Chapter 7-

Ron woke up to the sound of singing "RISE AND SHINE AND GIVE THE DAY UR GLORY GLORY, RISE, AND, SHINE, AND, GIVE THE DAY UR GLORY GLORY"

Ron had no idea where it was coming from but he threw his pillow out into the open. His eyes were still shut even though he was awake, and he listened to the song stop momentarily. He had no idea if he had hit someone with his pillow. Suddenly the music started again and he was hit in the face with the light and fluffy pillow. He jerked up, eyes wide open, and ready to KILL whomever was singing.

"SHUT UP!" he screamed, looking around the room. His eyes finally lay on a tall red haired girl.

"Morning sun shine" she said, smiling evilly.

Ron growled "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

The girl smiled and laughed. "Thought id give the guys a good old wake up call at 5 am!"

She almost leapt out of the room laughing. Ron glared. He lay back down, thinking.... He had almost forgotten he had had that dream again, when he was running and couldn't find where the screams had come from.... Thanks to that girl he had totally forgotten the different ending.... Shaking his head, he fell back asleep for another 2 hours.

"An owl?" Hermione said questionably passing a stack of pancakes to Ron.

"Yes, and owl, I dunno what I'm gonna call her." he answered grabbing a fork full of pancake.

"You're already naming her?" Hermione laughed. "Well, if she comes back 2night then I will!"

Ron looked over at the door and saw Ellie walking in hobbling just a bit. She walked over to the table.

"'Scuse me, is this seat taken?" She stood above the seat across from Ron and next to Hermione.

"No." Harry, Hermione and Ron all answered at the same time.

"Great" Ellie sat down and began to search threw her bag.

"How is your leg?" Ron asked. He looked her over. She seemed very tired, and she had circles around her eyes. Her hair was nice and shiny and her blue eyes stood out when she looked up to answer him.

"Me leg is doing just fine thank you. My friend Alex works wonders with medicine." She smiled sweetly and kept searching threw her bag.

"What are you looking for?" harry asked, he too looking over at Ellie.

"Oh, just me schedule, can we all compare?"

"Yea sure, Hey har- get your schedule yet?" Ron watched harry pull out his crumbled schedule from his pocket. Ron got his and they compared. Hermione waited impatiently.

"Ron hurry up, save your studying for actually academics, your brain power won't last long so use it for the right things!"

Harry laughed and Ron glared at her. "Well Hermione maybe you can lend me some of your brain power since you already have so much."

Hermione Grunted and looked over Eliie's Schedule.

"Hey you have all the same classes as them." She said "which means you have the same ones as me, I'll show you around later!"

Hermione and Ellie continued to ramble on about classes and such while Ron and harry talked about Quidditch.

Breakfast was over and the food had disappeared off their plates.

"What do we have first?" Ellie said, and Ron and Harry walked beside her.

She was looking at her schedule moving her finger along the words. The boys stopped as they reached the stairs, but Ellie kept moving, soon she had fallen and landed on the first three steps. Her books flew everywhere and her bottle of blue ink rolled down the first step. Harry and Ron rushed over to her, only to find her laughing.

"Are you OK?" they asked, looking at her smiling face.

"I'm fine" she laughed, picking up her inkbottle, which had somehow not smashed. "This just proves my point of clumsiness"

She smiled as she scrambled to pick up her papers. After the boys had helped her straighten everything out, and they had found they had Herbology, they hurried off.

Hermione hadn't gone with them since she wanted to talk to DumbleDor about some of her classes. The day passed slowing threw each class, anytime Ron looked at the clock or grabbed Hermione's watch, and time seemed to moving slower. Finally it was lunch, halfway threw the day.

"Who makes all this amazing food." Ellie asked, in the middle of her sandwich. Before anyone could answer Hermione puffed "house elves."

She glared at Ron and Harry and they both looked down at their plates, trying not to snicker.

"Oh." was Ellie's reply and she took another bite of her turkey sandwich.

They chatted quietly about their classes, and what classes they had later today, and what might they do tonight.

"We could just hang out in the common room and study?" Hermione suggested, sipping her ginerale.

"Oh, sounds...exciting!" Ron said sarcastically. "That's exactly how I want to spend my first real day here, studying!"

Harry laughed quietly.

"Well, its not like it would hurt?" Hermione tried, but Ron shrugged her off, his mind was on chess.

He looked at Ellie "Have you ever played Wizards Chess before?"

Ellie shook her head "A few times..." She smiled "I'm not very good...."

Harry laughed patting Ron on the back. "Then you don't want to play with Ron he's the best, I don't think he's ever lost a match."

Hermione smiled. "Yea, that's one thing you've mastered Ron" Ron looked at her, his nose scrunched for a second, then became normal.

"I don't see you mastering anything but books Hermione." Ron laughed and looked back over at Ellie while Hermione just glared at him.

"Want to play?" Ron asked her, hoping she would say yes. He took a bite of his sandwich.

"Sure." she answered taking one last bite before her lunch disappeared.

They left the lunch room together, all four of them. While they walked out Ellie taped Ron on the shoulder,

"Whose that?" She pointed at Malfoy.

"He's a snake" Ron answered.

Ellie smiled "OK, just checking."

They caught up with Hermione and harry and walked to there next class.

They had always been the three musketeers, Ron thought. But now, he wouldn't mind another. The four musketeers... It doesn't sound so bad.