Saturday arrived and the option to sleep in, for the first time in my life, was wonderful. After slowly waking up I entered a mostly empty common room. Some fifth years were grouped up in the library nook reading, while some third years sat around the armchairs talking, but most of the room was completely empty.

I made my way down the the great hall and found Padma, Mandy, and Morag eating breakfast. I noticed neither Harry nor Ron were nowhere to be seen.

"Morning." Padma told me as I sat down.

"Morning." I replied as I made myself a plate.

"So, what your plans today?" Mandy asked me.

"Later tonight I'm going to get all my homework done, this afternoon I'm going to meet with Professor Flitwick. Before then, I have no idea. What about you three?"

"Me and Mandy are going to walk around the grounds." Morag answered.

"More like, she's going to get as close to the Forbidden Forest as possible to look for wildlife, while I'm going to be her lookout." Mandy replied while rolling her eyes.

"Oh come on Mandy, don't tell me your scared?" Morag teased.

"I'm not scared. I just don't find looking out for Professors while you poke around the edge of a forest thrilling."

"It's the most thrilling." Morag said smirking.

"You're not seriously going into the forest, are you?" Padma asked frowning.

"I'm not stupid. That forest is way to dangerous to actually go inside. I'll just be skimming around the edges."

"Just...don't follow anything inside." Padma warned.

"What about you, what are your plans?" I asked Padma.

"I'm going to spend some time with Parvati, she wants to introduce me to one of her year mates she's hit it off with." Padma answered.

"Who's that?" I asked.

"Lavender Brown."

"Well, I hope you hit it off with her." I replied.

"Hopefully."

"So where's everybody else?" I asked curiously.

"Anthony and Lisa are in the library."

"Why?" I asked confused.

"They were in a hurry. Anthony said he'd had to work on something, and Lisa said she was going to help."

"Work on something? But he always finishes his homework immediately?"

"I know. We asked him what he had to do, but all he said was something about the library." Mandy said.

"Weird..."I replied, confused what Anthony and Lisa could be up to.

"Hmm...what about Michael and Terry."

"Stayed up past Four AM." Padma said disapprovingly

"Of everything that's the least surprising." I said and we all laughed.

We finished breakfast and I decided I'd try and find Lisa and Anthony to the library, when I arrived I froze in shock. The room was massive, hundreds of shelves made almost a maze of books. It was like dreams I had as a child, and it was real.

I looked through the mazes of shelves and bookcases until I finally found the pair huddled around a book in a corner nook of the library.

"Imagine, the effect the tear's could have?" Anthony was whispering excitedly.

"When I promised to help you...I didn't know it would mean possible explosions." Lisa replied.

I walked up to the pair and tapped on there shoulders.

"Ah."

"Who..."

The pair turned and tried to hide the book they'd been reading behind there back. When I saw there faces, it looked like they'd been caught red handed...

"Hi..." I said.

"Oh, Sarah. Just you." Anthony replied then sighed.

"You shouldn't sneak up on someone like that." Lisa said, as she frantically looked around.

"What are you two doing?" I asked.

"Oh, where..."

Lisa slapped his arm, causing him to stop.

"...reading." Lisa replied, clearly lying.

"Reading what?"

"Uh, just a book on..." Lisa began, but before she could finish I pushed past the pair and looked at the book.

"A Guide to the Chimaera." I read then looked at Anthony. "You're really obsessed with this huh?" I said as I looked directly at Anthony.

"Okay...you caught us. I'm planning a experiment involving Chimaera tears." Anthony said excitedly then dove back into the book. I turned to Lisa.

"And you..."

"I feel like I owe him for helping me on those packets..." She admitted rubbing her arm.

"I didn't ask for help." Anthony said not even looking up from the book.

"I know. But I feel like I have to, you know."

"I guess." I replied then turned back to Anthony.

"All we are doing is taking a Chimaera's tear, and mixing it with a Bezoar egg." Anthony explained.

"Bezoar Egg's cure most poisons, Chimaera tear's heal bruises. What if we put them together?" Anthony asked me excitedly.

"Chimaera tears heal bruises?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was surprised to." Lisa answered.

Curious I began reading the chapter that Anthony had it flipped to. I could see why Anthony was obsessed, the Chimaera was quite interesting and it's tears did have strange properties. I had to admit...it was interesting.

