Olive Wood and the Cup of Potions

First Day

'Olive, Ginny, hurry up!' Jessica yelled. 

'I'm trying!' Olive yelled back. Ginny was brushing her hair and Olive was trying to get her shoes on. 

'They're too tight!' Olive said. Finally, after trying for ages and ages, did her shoes come on? 

'FINALLY!' Flora said. More like screeched. 

'Come on!' Ginny said. The girls rushed down the stairs of the Girls' Dormitory, and down to the Great Hall. Jessica and Flora went down to sit with Dean Thomas, while Ginny and Olive went to Ron, Harry, and Hermione.  

'What took you so long? Professor McGonagall had to give Ron and me your timetables.' Hermione said. 

'Shoes were too tight/Hair was too tangled.' Olive and Ginny said together. 

'Huh?' Harry said looking up from his toast. 

'Long story.' Ginny said taking her timetable from Ron as Olive took hers from Hermione. 

'Herbology, Defense Against The Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Potions, Lunch, Charms and the day's over.' Olive listed off.

'You're lucky. We have Potions, first class.' Harry said. 

'Oh, that's bad. How's Snape like?' Olive asked. 

'Horrid. He has a heart as cold as ice. Think of it like this, if a Slytherin killed a Gryffindor, he would be happy and wouldn't give them detention. But if a Gryffindor killed a Slytherin he would be the first to recommend their expulsion.' Fred said. Or George.

So hard to find out who is who between them. 

'That's a weird way to describe him.' Ginny said to her brothers. They shrugged. 

Olive placed some toast on her plate and began to eat it. After a half hour or so, the bell rang and the friends said goodbye to attend their classes.

 Jessica practically bounced off the walls excitedly as she talked about the upcoming Herbology class. 

Flora rolls her eyes and says, 'I swear, if Jessica could marry Herbology, she would.' 

Olive and Ginny cackled and they walked off together to the Greenhouses. 

Professor Sprout was waiting for the student. 

'Welcome, students to your first Herbology lesson of the year!' She said. Olive spotted some Hufflepuff students in the crowd. 

She checked her timetable and it read, "HERBOLOGY: WITH HUFFLEPUFF" She chucked it back into her bag and followed Professor Sprout with the rest of the children. 

'Today, we will about the benefits of Serenitea. Who here can tell me about it?' Sprout said. Jessica's hand shot up narrowly missing Olive's nose.

'Serenitea is a kind and loving plant with healing benefits. Its pollen can be used to heal the worst wound ever and its petals can create a healing tea.' she said proudly. 

'Very wonderful, Miss Walker. 20 points to Gryffindor.' Sprout said. She went on, and on about the benefits of Serenitea and gave us homework to write an essay about it.

'Who gives homework on the first day?' Ginny asked. 

Flora let out a deep sigh and muttered to her friends, 'I can't stand this class. It's so boring and I feel like wasting my time.' 

'What Defense Against The Dark Arts?' Jessica asked. 

'Yeah, it's so useless. I mean, why do we need to defend ourselves soon?