Chapter 7: Back to school

You were really looking forward the end of the sorting as you were very hungry.

Unlike the others, you missed the food trolley on the train, so by the time you were all in the Great Hall your stomach grumbled so loudly, it made others turn around and stare at you.

You quickly found a seat at the Gryffindor table between Harry and Neville, then waited for the usual ceremony to begin.

Finally, after the last 1st year, Emma Wavery, was sorted into Hufflepuff, loads of food appeared on the tables.

Though you were famished, you talked just as much as you ate, the news of Snape finally getting his dream job as The Defense Against the Darks Arts teacher giving you enough to discuss for a week.

After finishing your meal, you waved goodbye to Hermione and Ron who had to take care of their prefect duties and went up to the Gryffindor tower with Harry.

He was still feeling pretty down because of the death of Sirius. You tried your best to help him deal with the loss. Even during the summer you kept in touch quite frequently, writing letters every few days or so and even meeting a few times.

By using shortcuts to get to the Common Room you got past the Fat Lady definitely faster than the others.

You talked for a while in the comfy armchairs in front of the fireplace, then went to sleep with Hermione with whom you shared a dormitory.

-----------------------------

Next day, during breakfast, Professor McGonagall gave out your timetables.

You were a good student, though not as good as Herms, you had great brains. You achieved 10 OWL's and several of them were O's.

Secretly, you wanted to work in the Ministry at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, where you could fight for a better treatment of muggleborn witches and wizards.

Although, the Ministry pretended it was not the case anymore, prejudice against muggleborns was still strong, especially among pureblood families.

You were disgusted by the news you heard from your father, how wizarding courts decided in favor of purebloods in several cases.

However, the problem was that your family was on You-Know-Who's side.

We all know what opinion He-Who-Must-Not–Be-Named held for the "mudbloods".

It would have made quite a big fuss, if you'd told your parents you wanted to dedicate your life trying to eliminate the prejudice about one's blood status.

You were just wondering about how much easier life would be without Voldemort when Hermione exclaimed happily:

"That's great, Lil! We almost have every class together."

"Yeah, great." You answered still in thoughts.

Blaise soon came around too.

"Hey, love! What's up?"

"Hi Blaise! Nothing much. What's your timetable like?"

You compared the two and learned that you will have Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts together.

You finished your breakfast with him. After the bell rang he kissed you a last time, then set off for his Transfiguration class with the other Slytherins.

Your first lesson was Charms which you were pretty good at. You always liked the tiny Prof. Flitwick, who seemed to have a very gentle nature.

The lesson's task was to conjure a jet of clear water from the caster's wand. You burst out laughing, when Ron, instead of doing so, blew up the professor's desk.

However, it was not only Ron struggling with the new difficult spell. Harry laughed along you, but he couldn't master it either.

Hermione and you however got it right after some time.

"Very good Miss Granger, Miss Sparks! Thirty points to Gryffindor!"

You met up with Blaise during lunch break.

"It's only our first day and I have to write an incredibly long essay on the Aguamenti Charm!" You told Blaise gloomily.

"It's the same for us too. But hey, we've got free periods when we can concentrate on just each other." He gave you a knowing smile.

You were sure most of those breaks will be needed to finish the enormous amount of homework you'll be given, but you didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm.

Next, you had DADA with the Slytherins, so you went to class together. You met the others in front of the classroom.

"I wonder what Snape will be like." You thought out aloud.

"I'm sure he'll be worse than ever." Ron said with a disgusted face.

He was right. Now you had no doubts why Dumbledore didn't want to give him the post in the first place. Snape was fascinated with the Dark Arts. He also humiliated Hermione in front of everyone making you really want to try a nice little hex on him.

But it was only the beginning of the lesson. While rearranging the classroom to have more room for practise Snape took away 10 points from Gryffindor just because Neville held his wand higher than he should have.

The Slytherins had a fantastic time enjoying the humiliation of the Gryffindors. Especially Malfoy seemed to have the time of his life.

You were practising non-verbal spells on each other in pairs. Your partner was Hermione and you two were doing brilliantly. After half an hour you could both use some spells without saying them aloud.

Any other teacher would have given housepoints for this but not Snape. He just merely nodded his face in your direction. Then suddenly when you were just about to cast a fire spell at Hermione, someone pushed you, which resulted in you missing her but instead hitting Snape!

His black cloak immediately caught on fire. Of course he thought it was on purpose and you got detention for Friday.

When turned to see who did this to you, you caught Malfoy imitating the incident to his fellows. You couldn't have been more furious but you tried to control your anger not wishing to get more detentions.

In the Common Room however, you burst out.

"But the worst thing is that's the date of the Quidditch try-outs!"

"Lil, you know you are a permanent spot on the team, don't you?" Harry told you.

"Still, there might be someone much better than me. Maybe I totally forgot how to play during the summer."

"I can't imagine that to happen. You're a great player."

"Moreover, this is your first year as a captain, Harry! And I wanted to see who the new players will be."

"Perhaps, you could try to convince Snape about postponing the detention. Maybe he'll agree..."

"I doubt it, but I'll try. Nothing to lose..."

You took his advice and asked Snape about the postponement but it was pointless. He just became more delighted and told you that this way you'll remember more not to attack teachers.

He didn't believe you telling him the whole thing was an accident.

You couldn't make out why Malfoy did this to you either. You were sure he had some plans you were involved in.

------------------------

It was Thursday evening; you were sitting with Blaise in the library doing some research together.

"Lil, have you heard that Draco got detention too?"

"What?! Really? That's good news. I mean I know he's your friend and all but it's he's fault I got detention."

"Yeah, I know. And guess what happened."

"Hmm. Did he sneak out after curfew?"

"Nope. McGonagall caught him making out with Pansy right in front of the office of Dumbledore. She was furious with them; they caught her in a very bad mood. Both got detentions. For Friday, at the same time as you."

"But how comes that we have it at the same time?"

"Snape tried to save their skins, but McGonagall was unbending. The only thing he could do was to ask her if he could give them punishment as their Head of House."

"And she agreed."

"Yep. She had more than enough problems. "

"So now I can spend my detention with them. Just the way I imagined."

"It's just one afternoon. Then there's the whole weekend to us." He winked at you.

--------------------------------

Thank you for all the favs and reviews!:) I really appreciate them.