Chapter 6: Enemies Never Leave
The sun is shining through the windows of the Gryffindor girls dorm. Inside the dorm, Emma has just woken up. She quickly dressed up and packed her school bag with books. Just as she finished packing, a loud bang came from the other side of the room.
"Oh, my!" Ria Dante, a roommate of Emma's yelled out.
Emma looked at the direction where Ria is pointing. There, next to the window, is a grey owl. Sara Kim, who is also in the dorm, went to open the window and let the poor owl to fly in.
"Who's owl is it?" Miki asked.
"Mine!" Said Grace Sherman, the girl who sleeps right next to the window said. She took the letter from the owl and opened it. After finishing the letter, she sat down on her bed clumsily and looked at the ground, saying nothing. Just then, Emma realized that Grace's eyes are filled with tears.
"Are you ok?" Emma asked, walking toward Grace.
"I'm, I'm… fine." Grace said with difficulty. "It's just, um, that that, uh, my friend from, ah, home. She she got attacked by, by formal Death Eaters and got killed."
After hearing this, everyone in the room went silent. Nobody knows whether they should comfort Grace or not. A long while later, Grace finally stopped crying and stood up. Everyone in the room followed, but they all just stand there, saying nothing.
"Um, why don't we go to the Great Hall and have breakfast? Our class will start soon." Miki said finally, breaking the ice.
After breakfast, Miki, Emma, Andrew and Howard sat down together inside the Charms classroom. They took out their books, quills and parchments on the table. Just then, a little wizard came into the class.
"Hello everyone. Welcome to Charms. I am Professor Flitwick." The little professor said as he stacks books on the ground and stands on them. "So. It's our first time meeting each other. I will need to know all about you. Please tell me a little about you when I point at you."
The next half an hour, the class talked about all kinds of cool things that they will learn this year. Everyone is excited about the levitating spell for next class except for three Slytherin boys who are sitting in the corner of the classroom.
"What's so exciting about levitating spell?" One of the three Slytherin boys asked Emma, Miki, Andrew and Howard as they come out of the classroom. The Slytherin boys stand side by side to block their way out.
"Well, they are bravies. Bravies love everything even if it's only for little kids." Chris Lestrange said sarcastically. All three of the Slytherin boys laughed.
"How dare you…" Howard yelled out, trying to punch them in the face but got hold off by Emma.
"Don't bother about what they say," Emma said to Howard. She then stared at the three boys and lead her friends away.
"They are such a badass." Howard cursed when the four of them walked toward their next class, History.
"Please keep the anger to yourself," Miki said quietly just as they took the stairs and went down to the dungeon. It's really gloomy and dark in there, but they kept walking toward their classroom. When they entered the room, they realized that the room is also really really dark. There is no way you can know where you are going.
Emma walked in the front, but soon, she meets trouble.
"Ouch," Emma yelled out, she tries to find out what has poked her and realized that she just bumped into the side to the table.
"I wonder if we can even learn in here," Andrew said as they finally find their seats and sat down.
Suddenly, the room became too bright that it blinded everyone. When the light finally died down a little, Emma saw a ghost, dressed in an old and patched robe, standing or really floating in the front of the classroom.
"Welcome everyone to History." The ghost said in a dull and blank voice. "I am Professor Oldone…"
Emma didn't listen to what he was talking about for the rest of the class. She just sat there and started daydreaming. She was thinking about Quidditch, food and book characters when she was drawn back to the classroom by Andrew.
"Emma, the class has ended," Miki whispered into Emma's ears.
As they walked out of the room, Howard said in a happy tone, "It's so good to not have the Slytherins in this class. They are so annoying."
"But still, I hate this class," Andrew said in a sad voice. "He sounds so bored and his voice makes me want to sleep."
"Well, he didn't give us any homework though," Miki added as they turned the corner, walking toward the Great Hall.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's just eat and think about our next fun class, double Herbology." Howard said in a voice of sarcasm.
The four of them finished their early lunch quickly and headed toward the greenhouse, which is next to the Forbidden Forest. As they walked into the classroom/greenhouse, a woman, wearing a dirty robe, holding a bag of soil that is labelled Nutrient Soil in her right hand.
"Come in quickly children. I am your Herbology teacher Professor Sprout." The women said happily.
Emma watched as Professor Sprout talks about how amazing plants are. Suddenly, she spotted Chris, trying to hide something in his pocket.
"What are you doing?" Emma whispered in a warning tone.
"None of your business," Chris answered. "Don't be a busybody, please. You are really annoying."
"Thank you," Emma said sarcastically.
The long period finally finished. Everyone emptied out of the classroom as quickly as possible, leaving only Emma, Andrew, Miki, Howard, Chris, and his two friends, Henry and Greg behind.
"If you really think you can control me, then meet us tonight at 8:00 on the 3rd floor Transfiguration classroom," Chris said to them and smirked.
"Fine. I will take this challenge or, I should say, we." Howard said and they walked out of the now emptied classroom.