✧Albert Felixes Blake - Chapter 5: Professor Snape✧ "Congrats in Hufflepuff," a happy voice said behind Albert. Albert turned around and he was facing a boy with spiky black hair grinning at him. "Thanks. By the way, I didn't know you're a Malfoy... thought you were Adrien Potter, but I just realised that there were two Adriens. Congrats to you too, Slytherin," Albert smiled back. Adrien froze for a moment. "Hey, you alright?" Albert asked him, stopping as well. Adrien blinked and nodded. Albert raised an eyebrow and continued walking towards their first lesson, Potions. As Albert stepped into the classroom, he paused, staring into a tall wizard with a bitter face, with slightly longer black hair. "Blake, sit," his voice was extremely cold and quiet as he pointed to Albert. "Beside Potter." Albert followed the man's gaze which led him into Harry's eyes, and a sharp pain stabbed him in his chest. Although Albert really did not want to sit beside Harry, he could not help but do so as he was definitely not in a mood to get reprimanded by the man. Slowly, he took a seat at the back of the classroom beside Harry, with his heart thumping like a jackhammer. "Malfoy, beside Longbottom," the man's voice echoed across the classroom again, as he nodded at Adrien and pointed at a boy with a clueless face. "Yes, professor? Me? Beside that filthy little Longbottom? The one who is so clumsy he can't even do a thing?" Draco stepped in the classroom and smirked. The man, who is a professor, lip's curled a little and replied more warmly, "No, Draco, you can sit with Crabbe and Goyle." Albert caught Harry growling at the professor and Draco and took a deep breath, "Hi Harry, I'm..." my chest was screaming again but nothing came out of my mouth and I countinued. "Albert." Harry turned and his growl was gone, but he now looked like he was in pain. "Y-yeah, nice to meet you, I'm Harry..." Albert heard Harry's oranged-haired friend, whom he heard as Ron, whispered to Harry, "Harry, don't look at him, he'll just make your scar-" Before Ron could continue, the professor at the front of the class spoke softly, "Weasley, I suggest you shut the stinky mouth of yours... ten points from Gryffindor." Ron scowled at the professor but kept his mouth shut as the Slytherins howled with laughter. "Now, now," the professor smirked. "I am Professor Snape, teaching you Potions. Take out your Book Of Potions and flip to page 3. "Now, follow the instrcutions and begin to make your Polyjuice Potion, I will be coming around to see if your spell is horrible..." Professor Snape's lip curled again. Albert took out his textbook and flipped to page 3. "Wow, it seems complicated..." he muttered under his breath and began to follow the instructions of how to make the potion. Suddenly, beside Harry's flask, Ron's flask exploded and the pieces of glass shattered over the place. Albert saw Professor Snape sweeping immediately to Albert's table to take a look. However, Albert had not been paying attention to his own flask. He heard a "pop" and immediately looked down at his own flask. His eyes widened in horror as he stared at the broken glass piece from Ron's flask sinking into his. Before Professor Snape could walk to Ron's table, Albert's flask suddenly exploded and Professor Snape's cloak was on fire. Professor Snape slowly turned to Albert's flask and his eyebrows creased into a frown, his face contorted with anger. Albert watched helplessly as Professor Snape muttered a spell at his cloak and the fire disappeared. Albert felt eyes staring at him and hundreds of gaspings around the classroom. "Blake, detention on-" Professor Snape started. "Professor, it was not Albert's fault, a glass piece dropped into his potion!" Harry glared at Professor Snape. "So, Potter, you are saying that it is Weasley's fault?" Professor Snape pretended to sigh and leaned closer to Harry. Harry looked nervously at Ron and Ron stared back with a pleading face. "N-no, I- I mean..." Harry murmured. "Well, Potter, 5 points from Gryffindor for wasting time. As for you, Blake, detention on Monday, 10 in the morning," Professor Snape said coldly as he swept back to the front of the classroom. Albert glared at Professor Snape and cursed under his breath. "Thanks for helping," Albert muttered to Harry after class. Harry smiled a little and apologized to Albert that he must still attend detention with Professor Snape. Albert caught Adrien running to him and Albert stopped walking. "Professor McGonagall wants to see you," Adrien coughed.
