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Chapter 2
Kayla woke to someone shaking her.
"What? I'm sleeping, go away."
"Kayla, wake up, we have to go to class. You've got five minutes to get ready."
Kayla jumped up and looked at the clock in the room. It said it was 5:30 AM.
"Hey. That was unfair," Kayla said, turning around to look at Heather, who was the one who woke her up.
"Well, it works on Roxanne, I figured I'd try it on you," Heather said with a shrug and a smile. "Besides, if you want to take a shower, now's a good time to get it over with. I'm going to get these three up.or try to, anyway."
Kayla got out of the shower about ten minutes later, and was nearly knocked over as Michelle rushed by her to get inside.
"Geez, what's her rush?"
Brandi laughed. "She's got this weird problem with being dirty, don't worry about it. She's really strange, but fun to be around."
Kayla sat down on her bed. "Speaking of strange people, who are some people I should watch out for?"
The remaining three looked at each other. "Where should we start?" said Heather. "There a lot, it seems."
"Well, start with the teachers, they're going to be the ones I'll have to worry about first."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
An hour and a half later, Kayla felt ready to face her teachers, after many stories and jokes. She now knew what bugged them, and she was going to take advantage of that.
She'd told her roommates she would be down in a few minutes, after assuring them she would be able to find her way down to the Great Hall. She actually had no clue how to get there, but she figured she could find someone to tag along with. Kayla wanted them to go ahead because she wanted to dye her hair, and wanted it to be a surprise. She found a spell in a book once on how to change hair color and remembered the spell for later use.
Kayla placed the tip of the wand at the top of her head, and imagined the type of style she wanted. Saying the words Pielo Maroda, a purple color spread through her hair, leaving chunky streaks in her light brown hair.
Kayla grinned at her reflection in the mirror. The mirror, however, did not think it looked so great.
"Dear, you look ridiculous."
Kayla smiled wider.
"You were made in Britain, weren't you? No wonder you're so uptight, even for a mirror."
Kayla left the room, not wasting another second on arguing with a mirror.
As she entered the Common Room, she spotted three guys leaving. Two of them appeared to be twins, with red hair on both of them. She couldn't see the third person's face, but hurried to catch up with them.
"Hey!" she called out. The three guys turned around and looked at her. Three sets of eyebrows rose at the site of her hair. Kayla grinned to herself.
"Hi. Sorry, I'm new. I'm not sure how to get back to the Great Hall. Are you guys heading there now?"
The third person, who she had not noticed until this moment, spoke.
"Well, I am," he said with a Scottish accent. "But these two are going, well, I don't know."
The twins stepped forward. "We're Gred and Forge. Nice to meet you," they said at the same time.
Kayla giggled.
"That's nice to know. I'm Kayla."
The supposed Gred and Forge glanced at each other.
"The American, right?"
Kayla nodded. The two stepped forward and took her away from the third person so he couldn't hear.
"Well, we found your permanent record-" "Don't ask how-" "And if you ever need any help, just ask-" "'Cause we get in a fair amount of trouble ourselves."
Kayla laughed. "I'll keep that in mind. Thanks guys."
"Well, we'll be leaving now. See you later, Oliver, Kayla."
Kayla watched them walk away, and then turned to the remaining guy.
"So you're Oliver, huh?" Kayla asked as they began to walk down a flight of stairs. "The Quidditch guy?"
"Heard of me?" he said, somewhat teasingly, flashing a smile. Kayla tripped and fell down the last two steps.
"Shit," she muttered.
Oliver quickly knelt down beside her.
"Are you okay?" he asked, obviously concerned.
"Yea, I'm fine. I tend to fall down a lot, actually. I was kinda hoping it was just a thing in America, but I guess I'll fall down no matter where I am."
"Well, while you're here, I'll be around to help you up," he said with another smile. She nearly fell again, but he held her up, preventing her from another visit to the floor.
"Are you sure you're fine?"
