Chapter 3: First Day George woke up with a start. The light was shining through the windows and he could hear some birds singing. George got up and dressed in his new uniform. It was a white button up shirt, a grey long sleeved sweater with the boarder of red and yellow, a red and yellow stripped tie, grey pants with white socks and black dress shoes. He had grabbed his bag which had his books and a picture of the kids and left. He wandered until he found the Great Hall. He saw Lee talking to his friends, so he didn't go over. He sat down by himself at the end of the table, grabbed some food and read his book, all while humming 'Tomorrow'. Professor Mcgonagall walked around passing out paper to everyone at the Gryffindor table. "These are your times tables, so you'll know which classes to go to." She said, while walking around. George got his and he skimmed over it. 'At least they have the professor's names on it.' George thought as he folded it and put it in his book. Then he felt someone sit by him. He looked over and it was Lee Jordan again. "Hey stranger. Want to sit by us?" Lee asked, pointing to his friends. George shook his head. "And why not?" Lee asked, smiling and raising an eyebrow. "I just can't." Was all George said, looking away, knowing he had to push this guy away before he saw the lonely boy within George. Lee then grabbed him hand. "I'm not letting you off that easy." He said and he pulled George up and dragged him to his friends. George put his head down, not looking up. 'just for today.' George thought to himself as he sat down next to Lee. In front of him was a dark skinned girl with long black hair, next to her was two light skinned girls one with wavy brown hair the other with straight black hair. On the other side of Lee was a boy with orange hair, just like him. "Guys this is George. George this is Angelia, Alicia, Katie and Fred." Lee said, pointing to each person. "Nice to meet y'all." George said quietly, not wanting to be rude. "George, don't be shy! We don't bite!" The girl with brown hair, Katie, said and giggled. "Yeah it's ok!" The girl with black hair and dark skin, Angelia, said. George sighed and looked up, only to see each of them shocked. "Oh my God!" The other girl, Alicia, said, gasping. George looked at them confused and heard Lee talking. "I told you guys!" He said, gesturing George. George scoffed and got up and ran, with his bag and book, out of the Great Hall. He could hear them calling his name, but he ignored it. He ran until he was in an empty hallway. He sat down and started reading. 'Why was everyone so shocked?!' George thought to himself angrily. He could feel tears stinging his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. 'I have to be strong.' He thought as he heard a bell ringing. He got up and went to his first class, Transfiguration. He found it pretty quickly, seeing Professor Mcgonagall. George sat down around the middle of the room, got out a notebook and quill to take notes. The lesson dragged on for a while, George getting much help from everyone. When the bell rang, He left for his second class, Potions. 'Where is the math? Science?' George thought as he walked around looking. "Are you lost?" A younger girl asked. 'She looks like the one from the train station.' George though as he nodded his head. "Let me see your classes." the girl said, grabbing his times tables. "Looks like you have potions, that is in the dungeons, but it's ok I have it too, so you can follow me." She said, walking in front of George. George walked up next to her. "What's your name?" George asked. "Hermione. Hermione Granger, you?" Hermione said, looking up at George. Her face was a bit shocked, but she also looked like she knew something. "George. Just George." He said, looking at the dungeon hallways. 'Well this just got more terrifying.' George thought as they stopped in front of a door. "Well here we are George, be warned though, Professor Snape can be quite rude." Hermione said, walking in. George walked in and saw one empty seat. Next to Lee and his friends. 'Aw man, you've got to be kidding me.' George thought as he walked slowly there. "Hey George! I didn't know you had this class." Lee said, making Angelia turn and wave. George nodded, sitting down. The guy with orange hair, wasn't looking at him, but was avoiding his eyes by looking at the table. 'Maybe he's shy.' George thought. The door then opened and walked in a tall, dark haired man with a large nose. "Turn to page 394 in your textbook." Snape, assuming it was him, said. "Do you have your book?" Lee whispered. George nodded and grabbed out his potion's textbook, opening up to the page they were on. "Today we will be creating the 'Dizziness Draught' so grab you ingredients and begin. You have by the end of class to have a vile of the potion on my desk if you want a grade." Snape said as he sat down at his desk and graded papers. George looked at the textbook and confusion took over his features. 