Ember Potter (A Harry Potter Fanfiction) Book 1: The Chamber of Secrets.

Chapter 12: The First Day is Always Hard

I woke up on the bed in the morning. 

"It's time to wake up, dear. I have decided that you and Harry shall be staying in your old room rather than the other dorms. I'm afraid that you may not be able to defend yourself against those children that caused your scar," Minnie explained to me. "You must understand that it is for your own safety." 

"Of course I do Minnie," I replied. "I probably should start to get ready. Breakfast will be starting soon." Minnie nodded and left the room. I got dressed into some fresh Hogwarts robes and left for breakfast after taking a shower and brushing my teeth. I got to the great hall and sat next to Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Daniel. 

"Morning Husky," Harry said. 

"Morning Emerald," I said. I called him emerald because of his eyes. They were bright green and had a slight shine to them. He called me Husky because my wolf form doesn't really look like a wolf. It looks like a Siberian Husky and like my Animagus form, it's colors depend on my mood. I had some waffles and toast with orange juice to drink. After breakfast, we left the great hall and I met with Ginny and Daniel. 

"Hey! Ember! Wait up!" I heard a voice say and looked back to see Draco running after me. I stopped and he ran up to me and gave me a hug. "Good luck, Em'. I'll see ya in the great hall," Draco said before running back with Harry, Ron, Hermione, and a boy named Neville. 

"We have Transfiguration with Minnie first," I said. 

"Remember, don't call her Minnie in front of the class though," Ginny reminded me. 

"I won't, mate," I said. We walked down to the Transfiguration classroom and lined up at the door, earlier than most of the other students. The others arrived and Minnie opened the door. 

"Quiet down now everyone and come inside," Minnie told us as we came inside. I winked at her and she gave me a small half smile. 

"Good luck, Minnie," I muttered under my breathe. 

"Welcome to Transfiguration. This is one of the most complicated kinds of magic you will be learning at Hogwarts. Today we will be transforming needles into pens," Minnie said to the class. "Like so, 1, 2, 3, Pentransfromus!" The small needle turned into a pen. She handed out the tiny needles. I was able to transform it on the first try. Ginny seemed to have a bit of trouble with her new wand, but after a while she managed to turn it. Daniel, however, couldn't seem to do it. 

"Don't give up, Daniel. I have faith in you!" I told him.

"Thanks, alpha, but I can't seem to get it," Daniel said. 

"Could you please try at least on more time for me Danny?" I asked him.

"Anything for you alpha," He said and tried one more time. Minnie was watching. He did. 

"You did it!" I told him. Werewolves always love praise from their alpha. He smiled. 

"T-Thanks for the help alpha," He said. 

"No problem Danny," I told him. We went to Charms after that. 

"Today we will be learning how to levitate objects," Professor Flitwick said. 

"Wingardiam Leviousa!" I said, and then feather lifted up. I once again had to help Danny. We then went to potions, lunch, DADA, and History of Magic. It was a pretty good day, other than the fact that Daniel was having a lot of difficulties. I walked back to Minnie's little part of the castle. 

"Password please?" The cat painting said. The cat on the painting looked exactly like Minnie's animagus form. There where two little kittens with the cat. One was a black kitten with bright green eyes, Harry's animagus form. The other was a pink little kitten with darker pink stripes and purple eyes. I recodnized it as my animagus form when I was happy. 

"Lycan," I told the motherly cat that I knew better than even Harry. Harry had always preferred Hagrid growing up and spent most of his time there. I preferred to be with Minnie. The cat nodded and the painting opened allowing my entry. I closed the painting behind me and sat at the kitchen table, once again having difficulties reading. I had been to the eye doctor a while ago, after the bite. We found out that I was half blind, and my vision on my left eye worsened substantially. I turned on my acrobat. The Acrobat was a machine that helped me enlarge things so I could read them. I carry a smaller version of the machine with me. I finished all my homework just as Minnie walked in. 

"Getting a head start on your work, are you?" Minnie asked. I was so startled that I accidentally shot my quill against the wall and turned into my animagus form. After turning back by accident I fell off the chair. 

"Ow..." I said and tried to get up. 

"Sorry, dear. I still keep forgetting that your a bit jumpy after what happened a few months ago," Minnie told me as she helped me up. 

"I-It's alright," I said. 

"How has your first day of school been?" Minnie asked. 

"It was alright. Danny struggled a bit, but after a little encouragement, he was the brave little pup I know he can be," I told her. 

"I noticed this morning when he was having difficulties with the pen," Minnie pointed out. I blushed. 

"An alpha has to do what an alpha has to do, and that means helping and protecting their pack," I told her. 

"Alpha?" She asked. 

"Well... It started after the first incident where I lost... Them... When I was attacked, it unblocked my werewolf scent. The alpha they had at that time recodnized it. It was the Foxy boy he did You-Know-What to me.... He asked me where my pack was, and I said I didn't have a pack. He then attempted to send them to attack me, but they refused. He attempted to attack them because of their disobedience. I used a few defensive spells of mine and protected them. He eventually gave up and left the wolf pack. That's probably why he's so angry with me, is because I saved what was his wolf pack from being abused by him. No one should have to live like they where for that long," I told her. 

"You're definitely your mother's girl," Minnie said. I blushed and hugged her. We spent the rest of the evening just talking. My brother joined the conversations after a while, and then we went to bed.