Once again I wake up bright and early. It's four thirty and I quickly get ready for the day before heading back over to my trunk and empty my bag out. I notice my letter from the Weasley Twins on top and grab it out and set it on my trunk. Next I grab all the stuff I need for classes today. I have History of Magic, Double Charms, Herbology, and Transfiguration today. After I have everything I head up to the main common room. I sit down and glance at the clock. Exactly five. I sigh a little, I wish Curfew let up earlier so I could just find a small alcove to read in. I open up my letter from the twins.

Dear Lotus,

If you still wish to learn the art of trickery and pranks you must successfully reach us in our dorms. Good luck little snake, trying to get into the lion's den. You will need it.

Fred & George

I look at the letter and try to think out a way to accomplish my task. They must think I'm not going to be able to do it. I can only assume they are making it more difficult because I'm slytherin and I try not to let it bug me. I think back to yesterday and the Gryffindors had taken the longest to get to breakfast. They must sleep later. I already know where the entrance to the Gryffindor common room is so I figure I'll just waltz on in and hope no one is up yet. I look at the clock and put the letter away as I wait for six. I would just leave now but after father said he had a ward I don't want to chance it. As the clock strikes six I slip out of the common room with my bag over my shoulder. I walk as quickly as I can to the fat lady portrait and realize I hadn't even thought to find out the password yet. I think back to the letter and remember that lions den was written in a slightly different script. When I reach the portrait I wake the fat lady up and cross my fingers as I tell her lion's den. The portrait swing out on it's hinges and i slip into the room and gently close the entrance. I walk over to the stairs that I assume are the boys if it's set up anything like how Slytherin common rooms are set up. I find a door with a three on it and enter and see beds in Gryffindor colors and tiptoe to the beds next to each other with two identical twins in them. I walk over to one bed and shake the first twin up. I read the trunk and see it's george than I'm waking up and he slowly opens his eyes and looks ready to freak out since I'm in his room. I quickly put my hand over his mouth and make a shushing gesture at him before waking Fred up in the same fashion. I then pull out the letter and smile at them while pointing at it. To my surprise they actually look happy that I figured out how to sneak in. Both boys walk up and link arms with me while dragging me downstairs and out of the common room. As soon as we are out they say in usion "Congratulations you're officially under our mentorship." One then continues on "We honestly didn't think you would be able to do it" The other one then adds "or at least not that fast." I smile at them as they ask what I have the period before dinner today. I quickly glance at my schedule to make sure before telling them I have a free period. They grin and tell me to meet them in the library that period before they turn and head back into their common room.

I end up heading to the great hall to work on my homework for charms before breakfast starts. I mean I know I have two weeks to work on it but I know I'm only going to get busier as the year goes on and I don't want to have to have to worry about not having enough time. I start off on one of the first charms learned in first year. The levitation Charm is done with the incantation of Wingardium leviosa and the wand movement is like a two stretched slightly and flipped on its side. I then use it on my bag with delight. I then wrote I have no difficulty with the spell. I then decide to see how much I can lift with the charm. I point at the Slytherin table and say the incantation with wand movement and can feel the drain almost instantly as the table slowly comes up and hovers about an inch of the floor. I am caught off guard by a slow clapping and notice that father had come in. I lose my concentration and the table falls back to the floor. "I must say, I've never quite seen anyone try and levitate one of the house tables before." I blush slightly as I mutter out "I wanted to see if it would work, It's not practical but it would make a cool trick." He smiles slightly before moving up to the staff table and taking his seat. Shortly after people start to filter in and breakfast starts. Draco strolls over to me and announces "Quidditch tryouts are this weekend and you're going to try out with me." I look at him with a sneer and he quickly continues. "A lot of our Quidditch team graduated last year and Madam Hooch told me that you are an excellent keeper." I look at him with the sneer still in place and get ready to protest when a shadow falls over me. "Not many people trying out for the keeper position this year. I expect you to be there." I look over at Draco and question who it was. "It's Marcus Flint the team captain. I know I'm already guaranteed a spot and if you try out I'm sure you'll get in if you're anything as good as madam Hooch said." He then informs me that from breakfast till noon both days are when tryouts are. I simply nod in dread as I realize I have no way out of this. A flutter of owls come in and place a letter here or there but nothing big. I look at all the owls as they place people letters and I smile slightly. I'd never seen so many owls at once. The bell rings shortly after and I smile at the fact that we have History of Magic. I had already learned that he basically read the textbook and I had already read it and plan on using his class as a free period in his classroom.

