Andromeda's POV
I was reading one of the books from the Twilight saga. I set my book on top of the bench across from me. I grabbed my robes from inside of my bag and put it on. I sat back in my seat, and then grabbed my book. I finished it by the time we got a ten minute warning that we were nearing Hogwarts. A man in black clothes, with black hair, and black eyes(Snape) appeared in my cart. I raised my eyebrow, "May I help you?" He squinted his eyes, "Are you Andromeda Cassiel?" I nodded and he continued, "I am Professor Snape, I am your potions Professor. Dumbledore asked me to come and get you before you arrived, and bring you to the castle to get sorted before everyone else got there. So grab you..." He noticed the dragon that was sitting on my lap, "Is that a dragon?" I nodded, "Yeah, this is Azrael. One of seven pets that I brought to Hogwarts." He nodded, "Put your dragon in its cage, and grab your bag. Another professor will come to the train to grab your other stuff." I nodded and put Azrael in his cage. Then I put my book in my bag, and grabbed Azrael's cage. I nodded then he motioned for me to grab his arm, and we apparated to the castle. We stood in front of a golden eagle, and Professor Snape put his hands up, "Sherbet Lemon." The golden eagle spun up, and a staircase appeared. He motioned for me to walk in front of him, as I started walking up the stairs it was getting dark so I lit a fire in my hand. I heard Professor Snape gasp as we continued our trek up the stairs. We got to the door, and I made the fire disappear from my hand. Professor Snape knocked and Dumbledore opened it, "Andromeda! Welcome to Hogwarts." He smiled at me and motioned for me to enter. I smiled at him, and walked inside his office followed by Professor Snape. There were six professors including Snape and Dumbledore surrounding a stool with a hat on top of it. Dumbledore walked forward, "Andromeda, this is Professor Sprout, Flitwick, McGonagall, Trelawney, and you have already met Professor Snape. Now to sort you into your house sit on the stool, and I will place the hat on your head." I nodded, he lifted the hat, I set Azrael and my bag down on a table by the door, and sat down on the stool. Dumbledore placed the hat on my head, and I heard the hats voice in my head, "Ah, a transfer student? Now lets see then, smart, very smart actually, brave, sly, cunning, mischievous, and is 100% loyal. You have qualities of all four houses. Now where to put you? I got it..." It finally stopped speaking in my head and said out loud, "Slytherin!" I saw Professor Snape's eyes light up. Dumbledore took the hat off my head, "Congratulations, Andromeda. Professor Snape will give you your class schedule." I hopped off the stool, and stood in front of Professor Snape. He held up my schedule but asked, "How do you make a drought of the living dead?" I smiled already knowing the answer, "Water, powered root of asphodel, infusion of Wormwood, Valerian root, sopophorous bean, and a sloth brain." He was completely in shock as well as the other teachers, Professor Trelawney finally spoke up, "How, how did you know that right off the top of your head?" I giggled, "Simple actually, I remember everything I read." Professor Snape nodded, and handed me my schedule, "Then you should be at the top of my class." I smiled, and nodded before walking over to the table putting my schedule in my bag, putting it on my shoulder, grabbing Azrael's cage, and walking over to the door, "I think we all should head to the great hall." I looked at the clock, "We have two minutes before everyone is to arrive." Dumbledore nodded, "Yes. Now remember sit anywhere, but at the Slytherin table." I nodded, then I apparated down to the bottom of the eagle, and Snape joined me, "Here let me help you to the great hall." I nodded, he held out his arm, and I took it. We were in the great hall, he pointed to the Slytherin table, and I went to go sit down when he stopped me, "Mrs. Cassiel, I don't think your class mates, will like eating with a dragon at the table." I nodded and set the cage on the table, and took Azrael out, "Come on bud, what do you wanna be, a ring, a necklace, or a tattoo?" He tapped his paw on my arm, "A tattoo it is then." He started glowing then disappeared. I pulled down my sleeve and there was a dragon tattoo on my arm. I pulled back up my sleeve and made Azrael's cage disappear. I walked over to the Slytherin table just now noticing all the teachers were at the staff table looking at me with wide eyes. I smiled at them, "A trick I learned from my godfather." I pulled out my schedule, and read over it.
