Itzel Holt stepped off the Hogwarts express with her beat up rucksack and steamer trunk. She looked around for a moment. The headmistress was supposed to meet her at the station.
"Ms. Holt." Itzel turned to find the headmistress coming towards her with a smile and her robes bustling around her. "I see you've arrived in one peace. How was the trip?"
"It was uneventful." She answered with a shrug of the shoulder.
"Oh, well good. Come, I must show you around. The elves will take your trunk up to your rooms for you." Her trunk was taken and Itzel was left to follow Minerva around.
"I understand that this is your first time up to Hogwarts. I'm sure this is not you first trip to Great Britain as a whole I'm sure."
"No, I've been all over the British isles. I just never went farther than Edinburgh and the Lothian's." Minerva nodded. The first place they went was a tour of Hogsmeade. Minerva made sure to introduce her to all the reputable businesses. After a brief tour of the village they walked up to Hogwarts and into the castle. Minerva gave her a quick tour of the castle and grounds.
"I'll take you to your rooms now." commented Minerva. Itzel followed behind and they stopped on the second floor in front of a large portrait of birds of prey. Itzel smiled at this. "The password is corvidae. You can change it at a later date if you want." Itzel nodded.
"Corvidae." She said and the portrait swung open soundlessly to let her in.
"I'll see you later for dinner in the Great Hall."
"Yes ma'am."
"No ma'am. I may be your superior but call me Minerva in private or around other staff and Headmistress around the students."
"Will do Minerva." She said with a smile. Minerva left and Itzel stepped into her rooms. They were bright but too garish. There was too much red and gold. With a wave of her hand she turned the walls to a nice pale gold and the stone floor to dark wood. The furniture she modernized to modern muggle furniture. But in front of her was the sitting room with a small kitchenette to her left. On her right was a wall with two doors. She walked over and opened the first door. It was a full bathroom that looked too large to be in her quarters. There was a large tub enough to fit at most three people spaciously with a showerhead over the middle of the tub, a toilet, a sink with medicine cabinet mirror and a full-length mirror beside it. The bathroom was of dark blue tile and stone. Then she turned and left the bathroom and entered the next room. It was her bedroom with a large four poster bed, armoire and a little table with mirror and bench. She noticed that her tings were already unpacked and put in their appropriate places. She then stepped out of her bedroom and walked towards the windows. From her bedroom door to the windows and then wrapping around to the right side of the fireplace in the sitting area were bookshelves that were already full of her books. The windows however over looked the great lawn down to the lake.
Satisfied with her room Itzel returned to her bedroom and took a much needed nap. After being awake for nearly twenty-four hours she decided to take a nap before dinner. She set her alarm to an hour before, removed her clothes and slipped under the sheets.
Itzel woke at five to her alarm and sat up feeling a bit discombobulated as to where she was. Within seconds she remembered where she was and got out of her bed and went for the shower. It felt nice to have the warm water cascading down her body. She let her curly dark red hair out of the messy bun it was in.
Itzel was an oddity among her peers but not so in her family. She was an only child of the firstborn. It was an odd birth order in her family where the first child born of each generation was always female. Her family was from the Caribbean but moved up to New York City just before she was born. Itzel was five foot ten inches tall with an hourglass shape and long legs. Her skin was a mahogany coloring and her eyes were bright aquamarine blue. Her skin was largely blemishless except from the growth stretch marks that were normal to most women.
After her shower Itzel chose to wear her favorite summer robes. The dress was light cotton of deep blue with gold embroidery along the bottom. It hung loosely on the arms and the skirt but hugged her curves everywhere else. Over that she wore a black sleeveless robe also of a light cotton made for the summer, all of this was brought closer to her waist with a gold belt that was solid metal but magically wrapped around her waist with laurel leaves on the ends that met at navel. She slipped on her shoes and put her hair up in a bun. She walked out of her rooms and made her way down to the Great Hall. It was there that she realized that she was one of three staff still in the castle.
