Chapter 8- Daisies

"First years, please follow me, keep up now." Our prefect shouted as we scurried as quickly as possible while looking madly around.

"Uhhh… Is that was I think it is?" a brunette along side me asked, her voice quivering. I looked to where she seemed to be staring in shock. Twenty or more ghosts were flying through a wall in deep conversation. Still they seemed to hear the stop in conversation and gasps.

"Ahh... look, the first years have arrived, It's a shame we missed the Sorting, but the council really needed a meeting… that Peeves…" Mumbled a Ghost with an elaborate outfit and cape. His partner agreed, and then he swooped down. I resisted the urge to duck. "Welcome to Hogwarts, I'm Sir Nicholas de Mimsy, The Gryffindor ghost." He proudly stated, puffing out his chest.

From behind me, a voice spoke out, "Aren't you nearly headless Nick? My brothers told me all about you."

"I'm Sir Nicholas, please." He turned his nose somewhat in the air disgusted, as if he had been spit on.

"Nearly headless Nick? Why nearly headless?" asked the brunette next to me curiously.

"Because of this." He grabbed his hair and pulled. His head moved and where his neck should have been, chopped cuts that looked awfully painful laid. He released his hair and his head dropped down, dangling from a slither of skin.

"Ugh! That's nasty!" The crowd shouted. The brunette's hand flew to her mouth. I felt sick with a second glance, thankfully he soon swung it back up and on. Looking pleased with himself due to the reactions and lot more cheerful then before, he swooped away leaving me in shock.

"Come on, let's keep moving, I'm sure you all are tired, and tomorrow is your first day of lessons." The prefect shouted, starting to climb. Suddenly I realized how sleepy I was. My feet seemed to be a thousand and more pounds each. It had been a long day and the large amount of towering stairs didn't help. "Here we are," she exclaimed stopping in front of a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress, I was too tired to jump in surprise when she raised her eyebrow.

"Password?" she questioned, her double chin bouncing a little.

"Rhinos' breath" she replied and as I hid a snicker behind my hand, Rhino's breath, that's funny. The portrait swung open to reveal a round door, what we need to jump up to get through. I climbed in, and followed the rest into the middle of a large room. "Welcome to Gryffindor. This is the common room that you'll be spending most of your time in. Wither studying, playing games or just hanging out with your friends, this is most likely to be your favorite place, I know it's mine." The light haired prefect announced.

"No, mine has to be the place where we eat." James declared trumpifly. He had consumed more food in one meal then I had in a lifetime. Even more surprising, he topped it off with a bowl of strawberry coconut ice cream, two pies, and cherry cobbler.

"Girls dormitories to the left door, and the boys to the right. The bathing rooms, at the top. Any questions? Good, see you tomorrow at breakfast!" She smiled as we tiredly started to climb. I waved good bye to James and Sirius as they stayed behind to pester the prefect. The food they had eaten had given them new found energy, making me feel sorry for the blond girl trapped by them.

Finally at the top of the staircase I found my room. 'First years' hung on a sign posted in large print on the large oak door. Heaving the door open, I was greeted warmly with red and gold trimmings. The cherry oak, four poster, squashy beds were polished till they reflected the room around them. Effortlessly draped the deepest of reds, and hung heavily with gold curtains that shimmered like Dumbledore's beard. Like the common room it was warm and inviting. Next to each of the five beds was a dressing table, chair and set of drawers, all in the same cherry oak. In the middle of the circular room was a round table, were laid a basket with a cat's head poking out of it, glaring at everyone in the room. He growled warningly as I came in the room. A girl, dark skinned, pretty, thin and lanky, moved towards the growling feline. "OSCAR!!!" she declared picking up the fluffy, gray and white cat out of his basket, "Knock it off already, honestly!" she shook her head stroking her grumpy cat gently. "Oh! Hello there!" she smiled looking up at me. The three other girls turned around.

"Hello, I'm Lily." I smiled as warmly as the rest of the happy lot.

"I'm Clarisse Cantar," said the girl holding the cat. "That's Angelia Stewart," She pointed to a blond blue eyed ponytail barer. "Breanna," she gestured to a dark curly haired girl with a pleasantly plump, olive toned face. "And Victoria." An average height, brown eyed brunette smiled at me quietly. The same one I noticed who walked next to me on the way up.

"Hello." I smiled back at their replies.

"Oh this will never do!" Angelia stated shaking her head instantly, her ponytail flopping around. "Girls, we have to have a slumber party to break the ice! The sooner, the quicker we can do more then just grunt at each other! Seriously!" I started to laugh at her antics, what soon turned into a yawn.

"How about Friday night, personally I'm way to tired to even try staying awake." Breanna yawned.

I shook my head in agreement, stretching. "Excellent!:" Angelia chirped, "Oh lily, your bed is over there." She pointed where Gutosh lay.

"Thanks," I smiled, "I'm way to tired to have ever found it." I felt like it too, my legs felt like anchors.

"No problem, I know how that feels." She said, I had to smile at that, she seemed way to chipper for me to ever imagine her being drowsy. I opened up my trunk at the foot of my bed, noticing Gutosh's face didn't appear. I threw on my pj's and hopped into the softest bed I have ever slept on. Like the others I blew out the gigantic candle that helped brighten up the large airy room. Pulling the curtains around my bed, I didn't even have to move. To tired, I wasn't surprised when they did it themselves.

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