Uninteresting was the easiest way to explain how Mandy felt about her first month at Hogwarts. After hearing all of the stories that her older brother Campbell told, she felt as if there was nothing left to experience. She was quickly sorted into Ravenclaw, just as he was the year previously, so there was no excitement left in discovering the common room herself. Even the Professors and the classes, aside from Defense Against the Dark Arts, were the same. Campbell often told her she was a pessimist and a bore and that she ought to get out and wander around the castle. Of course that just made her angry and forced her to stay cooped up in the library, where she had sought refuge away from the other Ravenclaws. The library was the one thing she had found slightly fascinating, since she always loved reading. There were books upon books piled on top of one other! And although Mandy had not made one single human friend, at least she knew she would have company in a good book. After all, books did not gloat nor were they annoying, unlike everyone else in the damned castle.


Author's Note:

I always imagined Mandy to be quite pessimistic and here it is shown early. She lives in the shadow of her well-liked, happy-go-lucky, talented brother and becomes annoyed with him very easily. All she really wants is a friend but she finds everyone too intolerable. If only she would give a few others a chance!