"How do you plan to get the tear?" I asked.

"Or the Bezoar egg?" Lisa added.

"I already have the tear." Anthony replied pulling a small phial out from under his robes.

"How'd you get that?" Lisa asked.

"Morag got it for me." He replied.

"Morag?" I asked.

"Her mother's big on animals." Anthony reminded me.

"What about the Egg? Snape won't just give them out." Lisa asked.

"I payed a Seventh year to get me one." He answered casually.

"What? Who?" I asked.

"Eliza Hopkirk. She's a friend of an older cousin of mine who, graduated last year."

"How's she going to get a Bezoar egg?" Lisa asked skeptically.

"Because she's a seventh year and there allowed to have one for NEWT's" Anthony answered.

"Hmm, when do you plan to do all this?" I asked.

"Tomorrow." Anthony answered casually.

"Tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I already have what I need, just need a large room. Plenty of spare classrooms around here, and my cauldron." He explained.

"And what do we need to do?" I asked, causing both to look at me.

"We?" Anthony asked.

"Yeah, if you two are doing this, then who am I to miss out." I told the pair grinning.

"Neither of you have to help. This could end up blowing up in our faces, literally." Anthony told us warningly.

"I already told you, I owe you. Besides wouldn't want you having all the fun." Lisa commented. Anthony shook his head.

"Fine, but don't be surprised if this blows up in our faces."

"It will blow up in your faces." A new voice startled all of us, we all turned around as a Gryffindor girl with bushy brown hair, large front teeth, and a bossy voice.

"Um, who are..."

"Mixing ingredients not in the curriculum, not under adult supervision. Is very dangerous." The girl scolded us.

"Thanks for the advice..."Lisa told the girl rubbing the back of her head.

"You aren't seriously going to do it?! What if it explodes? What if you're killed?"

"We won't be." Anthony told her confidently.

"I should tell Madam Prince, she'd take that book and give you all a stern warning..."

"Hermione." I said, and the girl finally stopped. Looking straight at me with a curious look.

"How do you know my name?" She asked.

"Because Harry's in Gryffindor, and I tried to help Neville find Trevor on the train too." I replied.

"You know her?" Anthony asked me.

"Know of her." I replied.

"You're Sarah Potter." Hermione confirmed.

"The one and only."

"All the more reason to not get yourself blown up a week into school." She scolded me.

"Listen, Hermione, we are not going to get ourselves blown up. We'll be fine." Lisa told her.

"What if you do, or worse what if you get into trouble. What if you're Expelled?" She said the last part like it was worse than death.

"We will worry about ourselves Hermione. Now if you'll excuse us." Anthony said.

"Hmph...Don't say I didn't warn you." Hermione gave us one last disapproving look then marched away.

"That was..." Lisa began.

"Interesting." I finished.

"Well, as long as she doesn't say anything we should be fine." Anthony said not even glancing up from the book.

"So, you want to do this tomorrow." I confirmed.

"Yes, I'll look around for a spare classroom. Like I said there are loads that haven't been touched in years."

"What if we're caught?" Lisa asked nervously.

"We are hardly the first Ravenclaw first years to do something...experimental. I've heard loads of stories from my parent's about explosions, and fires from members of our house. All for learning."

"And if it does blow up in our face?" Lisa asked crossing her arms.

"As our head of house, Professor Flitwick would be in charge of our safety, then our discipline." Anthony answered.

"What would he do?" I asked.

"Most Likely Detention. Unlike Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick doesn't like to punish the whole house unless you do something horrible."

"You seem pretty aware of how this all works." Lisa stated.

"Let's just say my parent's we're no stranger's to academic consequences." Anthony said smirking.

"And want our the potential upsides if it doesn't blow up in our face?" I asked.

"Who knows! It's the mystery uncovered that's the reward." Anthony said excitedly.

"Do you have any idea how this will turn out?" Lisa asked him skeptically.

"...No."

"I'll let you two know the place tomorrow." Anthony reiterated as we left the library.

"I'll be there." Lisa confirmed.

"As will I." I added.

"I totally understand if either of you back out."

"We'll be fine, besides, I'm curious what will happen." Lisa told him.

"Okay, well, I'll see you two back in the common room." Anthony replied, then strode off.

"Do you think this is a good idea?" I asked Lisa.

