A/N: Hello, Lovelies! Enjoy the chapter today, it's very similar to Addy's POV. No TW :)

I woke up to the sound of a coo-coo clock going crazy across the room. I rolled over in a huff before the smell of pumpkin pasties drifting through the air, I shot my head up and saw the others do the same.

"It gets me every single time," Lottie said with a grumble before rolling out of bed. I wasn't sure what she was talking about but Maryann nodded in agreement.

"I thought we ate in the great hall?" I said with a large yawn, I had slept well but 6:30 was pretty early. Especially with the time zone shift, my body was still getting used to European time and it was not treating me well.

"We do, but there's a special flutterby bush in the common room," Lottie explained while fixing her bed, "Instead of once a century, the flowers bloom every morning for a few hours. As you may know, they emulate the scent that attracts the unwary... which this early in the morning is usually some sort of food."

I nodded in understanding, but honestly, I was too tired to understand what the heck she was saying. I rolled out of bed and then proceeded to stretch, letting out another yawn. Everyone was silent in an early morning haze, I pulled up the yellow and black quilt that adorned the bed and straightened my pillow. I did my usual morning routine, I even considered adding eyebrows and mascara to my look for the day. But when I noticed neither of the other girls doing the same thing, I decided to do a light brown mascara for an extremely natural look instead of the usual black.

I groaned as I realized I didn't have my robes yet, and I turned towards the girls. They were both slipping on their grey sweaters, yellow trimming lining the sides.

"I don't have the uniform yet," I sat back down on my bed, beginning to finally wake up. The stupid flutterby bush was making me starving, and I didn't really look forward to having to wear the exact opposite thing as everyone else again.

"Really? I got mine the night I got sorted... It must be because you're new, I'd ask either Professor Sprout or Professor McGonagall as she usually takes responsibility for the first years," Lottie said as she adjusted her hood.

I sighed to myself and put on some more low-key looking clothes. Hopefully, people wouldn't notice at breakfast and I'd be fine. I then decided to do something different with my hair than a bun, I went over to the mirror and pulled the curly mess into a high ponytail. I'd have to take a shower soon, because the mess wasn't gonna look half this good by the end of the day.

"You didn't tell us you snored Bloom," Lottie snickered and I turned to look at her with a bit of offense on my face.

"I don't snore!" I said with a bit of astonishment in my voice, Addy hadn't said anything about it when we shared a dorm.

"Sure you don't..." Maryann chimed in with a teasing look. I did a quick sarcastic smile before turning back to the mirror and fixing my hair again.

"I don't have any textbooks, we didn't get a chance to go shopping for them," I said, I was a complete mess and it was only the first day. I slipped my wand in my pocket carefully, I love my wan greatly and it had gotten me out of many tough situations.

"I suppose you'll just have to use classroom ones, until you get new ones," Lottie said with a reassuring smile before closing her trunk lightly. Maryann had just finished tying her shoes, which were extremely cute compared to my mary-jane styled ones, so she stood up and did a quick spin.

"Off I go then, I'll see you guys at the table? Or would you like me to wait for you in the common room?" She asked while slowly walking through the door into the tunnel.

"Go ahead, I know you're hungry," Lottie rolled her eyes and Maryann laughed.

"Thanks, you're such a good friend," And with that, she left.

It didn't take too long until Lottie and I both were ready, and left the small room. She strode out into the common room with confidence, despite the number of people bustling around the cozy place. I didn't realize how many people were actually in Hufflepuff, there were tons of people watering plants (arguing with some stubborn cactuses), fixing hair, and chuckling with friends. Lottie occasionally would touch someone's shoulder with a quick greeting before we reached the exit.

Luckily, the walk to the great hall was extremely quick since the common room was right next to the kitchens. When Lottie and I walked through the open doorway I was a bit surprised to see that there were no house tables. It seemed like people could sit wherever they wanted, and leave whenever they wished too as well. A few early morning people already exited the hall as we entered with a clump of students just arriving.

I scanned the great hall in search of Adeline or any of the Gryffindors I knew, but there weren't many from that house even there yet. It was probably because they were in a tower a little bit away from here, and breakfast had just started 15 minutes ago. I followed Lottie over to what was the Hufflepuff table last night and sat down next to her. Maryann was talking to Pierre and Cedric was speaking too multiple different boys that seemed to be around his age, in Ilvermorny he would have been considered the "jock" type of guy.

