The Searcher - Part 9 A/N: Finally, I finished Part Nine. Sorry it took me so much time to get this posted. The only thing I can say is that life happens and work sucks. This part is not too big, I wanted to keep writing and finish the whole thing, but since I haven't posted anything in a long time, I thought that I should stop and finish the story in the next part.

Yes, I know that the Labyrinth / Harry Potter crossover is in full swing. I try to explain everything as much as I can (thanks HP book one!). If you still have questions, let me know, and I will try to fix it or e-mail you with answers. I'm trying to make it so people who had never read the Potter books will not get lost.

I'm also reworking the series that go after this one, where she finds the chosen one. Is more HP than anything, so I'm trying to make it more available for people who haven't read the HP books. If you read the Harry Potter section, you might have read the second part series already. As soon as The Searcher series is done, I'll post the second part, along with a short story that was inspired by the second series. So yes, there's a sequel.

Also, any spelling and grammar errors, please forgive me, English is not my first language, but if you can e-mail me with corrections, it will be greatly appreciated and the fic will be corrected and re-posted. Anyone wants to volunteer for Beta Reader?

Many thanks to those of you who reviewed Part 8: minkey55, Melissa Davis (it was your idea, after all!!!), Sally, Sara Beth (I'm really trying, really), crystal rose168, Mara Trinity Scully (Thanks for the weirdness bit, I think. ::My logo is that Weird is my middle name:: ^_^), Kim, The Manipulative Little Monster (I definetely need to talk to you about what we discussed earlier... I'll email you. ^_^), Sadie (You made me so happy that I finally recruited another fan for His Royal Tightness!! ::sobs::), Amber ("Merci, beaucoup!"), ~*Sliver Wolf*~ , Katie, and sky dragon.

As always,

DISCLAIMER: Sarah, Jareth, and everything Labyrinth belong to Jim Henson Productions. Oberon, Titania and Puck belong to William Shakespeare. Anything Potterverse belongs to the magnificent JK Rowling. I only own Jay, Caridwen and any other characters that you do not recognize..

And now, the story.



The Searcher



Part 9

Knowing the name of that prank, Jay smiled and said "You are positively evil. Now, this I have to see."

Taking a new set of nightclothes, she went to the bathroom while saying to her brother, "Just make sure he is sound asleep.", and scratching, she closed the door to the bathroom.

Later that night, whispers could be heard coming from the princess bedroom, "Are you ready?"

She nodded, and willed the water inside her goblet to warm. After that, they appeared in Valkor's bedroom. Perfect, he was sound asleep, and his left arm was dangling out of the bed, almost touching the floor.

Lifting his arm carefully, they put the goblet with warm water underneath, and putting down his arm, they made sure that his hand was covered with the warm water. Disappearing back into her bedchambers, they could not stop the giggling.

Willing a crystal, they could see a spot forming in the bed. They finally decided to call it quits and go to sleep. Jay, on the other hand, thought that this little crystal had potential for the next day, willing the goblet with warm water to disappear from the wizard's bedroom.

The next day, they sat at breakfast, Caridwen and Jay not able to look at each other, unless they started an uncontrollable laughter.

They were finally calming down when they saw Valkor come in for breakfast. He looked at the two siblings through narrowed eyes, and said "Good morning."

Caridwen was biting her lip to stop the fit of laughter that was trying to escape, again. Taking a deep breath, she managed to calm down and mutter a "Good morning" to her fiancé without laughing in his face.

Jareth and Sarah kept looking at the other side of the table, wondering what was going on in the peanut gallery, they were laughing hysterically one moment and unusually quiet the other after Valkor came in. Knowing their children, they were almost positive that poor Valkor had been a victim of their pranks.

Breakfast was over, and when they got up Valkor said to Caridwen "Would you like a stroll through the gardens?"

Caridwen smiled, and said "That would be lovely."

Before they left, Jay approached them, and said to Valkor "So, slept well after all that scratching?"

Valkor looked at him and said "Why you ask?"

Jay threw a crystal on his hand, and Valkor could see himself sleeping last night, making him blush.

Jay, in the middle of laughter, could not help himself, and shouted in the middle of the hallway while running to get away "Wet man walking!".

Looking at Jay, Valkor said "Why you little…", while running behind him trying to catch him.