Kayla nodded. "Yup, I'm good now."
They walked down a corridor and ducked behind a tapestry before either of them spoke again.
"Where in Scotland are you from?" Kayla asked.
"Around Edinburgh. Why do you ask?" he said.
"Just a little curious. I had a friend once from Glasgow."
"So what's with the purple hair?" Oliver asked her.
"Why not? I like it. It makes everything more interesting when things are different, and why not make things interesting, even if it's in a small way, like changing hair color?" Kayla grinned at Oliver. "Can I make yours red?"
Oliver smiled back. Kayla felt her legs go a little shaky, but kept walking.
"What do you think?" he said. "I think blue would be cool."
They continued to chat pleasantly until they reached their destination. Once they arrived in the Great Hall, they were laughing at a joke Oliver had told about a wizard and two statues. Kayla sat down between Roxanne and Heather, still laughing.
"What did you do to your hair?" asked Roxanne.
"I made it purple. Do we have toast? Good, something I recognize," Kayla said, ignoring the pair's shocked looks. "Could you pass the butter?"
"But.why?"
"Because I'm hungry."
"No, your hair."
Kayla rolled her eyes, pretending to be exasperated, but then smiled.
"Go ask Oliver, he knows. He asked, too."
Heather gasped. "You talked to Oliver? Did he say anything about Brandi or Michelle?"
Kayla gave her a puzzled looked, which quickly changed to one of understanding. "No, but they're the friends who like him, aren't they?"
"Yeah.they've fancied him for awhile."
"Well, um, ok. do you know some twins with red hair?"
"Mmm-hmmm. Their names are Fred and George Weasley," said Roxanne.
"Weasley? Why does that name seem familiar?"
"They have a brother who's a prefect, Percy."
"Wow.they're so different. I think Percy is an-"
"Hey guys," Michelle and Brandi said at the same moment, stopping Kayla from finishing her sentence.
"Hey," said Kayla. "I talked to Oliver this morning."
"Omigosh, you did?" said Michelle. "What happened?"
"I fell down the stairs, we talked, and we told jokes, then we came down here, and I sat here, and he sat there," Kayla said, gesturing to the other end of the table.
"No, don't do that, he'll think we're talking about him!" said Brandi.
".So?"
"He doesn't know we like him!"
"So?"
"It would be bad!"
Kayla just shook her head. "You people are really making my head hurt. What classes do we have first?"
Roxanne handed Kayla her schedule. "We have Divination first, then after lunch, Charms."
"Ugh, Divination first? I still don't know why I bothered to sign up for that class."
"We'll have to go in a few minutes, so if you want anything else-"
Michelle was interrupted as the owls came streaming in through the windows. A lot of people looked like they had been sent things they had forgotten to pack. Kayla, however, saw that she had been delivered two letters. She slipped them in her pockets, planning on reading them at later, when she had time.
"Well, it's time to go now. C'mon," said Roxanne.
The five girls stood and walked out of the hall; other students were leaving, too. They made their way to the tower, as Kayla told them the joke about the wizard and the two statues. They were laughing once they reached Professor Trelawney's tower, as Michelle and Brandi turned out to know quite a few good jokes.
Once in the Divination classroom, the group all sat down at the same table. Kayla almost immediately began playing with the candle flame. She nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard a voice right next to her ear.
"Have any trouble getting up the stairs?" It was Oliver.
Kayla gave him a sarcastic smile. "Yeah, I made it up just fine."
Before either of them could speak again, Kayla let out a shout because she'd left her finger on the flame too long. She jumped up and stuck her finger in her mouth, when another voice near her ear startled her.
"You must always be aware of your surroundings, my dear," said the voice. Kayla was so surprised that she jumped back into Oliver, knocking him over. He grabbed her wrist as he went down, tipping over a table. From her position on the floor, Kayla began laughing. Oliver had an amused smile on his face as he got up. The owner of the voice turned out to be Professor Trelawney, and she did not look happy.
