Helena Ravenclaw sat next to her mother in the tiny rowboat looking in anticipation and awe at the marvelous castle that stood before her.
The outline of the walls and towers were clearly made by the glow of the white sphere looming behind the sturdy walls. The black water under her was quite and undisturbed, save for a tiny ripple towards the other side from the rise and fall of the giant squid. The first Helena heard of the creature was at a small gathering at her mother's house a few months earlier when Godric started talking to her, and started relaying some of his plans for the new school.
"-and it's located right on the edge of a beautiful loch!"
Helena's eyes were bright and wide with excitement, and she suddenly didn't care that she was tired from the days' work.
"Do you know what is inside the loch?" Godric questioned as he looked up and paused, amused at the reaction to his buildup to revealing the creature. "A giant squid."
"A what?"
"A sea creature with tentacles, and he's huge! I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't the largest in the world!"
This conversation with Godric was only one of the many leading up to Helena's actual departure to her new home. It was hard for the young girl to believe that she was really going to live here, for the next nine years at least. Not only would this be her home, but soon, it would also be her school. Hogwarts, as mother and her mothers' friends called it, would be where her family was.
The boat finally reached the rocky shore and Rowena led her daughter out of the boat, and up the stone steps leading them to the castle entrance. The climb, for Helena, was tedious. Never before had she been so desperate for something, and all she wanted to do was reach it, and bring it into her. Finally, panting slightly, both mother and daughter reached the main doors.
"Welcome Helena, to Hogwarts," said her smiling mum as she swung open the huge wooden doors.
~This chapter is dedicated to my friend - liebe dich!~