"I hope ever so much that you shall all have a comfortable stay here at Camp Merlin's Spellbook. We will accomodate you in anyway possible," the same short lady from earlier was saying in the camp's Great Hall.
Before they even got to go drop off their stuff in their cabins, all the students were called to the Great Hall to learn of the rules and such at Camp Merlin's Spellbook.
"Now. You will be receiving your schedules this evening. All of you have at least four of the classes that you asked for. There are four different groups for each Quidditch level that we have set up so that we might have a competition towards the end of camp. I shall be explaining more about that later," the lady continued.
Every student wrote down six different classes they wanted to take out of all the different courses provided at camp. There were the regular ones that they had at school, Potions, Transfiguration, Defense against Dark Arts, Charms, Herbology, History of Magic, and Astronomy. Then they also had the intermediate student's courses, Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, and Arithmancy. Athletic electives such as Flying, Advanced Flying, Flying for Dummies, Beginner's Quidditch, Intermediate Quidditch, and Quidditch Pro's Class. Then came the advanced forms of all the classes for the sixth and seventh year students. Some of these were Advanced Transfiguration and Arithmancy Courses four and five. There was a Drama class as well. This was especially exciting because special effects could all be done through a wand instead of Muggle lights and systems. Classes that branched off of History of Magic were Witch and Wizards Biographical Poetry and the Artifact Finding Class. There was to be an Anigmus class as well.
"Now, I don't suppose that I have introduced myself yet. No matter. I shall now. My name is Campmistress Kellyturnip. I am the head coordinater of activities here at Merlin's Spellbook. Now, I hypothesize that this is all the information you need to know at this time. You are dismissed to your cabins now," Campmistress Kellyturnip said.
Hermione grabbed her bags and belongings and walked across the bridge across the lake to reach her cabin.
Once she was there, Hermione saw that all the beds were bunks. To her great discomfort, Hermione didn't have a single friend in there. All the other girls had paired up and Hermione was left with Pansy! Hermione noticed that Pansy wasn't at all happy about the situation either. She received a very dirty glare from the pug-like face the moment she entered the cabin.
"If we have to share, then I want the top bunk," Pansy snapped sharply.
Hermione shrugged. She wanted the bottom anyway. Hermione began to take out her sheets and make her bed. Then she put a few things out on the table and changed into a tight fit camoflauge tee with a pair of light jean flares, setting her robe to one side.
Cho and Parvati were sharing bunks, and Lavender was sharing with Padma. Lydia and Shiree, two of Cho's Ravenclaw friends, were sharing the last bunk. They were all taking out make-up bags after make-up bags ad aligning exquisite perfumes all around the bathroom.
"Harry is such a sweetheart! He carried all my bags to the cabin for me. All I had to do was kiss him and then ask him in my sweet voice if he could carry my bags because I was so tired!" Cho exclaimed.
The other girls sighed with envy.
"You are soooo awesome Cho!" Parvati said.
Oh, quit sucking up, Hermione thought.
"Oh my gosh you guys! I just got the most perfect idea!" Lavender suddenly squealed.
"What?" the others asked.
"We should paint our nails now and turn on the curling irons. I heard that there's supposed to be a welcoming banquet tonight after we receive our schedules!"
Cho grinned. "I knew I was going to need these!" she exclaimed, pulling five tight dresses out of one of her many suitcases.
"Oh, tell me about it! I didn't know what to bring so I just brought my whole wardrobe along," Parvati said. "To make it easier on me, I just shrunk them all with the Minimizing Charm."
Suddenly Cho looked very sharply at Parvati. "Are you crazy or something? Don't you know that the Minimizing Charm wrinkles all your clothes?"
"Oh my gosh! Are you serious?" Parvati cried.
"Dead serious!" Cho exclaimed.
"Well, help me! I have to iron all my clothes now!" Parvati yelped.
Can these people talk about nothing but fashion? Hermione wondered.
"I got a new nail polish the last time I went to Hogsmeade. It changes colors every few seconds. Let me go and get it," Padma said.
Suddenly Cho looked at Hermione.
"I feel ever so generous today," she started. "After all, Harry's been sweet to me. I think I should do something sweet for one of his friends. Hermione! Come over here and we'll let you sit with us. We'll do your hair and nails for tonight. Plus, you can wear one of my dresses,' Cho offered.
You're only doing this to get on Harry's good side. Honestly, WHAT a suck up! Hermione thought. She didn't really feel like playing dress up "with the girls" and really wanted to be left alone. Still, Hermione wanted to fit in so she joined them on a big rug in the center of the cabin.
Suddenly all six girls were examining Hermione's face closely.
"Oh, lets take her to the bathroom and give her a good shampoo!" Cho suggested.
Suddenly they pulled Hermione onto a chair and let her hair fall into one of the sinks. Warm water rushed through her hair.
"Close your eyes Hermione. Just relax or fall asleep or something. We're going to make you beautiful!" Lavender exclaimed.
I'm not going to be one of your makeovers! Hermione felt like yelling. Instead, she let the warm water pull her into a relaxing nap for about three minutes.
"Okay Hermione. Pull your head out of the water now. We have to blow dry your hair so that it looks good. I think we should give it a little trim as well. Now my professional hair stylist isn't here, but I'm quite capable of giving a great cut!" Cho exclaimed.
"Cho," Hermione began weakly. "I don't think this is such a good idea..."
"Oh, nonsense Hermione! I'll make you look like a star in a few short hours! I think that's all we have anyway. No matter! I'll make you look terrific!" Cho replied brushing away Hermione's worried tone.
Cho summoned a pair of scissors to her hands and then began to cut Hermione's hair in a layered style. As much as Hermione detested Cho, she couldn't help but marvel at what was becoming her new look.