The dawn had to eventually come, awakening Neville form his restless slumber in the form of six magical alarm clocks going off at once. Bleary eyed and stumbling the boys cursed as they tried to remember the individual rhythm of wand taps needed to stop the screeching. With half his leg still tangled in the sheets and his pyjamas askew Neville managed to scoop his wand out of the night stand draw and point it in the general direction of the shrieking clock, pushing his hair out of his eyes he tapped out the pass-code and slumped onto his bed in relief; as one by one the other boys turned theirs off.
"Never again," panted Malfoy looking a little shocked at the amount of pure noise that had occurred " I'm throwing this thing away, too much trouble" he gave the alarm clock a nasty glare and a prod with a hesitant finger. "And it's only 5 o'clock!" he yelped, "Bugger this for a joke, I'm going back to bed" and with that he disappeared under his bed covers, only a tuft of silver blonde hair to be seen. Nott gave a little moan at the time and began to get his clothes out sighing "I'll never get back to sleep now", prompting Neville to begin his own preparations for the day.
Looking around as he rummaged for his favourite socks Neville could see that Crabbe had fallen asleep sitting against his headboard; were he was bound to get a sore neck, and that Goyle had followed Malfoy's lead and was quietly snoring away. On the other hand; Zanibi wasn't in his bed, or even in the room even though Neville was sure he'd seen him in the fuss earlier. Taking another look at the alarm clock, a heavy weight settled in the pit of Neville's stomach, as the second hand ticked away the time until the days classes started. Following Nott across to the bathroom Neville tried to swallow his fears, it couldn't be that bad right?