I stared at the darkness above me as someone in the dorm snored loudly. I cannot comprehend how the others could sleep with the annoying noise. I felt the urge to cover the culprits face with a pillow and smother them to death; it is not like I have anything to lose from doing so. Slytherin's are known for being evil, doing so would give us, well the "good guys", one less "bad guy".

I groaned as I sat up and pulled open the curtains around my bed and looked at the clock. It was nearly five in the morning and I have not gotten any sleep at all. It was too late to try to get any more sleep. I climbed out of bed and quickly showered and dressed before heading down to the common room and into the castle.

I began to wander around the castle, trying to find my way through the moving stairs, before ending up in the library. The librarian was too distracted rummaging through a stack of books to notice my presence as I walked over towards a table hidden in the furthest back of the library. I gazed through the books curiously trying to find one that would seem interesting before giving up and picking one up at random. It seemed to be some old book that went in depth on different potions that were way above my level, and incredibly boring. After some time I looked up to see groups of students heading towards the forest. Why would they, unless… is it class time already?

I knew I should go and try to go to class; however, I had no clue where I was supposed to go. I did not want to search down whoever it was that has my schedule, probably the head of Slytherin house, so I guess I will miss my first day of classes and find out from another first year later.

I probably should care, but I don't.

After a few more minutes, I gave up on the book and put it back before slipping out of the library. I wandered out of the castle and walking down towards the lake. There is really not much to do here at the school… I wonder what Amber was doing? She was probably being a good girl and going to class. I felt my eyelids begin to close as I listened to the waves slowly climb and fall along the shore. Maybe a nice nap would help me feel better?

"What the-" I exclaimed as I opened my eyes to see a familiar person shaking me awake with an annoyed look. Snape glowered down at me as I rubbed my eyes. The sun was shining a little too brightly for comfort overhead. A yawn slipped through my lips as I looked down at my watch to see it was a just after noon, and lunch was nearly over.

"Your sister is annoying and has been searching for you all day," Snape snapped before I could say anything else, "you should go find her before she starts a search party. Also, Professor Slughorn was asking about you too, you should go to him to get your schedule" Before I could thank him Snape turned and walked away. Very sociable…

I stood up and stretched before walking back to the castle. My first goal was Slughorn who did not seem that worried about my absence and just told me to get the homework from the other students before giving me my schedule. Luckily Slughorn believed my excuse of just getting lost and being too shy to ask older students for help. He also warned me about missing my classes after lunch, which was beginning in a few minutes. If I missed them I would DEFINITELY get detention.

I quickly rushed to get my stuff from my dorm before going to my first class- Herbology. As the door opened everyone's eyes turned towards me. I did not spot Amber in the class as I walked over towards the only empty spot in the whole class, next to Severus. The other students began to whisper as the Professor continued to explain the subject.

"Over reacting?" Amber gasped as we finally caught up,"you were MIA all morning, and I knew you were worried about being in separate houses. Obviously, I would be a bit worried about where you could have been! It's the first day of classes too. Also, everyone kept talking about how Slytherins were…" I could not hear the last part of what she said, and I got a strange feeling that I already knew what it was.

I sighed and responded "I just got distracted, I talked to Slughorn and it's okay," as the two of us moved out of the way to allow some students to pass. The two of us were standing near the entrance to the Great Hall; Amber had spotted me leaving for dinner and pounced on me like a cat. Severus ran off before she got close, she must have really annoyed him.

"Distracted?" Amber repeated with an unconvinced look, "seriously Hunter, you need to think of a better lie to get past me."

"I was in the library and lost track of time while reading a book."

A familiar voice butted in, "the library isn't near the lake. " The two of us quickly turned to see the two boys from the train walking towards us.

"Lake?" Amber repeated turning back toward me.

"I walked towards the lake after the library," I said feeling a little annoyed, "you aren't mom Amber, does it really matter where I was?" Before she could respond I turned away from her and walked downstairs. I heard one of the two boys say something to Amber that I could not understand.

I muttered to myself as I headed towards the common room, "why does it even matter where I was? It doesn't affect her if I get in trouble. Is she afraid she might lose her new friends because of her troublemaker Slytherin twin? They don't sound good if they cared about that."

"You look crazy muttering to yourself," Severus said and I glared at him.