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Chapter 4

Flying Comes Naturally

Lessons started the next day. After I got ready in the morning I headed down to the common room. The night before a Slytherin prefect showed us how to get to the Slytherin common room. It's quite simple actually. All we have to do is go to the dungeons where there is a room where the light is green and speak a password.

"The light is green because we're right under the Black Lake." Malfoy had told me the night before. I kind of like the green light, it made the area feel unique.

When I reached the common room, I saw Malfoy, Zabini, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy already waiting for me. I smiled at them, as I once again looked around the common room. The area was mostly green, and silver with a few exceptions to add some other colors. There was a fireplace, where comfy couches were set in front of, so one could enjoy the warmth. Chess tables were by a window, and there was a billboard to announce things that were happening. Tables lined the back wall for students to work on their homework.

"Morning Chloe," Pansy said to me. "Come on I want to get breakfast."

"Morning." I said to everyone. They all greeted me back and then we walked out of the common room.

We walked as a big group, taking up much of the space in the corridors leading to the Great Hall. By the time we got there, there were a lot of people. Breakfast had already been served and we rushed to our table to get started on ours. The table was filled with toast, different kinds of jam, pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, and a whole lot more. I didn't know where to start.

"You should have a good breakfast today you know." Malfoy said to me.

"Why's that?" I asked as I loaded up my plate with pancakes and bacon.

"Well today we start class, and you don't exactly want to be falling asleep in them." He said with a hint of a smile. I laughed and began eating.

After a while I wondered if my brother was eating his breakfast, and I looked over at the Gryffindor table. Sure enough, there he was digging into pancakes, and bacon. I chuckled because we had chosen to eat the exact same breakfast. I saw Ron was sitting next to him and another girl, the one with bushy brown hair, on his other side.

When breakfast ended Professor Snape came by the table to give the first years, and everyone else, our schedule. Snape had long greasy black hair, and I couldn't help thinking that he looked like a bat when he walked towards us. His cloaked billowed behind him as he walked.

"Morning students," he said not evening smiling at us. "Here is your schedule for the first semester." He waved his wand, and papers appeared in front of us. I looked down to see my first class. I had Charms.

"Hey Malfoy, what class do you have first?" I asked glancing at him.

"We all have the same classes," He explained sneering. "All the Slytherin first years will be in the same classes, we all have the same schedule."

"Oh." Was all I could get out. I blushed realizing that probably everyone here already knew that.

Feeling that I needed someone that I knew really well to talk to, I got up. Without saying anything to my new friends I went looking for Harry and located him still eating at his table. I quickly headed that way, excited to see him.

"Hey Harry." I said when I reached him.

"Oh, morning Chloe." He said looking surprised.

"So, uh, what's it like being in Gryffindor?" I asked curiously.

"It's amazing!" He said grinning. "The common room is huge, and the beds are comfy."

"That's nice, what's your first class, maybe we have it together." I said smiling.

"We have Charms, you?"

"We do too! I can't wait. This is all just so exciting."

"Yeah, how's Slytherin?" He asked curiously.

"It's fun, I already have a ton of friends." I said gesturing to the Slytherin table where Malfoy was looking for me.

"Well, it's always nice to have friends." Harry said looking at me. I got the feeling he felt a little betrayed when I got sorted in to Slytherin. All of our lives we had each other's backs, and now it seemed like we split up for good.

"Harry we're always going to be friends you know. Even more than friends, you're my brother." I said smiling at him. I held my hands out asking for a hug. He looked gratefully at me and got up to hug me.

"You should get back; I think your friends are freaking out because you're not there." Harry said teasingly. And sure enough, when I looked over at the Slytherin table Pansy's face looked like she was going to hit someone. Zabini and Malfoy were looking up and down the table, searching for me.

"You're right; I'll see you in Charms." I said quickly.

I hurried back to the Slytherin table and asked them what was wrong. "You disappeared!" Pansy said, "I thought that you died or something."