I walk to his classroom and greet Cuthbert casually before Correcting myself to Professor Binns when I remember it's during a class time. He greets me back and reminds me of him introducing me to the other ghosts as my birthday present. He then tells me that this weekend we can do it. I think back to this morning and remember I have to go to tryouts. In the morning so I ask if the afternoon will be alrights and he tells me that after I have lunch on saturday he'll meet me in the great hall so we can walk to the other ghosts. I smile and nod as the class begins to fill and he goes into his lecture. Every once in awhile I through my hand into the air and ask a question that I know will make him talk a little more animatedly. I look around and see most of the rom shocked whenever he starts to get more animated and I smile as he notices that none of his students are sleeping. We share the class with Hufflepuffs and I notice Cynthia send me a note "How on earth are you making him not drone on? I think this is the first time I haven't slept in his class." I smile at the note before responding "All you really have to do is show a genuine interest." I then add a "P.S. This is a secret right now but I was thinking of starting a tutoring group that includes all the houses and I know you are really good at Astronomy. I was wondering if I did start it up if you would be willing to spare a night or two a week to help out other students from any house that need help." I pass it over and she looks at me questioningly before passing a note to me right as the bell rings. I open it up as I walk along to Double Charms and read her hasty reply "Yeah that would be okay, your secrets safe with me. And thanks for helping us out yesterday with the whole transfiguration thing" I smile as I put the note away when I arrive to charms.

The board has one simple line on it. Attempt the Skurge charm. It takes me till the end of the first half of class but I finally manage to do the charm without leaving any residue. I look around and notice that nobody else is even close to having mastered the charm. Except for Daphne, she seems to have a knack for Charms. I guess I'm just a fast learner. I mean so far I've picked up on almost everything up rather quickly, except herbology. I had just thought it was natural. I raise my hand, telling him I've mastered the charm and Professor Flitwick comes over and places some of the ecto plasm all over my desk and even puts some on top of my stuff. Before telling my to remove all traces of it. I make my three leaf clover shape and say the incantation. All of the ectoplasm disappears from sight and Professor Flitwick looks slightly surprised before telling me I can work on my homework and practice other charms. I smile before asking "Can a person do multiple levitation charms at once?" he looks at me and seems to be considering it for a few seconds before telling me "If you cast them separately you can have multiple things levitating at a time." I nod my thanks before casting a levitation charm on my desk and chair and allowing myself to hover a good foot off the floor as I pull out a piece of parchment and finish writing about the levitation charm on my homework as well as my progress on it. Daphnee smiles over at me and makes her desk and chair levitate as well. As I continue on my assignment I do however leave out making the Slytherin table levitate. I don't really want anyone other than father to know. I kind of wish he didn't even know. I plan on using it later as a joke of sorts. I mean having one of the large tables suddenly floating off the ground would be down right hilarious. I make sure to keep my desk levitating for the rest of class so I can test out my endurance and notice that compared to levitating the table this morning I could do this all day without even breaking a sweat. As the bell rings I let the chair and desk fall to the floor.