"Miss Beltayne, I do not find this funny."
Kayla was still giggling as Oliver helped her up and they righted the table. When Kayla had sat down, Professor Trelawney once more began to speak.
"You must always be aware of your surroundings and events in your lives, as there are subtle signs in them that hint at future situations you may find yourselves in."
Professor Trelawney looked at her students as if she held the secret to all of their lives.
"Take what just happened to Miss Beltayne as an example. Her burning her finger shows that she will soon experience unhappy circumstances, and although she should recognize them, they will take her by surprise."
Kayla put up her hand, looking very serious.
"Professor Trelawney, I had a dream last night, and I was wondering if you could interpret it for me."
"Why yes, my dear, by all means, tell us. We will interpret it as a class."
"It started out with a wizard in a town park."
"Ah, a park, take note of that."
"He came upon two statues. One statue was male and the other was female. They were positioned on opposite ends of the park, facing each other with their arms extended out as if to embrace. The wizard stood there for a long time examining their sad facial expressions until he got an idea.
"He immediately opened up his bag of tricks and cast a spell on the statues to bring them to life. Once the statues realized they were human, they quickly ran up to him. The wizard, obviously pleased with himself, told the statues that they could finally be together as a couple but there was one condition. He said, 'Go off and experience with each other whatever you've wanted to do for all these years but you must be back within a half an hour before the spell wears off.'"
Kayla paused to take a breath. She saw Oliver and her friends smiling because they had recognized the joke. Allowing herself a small smile, she continued.
"Wasting no time, they quickly ran off into the bushes. The wizard, with great pride, sat down on a park bench and waited patiently. Fifteen minutes later the two statues came walking back to him.
The wizard, with great shock exclaimed, 'For over a hundred years you both have bore your passions and now that you have your chance, you come back after only fifteen minutes? Go back to the bushes and continue what you were doing before you lose your only chance!'
With that in mind the female turns to the male and exclaims, 'The old man's right! But this time you hold down the pigeons and I'll crap on them!'
The class erupted in laughter. Professor Trelawney did not look happy.
"Miss Beltayne, I see an unhappy year ahead for you. Please tell jokes on your own time."
"Yes, Miss Cleo," said Kayla. Her reference to the American psychic con was lost on Professor Trelawney, though, since she was known only in the U.S.
Professor Trelawney spent the rest of the class time to explain what they would be studying for the rest of the year. Lessons would be taught on various ways Muggles had found to successfully predict the future, such as the I Ching, Viking runes, and Tarot cards.
After the class was over, the students headed down the stairs to go to lunch. The group laughed over Kayla's practical joke on Professor Trelawney. Before entering the Great Hall, Kayla sent her friends ahead. She sat down on a staircase and pulled out the letters she received that morning. She saw they were from two of her friends, Jake and Courtney. She opened the one from Courtney first.
Hey girl! How's your first day been? Jake and I decided to write you some letters so you wouldn't be feeling all-lonely and stuff. I want to hear everything about your first week. New people you've met, the teachers whose heads you've messed with, and most of all, what guys (if any) you've come across. Guess what?!? If we can get the okay from all of our parents, then Jess, Kelly, and I can all come over there for winter break! That would be so awesome if we could. I can't wait to hear back from you! Courtney
The next one she opened was from Jake, one of her best guy friends.
Hey Kay-kay!
How's it going? The summer holidays have been kinda boring, but, hey, what else is new? You don't have to write about all you've been doing, because I can just read Courtney's letter, and you won't have to write it all twice. Jess, Kelly, and Courtney asked if I wanted to go to visit you over the break, but I can't. My parents are taking my brother and me to the Bahamas (takes pause to laugh at all you poor people who are going to be cold.) Well, I got to go, we're going to buy my new stuff! Hugs! Jake
Kayla smiled and put the letters in her pocket, stood, and walked into the Great Hall for lunch. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Chapter 2
Kayla woke to someone shaking her.
