Rose felt someone shaking her. Whaa-she wondered groggily. Something orange was flying around wildly. Oh no, wait. That was Laira and the orange blob was her hair. She was going to Rose, Sam and Star yelling something suspiciously like, "Guys, wake up. We have classes!"

One by one, Rose then Sam then Star sat up, all with confused expressions. Star muttered, "Let me go back to sleep." Laira looked at them all fiercely and whacked them all in the head.

"We have classes! You guys have to wake up on your own!" Laira's words jolted them all semi-awake. How late they had actually gone to sleep finally hit Rose then. She was so tired, all she wanted to do was curl back in bed. Her warm comfy bed…

Only Laira looked super awake. She looked at the other three disapprovingly then her eyes softened. She brought out three little vials of green potion.

"My dad thought we'd probably stay up late and forget we had classes the next day. He was always pretty good in divination but he insists it's all common sense," Laira informed them matter-of-factly. "Point is, he foresaw this and made me four vials of Wideye or Awakening Potion. Just drink up, you'll be bouncing around in seconds."

The three girls were each handed a vial and they drank up as they were told. Laira was right; Rose was already a bit more awake. She felt a jolt of electricity run through her then warmth spread all over her body. The potion seemed to have just, sort of, erased her sleepiness. Rose glanced at Star and Sam and was surprised when she saw that they actually looked alive again.

"That thing works miracles," Sam sighed out, relieved. Rose nodded her agreement. The girls all changed and got ready quickly, except for Laira who was already done and just sat on her bed waiting for them. She had, of course, picked the top bunk as the bottom was too boring or something like that.

In record time, the girls were out of their dorm and hurrying towards the Great Hall. Even as she was hurrying by everything, the Ravenclaw common room and Hogwarts still looked like Heaven to her. They finally made it to their table to eat and Rose felt like she needed another potion from all those stairs.

They began to eat when Rachel spotted them. Rachel never understood why the houses were so separated and picked up her stuff. She plopped down in the seat next to Rose, promptly starting to eat. Laira and Sam looked at her weirdly for a second then shrugged it off. Star didn't even seem to notice, she was so captivated in the schedules they just got. Rachel just ate her bacon and motioned at Albus to come over. Albus had already started to miss his two best friends and joined them.

From the Slytherin table, Scorpius noticed them eating together and laughing. He'd much rather be with them then the guy he was sitting with now. Scorpius wasn't quite sure what kind of person this boy was, he just knew that they were roommates. Nico, well, Scorpius thought that was his name anyways, was going on about some holiday to Canada when Scorpius cut him off mid-sentence.

"Nico?Erm, sorry but do you mind if I go sit at the Ravenclaw table? I'll catch you another day," Scorpius excused himself, already out of his seat.

"Yeah, that's fine!" Nico called after him and turned to the Slytherin on his other side. He resumed his story to the bewildered housemate.

"Hey," smiled and welcomed Rose as Scorpius approached.

"Mind if I join?" asked a strangely nervous Scorpius and he indicated the seat opposite of Rose. He guessed he was nervous because he made friends and wanted to keep them even if he was Slytherin.

"Of course!" Rose gladly took a seat.

"How do you guys like your houses?" Scorpius added a bit worried, "It sucks that we're all in different houses but we'll still hang out, right?"

"Obviously!" came from an indignant Rachel. "I don't see what's with the house separations. We're all human and magic, aren't we?" Albus rolled his eyes.

"Don't get her started," Albus huffed. "I, for one, love my house. They're brave and chivalrous. My roommates are great but I wanted to eat with you guys since I'll see them in classes and in the common room."

"I love my house too!" Rose told them animatedly. "The common room is beautiful and I met some great people!" She gestured to Laira, Sam and Star. Laira gave them a huge smile and Sam waved. Star seemed too fascinated with her food to notice Rose talking about her.

"Oh yeah, people and my house are amazing," admitted Rachel. "It'd be so much better to be as one but if it must be this way… I'm happy where I am."

