Hogwarts? Hogwash!
Chapter One – The Nod
"Excuse me," I snapped to the freshman. "Sheesh, crowd in halls, much?"
"Whoa," my best friend, Jordan Lee, put a hand on my arm, "calm, Charlie. Calm?"
I growled at her. "Bite me, Jor. Bite me?"
"No thanks," Jordan smirked.
I shook my head. "You know, for a school that's enchanted so it looks like it's in the middle of nowhere and not in Massachusetts… you'd think our principal would be smart enough to make the school bigger. I mean, we aren't growing any smaller."
"Hey, girl," Jordan said. "What did I say about calming down? You're going to mess up in Advanced Transfigurations class again and make Kate loser her bra again."
I smiled at that thought. "It was an accident?" My voice made it seem as if it wasn't an accident at all.
"Right," Jordan rolled her eyes. She didn't miss anything at all.
I shrugged exhaustedly and sighed. "Well, we should get back to our dorms."
Jordan nodded. "Yup."
We walked in silence and I dragged my steps a bit. It was about late July and summer school was officially over. Of course, it didn't matter that we weren't supposed to use magic outside of class but… no one will ever find out…
"Unless they find her bra," Jordan calmly said.
"Wah!" I jumped away from her. Though, I should be used to it, Jordan has always been good at reading minds… it was freaky. She just said my face was easy to read though… "That's creepy."
We walked to the entrance of the girls' dormitories and I put my hand on Jordan's shoulder.
"Alas," I said solemnly, "this is where we part out ways."
Jor shook her head. "Sheesh, Charlie, dramatic, much?"
"I'm a writer," I winked. "I can't help it."
We laughed, our voices echoing down the halls. I faced the West Wing and saluted Jordan. "See ya."
She waved and walked to her wing, the East Wing.
I walked to the elevator and it opened instantly. Once I was inside, the doors shut and it started moving by itself. The elevators took us to wherever we wanted to go… that was in the dormitories, of course. I was in the elevator by myself and took my wand out of my jean pocket. I waved it around and pretended I was Luke Skywalker for a moment.
The door dinged open and I instantly lapsed into my calm and bored look. Some sophomores piled in and before leaving the elevator, I gave them The Nod.
"Did you just give them The Nod?" a voice asked in amusement.
I turned and saw Kate Greene, a close friend of mine that was dorming with me with my other best friend, Rebecca Bolton, and Kate's best friend, Ellie Desson.
I shrugged. "It's not like I'll ever see them again. There's what? About 5,500 kids at our school?"
Kate nodded. "That's true, but you know they're going to spend the rest of their sophomore year excited that a senior nodded at them."
We watched each other with serious expressions but soon burst out laughing. I linked arms with Kate and started walking down the hall.
"What were they doing on our floor anyways?" I wondered.
The rooms appeared when we wanted to go to that room.
"I think I heard them giggling about Kira Carson," Kate said.
"Miss Prissy and Rich?" I snickered.
Kate frowned. Despite being one of the most smartest witches in the wizarding world, she and her family were big Christians. Don't ask, I don't know how that's possible.
"You don't know her," she said.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't have to. She's the Paris Hilton and Harry Potter combined of our world."
Kate laughed despite my teasing of a fellow student. I stuck the key into the door and turned.