Caridwen could not help but laugh at he silly picture of Valkor running behind Jay all over the castle.

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September 1st finally came, and Caridwen stood with her parents and her brother in front of a small Inn at the outskirts of London. There all the students going to Hogwarts were gathering to get into the big carriage caravan that will take the students to Hogwarts (what you expect, there were no trains in the 17th century after all).

Caridwen was nervous, not knowing anyone in the crowd, when she heard someone yelling "Caridwen, over here!"

She turned to the voice's direction and a smile spread on her face, while the blonde girl made it to her side. "Sylvia! I'm so glad you are here. I was afraid that I would be alone. Oh, hello, Mr. and Mrs. Moore."

Mrs. Moore smiled, and said "Hello, dear. Where's your guardian?"

Seeing the frown on her father's face, she said "He could not be here today. I'm here with my parents. Mom, dad, this are Mr. And Mrs. Moore, and this is their daughter Sylvia. We met at Flourish and Blotts. This are my parents, Jareth and Sarah Blantyre, and my brother Jareth."

After exchanging pleasantries, Sarah knelt to be face to face with her daughter, and said "I'm glad that at least you have a friend with you."

At that time, a man was calling for students to start getting into the carriages, six students per carriage. Caridwen said goodbye to her parents and her brother, tears forming in her eyes. After hugging her brother, father and mother she said "I'll see you at Christmas. I love you."

Sylvia took Caridwen's hand and said "Follow me."

They went to a carriage further down, where four more students were waiting. As soon as they saw Sylvia they waved to her. They went towards them, where Caridwen noticed a girl and three boys.

Silvia made the introductions, "Everyone, this is Caridwen, I met her at Flourish and Blotts and she doesn't know anyone here. Caridwen, This is my best friend, Elena Griffindor, my cousin Matthew Evans, and his best friends Paul and Robert Weasley."

Caridwen smiled and responded "Hi, Caridwen Blantyre, nice meeting you all."

With a smile, Robert said "Let's go, last one into the carriage is a smelly troll."

Laughing, the six students went into the carriage. Caridwen sat next to one of the windows, Sylvia sitting next to her, and Robert getting the other window. In front of her was Matthew, Elena seated in the middle, and Paul sitting in front of his brother.

The friends were talking amicably, so she observed them closely. The Weasly twins looked exactly alike, both having flaming red hair and sapphire blue eyes, the only difference between them being that Robert had a small mole in his left chin, while Paul had it in his right.

Elena had raven black hair, a little on the unruly side, and beautiful brown eyes. Looking at Matthew, he had light brown hair, and looking at him closely, she gasped as she saw his eyes.
He had intense green eyes, just like the ones she saw in her dream.

She wondered if he is the one that she is supposed to look for. She closed her eyes and reached with her senses, but it was confusing, her senses telling her that he is the one, but he isn't.

Her eyes still closed, she heard Matthew ask "So, Caridwen, tell us about yourself."

She opened her eyes to find Matthew smiling at her, making her smile back.

Caridwen thought what she could say, and started "Well, I live with my parents and my brother in my father's castle. I've been taught by a private tutor until a month ago, and I like fencing and bow and arrow. How about you?"

Matthew shrugged and said "Well, my father came to Hogwarts when he was my age, so he was very happy that I came in here as well. Elena, your turn."

Elena shifted in her seat a little, and with a sigh, she started "As you might have noticed, my last name is Griffindor. Yes, that Griffindor. I'm the last member of my family to carry the name of Godric Griffindor, I'm afraid. You are next, Paul."

With a solemn face, he started "My name is Paul and I'm an only son…" erupting laughter from the rest of them, while Robert yelled back

"You wish!"

With an evil grin, Paul and Robert were next to each other facing the others, and Paul said "Weasley is our name…" and Robert completed "…mischief is our game."

Robert continued "Our goal in life right now is to see how many professors we can confuse before they can tell us apart. Your turn, fair Sylvia."

Silvia smiled nervously and said, "Well, all you guys know my parents. My father works for the Ministry of Magic. I overheard him this morning talking to my mother. He did not want to say anything to me, but seems that there is a dark lord that is gathering strength. No one knows who he is or what he looks like. Only that he is dangerous."

After that bomb was dropped, she said "The only other thing that my father said is that he was glad that I was going to Hogwarts, because it was bound to be the safest place right now."

