The prefect's name who escorted us was Elliot Moriarty I think, which reminded me of Moriarty from Sherlock. He was Irish too, from Dublin, judging by his accent. I guess all the older boys in Hogwarts are all tall and handsome. I sighed internally.
"Unlike the other houses, our house common room and dormitories are in the dungeons instead of the towers. You will find that they are much more serene and quiet compared to the others. You will need a password to enter the dungeons and make sure you do not share this password with the members of other houses. Entering other house dormitories is forbidden and if found doing so, there will be consequences to face." he said while escorting us to the dungeons.
"The entrance is behind this stone wall. The password is Merlin's Beard." This gained a round of snickers from the boys and Mia. He chose to ignore that. "As you all know, our House Ghost is The Bloody Baron. And you better watch out for Peeves. He likes to cause havoc. And also, make sure not to help him cause chaos." He said, looking at James and Chase.
The little round door opened revealing a short stone passageway. As we all bent and scampered I looked up to see that the room was lit with greenish lamps and furnished with emerald green armchairs. This dungeon extended partway under the lake, giving the light in the room a green tinge. The common room had lots of low backed black and dark green button-tufted, leather sofas; no skulls thankfully; and dark wood cupboards.
It had quite a grand atmosphere, but also quite a cold one which meant that people here respected each other's privacy. To my delight, I saw a small bookshelf and a few desks near the glass end which showed the lake.
Elliot informed us that the password to the common room changed every fortnight, and it was posted on the noticeboard. I looked at it to see that it was beautifully decorated featuring the adventures of famous Medieval Slytherins.
He also told us that this year's Head Boy was Albus Potter from Ravenclaw and Head Girl was Angelina Weasley from Gryffindor.
On hearing the word Potter, all my senses were on hyper alert. Albus Potter is still in Hogwarts? I thought he would have passed out by now.
By the time I recovered from my shock, Elliot had already left and I began to follow Mia to our dormitories.
We went in to see that each dorm held two students now, instead of four, which was good. Mia and I chose the dormitory in the far end. Brooke Zabini and another girl, her name was Heather I think, moved in the room across from us.
We got showered and started getting ready for bed. It was a long day.
"So, what are your plans for tomorrow?" Mia asked while plugging her phone in her charger. Her British accent was pretty clear. London maybe. I noticed her iPhone case was plain black, but somehow, that made it look more elegant. She was wearing a loose maroon T-shirt that said 'WHO NEEDS SLEEP' and black pajama shorts.
"What do you mean? Don't we have classes from tomorrow?" I asked. I just assumed we were going to start learning magic from tomorrow. I was wearing a black T-shirt that said 'I AM SHERLOCKED' and white loose pajama pants with quotes on it. Yeah, I'm a nerd.
She gave a throaty chuckle. "Is that what they told you?" She plunked down on her bed.
I started unpacking my stuff and putting away my clothes in my wardrobe. The dorm room was really spacious and when Mia said that they had modernized the school, she wasn't lying. The dorm room had an en suite bathroom which was large enough. We had two wardrobes, one for each which were placed near the bathroom door. I wonder how they fit all this.
Our beds were on opposite ends of the room so that the room was split into Z-shaped slots. Thankfully, the room theme was not the God-awful green. I love emerald green, don't get me wrong, but having it around you while you sleep, its just creepy. The beds were not four-poster, hence making the room look larger.
"Well no. Actually, I forgot to ask." I said while pulling out my comforters, pillows, and bedsheets that I brought from back home. It was good that we could decorate our dorms in any way.
Now that I come to think of it, I don't know anything abut this school. What time do the have classes? Do we have classes all day? Do we have free periods? Do we get Sundays off? When do they have meal times? Do we all eat together? What do these people eat? Okay, the last one was a bit weird.
"Well, it's good you have me then." She said, smirking. "Today is Friday, and classes start on Monday. They give us the weekend to get adapted and socialize and all that shit." She said as if it was the most ridiculous thing. I pondered over this new information.
"So, what are your plans?" She asked again while tying her long hair up in a high bun.
"Well nothing really, considering I don't know my way around this huge castle," I said while putting moisturizer on myself.
"Well let's do that then! We'll explore the castle. That way, we won't risk getting lost on Monday. Clumsiness isn't really attractive", she said, winking at me.
"Okay! Let's do that. That way we can look for cool spots to hang out. Also, I would really like to check out the Library." I said, while brushing my hair and then braiding it. My hair was fairly long, reaching halfway down my back.
"Yeah okay. Let's negotiate about the library, though. You like studying?" She asked as she began to lie down. "Yes, but not as much as I like reading!" I said. "Don't you like books?" I added while turning out the lamp.
"I like books, I really love them. I just don't like to study or sit in an insanely quiet room where everyone else is serious and responsible" She said.
"Well, I kinda am one of them." I pointed out, chuckling a bit.
"But you're different. You're fun. So I can make an exception for you" she said.
I just laughed and said, "Good Night Lockwood"
"Good Night Brown! We are going to have real fun tomorrow!" She snickered.
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