"What? I'm sleeping, go away."
"Kayla, wake up, we have to go to class. You've got five minutes to get ready."
Kayla jumped up and looked at the clock in the room. It said it was 5:30 AM.
"Hey. That was unfair," Kayla said, turning around to look at Heather, who was the one who woke her up.
"Well, it works on Roxanne, I figured I'd try it on you," Heather said with a shrug and a smile. "Besides, if you want to take a shower, now's a good time to get it over with. I'm going to get these three up.or try to, anyway."
Kayla got out of the shower about ten minutes later, and was nearly knocked over as Michelle rushed by her to get inside.
"Geez, what's her rush?"
Brandi laughed. "She's got this weird problem with being dirty, don't worry about it. She's really strange, but fun to be around."
Kayla sat down on her bed. "Speaking of strange people, who are some people I should watch out for?"
The remaining three looked at each other. "Where should we start?" said Heather. "There a lot, it seems."
"Well, start with the teachers, they're going to be the ones I'll have to worry about first."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
An hour and a half later, Kayla felt ready to face her teachers, after many stories and jokes. She now knew what bugged them, and she was going to take advantage of that.
She'd told her roommates she would be down in a few minutes, after assuring them she would be able to find her way down to the Great Hall. She actually had no clue how to get there, but she figured she could find someone to tag along with. Kayla wanted them to go ahead because she wanted to dye her hair, and wanted it to be a surprise. She found a spell in a book once on how to change hair color and remembered the spell for later use.
Kayla placed the tip of the wand at the top of her head, and imagined the type of style she wanted. Saying the words Pielo Maroda, a purple color spread through her hair, leaving chunky streaks in her light brown hair.
Kayla grinned at her reflection in the mirror. The mirror, however, did not think it looked so great.
"Dear, you look ridiculous."
Kayla smiled wider.
"You were made in Britain, weren't you? No wonder you're so uptight, even for a mirror."
Kayla left the room, not wasting another second on arguing with a mirror.
As she entered the Common Room, she spotted three guys leaving. Two of them appeared to be twins, with red hair on both of them. She couldn't see the third person's face, but hurried to catch up with them.
"Hey!" she called out. The three guys turned around and looked at her. Three sets of eyebrows rose at the site of her hair. Kayla grinned to herself.
"Hi. Sorry, I'm new. I'm not sure how to get back to the Great Hall. Are you guys heading there now?"
The third person, who she had not noticed until this moment, spoke.
"Well, I am," he said with a Scottish accent. "But these two are going, well, I don't know."
The twins stepped forward. "We're Gred and Forge. Nice to meet you," they said at the same time.
Kayla giggled.
"That's nice to know. I'm Kayla."
The supposed Gred and Forge glanced at each other.
"The American, right?"
Kayla nodded. The two stepped forward and took her away from the third person so he couldn't hear.
"Well, we found your permanent record-" "Don't ask how-" "And if you ever need any help, just ask-" "'Cause we get in a fair amount of trouble ourselves."
Kayla laughed. "I'll keep that in mind. Thanks guys."
"Well, we'll be leaving now. See you later, Oliver, Kayla."
Kayla watched them walk away, and then turned to the remaining guy.
"So you're Oliver, huh?" Kayla asked as they began to walk down a flight of stairs. "The Quidditch guy?"
"Heard of me?" he said, somewhat teasingly, flashing a smile. Kayla tripped and fell down the last two steps.
"Shit," she muttered.
Oliver quickly knelt down beside her.
"Are you okay?" he asked, obviously concerned.
"Yea, I'm fine. I tend to fall down a lot, actually. I was kinda hoping it was just a thing in America, but I guess I'll fall down no matter where I am."
"Well, while you're here, I'll be around to help you up," he said with another smile. She nearly fell again, but he held her up, preventing her from another visit to the floor.
"Are you sure you're fine?"
