Scott is a wizard, and I would stay with my French grandmother as to not forget my roots in heritage and magical abilities, but I accepted I wouldn't be able to do magic…"

"Except you could," Al supplied.

Wednesday nodded her head, "When I was eight, I wanted to watch my favorite movie, this American film called Heart and Souls. I've loved it since I was two." She smiled at the memory and continued, "But my mom wasn't going to let me since I had talked back to her earlier. She went to the kitchen to make dinner. I pouted and crossed my arms, and suddenly, the movie was on the TV screen at my favorite part, where they're walking down the streets singing "Walk Like a Man" by the Four Seasons.

"She yelled at me and I insisted that I didn't do anything, but she didn't believe me and she turned off the TV. Suddenly, it was back on screen again. At the same part! My mother was mad, but she was confused. It was on TV, so it shouldn't have been at the same part. She took my hand and went to the kitchen with me, telling me that I couldn't watch it. But it went on again, at the same exact part! My mum knew it wasn't me, and after a few moments she realized what it meant.

"Doug was at his aunt's house since he was going to a Quidditch game. Scott was on a business trip—he works for The Daily Prophet and was doing a report on an American potions master—so my mother called him. He Apparated back and they talked for a long time. I didn't realize what was going on, so I just sat and watched Heart and Souls with a cookie. Scott turned off the TV and I was mad that they kept on teasing me by starting and stopping it. I dropped my cookie and then got sad that I had dropped it…so I started crying." Wednesday blushed as Al and Sapphire gave a bit of a laugh.

"I wanted the cookie," she said as a solid explanation. "Anyways, I stopped crying and when my eyes cleared, I saw that there was one on my lap with the same teeth marks. I took a bite and my mom told me to stop since it had been on the floor, which I didn't believe, even if it was bitten in the same places. Scott said I must be a witch and I was so excited I dropped the cookie again. When it came back up, I didn't eat it this time since I realized it really was on the ground and I never ever ate off the floor." Wednesday finished with a laugh.

"Basically," Al said, trying to put things together, "Doug may have met some of your Muggle relatives, but he didn't know enough to get out of the seminar."

"Yes."

"And neither one of your birth parents are magical?" Al asked.

"Not one bit," Wednesday replied.

"So you being a witch is just a coincidence?"

"Yes, very coincidental," Wednesday said with a nod.

"Creepy."

"Yeah."

They looked over and Sapphire who started taking out her iPod. Soon, both Al and Wednesday followed suit.

"Hey, can I look at what you have?" Al asked. He thought one of the best ways to learn about a person was to see what they listened to the most. Wednesday agreed as long as she could look at his.

Al was looking through playlists of old bands like the Four Seasons and some musicals and movie soundtracks when Wednesday asked, "Woah, dude, why do you have four different versions of Sweeney Todd on your iPod?"

Al sighed, "It's a long story."

"I told you mine, now tell me yours," Wednesday said playfully. Sapphire looked up, pausing her music to hear what Al was about to tell.

"Okay…" and Al was warped back into a memory.

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Hey hey hey! I thought I would continue into the memory, but it's really long. If I put it in this chapter, it would go on for pages and disrupt the flow. The next chapter is being put up soon, though, so don't fret! R&R!!