I looked over the room again and saw a clump of Gryffindors walk through the door. I recognized the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, and Adeline in the large group and they sat down at what was the Gryffindor table last night. I realized then that while it seemed the houses weren't supposed to sit all at one table, they tended to do so. Maybe it was just because it was the first breakfast?

I seriously needed to stop comparing Hogwarts to Ilvermorny. They were way too different from each other... but I really didn't mind. Hogwarts seemed to be a lot more let loose with magic and rules, than Ilvermorny ever was. And though I've met a few... disagreeable people here, the amount of welcoming smiles was astounding.

I looked at my table in gratitude, I was lucky to have such amazing friends already... even if I did miss hanging out with Adeline already.

"McGonagall is right over there if you wish to go ask her about your robes," Lottie pointed right before taking a small bite of a green jellied toast. I followed where she pointed to see the woman that had conducted the ceremony last evening, I had quite forgotten her name so I was glad Lottie had reminded me.

She seemed to be arguing with a distressed Ravenclaw boy... can you guess? He was one of the most attractive boys I had ever laid eyes on and I almost choked on my juice... of course. His hair fell in neat brown curls lightly clouding his pale skin. His eyebrows furrowed in frustration, and his arms waved around as if he was arguing. It was then I noticed that Addy was already approaching the annoyed Professor and I turned back to Lottie.

"I can go up there with you if you're nervous, although it's just Easton," She smiled politely and I shook my head.

"No, that's not it, but thanks for the offer! It seems like Addy already beat me to the task," I said while nodding my head off to the side as if I was pointing at her. Lottie nodded in understanding and continued to eat her food calmly.

I finally turned my attention back to the feast before me and my mouth watered. I grabbed a waffle, a banger, some red looking fruit, and a danish looking pastry with a smile on my face. I could gain weight on all the good food they handed out, but I'd have to watch myself... gaining a few pounds would not help getting on the Quidditch team. I ate most of my food and I was wondering when tryouts were when I took a small bite of the banger I grabbed.

My mouth seemed to melt off as I gasped at the contact between the scolding hot banger and my tongue. I breathed through my mouth in an attempt to cool it down and then grabbed a quick swing of the juice I was drinking. I then realized that the sausage was not only hot, but extremely spicy and I groaned. My cheeks got hot and I chugged my whole cup and a glass of water before I could feel my face again.

"Can't handle a little spice aye Bloom?" Pierre and Cedric chuckled. I was in no mood for joking as my face was still extremely red, not only from the spicy food, but also from embarrassment. He was right. I wasn't very good with spicy things, even those little muggle chips had me spitting fire right afterward.

"A little spice? That was pure fire!" I said as I drank some more water. Pierre made direct eye contact with me and took a disgustingly huge bite out of the sausage with a mocking smile on his face. Suddenly his expression changed from teasing to pure distress as he coughed.

"Bloody hell, I need some water," He said in between coughs. Cedric seemed a bit worried as he slid the pitcher of water towards him. Pierre didn't even take the time to pour it out into his glass as he brought the jug towards his face and drank the whole pitcher. Lottie couldn't stop laughing as his face turned red from the heat.

"Now who can't take a little spice?" She snickered at his pain.

"There is no way... they did that much spice on purpose... in the kitchens," He said in between breaths. I suddenly realized who the culprit could be and I peered behind Pierre's head to the Gryffindor table. Fred and George chuckled, one of them made an "o" with their lips and blew a bit of fire out of his mouth in a taunting way.

I shook my head at them and they turned back to their own meals, no one else seemed to notice this interaction and I muttered sarcastically to myself, "I wonder who it could have been."

"You should try it Charlotte! See how well you do," Pierre grumbled, and Lottie glared at him.

"First of all, don't call me that. And no thanks, I'm actually good at not embarrassing myself," She taunted. At that Cedric let out a huge laugh, bringing a hand down on Pierre's shoulder. We all joined him quickly, Lottie smiled to herself in pride. Pierre joined in, and shot a smile towards Lottie as if to say, "You know you love me." She rolled her eyes, but smiled back at him.