Kayla nodded. "Yup, I'm good now."
They walked down a corridor and ducked behind a tapestry before either of them spoke again.
"Where in Scotland are you from?" Kayla asked.
"Around Edinburgh. Why do you ask?" he said.
"Just a little curious. I had a friend once from Glasgow."
"So what's with the purple hair?" Oliver asked her.
"Why not? I like it. It makes everything more interesting when things are different, and why not make things interesting, even if it's in a small way, like changing hair color?" Kayla grinned at Oliver. "Can I make yours red?"
Oliver smiled back. Kayla felt her legs go a little shaky, but kept walking.
"What do you think?" he said. "I think blue would be cool."
They continued to chat pleasantly until they reached their destination. Once they arrived in the Great Hall, they were laughing at a joke Oliver had told about a wizard and two statues. Kayla sat down between Roxanne and Heather, still laughing.
"What did you do to your hair?" asked Roxanne.
"I made it purple. Do we have toast? Good, something I recognize," Kayla said, ignoring the pair's shocked looks. "Could you pass the butter?"
"But.why?"
"Because I'm hungry."
"No, your hair."
Kayla rolled her eyes, pretending to be exasperated, but then smiled.
"Go ask Oliver, he knows. He asked, too."
Heather gasped. "You talked to Oliver? Did he say anything about Brandi or Michelle?"
Kayla gave her a puzzled looked, which quickly changed to one of understanding. "No, but they're the friends who like him, aren't they?"
"Yeah.they've fancied him for awhile."
"Well, um, ok. do you know some twins with red hair?"
"Mmm-hmmm. Their names are Fred and George Weasley," said Roxanne.
"Weasley? Why does that name seem familiar?"
"They have a brother who's a prefect, Percy."
"Wow.they're so different. I think Percy is an-"
"Hey guys," Michelle and Brandi said at the same moment, stopping Kayla from finishing her sentence.
"Hey," said Kayla. "I talked to Oliver this morning."
"Omigosh, you did?" said Michelle. "What happened?"
"I fell down the stairs, we talked, and we told jokes, then we came down here, and I sat here, and he sat there," Kayla said, gesturing to the other end of the table.
"No, don't do that, he'll think we're talking about him!" said Brandi.
".So?"
"He doesn't know we like him!"
"So?"
"It would be bad!"
Kayla just shook her head. "You people are really making my head hurt. What classes do we have first?"
Roxanne handed Kayla her schedule. "We have Divination first, then after lunch, Charms."
"Ugh, Divination first? I still don't know why I bothered to sign up for that class."
"We'll have to go in a few minutes, so if you want anything else-"
Michelle was interrupted as the owls came streaming in through the windows. A lot of people looked like they had been sent things they had forgotten to pack. Kayla, however, saw that she had been delivered two letters. She slipped them in her pockets, planning on reading them at later, when she had time.
"Well, it's time to go now. C'mon," said Roxanne.
The five girls stood and walked out of the hall; other students were leaving, too. They made their way to the tower, as Kayla told them the joke about the wizard and the two statues. They were laughing once they reached Professor Trelawney's tower, as Michelle and Brandi turned out to know quite a few good jokes.
Once in the Divination classroom, the group all sat down at the same table. Kayla almost immediately began playing with the candle flame. She nearly jumped out of her seat when she heard a voice right next to her ear.
"Have any trouble getting up the stairs?" It was Oliver.
Kayla gave him a sarcastic smile. "Yeah, I made it up just fine."
Before either of them could speak again, Kayla let out a shout because she'd left her finger on the flame too long. She jumped up and stuck her finger in her mouth, when another voice near her ear startled her.
"You must always be aware of your surroundings, my dear," said the voice. Kayla was so surprised that she jumped back into Oliver, knocking him over. He grabbed her wrist as he went down, tipping over a table. From her position on the floor, Kayla began laughing. Oliver had an amused smile on his face as he got up. The owner of the voice turned out to be Professor Trelawney, and she did not look happy.
