When we found the Great Hall, the last of the students were leaving for class and the tables had been magically cleaned. We started to panic when we looked around saw no teachers.
"How were we supposed to our class schedules now?" I exclaimed. "Classes are about to start soon."
Suddenly a very small old man emerged from behind a group of older students leaving the Great Hall. We hadn't noticed him before due to his short height causing him to be hidden behind the taller students. I sighed in relief when I realized the very small old man was a teacher. He walked quickly over to us.
"There you are!" The small man said brightly. "I knew I was missing three Ravenclaws."
He read from the long list of names in his hand. "Weasley, Sliver and Templeton, am I right?"
"Yes, sir." We said together.
He then reached into one of the pockets in his robes and produced three pieces of paper.
"Your class schedules." He said handing each of us a class schedule. "I'm Professor Flitwick. I will be house head and your charms professor. If you have any problems do not hesitate to come me."
We smiled brightly at Professor Flitwick and said together. "Thanks, sir."
He returned the smile and walked out the hall.
"He was really nice." I said to my friends. "I hoped the rest of the professors are like that."
I remembered what my parents had said about Professor Flitwick, he is a gentle spirit who had a good sense of humour. He rarely gave detentions or took house points.
Abby and Jane nodded in agreement.
Jane looked down at her schedule "Our first class is History of Magic."
"It sounds boring." Abby complained. "I bet a Galleon we won't get to use our wands."
I knew that History of Magic was taught by Professor Binns a ghost, so it couldn't be that boring. But I've been warned by several of my family members that it's the most boring class at Hogwarts.
"It's taught by a ghost, Abby, so it couldn't be that boring." I told Abby.
Suddenly a loud bell chimed making us jump.
"Oh no, we're late for class." Jane said worriedly.
"Well, we can't just stand here. We'll be even more late." I said trying to sound Iike I wasn't worried about being late.
We quickly headed in the direction of the History of Magic classroom which was on the first floor, luckily, we didn't have to travel far. But half way there Jane suddenly exclaimed.
"Textbooks!"
I felt like punching something we had forgotten to go back to the Ravenclaw tower and get our textbooks, what kind of Ravenclaws were we?
Abby who was super cool and clearly not getting it asked Jane,
"What do you mean 'textbooks'?"
"We're after forgetting textbooks!" Jane answered looking like she was about to have a breakdown of some kind.
Wow, things were really not going our way.
Abby said firmly. "I'm not going back up all those stairs and most likely getting lost again for some textbooks."
She made a good point. I think it would probably kill us to do that all over again. Plus I was starting to feel my hunger coming back (oh joy!).
Abby continued. "Use your common sense, Jane. Teachers never use textbooks on the first day."
Jane was about to retort back but Abby was already walking in the direction of History of Magic classroom.
Jane huffed and we quickly followed Abby.
When we came to the hallway of what I can only hope was the first floor, we were surrounded by big brown wooden doors that looked all exactly the same. We tried to read whatever was written on the doors but it was completely faded.
The logical thing to do was to check each door. So that's what I suggested we should do.
Abby agreed "Ok, I'll take this side, you take that one."
I nodded and placed my ear against the first door on my side of the hallway. Abby used a completely different tactic. She swung opened each door to check what was inside. When she got to the third door I hissed at her
"Will you stop that!"
Abby paused and turned to me and hissed back "I don't see you making much progress!"
Which was true, I was still at the first door trying to hear what was inside but Abby and her door opening was making that difficult.
Jane stared at us in bewilderment. "Why don't you just knock?"
Abby ignored her and opened the fourth door in which was were our History of Magic class was.
"Guys!" she staged whispered. "I think this is it!"
Jane and I hurried over to the door Abby was at and found the entire class staring at us like we were the most interesting thing there. Professor Binns was standing at the top of class reading from a pile of notes in the most mono-toned voice I had ever heard.
He paid us no attention as he continued with his lecture. Most of the students were obviously not paying attention to him. Only a few Ravenclaw students were trying to concentrate and take notes.
Jane opened her mouth to say something but was stopped when Abby pulled us to a nearby desk which free.
"He doesn't care." Abby whispered to us.
We squeezed into an old fashioned desk that only made for two people. I tried to listen to the lecture and take stuff in but I couldn't focus on his boring voice and I quickly tuned out.
I looked at Abby and Jane who I was sitting in between and saw that they looked bored out of their minds too.
I whispered to them. "The History of Magic book is so much more interesting than this and that book is very long winded."
Jane nodded in agreement. Abby, however, who was not listening to what I was saying covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"What?" I whispered.
"I was just thinking of you and that Slytherin boy earlier." She whispered back amused.
"What about it?" I whispered annoyed as I thought back to the incident with Malfoy.
"It was funny, you both were on the ground on top of each other." Then she paused and took a deep breath to stop herself from bursting out with laughter. "It looked Iike you were going to kiss, you know like in films."
I went bright red and Jane attempted to bite her hand to stop herself from laughing causing her to make a loud embarrassing snorting noise.
I was outraged. No way did it look like that never in million years would I kiss Malfoy. Just the thought of it makes me want to puke. I don't even like anyone in that way yet!
I gave Abby a death glare.
"It did not look like I was about to kiss Malfoy." I snapped a bit too loudly causing everyone around us to stare. I sunk down into my seat hoping to disappear and I wished I had not given the class such a nice image to imagine.
"Yes, it did." Abby said in a sing-song voice under her breath.
Thankfully moments later I was saved by the bell and everyone quickly rushed to the exit.
Before Abby could say anything else I said. "We have to go and get our books." Trying to cool down my uncontrollable red face.
Abby started to hum the worst tune she could've picked under her breath. I tried to ignore the humming.
"What subject do we have next, Jane?" I asked Jane who was trying not to laugh.
"Charms."
"We need to get our books first." I stated trying to not look red. We left the classroom
As we walked the humming kept getting louder until it reached a climax in luckily an empty corridor when Abby starting belting at the top of her lungs.
"ROSE AND MALFOY SITTING IN A TREE K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"I'LL NEVER KISS SCORPIUS MALFOY!" I shouted over the singing.
Jane and Abby laughed at my outburst.
"Of course, you'll never-," Abby said but I shushed her. I had heard a voice further along the corridor that sounded awfully familiar.
"Did you hear that?" said the voice "It sounded like Weasley."
I froze, I had an idea who it was.
"Yelling something about kissing me."
Then I bolted back up the corridor followed by Abby and Jane. No way was I sticking around for Malfoy to show up I already had enough encounters with him to last me the rest of the year.
I ran with Abby and Jane into an empty broom cupboard just to be safe.
"Why did you have to do that?" I asked Abby angrily.
"I didn't know he was down the corridor, Rose." Abby said with puppy-dog eyes. "I'm sorry, I didn't think you would get so upset. I was only teasing for a laugh."
I sighed. "Just don't do it again, okay?"
Abby smiled "Sure, Rose."
Jane then said. "Don't worry, Rose, we both know that you would never go near someone that rude."
Abby nodded saying. "He was an absolute prick down in the dungeons."
"Yeah, I really hope I don't have to see him again." I said hopefully.
"We better get going." Jane said. "Otherwise, we'll be late for charms."
