Andromeda had had a good first day of school, she spent the train ride with Malcom and Ted had joined them they thought him about the magical world and Ted was a funny guy, for that train ride it felt like there wasn't a divide between them and Ted, that everything her family had told her for 11 years didn't matter, but then the sorting ceremony happened, Andi as all her ancestors before her, had been placed into Slytherin and so was Malcom, but Ted as the muggle born he was got sorted into Hufflepuff, making the divide loud and clear once again.
In the dorms Bella, Andi's sister asked her why were she and Malcom hanging with a mudblood, Andromeda answered that Malcom was kinda soft when it came to interacting with them and just wanted to show him around and pride of the world of wizards, nothing much, and that she, as her mother and aunt had made clear for her was just pleasing him, in order to get him to like her, there was nothing more to it.
All night she kept telling herself that that was it that was the truth she was being nice to Ted to please Malcom, that she didn't actually like him and was pleased that they weren't in the same house, but somewhere in her head a little voice told her that she had enjoyed the train ride and despite being with her beloved sister, she would have wanted to be sorted into Hufflepuff.
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The next day Andi was ready for her classes, during breakfast, her sister came up to her once again and said,
" take control of Malcom, if he continues acting like that, he'll get in trouble with his housemates , and with our family, I wouldn't like my sister to get erased for marrying a blood traitor, lucky for me Cissy is doing well with Lucius being one year younger than you"
Bella's warning ringed in her head, she was 11 how was she supposed to control anybody, how could her sisters do that to the men they were supposed to marry one day, Andi just assumed what was happening with Malcom and Ted was a phase, young kids exploring talking with different kinds of people, that later as the time passed and they were around their families and their houses they would just drift apart, no hard feelings, no bullying. Just drifting away, as they clearly couldn't be actual friends, it would eventually end badly for everybody.
Her first class of the day was potions and as soon as they got in she could see it was a common course with Hufflepuff, she saw both Malcom and Ted sitting alone at two different tables, she went to sit with Malcom, but she couldn't help but notice the sad face in Ted.
The day Ted Tonks found out he was a wizard was a weird one, he had so many questions, he had always been an odd kid even to his parents eyes who hid him away after his third year of primary school, but he loved them anyway. His day visiting Diagon alley with his parents had been interesting too, he had got lost from his parents, searching for the wand shop, he asked a tall fancy woman with a black haired girl probably a couple years older than him and a blonde haired girl, probably a year younger than him, but they gave him a nasty look and then ignored him completely. He arrived at a place called Ollivander's that was the name of the wand shop he thought, he decided to ask to other kids inside a boy and a girl, the girl looked like the black haired girl from earlier but with brown hair and a softer face, he thought she was prettier than the other girl, they were probably related. The boy Malcom also with blonde hair and green bright eyes greeted him and they waited to get their wands.

On the train ride to school he found the two sitting in a compartment together and he decided to join them, it was really fun, they thought him all kinds of things about the wizarding world and showed him magical candy, Andromeda opened up more than she did on the wand shop, she seemed nervous back then, but far more relaxed on the train, and Ted enjoyed her company and she was a fun girl. They were placed in different houses, but that shouldn't be a problem, they shared classes, some of his housemates seemed to disagree, a housemate of his, Clara Nix, told him that her parents had told him really bad stuff about that house and those families and that Ted should be careful around them an not get too confortable with them as friends as any day they could turn their backs on him.

The next day he was pleased to find that he had potions class with his friends but Malcom sat at another table and Andromeda sat with him. The class started as Professor Slughorn, began showing the students basic ingredients and techniques that they would need in the potions they were going to prepare throughout the year, Ted struggled with his quill and ink, he was spilling ink all over his desk, why couldn't wizards use pencils or pens? he knew that wizards could be anti muggle technology but this was ridiculous, they had a magical train to go to school but they couldn't allow students to use pencils.

Andromeda kept looking at Ted through the lesson, he struggled to write with his quill, she felt bad for him, she knew Malcom had sit away from Ted in order to keep appearances in the house, after the class she picked him out of the Hufflepuff group.

"I can teach you how to use the quill if you want to, meet me after classes on the seventh floor ok, bye" she said to him before running to her next class, he gave her an strange look before heading away with the rest of his peers to class

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Later that day on the seventh floor

Andromeda was waiting for Ted, she wasn't sure if she did thee right thing what if Bella caught her, this wasn't pleasing Malcom, this was her being nice to Ted on her own accord, but she felt bad for ignoring him like that in class while he struggled with an action as simple as writing with a quill, it was just rude, maybe her sister could see it as ok, that his feelings didn't matter, but she couldn't be so heartless to another person, not even a muggle born, not even Ted.

"Hi, sorry for getting here late, charms was a little crazy" He said.

"No problem, now, do you have your quill and ink?" she asked

"yes, and I wanted to ask you, why did you and Malcom sit away in class from me, after the train I assumed we were friends and even if people in my house warned me that your house and your family are special and that I have to be careful, I don't see a reason why we couldn't sit together in class" he said.

"you should listen to your classmates, I don't want to be rude to you but, my family would kill me if they found out I was friends with someone like you, they are what you would call elitist and so is my house, our founder was against people like you learning magic, and there are expectations for people like me, they want me to marry Malcom, that is why I was talking to him that day on Olivander's, practically the first time I met him and why I was sitting with him on the train, and sat with him in potions. That is why I can't talk to you in public" Andromeda said to him.

"wow, your family, seems a bit..."

"crazy?"

"I was going for like old fashion monarchy but crazy works too, maybe we could find a place to do this without your crazy housemates coming to spy on us and pick on you for trying to help me", as soon as he said that a door appeared in th middle of the wall making them both stand back

"ok this castle is way too weird, do you know what this is?" he asked

"I have no idea, of all the stories my sister and my family have told me of the school, they never mentioned doors appearing out of nowhere" she answered.

Both kids went to open the door together, they found to tables with their respective chairs one in front of the other with parchments of paper on them. They proceeded with their quill usage lesson.