The next morning Draco was woken early. Ashleigh was sitting on the end of his bed, tying the laces on her trainers. She turned around and smiled.
'Come on,' She grinned. 'Got places to go, lazy boy.'
Draco smiled back at her then put his head back onto the pillow. He was so tired! And she was just sitting there, bright as the sun, telling him he has to get up. She laughed and hit his leg through the covers.
'Get up!' She repeated. He said nothing, just looked at her. Eventually he sat up and glanced back at her for a approval. She smiled and left his room, satisfied that he'd get up now.
After he'd got ready he found Ashleigh sitting in the kitchen sipping coffee. She put the cup down and stared around at him. He smiled back weakly, it was still absurdly early in the morning. Ashleigh sprang up from her chair and the cup flew into the sink and began to wash itself.
'What? So I don't get coffee?' He asked her, longingly staring at the kettle.
'No,' She said flatly, then smiled cheekily back. 'Busy day, Draco! You wanted to see the complex, and you seem to have no understanding of the size of it. It's huge!' Ashleigh beamed at him, she really did love this place.
They left the tent and started to walk around the complex. All around the area where their tent was there was exactly the same type of tents. But quickly those turned into small brick buildings and open canapés. The buildings, Ashleigh explained, were the store rooms and teachers residence. Then the canapés were started off as small shops, selling supplies and small food items. As they walked through the streets of small market-like stalls, they suddenly became stone structure with glass windows and doors with bells that ring when you open them. It was just like Diagon Alley, which he didn't expect. Knocturn Alley would have been the closest thing he'd have been able to think of, but it wasn't even close to that. Sunlight streamed through the clouds and down onto the cobbled street, and reflected in all the shop windows.
It was the classrooms that were the biggest shock. They weren't built of dark, grey stone like Hogwarts, they were airy with huge glass windows. Ashleigh turned back briefly and smiled at the look of awe of Draco's face.
'You like it then?' She asked, still grinning at him.
'Oh… yeah, it's really different.' He answered, staring at the classrooms. They had whiteboard not chalk boards, and there were no ink pots for quills. It was only then he realised how out-dated Hogwarts really was.
'You think about when you see this, don't you?' Ashleigh said, almost reading his mind. 'I mean, about Hogwarts. Even the simplest things, like biros and books instead of quills and parchment, it makes all the difference.'
'Well yeah, when you put it that way, it seems to make sense.' Draco muttered, unable to tear his eyes away from the sights surrounding him.
Ashleigh smirked at him, knowing the best part was still to come.
'And you've not even seen the entertainment block yet.'
'The what?'
The entertainment block was the best thing ever. It had an arcade, which got updated all the time, bars, clubs, cinemas, a swimming pool, a Quidditch pitch! But Ashleigh was adamant that the best was still to come, in the form of The Scorpion. Ashleigh told him that this was the cool place to hang out, just to sit around and have a drink with your friends. And someone called Amy-Rose, who was in the same year as the two of them, was a singer, and she played sets in there most nights.
After she'd finished showing him around, that was exactly where they went. She got the 'usual' table in The Scorpion, and ordered some drinks, not without a bit of flirting with the guy who worked in there. He had to be at least five years older than then, but Ashleigh was clearly enjoying it. All she said was that it wouldn't be long before everyone else came in, they loved it when the 'newbies' came.