Chapter Two
Welcome to Ravenclaw
Ema and Cris followed the group of Ravenclaw's to their room. Led by a Prefect, who had introduced herself as Mary, they were shown how to enter the room using the password `lizard gizzard.' They went up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. They noticed their trunks had already been brought up for them.
"Ugh!" Cris complained, seeing her sister's cat curled up comfortably on her pillow.
"Get out of here, Nightshade!" she said.
The cat groggily stood up, then, taking her time, she stretched leaving a small claw rip on the pillowcase. The black cat hopped off the bed, and then with a hiss, she turned and left the room.
"I hate cats," Cris mumbled, before going through her stuff looking for her opened package of `Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans' that she had brought with her. She offered some to Ema. Ema took a popcorn flavored one before suggesting they go down to the common room to meet other Ravenclaw's.
Ashley Brimstock sat in one of the most comfortable chairs of the Ravenclaw common room. The older year students had scurried off to bed after the feast, but most of the first years were still too excited to sleep. Her brown eyes darted from person to person and immediately caught sight of bright red hair. Hopping up from her chair she walked over to the corner Ema and Cris were standing in, talking.
"Hey!" she greeted, as she approached them. "The name's Ashley."
"I'm Cris and this is Ema," Cris introduced.
"Nice to meet you," Ashley said. "I was rather surprised when they called your name as Zlue. I thought you were going to be a Weasley," she said to Ema.
"I am," Ema said, confused. "But I have no clue as to who Ginny was," referring to the only other redheaded first year.
"Why'd they call you by Zlue then?" Ashley asked, not sure the girl was telling her the truth.
"It's my step dad's name," Ema tried to explain, "It upsets my mom to think about my dad, so she changed my name. My real last name is Weasley though."
"Ah, I get it," Ashley said. "But you aren't related to the other Weasleys then?"
"I don't think so," Ema said. "I've never met them before. My dad died when I was two, so I don't really know that much about him."
"Doesn't matter I guess," Ashley said, shrugging. "But it would've been cool to have the first Weasley that wasn't in Gryffindor be in the same house as me."
"You do, well sort of," Ema said, grinning. Cris arched an eyebrow; she didn't like to be the only one without something to add to a conversation.
"Who's up for a game of Wizard's Chess?" Cris asked.
"I'll play you," Ashley said, beginning to pull various chess pieces out of her pockets. Cris giggled at the scene.
"Do you always carry them with you?" Cris asked referring to the chess pieces.
"Yes, I love to play!" Ashley said, showing Cris and Ema her worn out pieces. "I should be getting a new set for Christmas!" she said, hopefully.
Cris and Ashley played chess while Ema looked on, only halfway paying attention. She kept thinking about the other redheaded Weasleys she had seen.
Welcome to Ravenclaw
Ema and Cris followed the group of Ravenclaw's to their room. Led by a Prefect, who had introduced herself as Mary, they were shown how to enter the room using the password `lizard gizzard.' They went up the stairs to the girls' dormitory. They noticed their trunks had already been brought up for them.
"Ugh!" Cris complained, seeing her sister's cat curled up comfortably on her pillow.
"Get out of here, Nightshade!" she said.
The cat groggily stood up, then, taking her time, she stretched leaving a small claw rip on the pillowcase. The black cat hopped off the bed, and then with a hiss, she turned and left the room.
"I hate cats," Cris mumbled, before going through her stuff looking for her opened package of `Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans' that she had brought with her. She offered some to Ema. Ema took a popcorn flavored one before suggesting they go down to the common room to meet other Ravenclaw's.
Ashley Brimstock sat in one of the most comfortable chairs of the Ravenclaw common room. The older year students had scurried off to bed after the feast, but most of the first years were still too excited to sleep. Her brown eyes darted from person to person and immediately caught sight of bright red hair. Hopping up from her chair she walked over to the corner Ema and Cris were standing in, talking.
"Hey!" she greeted, as she approached them. "The name's Ashley."
"I'm Cris and this is Ema," Cris introduced.
"Nice to meet you," Ashley said. "I was rather surprised when they called your name as Zlue. I thought you were going to be a Weasley," she said to Ema.
"I am," Ema said, confused. "But I have no clue as to who Ginny was," referring to the only other redheaded first year.
"Why'd they call you by Zlue then?" Ashley asked, not sure the girl was telling her the truth.
"It's my step dad's name," Ema tried to explain, "It upsets my mom to think about my dad, so she changed my name. My real last name is Weasley though."
"Ah, I get it," Ashley said. "But you aren't related to the other Weasleys then?"
"I don't think so," Ema said. "I've never met them before. My dad died when I was two, so I don't really know that much about him."
"Doesn't matter I guess," Ashley said, shrugging. "But it would've been cool to have the first Weasley that wasn't in Gryffindor be in the same house as me."
"You do, well sort of," Ema said, grinning. Cris arched an eyebrow; she didn't like to be the only one without something to add to a conversation.
"Who's up for a game of Wizard's Chess?" Cris asked.
"I'll play you," Ashley said, beginning to pull various chess pieces out of her pockets. Cris giggled at the scene.
"Do you always carry them with you?" Cris asked referring to the chess pieces.
"Yes, I love to play!" Ashley said, showing Cris and Ema her worn out pieces. "I should be getting a new set for Christmas!" she said, hopefully.
Cris and Ashley played chess while Ema looked on, only halfway paying attention. She kept thinking about the other redheaded Weasleys she had seen.