"Probably not, but, I don't know if it's the mother in me, or our house, but I am curious what will happen."

"That's the same way I'm feeling." I admitted.

"Well, our house is all about learning. If this goes horribly wrong, that just means we learnt that Bezoar Egg's and Chimaera Tear's aren't met to go to together."

"The scientific method." I replied.

"Exactly."

We began making our ways through the corridors.

"What time are you supposed to meet Professor Flitwick?" Lisa asked.

"I should probably start heading that way." I replied.

"Well I'll leave you to it. I think I'm going to take Michael and Terry's advice and get some sleep."

Lisa headed back towards the common room, while I made my way towards Professor Flitwick's office. I arrived around two thirty and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Came the Professor cheerful voice.

I entered the office. Sitting at the desk looking at papers was Professor Flitwick.

"Sir?" I asked.

"Ah, Miss Potter. I was wondering when you'd arrive." He said as he noticed me.

"If you're busy sir. I could come back later." I said, motioning to the papers.

"You're no bother at all." He assured me. With a wave of his wand the papers began to sort themselves into the drawers while I watched in amazement.

"Quite useful spell there." He told me chuckling.

"Quite." I replied in amazement.

"Sit down." He told me as he motioned to the chair opposite his. "So you wanted to know about your parents?" He confirmed with me as I sat down.

"Yes sir."

"Before I begin, what do you know?" He asked me with a slight frown.

"Well...I know they died to protect Harry and I. Hagrid said they were good people..." I began trying to think everything about my parents. As I struggled to list anything, Flitwick's usually cheerful expression was replaced with a serious frown.

"Hm. What did you current guardians tell you?" He asked me.

"Nothing. I didn't know magic was a thing until our birthday." I told him.

"So until a month ago you had no idea about anything?" He asked me concerned.

"No." I replied embarrassed.

"What did they tell you happened to your parents?"

"That they died in a car crash."

At that Professor Flitwick face went pale, he gripped the edge of his desk, and for the first time I'd known him he looked angry.

"That they died in a car crash?" He asked me again.

"Yeah, Hagrid told us what really happened." I replied.

Flitwick shook his head, then took a few deep breaths.

"Well you're parent's were both sorted in Seventy One. You're father was a star Quidditch player, and if you don't mind me saying quite the trouble maker."

"Really?"

"Indeed, why I gave him more Detention's than I could remember." Flitwick recalled shaking his head.

"What about my mother?" I asked.

Your mother was one of the best of her year. She was one of the kindest student's, but could be very fiery if angered."

"And they where both in Gryffindor?"

"Indeed."

"Do you think they're fine with me not being In Gryffindor?" I asked nervously.

"Of course they are. In fact your mother had friend's from all the houses." Flitwick assured me.

"Even Slytherin?" I asked.

"Yes, even Slytherin." Flitwick confirmed.

"Who were they?"

"It was so long ago, I can't remember." Flitwick answered, though like Hagrid he didn't meet my eyes.

"Who were some of my parent's friends you can remember then?" I asked.

"Your mother's best friends were Mary Macdonald, and Marlene McKinnon. Both...didn't make it through the last war."

"Oh..."

"Lot's of good people died to stop you-know-who, Miss Potter."

I nodded solemnly. "What about my father's friends?" I asked.

"Your father was the leader of a group of Gryffindor boys. If I recall Remus Lupin was a friend of his, as was Peter Pettigrew."

Again I noticed Professor Flitwick seemed to be...hiding something?

"What happened to them?" I asked curiously.

"Like your mother's friends, Peter didn't make it through the war."

"What about Remus?"

"He's still around, though he has a condition that makes it hard for him to travel."

I continued to ask Professor Flitwick questions for the next hour, everything I could think of. Supposedly my father was gifted in Transfiguration, while my mother excelled in Potions, and to Flitwick's delight, Charms. At the end of our conversation Flitwick offered me a cupcake, and I made my way through the corridors, lost in thought.

For one I was pleased, I knew so much more about my parent's now. I would have to tell Harry at some point, when I had the chance. However I was bothered by the fact that Hagrid, and now Professor Flitwick were keeping secrets from me?

What were they hiding?

"Potter." Someone's voice pulled me out of my thought's and I turned to see Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle.

"Hello Draco." I said nervously.

"You look stressed, did your brother do something stupid again?" Draco asked as Crabbe and Goyle burst into laughter.

