September 4, 2018

Aquila had managed to make it back to her room without running into anyone the night before. Her roommates were already fast asleep, and she had quickly changed into her pjs and got herself to bed. Sleep overcame her too quickly for her to really ponder about what had happened.

The following morning, she woke up early and ready to experience her first classes at Hogwarts. Two of her roommates were still sleeping, the others must have left for breakfast already. Aquila didn't know their names yet. She walked over to her trunk to gather her uniform so she could get ready.

She stood in front of the mirror in their room and stared at her reflection with a scowl. She hated the skirt. It rested just above her knees and it made her legs feel naked not to mention she didn't enjoy the breeze on her behind. How can other girls enjoy wearing these things? She walked over to her trunk again and dug her way to the bottom determined to find something. Her hands finally found what she was looking for and she pulled out an old pair of uniform pants that had belonged to Leo on his first year.

Aquila had taken them from his room when she was packing her things a couple of days ago. A victorious smirk made its way to her face as she held them up in front of her face. Surely no one would mind if she wore them. It was still a uniform after all. She tried them on and noticed how much bigger they were on her. Leo had been much taller than her when he first came to Hogwarts, and she could easily fit her hand on the waistband with all the extra space, but at least they seemed to stay in place for the most part. She resorted to folding the extra length of the pants around the ankles and decided that was as good as it was going to get. Much better than the stupid skirt, she thought.

She grabbed her bag with her books for the day's classes, most of which she had already read, and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast. It was easy to find her way when all she had to do was follow the herd of students who all had the same destination in mind.

Aquila spotted her brothers waiting for her by the entrance to the Great Hall and she ran up to them.

"Hey, how was your first night? Did you stay up late having intellectual conversations with your housemates?" Canis asked her and ruffled her short hair.

"Something like that." Aquila remembered where she had spent most of her night but decided it was best to not mention it to her brothers. She didn't want them to know she had already messed up on her first night.

"Whoa! what are you wearing? Are those my pants?" Leo pointed out her choice of clothing that morning.

"I hate the stupid skirt." Aquila replied. Canis tried not to laugh at his sister's predicament while Crux and Orion simply shared a quick amused look.

"Aquila, McGonagall is growing to throw a fit when she sees you. She really is a stickler for rules, especially the dress code." Leo tried to convince his sister to change but she was having none of it. "Fine, don't say I didn't warn you."

"Try not to turn the whole school around today okay?" Canis said. He figured it was better to let Aquila figure out her way around the rules by herself. She had grown up sheltered by everyone around her and it was time for her to learn to fend for herself just a little. He just hoped she wasn't going to step too much out of line for the sake of everyone. "Well let's go inside. See you later Aquila, have fun on your first day and try not to correct too many Professors."

Her brothers all waved at her and made their way to their respective house tables. Aquila walked to the Ravenclaw table with as much confidence as she could and sat down next to some older Ravenclaws. She ate her breakfast silently before she made her way to her first class: Transfiguration with McGonagall.

Aquila made her way without getting too lost. When she walked inside, McGonagall was already there and her gaze immediately went to her.

"Miss Malfoy, what is that you are wearing?" She pointed a bony finger at her and all the students who were there turned to look at her too.

"It's the uniform," Aquila responded with a duh attitude. McGonagall was slightly taken aback by Aquila's choice of tone.

"I assume you read the dress code?" McGonagall walked closer to her.

"Yeah but have you noticed how impractical skirts are? You really want me to parade my ass around every time I have to bend down?" Aquila was not shy to let McGonagall hear what she thought about her dress code.

"I will not have you using such language in here! 10 points from Ravenclaw. I will let you keep the pants today, but I expect you in full uniform tomorrow. Now go have a seat." She was not expecting that choice of words from a young student. She turned around to head back to the front of the class leaving Aquila to look for an empty seat.

Aquila sat in the front of a class next to a curly haired Hufflepuff girl.

"Hello, my name is Maria." She stuck her hand out to her for a handshake. Aquila noticed how cheery she was. She shook her hand a little hesitantly at first but then both girls shared a friendly smile. This was the first student to introduce themselves to her and it made her forget about what had just happened with McGonagall. She chose to ignore the way some Ravenclaw kids looked at her for making them loose points first thing in the morning.

