"That feast was amazing." I sighed.
"Get used to lavish cooking little sis." Fred said.
"This will be your grub for the next 7 years." George followed.
"I could get used to this." I laughed.
"Here we go." Fred snickered as Percy got to his feet and beckoned for all of the first years.
"Save us." Ron called to Fred and George who just laughed.
"Gryffindors, follow me please. Keep up. Thank you." Percy called over his shoulder.
"Percy, see for the sake of all of the people who are smaller than you, could you maybe SLOW DOWN!" I yelled as I struggled to keep up with his long strides.
"You're just going to have to keep up Bella!" he yelled back.
"Now this is the most direct path to the dormitories. Oh, and keep an eye on the staircases...they like to change." "Keep up, please, and follow me. Quickly now, come on. Come on."
"Stairs that move?" I said exasperated.
"Seems like it." Emily laughed.
"Come on Bella, we'll get lost." Freya said.
"Can't go on." I gasped. I dropped to the floor as dramatically as I could. "Go on without me!" I breathed out, putting the back of my hand to my head.
"Blimey Bella do you have to be such a drama queen?" Ron asked as he scooped me up off the ground and gave me a life on his back.
"Thank you Ronniekins." I laughed.
"I'll drop you." He said.
"Sorry." I said.
"Seamus look that picutre's moving!" A boy called Neville said.
"Look at the one Harry!" Ron said.
"I think she fancies you." Harry laughed.
"Ooo, ickle Ronniekins has an admirer." Voices came from behind us and Ron turned to see Fred and George walking behind us.
"The girl in that painting is beautiful." Freya said pointing to a painting of a painting of a young girl.
We followed Percy up a set of stairs and he stopped at a painting of a large woman in a pink dress.
"Password?" The woman asked.
"CaputDraconis." Percy said, the woman in that painting nodded and the portrait swung open to reveal a hole in the wall. "Follow me, everyone. Keep up, quickly, come on."
Ron put me down and we all made our way into the common room.
"Wow." I said as Ron let out a low whistle.
"Gather 'round here. Welcome to the Gryffindor Common Room. Boys' dormitories, upstairs and down to your left. Girls, the same on your right. You'll find that your belongings have already been brought up."
"Thanks Perce." I said, shoulder barging him. He rolled his eyes at me and stalked off in the direction of the dormitories.
"What's his problem?" I asked.
"He's a pompous ass?" Fred said.
"His head's stuck up his ass?" George asked.
"Or both." Ron said.
"You guys want to head up?" I asked Freya and Emily who both nodded.
"We're going to head to bed, I'll see you in the morning okay?" I said to Ron.
"Yeah. Goodnight Bella, Night guys." He said.
"Goodnight everyone." We chorused as we headed off to our dormitory.
When we got there we found that we were sharing with 3 other girls. Hermione, who I had met on the train. Lavender Brown, a very snide girl and I did not like her and Parvarti Patil who seemed like a nice girl but she follows Lavender around like a lost puppy so she isn't really my cup of tea.
"How did you enjoy the feast?" I asked Hermione as we were all unpacking.
"It was splendid, wouldn't you agree?" She enthused.
"I would, I would even go as far as to say it's better than my mother's cooking but don't ever tell her I said that." I laughed.
"So how many siblings do you have altogether?" Emily asked as we all sat on my bed.
"I have 6 brothers and 1 sister." I said proudly.
"Wow" Freya said. "I've got a brother."
"My mum wanted 4 children but only had 3." Emily laughed.
"Do you have any siblings?" I asked Hermione after she hadn't spoken up.
"No, I'm an only child." Hermione said.
"Do you want siblings?" Freya asked.
"I did when I was young because I was bullied a lot in primary school but now I'm happy I'm here." Hermione smiled.
"You don't have to worry about bullying anymore, you've got us." I smiled as I patted her arm.
"Thanks." She smiled. "We should probably all head to bed now, we've got long days ahead of us now."
"Yeah you're right." Emily said as they all dispersed to their beds.
Good-nights echoed around the dorm as I pulled the covers around me and fell into a peaceful sleep.
