A/N:This is where I stopped writing and decided to post on Fanfiction.net, it is also my longest chapter :-) Please R&R!!
Mandy was awakened by something scratching her face. She reached over and felt something furry. She opened her eyes and saw Cleo beaming at her. She smiled and patted the cat on the head. She pulled her curtain back and saw that Su and Padma had already left. She got up and put on one of her robes. Lisa was sitting on the other side of the room pulling some of the stuff out of one of her trunks and stuffing them in a set of chest of drawers. Mandy yawned and stretched.
Lisa looked over and said, "Good morning!"
"Good morning!" Mandy repeated back.
As she turned toward the door she saw Penelope coming in with some sheets in her hand. "Hey girls, have a good sleep?" she asked them.
"It was a good night for me, I didn't wake up once," Lisa replied.
"That's good," she said. She held the sheets up, "These are your schedules for the rest of the year." Mandy picked one up and saw that today she would have Herbology, Charms, and Defense against the Black Arts.
"Does everyone in Ravenclaw have the same schedule?" Mandy asked Penelope.
"All the first years at least. I think you have Potions with the Hufflepuffs too."
"Thanks for the schedules," Lisa exclaimed.
"You're welcome," Penelope responded before heading out the room.
Mandy walked over to Stacey and woke her up. Stacey rubbed her eyes and looked at Mandy with question in her eyes.
"It's time for breakfast, and here's your schedule," she said handing the sheet to Stacey. Stacey grabbed it, looked at it with sleepy eyes, and then got out of bed. After Stacey was ready they made their way to the Great Hall.
They got lost on their way. Mandy almost screamed when the staircase turned 180 degrees as they were walking up them. They tried to open one door and it was fake. It was just there to fool people she guessed. They were walking down one hallway when an ugly fat man with wicked dark eyes and a wide mouth came from around the corner. They looked at him for a second silent. He then let out a bloodcurdling scream and came flying at them. They ducked as sticks fell against the wall behind them. They turned and ran the other way as they heard him following them. Just when Mandy thought he had them, they arrived right outside of the Great Hall.
As they went in they spotted Su and Padma at the far end of one of the tables. They sat down and they scooped some of the food onto their plates. Mandy got some scrambled eggs, bacon, and some cereal that kept moving and spelling spells. Every time she tried to scoop one up it fought her to stay in the bowl. But as soon as it was on its way to her mouth it would stop moving. She was listening to Su talk about her dream when she felt someone sit next to her. She looked over and it was a boy with sandy brown hair and dark brown eyes. Mandy felt herself let her eyes linger a little too long. But he hadn't even looked over at her, he was talking to his friend who had sat next to him. This boy had blonde hair and green eyes.
She didn't know where she got the courage, but she cleared her throat to get his attention. "Hey, my name's Mandy," she said extending her hand.
"Hi, I'm Kevin, and this is Stephen," the boy with the brown hair exclaimed. He shook her hand and so did Stephen.
"Are you two first years too?" she asked them.
"Yeah, we were sorted last night just like you," Stephen said with a bit of sarcasm. Mandy made a little sneering look in his direction, but then looked back to Kevin.
"So you'll be in all my classes then," she said. Kevin nodded his head. "Cool," she exclaimed. "Nice meeting you," she then looked back over as Su finished telling about her dream. Mandy hadn't had a dream the night before. She felt as though she had gotten two minutes of sleep because it went by so fast.
She heard a bunch of ruffling feathers overhead. She looked up and saw tons of owls pouring in with mail in their talons. They were dropping them to the students as they flew by. She was surprised when an envelope fell into her lap. She picked it up. It was from her parents. She opened it and it said:
Dear Mandy,
I hope you're having a blast. We already miss you, but we know you'll be better over there instead of home. You learn a lot of stuff so that you can impress us when you get back home. Write back when you get a chance.
