~*Classes*~
A/N: Hi!! Hope you have been having fun, reading my stories and all. ^_~ More writers block follows. *sigh* Oh don't worry. After this, it will only be a short bit of each class. Not as detailed.
She walked into the class where a stern looking teacher sat. I smiled at her. She didn't seem to see it though, because she kept frowning at her students. When we all sat frown, she read attendance and I noticed it was a Hufflepuff and Griffindor class. The very first thing she did was transforming her desk into a pig, which everybody was amazed at. And then we all got matches to turn into needles. I remembered the books entry and tapped away, but I only managed to get the top part a little bit pointy and silver before the bell rung. Then I ran up to Griffindor Tower and grabbed my Charms books, and ran down to Charms, once again following Hermione.
The Professor here was small and funny looking. The class started the same, mostly just an introduction to charms, which I found quite interesting. I eagerly hung onto every word he said. In our books, it said,
"Chapter 1
Charms is a fairly simple class, but can be difficult of a few amount of witches and wizards. For the easier charms, you just need to pronounce the charm or spell correctly for it to work. Also, you should have a good motion of your wand. A nice swish and flick motion is good for beginners. While swishing, you should begin to say the spell, and when you flick, you should finish the last syllable of the word. Do not stutter while saying a charm, or something that was not expected may happen."
Then the bell rang for lunch. I trudged down and waited for the food to appear. Right before that happened, I felt something grow warm. I pulled out my charm, and gasped. The jewels on it had turned red! It was glowing a steady red! I stopped gaping, and for some strange reason my hand reached into my book bag and pulled out my lunar calendar. Tonight was a full moon! Did that mean that danger was going to happen? Did this mean something drastic was going to happen tonight that would affect me? I shrugged it off when the plates filled up with delicious looking sandwiches and pickles and other things. I filled up my plate and gobbled down turkey sandwiches filled with mustard and roast beef. I ate my way through three sandwiches, two goblets of apple juice, and five pickles before I was fully satisfied. I swear! I'm going to grow fat like this someday. I saw a girl staring at me. I stopped.
"Hi!" I said.
"Hey! What's your name? What year are you in? You're in Griffindor right? Do you hate Harry Potter too? Did you just come here? I never saw you before." She said, the words shooting out of her mouth like bullets in a gun.
I paused and blinked. "My name is Arabella. But you can call me Bella. I'm a first year Griffindor." I said slowly. "What's your name?"
The girl smiled, showing her teeth, which were unusually straight. She had shoulder length dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes. She had freckles, and she had a strange smile. Just by looking at it I knew we would be best friends. "I'm Carolyn. I'm a Griffindor first year too!"
"Oh!" I said, happily. "That means…" I paused and took out my schedule. "…that you have Herbology next?" I asked.
She paused too, and took out her schedule. "Yup!" She cried happily. "Hey… we have Herbology with the Hufflepuffs!"
"Really?" I asked.
"Uh… yea! We do…" she replied.
"You finished with your lunch?" I asked.
"Yea," she answered back. "Let's go get our books."
"Alright!" I said and leaped up. She ran ahead, and I decided to have another look at my charm. This time it was regular. Whatever that was. I ran to catch up, and ran right into a girl.
"OW!" she cried angrily. I paused. I looked up. I smiled weakly.
"Er… sorry," I said and began to walk away when she grabbed my arm.
"Where do you think your going?" she asked me.
"Uh… nowhere?" I squeaked.
"Exactly," she said. She held up a fist. I closed my eyes, but nothing came. I looked up, seeing a Griffindor crest on her school robes, and her fist still raised above me. I took my chance.
"You're in Griffindor?" I squeaked.
"Yea…" she said. "So?"
"I'm a Griffindor too!" I said, trying to sound friendly, but failed to.
"Okay… So?" then her eyes lit up. "What year?" she asked.
"First year," I said, relaxing a little.
"I'm a second," she said with a grin. I took this chance to run for it. I ran and ran with all my might, until I collided into something solid, again. This time, I fell back on my butt.
"Ow…" the girl and me groaned. The girls voice sounded familiar. In a good way.
"Carolyn?" I asked. "Is that you?"
"Huh? Yea... its me…" she replied blearily.
"But, but how… how did I catch up to you so fast?" I stuttered.
"Huh?" she asked. "What do you mean?"
"How… did I catch up you… so fast?" I said, slowly.
"Oh! I noticed you were gone after a while and ran back to get you," she said hastily.
"Thanks!" I mumbled.
"Your welcome!" she replied with a huge smile on her face.
I smiled back and we trudged back up to Griffindor Tower, exhausted from our run. We got to the fat lady and said the password, (broomsticks) climbed in and ran up to our dormitories. Everybody was already there, getting ready. I wordlessly got my dragon hide gloves and started down the stairs alongside everybody else. Carolyn rushed ahead, grinned at me and kept running, her head down. I laughed and followed her at a run.
"Meow!" came an excited shout from Oreo.
I laughed and ran out of the door to Greenhouse #1. The professor in this room, or greenhouse was small, and rather dumpy looking. She had flyaway gray hair and a hearty laugh. She began the lesson by introducing Herbology.
"Herbology is important for medicine and knowledge of plants. It can be vital for survival and is also very useful. It is the study of plants. There are many plants in the world, both in the Muggle world and in the Magical world. Both are extremely vital in the uses of Herbology. Sometimes, Herbology may have a bit of potion-making involved, but not usually." She finished.
We got further lectured on Herbology until it was time to go. Oreo was asleep in his pouch. I lifted him up and he stirred awake. I laughed and squished his nose against mine. I dropped him off, this time in the common room where he stretched his legs. I picked him back up and went to the last class of the day. The teacher, who was a ghost, was named Professor Binns. His lesson was the worst of them all. He droned on about how History of Magic was about and told us the most boring things and bits of historical facts. Once the lesson was over, I dashed out and ran into the Great Hall. I sat by Ryan, Carolyn, and Andy. We were all talking about something.
"Hey! It's the second owl post of the day!" somebody cried. All conversation stopped as owls swooped in. I held my breath, hoping for something. Midnight dropped a letter right by me. I smiled and offered him the crust of my bread. He gobbled it up gratefully and flew off to the owlrey. Oreo who was right next to my plate meowed and ate some turkey. I gabbed the letter and peeled it open. It was from my mom.
"Dear Arabella,
Please be careful tonight. I was doing research when I found out your father was a wizard. ((Here there was a rather large hole where words were supposed to be and then.)) It will be a long night, I can assure you that much. Be careful. Who knows what's in store for you tonight. Only bring your closest friends."
I sat there, puzzled. I handed it over to each of my friends in turn and they all nodded at me. An adventure had started. Again.
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*clucks* lolz… Poor Arabella… more coming up, and thanks Lisa! Lol…