Robert took Sylvia's hand and said "I'm sure that they will get him pretty soon. The Ministry has dealt with Dark Lords before, and they always capture them before they can do any serious damage. This time it won't be any different."

Caridwen was listening to their conversation, and timidly asked, "Sorry for asking, but what is a Dark Lord?"

Matthew looked at her, and then out of the window, his green eyes were cold with rage "A Dark Lord is a warlock that uses black or dark magic. I know, because my mother was killed by a Dark Lord two years ago."

Caridwen opened her eyes wide, and said "I'm sorry, I didn't know."

He turned to look back at her, his eyes filled with sadness "Don't worry, it will pass. I did not expect you to know this. It still hurts, but I'm better now."

Caridwen looked out of the window again, noticing something strange. The carriage was traveling faster than a normal carriage, in fact, she was sure that it was traveling as fast as a train.

She asked her companions "Is it me, or does this carriage is a little bit too fast?"

After a few snickers from everybody, Silvia said "Of course, it is. If not, we would not get to Hogwarts on the same day."

Sylvia was curious, "Caridwen, I hope you don't get offended by my asking, but are your parents muggles? You seem to know so little about the wizarding world…"

Caridwen blushed a little and said "I don't have that much interaction with the wizarding world, if that's what you mean. The only things I know are the stuff I know from Valkor. My father is not a muggle, though."

The friends were curious now about this new girl, so they kept asking more questions, they answering questions that she made in return. This gave them an opportunity for them to know each other better. Caridwen realized that she liked this people, and she hoped that she could count them as her friends.

Robert had a question that alarmed her "Where does your father work?"

She could certainly not say that her father work was being the Goblin King. She thought hard for a second, and she found the answer. She smiled and responded "Gringotts."

It was not a lie, after all. Her father traveled at least once a month to the wizarding world for Gringotts business, and once a week a goblin from Gringotts met with her father in his private study.

Paul asked then "What does he do?"

She thought hard on that one. She remembered asking the same question to her mother once, like if it was today.

Sarah looked at her thoughtfully, and then a smile spread on the queen's face. The answer she received was "Now that I think about it, your father is like the CEO of Gringotts. He makes many decisions for the company. That is funny, I will have to tease him about that later."

She definitely could not say that, so she shrugged and said "I don't really know what he does.", which was not a lie either.

Then she got a question from Matthew "Who is this Valkor you mentioned?"

Sylvia then looked at her "Yes, why do you need a guardian if you have your parents?"

Caridwen blushed a little, and said "Well technically he is not my guardian. He is more of my fiancé."

All she heard was Sylvia saying "What? But he is as old as my parents! You were the one he was talking about then."

Elena was another one who was surprised "So, you are engaged? How could your parents do this to you?"

Caridwen bit her lip, trying to see how could she explain the ways of the fae without telling them that this was not a human affair.

With a quick thought of "Sorry, uncle Obi.", she said "My parents didn't had any say on that. It was arranged by my father's family. I've been engaged to him since I was a year old. Is not that uncommon."

Caridwen could have sworn she saw disappointment in Matthews eyes, but she could not be sure. It was so sudden that maybe she imagined it.

Seems that she wasn't the only one that noticed, because Paul said "Well Matt, looks like you have some competition.", making both Matt and Cari blush, while the rest laughed at the commentary.

The carriage was slowing down, and Cari asked "Are we here already?" Robert said "No, we are probably stopping for lunch. We won't arrive until this evening."

As soon as he finished saying that, they stopped. When they were getting out, she was going to ask how they knew so much about the school, when she saw two older girls and a boy with the same flaming red hair approach them.

One of the girls said "So, how has your trip been so far?"

Robert shrugged and said "So far, is been good."

Paul smiled and said "We got a new recruit.", pointing towards Caridwen.

The girl turned to her and smiling said, "Hi, welcome to Hogwarts. My name is Patricia, Paul and Robert's older sister, but everyone calls me Trish. I'm in my seventh year. My other brother here is Fernand, who is in his fifth year, and my sister Susan, who is in her third year."

Caridwen smiled and shook everyone's hand, and commented to Sylvia in a whisper, "And I thought my brother was a handful.", making Sylvia giggle.