Love,
Mom & Dad
She pocketed the letter. She wouldn't be able to show them magic cause she could get in trouble if she did. But she would just tell them some of the stuff that she was going to learn. Padma told them it was time to go so they all got up and left through the big doors. They went outside and Mandy recognized this as the place that they had entered on their way to the sorting ceremony. Padma led them because she came with her sister and mother over the summer to take a tour of the school. When they got to Herbology there was a small little woman named Professor Sprout. She led them to some tables sitting under a huge tree. She told them that in her class they would be learning the names of different plants and their uses.
"During the first year I will be teaching you about the plants. If I have a sample to show you I will display it for you. However, you will not be working with the plants this year unless we do it near the very end of the year. So I expect you to bring One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore to class every day. Because this is the first day I will be needing your names and such, so we do not really start classes until Wednesday. Most of your classes will be this way today and tomorrow, but when Wednesday comes you better be prepared to work."
When she finished talking the kids began to talk to each other again. There was only ten first-year Ravenclaws so the class was pretty small. Mandy was sitting next to Lisa and Kevin. Kevin and she had been talking a little. Kevin's mother was a muggle but his father was a wizard. He had also grown up without knowing about the magical world because his mother had just found out when Kevin got his acceptance letter.
The two of them were talking about their favorite band (B*witched) when Proffesor Sprout stepped in front of the class again. They all became quiet as she cleared her throat. "For homework, I'd like you to read the first 10 plants in your book. We will be going over them on Wednesday. That is all." She stepped back down. Mandy wrote it down and then it was time for break.
She walked with Padma back into the school. They went into the Great Hall and sat down in front of each other.
"Mandy, are you ok? You haven't been talking much," Padma asked.
"Oh, I'm ok. It's just…well, everything here is so new to me."
"You'll get the hang of things soon, lots of kids do."
"I hope so. For instance, I don't understand why everyone was whispering when they called out Harry Potter's name. Is he popular or something?"
Padma's eyes went wide. "You mean you don't know?"
Mandy looked a little annoyed, "See, this is what I'm talking about. I don't know anything."
"I'll tell you," Padma said with a strange look on her face. "A long time ago, back when we were babies, an evil wizard was alive. He killed many great witches and wizards and no one could stop him. One day he went to the Potter's home and he killed Harry's mum and dad. He tried to kill Harry, but he couldn't. A lightning-like scar is still on Harry's forehead from when, um, the wizard tried to kill him. The strange thing is, when he tried to kill Harry his power diminished or something and he disappeared, no one has heard from him since."
Mandy looked at her with wide eyes. "That is so scary, I didn't know."
Padma nodded her head. She looked at her watch. "Blimeys, we need to go to Charms." They made their way through the maze-like school again. "I hope that scary monster doesn't come out again," Mandy exclaimed.
"Monster? What monster?"
"Well, he was a small ugly man, and he chased us down the hall. But he was floating."
"Oh, that must have been Peeves, he's the school poltergeist."
"Great," Mandy muttered as they opened a door.
"We're here," Padma said as they sat down at some desks. Again, Kevin came in and sat next to Mandy.
"Hey," he said over to her.
"Hey," she said back with a little smile.
After the class arrived a short old man came through a door in the back. He crawled up onto some books that allowed him to see over his desk.
"Hello, my name is Professor Flitwick."
"He's the head of Ravenclaw," Kevin whispered over to Mandy. She glanced over at him, and then looked back up to Professor Flitwick.
"This is the class where you will learn your simple spells and charms. In your first year you will be learning very basic spells, but we need to start from the bottom and build your skills. We will start our work on Wednesday, but I am giving each of you a sheet of paper. I need you to go to your common rooms and practice your first spell and get it mastered before Wednesday. It is a wind spell, it will create a small gust of wind that will flow in the direction your wand is pointed. Hang this piece of paper up somehow and say the words destring ventosus. For correct punctuation look on page 2 of your book The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk. On Wednesday each one of you will have to do this for me. That is all."
He got out from behind his desk and went into his office. Lisa, who was sitting in front of Mandy, turned around to face Mandy. "Do you want to practice it with me tonight in the common room?" she asked.
Mandy smiled, "Sure!"