"Oh, schedules!" Lottie said as she realized an older Hufflepuff prefect was handing out pieces of parchment. I was excited as I was handed mine and I immediately looked at the cursive writing. For Monday: Defense Against the Dark Arts, The Study of Ancient Ruins, Potions, Herbology, and History of Magic. My stomach twisted a bit after I realized it could very well be possible that I wouldn't get any classes with the people I knew. Cedric, the twins, Pierre, and Ginny were all in different years so there was no way I'd be with them.

Lottie placed hers on the table for me to read and I scanned through Monday only, I wouldn't be able to memorize both so why read through it.

"Ancient Ruins and History of Magic," I told her with a smile.

"Well since we have the two most boring classes together, we'll have to spice things up our own way," Lottie smiled. All of us shot a look at Pierre when she said spice and we all laughed again.

The rest of the table compared schedules and just when I figured out Maryann and I didn't have a single class together, I saw Addy walking towards the table. I smiled and motioned for her to come over and join us, she still seemed awkward around most of the Hufflepuffs but I was hoping she would warm up quickly. Cedric was extremely quick to move aside to make room for her when he realized who I was waving at, and I smiled to myself.

"Hey, Adeline."

She smiled at us before making eye contact with me while she sat close to Cedric. Addy didn't notice but Cedric stiffened a bit as her robes brushed against his, and I almost smirked.

"Morning. Jules, we have to go find McGonagall's office in a bit to get our ties and new robes," Adeline explained. Man, straight to the business this morning!

"Okay, we can leave soon. Did you get your schedule?" I asked and she quickly slid the small parchment towards me. Lottie and Maryann leaned over to read it as well, "Oh, okay we have everything except for charms."

I handed it back to her and she smiled in relief. I was glad too, they must have put us in the same classes on purpose. Ilvermorny didn't focus on a lot of the same magic they did here, our magic was also driven by many native cultures. We learned about European magic as well, but obviously not as in-depth as Hogwarts does.

"I have charms with Harry, so that's fine," she smiled before looking towards Cedric. I looked over at the Gryffindor table to see Ron, Harry, and Hermione talking in depth about something. They seemed to be amazing friends, and I understood what they felt for each other. Adeline and I had been close for a long time, and the trio's closeness reminded me of our own friendship.

"Well Adeline, how was your first night at Hogwarts?" Pierre asked after a good amount of silence. Cedric hadn't said much all morning, and I looked at him specifically. His jaw was a bit clenched and he was staring at the table in what seemed to be a deep focus... I hoped he was feeling okay.

"That bed is one of the most comfortable things I have ever slept on," Addy responded but her gaze quickly drifted off to some foreign land.

"Who you're sharing a dorm with?" Pierre asked with a smile, but Addy didn't answer. She was hypnotized by the bread on the table for some odd reason. It looked like normal bread to me, maybe the twins had messed with another thing during our conversation. Pierre's eyebrows furrowed, "Adeline?"

"Sorry, what did you say?" Adeline came back to Earth again. Pierre scoffed and Cedric let a smile grow back on his face again.

"I asked who you're sharing a dorm with."

"Oh, just Hermione and Ginny."

"Did you guys have a party in your common room or a welcome back thing? I heard the Ravenlaw's did something like that," Maryann asked while leaning over Lottie.

"Not that I know of, but-" Addy interrupted herself with a large laugh. She glanced over her shoulder and attempted to quiet herself. Cedric smiled down at her as if he thought she was the cutest thing in the world, I half expected him to grab her chin right then and there to kiss her... he was in complete adoring mode, "I accidentally...I accidentally walked in on Ron changing his shirt and he screamed like a little girl."

The whole table burst into laughter and I couldn't help but join them, poor Ron. We all shifted our gaze to the Weasley and when he looked up we all looked in any other direction but his face. Pierre, Adeline, and Cedric laughed again.

"Why were you in their room?" I asked Addy quietly.

"The twins weren't giving me any help with which dorms were which and Ron and Harry's room was the first door that I opened," Addy explained and everyone chuckled a bit more.

"Anyways, Jules, we should probably go find McGonagall's office so we aren't late."

"Yeah for sure. See you guys later." We both stood up from our spots opposite each other.