"I already told you, I'm not getting involved in with the Gryffindor, Slytherin Rivalry." I replied shaking my head.

"Relax, it's just a joke. You must be used to your brother's stupidity anyway." Again Crabbe and Goyle roared with laughter.

"Are you and Harry going to be at each other's throats for the next seven years?" I asked.

"Your brother is free to apologize for his transgressions. Until then, yes." Draco said firmly.

"Whatever. What do you want anyways?" I asked.

"Nothing actually. Like I said you looked stressed. Cant a classmate worry?" He asked me smirking.

"I guess."

"So what are you stressed about?" He again asked me.

"Oh, just thinking."

"Isn't that what you Ravenclaw's do all the time?" Draco asked.

"If you believe the stereotype."

"Us Slytherin's know all about stereotypes." Draco replied smirking.

"I'm well aware. When I first asked about the houses, I was warned multiple times against Slytherin." I replied.

"Who told you that?" Draco asked me frowning.

"Ron." I replied, knowing no matter what I said he'd go after Ron anyways.

"Typical of Weasley." Draco said shaking my head.

"Like I said, I'm not getting involved." Trying to change the subject.

"Suit yourself. But I have high hope's you'll see reason."

"See Reason?" I asked.

"See that your brother choice of friend's, his insult's towards me, his selection into Gryffindor, is the wrong path. And that if you sided with me and my parent's, you would be far better off."

"Draco, I don't want any trouble, but Harry's my brother. I would never choose you or anyone else over him."

Draco looked disappointed, then shrugged.

"Suit yourself. I have faith, with time, you'll learn to see it my way. After all, you are a Ravenclaw."

Before I could respond Draco marched off, flanked by Crabbe and Goyle. Leaving me with a headache of thoughts.

I woke up and made my way to the common room. I found Anthony sitting on an armchair, looking quite excited.

"I found the perfect spot. Fourth floor classroom, hasn't been used in year's." He told me excitedly.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"The room was filled with dust, in fact the entire hall was. I spent yesterday afternoon cleaning it." He explained. I nodded as Lisa made her way over to us.

"You have everything you need?" She asked Anthony.

"Yes."

"What time?" She asked.

"Mid afternoon. After everyone's dispersed throughout the castle."

We left the common room about halfway to two, making sure to hide everything in our robes pockets.

"Just around this bend and we should be..."

"Hey Sarah!" Harry's voice interrupted Anthony as we all turned to face Harry and Ron.

"Hey...Harry. How are you?" I asked, hiding the Bezoar Egg behind my back.

"Nothing much, we were just trying to catch up on homework." Harry said.

"Sounds fun."

"What are you three up to?" Ron asked.

"Just out for a afternoon stroll." Lisa replied, clearly the three of us looked suspicious.

"In this part of the castle?" Harry asked.

"We were just curious."

"Well, anyways, do you three have Professor Binn's assignment done yet?" Ron asked.

"I do." I replied, trying to look as normal as possible.

"Would you help us with it, we've been stuck on it for hours." Harry asked, while Ron gave a pleading look.

"Of course...just meet me in the library at five." I said, looking to Anthony to make sure that would be enough time. He gave me a subtle nod as I turned back to the pair.

"Sound's like a plan. You three enjoy your...walk" Harry replied, as he and Ron sped off. And all of us collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

We entered the abandoned classroom. Like he had told us the room hadn't been used in ages, cobwebs. In the center of the room sat Anthony's cauldron. And the ingredients needed for the experiment.

"So what do we do?" I asked Anthony.

"I'll stir, you take the Chimaera tears." He said and handed me a vile. "While you take the Bezoar Egg." He said as he handed it to Lisa.

"So what are we trying to do again?" Lisa asked.

"That's the exciting part, I have no idea." Anthony said excitedly, then walked up to the cauldron.

"So where throwing random ingredient's into a cauldron to see what happens?" She asked.

"Indeed." Anthony replied as he began to stir the boiling water. "The scientific process can not be stopped." He added.

Anthony began to stir and steam began to fill the air. Me and Lisa shared a nervous glance.

"This won't...blow up and kill us, will it?" Lisa asked.

"Not kill." Anthony replied.

"How assuring." I stated.

"When I tell you, throw the ingredients into the cauldron." Anthony told us.