Kevin was quiet for a second and then added, "If you don't mind, I'd like to practice with you two also."
Lisa nodded her head, "That would be great, we'll all have it down in no time."
Eventually that class ended and they headed to the Great Hall. Getting lost on the way seemed to be a normal thing. It seemed like no matter how hard she tried, it just wasn't possible to find her way back. The halls seemed different, and the stairs shift, it's almost like everything has a mind of its own and decides it wants to change a little.
While they were waiting for lunch to be served Mandy watched Su and Stephen play a game of wizard chess. She almost screamed when the pawn smashed the other one to bits and pulled him off the board. Instead, she scooted down and began talking to Stacey.
"This is all so mind boggling, isn't it?" Mandy asked her.
"Yeah, my parents didn't know what to make of the letter. But somehow I knew this is what I was meant for, I just don't feel like I fit in too well."
"Don't worry, I don't feel like I do either. I think we just need to learn more about the wizard world and we will eventually feel more at home."
"I guess so, at least there's someone else who is going through this with me," Stacey said with a smile.
Lunch appeared and Mandy decided that the chicken looked pretty good, and she got some really cheesy macaroni. She got some chocolate pudding for dessert, and then she headed off with Lisa to Defense Against the Dark Arts.
When they got in there she almost passed out. It smelled really strongly like garlic. "Guess no vampires will get us in here," Lisa stated under her breath.
"Hey Professor Quirrell," Mandy said as she saw him.
"Oh hello M-Mandy!" he exclaimed with a smile on his face. "Enjoying your f-first d-day?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's been going great. Can't wait till I'm done with your class so I can rest," she exclaimed.
"I-I'll try to keep you en-entertained."
She smiled. Basically his class went the same as the others. They had to read, of course for homework, the first chapter of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander.
Finally that class ended and Mandy walked with Kevin and Lisa back to the Ravenclaw common room. Su, Padma, Stacey, and Stephen came too. They were all talking about Quittich, which made Mandy, Stacey, and Kevin uncomfortable. Mandy couldn't wait to finally ride a broom though. She knew that she would love it.
Eventually dinner came. They ate (Mandy ate a lot of pizza because she was having a craving), sang the school song, and went off to their common rooms.
Kevin, Lisa, and Mandy got a piece of string and taped it to the ceiling. Then they paper clipped the piece of paper onto the string. Mandy opened her book to look at the punctuation. Kevin got his wand out, and then said, "destring ventosus." Nothing happened and he began to blush. Lisa grabbed her wand and tried it, again nothing happened. Mandy tried too, but they couldn't get it.
"Can't get it to work?" a voice said behind them.
They turned around and there was a girl with long black hair and dark brown eyes. "For one thing, it's easier if you swish and flick," she said demonstrating with her wand. "Also, stretch out the O sound in ventosus. Try it out," she commanded pointing at Mandy.
Mandy turned to the piece of paper and took a deep breath. As she swished and flicked her wand she said "destring ventosus." The page began to flutter as wind pushed it forward.
"Good job!" the girl stated.
"Who are you?" Mandy asked tilting her head.
"I'm Cho Chang. I'm in my second year," she said nodding her head at the other two. She turned around and began walking away. She then turned her head back at them. "Keep trying, you'll get it down." She then walked away.
Lisa and Kevin tried and they got it to work too. They did it several times and then pulled the page down from the ceiling. They sat in the common room talking for a while until they decided it was time to go to bed. Lisa and Mandy went to the girl's dormitory while Kevin went to the boy's.
They tiptoed to their beds so that they wouldn't wake Padma, Su, or Stacey. Cleo meowed real loudly and Mandy scolded her.
"Good night Lisa," she whispered.
"Good night Mandy."
Mandy pulled her curtains closed and she lay down. She was tired, but it was hard to sleep as she thought of all the different things she had seen and found out that day. If every day ended up being as eventful as this one, this will be a crazy year. She ended up dreaming that her parents got lost in Hogwarts and she called and called their names. But she couldn't find them because Peeves was screaming and chasing her until she was lost in the deep corridors of the school.
