(Mary's POV)
"Come one guys!" Irene shouted over her shoulder as she sprinted after the prefect.
"Wait up!" Sherlock bounded after her.
"Come on Mary" John said, "I don't want to get lost already!"
We walked out of the great hall, the fireplaces were dimming and I was becoming sleepy due to the long day. As we approached the staircase the prefect turned and announced, "Oh and stay close! The staircases like to change."
"What!?" I said incredulously to John.
"Oh, yes Holmes said that the stairs change so you have to be really careful!"
John and I followed and the end of the group unable to hear the prefect we just looked around us until a spectral white figure popped up in front of me, "BOOOO!" it shrieked.
"AH!" I jumped in fright.
"Hey now Peeves! Leave them alone or I'll get the barren on you!" The prefect yelled.
"Hahaha, silly first years, blahahahaha!" Peeves flew up and out of sight.
Nice well to welcome us…
"It's okay Mary, not all ghosts play tricks on people." John said as we continued up to the seventh flight of stairs, even though the stairs changed we still hadn't been walking for more than two minutes.
"Alright everyone gather round and listen closely!"
We were stopped around a portrait of a large woman in a flowing pink ball gown.
"John why are we stopping here?"
"Oh!" john laughed, "You'll see! Just watch."
I turned and listened to the prefect, "The password this year is Balderdash."
The prefect turned to the woman and she spoke, "Password?"
"Balderdash." The portrait flew back and we walked into a large room with a roaring fire.
"Wow!" I said
"It's even better than I thought it would be!" John said in reply to my comment.
"Alright everyone welcome to the gryffindor common room. The boy's dormitory is up the stairs on your left, girls on your right. Everyone get to bed classes start early tomorrow morning!"
Irene and I parted ways with John and Sherlock for the night telling them to meet us in the common room by seven for breakfast before class stared at eight.
All of my belongings had been put away in the proper places. Clothes in my suit case class books on my night stand with a few pictures in frames sitting next to them. I fell asleep dreaming of the day to come.
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