Monday, Wednesday
Breakfast-9:00 am-9:40 am
Professor Flitwick-Charms-9:50 am-10:40 am with Hufflepuff
Professor McGonagall-Transfiguration-10:50 am-11:40am with Gryffindor
Lunch-11:50 am-12:40 pm
Professor Sinistra-Astronomy-12:50 pm-1:40 pm with 5th year and 6th year Slytherin and Gryffindor
Dinner-4:30 pm-5:20 pm
Curfew-9:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday
Breakfast-9:00 am-9:40 am
Professor Snape-Potions-9:50 am-10:40 am with Gryffindor
Professor Sprout-Herbology-10:50 am-11:40 with Hufflepuff
Lunch-11:50 am-12:40 pm
Professor Firenze-Divination-12:50 pm-1:40 pm with Ravenclaw
Dinner-4:30 pm-5:20 pm
Curfew-9:00 pm
Friday
Breakfast-9:00 am-9:40 am
Professor Hagrid-Care of Magical Creatures-9:50 am-10:40 am with 5th year and 6th year Slytherin and Gryffindor
Professor Hootch-Flying-10:50 am-11:40 am with Ravenclaw
Lunch-11:50 am-12:40
Professor Grindelwald-Defense Against the Dark Arts-12:50 am-1:40 am with Hufflepuff
Dinner-4:30 pm-5:20 pm
Curfew-9:00 pm
I put my schedule back in my bag, and that is when I felt someone staring at me. I looked up at the teachers table, and it was a Professor with white hair. Just then the great hall doors slammed open and a bunch of students piled in all years except for the first year. I saw Draco scanning the tables till his eyes landed on me at the Slytherin table. He smirked, and walked, more like strutted, over to me. He sat down on my right side and Pansy *cough* pugface *cough* sat beside him. She was clinging onto his arm, and I rolled my eyes. After a few seconds Draco shoved her off of him, and turned to me, "Hey, Andy." I smirked at him, "Hey, Draco." He returned my smirk, "I was wondering if after dinner and your all settled in in your dorm if we could talk?" I smiled, "Yeah sure." He smiled and we just held small talk for a few minutes, before the doors burst open and Professor McGonagall walked in with the first years. We all quieted down except for a few snickers coming from a few Slytherin's and Gryffindor's. After the first year sorting ceremony was over Dumbledore stood up to give a speech, and I heard Draco whisper to himself, "Not this again?" During the entire speech I felt eyes on me, I looked around the students and my eyes landed on a Slytherin boy in the same grade just starring at me. I looked up at the staff table, and the Professor with white hair was still starring at me. After Dumbledore's boring speech he announced that we could eat, and then the food appeared in front of us. Since I'm from a wizarding family this was normal. When I got done eating I turned to Draco who was still chowing down on his food, "Hey, Draco." He stopped eating for a second and turned to me, "Yeah, Andy?" I whispered, "Who's the professor with the white hair?" We both looked at the teachers table, and the professor with white hair was still staring at me. I turned back to Draco and he looked at me and whispered, "That is Professor Grindelwald." I nodded before looking back at the teachers table. He smiled at me, and I gave a shy smile before turning my head back to the table. After a few minutes the food cleared and dessert appeared. On the table there was my favorite, somewhat of a homemade recipe, Bloody Cheesecake. Raphael made it once, and I haven't been able to stop eating it. I cut some and put it on my plate. Draco raised an eyebrow, "What, is, that?" I smiled and picked up piece, "This is Bloody Cheesecake. Best dessert recipe made by Vampires, well besides Veriohukaiset." He looked completely horrified, and whispered, "What? Blood?" I giggled a little bit, "Yeah, I'm not a vampire if your wondering..." He breathed a sigh of relief, and I continued, "My brother introduced the recipe to me, as well as some other blood related desserts and drinks. And by the way it isn't human blood." He breathed another sigh of relief, "Oh thank Merlin." I took a bite, and then ended up finishing the entire thing. It was 30 minutes till we got dismissed, and Draco was still piling dessert onto his plate. I shook my head and looked up at the teachers table. I looked toward Dumbledore, and he looked back at me. I motioned my head to the door silently asking if I could leave early, and he nodded back. I looked over at Professor Grindelwald, and he was talking with Professor Snape. I turned back to Draco, and he was stuffing his face like he hadn't ate in months. I giggled, and he turned towards me, "What?" I giggled again, "I was just gonna tell you that I was heading to the Whomping Willow." He swallowed, and looked scared, "What? That tree is a killer." I smirked, "Exactly, just kidding, I wanted to draw it." He looked relieved that I said I was joking, and smiled, "I will join you after dinner." I nodded before getting up, and walking towards the great hall doors. I opened the doors, and made my trek to the tree. After a few minutes I got to a ring of stones over looking a small hut. I shrugged, 'mental note: to draw that hut later.' I looked to the right, and saw the tree swinging its branches to get the birds off. I walked up to it, and it stopped moving. I sat down on a hill a mile away so I didn't get hit by its branches. I opened my bag, and grabbed my sketch book and started drawing.
I was half way threw drawing the Willow (above is the final product) when Draco came over to me followed by pugface. He sat down beside me, and looked at my drawing, "Wow, that's amazing." I looked over at him and smiled, "You think? I'm only halfway done with it." He looked up at me with a shocked face, "What do you mean your only halfway done?" I giggled, and pugface glared at me, "I'm serious I still have a lot more detail to add." He nodded before turning to pugface who had her head on his shoulder, "Hey, Pansy, why don't you head back to the castle, and start unpacking." She hugged him, and he sat completely still, like a statue. I waited for her to leave before I started laughing. He stopped being a statue, and snapped his head towards me, "What are you laughing at?" I giggled, "The fact that you turned into a statue when pugface hugged you." He shook his head, and looked back at the tree, "Why does it seem so peaceful looking at a deadly tree?" I smiled, and looked back at the tree, "I don't know Draco, but I have a question. Why do you stay with Parkinson?" I looked at him, and he closed his eyes, "I don't know, Andy. She's so annoying, but I don't know how to break up with her." I looked at the ground, and closed my eyes, "Have you tried telling her you want to break up?" I opened my eyes, and he was looking at me, "I have, she just ignores me, and continues like we are still dating." I put my hand on my chin, when a light bulb went off in my head, "How about you write her a letter. But not on the first week." He nodded, and I put my sketch book back in my bag. Draco stood up, and he held out his hand towards me. I took it, he helped me up, and I grabbed my bag.