Chapter 6 - First week at Hogwarts part 1 (1/2)

The next day, Neal woke up early in the morning and looked at his pocket watch. He mumbled, ”it's still six o'clock. Breakfast is at 7:30.

There's still time. Let's check the time table.

Monday: the Potions class is in the morning and Flying class in the afternoon at 3:30.

Tuesday: Charms, and D.A.D.A. in the morning and Astronomy in the afternoon.

Wednesday: Herbology in the morning, Potions in the afternoon.

Thursday: Transfiguration and Charms in the morning.

Friday: D.A.D.A. in the morning, History of Magic and Flying class in the afternoon.

Neal smiled, ”I like this time table. I would have a lot of free time”. Then he looked around the room and found a hole in the corner. He spoke out, ”Isle, come out. We need to talk”. As soon as she heard Neal's voice, Isle immediately crawled out of the hole and made its way up and sat before him.

Neal spoke, ”you know about the rules, right?. As long as we're in a class, you won't come out of my sleeves and will just stay there. Whenever we're with Harry potter in the class, you must not talk with me at all. He understands the language”.

Isle nodded, ”Hisss”. Neal then continued, ”good. The next big thing is that under any circumstances, you won't bite any human. Once you attack someone, I'll be expelled. Got it?”.

As Isle nodded, he went downstairs after freshening up and wore the uniform he bought at Diagon Alley. The new robes will be delivered at the end of their first day which they need to replace the previous plain robe.

As he reached the common room, he saw Malfoy's gang and Pansy's gang just sitting and chatting with each other. Although it looked more like an argument. After seeing him, they stopped their arguments and rushed towards him.

Malfoy asked, ”I heard that you got a separate room for yourself. Is it real?”. Neal nodded. Tracey then asked, ”does that mean you really are the heir to Slytherin, right?”. Neal replied, ”what if I was, what if I wasn't?. It's not like being a Slytherin heir makes me become stronger”.

Neal went on his way to the Great Hall for breakfast while leaving them in a confusion. While Malfoy and the rest of the gang are clueless, Daphne and Tracey went behind him and joined him at the table.

Daphne spoke out, ”we never introduce ourselves, right?. I'm Daphne Greengrass and she's Tracey Davis”. He smiled, ”you already know my name but anyway, Neal Slytherin and she's Isle”. Slowly, Isle's head came out of his sleeve and looked at them, ”Hiss”.

Then she quickly hid again. ”she says hello”. While they flinch after the snake came out of his sleeve, Neal said, ”no need to be afraid. She won't bite”. While Tracey is still afraid, Daphne asked, ”Is that your pet?”.

Neal nodded, ”yes. Don't worry. I took the ministry of magic and Dumbledore's permission. I'm just unwilling to bring it out as it will spread fear among the students. I will let you pet it later”. Tracey replied, ”yeah, that's true. Even if we're from Slytherin, real snakes are still scary”.