Right before class started, a Slytherin sat on the other side of Aquila and introduced himself as Josh Parkinson. McGonagall went on to explain how today they were going to learn how to change the color of objects. Although Aquila had read about Transfiguration before, she had never actually used her wand until now. Most students were able to pick up the spell quite easily and soon Aquila and her 2 new friends were laughing as they changed the color on each other's clothing, and hair. Maybe Hogwarts would not be as bad as she had imagined.

Her next class was charms with Professor Flitwick. Aquila was quite enjoying using her wand. She couldn't say she was the best student in class, but she was decent for a beginner. She was sitting in between Maria and Josh again. Josh was good with his wand, and it didn't take him many tries to learn how to do the Lumos charm they were trying to learn. Both him and Aquila tried their best to help Maria get the pronunciation and movement right until all three of them could cast a decent Lumos.

The three of them where walking to their next class, when they heard someone talking behind them.

"Look who it is? The Malfoy princess who lost us points this morning," Aquila turned around to see the Ravenclaw boy named Arthur who she was starting to realize had something against her. She didn't like his choice of a nickname for her. Aquila had never enjoyed being called princess, not even by her parents. She had read how stupid princesses were always waiting for someone else to come solve all their problems.

"Don't call me that," Aquila told him trying to simmer down her anger. He just smirked at her and made his way over bumping her shoulder again as he quickly made his way to class.

"What was that about?" Maria asked.

"I don't think he likes me, but I don't know why. I haven't done anything to him." Aquila watched the boy with narrowed eyes. Her brothers had told her before how they hated to get on her bad side because she could be scary. This boy was getting on her bad side.

Josh had watched the encounter and tried to stay out of the way. He had a slight idea what the other boy had against Aquila, but he didn't want to say anything. His parents had talked to him before about what it could mean for him and how others might not like him because he was related to a former Death Eater. They told him who he should stay close too and who he should avoid. Maybe Aquila didn't know this.

The trio made their way to their potions class and sat together again. Professor Snape oversaw this class. This was Aquila's favorite subject and she was quite advanced on her readings. She doubted anything they did here would be new to her

"Today we will be reading about the Wiggenweld Potion," Snape announced to the class. "I shall keep my expectations low with you lot."

"I have read the chapter on that like 5 times. Do you have anything better?" Aquila asked loud enough for him to hear. Maybe he could assign her something different.

Snape turned his gaze to the young Malfoy girl. "Perhaps you would like to teach this class instead then."

Aquila took that literally. "The Wiggenweld Potion is a powerful healing potion that can be used to heal injuries, or even reverse the effects of a Sleeping Draught," Aquila told the class.

"1o points from Ravenclaw." Snape said and a chorus of groans were heard around the class.

"What for!?" Aquila almost stood up from her seat. He had asked her to teach the class and she had merely done what he asked for.

"For reminding me about your know-it-all mother. Now shut up and stop interrupting me before I keep taking off points." Snape went on to continue teaching the class and Aquila let a defeated breath escape her lips. She didn't understand adults sometimes.

"Be extra careful with the Sloth Brains," Snape walked around the classroom as students worked on their potions.

"Yeah some students here don't have any brains to spare," Aquila whispered to Josh and Maria who tried not to laugh.

At the end of the class, Aquila was sure her potion was the best one in the class. There were some that she wouldn't even want to get near if someone asked her too.

"All your potions are pathetic." Snape told the class before they started cleaning up.

"My potion isn't pathetic! Its perfect." Aquila told the Professor.

"Perhaps you should be the Potion Master then," Snape told her with a sarcastic tone.

"Maybe I should. One day I am going to invent new potions and you will have to teach them in your class." Aquila looked at him with an overconfident smirk.

Snape looked at the girl, so much like her mother but also so much a Malfoy with all that overconfident attitude. He looked at her potion and even though he wouldn't admit it to her, he was sure one day she would.

"I expect this classroom spotless before you head out," he made his way to his office.

"Wow Aquila your potion does look good." Maria pointed out.

Aquila bottled it up and left it on Snape's desk just to prove her point. She helped her friends clean up their cauldrons before they made their way to lunch.

When they reached the entrance to the great hall, Aquila noticed that there were students from various houses sitting at the Ravenclaw table and the same applied to the other houses' tables.

"Why is everyone sitting all over the place?" Aquila asked her friends.