"Sorry guys, I just went to say hi to my brother." I explained.

"Well next time you could tell us where you're going, so we don't think something bad happened." Malfoy said sounding annoyed.

"Let's just get to class." I said hearing the bell that signaled breakfast was over.

Charms was most uneventful, and Transfiguration was after that. Both classes we shared with the Gryffindors, and Harry made sure to find me in both classes. He said that he just wanted my company, but I think he was trying to keep me away from my new friends. In both classes he gave our group a weird look that said, "I better check to make sure you guys aren't causing trouble." I wondered why he wouldn't just give them a chance. Perhaps Ron told him something that made Harry question them. Afterall, Ron did say that there wasn't a bad witch or wizard who wasn't in Slytherin. Did that mean he thought I was going to be a bad person?

Lunch was next, and then we had flying lessons. "Flying?" I asked to no one in particular.

"You've never heard of Quidditch?" asked a very surprised Malfoy.

"No, I grew up away from magic, remember?" I said annoyed.

"Sorry, well it's a wizard sport, and you fly on broom sticks." He said as if that explained everything. I rolled my eyes like I didn't really care, but really, I was kind of scared. I never really like height that much, but maybe flying would feel different than just standing on something tall. I was at least willing to give it a try.

We all walked outside where in a Madam Hooch was waiting for us. I noticed that this was another class we shared with Gryffindors. I must have had an annoyed look on my face because Malfoy asked me, "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." I said bitterly.

"Well, you can't say that, obviously there is something wrong." He said staring at me.

"So far every class we have we have with Gryffindors!" I said throwing my hands up.

"Oh, I see, you're mad because your brother is going to be able see what you do when you're around me." Malfoy said glaring in the direction my brother was.

"Well, I don't know." I said, "Maybe."

"Don't worry; I'll make sure you get a broom next to mine." He said smiling at me.

I smiled back and pushed him in a friendly way. When we reached the clearing where Madam Hooch led us to, she said, "Alright hurry up! Pick a broom of your choosing, and we'll get started." Making sure I followed Malfoy, and Pansy I got a broom right between them.

"At least you won't have to deal with talking to your brother now." Malfoy said just loud enough for Harry to hear. He looked up, and I hid my face so he couldn't see it getting red.

"What was that for?" I asked angrily.

"Now he's going to leave you alone." Malfoy said as if he did a favor for me.

"I just wanted him to leave me along and know that I have other friends, not that I didn't want to speak to him!"

"Sorry, I thought…"

"Well stop thinking. I don't need you to come between my brother and me." I said my voice starting to rise. I noticed Malfoy's face turning red. I took a step back and tried to calm myself. I shook my head, "Sorry, I know you just did what you thought I wanted. I'll talk to Harry at dinner." I said quietly apologizing. Malfoy gave me a small nod before turning back towards Madam Hooch.

"Now then, stick your right hand over your broom, and say 'Up'." Madam Hooch said as if nothing had happened between Malfoy and me.

Soon everyone was saying "Up" trying to get the brooms to shoot into our hands. The first time I said up, the broom really did fly into my right hand. Surprised I almost dropped it, and when I finally had a firm hold, I looked around. More than half the class were still saying "Up", and some were on the floor, because the broom had hit them on the head. I noticed Ron rubbing his forehead as he glared at him broomstick.

"Alright you're going to mount your broom and kick off when I blow the whistle. Then you're going to lean forward, and touch back down." Madam Hooch said as soon as everyone had their brooms in hand. "One, two, three!"

I heard shouts from the Gryffindor side as I mounted my broom, and I looked up. A boy named Neville was in the air. He had a look of surprise, as he continued to rise. "Longbottom, get yourself down here this instance!" I heard Madame Hooch cry.

"I can't!" Neville said, and his broom shot off towards the wall.

