Chapter 8~ Potions and Herbology

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Harry, Ron, and I all walked to the potions classroom with Professor Snape. I walk into the room and the first person I see is the dreaded Draco Malfoy talking to Rachel. Interestingly enough it's the first time I've ever seen him smile. Not a rude obnoxious sneer but a true genuine happy smile. Professor Snape has everyone sit down and Rachel sits with Malfoy, I sit with Ron behind them, and Harry and Hermione sit behind us.
"This class is not about having fun. You will not twiddle your wands. You will pay attention. You are here to learn." He looks directly at Harry. "No special treatment will be given." He walks in front of his board and writes as he speaks, "I will teach you to bewitch the mind. I will teach you to curse the body." He faces all of us. "And if I catch any problems from a single one of you 10 points will be taken from your house." He faces the board. "Get out your quills." He writes several more things on the board then steps away. On the board is several questions about different kinds of potions and what goes into them and what they do. Thankfully as I grew my mother let me watch her and she would teach me. I'm fairly good at potions in my opinion. I write the answers to all the questions. He goes around reading them all then he stops at mine and takes my paper. Then does the same to Hermione.
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I walk with Rachel to Herbology to find out what Malfoy said. Not only is she a Gryffindor but she's a muggle-born. The Malfoys hate both of those things there is no way they would like her for being both.
"Oh he was so lovely." She says.
Draco? Lovely?
"I'm sorry Rachel we're both talking about Draco MALFOY right? The boy in Slytherin with white hair that looks as if his fathers looks can get him anything he wants? That Draco Malfoy?"
"Oh but London he's so sweet and his hair is White Blonde not just white." We walk into Professor Sprouts room and sit on stools made of plants. Each seat is like a flower. Rachel sits in a rose and I sit in a lily. Professor Sprout walks in. "Everyone take a seat go on." When everyone is seated she gets up and announces herself "just in case" though with her name I don't understand why she wouldn't be the Herbology teacher. She tells us about all the things we'll do in her class and how we'll have to work together even though we're from different houses. She says that if someone answers a question correctly they might get points awarded to their house so that was a good thing. After class I mix myself with Harry and Ron as we walk and Rachel walks with Draco until he has to turn to go to his common room. She finds us and walks the rest of the way with us.
"But is it pronounced Herbology or Erbology?"  I just chuckle and go into the room.

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Sorry if it's crap I started it last night and started falling asleep while writing it so now I'm sitting in bed and typing after a fight with my sister which is making me really not okay so yeah sorry for the crappy chapter

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