I look over at Daphne and she has a huge smile on her face as she whispers over to me. "Did you see the look on half the classes face when we managed to get our desks to float all period. It was awesome." I nod over at her with a half smile. We continue on to lunch and I decided to ask Daphne if she would want to tutor in Charms and she gives me a look "I thought you would never ask." She then bursts out laughing and I follow suit. When we get to lunch I feel a little bit of dread at having Herbology next. It's my worst subject and I have to work a lot harder than any of my other classes in order to stay an E or above. As I finish lunch the bell rings and I slowly make my way to the greenhouse for herbology. I enter just in time and notice it's one of the classes we share with Gryffindor Just like in potions there is one table where we intertwine and I walk over to see it's Neville. I take a seat as I mutter over to him "I suck at Herbology, how about you?" He looks over at me before responding "I love Herbology, last year I had an O the entire year." I smile at him because unlike in potions he's actually confident. If he could take this confidence over to his other classes he would be an even better wizard. At the front of the class Professor Sprout is reviewing the severing charm before talking about Bowtruckles. We ended up learning that a tree's wood is good for wands if they take up residence in a tree. The last ten minutes of class she passed out a plant to each of the groups and told us that our final for this class will be based on how well we keep our planet alive. I look over at Neville and he's got a huge smile on his face. I mutter to him "What are you smiling at, with my luck with plants it will be dead within a week." He looks over at me and smiles. "I have a whole row of these in my greenhouse back home. Their tricky when first learning but by the end of the year I'll be able to make this bigger than anyone else's plant." I look over at him and decide to ask him "It's kind of a secret right now but I want to start up a tutoring group between all the classes and I was wondering if you would lead study sessions for Herbology" He looks over at me and his smile falters for a bit before asking "Are you sure anyone would listen to me, I mean everyone already says I'm basically a squib." I look over at him and give him as mean a glare as I can and just above a whisper say "Shut up, you're not a squib, everybody learns at different speeds. I won't have one of my friends talking this way. You are smart, I mean look at the ease you have in Herbology and how I struggle in it." He looks over at me in shock before saying "I'll do it, for a friend" I blush slightly at realizing I had slipped and called him my friend. Thankfully none of the Slytherins heard. It's not that I'm ashamed of him but I need to get the houses together slowly. If I were to openly just hang out with a Gryffindor right now it would ruin my chances. I half smile at him before whispering "I'll be your partner in potions all the time if you be my partner in Herbology." He looks over and smiles shaking his head. He waters our plant and places it in the sun as the bell rings. I walk over next to Daphne and we walk out and head out to our last class for the day, Transfiguration.

Me and Daphne are both early and as we take our seats next to one another Professor McGonagall walks over. "Thank you for having helped out the other second years Ms. Snape and Ms. Greengrass." She then looks at Daphnee before continuing "I heard you joined them and assisted Ms. Snape in the study session." Daphne blushed before saying "I just figured I could use the review as well." With that Professor McGonagall heads to the front. The class fills in she starts a lecture on turning small insects into buttons. She then passes out beetles and tells us that we have a till the end of October to succeed in this as well as a list of side assignments that are easier because they don't involve live animals. I look over the list and notice things like "Quill to teacup" and "Robe to teddybear." I take the beetle and attempt to turn it into a button. For the most part it works other than there are legs coming off the button. Shortly after the bell rings and I grab Daphne before she can leave and she waits for everyone else to leave with me. I walk up to Professor McGonagall and ask "Professor, after the study session you asked me to do I had come up with an idea for a study group of sorts. I was thinking about asking students who are particularly good in certain subjects to lead these study sessions but I was wondering if you know of any students in our grade that are particularly good in transfiguration." She looks at me and Daphne standing there before saying "Hermione Granger is quite skilled in my class." She then continues on "If you don't mind me asking who all have you gotten for this study group idea." I smile having expected her to ask "Well I intend on helping out in Potions along with supervising the whole session. I have asked Cynthia Waybright, a Hufflepuff, if she would be the lead for Astronomy because she is extremely skilled in the subject. I've asked Neville Longbottom, one of your lions, to take the lead for Herbology. Last but not least I have asked Daphne here to lead charms as she is by far one of the best in my class. I want to find at least one person per subject but I plan on setting it up so that once it's started I want to try and get some older students to stop in occasionally to help. By my seventh year, ideally, I will have it set up so that all grades are included and that it will be able to continue even after I'm gone." Professor McGonagall looks approving that I have been getting students from other houses involved and then says "When you have this all setup I would like to know and I will help you should you need it." I nod at her before me and Daphnee head out.