After lunch was finished, they got back in their carriage, all their trunks neatly placed on the floor next to it. Per instructions received during lunch, they took their school robes and put them on before getting back into the carriage. The movement and their full stomachs were making all of them sleepy, and soon they were all snoring away happily.

They woke up when the carriage started slowing down, Caridwen noticing that it was night already.

Once the carriage stopped, the doors opened and Elena, still stretching, said "We are finally in Hogsmeade!"

When they were getting out, Caridwen noticed that other carriages continued the journey, but a small number had stopped where they were.

A middle-aged man carrying a lamp was saying loudly to them "All students please come to this spot."

Once all the students were surrounding the man, he continued "Everyone here is a first year. Please follow me. Please watch where your step!"

They followed the man through a steep and very narrow path, some of the students slipping along the way. Once the path became leveled again, they went around a bend and the path opened to the edge of a big black lake. An enormous castle with lots of towers and turrets could be seen in the top of a mountain on the other side, the lights from the inside showing were the windows are.

The man stopped suddenly, everybody stopping behind him. He said "Now, all of you, into the boats, no more than four students per boat!"

That's when Caridwen noticed that there were a lot of little boats at the edge of the lake.

Sylvia was looking around, when she tugged on Elena's sleeve and said, "Look, there's the Potter boy! Let's go with him!"

Elena flushed, thankful that it was dark, and it could not be noticed, and she said to her friend "Are you crazy? I'm not going where John is."

Sylvia looked at her friend and said, "Come on, I know you like him. Let's go before we loose this opportunity."

Smiling, she then turned to the boy's direction, shouting "Hey John! Leave room for us!" waiving at the boy looking in their direction.

The boy saw them, and smiling he nodded and waived for them to come.

Smiling evilly, Sylvia said to the group, "Wish us luck!", and taking Elena's arm, went towards the boy. Caridwen was torn between following the girls or staying, when she felt a hand in hers.

Looking back, she saw Matthew smiling at her, and he said "Your boat awaits, Milady."

She smiled back, saying "Thank you, noble sir.", and went into the boat, the twins following.

Once they took their seats, The man said "Everybody seated? Good. FORWARD!"

The boats glided across the lake, everybody looking at the castle on top of the mountain, going into the direction of the cliff right underneath.

When they were reaching the cliff, the man shouted "Everybody down! Watch your heads!"

They passed through a curtain of ivy, which shielded an opening in the cliff. They kept going into a dark tunnel, that seemed to be going up towards the castle, until they reached some kind of harbor, stopping onto rocks and stones.

The man got out of his boat, everybody following him. They ascended through a narrow passageway in the rock, coming out very close to the castle. They kept following the man into the castle, where he stopped in front of a huge oak door, knocking three times.

The door opened to reveal another man, this time dressed in peacock blue robes, with sandy blonde hair.

"This are the first years, Professor Guilfoyle.", said the man.

"Thank you, Norman. I'll take it from here.", said Professor Guilfoyle.

She heard one of the twins say behind her "So that's the gamekeeper. I was wondering who that guy was."

The Professor opened the door and said "Please follow me."

The door led to an enormous hall, illuminated by torches, just like Gringotts, a grand marble staircase in front that led to the upper floors. They kept following the professor through the stone walls, and they could hear voices coming from one of the doors that they passed, but they saw that the professor was directing them into a small room off the hall.

Once everybody was in, the Professor closed the door behind him.

"Could I have your attention, please? ", said Professor Guilfoyle. "First, welcome to Hogwarts. The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but first you must be sorted into your houses. The sorting is very important, because your house will be your surrogate family in Hogwarts. You will have classes with your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend your free time in your house's common room."

"The four houses are Griffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. Each one has its own great history, and each has produced magnificent wizards and witches. When you are at Hogwarts, any triumphs will earn you house points, but you break any rules and you will lose points from your house. At the end of the term, the house with the most points will win the house cup, which is a very honored award."

"The sorting ceremony will begin shortly in front of the whole school. Please be quiet in the meantime, and make yourselves presentable. I will come back for you when we are ready."

Caridwen wished for a mirror at that moment, but being unable to have one, she asked Matt "How do I look?"

Matt simply smiled and said "Beautiful."

Caridwen just stared at the floor while muttering "Thanks.", feeling her face getting red.

