Hecate's Realm

Potions

AN: Congratulations again to Aithne, I hope I've written her to your satisfaction.

Long AN at end of chapter. It's kind of important? It talks about sequel stuff, sort of. Also, all the information about what is being done in the classes without Harry is being pulled from the Harry Potter wiki, which has everything from the yearly curriculums, to the schedules of when the classes take place. However, for class times, I can only assume this is for Gryffindor, because that's all we see really, so I've improvised bit.

This has been beta'd by the amazing xx ShamiksXa xx, so go check her out!

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She was dressed in her full uniform (shoes, tie, everything), and her roommates would be surprised to say the least when they saw the foreign exchange student from the night before in their room the following morning.

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The first thing Hazel noticed as she was woken up was a soft hand gently nudging her. The second thing she noticed was a few beams of sunlight that had managed to get past the curtains surrounding her four poster bed. She sat up and saw a girl that she couldn't help but compare to Piper. They both had the same hair and skin. This girl, however, had dark brown eyes opposed to Piper's multicolored ones, and seemed a good bit shorter. "Good morning," the girl said quietly.

"Good morning," Hazel yawned. "Would you happen to know what time it is?"

The girl shook her head. "Would you want to go to breakfast?" Hazel nodded when she felt a gnawing in her stomach. "I'll let you get ready then." She started to walk towards the door of their dorm.

"What's your name?" Hazel asked as she continued watching the stranger.

"Emerson Harper. Though my friends call me Emmy." With that, she disappeared, most likely to the Great Hall.

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After a quick shower and changing into some fresh robes, Hazel made her way out to the common room, where she saw Emerson sitting in one of the lumpy armchairs reading. "You waited for me?"

She looked up. "Of course I did. What if you didn't remember where the Great Hall was? Then you would've been lost in the castle on your first day. I can tell you from experience that it isn't very fun." Hazel gave the girl and genuine thankful smile. She'd fit in here just fine. "Sorry, I tend to ramble sometimes. Are you ready?" Hazel nodded and allowed Emerson to lead her through the castle.

They made their way to the Hufflepuff table and sat down before eating. Even though some things were delicious, she found many of the options to be rather bland. Living in places such as Louisiana, Alaska, and the Argo II for a time, allowed her to become accustomed to several different types of food. 'Perhaps I'll be able to grab something from the kitchen,' she thought as she watched a woman walk down the table handing papers to her housemates.

'Professor Sprout,' her mind supplied. She would really have to thank Lady Hecate if- no, when she got back to Camp. As she looked down at the piece of parchment that was handed to her, she saw that it was a schedule. After leaning over a bit, she saw that hers was identical to Emerson's.

"Looks like we have Potions with the Ravenclaws first." Emerson turned to look at a man at the table where the professor's ate. His long black hair was greasy, his nose was hooked, and it looked as if a permanent scowl was fixed on his face. Her new friends must've noticed her staring. "That's Professor Snape," she explained. 'Severus Snape' "He's the Potions Master here. Doesn't like most, excluding his Slytherins. But we don't have class with them today, so hopefully he won't be too harsh."

Hazel nodded and listened as she was told about their professor. Hecate, of course, had already informed her about the cruel man. Though with two different descriptions of the man, and time to momentarily observe him at breakfast, she still wasn't too sure about what to expect from the potions class. She didn't know when she and Emerson left the Great Hall, or when they navigated their way through the castle, or when they waited by the door for him along with the other students in the dungeons. All she could hope for was that she would be able to make the potions correctly, and that she could stay on his good side (if he even had one, which she honestly doubted) for as long as possible.

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After Professor Snape had given a speech about his expectations for the class, (the same one he had given for the last two years, Emerson informer her,) they were instructed to brew a Sleeping Draught, something that had been taught in their second year, as a warm up. Again, Hazel already knew how to make one, but allowed Emerson to instruct her on the brewing as to not stand out. As much as it pained her to slow down the process of doing things at Hogwarts by pretending to be clueless, she had to blend in for the quest. She couldn't have very well done that if she already knew practically everything about Hogwarts with barely being there for a day!

As they brewed, she discovered that Emerson was decent at brewing. At least, when the professor wasn't looming over their shoulders, as if daring them to make a mistake so he could take away points. Thankfully, that didn't happen to often. By the time the hour was done, they had created a Sleeping Draught that satisfied the both of them. Emerson put some in a vial for grading, then left the class.

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Hazel smiled as she left the castle to attend their next class in the greenhouses. Even though she was a daughter of Pluto, those dungeons gave her bad feelings. Similar to when the first time she died, the earth felt constricting. But now, she was free, and was going to spend an hour with her Head of House, so she was extremely hopeful. Hazel's wishes of having a decent class were answered. They were working with puffapods. A few times the beans from the plants fell, causing flowers to appear from them, which Hazel found to smell rather nice. Though whenever this happened, Professor Sprout would glare at the student who dropped them for a moment.

One hour later, Hazel and Emerson went down to the Great Hall. A good amount of the third year Gryffindors were already there, she noticed. She also noticed that Frank was deeply concentrating. She would have to remember to ask him about that when they met up in the Room of Requirement later that night. She then looked over to the reason they were on this quest in the first place. It seemed Harry was in the middle of a heated discussion between Ron and Hermione. She'd have to find out about that later too. She could no longer look at them, so she sat down across from Emerson and tuned back into what she was talking about.

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Alright, so excluding basic ideas I want to incorporate, I don't really have the best record with plain out my plots and how they'll develop. That said, I'm surprised we're in the second part of a series now. I understand if you don't like Fairy Tail and therefore didn't read Hecate's Realm, but if you did, let me know. I want to write something involving Team Natsu, but I need your guys feedback first. Should I finish Hecate's Realm altogether (which will definitely go to OOTP), or just the part that takes place in POA before writing and posting the next part in The Gods' Playground? Or would you want them to be posted at the same time? Please, let me know in reviews and PM's. Okay, thanks, bye.