Chapter Six: Bad Day
"Don't you dare look out your window darling
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold onto this lullaby
Even when the music's gone"
-Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift ft. The Civil Wars
After dinner I had a load of time to waste, so, to avoid my absurd roommates, I decided to go take a walk around the school. I was feeling a bit restless as of late and I just wanted to stretch my legs. Tucking my wand inside my pocket, I got up from my bed and rolled my sleeves up before skipping down the stairs. A sudden idea just popped inside of my head, and I couldn't wait to get to the Room of Requirement, which was a secret room that appeared for me two years ago when I was looking for a place to escape from the retched people that went to this school. I'd been going there ever since.
As I walked through the common room, I heard a girl in the grade below me whispering to her friend about Harry Potter and how he lied about last year during the Tournament. She also proceeded to mention how Seamus Finnigan publicly told Harry that he didn't believe him yesterday after the feast. What a load of bull. Harry would never lie about anything that big and I believed him, as did my family and the entire Order of Phoenix, though I doubted that my thoughts would change anything.
Once I made it out of the portrait, I began to walk toward the seventh floor. It was only a few floors away since the Gryffindor Common Room was located inside of a tower. When I was almost to the secret room when I heard a loud crash behind me. Turning around quickly with my heart going a minute a minute, I pulled my wand out and was a bit shocked to see Colin Creevey, a fourth year Gryffindor. He ran into a suit of armor and, subsequently, knocked it over.
"Are you following me?" I asked, my tone filled with anger and annoyance, but a bit of curiosity was thrown in too. Why would someone be following me of all people?
The small boy stood up shakily and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "Well, you see, your older brothers, Fred and George, saw you leave and they said that they would give me a Skiving Snack Box for free if I followed you and told them where you'd gone. Sorry."
I glared at the muggleborn, "Well, you can go tell Fred and George that I said to leave me alone and go back to the common room. If I catch you following me again I won't hesitate to hex you."
He nodded frantically and ran off a fast as he could. My brothers were going to hear from me later. I had no idea why they sent some kid to follow me, but I was going to find out. I know that they want to watch out for me, but watching me twenty-four hours a day and sending people to stalk me was a bit too far. Thankfully, I had caught Creevey before the I reached the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, who a mad wizard attempting to teach trolls how to dance, and made the room appear out of no where. Even if my twin brothers knew almost everything there is to know about the school, I strongly believed that they had no idea about the Room of Requirement.
When I finally entered the come and go room a enormous smile appeared on my face. Looking around, I noticed that the room had its usual appearance. A large book case was on one side of the cozy room and a huge, red chair, that was very comfortable, sat in front of a gigantic fireplace, which give the room a red and orange glow. In the very back corner of the room sat a beautiful grand piano. This was the place that I headed to first.
Slowly, I lowered myself on the long bench and swept my hand lightly across the black and white keys. It had been a few weeks since I sat at a piano, and I missed the feeling greatly. I then began to play an old muggle tune that my Uncle Ignatius taught to me. He and his wife, Lucretia, who I was named after seeing as my middle name is my aunt's name, were the people who taught me how to play before they died right before I went off to Hogwarts. My family was too poor to afford a piano, but I tried to play whenever the opportunity arrived. Luckily, there was one at Grimmauld Place, though I never would play when anyone was around. This was a talent that I cherished greatly, but rarely got to use. A fact that depressed me.
Musical tunes flowed through the room gracefully. All from Bach and Beethoven to the latest pieces of recent music that I could get my hands on. Eventually I lost myself in the music and never wanted to stop, but as always, life had to continue on. Before I even knew it, it was time for astronomy. I was going to be late too, because class started in five minute and the classroom was on the other side of the building. Professor Sinistra was going to kill me, so hurried as I ran up the multiple floors until I reached the Astronomy Tower after grabbing my bag.
Breathing heavily, I shuffled to my feet while ignoring the aching feeling in my muscles from sprinting that distance as fast as I did. I was late by five minutes. Sinistra continued her speech after she gave me a glare for being late on the first day back. One the lecture was over, we reviewed by making a chart of the stars and planets. By the time class was over, everyone was dead tired and just wanted to go back to their dorms. Why did I take this class again?
What a crummy first day this was turning out to be. First I get some old hag as a Defense professor, who didn't even teach the curriculum by making us learn basic theory. Then my potion got blown up by some obnoxious bully in my year, which caused him to loose thirty points and piss the hell out of the Gryffindor House. First day back and we were already losing to the other houses. To kick it off even more, Slytherin held first place by being fifteen points in front of Ravenclaw. Then during History of Magic I fell asleep and didn't even have an idea what we were learning about, though it wouldn't matter much because I already knew everything I needed to know since I read the book cover to cover twice. After I skipped lunch, I had to listen to Joanne Martin talk crap about me to her little minions. Then was stalked by Creevey because my brother put him up to it. And lastly, I was late to Astronomy and tired as hell.
After making my mental list of why my life was so crappy, I had safely arrived at my dorm. I quickly changed into my pajamas, which was a pair of deep blue shorts and a t-shirt that supported the Chudley Cannons that was a gift from Ron, and flopped down on my bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow I drifted off to sleep.
I hope tomorrow will be a better day, but being me, I highly doubted that. Nothing ever turned out in my favor.
AN- Well, I don't really know how I feel about this chapter, but I need to post it to continue on with the story. This is just a chapter that finishes out the day and I apologize for it being uber short. Your feedback would be lovely my little readers, as well as much appreciated, so leave me a review will you?
Also, who do you think Rosetta should interact with? I may be having a bit of trouble sorting that issue out Although, I am sure I will resolve it soon, I would love to hear your ideas.
Thank you codelyokomonadvanced for reviewing the last chapter. Your support is wonderful and keeps me writing. Keep it up.
Until next time. -Laura