"That's great," Scorpius said sincerely. He looked around quickly, "Umm, one of my roommates are alright. I didn't really get to meet my other two, we were all pretty tired and went to bed early. That's him though, Nico," Scorpius pointed at Nico back at the Slytherin table. The boy was scrawny with jet black hair falling in his face and a pointed nose. Nico had hazel eyes and a large mouth.

"He might not look like much," Scorpius added, "but he's really nice. He's pretty talkative too."

Rose opened her mouth to reply but Laira cut her off before she had a chance to start.

"Shoot guys! We didn't wake up early enough and we ate too long! We have to get to class and quickly!" Laira sounded spookily like a drill sergeant. "C'mon, it's double potion with Slytherins. Oh hey, Snake guy, are you with us?"

It took Scorpius a bit to figure out that by 'Snake guy' Laira meant him. When he realized he consulted his schedule and gave her a quick, "Yes."

Laira nodded thoughtfully. Rose, her roommates and Scorpius all quickly walked to the dungeons. They just barely walked in when the professor shut the door behind them. They sat at some of the last seats left, in the middle of the class to the left. Rose brought out her potion books and placed her cauldron. Once she was done, she decided to take in her surroundings. The room was dimly lit and had jars of who knows what on the walls.

To Rose's left, Star was also gazing around. Star had a 'what the heck is this?' expression on her face and it was all Rose could do to not burst out laughing. Rose turned to her right where Scorpius was looking at the professor expectantly.

"I am Professor Zabini and you will address me as such," Professor Zabini began then paused. He seemed to have to remind himself to be kind to first years. "Potions will come easily to you as long as you follow the instructions properly. I won't bother with boasting or giving you the whole history of potions. Instead, I'll let you try your own potion so you can understand how making a potion truly feels like."

The door swung open. In the doorway stood a girl with an upturned pig nose, extremely light blonde hair and the most eyeliner and eye shadow that Rose had ever seen in one place. The teacher looked annoyed but merely ordered, "Find a seat."

The short girl saw the only free seat in the whole class, which was the seat right in front of Rose. She looked at Rose and perkily whispered, "Hey." Rose saw some bubblegum in her mouth. What? thought Rose. Late to your first class and chewing gum?

"Today you will be making," the professor paused once more. With a dry smile he continued, "You will be attempting to make the cure for boils. Team up with a partner and begin."

Star turned to Rose but the latter shook her head. She tilted her head towards Scorpius and Star understood instantly. Scorpius was sitting with all of Rose's friends. It'd be hard for him to find a partner and he'd be shut out from the group if Rose didn't partner with him.

"Hey Scorpius," Rose caught the Slytherin boy's attention. "Partners?"

"Sure!" was Scorpius' relieved answer. Next to them, they noticed Star and the late girl teaming up.

"Put six snake fangs into the mortar," Rose read off the instructions that had just appeared on the board. "Mortar… What's the mortar?" Scorpius lifted up a little stone-like bowl.

"This thing?"Scorpius asked, just as confused.

"You guys don't know what a mortar is?" asked the small blonde with Star. She didn't seem hostile, just curious. "Who are your parents? Muggles? Also, what are their names?"

"Um, no. I'm half-blood. My parents are Hermione and Ron Weasley," Rose informed her. She thought something flickered in the Slytherin girl's eyes but in a moment, it was gone.

"My parents are Astoria and Draco Malfoy," Scorpius told her. "Pureblood. I'm Scorpius by the way, this is Rose."

"I'm Libby," Libby had a bit of a snooty voice. Then again, she was perfectly friendly. Who was Rose to judge people by their voice? "I'm a pureblood. My parents are named Pansy and Dante Bell."

"Err, Libby?" came Star's voice. "Aren't you going to help me with the potion?"

"Yeah, yeah," Libby probably thought it sounded assuring. "I'm coming." Scorpius looked at Rose and raised an eyebrow.

"So, I'm going to assume this is the mortar."

An hour later, Rose and Scorpius stood sweating behind their cauldron. It was supposed to be a light, almost see-through, water-like blue. Theirs had turned out more turquoise/green. However, trying to catch glimpses of other people's potion, they could see that their potion was probably the closest to what it was supposed to look like.