Adeline walked by the Gryffindor table closely and spoke to the group, "If I'm not in defense against the dark arts ten minutes before it starts, do me a favor and come find me."

Hermione and Harry smiled at her but Ron just cocked his head in confusion. He was probably still wondering why the heck we all were looking at him and laughing, poor boy would probably figure it out soon. Adeline then turned her attention back to the group of Hufflepuffs, lightly grazing Cedrics' shoulder with hand. He looked up at her with a smile and she began to walk down the aisle again. As I was sitting across from her, we walked down each side of the table until we met at the end.

"When did you meet Pierre? He seemed to know you." I asked as we walked through the pretty empty halls in search of Professor McGonagall's office.

"Oh, he introduced himself yesterday when I was walking around the castle. He's nice," She said with a smile and a short nod.

"That's nice of him. I think him and Cedric are like best friends," I hadn't seen them apart aside from the tour and our mad dash back to the common room. Although, Cedric seemed to have a pretty good amount of friends... he was quite a popular person.

"Hey, I think that might be it," Addy said while pointing at a large wooden door. It was slightly cracked open, until Adeline knocked, making the door swing open a lot more. Out of instinct I almost lunged for it and pulled the door back into the hallway, but I quickly stopped myself. I wasn't sure why I was so nervous.

"Oh, good morning girls. Come over here, I need to make sure these robes fit," The professor said as she stood from her desk, walking over to a large cabinet. Adeline and I walked over to her as she pulled out two black robes, one with a yellow hood, the with a red hood, "Here, put these on."

I slid the robe over my shoulders and stuck my arms through the soft fabric. The hood had gotten slightly stuck underneath the back of the cloth so I reached behind and re-adjusted it. It was then when I realized the robe was far too long. The sleeves fell slightly past my hands and I had to bunch them up onto the sides of my arms, the actual robe hit the floor slightly... I felt short.

"I think it's okay," Adeline said before looking at mine. Okay? Hers was perfect, and she hadn't even been measured! She had some great luck let me tell you, she looked quite amazing in it as well, red was a good color on her.

"Oh, we can get that fixed in a few days so it isn't a tripping hazard, but for now they'll do. Here are your ties," She handed us our house striped ties, "Now go put those on and head off to classes. Wouldn't want to be late on your first day."

She immediately spun around and shooed us out of her office with her hands and closed the door behind her. It was quite a quick experience and I stood there with a look of shock on my face. I looked down to see the rest of our uniform along with our ties, when the heck had she even handed us those???

"Well, that's that I guess," Adeline said before we both joined in a large laugh.

"There's a bathroom down the hall that we can put our ties on at. At least I think there is," I commented warily. All I could do was hope that I wasn't wrong.

We made our way down the quiet hall and into the bathroom to put on our uniform. Adeline only had to help me with the last bit of the tie, but of course not without laughing. Once we had our robes situated, we headed to defense against the dark arts. There were a few students inside but three of them turned towards Adeline with a smile.

An extremely tall Gryffindor boy with short black coily hair and darker skin noticed first, but then two pale smaller boys noticed as well. One of the smaller Gryffindors looked quite uncomfortable with the situation, while the other looked like he was bursting to shake my hand right then and there.

"I see you got your robe and tie," the tall one commented with a slight smile. The nervous boy looked at me and smiled, and I returned it along with a slight wave. He seemed kind and I would have gladly hugged him right then and there, he just seemed extremely huggable.

"Yeah, we just got them from McGonagall," Adeline said, slightly nodding her head towards me. The tall one smiled down at me and was about to, probably, say a greeting before someone else loudly entered the room. We turned to see a group of Slytherin boys, one boy sticking out to me the most.

I sucked in a breath as Draco walked into the room, his blonde hair sticking out from all of the other green and black-robed boys. They were laughing about something probably rude when they stopped right before us. His face twisted into a look of disgust and he scanned us as if we were getting ready to be sold to some butcher store. He then scoffed and made direct eye contact with me, I broke it quickly as I had begun to blush at the sight of his cold eyes.

"Couldn't find robes that actually fit you mudblood? Might as well trip over them and fall now," He laughed, his goons chuckling behind him. It wasn't that clever of an insult and I wasn't going to let him get the pleasure out of something that had only slightly embarrassed me. I reestablished eye contact and held my head high, clenching my jaw slightly to show it hadn't bothered me one bit. His eyes falter when they met mine but he was quick to re-establish them, Despite them being quite cold looking... they were very beautiful.

