Cat got your tongue~

5

After a few days of difficult adaptation to hogwarts and it's very troublesome stairs, paintings, ghost, statues and Felix's lack of endurance, Felix manadged to get how to direct himself through the castle.

And for the first time ever, he arrived before the others students, well almost, Hermione was already there. It was their first class of potion and their houses had a double class toghether . He decided to sit with her as they had never gotten the chance to talk very much. "Hi Hermione ? So, how do you like magic after all ?" he asked nicely. She gave him a big bright smile, "I love it. It's a shame we aren't in the same house though. Did you know that Merlin was in Slytherin ?", "Yes, i know, and he also studied in beauxbatons in Ombrelune, it's a like mix between slytherin and ravenclaw.", "So cool !". The two of them talked for a few minutes before the rest of the class arrived. Draco and his friends as well as the griffindors gave them an odd look, only Seamus waved at him enthusiastically.

Severus Snape, Slytherin's head of house, arrived a few seconds after everyone was seated, perfectly on time. It was the first time Felix really saw him, he quite looked like an overgrown bat with his very large black robe, but it was very very cool, almost as much cool as batman himself.

It appeared Snape wasn't the nicest guy around, as soon as the class began he started to pick on Harry. "Potter ! What would i get if i added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood ?" he had asked suddenly. Felix remembered it being quite far and briefly mentionned in their potion book, but most of the students surely hadn't read it yet. As Hermione did, he raised his hand, but way lower as he didn't want to get attention on him so much.

Harry didn't know the answer, so Snape pointed at Felix, "Mister Robson.". Felix felt embarassed that he had chosen him over Hermione who clearly wanted to say the answer, "You would get a draught of living death Sir." he answered quietly. Snape's lips curled into a sneer "Exactly. Fame clearly isn't everything. Let's try again. Potter, where would you look if i told you to find me a bezoar ?". Again, Harry didn't know, and Hermione's hand was higher than before. This time, Felix wanted her to be picked so he didn't raise his hand, yet Snape asked him once again. "In a stomach of a goat sir." he said while looking very confused. While Snape mocked Harry once again, Felix whispered to Hermione, "I'm sorry , i don't know why he won't ask you.", she nodded in understanding, yet at the last question that Snape asked, she practically got up to be picked.

"What is the difference, Potter, between Monkshood and Wolfsbane ?" he had asked. This time, Harry answered quietly, "I don't know. I think Hermione does though, why don't you try her ?". A few people laughed, and Felix hid his smile behind his hand. Snape looked at Hermione, "Sit down" he snapped. "Robson." he then ordered. "It's the same plant sir, also know as aconite." he said quietly while looking down and fidgeting with his hands, he didn't like being used to mock his friend.

Snape grinned and took a point from griffindor and gave one to Felix for his correct answers. When it came to making their first potion, on how to cure boils, Snape kept blaming Harry for not preventing Neville from melting Seamus's cauldron. He often complimented Draco's way of doing some things. And sometime when he passed by Felix and Hermione's potion, he said thing, like, "Good Mister Robson, continue like that.", but he never said anything to hermione even though she was actually better than Felix.

When they exited the classroom, he told Hermione, "I'm sorry for what happened Hermione. Can we still work together in potion ?". She smiled happily, "It's not your fault, and we work well toghether, our potion was better than everyone's. And i prefer that you get point for answering well rather than Parkinson." she told him.

When they separated, Felix joined the other slytherins to their transfiguration class. "Hey Felix. Why were you with her ? Don't you know she's a mudblood ?" Draco asked him while they walked. Felix immediately stopped in his tracks and froze. He then gave Draco a cold look, "My mother is a muggleborn, Malfoy." he said coldly. Draco sneered, "Ah i had forgotten that your were only a halfblood. My bad.". Felix left without a word and didn't uttered a word to Draco for the entire day. Then he stopped looking at Draco as his friend, only a simple classmate.