Chapter 3
When she felt the pleasant heat of the sun on her face, Lyra Wilkins jumped off the bed and ran to the bathroom. Quickly she changed her clothes and made two little pigtails, just to feel pretty on her first day. Getting out of the bathroom she saw her two roommates, Caroline Flint and Dalia Spring, already dressed up.
They left the bedroom just to meet Fred in the common room, together the trio went to breakfast, talking about the schedules.
“ The first class is herbology, with Professor Longbottom” Lyra said while eating a muffin.
“Plants are the borest thing I ever saw” Caroline complained.
“It will not be that bad, I know Professor Longbottom, he’s cool, just a little bit shy. So you two be nice” Fred said pointing to both girls.
“I don’t have anything against herbology, I just think potions or DADA will be better” the blonde girl shook her head “Actually, I’m anxious about all the classes, the didactic books are just amazing! Do you know where’s the library?” her eyes shined in the direction of her friends.
They exchanged a funny look before turning to the excited girl.
“Calm down bookworm” Fred said holding a laugh “You have seven years to read all the books at Hogwarts’ library, you don’t need to finish everything this year” he patted her shoulder friendly.
Caroline just laughed at her crazy friend, feeling they would have a replay of the brightest witch of her age.
The friend walked to the herbology greenhouse, sitting together watching the Hufflepuff students looking at them with fear in their eyes.
“I’m waiting for my parents to answer about me at Slytherin” the boy looked to the ground “They are all Gryffindors”
Lyra stared at him
“And why they would have a problem with you being at Slytherin?”
“The houses kind of hate each other” Caroline answered this time “Everybody hates us because the biggest dark wizards were Slytherins, so we are all bad and cruel”
“Yeah, and all my family have this Gryffindor pride, despite having a lot of Slytherin friends”
The girl was very confused, why would someone be hated for being at some place? They were in the first year, how would they be dark wizards if they didn’t even know how to do a levitation spell?
“Good morning class” Professor Longbottom suddenly entered the room, when he realized that everybody turned to him, his face turned a little bit red “I understand you’re all excited about doing magic, but today, we are just learning about the main characteristics of magical plants”
When he finished the statement, Lyra saw a lot of people disappointed. Not understanding the rest of the class, the girl opened her parchment and started writing every word the herbologist said.
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Leaving the class, Lyra was in the clouds, she could never imagine something more amazing than the magical world.
“I told, herbology is boring” Caroline said with a slow voice.
“I don’t have any idea of what you mean, the class was just wonderful, and Professor Longbottom is a genius” the blonde said, almost jumping with happiness.
“I think we are friends with a crazy one” Fred said pretending to whisper to Flint.
When they arrived at the potions classroom, Professor Slughorn was at his table, Lyra couldn’t help but think that he should retire, the man looked tired.
She found a place and anxiously waited for the start of the class, this time they were with the Gryffindors, and that continuity mocked the others.
“I hope you’re all ready to study the delicate and subtle art of the potions” his voice also sounded tired “Today we are making the simple cure of boils” he looked to all the students “I suppose that you read the books before coming to class, so you can start”
Lyra, who had read all the books at least five times, opened the right page and started making the potion, sometimes helping her friends who were a little bit lost. Eventually, the professor walked near her table making some generic comments.
After some time, 10 minutes before the class ended, Lyra was the only one who finished the potion. The fact caught Slughorn’s attention while he walked in her direction.
He carefully analyzed her work, and after some seconds, he smiled.
“Perfect Mrs.…”
“Wilkins, Sir. Lyra Wilkins”
“So 10 points for Slytherin, Mrs, Wilkins” he laughed a little bit “You remember me a student I had, she was a very smart witch”
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After a very long day of exhausting classes, Lyra was ready for her last, and probably most amazing class, defense against the dark arts.
Seated at a table with Caroline, everybody in the room jumped in their seats when Professor Severus Snape entered class and started talking.
“I don’t expect that any of you will be amazing, or at least good” he sighed “ Most of you enter this class expecting to be the next Harry Potter or Hermione Granger, and most of you finish Hogwarts without knowing how to do an expelliarmus” he had a look of contempt, especially when looking to the griffyndors “Know we are starting with creatures, and why is no one writing?”
Besides being very scary, Lyra loved Professor Snape’s class, and honestly, she understood him, if she spent a lot of years working with teenagers she would be sad and angry too.
After the end of the classes, the blonde found one of the older students and asked where was the library. Looking at all those books, she felt like looking to paradise, the one you go after dying.
When she got all the books that seemed interesting, it was time for dinner. There she talked with her friends while eating pasta with tomato sauce, realizing that she was the only one so excited about all the classes and having a deep explanation about quidditch sponsored by Fred.
When she reached the common room and started reading a book about the history of the wizarding world, she realized that she found her place in the world. But oh, she didn’t had any idea what was coming next