They were a bright blue, they reminded me of a cold glass of water during an early morning thirst spell. He looked at me as if I was a challenge to his power, a challenge to his authority. I attempted to keep my gaze hard but, after such an intense staring session, I could see a bit of fear and sadness swirling within them just for a second. Until they were once again covered by pure disgust and loathing.

"How about I push you down the stairs and we'll watch you fall," Adeline threatened while stepping in front of me. This broke our eye contact and Draco looked at her in a bit of shock and anger. I realized what she said and I kept my head held high. It was a little much and I kinda wanted to take her away from the situation, but I knew she wouldn't have budged no matter what I would have said. This isn't the friendship version of "The Kissing Booth."

"I'd like to see you try little mudblood," he said while scoffing and folding his arms against his chest. I wasn't sure why Addy didn't correct him, she didn't have to take the stupid insult as she was the exact opposite of a... you know.

She brought her arms up quickly and pushed him. Hard. I gasped slightly and broke from my, "You are a bully, and I'm not scared of you" stance. I watched as his arms fell out of their folded position and flew around while he tried to catch himself, but his friends behind him held him up.

"Want me to do it again? Or are you gonna learn to shut your mouth?" Adeline stepped threateningly towards him again and I wanted to scream. She could be expelled for this, I put a hand on her shoulder to bring her back but her anger clouded my action. I don't even think she realized as she shrugged it off when Draco stood up and was about to say something else, she shoved him again but not as hard, "If you call either of us a mudblood again, you're gonna regret it."

Bloody hell, she was beginning to sound like the bully now. If anyone had walked in and saw this whole situation without the previous knowledge of him being an absolute dumbo, they probably would have taken Draco's side. I stood in absolute shock as the rest of the class looked at her, sure he had it coming but no one else seemed to think it was the right move, including me. I turned and noticed that more people had entered the classroom, including Rom, Hermione, and Harry. They looked flabbergasted and I returned the same expression.

She stalked off to an open desk, not looking at a single soul and I followed her silently. Adeline didn't even bother to pull out the bench at the two-person desk. She just shoved her legs through the gap and sat down forcefully. People began talking again and I was happy they had moved on, Addy twirled a ring around her finger in frustration and I decided that now was the best time to start a conversation.

More students filed into the classroom and I realized that there were tons of people in the class, we were lucky they weren't all in there earlier. As I scanned the room I noticed Draco was glancing at me, from the corner of my eye. I looked back down at our desk quickly, what was his issue with me? I looked towards Addy again when she took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry," Addy almost whispered and my heart lurched. She sounded full of regret, and if she hadn't I may have given her an earful. I wouldn't be able to survive Hogwarts without her, not because of Draco, but because she was my friend. I was quiet for a bit as I thought about what the right words were.

"It's okay, Adeline. You're just standing up for us, and there's nothing wrong with that, maybe just try not to be so physical about it," I quietly responded. I wanted to tell her that she could have gotten detention, hurt, or even worse, expelled... but that wasn't what she needed to hear right now.

"I know, I just get so frustrated and can't control it," She muttered, her eyes glaring towards the boy. I looked over as well and his eyes shot down immediately... well he'd probably never speak to us again. I put on a smile and looked at Adeline with soft eyes.

"As long as you don't get yourself expelled, you're free to do whatever you want. I can't stop you," I told her. But if she ever did something like that again I'd have to seriously have a conversation with her. (Merlin I sound like my Mum) Violence is never the answer, unless it's necessary for your well being... otherwise, you might as well be just as bad as the bullies. I wasn't mad at her though... It was kind of badarse.

Suddenly the door shut behind us and I whipped my head around to the man from last night. He limped upfront, his mechanical eye looking over the students in what seemed to be wariness. He looked a bit scary but it wasn't fair to judge him so, I felt bad as people looked at him with either fear, judgment, or uncomfortably in there's eyes. He either didn't notice or didn't care as he made his way to the front of the class.

