2.
The next morning, Echo woke up to find lily prodding her and crystal standing next to her.
"Wake up Echo!" crystal told her, "How she can sleep so long after yesterday I do not know."
"I'm awake, okay?" Echo told them both irritably.
"Ah. Finally."
"What do you want?" echo asked them. Crystal answered, " how early is it?"
"It's late," Lily told her, "only 4 `O clock."
"Omigod! 4? Four?? I was sleeping!"
"Well you know, we sort of figured that out. Get up!" Crystal told her irritably. Echo got up, and all three girls got themselves ready for classes. It was five `O clock when the girls were ready, and they had until eight when classes began. The girls were talking again. They talked about everything, until,
"So what did you think of those boys, uhm… James? Sirius? And er… oh yeah Remus I think." Crystal asked the two girls.
They were pretty hot, don't you think, Echo? I wouldn't mind James for a boyfriend."
"I know. They were cute. Hey, we've got charms first period, don't we?" Echo asked.
"Yeah, I think. The place is so big! I'm gonna get lost." Crystal moaned. Then she looked at her watch. Seven-thirty." she commented.
"Right. Lets get our stuff." Echo said. By then everyone else had began to walk in, and the girls packed their bags and left.
The charms teacher was professor boards, a tall, thin man with a slightly nasal voice.
"Today," he told the class, "we will be doing levitating charms." The class was supposed to lift pebbles, but no one got it because echo's wouldn't move at all and Sirius, James, Remus, and a boy called peter, who had got tired of trying to lift rocks, began to throw them at the teachers head when it was turned.
Potions were actually sort of fun, but echo just couldn't imagine how she was going to memorize the stupid ingredients for thousands of potions.
"Hey, care of magical creatures next!" Echo told her friends excitedly.
"It's bound to be the best." Crystal grinned. They walked outside onto the grounds, to find that they were doing double with the ravenclaws. As they got closer, echo saw what was in he paddock.
"Horses!" she looked excitedly at the winged horses in the paddock.
"Class, today we will be working with winged horses. Partner up. 3 to a group." Said professor reb, a plump, stern looking woman. Of course, Echo, crystal, and lily were partners. They were assigned to a pretty light bay mare, called lightning. They took turns feeding her carrots until the teacher announced that they were going to ride. "Who wants to go first?" no one raised their hand, so professor reb picked Echo. `Just like riding star' she told herself. She led Lightning over to the fence at the professor's instruction, and scrambled up. She nudged the horse with her heels, and walked around the paddock. `Not bad' she told herself, and asked for a trot. At the corner, she sat back, and cantered. It was nice, and Echo hardly noticed when the horse spread it's wings, and took off. Flying was wonderful. The horse's wings were beating, and then she and lightning were gliding lazily over the paddock. Echo leaned forward and pushed on the neck to land safely inside the paddock. She slid off and patted lightning.
"Good, miss birch. Lets try someone else." He pointed to one of the ravenclaws, and echo led lightning back to the fence and tied her there.
"Wow, echo, you were good!" Crystal told her.
"Yeah, you know how to ride horses?" lily asked.
"Thanks. Yeah, I have a horse back home. I like to ride. Wow, though, that was so cool!" Echo felt exited.
Class finished, and the gryffindors went back to the common room, to talk. The classes were over, so the three girls just had fun exploring the castle and played with the cats.
"Echo?" a boy was standing over her, "um, professor dumbledore wants to talk to you. He's outside." He ran away. Echo nervously said, "see you later." And walked outside.
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