Mandy was awakened by something scratching her face. She reached over and felt something furry. She opened her eyes and saw Cleo beaming at her. She smiled and patted the cat on the head. She pulled her curtain back and saw that Su and Padma had already left. She got up and put on one of her robes. Lisa was sitting on the other side of the room pulling some of the stuff out of one of her trunks and stuffing them in a set of chest of drawers. Mandy yawned and stretched.
Lisa looked over and said, "Good morning!"
"Good morning!" Mandy repeated back.
As she turned toward the door she saw Penelope coming in with some sheets in her hand. "Hey girls, have a good sleep?" she asked them.
"It was a good night for me, I didn't wake up once," Lisa replied.
"That's good," she said. She held the sheets up, "These are your schedules for the rest of the year." Mandy picked one up and saw that today she would have Herbology, Charms, and Defense against the Black Arts.
"Does everyone in Ravenclaw have the same schedule?" Mandy asked Penelope.
"All the first years at least. I think you have Potions with the Hufflepuffs too."
"Thanks for the schedules," Lisa exclaimed.
"You're welcome," Penelope responded before heading out the room.
Mandy walked over to Stacey and woke her up. Stacey rubbed her eyes and looked at Mandy with question in her eyes.
"It's time for breakfast, and here's your schedule," she said handing the sheet to Stacey. Stacey grabbed it, looked at it with sleepy eyes, and then got out of bed. After Stacey was ready they made their way to the Great Hall.
They got lost on their way. Mandy almost screamed when the staircase turned 180 degrees as they were walking up them. They tried to open one door and it was fake. It was just there to fool people she guessed. They were walking down one hallway when an ugly fat man with wicked dark eyes and a wide mouth came from around the corner. They looked at him for a second silent. He then let out a bloodcurdling scream and came flying at them. They ducked as sticks fell against the wall behind them. They turned and ran the other way as they heard him following them. Just when Mandy thought he had them, they arrived right outside of the Great Hall.
As they went in they spotted Su and Padma at the far end of one of the tables. They sat down and they scooped some of the food onto their plates. Mandy got some scrambled eggs, bacon, and some cereal that kept moving and spelling spells. Every time she tried to scoop one up it fought her to stay in the bowl. But as soon as it was on its way to her mouth it would stop moving. She was listening to Su talk about her dream when she felt someone sit next to her. She looked over and it was a boy with sandy brown hair and dark brown eyes. Mandy felt herself let her eyes linger a little too long. But he hadn't even looked over at her, he was talking to his friend who had sat next to him. This boy had blonde hair and green eyes.
She didn't know where she got the courage, but she cleared her throat to get his attention. "Hey, my name's Mandy," she said extending her hand.
"Hi, I'm Kevin, and this is Stephen," the boy with the brown hair exclaimed. He shook her hand and so did Stephen.
"Are you two first years too?" she asked them.
"Yeah, we were sorted last night just like you," Stephen said with a bit of sarcasm. Mandy made a little sneering look in his direction, but then looked back to Kevin.
"So you'll be in all my classes then," she said. Kevin nodded his head. "Cool," she exclaimed. "Nice meeting you," she then looked back over as Su finished telling about her dream. Mandy hadn't had a dream the night before. She felt as though she had gotten two minutes of sleep because it went by so fast.
She heard a bunch of ruffling feathers overhead. She looked up and saw tons of owls pouring in with mail in their talons. They were dropping them to the students as they flew by. She was surprised when an envelope fell into her lap. She picked it up. It was from her parents. She opened it and it said:
Dear Mandy,
I hope you're having a blast. We already miss you, but we know you'll be better over there instead of home. You learn a lot of stuff so that you can impress us when you get back home. Write back when you get a chance.
