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Chapter 5

Cassie POV:

It is October 1st and Quidditch tryouts are tomorrow. Although I'm pretty confident about the trials, I am super stressed about Snapes Essay, also due tomorrow. He said that it had to be five full pages, and although I am a Slytherin, I am TERRIBLE at potions. My whole class seemed to ace every assignment, but I was failing miserably. And to make it worse, the whole class knew how bad I was because last week I set Zabini's robes on fire. It was quite enjoyable actually, but I had to pay the price with 2 long nights of detention. Seriously, it's only been like 1 month and I'm this close to being expelled.

I walked through the crowded halls to the great hall. With the loud noises and my screaming thoughts overwhelming me, I tripped into a trash can. Laughing. All I could hear was laughing. Everyone in the hall was laughing at me. I pulled myself out of the trash can and blushed, extremely embarrassed. After giving everyone a quick, embarrassed glare, I fixed my hair and my robes and brushed past the evil students who were just laughing at me.

I knew that I would be too embarrassed to sit with anyone in the great hall, so I walked to my first class and pretended I wasn't hungry. Transfiguration. I entered the most normal classroom of Hogwarts, semi-confidently, and helped Ms. McGonagoll pass out some parchment that she said we would be turning into exactly 200 paged textbooks.

"Thank you for helping Ms.Adams, but why aren't you eating breakfast this morning with the rest of the students?" I got more uncomfortable with every word. But I just replied planely-

"I wasn't hungry."

During transfiguration I had to sit at a table with Pansy and Milicent which does not give me much pleasure. Milicent's always burping and Pansy is always making me do all of her work. I like to think that I'm good at transfiguration, but what was supposed to be a 200 page textbook, ended up with 168 pages. Ugh, I'm such a failure.

"Bloody hell Pansy, i'm having a hard enough time with mine, I don't need to do your work as well" ugh she annoyed me soooooo much!

After I finished my last class, I went back to the slytherin common room to start the essay. I took off my robes, (don't worry I was wearing clothes underneath) pulled out my parchment and began to write. Moonstone. What do I know about moonstones? Snape only gave us like one class to learn about it and Zabini kept tearing up my notes.

I began to write off of memory but I knew I wouldn't get to a full 5 pages.

It's already been an hour of writing and I had just finished the first page when Goyle walked in.

"Oh well hello there Cassie, mind if I join you?" His fat self launched me off of the couch as he sat down next to me. I picked up my things and left the common room.

My head held low, I worked my way up to my secret hiding place. I've never shown anyone where it is, besides Hallie of course, but she doesn't care for it all that much. I found it in my 3rd year, and whenever I need to breath or just think to myself, I go there. My secret hiding place is behind the pendulum of the clock in the clock tower. It's a very small, cramped space, but I like it. It's...cozy. I usually have a few pillows and a blanket set up, so I can just sit and look out at the magnificent Hogwarts grounds. It's usually pretty loud, but it's not like the loudness of the Slytherins' bickering. It's more of a deep chest kind of loud. You know that feeling when a bong of a drum is barely noticable with the ears, but rings in your chest for a while before the next bong begins?

After getting myself comfortable, I set out my things and began writing once again. I got to the 4th page before hall hours were finished. I couldn't get in trouble again so before I could, I sprinted down the halls, forgetting my quill in my hiding space, and entered the Slytherin common room. But little did I know that a bleach blonde head of hair was watching me in the shadows.

"Pure-Blood" I said hurriedly and before the Slytherin boys could tease me again, I went to the girls dormitories and got ready for bed.