About five minutes later, Professor Guilfoyle returned, saying "Very well, students, please form a line and follow me."

They got out of the small room, back into the enormous hall, and through a pair of double doors into the Great Hall. It was beautiful, thousands of candles floating in the air over four very long tables where the students were sitting. There was another table on top of the hall, this one sitting the teachers.

Professor Guilfoyle lead them to that table, making them stand in front of it facing the other students. A single stool was put in front of them with a very old, patched and dirty pointed wizard's hat on top.

Suddenly, there was complete silence across the room, and a rip from the hat that was near the brim seemed to come alive and curl in a smile like it was a mouth. The hat cleared its throat?, and started to sing:

"I may look old and ratty
But I assure to you
I'm intelligent and smarty
And I've got lots to do.

I'm going to sort you in your house,
My senses sharp and keen,
Will see your hidden talents
Nothing is what it seems.

You might belong in Griffindor
Where the brave of heart reside,
They're daring, brave and chivalrous
Even if it's hidden inside;

You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where loyal people are,
They are hardworking individuals
Truest friends by far;

Or maybe even Ravenclaw,
The ones with all the brains,
With quick wit and learning
By studying win your games;

Or possibly in Slytherin,
You will come to stay,
With trickery and cunning
You'll always make your day.

So put me on your head,
And just let me decide!
Remember, you are safe with me
You've got nothing to hide!

After the hat was done, the hall exploded with applause. The hat bowed to each of the tables, and became still.

Professor Guilfoyle came forward with a long roll of parchment in his hands.

"When I call your name, take the hat, sit on the stool and put the hat on to be sorted.", he said. "Adams, William!"

A blond boy came forward, took the hat, sat down and put the hat on his head. After a few seconds…

"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.

The table second to the right cheered him on, and he put the hat back on the stool, and went to sit down at the table.

"Blantyre, Caridwen!"

Caridwen's head snapped to the front, and nervously made her way to the stool. She took the hat, sat down, and put the hat on. The only thing she could see was the inside of the hat.

"Well, now this is different!" said a voice in her ear. "You are not only a witch, you are half fae as well. This will make it very difficult. What's this? Goblin magic as well! That means that you are the one! You will have to surpass many obstacles, my dear. No doubt, you are a GRIFFINDOR!"

The hat shouted that last word to the whole hall. Applause and cheers were coming form the table at the far left, especially from the Weasley siblings. She took the hat off and went to sit down at the Griffindor table, taking the empty chair next to Trish.

Caridwen was admiring the plates and goblets made of gold, when Trish gave her a quick hug and said "I'm so glad you are here! Let's see how many more we can snatch this time!"

They put the attention back to the sorting hat, where the rest of the students were being sorted. The names kept coming.

"Brown"…, "Boot"…, "Bulstrode"…, "Calvin"…, "Dumbledore"…, "Evans, Matthew!"

Caridwen was just watching Matt sit down with the hat on his head. He stood there for a long time, when the hat finally said, "GRIFFINDOR!"

Caridwen smiled, and started clapping with the rest of the table, Fernand shouted "Go Matt!"

Matt sat next to Cari at the table, receiving the congratulations from the ones closest to them. The Griffindor house managed to get more students. Of course, Elena, Sylvia and the twins made it to Griffindor as well. So did John Potter, his friend Jack Thomas and a girl named Susan Longbottom.

As the last student sat down at his table, Professor Guilfoyle rolled up the scroll and took the sorting hat and the stool with him.

A woman rose from the staff table, and started talking "I'm Leona Hargitay, Headmistress of Hogwarts and I would like to welcome all of you to a new school year. Before the banquet begins, I would like to say, enjoy your dinner. Thank you!"

As soon as she sat down, the serving dishes that were empty in the middle of the tables were piling up with food now. Any type of food that you could imagine was there.

After they started eating, a ghost came up to them, and said "Congratulations on being the newest Griffindors. Permit to introduce myself. I'm Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, Griffindor Tower's resident ghost."

Seeing the first year's confused looks, he continued, "As you can see, there are ghosts in all the houses. You see, in the next table, that's the Bloody Baron, resident ghost for Slytherin. The next table over, is the lovely Grey Lady for Ravenclaw, and for Hufflepuff, is the Fat Friar. We have many more ghosts at the castle, but we are the leaders of the ghost community."

