First Year

School was a disaster. Scratch that- Shinomiya was a disaster.

Grades on paper and in potions he definitely was top of the class along with a few others;

But in actual spell casting: loser, failure, can't do a single spell.

The boy was distraught, but never asked for help. Not like he could... all his Ravenclaw classmates avoided him like the plague. What Ravenclaw student couldn't cast spells?

The ashen haired boy stared intently at his wand- alone in this section of the library. He sucked in a deep breath and pointed his wand to the feather, "Levi-O-sa."

Nothing happened.

Dread filled in his heart as he tried again, and again, and again... with no results.

Tears formed in the corners of his eyes as they slipped down his reddened cheeks. He gave a shaky breath before flopping to his knees and threw his wand at the bookshelf.

It want fair... Why was he always like this? Why did everything go wrong when he needed them to go right?

The tears flowed faster now, and he cradled his head in his arms- knees pulled to his chin. He wanted to disappear.

"Are you alright?"

Shinomiya looked up to see a tall male with shaggy brown hair. He had a Engle and quiet look to him.

"Uhm... y-yes..."

"There's tears in your eyes."

"D-Dust..."

The boy gave a soft laugh, kneeling before him, "lets go clean your eyes from the dust then," He spoke kindly.

Shinomiya nodded and followed the elder out of the library (after gathering up his things).

•••••

"Oh I see, you can't cast spells?" The boy named Mutsumi asked, looking at the younger boy sitting next to him in the courtyard.

"Y-Yeah... and th-the thing that h-hurts most is th-the fact my h-house hates me." Shinomiya had no more tears to shed at that, he was just too tired.

Mutsumi frowned, "I'm sure that isn't true."

"I-It is... they w-won't talk to me... o-or even help me. Th-They see me as a b-burden because h-house points get taken away if y-you mess up big..." The boy blubbered.

Mutsumi grew a solemn look before he gently pulled Shinomiya into a hug, "Well, I will be your friend. Though I'm in Hufflepuff, I hope that that's okay with you?"

Shinomiya gasped. Someone wanted to be his friend?? He teared up and nodded quickly, hugging the third year back.

Things were looking up.