A New Beginning (Harry Potter X OC)

Snape's A Bit Mean

Once the feast finished, we were taken to our common rooms. "Right so the password is going to change every month don't forget it or you will be stuck out here. This month it is pureblood." He said causing the wall we were at to change into a door. He lead us through before letting us crowd around in the common room. The room was very dark, but it had a beauty to it. It was clearly deep underground because the light from the moon danced on the floor as it went through the lake.

The fire flickered a light green as it gave out heat to the cold room. The furniture was all leather or dark wood and old painted portraits were hung up in silver frames. "In Slytherin we stick together. Even if you are in an argument, the moment you step outside of this room you are there for each other, you stick up for each other. You will keep up your grades and you will be the hight of this school. The girl's dormitory are to the right, the boys are to the left now off you go." He said. I was about to set off before Draco caught my arm. "Meet us down here before breakfast yeah." He said. I nodded before leaving and going to find my dorm.

It looked like there were two to each room, but I didn't spot my name until I got right to the end of the hallway. 'Mia Gaunt & Pansy Parkinson' I sighed before walking through the door only to be met with a pug faced girl.

"Hi! I'm Pansy." She said very excitedly. "Hi." I said awkwardly as she pulled me into a hug. "I've already taken up the bed next to the door, you can have the one next to the window." She said quickly before jumping on her bed. "By the way I think your owl is so pretty and gorgeous, I wish my parents would buy me one like that, but they said that I'm not allowed a pet." She said making me look over at Hades who looked petrified.

"Anyway, I'm going to go get ready for bed. Have to be ready for our lessons tomorrow. Just call me if you need anything." She said before grabbing some things out of her chest of draws and heading into what I presumed was the bathroom.

Quickly, I collapsed onto my bed and looked around my room. We each had a double four poster bed that had deep rich emerald curtains with matching sheets. The dark wood that made the bed also made the bed side table, the set of draws, and the wardrobes. We both had a desk as well as our luggage at the end of our bed.

This was more then I ever had at the care home, and the thought haunted me that I would have to go back to the hell hole at the end of the year. I decided to unpack my things before trying to get to bed, no thanks to Pansy's constant need to get to know each other. But eventually the colours of the lake and the fish swimming past helped me relax and drift off into slumber.

The next morning, I woke up late as usual. I rushed to get ready pulling on my tie and shoving my things into my satchel. I didn't really want to were a skirt, so I chose to wear trousers. I tried to tie up my hair while brushing my teeth before pulling on my now Slytherin robe.

"What took you so long?" Draco asked, his hair perfectly slicked back his tie not loose like mine. "I woke up late alright, now come on lets go." I said making them laugh as I tucked my shirt in. "So, what lessons are you most excited for?" Theo asked us as we walked up the stairs out of the common room.

"Potions." Draco said without hesitation. "Transfiguration." Blaise said after him. The all looked at me. "Lunch?" I shrugged causing them all to burst out in laughter as we walked into the great hall. I looked over to the Gryffindor table to see Ron glaring at me. I just rolled my eyes before sitting down and tucking into my food.

Our first lesson was Transfiguration and I had chosen to sit next to Hermione. "Wonder where Harry and Ron are?" I said as we both pulled out our books which we had already stared to make notes in. "I have no clue, but if they are late, I don't think that Professor McGonagall will be happy." She said causing us both to laugh.

McGonagall had given us some work to copy down and turned into something called an Animagus form when Harry and Ron rushed into the room causing me to laugh and Hermione to roll her eyes. "Whew, amazing, can you imagine the look on old McGonagall's face if we were late?" Ron said as Harry nodded. Boy were they fucked. A couple of seconds after Ron spoke McGonagall changed back into her human form and walked over to the boy of them.

"That was bloody brilliant." Ron said gobsmacked as Harry was just wide eyed. "Thank you for that assessment, Mr. Weasley. Maybe if I were to transfigure Mr. Potter and yourself into a pocket watch, maybe one of you would be on time." She said causing Harry and Ron to look straight down at their feet. "We got lost." Harry said sheepishly. "Then perhaps a map? I trust you don't need one to find your seats." She said making me laugh causing Ron to glare at me.

Our next lesson was Potions with my head of year. The moment he burst into the classroom everyone went silent. "There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to enjoy the subtle science and exact art that is potion making. However, for those select few." Snape started looking over to the Slytherin side of the room.

"Who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory and even put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not...pay...attention." He said glaring at Harry who had been constantly writing down in his textbook. Hermione nudged him in the ribs causing him to look up.

"Mr. Potter. Our...new...celebrity. Tell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" He asked Harry causing Hermione's hand to quickly shoot up. Harry just shrugged. "You don't know? Well, let's try again. Where, Mr. Potter, would you look if I asked you to find me a bezoar?" Snape asked, Hermione's hand stayed in the air.

"I don't know, sir." Harry said, Snape just sneered. "And what is the difference between Monkshood and Wolfbane?" He asked one last time. "I don't know, sir." Harry repeated. "Pity. Clearly, fame isn't everything, is it, Mr. Potter?" He said before turning to our side of the room. "Gaunt." He said causing me to look up at him. "Can you answer all those questions for me." He said with a disappointed look.

"If you mix powdered root of asphodel and wormwood you get a sleeping potion called the drought of living death, a bezoar is a stone found in a stomach of a goat, and Monkshood and Wolfbane are the same thing." I said impressing my classmates. However, Ron just pulled a face and mocked me. "Well done, 10 points to Slytherin, 10 points from Gryffindor." He said causing my friends to tap me on the back while the other half of the classroom groaned.

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