Love,
Mom & Dad
She pocketed the letter. She wouldn't be able to show them magic cause she could get in trouble if she did. But she would just tell them some of the stuff that she was going to learn. Padma told them it was time to go so they all got up and left through the big doors. They went outside and Mandy recognized this as the place that they had entered on their way to the sorting ceremony. Padma led them because she came with her sister and mother over the summer to take a tour of the school. When they got to Herbology there was a small little woman named Professor Sprout. She led them to some tables sitting under a huge tree. She told them that in her class they would be learning the names of different plants and their uses.
"During the first year I will be teaching you about the plants. If I have a sample to show you I will display it for you. However, you will not be working with the plants this year unless we do it near the very end of the year. So I expect you to bring One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore to class every day. Because this is the first day I will be needing your names and such, so we do not really start classes until Wednesday. Most of your classes will be this way today and tomorrow, but when Wednesday comes you better be prepared to work."
When she finished talking the kids began to talk to each other again. There was only ten first-year Ravenclaws so the class was pretty small. Mandy was sitting next to Lisa and Kevin. Kevin and she had been talking a little. Kevin's mother was a muggle but his father was a wizard. He had also grown up without knowing about the magical world because his mother had just found out when Kevin got his acceptance letter.
The two of them were talking about their favorite band (B*witched) when Proffesor Sprout stepped in front of the class again. They all became quiet as she cleared her throat. "For homework, I'd like you to read the first 10 plants in your book. We will be going over them on Wednesday. That is all." She stepped back down. Mandy wrote it down and then it was time for break.
She walked with Padma back into the school. They went into the Great Hall and sat down in front of each other.
"Mandy, are you ok? You haven't been talking much," Padma asked.
"Oh, I'm ok. It's just…well, everything here is so new to me."
"You'll get the hang of things soon, lots of kids do."
"I hope so. For instance, I don't understand why everyone was whispering when they called out Harry Potter's name. Is he popular or something?"
Padma's eyes went wide. "You mean you don't know?"
Mandy looked a little annoyed, "See, this is what I'm talking about. I don't know anything."
"I'll tell you," Padma said with a strange look on her face. "A long time ago, back when we were babies, an evil wizard was alive. He killed many great witches and wizards and no one could stop him. One day he went to the Potter's home and he killed Harry's mum and dad. He tried to kill Harry, but he couldn't. A lightning-like scar is still on Harry's forehead from when, um, the wizard tried to kill him. The strange thing is, when he tried to kill Harry his power diminished or something and he disappeared, no one has heard from him since."
Mandy looked at her with wide eyes. "That is so scary, I didn't know."
Padma nodded her head. She looked at her watch. "Blimeys, we need to go to Charms." They made their way through the maze-like school again. "I hope that scary monster doesn't come out again," Mandy exclaimed.
"Monster? What monster?"
"Well, he was a small ugly man, and he chased us down the hall. But he was floating."
"Oh, that must have been Peeves, he's the school poltergeist."
"Great," Mandy muttered as they opened a door.
"We're here," Padma said as they sat down at some desks. Again, Kevin came in and sat next to Mandy.
"Hey," he said over to her.
"Hey," she said back with a little smile.
After the class arrived a short old man came through a door in the back. He crawled up onto some books that allowed him to see over his desk.
"Hello, my name is Professor Flitwick."
"He's the head of Ravenclaw," Kevin whispered over to Mandy. She glanced over at him, and then looked back up to Professor Flitwick.
"This is the class where you will learn your simple spells and charms. In your first year you will be learning very basic spells, but we need to start from the bottom and build your skills. We will start our work on Wednesday, but I am giving each of you a sheet of paper. I need you to go to your common rooms and practice your first spell and get it mastered before Wednesday. It is a wind spell, it will create a small gust of wind that will flow in the direction your wand is pointed. Hang this piece of paper up somehow and say the words destring ventosus. For correct punctuation look on page 2 of your book The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk. On Wednesday each one of you will have to do this for me. That is all."
He got out from behind his desk and went into his office. Lisa, who was sitting in front of Mandy, turned around to face Mandy. "Do you want to practice it with me tonight in the common room?" she asked.
Mandy smiled, "Sure!"
Kevin was quiet for a second and then added, "If you don't mind, I'd like to practice with you two also."
