Somewhere Out There
~*~Chapter 1~*~
Krista sighed. It was her last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was truly going to miss it there. She was in Ravenclaw house, and as she looked around at her fellow girls who would be graduating tomorrow with her, she knew the house was perfectly suited for them. They were all straight A students who were a little bit bookwormish. She sighed. She looked down at her graduating robes and hat and smiled. They were so beautiful!
"Hey Krista, I was looking through some books for hairdos and I found the one you were looking for, can I try?" Krista chuckled inwardly at her friends phrase, '...I was looking through some books...' and then nodded. Her friend took out her wand and muttered 'Addio Hair" and made some weird motion with her wand and Krista'a hair instantly began to pull itself together in hair ties and clips and when all was said and done, she looked magnificent.
"Wow Krista! Josh is going to love it, wink wink, nudge nudge!" Melanie giggled. Though Melanie was smart, Krista noted, she had this wonderful wacky side to her that anyone could have fun with.
"Mel, cut it out!" Krista screamed and threw a pillow. Melanie shielded herself with her arms and began to laugh as she fell off the bed, which drew even more hysteria. After all the laughing was over, the dormitory was settled into bed, awaiting graduation.
The next day....
Melanie and Ellie (the one who showed Krista the spell) were locked up in the bathroom doing their makeup and hair, as Krista started to dress in her graduation robes. They were silky black, outlined with blue and bronze, the ravenclaw colours. Her hat was one that everyday wizards wear to special occasions in the wizarding community. She waited for Ellie and Melanie to finish before asking Melanie to do her hair.
"Hey Mel, you done? Great, can you do that little spell thing on my hair please?"
"Just a sec, Krist, OK, ready!" Melanie glided over to her in her beautiful robes and uttered "Addio Hair" with the up most of care, to make sure her hair was perfect. Soon they were in the common room with the rest of their fellow seventh years, and were waiting to be escorted to the great hall by Flitwick for their graduation ceremony before the final feast. They would receive their wizarding scrolls and be ready to head out into the real world. Soon enough, the portrait hole opened and Flitwickl entered the room, giving one final speech before bringing them down.
"Good evening students. You are about to go down to the great hall and see this school for the last time. I am extremely proud of you all, best of luck with your future years." He smiled sweetly and turned to exit out of the portrait hole. Soon they were at the doors to the hall waiting for the other houses to meet. First came Hufflepuff with Professor Sprout, who looked as though she would burst out crying any minute, proudly walking down the halls. Next was Gryffindor accompanied by McGonnagall with the rest who had their heads high up while they walked. Last was Slytherin with a sneering Snape. Although he was, the rest looked truly happy. The houses all filed into the great hall, and each class took its rightful table, and waited to be called. The teachers went to the front preparing to hand out scrolls to their class.
"Gryffindor." Cheers and clapping erupted in the hall as the student made their way to the front and stood along the teachers table. McGonnagall snapped her fingers and immediately the scrolls that were in a pyramid on the table flew through the air and floated before its owner. The students grabbed their scrolls and they went again to sit down at their table. Next was Ravenclaw.
"Ravenclaw!" Professor Flitwick beamed. There was notably less cheering due to the fact Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were always the houses no one wanted to get into, it was either 'I am brave, I must be in Gryffindor,' or, 'I am evil, I must be in Slytherin'. No one ever had an urge to be in neither Hufflepuff, nor Ravenclaw, except of course Krista. She thought Ravenclaw did wonderful things for her.
The students walked up and assembled like the Gryffindors had. Flitwick pointed his finger at the scrolls and they followed his finger until they were hovering in the hair. He then clapped his hand and they dispersed among the students. Krista smiled. She reached out for her parchment and held it there. The students prepared to go back to their table but Flitwick made on last remark on them. She looked out onto the crowd and noticed someone looking at her. She quickly looked away. It was Percy Weasley. Fellow prefect, but in his last year became Head Boy.
After all the houses were called, Dumbledore summoned all the prefects to the front of the hall. Krista got up and looked back to see Percy get up when she did, as he hurried so he could stand beside her. That is really odd, why is Percy so interested in standing beside me? She thought. They made their way up and, sure enough, Percy took his place beside Krista. Dumbledore read through the names of the prefects and got to Kristin's.
"Kristin Valley, prefect, seventh year, Ravenclaw." Clapping began and Krista put her head down and smiled, while blushing. She felt a warm hand go on her shoulder and looked up to see Percy smiling down at her.
"Percy Weasley, Head Boy, seventh year, Gryffindor" There was less clapping for Percy, since he was unpopular, but he didn't seem to mind. His head was in different places.