"Miss Beltayne, I do not find this funny."
Kayla was still giggling as Oliver helped her up and they righted the table. When Kayla had sat down, Professor Trelawney once more began to speak.
"You must always be aware of your surroundings and events in your lives, as there are subtle signs in them that hint at future situations you may find yourselves in."
Professor Trelawney looked at her students as if she held the secret to all of their lives.
"Take what just happened to Miss Beltayne as an example. Her burning her finger shows that she will soon experience unhappy circumstances, and although she should recognize them, they will take her by surprise."
Kayla put up her hand, looking very serious.
"Professor Trelawney, I had a dream last night, and I was wondering if you could interpret it for me."
"Why yes, my dear, by all means, tell us. We will interpret it as a class."
"It started out with a wizard in a town park."
"Ah, a park, take note of that."
"He came upon two statues. One statue was male and the other was female. They were positioned on opposite ends of the park, facing each other with their arms extended out as if to embrace. The wizard stood there for a long time examining their sad facial expressions until he got an idea.
"He immediately opened up his bag of tricks and cast a spell on the statues to bring them to life. Once the statues realized they were human, they quickly ran up to him. The wizard, obviously pleased with himself, told the statues that they could finally be together as a couple but there was one condition. He said, 'Go off and experience with each other whatever you've wanted to do for all these years but you must be back within a half an hour before the spell wears off.'"
Kayla paused to take a breath. She saw Oliver and her friends smiling because they had recognized the joke. Allowing herself a small smile, she continued.
"Wasting no time, they quickly ran off into the bushes. The wizard, with great pride, sat down on a park bench and waited patiently. Fifteen minutes later the two statues came walking back to him.
The wizard, with great shock exclaimed, 'For over a hundred years you both have bore your passions and now that you have your chance, you come back after only fifteen minutes? Go back to the bushes and continue what you were doing before you lose your only chance!'
With that in mind the female turns to the male and exclaims, 'The old man's right! But this time you hold down the pigeons and I'll crap on them!'
The class erupted in laughter. Professor Trelawney did not look happy.
"Miss Beltayne, I see an unhappy year ahead for you. Please tell jokes on your own time."
"Yes, Miss Cleo," said Kayla. Her reference to the American psychic con was lost on Professor Trelawney, though, since she was known only in the U.S.
Professor Trelawney spent the rest of the class time to explain what they would be studying for the rest of the year. Lessons would be taught on various ways Muggles had found to successfully predict the future, such as the I Ching, Viking runes, and Tarot cards.
After the class was over, the students headed down the stairs to go to lunch. The group laughed over Kayla's practical joke on Professor Trelawney. Before entering the Great Hall, Kayla sent her friends ahead. She sat down on a staircase and pulled out the letters she received that morning. She saw they were from two of her friends, Jake and Courtney. She opened the one from Courtney first.
Hey girl! How's your first day been? Jake and I decided to write you some letters so you wouldn't be feeling all-lonely and stuff. I want to hear everything about your first week. New people you've met, the teachers whose heads you've messed with, and most of all, what guys (if any) you've come across. Guess what?!? If we can get the okay from all of our parents, then Jess, Kelly, and I can all come over there for winter break! That would be so awesome if we could. I can't wait to hear back from you! Courtney
The next one she opened was from Jake, one of her best guy friends.
Hey Kay-kay!
How's it going? The summer holidays have been kinda boring, but, hey, what else is new? You don't have to write about all you've been doing, because I can just read Courtney's letter, and you won't have to write it all twice. Jess, Kelly, and Courtney asked if I wanted to go to visit you over the break, but I can't. My parents are taking my brother and me to the Bahamas (takes pause to laugh at all you poor people who are going to be cold.) Well, I got to go, we're going to buy my new stuff! Hugs! Jake
Kayla smiled and put the letters in her pocket, stood, and walked into the Great Hall for lunch. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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