Lisa nodded her head, "That would be great, we'll all have it down in no time."
Eventually that class ended and they headed to the Great Hall. Getting lost on the way seemed to be a normal thing. It seemed like no matter how hard she tried, it just wasn't possible to find her way back. The halls seemed different, and the stairs shift, it's almost like everything has a mind of its own and decides it wants to change a little.
While they were waiting for lunch to be served Mandy watched Su and Stephen play a game of wizard chess. She almost screamed when the pawn smashed the other one to bits and pulled him off the board. Instead, she scooted down and began talking to Stacey.
"This is all so mind boggling, isn't it?" Mandy asked her.
"Yeah, my parents didn't know what to make of the letter. But somehow I knew this is what I was meant for, I just don't feel like I fit in too well."
"Don't worry, I don't feel like I do either. I think we just need to learn more about the wizard world and we will eventually feel more at home."
"I guess so, at least there's someone else who is going through this with me," Stacey said with a smile.
Lunch appeared and Mandy decided that the chicken looked pretty good, and she got some really cheesy macaroni. She got some chocolate pudding for dessert, and then she headed off with Lisa to Defense Against the Dark Arts.
When they got in there she almost passed out. It smelled really strongly like garlic. "Guess no vampires will get us in here," Lisa stated under her breath.
"Hey Professor Quirrell," Mandy said as she saw him.
"Oh hello M-Mandy!" he exclaimed with a smile on his face. "Enjoying your f-first d-day?" he asked.
"Yeah, it's been going great. Can't wait till I'm done with your class so I can rest," she exclaimed.
"I-I'll try to keep you en-entertained."
She smiled. Basically his class went the same as the others. They had to read, of course for homework, the first chapter of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander.
Finally that class ended and Mandy walked with Kevin and Lisa back to the Ravenclaw common room. Su, Padma, Stacey, and Stephen came too. They were all talking about Quittich, which made Mandy, Stacey, and Kevin uncomfortable. Mandy couldn't wait to finally ride a broom though. She knew that she would love it.
Eventually dinner came. They ate (Mandy ate a lot of pizza because she was having a craving), sang the school song, and went off to their common rooms.
Kevin, Lisa, and Mandy got a piece of string and taped it to the ceiling. Then they paper clipped the piece of paper onto the string. Mandy opened her book to look at the punctuation. Kevin got his wand out, and then said, "destring ventosus." Nothing happened and he began to blush. Lisa grabbed her wand and tried it, again nothing happened. Mandy tried too, but they couldn't get it.
"Can't get it to work?" a voice said behind them.
They turned around and there was a girl with long black hair and dark brown eyes. "For one thing, it's easier if you swish and flick," she said demonstrating with her wand. "Also, stretch out the O sound in ventosus. Try it out," she commanded pointing at Mandy.
Mandy turned to the piece of paper and took a deep breath. As she swished and flicked her wand she said "destring ventosus." The page began to flutter as wind pushed it forward.
"Good job!" the girl stated.
"Who are you?" Mandy asked tilting her head.
"I'm Cho Chang. I'm in my second year," she said nodding her head at the other two. She turned around and began walking away. She then turned her head back at them. "Keep trying, you'll get it down." She then walked away.
Lisa and Kevin tried and they got it to work too. They did it several times and then pulled the page down from the ceiling. They sat in the common room talking for a while until they decided it was time to go to bed. Lisa and Mandy went to the girl's dormitory while Kevin went to the boy's.
They tiptoed to their beds so that they wouldn't wake Padma, Su, or Stacey. Cleo meowed real loudly and Mandy scolded her.
"Good night Lisa," she whispered.
"Good night Mandy."
Mandy pulled her curtains closed and she lay down. She was tired, but it was hard to sleep as she thought of all the different things she had seen and found out that day. If every day ended up being as eventful as this one, this will be a crazy year. She ended up dreaming that her parents got lost in Hogwarts and she called and called their names. But she couldn't find them because Peeves was screaming and chasing her until she was lost in the deep corridors of the school.