Reality Bites Harry Potter

Gingerpuffs First Day

I hear giggling and immediately I'm awake. I see Hannah and Susan both awake and getting dressed for the day. "You snore, Shay. Very loudly" Hannah teases and I make a face at her. "Sorry, girls" I say sleepily, stretching as I get up. I get dressed quickly before brushing my hair and starting to braid it. I yawn as I finish before following the girls down to breakfast. "First day of classes. I'm kinda nervous" I admit. Susan nods and Hannah sighs. "It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have the scariest teacher first thing. Snape before 9 a.m. honestly terrifies me" she says. I smile reassuringly at her. "I'm sure it'll be fine. He's a good teacher or he wouldn't still be here" I say and Susan looks at me like I'm insane. "Alright, girls. We should head to the dungeons for potions now" I say, getting up and seeing the others reluctantly follow me. We get to the potions room and I see most of the kids already there. There were 2 seats next to each other open but not three. "Why don't you two take the seats together" I offer, seeing them both look nervous. They look at me unsurely but take the open seats. I see a chair 2 rows behind them and take it, sighing when I see a snotty looking girl beside me. "Hi I'm Shay" I say, smiling at her. She rolls her eyes. "I'm Vanessa but please don't talk to me. I don't wanna be friends, just don't make me fail this class" she grumbles. I nod, turning to face the front. Snape walks in and I immediately start paying attention. He gives us instructions and I try my best for follow instructions but soon I am lost. Majorly lost at that. "Shayla Harper, what are you doing?" he asks, glaring at me and I shrink. "Um, I thought I was making the potion... Sir?" I mumble and Vanessa rolls her eyes. "You are literally the worst at this and I don't want to be your partner all semester" she gripes. Snape turns to look at her. "Don't worry, you will get to spend the rest of the semester working by yourself. Ten points from Ravenclaw for your hateful attitude. Miss Harper please join a group of two, they will be your partners for the rest of the semester. Hopefully they will encourage you to pay better attention." I nod, quickly joining Hannah and Susan. They help me catch up quickly on today's assignment and I relax a lot when I see how well the potion turns out. "Alright, class. You are dismissed. Your homework is to study pages 5-9 of your potions book as those are the potions we will focus on the next 2 weeks" he says. We nod as we stand, heading to history of magic. "We survived! And we get to all 3 work together" Hannah says happily and I giggle. "I thought for sure he was gonna kill me back there" I mumble and Susan frowns. "He isn't as evil as people make him sound" she says softly and I nod. We get to history of magic and it takes everything in me not to fall asleep. I had actually read this textbook cover to cover over the summer so I knew everything that was being said at the moment. Hannah, Susan, and I decide to start a doodle page to keep from falling asleep. I was glad I had all of my classes with my 2 best friends. Once the class is finally over I look at our schedule and beam. "Finally! It's time for flying lessons!" I say excitedly, quickly heading outside. Madame Hooch had us all line up and I looked at the broom beside me. "Up!" I command and my broom quickly flies to my hand. "Good job, miss Harper! You're a natural!" she says excitedly and I beam. Once a few more students have their brooms in their hand she allows us to mount them and hover a few inches off the ground. I easily control the broom, making Madame Hooch even happier. "Usually there are rules about first years and quidditch but my dear you are a natural born flyer" she says. I smile happily as I land back on the ground, sad to see that flying lessons are over. I see that I have free period for the rest of the night so I take Hannah and Susan and quickly head to get food. "I'm starving" I say as I sit down and start to eat. Soon I see the Weasley twins approaching us. "Hi Gingerpuffs" Fred greets and I smile at him. He was kinda cute. "Hi twins" Hannah says as she makes her plate and starts eating. "A little birdy told us that you might be joining quidditch soon" George says and I nod. "Madame Hooch said I was a natural but professor Sprout needs to first see if there's any openings and then look at my schedule to make sure I don't put too much pressure on myself. I really hope I get to do it though. It sounds fun" I giggle. Fred smiles big at me. "We may be biased since we both play but quidditch is the best thing this school has to offer" Fred says. I nod as I finish eating. "Maybe I will see you out there then" I say, smiling at them. They nod before leaving and I sigh as the others finish their food. "I think I'm gonna call it a night early tonight." I say and the others nod as we head back to the dorm. Once we get inside I go to bed and fall asleep quickly. It had been a great day but boy was I tired.