"Alastor Moody." He wrote his name on a small chalkboard at the front of the class. "Ministry malcontent. And your new defense against the dark arts teacher. I'm here because Dumbledore asked me, end of the story, goodbye, the end. Any questions?"

I glanced around the room and no one seemed eager to raise their hand, so he continued, "When it comes to the dark arts, I believe in a practical approach. But first, which of you can tell me how many unforgivable curses there are?"

My stomach lurched and the atmosphere of the room changed quickly. You could have cut the tension in the air with a knife. I knew every single one of those curses and exactly why they were illegal and I had no intention of sharing it to the class. Paranoia caused me to study many different types of evil magic at ho- at Ilvermorny... I used to get stomach/headaches when I read what some magic could do, it scared me to the bone. I couldn't even believe that people would even come up with magic like that, I used to believe it was impossible to be so evil... I used to, I miss the faith I had in the world.

"Three sir," Hermione answered his question from the desk in front of us. I wasn't surprised as she had proven herself to be quite bright.

"And they are so named?" People shifted in their seats and you could tell that everyone was uncomfortable... the professor ignored it and stared at Hermione.

"Because they are unforgivable. Use of any one of them will..." Hermione's voice cracked and then trailed off in hesitation. She seemed scared to say it, and I would have been too... Why was he pushing this so much?

"Will earn you a one-way ticket to Azkaban. Correct. Now the ministry says you're too young to see what these curses do. I say different! You need to know what you're up against, you need to be prepared, you need to find somewhere else to put your chewing gum other than the underside of your desk Mr. Finnigan." Everyone turned to the Gryffindor boys from earlier and his eyes went wide. So that is Seamus, good to know.

He moved his hand out from the underside of the table and turned towards the tall Gryffindor to mutter quietly (obviously not very well), "Aw no way, the old codger can see out the back of his head."

Suddenly, a piece of white chalk flew across the room at an alarming speed. Addy ducked and my eyes widened. The object barely missed Seamus' head and smashed into the back wall, white dust floating into the air.

"And hear across classrooms!" He yelled aggressively. For some reason, this man seemed to bring aggression into every single word he said and every action he did.

"So, which curse shall we see first? Weasley!" All eyes went to the middle row where Ron and Harry shared a desk.

"Yes!" Ron said quickly with a crack in his voice, he was not having a good day... poor fellow.

"Stand. Give us a curse."

"Well, my dad did tell me about one...The imperious curse," He whispered the last part after standing up. The air seemed to be sucked out of everyone's lungs

"Ahhh yes, your father would know all about that. Gave the ministry quite a bit of grief a few years ago. Perhaps this will show you why," He popped open one of the jars on the front table. Putting his hand in it to lift out an insect. He smiled at it with a loving gaze.

"Hello. What a little beauty," He said while bringing her up to his wand, "Engorgio. Imperio!"

After the creature had grown slightly bigger he began to control the bugs' whereabouts lightly with the end of his wand. He made it land in front of the tall Gryffindor, he scooted back in disgust and the other Gryffindor made a face. After that he made it jump across the room onto one of the Slytherin boy's head, he had been one of the boys who walked in with Draco.

"Don't worry, she's completely harmless!" He said with a deranged laugh. The young boy was almost crying as he brought his hands up to shield his face. He then moved it to a girl in Gryffindor, she had a twin sister who leaned away as the bug moved up her arm in curiosity. He laughed again before hovering it above Ron's head, I couldn't see his expression but his breath grew ragged in fear.

"If she bites... she's lethal," He laughed again, finally setting it on Ron's head as the redhead whimpered slightly. Some of the class joined in on the laughter while others looked at each other in fear as it went past. A loud mocking laugh came from Draco and Moody stopped laughing and looked at him.

"What are you laughing at?" He said, flicking the bug onto Draco's face. The whole class started laughing hysterically including Addy, Harry was even clapping in joy. Draco tried to get another Slytherin student to get it off of him but the other boy was just as frightened. Moody let out another crazy laugh, and Addy quite hers to look upfront again.

"Talented isn't she? What should I have her do next?!? Jump out the window," He said with a look of joy, suddenly slamming the poor thing into a magnifying glass. The mood changed back to silence as he roughly pulled the creature over a bucket of water, "Drown herself?"

Everyone stared in fear and disgust as he brought the insect lightly to his hand. It was writhing around in pain and flipping through the air, I felt like I was going to be sick.