"We've already come this far." I told Lisa.

"In three."

"That water is boiling really hot."

"Two."

"I hope they don't expel us for this."

"One."

"Maybe we should have listened to Hermione..."

"Now!"

"I found them in a room full of smoke Professor. If I hadn't been there, the cauldron would have exploded."

"Is that all Miss Clearwater?"

"Yes Professor."

I sat between Anthony and Lisa at Professor Flitwick's desk. After we'd thrown stuff in the cauldron began producing much more steam, and almost exploded. I was both terrified and thankful when Penelope had opened the door noticing the steam.

The Prefect and Head of House turned there attention to us. The girl looked annoyed, but relieved, while our head of house just sighed and smirked.

"I guess we have are first incident of the year. I have to admit I wasn't expecting it to be you three." Penelope told us sternly.

"Quite the contrary, Mr. Goldstein is the least bit surprising." Flitwick told her shaking his head.

"Really?" Penelope asked.

"His parent's were constantly in Detention." He said giving Anthony a knowing look.

"I'm well aware." Anthony replied rubbing the back of his head.

As for this one." He then turned to me. "Her father was also constantly causing mischief. Though for far different reasons...The stress he caused Professor McGonagall." He said smirking.

"As for Miss Turpin." He said turning to Lisa. " I have no previous information to rely on, so her behavior is the most surprising. Still..."

"Sir?" Penelope asked.

"Sorry, just reminiscing." Flitwick shook his head and appeared far more serious. "I'll take it from here Miss Clearwater." He told her. She nodded and left. Leaving just us and our Head of House.

"What where you three doing?" He asked us seriously.

"It was my fault Professor." Anthony said instantly. "I wanted to test the effect's of Chimaera tears with a Bezoar egg."

"How did you obtain those ingredients?" He asked.

"I got a seventh year to get me the Bezoar Egg, while paying for the Chimaera tears." He answered.

Professor Flitwick nodded then turned to Lisa.

"Why where you involved?" He asked her.

"Um..."

"Miss Turpin."

"He helped me with some homework. I felt like I owed him. But I volunteered, he did not ask me." She said the last part firmly.

Professor Flitwick nodded then turned to me.

"Miss Potter?" He asked.

I thought for a moment. I wasn't the mastermind like Anthony, nor did I have a reason for helping like Lisa. I really had no reason for helping, other than.

"I was curious Professor." I answered. He sighed and shook his head.

"This is the Twenty Third year in a row a group of rambunctious first years have tried to self experiment during there first week. " He began then turned to Anthony. "Including you're parents." Anthony went a little red.

"I will give you the same speech I always give. I know you want to learn, I know you're curious. But you have just barely started to learn magic. You are not prepared to combine ingredients just to see what happens. Now I'm not going to take any points as to not punish the house."

We all looked at each other relived.

"However." We all turned our attention back to Professor Flitwick nervously. "You will each serve Detention. And though I don't want to, if there are any more dangerous activities, point's will be subtracted, more Detention served, and letters sent home. Am I understood?"

"Yes Professor." We all replied.

"Good, I'll send you letters at breakfast tomorrow for the time of your detentions. Now I would suggest enjoying the rest of this weekend doing something less..."

"Stupid?" Lisa asked.

"Yes."

We all filed out of Flitwick's office. While upset about detention, I knew it could have been a whole lot worse.

"No more experiments?" Lisa asked Anthony crossing her arms.

"No more experiments." Anthony replied.

"Promise?" She asked him.

"Yes, I promise."

Lisa took a deep breath. Then nodded.

"Good, what do you guy's want to do now?"

"Well, I'm heading to the library to help Ron and Harry with Binn's assignment." I said.

"Good luck. That was a chore to get through, and I usually love homework assignment."

"You don't have to remind me." I replied before turning back to the pair. "By the way, could you two keep this from Harry. Don't want him having to worry about me?"

"I don't think any of us are going to spread our...failed experiment." Lisa said firmly. I nodded.

"I'll see you two tonight." I told the pair, then turned and headed down the hall.

I made my way to the library and found Ron and Harry. I began helping the pair with Binn's assignment. Finally they finished and I headed back to the common room. After all that had happened the past two days I felt exhausted, and decided to call it an early night. As my head hit the pillow I made a promise to myself.

Next weekend I was actually going to relax.