Students At Hogwarts

Chapter 4

Jason's pov

My first class at Hogwarts. It's potions class and let's just say I'm nervous. At least Ron has this class with me so I'm not totally alone. We were walking there when a guy from Slytherin stood in front of me, smiling cockily and blocking my path. "So you've got potions, huh? Snape hates Mudbloods." Huh? What the heck is a Mudblood? "What are you talking about?" "A Mudblood is insulting the fact you're a muggleborn." Ron whispers beside me, glaring at the kid, maybe 2 years older than us. "Well if that's all I'd like to not be late to my first class." I say annoyed. "Good luck. You're gonna need it." He says laughing as he walks away. I roll my eyes. We get to class and let's just say, Professor Snape isn't the cheeriest of men. He looks to have a permanent scowl on his face. "Today we're going to learn about the boil potion. One of the simplest potions to make. Can anyone tell me the ingredients to make this potion?" A few hands go up. Most likely, pureblood students. Aka... Not me. He picked a student from Gryffindor. "Dried nettles, 6 snake fangs, 4 Horned slugs, 2 porcupine quills and pungious onions." She looked pretty happy with herself. "5 points to Gryffindor." He asks what color it's supposed to be and he calls on a girl from Slytherin. She answered it. I made sure to write all the information down. "Ten points to Slytherin." The Gryffindor girl looked really annoyed and I'd have to agree. Memorizing ingredients should be worth more than just the color.

*One hour later*

We got out of class and I caught up with the Gryffindor girl. She was still pretty mad. "Hey." She turned around and waved, booked clutched in her hands. "You okay?" "Yeah I guess. Professor Snape grinds my gears. He favors his house over the others. I deserved more points than Stella." She grumbled. "I think you're one heck of a smart girl. I don't know jack crap of this stuff." Ron caught up to us. "Well my name is Hermione. Hermione Granger. My parents were muggles so the only reason I know so much is after I got my books, I read them from cover to cover." Whoa. "You're a muggleborn? I am too! I thought you were a pureblood!" She smiles. "I'm a big fan of reading. It's a shock they didn't put me in Ravenclaw." I force a smile thinking of Miranda and worried how her day is going. "My best friend is in Ravenclaw. We came here together. I hope she's doing okay." "I hope she doesn't have Snape." Ron mutters. "Every first year will have Snape. You have to take potions class." Hermione says. I've got herbology next. I'm not looking forward to it. They've got arithmancy. Which means I'm alone. I wave goodbye to my newfound friends and head to the greenhouse where herbology takes place. Happiness fills me though seeing Miranda! We've got herbology together. I quickly walk over to her. "Hey how are you doing?" "Okay I guess. It's just a heck of a shock when ya see a half goblin half human produce light through a stick." Um.... "What in God's green earth are you talking about. "The charms professor, Professor Flitwick is a half goblin. He's super short. He taught us Lumos. She pulls out her wand and swished it around. "Lumos!" A small ball of light appeared on the tip of her wand, growing bigger by the second. "Whoa." I whisper shocked. "So what did you do?" "Nothing as cool as you. We just learned how to make a boil removal potion." She laughs. "I also learned that Professor Snape is a grade A Douche." "Oh crud. Did you get into trouble?" She asks making me laugh. I was always a prankster back home. "Of course not." I say smirking. "He just hates all houses but his own." Now I know why that kid said good luck. The herbology teacher arrives. "Class welcome to a wonderous new school year at the greatest wizarding school ever!" This is gonna get interesting. I can tell.