"Scores of witches and wizards have claimed that they only did you-know-whose bidding under the influence of the imperious curse. But here's the rub, how do we sort out the liars? Another, another. Come on! Come on!" He was waiting for students to raise their hands, and a few did, but I decided it was best for me to sit this one out. "Longbottom is it? Up."

The Gryffindor next to the tall one stood up, Longbottom. He seemed quite nervous but he looked at the professor in the eye. Someone whispered in the back mentioning his name, Neville.

"Professor Sprout tells me you have an aptitude for herbology," The professor leaned close to Neville's face. He nodded but then moved on to the answer. I realized then what was going to happen to the poor creature if he kept using the same... method of teaching.

"There's the um...The cruciatus curse," He said hesitantly.

"Correct! Correct! Come come. Particularly nasty. The torture curse." He motioned for Neville to step up to the table where the bug was standing, "Crucio!"

The insect started wriggling under the spell. It was squealing and making noises, I scrunched my eyes closed and wished for it to be over. It seemed to go on forever, I looked towards Neville in an apologetic stare. He was motionless and frozen where he stood, but his fists were tightly clenched at his sides and his breath was quick. After what seemed like minutes, I got ready to yell at him to stop when Hermione spoke up.

"Stop it! Can't you see it's bothering him, stop it!" She was practically yelling at the professor, and I cringed at the deranged man's expression. He pulled his wand away and looked at Neville. The creature stopped screaming and grew still, in what I assumed to be tiredness... it wouldn't have mattered if it had or hadn't died right then and there. I knew what curse was next.

He cleared his throat and left Neville standing there, his face was scrunched up tight and he was shaking horribly. He picked up the poor thing and set it on one of Hermione's books, ""Perhaps you could give us the last unforgivable curse Miss Granger?"

She turned her head away from the situation and I saw her face as she shook her head no. She looked as if she was about to cry, and I felt I was about to as well... nothing deserved something as horrid that had been happening to it in this class. The entire class watched in silence as the crazy man said the killing curse, allowed, quickly.

The creature let out a large screech as a green light flashed out of his wand. Everyone was silent, Hermione looked away from the creature all she could. I did the same and shook at the words, I never thought I would ever hear them aloud.

My stomach hurt horribly and I wanted to cry, my breath was ragged and it took every bit of me not to run out of the darkroom. I looked at Adeline and she seemed less phased than I was, but she still looked as if she wanted to leave the room.

"The killing curse. Only one person is known to have survived it. And he's sitting in this room." Moody walked over and stood right in front of Harry's desk, looking down at him. I had heard about Harry Potter in the U.S. but I hadn't thought much about his story until now. I looked at him and he seemed to be very shaken up, as the professor took another swig out of his flask.

The rest of the class time went by unbearably slow as we did reading out of the textbooks we were given. Everyone was silent, still thinking about the horrid scenario that went on a few minutes earlier. I glanced over to see that even Malfoy was stuck in a haze, he adjusted his tie as if it was too tight around his neck. Once the bell rang out that class was over, Neville darted out of the classroom in front of everyone else. Most of the students stayed silent as they packed up their stuff.

We slowly moved out of the classroom, right behind Hermione, Ron, and Harry. Draco and his friends walked by without hesitation nor the idea of even looking towards us. I suppose that's one way to get rid of a few bullies. Suddenly Ron broke the silence, he didn't seem to read the room very well.

"Brilliant isn't he! Completely demented of course. Terrifying to be in the same room with him, he's really been there you know," He rambled. Every single person who heard him looked at him as if he were completely crazy, including me. Did he not see what that man had just done?

"There's a reason those curses are unforgivable, and to perform them in a classroom. I mean did you see Neville's face?" Hermione stopped on the stairs when she realized the boy she was talking about was standing there, staring out the window, "Neville?"

I looked up to see Professor Moody pushing past Addy and the trio in a rush. He placed a hand on Neville's shoulder and seemed concerned. I wanted to yell at him to get away from the young boy... I'm sure Moody was the last person he wanted to see.

"Son. You alright?" Neville silently nodded and turned around, away from the window. "Come on, we'll have a cup of tea. I want to show you something."