Once he was out of earshot, one the twins, Paul, said "You know he is also known as Nearly Headless Nick? He can take his head off, but is hanging in one side. Whoever decapitated him did not do a good job."

John Potter was curious, and asked "How you know that?"

Robert answered back, "Trish, our older sister told us. She is a Prefect, and Head Girl this year.", he finished, proudly.

After no one could eat a bite more, the food disappeared and the plates were clean. Seconds later, trays with desserts of all kinds appeared in their place. When the desserts disappeared as well, Professor Hargitay rose and addressed the students once more.

"Before we leave I would like to make some announcements. First of all, the Forbidden Forest is Forbidden. Please don't forget that. Second of all, Remember, no magic in the corridors between classes. Now, before we leave, everybody rise to sing the school song."

With a flick of her wrist, wand in hand, words started forming in mid-air.

"Just pick up your favorite tune, and let's start!", said Professor Hargitay.

The whole school started singing:

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot."
Everybody finished at different times, and when the last students were done, everybody clapped.

Professor Hargitay rose again and said "That was wonderful. Now off to bed, have a good night!"

All the students stood up from their chairs, and the first years started following their house Prefect, Trish. As they were making their way into their tower, Caridwen noticed that the portraits moved and whispered between themselves. Sometimes the portraits would move from picture to picture, talking to the other portraits.

They were led through doorways hiding behind secret panels or hanging tapestries. They were going to go into another corridor behind a tapestry when a sound of splashing water interrupted the silence, followed by some screams and a hysterical laugh in the distance.

Trish only murmured "Oh, no. This is just what I need.", rolling her eyes.

A voice said next to them "Ooooooh! Firsties!", followed by a mad cackle. "What shall we do to this ones?"

Susan screamed as something pulled on her hair. Trish was getting really mad at this time.

Taking a large breath, she said "Don't worry, it's just Peeves, a poltergeist. He is a prankster. Peeves, show yourself!"

After a popping sound, a little man appeared floating in front of them. He had wicked dark eyes, and a wide mouth, curled into a mischievous grin.

Trish continued, "Peeves, could you please let us continue without any problems? I would really appreciate it."

The poltergeist turned to Trish, and taking her hand, he kissed it on the back and said "For you, anything, Milady.", disappearing wit a loud pop.

Once they went through the tapestry, they climbed a bunch of stairs. Trish continued her warning about the poltergeist.

"If you encounter any problems with Peeves, I suggest you run on the other direction. The bloody baron is the only one who can control him."

John asked "But you asked him nicely, and he left. Why wouldn't he do it again?"

Trish blushed, and said "I'm a special case. You see, Peeves has had a crush on me since I was in my fourth year. How or why that happened, I have no idea. But since this is going to be my last year at Hogwarts, I suggest you watch out for him."

Paul could not help teasing his sister, and said "Trish, mom is not going to be happy that you are being courted by a ghost, you know."

Trish stopped, and turned to face her brother "Mom knows anyway, and besides, I do not encourage him. This way, please."

After they finished climbing up the stairs, they came to a corridor, where at the very end was hanging a huge painting of a fat woman in a silly pink dress. They kept walking until they were in front of the painting.

The fat lady turned to see Trish, and a smiled formed on her lips. "Good evening, my dear. Password?"

Trish smiled to the portrait, and said "Good evening to you too. Griffin's heart."

The portrait moved forwards, revealing a hole in the wall. They all passed through it with difficulty, there were couple of feet of wall left from the floor to the hole.

Once they went through it, they found themselves in the Griffindor Common Room. It was a cozy round room full of very comfortable looking chairs, and a fireplace in one side. On the opposite side were two doors.

Trish directed the boys to one door, while she directed the girls to the other. After getting through a spiral staircase, they made it to a door that said First Years. They went in, their trunks were already in front of their beds.

The girls were too tired to start any conversation, so they just changed into their pajamas and went to sleep. Caridwen fell asleep as soon as her head touched her pillow, images of white owls flying floating through her mind as slumber claimed her.

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A/N: I know, I thought that this was going to be the last part.... But nooooooooo, life had other plans for me!!!! Ok, people, what do you think? Let me know with your reviews. It is your way of letting me know if I'm doing a good job or if this sucks.

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