Episode 4 I wake up on the floor. “What happened there?” Pansy Parkinson asks as she helps me up. I shrug. “Anyways, what lesson do we have first?” I ask pulling on my robes and slytherin tie. “Umm, potions. Let me just double check.” She pulls out her timetable and marked on PERIOD 1 is: POTIONS PROFESSOR .S. SNAPE “Heard Snape’s really good to the slytherins!” Pansy says gleefully as we walk out the door together. Pansy soon sees Draco and goes off with him and I see Eliza. I’ve known Eliza since we were born, our families are firm friends. “Elly! Over ‘ere!” She grins broadly and runs over to me. “Darn I wish us first years were aloud to have brooms! I honestly don’t want to be on those dastardly school brooms for flying lessons.” I nod vigorously, “SAME!” Out of nowhere Virgo appears beside me. “Oh, hi Virgo!” I say when he falls into step beside me. “That’s-that’s-!” Eliza can’t finish her sentence as virgo is so menacing to her. “Um I’ll s-see you later Lynx!” She quickly hurries off. I smile at Virgo. “Ignore them, they’re jealous that you know the unforgivable curses!” This makes Virgo laugh. “Let’s get to breakfast.” He says now looking a lot more optimistic than he was five seconds ago. We race down the stairs, get lost a few times and enjoy a good breakfast of pie and pumpkin juice when Draco walks up in the great hall to me, makes a face at Virgo and whispers to me, “potter snuck in a broom!” My eyes widen and I look over at the gryffindor table where lots of people are gaping and staring. A large package shaped like a long stick is on the gryffindor’s table, it’s a broomstick. “That’s-that’s not possible!” Whispers Virgo wide eyed. Harry runs with the broom and Weasley away. They’re laughing. My jaw drops. I can see Eliza’s jaw has dropped too. My cat, shadow, slinks between people’s legs and hops up onto my lap. After me and Virgo finish breakfast we get off and head to the dungeons we only know too well at this point. As we all file in Snape’s mouth curves, almost into a smile, when he sees me I nod at him and he sits back satisfied. The first lesson is a blast. I’m stirring a beozoar into my potion when it turns a concerning shade of red. “That’s not right!” I whisper to Virgo. Lucky for me, Virgo might just be the smartest person in the year and he cuts a chive in half and puts it in and he stirs it a bit then it turns purple… just the right shade. At the end of the lesson, Snape walks around the classroom inspecting everyone’s potions. He comes round to me and Virgo’s table and his lips curve into a small smile. “Impeccable work Miss Malfoy and Mr Riddle. 50 points to slytherin!” I see Potter’s face screw up and Weasley rolls his eyes. Snape walks round to potter, Weasley, the two grangers, and Longbottom’s table. “Longbottom! Why is your potion PINK!?” Longbottom shudders as Snape slowly advances closer and closer towards him. “How about we test this potion on your precious little abomination of a toad? Ah, that would do grandly.” As Snape says this Draco snickers. After class, all us slytherins file out laughing ourselves silly. “A-and his face!” Virgo howls going through another fit of laughing. Anastasia waves us over. Lynx, Riddle! Over ‘ere!” Me and Virgo walk towards her. “Wow, someone who’s not scared of me!” Virgo says dazedly. “Yeah my mum asked me to be friends with you as the dark lord apparently is so protective of you, it’d make her seem more faithful to him and get a higher ranking you know, all that trash.” Virgo nods while Anastasia says this. “Anyways… first lesson! How’d it go?” She asks as we all walk together down the corridor. “Really good! Longbottom, the fat one, has to watch his froggy suffer!” I say excitedly and Anastasia’s eyes light up. “Ohhhh, I wish I was there to see that. On the first lesson? That’s gold that is!” She says, soon we have to part though. Charms is taught by a little professor with a sneaky voice by the name of Flitwick. Transfiguration is Mcgonagall and defense against the dark arts is Quirrel, he’s got this pathetic stutter that he apparently got when he was off studying vampires and he actually met one in Albania!Later that evening me and Virgo are sitting by the fireplace with pieces of parchment, fresh ink and quills. Were writing to out parents. “What should I write?” Virgo asks screwing up his face and tapping his forehead, he’s thinking. “Well, it’s quite hard considering your writing to Voldemort innit?” We laugh and I write: Dear mother and father, I have settled into hogwarts quite fine and made a lot of friends. Thanks mother for all the sweets and I’m most grateful for my owl and cat, also all of the presents you bought me. Love Lynx. I look over my shoulder and Virgo’s done. We send both our owls out the window. We say our good nights and head to our dorms. What a first day it’s been…
Lynx: @Dija6000 Virgo: @ThatGuy_Lori Eliza: @roboQueen4000