They walked back up the stairs towards the classroom. The rest of the class descended down the stairs towards our next classes. I shot one more look up the stairs in worry, I wondered what Moody was going to say.

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"Thanks for walking with me to ancient ruins Hermione. I'm not sure how I would have made it without you," I smiled at her and she returned it. Our walk was quite silent as we both had our minds on other things. She walked extremely quickly as if she had different things she needed to tend too.

"It's no problem," she said quickly. Today wasn't really the day to get to know each other I supposed so I shut my mouth and weaved around students behind her.

"Juliet!" I turned to see Lottie running towards me with a smile on her face. I stopped walking and then realized that Hermione had disappeared.

"Hey, Lottie! How was... charms?" I asked while trying to remember what she had in the morning class. She groaned and rolled her head back to stare up at the ceiling.

"Boring. Just like this class probably..." Lottie said unamused, "How was... I don't really know, whichever class you took?"

"It was," I twisted my face into a frown as I thought about Professor Moody's deranged laugh, "Interesting."

"Oh, that's right! You had the new professor right? I heard he is absolutely crazy," She said with excitement.

"Crazy doesn't cover it, love..." I said sick to my stomach about the class. Lottie seemed to notice it and she changed the subject.

"So what's the deal with Adeline?" She asked nonchalantly and I looked at her with an eyebrow raised in confusion.

"The deal? What do you mean," I asked as we turned down another hall. Where the heck were we?

"You two seem close. I know you both went to Ilvermorny but what else?"

"Oh. Well, our parents went to school at Hogwarts together. My Mom fell in love with my Father, who was best friends with Adeline's mother. My mom was pretty close to Addy's father and introduced him to Mrs.Finley... they got married and soon after my Mother and Father did the same. At around the same time, both our mothers got pregnant, this was when... you know who was on the rise. They all decided to stay together and move to the U.S, where Adeline and I were born," I explained.

"We've been friends ever since we were born, her parents are more than just like my Uncle and Aunt. They're like second parents basically, and I love them greatly," I smiled when I thought about the grown-ups. I missed them all greatly and it had only been about 3 days.

"Aw that's so sweet," Lottie said with a little pout, "Having a friendship like that is priceless, be sure you don't lose it."

"I would never, Adeline is practically half my heart. I wouldn't do anything to jeopardize our friendship," I scoffed. It was true, if I lost Adeline then I just lost everything.

"Okay this is it," Lottie smiled as we approached a classroom, there weren't very many students. Especially compared to the previous class but I assumed that was probably because most people opted out of Ancient Runes. The professor looked up from her book and smiled, she looked to be about Professor McGonagall's age.

"Come on in. We're going to start soon," She said quickly before turning back to the large book that adorned her podium. Lottie walked over to one of the four-person tables on the left side of the room and I sat next to her. I looked around the room and noticed how many different symbols and tablets hung upon the walls. The room was lit by orange lights littered around the room, the blinds closed.

Suddenly, Hermione rushed into the class and sat down with us in a huff. Her hair was much poofier and I wondered where she had been for the last 3 minutes as she was way ahead of us earlier.

"Welcome to The Study of Ancient Ruins beginners class. A special welcome to our new student Juliet Bloom, I hope Hogwarts has and will treat you well," She motioned towards me from behind her podium. I would have been embarrassed if there weren't only 10 other people in the class.

"Here are your reference tables to the ancient alphabet, their names, and a few of their many definitions. I expect you to have the memorized within the next four weeks," She said as she handed out pieces of parchment to everyone, "They also have the symbols for numbers 1-10."

When she attempted to hand it to Hermione, she politely declined. She must have already had them memorized, Lottie looked at me impressed. She was really, really smart.

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The class went by extremely quickly as all we really had to do was focus on pronouncing symbols and translating our names into the ancient wizard alphabet. We also had briefly talked about the many uses for the information and how many different spells, objects, and areas were defined by the "lost art."

I parted ways with Lottie, so Hermione and I walked together to Potions. This time I didn't end up losing her and she seemed to be in much less of a hurry. It didn't take too long before Addy had found me, accompanied by the Ravenclaw I saw earlier, Easton I believe it was. He smiled at me, although Addy didn't seem to bother with introductions but I could tell that we were going to be great friends.

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