"So we have two free periods till supper, wanna work on planning this whole thing out?" I nod at her before saying "I can only stay the first free period though. I'm meeting up with a couple of kids before dinner." She nods at me before we head down to the library and start planning. I pull out some parchment so that we can write down our ideas. I think we should find a ravenclaw for history of magic so that we have tutors from all the houses. Oh and I don't think we will need one for DADA right now because the teacher is an egotistical idiot that's not even going to teach us." Daphne nods before adding "Luna Lovegood is a first year Ravenclaw, she knows a lot about history because her father writes the quibbler and so she knows a lot about current events and the past ones." I nod at her and write it down. "We could see about getting permission to set it up in the great hall so that it's in a neutral area. I mean I would have said the library but it will most likely get too loud." Daphne then adds "Plus we can hang up posters in all the common rooms by asking our tutors to put them up." We smile at eachother and I tell her we can work on it tomorrow afternoon before saying goodbye as Daphne heads out. I just remain sitting until I see the two red haired twins walk in. The both pull out chairs on either side of me and sit down.

"How's our little snake this afternoon?" I smile at them as we all put our heads together as they start to tell me about their plans to eventually have a joke shop. "Plus you get to be our product tester." I look at them with a deathly glare and respond "You want me to be your Guinea pig" They both look a little sheepish before replying "Essentially yes, but you're the only person we know that would keep it secret from not only the teachers but other kids to. How bout we sweeten the deal, not only do you get to test all our new products but we'll even show you the secret passages in Hogwarts." I smile up at them "You have a deal." They talk about new ideas while I simply sit and listen. I end up leaving early so I can make it to dinner before the rest of my year. At dinner I listen to Draco rant on about Harry Potter and try to ignore it. Draco's not a bad guy but he tends to focus on anyone thing to vent so I never comment on it. Daphne pokes me hard in the shoulder and then whispers in my ear "I asked Luna Lovegood and she said she would." I smile at Daphne and tell her "That's great." We then switch to talking about our classes in general. She really likes charms and to my surprise hates potions even though she's decent at it. After dinner we both decide to head to our common room to get ready for our mandatory study session.

At a quarter to nine we head out to the common rooms to meet up with the rest of the 2nd years for our study session. We get out and find everyone talking around the table already. I look around and notice nobody has their stuff out. I don't say anything until it's eight. "Time for our study session. What do you guys want to work on?" Everyone looks over at me before Blaise speaks up "Why should we even bother studying. It's the beginning of the year. Besides as long as we sit around here talking no one will know." I smirk at him before starting in on him "With an attitude like that you're likely to set yourself up for failure." I smirk even more and add "Don't look now but Professor Snape is standing behind you." I watch as he jumps out of his seat and starts apologizing "I'm so sorry Professor Snape, I was only joking." I laugh as he realizes no one was there and then nearly lose it when I realize father had walked in right as he had jumped up and started apologizing to thin air. Blaise looks white as a ghost when he realizes I had tricked him and then Professor Snape actually came in as he was apologizing. "Mr. Zabini to what do you believe you must apologize for." Blaise looks down at his shoes realizing he's in trouble regardless. I watch with a smirk as father gets impatient and turns over to me "Ms. Snape what exactly is going on?" I look up to him as I answer in a bored yet still respectful tone "Blaise didn't think we should be studying during our study session and I informed him that not doing so would be setting himself up for failure. When he still didn't seem to understand I implied you were standing behind him so that he would be more inclined to study if he believed he would be in trouble for not doing so." Father nods before glaring at Blaise "Detention tomorrow night with Flitch, head to his office immediately after dinner tomorrow." Blaise gulps and nods as father continues his rounds of the common room. After that the study session goes relatively smoothly other than the occasional glares from Blaise and Pansy. As soon as our study session is over I pack up my stuff and head to bed.