Our first test for the first day of tests was Charms. We were nervous about it, but not scared. Charms was one of the least subjects we should worry about.
Sera, Hayley, Al, Louis, Sam, Anna and I were sitting quite far from each other. Hayley and Sam were sitting at the very front; Sera and Al were three rows in front of me and Anna and Louis were sitting two rows back. It was silent in the huge class room, only the sound of quills scribbling on parchments was the only noise. It was actually scaring me.
The Charms test was quite hard, but it was nothing compared to Potions. All those late night study sessions actually paid off. Everything we reviewed, everything we memorized, it was all in the tests.
After those two tests, we headed to the great hall to eat lunch. The great hall was filled with students with books on top of their tables.
"Potions was harder than I thought!" Anna said.
"Yeah, I didn't know that the finals would turn out like that." Hayley replied.
We grabbed a seat and started to fill our plate. Every one of us was caught in our own little world; no one was talking. It was quite annoying, really.
"What's our next test?" Al said.
"History of Magic, Transfiguration then Herbology." Sera answered.
We continued to eat our lunch in silence. I looked at the Slytherin table to see Malfoy sitting there with the rest of his friends, everyone around him was noisy, but he remained silent. What is up with him? He's acting a bit strange lately.
After finishing our meal, the bell rang, signaling us to go back to the huge classroom.
"Ready?" Louis said. We all sighed and headed back to the classroom.
History of Magic was easy, but quite tricky as well. Some of the questions present in the test were not found in our book or in our notes; good thing mom has tons of books back at home that I've already read. The Transfiguration test was easy, but it's not really over. After all the written exams, we have the practicals. Our last test for the day was Herbology. I was quite disappointed at Uncle Neville; his test was quite a giveaway.
After we finished the test, we headed outside since it was not yet dinner time. The sun was about to set when we reached our place under the great big tree near the Black lake.
"Herbology was quite easy, don't you think?" Anna said.
"Yeah, quite a shock. I expected it to be harder." I chuckled. After some weird and quite random stories, we fell silent as we watched the sun set, and darkness fell. I loved seeing sunsets as much as I loved seeing the sunrise. Sometimes, I end up thinking why the sunset is so much colorful than sunrise.
"Can you believe it? Summer's already here." Hayley said.
"Yeah, you guys will write, right?" Sam said, and we all chuckled.
"Haha, I'm going to miss you guys." I said.
"I won't." Al grinned. I whacked the back of his head and we all ended up laughing. We continued sharing stories about the things we're planning to do this summer, and some school stuff that we need to remember tomorrow. We were having a great time when all of a sudden, a prefect came walking towards us.
"Excuse me, but I think you should go inside the castle now, it's almost time for dinner." He said. We just nodded and got up. There were still students outside, but it looked like we were the only first years here. We didn't notice how dark it was outside until we were already in the great hall.
We took our seats and began to eat. Everyone seemed to be eating while studying, there were books everywhere.
"I'm seriously going to poke his eyes out." Sera said. When I looked at her, she was staring at something and stabbing her food quite harshly.
"Who?" I said.
"Him." She said. I looked at where she was looking at. To my surprise, she was staring at Malfoy. The moment our eyes met, he stared for a second then looked away. His eyes were filled with emotions I couldn't understand. What is up with him?
"Why?" Hayley said.
"Well, he keeps on looking back at you, it's quite annoying really." She said and looked at me.
"Forget about him." Hayley said and Sera just shook her head. After that, they got lost in their conversation. I didn't join in; I was lost in my own thoughts. I'm convinced that he's bipolar, but is there a cure for that or something? Meeting someone who's bipolar is annoying, seriously. I took a glance at him, and I was surprised that he was looking at me too. I tucked my hair behind my ear and looked down.
I've said this already but I'll say it again. What is up with him?
Right after dinner, we headed back to the common room to review. We were not supposed to study that night, but Sera insisted. She's right though, we'll probably need it.
"I am going to kill you, Sera." Hayley said as she crashed on the sofa.
"Oh I know that you love me." Sera grinned and we all chuckled. Hayley was laughing too and threw a pillow at Sera.
"Enough! Let's do this." Sera laughed. We grudgingly flipped our books open and began to read once more. Our study sessions usually start with the reading, then the game we would play so we could remember the things that we have just read, the game will stop when someone slips a story that is not related in our study session. It will go on and on until someone falls asleep. We only agreed to this study session because Sera promised that it would be a quick one.
But it sure wasn't.
