The feast was so delicious; Hermione's mood lifted significantly. The warm
food filled her up, and the intelligent conversation with Percy Weasley was
a pleasant change from those she'd had on the train... she gave Ron and
Harry a cold glance when they weren't looking. They'd ended up in
Gryffindor, too, but they seemed to be acting a bit more kind then they
were on the train.
After the wonderful feast, Percy led the Gryffindors a long way through Hogwarts' stairs and secret passages. They finally made it to the Gryffindor Common room, very sleepy and full. Hermione groped along the wall and found her way up to the girls' dormitory. Her room had three four- poster beds with deep red curtains. Two giggly girls followed her in. Hermione knew they were Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil from when Professor McGonagall called them up to the sorting hat.
"Hello," Hermione said. She yawned and pulled her bed's curtains apart.
"Hi," said Lavender. "You're Hermione, right?"
"Yes, Hermione Granger," she said, "Congratulations on being sorted into Gryffindor."
"You too," Lavender smiled. The three of them got in their pajamas and crawled into bed, but a conversation began that kept the three of them up, sniggering all night.
"Hehehe, I saw you fall into Justin Finch-Fletchley," Parvati giggled.
"Oh, I hoped no one did," Hermione laughed embarrassedly. "I really just lost my footing..."
"Sure..." Lavender smiled, "you lost your footing..."
Hermione was so tired, but stayed up and talked with Parvati and Lavender for a long while. She was never invited to a slumber party in the muggle world, and this was the closest thing to it, in Hermione's mind. Several times, they had to stuff their pillows into their mouths to keep their laughs from being heard. Hermione's belly was aching from continuous laughter, an ache she had never experienced. They were finally quiet when the 5 th year prefect girl knocked on their door, and told them to go to bed.
Hermione's head hurt from laughing, so she rested it on her pillow and began to fall asleep before she could even close her eyes.
She dreamt of doing magic, and impressing her teachers, and laughing with her new friends over boys and such. She woke early the next day, anxious to begin her classes. She was down in the common room before anyone, and pulled out a book. She curled up into a chair that resembled the one from the library that she left back home.
The smell of the book drew her in magically, and she waited for the rest of her classmates to awaken.
After the wonderful feast, Percy led the Gryffindors a long way through Hogwarts' stairs and secret passages. They finally made it to the Gryffindor Common room, very sleepy and full. Hermione groped along the wall and found her way up to the girls' dormitory. Her room had three four- poster beds with deep red curtains. Two giggly girls followed her in. Hermione knew they were Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil from when Professor McGonagall called them up to the sorting hat.
"Hello," Hermione said. She yawned and pulled her bed's curtains apart.
"Hi," said Lavender. "You're Hermione, right?"
"Yes, Hermione Granger," she said, "Congratulations on being sorted into Gryffindor."
"You too," Lavender smiled. The three of them got in their pajamas and crawled into bed, but a conversation began that kept the three of them up, sniggering all night.
"Hehehe, I saw you fall into Justin Finch-Fletchley," Parvati giggled.
"Oh, I hoped no one did," Hermione laughed embarrassedly. "I really just lost my footing..."
"Sure..." Lavender smiled, "you lost your footing..."
Hermione was so tired, but stayed up and talked with Parvati and Lavender for a long while. She was never invited to a slumber party in the muggle world, and this was the closest thing to it, in Hermione's mind. Several times, they had to stuff their pillows into their mouths to keep their laughs from being heard. Hermione's belly was aching from continuous laughter, an ache she had never experienced. They were finally quiet when the 5 th year prefect girl knocked on their door, and told them to go to bed.
Hermione's head hurt from laughing, so she rested it on her pillow and began to fall asleep before she could even close her eyes.
She dreamt of doing magic, and impressing her teachers, and laughing with her new friends over boys and such. She woke early the next day, anxious to begin her classes. She was down in the common room before anyone, and pulled out a book. She curled up into a chair that resembled the one from the library that she left back home.
The smell of the book drew her in magically, and she waited for the rest of her classmates to awaken.