Heirs to Something Greater

7; Careful

This classroom was stuffed with students. Now I knew what McGonagall meant when she said classes were full this year. There was no teacher yet, but there was still a few minutes till class was supposed to start.

"Ronald, scoot over. The bench isn't big enough for you to take up all the room!" Hermione was scolding Ron for sitting in the middle of the long bench in front of the desk that all six of us had to scrunch up at.

"Why's she always so bossy?" Harry laughed at Ron's comment and I smiled.

"Well maybe if you didn't take up the whole bloody bench, she wouldn't have to tell you to move." Ron looked at me with a straight face, but Hermione enjoyed my comment. I had Easton sit with us since he didn't seem to know anyone else in the room. I saw a few blue hoods, but I got the impression that Easton wasn't friends with them.

The door slammed behind us and all heads turned to watch a man in long black robes walk down the row between the desks. He reached the front and dramatically spun around facing us. He looked down at Juliet and I, his eyes staying on mine longer than Juliet's. If we could have chosen any other desk to sit at in the whole classroom, I would have preferred it over this spot at the very front.

"Miss Finley. Miss Bloom." His voice was the most monotone sound I had ever heard. "Welcome to Hogwarts." His gaze finally left our faces and he scanned the room. I turned my head to look at Juliet. I widened my eyes and lifted my eyebrows at her and she shrugged her shoulders.

"For those of you who don't know, I'm professor Snape. In my classroom, there will be no talking when I'm talking. This is a potions classroom. Not social hour. You are expected to do the work I give you. No exceptions." This guy seemed like the strictest teacher out there. Most of my professors at Ilvermorny were a lot more laid back than this.

"I'll assign you with your lab partners in a few moments. You will be paired up with someone from another house." Oh dear Merlin. Maybe I'd get lucky and he'd let me pair up with Juliet since we're new, but what were the chances of that. "You all need to get potions textbooks from the library tonight and have them by tomorrow."

He scanned the silent classroom before pulling a sheet of paper off of his desk. "I'll put you into pairs now and once I do, go sit with your partner. These will be your partners for the rest of the year, no exceptions." Whoever my partner is, better be good.

"Potter, you're with Chang." Wait she was in this class too? I turned around and watched Harry walk to her shared desk. "Weasley with Crabbe." He went through the list with a bunch of names I didn't recognize. Hermione had been paired up with another Hufflepuff girl and left the desk with Juliet, Easton and I left. I was half paying attention until I heard two names and nearly fell off the seat.

"Malfoy and Bloom."

"What! No!" I practically yelled it.

"Excuse me, Miss Finley." I probably shouldn't have said that.

"Sorry, nothing." He looked away from me and continued on with his list. I looked up at Juliet and then over at Malfoy who was staring at the two of us.

"I'll talk to him." I was willing to be partners with Malfoy if it meant Jules didn't have to.

"Adeline no. It's fine." She got up before I could say anything else and sat down at the desk with that white haired boy who made my hands turn into fists. He watched her all the way to her seat and while she sat down, he looked at me. A small smirk grew on his face and if no one else was around, I would have walked over and slapped it off his face.

"Finley with Parr." I took my glare off of Malfoy and looked to my other side where Easton sat.

"Well at least we don't have to move." When I stared at him blankly, he shrugged his shoulders and looked back towards the front of the room.