We ended up reading for forty-five minutes, lasted for quite some playing the game that actually helped, and took forever sharing stories to each other. I thought we would end up staying all night, but Sera was actually the first one who fell asleep.
The tests we had that morning was easy. All of us finished ahead of time so Flitwick let us off. We decided to go to the great hall and enjoy its emptiness.
"Woah, everything's so silent." Louis said.
"Well duh." Sera said. Everything was so still and quite, and it was quite creepy. It was easy to find seats.
"So what are we going to do?" Anna asked. Since there were no people around, Hayley has found the guts to sit on the table.
"How about a game of exploding snap?" Hayley said.
"Are you insane?" I said. That game was loud enough to break the silence of the whole castle.
"Why not?" Hayley laughed.
"That's actually a great idea." Al nodded.
"Yeah, let's play." Sam said.
"No, we might get in trouble!" Sera said. I think she's right, we don't want any trouble.
"I think she's right." I said. We continued to argue about the game, but ended up playing it anyway. Sera and I actually enjoyed the game. We only stopped when the big doors of the great hall burst open. It looked like everyone was done with their tests. Hayley immediately got off the table.
"Hello children." James smirked and sat beside Hayley.
"Hello,jerk." Hayley replied. James ruffled her hair and we all laughed. We all know how much Hayley hates it when her hair gets ruined. When the great hall was already full, the food and the silverware appeared. We filled our plates and began to eat.
We were actually excited for our next tests, not that we like the subjects, but it will be the last written exams for this year, and the rest of the days will be our practicals.
"Ready?" I asked. We were standing in front of the huge classroom.
"Yep." Sera said. I was slowly reaching out of the knob, then suddenly,
"Oh for goodness sake, let's just get this over with." Al burst the door open and all of us laughed. The classroom was occupied with some students already.
"Silence please!" Our laughter ended when we saw McGonagall standing in front of the huge classroom. We bowed our heads in shame and sat down on our respective seats.
The classroom was now filled with some other students. When McGonagall finished the reminders, a parchment, an ink bottle and a quill appeared on each of the desks.
Silence fell, and the tests began.
"WAKE UP!" Anna was shaking me, Sera and Hayley were beside my bed.
"What time is it?" I said and sat up.
"It's late, we only have fifteen minutes left before our first practical tests." Before I could say anything more, I quickly stood up, grabbed the things I needed and ran to the bathroom, I heard the three of them laugh.
I took a quick, hot bath. I dressed up quickly and didn't even bother to fix my hair. I ran to our dorm as quickly as possible.
I was running too fast and I didn't notice the three of them. Sera grabbed my arm to stop me from running. They all chuckled.
"Well?! What are we waiting for? LET'S GO!" I said, pulling Anna.
"Slow down! We were just kidding!" Hayley said.
"Wait what?" I said.
"We have an hour before the test starts, we only woke you up so we could go down early!" Sera said.
"I HATE YOU!" I screamed and they all ran, I ran after them as fast I could. We were running until we've reached the common room.
"HAHA—" Anna tripped, causing Hayley and Sera to fall down too. I was running too fast and didn't stop in time until I fell down with them too.
We were laughing so hard and clutching our sides. This was a good way to start the day.
"Seriously, let's go." Sera said and stood up. She helped me stand up to while Hayley helped Anna up.
"Yeah, after we fix that rebel you call hair." Hayley said and we all chuckled. She grabbed her wand and pointed it at me, she muttered something only she can hear.
"That's better." She said and smiled. She tucked her wand in her robes and walked towards the portrait whole and we followed behind her.
The practicals were easy, except maybe for Potions. It took me quite some time to finish the potion, but it was worth it. In Defense Against the dark arts, we just had to block some of the spells the teacher has given us. All of our practical tests were really enjoyable.
After two days of practical tests, the teachers gave us a free day to pack all of our things. Fixing our things was a real fight. Our trunks, our books, our clothes, were all round the room.
I'm pretty much excited about summer, but there's this part of me that didn't want to go. I would miss everyone, and by everyone, I mean everyone, including the most evil little git we all call Malfoy.
"Done!" Sera said as she slammed her trunk shut.
"Since you're done, come help me." Hayley said, she can't close her trunk. We laughed at her silly expression. We all helped her with her trunk, and when we finally managed to close it, we went down to the great hall to eat lunch.
The great hall was already filled with chattering students, and the teachers were already there too. We took our usual seats and began to fill our plate.
"Let's play exploding snap later!" Louis said.
