Robert Phillips walked down the halls of the great school of magic, Hogwarts, like he did everyday for the last month. A loner by choice, the Ravenclaw moved amongst the other students as he headed to his potions class. As much as the fifth year loved potions, he hated that he had to share it with the Slytherin house. Normally he didn't mind the Slytherins but after the new girl from America started in on him, he hated them all.
It hadn't been his fault that the potions teacher had chosen her to test his potion on. And it wasn't like he had meant to turn her blue. He had gotten the ingredients from the cabin like all of the others. Even Professor Snidely had said it wasn't his fault. That one of the ingredients was too old to use. Although it might have been that he had laughed harder than anyone else in class.
Walking into the classroom, he sighed as he spotted an empty chair between two of his housemates. "Do you think you can remake that blue potion again?" William asked on his right. "I want to sneak it into all of those Slytherins drink at supper." Laughing, Robert replied, "But we would need some of the old stuff for it to work. I knew that rat-tail was old as soon as I picked it up. If you can find any more, I think I can remake it," he said, watching the Slytherins walk in. They always travel in packs, Robert told his housemates. "They never could stand on their own," he said loud enough for everyone to hear.<|im_end|>
Tess was making her way to Potions class when her boyfriend Tyler walked up, smacking her ass. He startled her as she was deep in thought. "Do you always have to do that?" she asked, slightly annoyed. The tall, brown-haired boy slid his arm around her waist. "It's perfect," he said, "and mine's not my fault; I can't keep my hands off it." His response caused her to smile at him. He was a jerk, but at least he was sweet to her most of the time.
The pair made their way into their class. Tess sighed to herself when she spotted Robert. He was an annoying Ravenclaw who embarrassed her in front of the whole class. She had always thought he was extremely good-looking, but since that day, she wanted nothing more than to ruin his life. As they walked past, she overheard him making a rude comment and stopped instantly. "Are you just jealous that we have friends and you're some freak nobody wants to be around?" Tyler laughed slightly at her comment and grabbed her hand, leading her to the table. That Ravenclaw boy enraged her almost every time she saw him.<|im_end|>