Chapter 12 - Potion Masters

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Y/N walks back from the quidditch grounds making her way to potions with Slughorn. She's already very late for her first class and needs to make a good impression on the Potions Professor. Her grades has suffered enough with Snape so she definitely needs to be on Slughorn's good side.

The reason why she was so late was because the Ravenclaw was sorting out when to schedule the pitch to have quidditch trials and she lost track of time talking about a potential career path playing the game professionally with Madam Hootch.

A teeming mass of students fight their way to class on first day of term. Amidst it all, McGonagall stands tall and stern. Y/N spots Harry and Ron standing against the wall above the mass of students. The Ravenclaw smiles and gives them a small wave and the two Gryffindor boys wave back, both of them with mischievous grins in their faces.

"History of Magic is up, ladies, not down. Mr Davies, that's the girl's lavatory-" McGonagall's eyes shift, to find Y/N trying to avoid the crowd by walk on the small stone wall. "Black!" She calls

Y/N looks up to find McGonagall calling her name and pushes her way through the crowd over to the Professor.

"Professor" Y/N says and McGonagall smirks

"Late to class I see" The Professor says and Y/N sighs

"Well you see I was reserving the quidditch pitch for trials but I lost track of time-"

"It's quite alright Y/N. Professor Slughorn has already got an owl to know about your absence"

"Oh, thank you" Y/N says

Suddenly McGonagall's eyes shift to two Gryffindor's Ron and Harry standing on the wall above the crowd, both of them laughing at the crowded students.

McGonagall sighs "Potter!" She calls and Harry looks up and sighs, muttering something to Ron before making his way over to them. "Enjoying ourself, are we?"

"Well, you see, I've got an open period this morning, Professor-" Harry says

"So I noticed." McGonagall cuts off "I would think you'd want to fill it with Potions. Or is it no longer your ambition to become an Auror?"

"It is. Or was." Harry answers "But I was told I had to get an Outstanding in my O.W.L-"

"And so you did when Professor Snape was teaching Potions" McGonagall cuts off once more "However, Professor Slughorn is perfectly happy to accept N.E.W.T. students with 'Exceeds Expectations.'"

"Really? Well, brilliant. I'll head there straight away." Harry says with a small smile

"Good. You can go with Y/N" McGonagall says "oh and take Weasley with you. He looks far too happy over there."

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Y/N, Harry and Ron walk to the bare corridor where potions is situated. Ron of course trails behind. "Quit lagging Ron we're already late as it is" Y/N says

"But I don't want to take Potions!" Ron whines

Y/N opens the door as Harry drags Ron inside, the other students turn in unison. Hermione smiles seeing Y/N but Flo frowns as she looks Lavender who is liking at Ron, beaming.

"Y/N! I was beginning to worry!" Slughorn says cheery "And I see we've brought some others. Harry my boy, and"

"Ron Weasley, sir" Ron replies "But I'm dead awful at Potions, a menace actually, so I probably should just be going-"

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