"Oh, you don't know. Everyone is encouraged to sit with other houses during lunch. Come on there is a spot open over there." Josh said and made his way to what once was the Gryffindor table. Aquila had not read about this in any of her Hogwarts books. Then again, they were old books. Maybe this was implemented not too long ago.

The three of them sat down. Maria was busy working on some homework and Josh was filling up his plate with various food items. Aquila reached for some grapes and decided she should write her parents to let them know she was sorted into Ravenclaw.

She was busy writing a letter when Leo, Luna Potter, and Hugo Weasley sat in front of her. Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny had 2 children. One was a fourth-year girl and the other was a boy the same age as Canis. They had all grown up together but when some had started leaving for Hogwarts, Aquila had stopped seeing them as often. Uncle Ron had one son. He was Leo's best friend since they were on the same year and the same house. Aquila recalled he wasn't really smart.

"Hey little sister! So how many points did you gain Ravenclaw today with that big brain of yours?" Leo asked as he filled his plate with food. Her brother was always hungry.

Aquila didn't want to admit she had lost her house points rather than gained any.

"She lost Ravenclaw 20 points today." Maria answered for her. Aquila looked away ashamed.

"It's okay Aquila it takes some getting used to," Luna reached for her hand to comfort her. Luna had been like an older sister to her when they used to spend time together. They both enjoyed picking on their brothers.

"I told you not to wear the pants," Leo told her matter-of-factly.

Aquila stuck her tongue out at him and continued writing her letter. Canis joined them later just to check up on Aquila.

"I heard you are having an interesting day." He told her. He noticed she was sitting between two first years and was happy she had made some friends. He recognized the Slytherin boy from his own house. "Are you writing to mother and father? Can you tell them to send me a new Quidditch robe, mine is too worn out?" He tried to peak at what she was writing but she covered her writing with her arm.

"Write them yourself, I'm not your personal messenger," She told him. He laughed and left the Great Hall after he grabbed a quick bite to eat. She finished telling her parents and grandparents about Ravenclaw and about her first classes and her 2 new friends. She decided to leave out the issue regarding themselves and the time turner clock in the 3rd floor. She also didn't want to tell her parents how she wanted to beat up Arthur McNully.

Her last class was History of Magic and she sat through class bored and trying not to fall asleep. They had some free time before they had to head to dinner, so she followed her new friends to the courtyard where they talked about their homes and what they liked. Aquila was glad she had made friends. She liked the way Maria was so honest and cheerful and the way Josh was so knowledgeable in charms and spells. She was sad when they had to go to dinner and separated to sit with their own houses this time.

Aquila found an empty spot where no one was sitting yet and made her way over. She just had to get through dinner then she could sneak to the 3rd floor where she could talk with her younger parents. She wondered what they had done that day back in their time. She was lost in thought when Arthur and his friends sat in front of her. She tried to ignore the way they kept whispering and laughing most likely at her.

Aquila reached over for the juice and when she was going to pour it in her glass something tipped the pitcher the wrong way and the front of her white uniform shirt was soaked with grape juice. She looked up to see Arthur and his friends laughing hard and pointing at her. She reached over the table and emptied the left-over contents of the pitcher over his head. She didn't wait to see how he would react, instead she left the table and made her way out of the Great Hall without eating dinner. She was sure others could see how she was dripping juice as she huffed and puffed angrily out of there. It was official, Arthur McNully was on her bad side.

She was going to head to Ravenclaw tower to change but then she remembered everyone was probably at dinner so no one would be patrolling the 3rd floor. It was kind of early, but she could just wait for her parents in the room. She found her way to the same room she had been on the previous night and turned the dial of the clock from 2018 to 1999. It was almost 10pm on September 4. She knocked once on the wooden clock and she was transported back to the same room only 19 years in the past.

It was dark but she was able to turn some old lamps on with her newly learned Lumos charm making the room much brighter. She sat and excitedly waited for her parents to show up so she could vent and tell them about her day including the stupid Arthur. She just wanted to hear their voices before she went to bed later that night. She had to be careful not to let any more secrets slip out. It was already bad enough she had told Draco he was her father; she didn't want to let it slip that Hermione was her mother especially with how much they couldn't stand one another.

A/N: I'm supposed to be writing a Research Essay on the California Road Charge Pilot Program but after getting so many great reviews I couldn't help writing this instead. I hope you don't find this chapter boring and keep those Reviews/Follows/Faves coming!