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Leander's POV
A week had passed and Leander was finally used to the fact that the staircases moved and there were trick steps that you had to watch out for. He'd written to his parents about his first week at Hogwarts and sent the letter with Lilias' owl Nirvana. He'd received a reply at breakfast that day. His parents had said how proud they were that he was in Ravenclaw and also that they were glad that he was having a good time. They also encourage him to continue to work hard and also have fun. Lastly they sent their love and said how much they missed him and his brothers and sisters. Leander missed his parents too. He was looking forward to seeing them during the holidays. Leander's siblings had all gotten letters from their parents.
It was the weekend so the students were free from classes. Leander, Marcus and Donovan were currently up in their dorm room as the weather was far from pleasant. Marcus was complaining about how hungry he was. 'You're always hungry Marc,' Donovan teased him. 'I can't help it,' Marcus said, 'I'm a growing lad a need food.' Leander had idea. 'Hey let's go down to the kitchens. The house elves there are always happy to see people,' he said. Marcus and Donovan agreed with this idea.
The three of them made their way down to the kitchen. Leander tickled the pear like his dad had told him. The pear giggled and the portrait swung open. The three boys entered the kitchen and looked around. It was incredibly busy with house elves scurrying everywhere. A house elf caught sight of them, came over and bowed. 'Would you like something to eat?' he squeaked. 'If it's not too much trouble,' Leander said. The house elf assured that it was no trouble at all and soon a tray of cakes and biscuits as well as a jug of pumpkin juice had been placed on the kitchen table. Leander, Marcus and Donovan eagerly began eating.
When they had finished they thanked the house elves. The house elves bowed and said that they were welcome in the kitchen any time. This made the three friends very happy. With one last thank you they left the kitchen and made their way back to the Ravenclaw common room.
When they arrived they took seats in front of the fire. 'Those house elves were really nice,' Marcus said. 'Yeah,' Leander agreed, 'my dad was right about them.' Leander's sister Lilias and her two friends Desdamona and Veronica had seen the boys re-enter the common room. 'Where did you three go?' Lilias asked curiously. 'We went down to the kitchens and the house elves gave us something to eat,' Leander told her. Desdamona looked at them disapprovingly. 'You know they probably had enough work to do without feeding you three,' she pointed out. 'It was no trouble for them, honestly,' Leander assured her. Desdamona simply narrowed her eyes at them and turned back to game of exploding snap she was playing with her two best friends. Leander smiled to himself. She really was Hermione's daughter. He heard his sister ask her about how Lysander was. Desdamona told her that he was doing fine. She said that he spent a lot of time helping Ginny and Luna with their triplets.
Leander tuned out that conversation and glanced around the common room. He caught sight of Geoffrey, Fred and Angelina's son, making out with his boyfriend and quickly turned away to give them some privacy.
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Classes started up again on Monday and Leander was grateful that he'd managed to get the homework that was due done over the weekend. They'd been given essays to do for Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts and History of Magic. History of Magic was now actually an interesting subject. Professor Bins, the ghost who had taught Leander's parents, had retired and a new teacher had taken over.
History of Magic was their first lesson of the day and Leander handed in his essay feeling rather proud of himself. After he had done that he took his seat at a desk in the middle row. He sat in-between Marcus and Donovan.
The Ravenclaws had these classes with the Gryffindors. Leander caught sight of his brothers Dunstan and Bertram and his sister Annette handing in their essays. The three of them saw Leander and waved. He waved back and then his siblings took their seats.
That lesson they were learning about the Salem Witch Trials. Of course none of the witches and wizards caught had died. They'd simply used their magic to freeze the flames and free themselves.
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The last lesson of the day was Potions and Leander handed in his essay for this subject. They had Potions with the Slytherins which meant that he saw his brother Kenneth and his sister Esther. They handed in their essays and then stopped to talk to Leander for a while until the professor told them to take their seats. Leander noticed that Esther and Kenneth both had a set of friends they seemed to get on really well with and he was happy for them.
When all of the students had taken their seats the professor told them that they would be brewing a simple shrinking solution. The students set to work and soon a rather unpleasant smell was wafting through the classroom. When Leander caught sight of Esther and her friends he saw that they were all looking faintly disgusted. He could sympathise. The potion looked as bad as it smelled.
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When lessons were over for the day the students made their way to their common rooms to unwind before dinner.
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That night Leander fell asleep thinking about the week ahead.
