27 Friends

Adam walked to the Ravenclaw table while frowning when he realized that some students were staring at him, and whispering something.

'Is this how Potter feels? ' He thought before shrugging and putting on a smiling expression.

Adam was good at faking expressions, he managed to flash his best smile whenever he wanted to. The problem was, he had two types of smiles.

What you would never want to see.

And what he had now, a beautiful, jovial smile.

He smiled and waved at the girls, doing his best boy charm.

''Look at him, Terry. Our new superstar'' joked Anthony as soon as Adam sat down at the table, between him and Terry.

Terry laughed and looked thoughtful.'' I always thought how famous he was for being number one in everything last year was too much, dammit...now I'm going to be known as Adam's 'friend' even more.'' He grumbled

Adam chuckled and put his arm around his friends' shoulders." Come on, we just have to wait for Potter to do something Potter-worthy for him to steal the attention.'' He said.

''And it can't be so bad being my friend now, you know, I'm thinking of a new game... and my friends would get a new copy, first... ''

Anthony put on a big smile before speaking in a loud voice. ''Adam, my best friend, how good to see you.''

''I thought I was your best friend?'' Terry questioned before seeing Anthony wink at him.

Being taken aback for a moment, he made an 'oh', and understood.

''Yes, yes. Adam, my super best friend, we missed you on the Train, almost forced the driver to turn back, fearing you were lost, amidst the sea of fans''

Adam chuckled and said. ''You two idiots, I missed that. Come on, tell me, did you like my present?''

''Of course.'' Anthony replied, taking a Deck out of his pocket. '' I always carry him around, you know, you never know when I'm going to need to duel.''

Adam laughed, and asked. ''Where do you think you are, in a Card Duel anime?''

''What is anime? '' Anthony asked, making Adam sigh. 'Oh yeah, I forgot we don't have that'

''Forget it." Terry said, pulling out his own Deck.'' Shall we duel? ''

Adam was going to agree, but he saw some movement at the main entrance.

''We don't have time, it looks like the ceremony is about to start''

Shortly after he said that, the main entrance opened and a queue of new students entered. Following Professor McGonagall.

The first years were curious, and looked around with curiosity and surprise, some were embarrassed to be the attention of so many older students.

''Look at them, they look so small.'' Terry said, making Adam and Anthony stare at him.

''What ? ''He puffed out his chest.'' I grew a little on this vacation.''

Adam and Anthony just laughed and continued watching the ceremony.

Everything was the same as last year, new students were taken to the sorting hat.

''Damn'' Adam said thinking what was going to happen, and with a quick snap of his fingers, he created a sound isolating bubble around the three of them.

Terry was startled at first when he noticed that the sound was cut off, so he looked at the hat and understood what Adam did.

''Thanks dude''

Adam nodded, he couldn't bear the thought of hearing the hat sing those stupid songs again.

Adam felt someone staring at him and looked around. Finding who was looking at him at the faculty desk.

Dumbledore and the other teachers were looking at him, some had a smile and others a disapproving look.

For them, hearing the hat sing was already a tradition, and Dumbledore particularly seemed to be very fond of this custom.

Adam smiled and waved at them, not caring. After the song ended, Adam undid the spell.

In the queue of new students, he could see some familiar faces, like Colin Creevey, and Ginny Weasley.

When the youngest Weasley's name was called, Adam paid special attention to the young witch.

'She looks normal' He thought, looking at how she behaved. 'Maybe Diary hasn't started messing with her yet. Well then I'll take a look at your mind'

He decided to confirm with legilimency at another time, and there were two reasons for that. First, he didn't know if Dumbledore would feel some sort of magical fluctuation if he used legilimency at this point.

Ginny was at the Gryffindor table now, and Harry Potter was nearby. Adam believed that Dumbledore always kept an eye on Harry, especially at this moment.

And the second reason, he didn't know what the mind of someone who had contact with the diary was like. If he found some kind of mess in there, he could end up getting caught.

''Another Weasley?'' murmured Terry.'' How many are there? Five or six? '' He asked, laughing.

''Seven.'' Adam said on automatic.

''Do you even know that? '' questioned Terry.

Adam shrugged. ''Yes, now look over there, your favorite idol'' He said pointing to the teachers' table.

At that moment, Dumbledore introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart.

Some female students sighed and looked dreamy. The boys students, seemed happy, and said that this year they would have a good teacher, after all, everyone knew their books, and couldn't wait to learn how to defeat a vampire.

Only a few students seemed to dislike the new teacher.

''He's not my idol,'' huffed Terry. "But it must be better than last year, right?''

Adam laughed when he heard that. And he looked at his friend with a pitying face.

''Oh no, I know that look.'' Terry said with a look of disappointment.

''Damn, he knows something we don't,'' said Anthony.'' Why am I starting to think we're out of luck in this class again? '' He asked, sighing.

Anthony and Terry have only known Adam for a year, but in that time they have learned something about him. Adam always knew more than the others, and when he looked at them as if they were poor bastards suffering from a delusion, they usually were.

''Worse than last year? '' Anthony asked hopefully.

'He won't have a Voldemort in his head' Adam thought with humor, before answering. ''It won't smell like garlic, and you can learn a thing or two about beauty products''

Anthony and Terry both looked confused.'' Nothing about defeating a vampire? ''

''Come on, have a cookie '' Adam joked when the food appeared on the table.

Terry and Anthony ate their food sadly, while muttering.'' I can't believe I'm going to go another year without learning anything. ''

''Damn, I wish I was like you, but no matter how much I read I can't learn that fast''

Both were Ravenclaw, and they spent part of their time reading and studying. But it wasn't easy to learn something just by seeing the theory part, that's why they are in a school. The place that should provide help from capable Wizards, to clear your doubts and to do demonstrations in the classroom.

''Lucky we have McGonagall and Flitwick,'' Terry said.

Anthony nodded and laughed. ''Yes, otherwise we wouldn't even know how to make something levitate.''

Terry laughed and joked. '' Like a Gryffindor ? ''

''Yes, like a Gryffindor''

Adam beside him chuckled. ''Don't forget you lost to a Gryffindor in last year's grades.''

''Do you remember something like this happening, Anthony? ''

''Not me, Terry.''

Adam shook his head, not sure what to make of these two.

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Another short chapter, sorry.

Try to go back to standard sizes next time.