Star and Libby's potion was a puke green. It wasn't too far off but it was emitting a foul odor. Star looked annoyed. Libby looked a bit bored and Rose swore that if looks could kill, Star would have murdered the lazy-looking Slytherin. Star saw Rose's amused expression and turned to her.

"I'm not mad that she messed up. I don't get mad about that," Star hissed into Rose's ear. "I swear, ever since I mentioned I'm muggle-born she's been acting coldly to me and sabotaging our potion."

Rose was saved from having to reply by Professor Zabini who had started sniffing and peering at the potions. He made comments at most cauldrons he passed although at some he just gave unimpressed looks or wrinkled his nose. Rose and Scorpius kept exchanging nervous glances as the professor neared their cauldron.

Professor Zabini peeked cautiously into Rose and Scorpius' cauldron. The horrors he had seen so far made him reluctant to do any more than that. What he saw though impressed him.

"Don't get me wrong," Zabini started, "this is far from perfect. Although, it's not bad. Rather close for first years and seems you listened close enough to the instructions. You just heated it a hint too warm but potion making must be precise. All in all, it isn't bad. Keep it up Weasley and Malfoy and you two might be make fine potion makers yet. I can't be too hopeful though."

At Star's potion the professor paused and managed an unconvincing, "Not… bad." Scorpius and Rose were high fiving under the table and silently celebrated but stopped once they saw Star's face. They continued mentally whooping though.

"I just kind of wanted to make a good first impression," Star muttered with downcast eyes.

"Star, don't worry about it. There'll be other chances and who wouldn't be able to see how great you are?" Rose tried to comfort her. It didn't seem to do much good.

"Whatever. What do you have next?" Star changed the subject.

"Err, Star, we're in all the same classes. I have whatever you have next," Rose replied.

"Oh," Star checked her timetable. "Well then, you have flying classes with the Gryffindors."

"Oh great!" Rose whispered animatedly. "I'll get to see Albus! I wonder how his first class is going…" Rose had always been the most motherly of her friends, wondering how their school and sports were going or if they ate properly.

"I'm sure he's fine," Star stated matter-of-factly. "What does he have now again?"

"No idea," Rose shrugged. "Anywho, what do you have next, Scorpius?"

"Lemme check," Scorpius dug around for his schedule. " Slytherin."

"Cool! Tell me how it goes, alright?" Rose requested. "Tell me what kind of things you do!"

"Will do, Rose," he assured her. "Have fun with those flying lessons! I can't wait for those! Up in the air so high… With the rush of freedom and adventure, I'm sure you're going to love it."

Rose paled. Sure she was excited to see Albus and learn but she did have a fear of heights. If she got queasy walking up a tower, how bad would being up so high with nothing but a measly broomstick to support her be? Rose got a little nauseous so she quickly changed topics.

"So what are we doing for lunch? " Rose asked. Scorpius and Star both shrugged.

"I guess, what we did at breakfast?" Scorpius suggested. "We'll all sit at the Ravenclaw table?"

"Sounds good to me," announced Star. "You, Rose?"

"Sounds good to me too," decided Rose. The bell signaling the end of their first class rang. The three gathered their belonging and started to leave.

"Bye!" came from a cheery Libby.

"Bye Libby! I hope we'll hear from you soon!" Rose chastised herself mentally. 'Hope to hear from you soon' who said that? It sounded like they were chatting by owl and not in person.

"Oh, you will!" Libby somehow made those words sound upbeat. Star looked like any time she heard from Libby would be too soon so Rose quickly ushered her from the room.

At the end of hallway, the two Ravenclaw girls parted ways with the boy Slytherin. They wished each other good classes and exchanged 'see you later's. When Rose and Star headed in the opposite direction of Scorpius' transfiguration classroom, Rose was actually quite sorry to see him go.

Rose and Star joined other Ravenclaws as they scurried through the halls. They just tried not to be late and Rose's mind wandered. She was going to Flying Lessons, the class she'd been looking forward to the least. She remembered how even her mother had been no good at them and a sickening feeling settled in her stomach.