The Gryffindors all looked worried, and Madam Hooch desperately tried to help Neville. I watched the scene unfold and started laughing. I couldn't help it; it was all just so funny. It can't be that hard to control a broom can it? I thought as I laughed. I heard Pansy and Malfoy join in, and soon all the Slytherin were laughing.

Then I noticed Harry giving me a look that said, "Why the hell are you laughing? This isn't funny!" I stopped laughing at once and looked away. I felt embarrassed that my brother couldn't seem to realize that I didn't mean any harm. I just found the situation funny; it wasn't like I was wishing for Neville to get injured.

When Madam Hooch returned with Neville, she said that she was taking him to Madam Pomfrey, and no one was allowed to ride their brooms. Appearantly Neville broke his wrist during his uncontrolled flight. As she left Malfoy noticed something on the ground, "Come on." He said while grabbing my hand.

He dragged me to a patch of grass where there was a small ball on the ground. He sneered and picked it up. "It's a remembrall." He told me, "I bet that fat excuse for a boy dropped it." I shook my hand out of his and took it.

"Well maybe we should give it to someone in his house." I suggested while looking over at the group of Gryffindors.

"Nah, let's play a little trick." He said smiling at me.

"Hand it here Malfoy." Said a voice I recognized. I turned around and there was my brother holding his hand out.

"I don't have it, Potter." Malfoy said innocently.

"I saw you pick it up, just hand it over." Harry said. He looked at me and saw that I was holding a small ball. "Chloe give it back, please." He said looking at me. He said the last word like I was a little child who didn't what to do.

"Come and get it." The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. Malfoy handed me a broom, while sneering at my brother. Before I knew what I was doing I mounted the broom and kicked off the ground. Then instinct took over, and I was flying. The wind rushed through my long hair, and I smiled. I had never felt this free before in my life. All thoughts left my head as I swooped around in the air.

"Hand it over Chloe." Harry said, he was in the air with me. I looked down at Malfoy, and he was already mounting another broom.

"Catch!" I said throwing the ball towards Malfoy when he kicked off the ground. He flew straight at the ball I threw and caught it. Smiling we threw the ball back and forth. Harry was angrily following us around, continuing to tell me to hand the ball over. We were just having a bit of fun, it's not like we were hurting anyone. Malfoy seemed to get tired of throwing the ball back and forth and looked at my brother.

"Go get it." He said right before he threw the ball away from us. Harry zoomed by and amazingly he caught the ball. The Gryffindors below started cheering, and I flew down to the ground.

"You were amazing!" Pansy said meeting me where I landed.

"Thanks," I said. Suddenly I was a little embarrassed by the way I acted. Harry is going to kill me. I thought. I just wanted to have fun, and it seemed that, by the look Harry was giving me, it would take a lot of time explaining.

"Harry Potter, follow me." said a voice from the front doors. It was Professor McGonagall. Harry walked up and Malfoy sneered at him.

"Well so much for not getting in trouble." Pansy remarked as Harry walked away.

"Yeah well, Malfoy, we can get in trouble too." I said, looking at him as I spoke. None of us were supposed to be flying, and it was probably just by chance only Harry seemed to get caught. My luck didn't seem to last because I heard a voice I knew belonged to Professor Snape saying,

"Chloe Potter, I need a minute of your time." Malfoy looked surprised at me, and I tried to shrug.

"I better go, I'll see you later." I said walking towards Snape. Hopefully I didn't get in too much trouble.

"It seems that you are a natural at flying a broom, Potter." Snape said as I reached him.

"It was my first time today." I said looking at the ground.

"The Slytherin team is in need of a Chaser, and I think you'd be able to play that position perfectly." He said smiling.

"What?" I asked surprised. Not only was he smiling, but I was not in trouble.

"I would like you to join the Slytherin team. I was watching as you and Malfoy were... playing a trick on your brother. You have talent Miss Potter, and you should put it to good use." His eyes narrowed as he stared at me.

"Sure," I said still stunned at my luck. "When do practices start?"

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