"Sure." Hayley smirked. Sera just shook her head and chuckled. The feeling of the last day of school is not yet sinking. Is this really the last day of school?
After some random conversations about summer, Al muttered something that caused Hayley to laugh.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"hee chill lookin aat yoo" He said.
"Chew. Swallow." I said. After all those reminders that I give him about swallowing his food before talking, he still does not do it. He chewed fast and swallowed hard.
"He's still looking at you." The tone in his voice told me that he's sick and tired of it.
"Whatever, just don't mind him. He'll get bored sooner or later." I said. Al was about to say something to me when a boy tapped my shoulder. He was handing me a letter. I grabbed the letter and was about to ask who it was from, but then he was already walking away.
I tore the letter open, and it was familiar.
Have a great summer.
"O, be some other name! What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Where are these letters coming from?! I crumpled the paper and placed it in my pocket. All of a sudden, everybody became silent. I looked around to see what was happening, and it seems that McGonagall was about to say something.
"Students! Your things are already taken care of by Mr. Filch, so no need to worry first years. Everybody will be given ten minutes to make sure everything is packed and ready, after that, proceed to the entrance hall."
After finishing lunch, we went up to the common room again to make sure we have not forgotten anything. While waiting for the boys to come down, we sat on the comfortable couch that I will definitely miss.
We were already waiting for about five minutes now.
"ALBUS SEVEROUS POTTER! WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEEFFT!" I screamed.
"Alright! Alright! We're coming!" He shouted, after some seconds, we heard footsteps storming on its way down.
"About time!" Hayley said and rolled her eyes. James walked towards her and ruffled her hair.
"What gives!?" She said.
"Oh nothing, I won't leave Hogwarts for summer without doing that." James smirked.
"And I will not leave Hogwarts for summer without doing this!" Hayley stood up and James ran.
We all ran after them; we ran from the common room all the way to the entrance hall. I'm going to beat up Hayley and James for this.
Hagrid escorted us to the train, and the train station was jam-packed with students. It made me quite dizzy too.
"Bye Hagrid!" I hugged him.
"Write to us, okay?" Al said, hugging him too.
"'O course I will!" He said, his voice was quite thick. Al and I parted the hug.
"Say hi to 'yer p'rents 'fer me!" He said. We hugged him one more time before boarding the train. It took us quite some time before we could find an empty compartment. When everyone of us were already sitting down, Louis had an evil expression on his face.
"Let's play." This will be a long ride.
The train ride was fun. We played exploding snap over and over again until we got bored and decided to buy some snacks. Oh how I missed those Licorice Wands. After sharing our snacks with each other, we got lost in our own little world. Hayley was peacefully sleeping beside me, and Sera was busy reading a book and so was I. The boys were flipping through a Quidditch magazine and arguing over a broom.
The sky was clear that day, it was blue and decorated with the puffy white clouds complete with the sun, that's located high up in the sky. It was a nice day to start the summer. The only thing I'm excited about this summer, is the Weasley reunion. We have it every summer. All of the Weasleys will stay at the burrow for a week. The burrow's quite small so we had this "tradition". All of the adults will stay in the house, and the grand kids will camp outside. Grand Dad Weasley would lend us this battered tent, but it definitely looks amazing in the inside. The reunion was something I didn't want to miss.
I couldn't remember what happened next, we woke up by the sound of the siren and the stopping of the train. We were here.
Before we parted ways, we hugged each other one last time.
"You will write, okay?" Said Hayley.
"Of course I will! I'll write everyday if you want to." I said, and she chuckled. I turned to Sera and hugged her.
"You too, write to me." She said.
"I promise." I hugged her tightly. Then I turned to Anna.
"Why so sad?" I said and tried to chuckle.
"Nothing. I'm just going to miss you lot." She said.
"I'll miss you too." I said. I hugged the rest of them before leaving, I will miss them terribly. James met up with Al and I. We walked towards our parents when something caught my eye.
It was Malfoy. I stopped dead on my tracks and so did he. This is weird. I gave him a small smile and he just nodded.
"Rose! Come on! There's a lot of things we're going to do!" Hugo said. I ran towards Mom and Dad's open arms.
It's good to be back.
YEY ! THEIR FIRST YEAR IS FINISHED ! =))))))) HAHAHAHA !
Wow, I'm amazed ! :D
Their next chapter will be the summer. :)
OH YEAH, you better stay tuned. My friend, krayzeeddoodle, helped me with ideas. I think her ideas are awesome so I included them all. =)) WOOH.
This is going to be fun.
UNTIL NEXT CHAPTER,
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