'What in the heck is this stuff?' George thought as he scanned over the ingredients for the potion. "You look confused, need help?" Lee said, glancing at George. "We are partners anyways." Lee added, smiling. Angelia giggled and looked away quickly as George looked up in surprise. "U-Umm Ok?" George said, confused as Lee got up to get the stuff they needed. When Lee came back, they worked on the potion together and slipped up and laughed when they did and Lee taught George all the stuff he need to know. By the end of class, the had the potion ready. "Want me to turn it in?" Lee offered, since George looked scared to go near the teacher. George nodded and Lee smiled and walked up to professor Snape, sat the vile down and something in front of it and walked away, a wide grin on his face. "Just watch this." Lee whispered to George. George turned to Snape's direction and watched. The thing in front of their vile exploded and red and yellow paint spewed on the professors face and desk. Everyone in the class started laugh, even the other red head. George caught a glimpse of him, and was stunned. 'Why does he look like...' George was cut off by a bell. Everyone started leaving and George ran. His next class was History of Magic. When he found the class, he gasped. There was a ghost at the front of the room! 'This school just keeps getting weirder and weirder.' George thought as he sat down. The rest of the day went on, then lunch came around and he made sure no one saw him and he sat by himself. A little while later, a young boy (around 14) with black shaggy hair, glasses and piercing green eyes sat down by him. A strange thing about him, was this scar on his forehead, a lighting bolt. "Hello, I'm Harry." Harry said, shaking George's hand. "I'm George." George said, returning the hand shake. "May I see your schedule?" Harry asked kindly. George nodded and handed him his schedule. It read: 1st - Transfiguration. 2nd - Potions. 3rd - History of Magic. 4th - Muggle Music. 5th - Defense Against the Dark Arts. and 6th - Apparition. "Oh! I have D.A.D.A. with you, so you won't get lost." Harry said as the bell rang. George said a quick thank you then ran off to his next class, Muggle Music. After a while, around 7:00 P.M. It was time for dinner and he sat by himself again. All of a sudden a bunch of owls started flying everywhere. They were dropping letters and packets. A dark brown owl swooped in front of George and dropped a small letter. George quickly opened it and read. The note said: "Dear George, we hope your having a good time. We miss you and Hope won't quite talking about you. Bye Bye. Love, Jacob, Mary, Mason, Hannah, Sarah, Gavin, and Hope." George smiled and neatly folded the letter and put it in his book. Each signature was written as best the could and there were small doodles on them and it was colorful. George wanted to go home so badly. Then dinner was over and everyone was leaving to their dorms. George was walked to the tower, when he bumped into someone. "Hey! Watch where the hell you're going, Loser!" The person yelled. He was a guy, with brown, short hair and was around 6' 2". He wore green/silver robes, instead of George's Red/Yellow robes. "Sorry." George muttered and ran away. He got to the Gryffindor tower and saw people in the sitting room, some were studying and others were chatting, and then there was Lee and his friends. They were talking and holding a piece of paper. George walked past them and caught a few words. They were: 'Party' - 'Karaoke' and 'All houses'. George walked to his dorm and started changing his clothes. He was now dressed in a dark blue, long-sleeved shirt with black sweat pants. When he laid down, he heard his room mates came in and did the same. George couldn't sleep, so he went into the sitting room and sat on the couch. Lee and his friends were still up, but didn't notice him. He got out his homework and finished it in 20 minutes. Then he felt someone sit by him. This time is was Angelia. "I know you may think we were making fun of you, but we weren't. It's just... Well I can't really explain it. You'll have to see for yourself." She said, standing up and walking back to her group. George didn't get up but he sat there and wrote a letter back home. He told them he loved them and that everything will get better. He just wanted everything to go back to normal. He eventually fell asleep, but he could feel someone carrying him up the stairs, into his dorm, laid him on his bed and covered him. They said 'Goodnight.' Then left.