Chapter 7
Camillo, Eleanora, and Katrina followed the prefects up what seemed like an endless amount of staircases. They walked silently while they tried to take in their surroundings. 'Careful of the staircases they like to move. Guess they don't like being in the same place for to long.' One of the prefects told them. Camillo cast a worried look in Eleanora's direction, which she quickly reciprocated.
'Will it ever end!?' Katrina was complaining. A female prefect with cherry blonde hair turned around and looked at Katrina 'The Ravenclaw dormitory is the most...strenuous to get to. But I am sure when you see it you will be pleased.' Katrina just smiled and trudged on.
After what seemed like miles of stairs and corridors they stopped in front of a large statue. The plaque at the bottom read "Napoleon Bonaparte. Did you really think he could take over Europe without magic?!"
As Camillo read it she laughed softly. She was educated in muggle social studies for she felt an odd interest in it. She had always assumed Napoleon had something aiding him. The students around Camillo however looked baffled. One of the prefects explained.
"This statue is of a famous muggle in their history. Few people pay any attention to this statue, or any other one for that matter. Hence this is the perfect place for the entrance of a dormitory." The prefect then turned to the statue and said, "Sour bats." This was obviously the password because the statue suddenly split in half to reveal a staircase. The odd thing was that there was no stairs above the statues head but when you stepped into the statue and looked up the stairs went on for quite a bit longer.
Looking around she noticed that many of her fellow Ravenclawers shared her surprise. Nonetheless they followed the prefects up the stairs (single file for that was all there was room for) and into the common room.
Camillo looked around in astonishment. The room was very large with four doors on each of the four walls. One was directly behind them, which lead down the stairs they had just come up. The prefects explained that the two on the left and right lead to the girls and boys dormitories. When Camillo asked where the last door lead the cherry blonde prefect told her that it lead to the roof.
Intrigued Camillo stepped towards the door but the prefect stood in her way. 'Not tonight. You are tired and one should only see the world from the view of the roof when one can know the full extent of it's beauty.' Camillo understood and went over to talk to Katrina and Eleanora.
The common room was quite beautiful in its self. The walls were draped with blue and bronze silk fabric and there was a large fireplace on the eastern wall. Couches of soft blue velvet were placed in front of the fireplace. Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora sat on one of these couches.
They talked of the ceremony and the upcoming school year that lay before them. Eleanora and Camillo talked excitedly about the new muggle movie coming out in December called Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King when suddenly Camillo was struck by a rather depressing thought. She had not seen Caspian for hours! She quickly told her friends that she would be right back. She went through the door on the left which lead to the girl's dormitory and on the second bed to the right lay all her belongings, including Caspian in a large metal box. She opened the cage and put her hand in. He crawled up her arm and came to rest on her shoulder looking much more pleased with his current location he began to doze off.
Camillo brought Caspian out to meet her friends. When Katrina and Eleanora saw Caspian they were suddenly struck with the same rembrance that Camillo had earlier. They rushed to their room and emerged with pets of their own. Eleanora had a black cat with a white patch of fur in the shape of a diamond on its forehead. Eleanora said its name was Diamond Flame. Katrina had a little green tree frog whom she called Waffles.
For the rest of the night Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora stayed up talking about various things thou Camillo found it hard to concentrate as her thought's kept straying towards the girl she had talked to earlier on the train.
As Camillo sat on the blue couch in front of the fireplace looking at her timetable the next morning she said, "Well it doesn't look so bad. Our first class is potions with the Slytherins. We'll see Temira there to. Hmmm I wonder if she is related to the potions teacher? His name is also Snape.' Eleanora shrugged. 'Could be. I just hope he's not to mean.'
They made their way down to the breakfast hall to have a quick breakfast (and maybe a second breakfast if there was time) before going to their first class ever in Hogwarts.
All of the other first years also looked apprehensive about class as well. They ate quietly and quickly for they did not want to be late on their first day. Camillo agreed and ate her second helping of waffles (no not the frog) quite about more quickly.
As Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora stepped into the classroom and sat in the front row they felt a chill of cold air. They were in the dungeon, this seemed to bother Katrina a little but Eleanora and Camillo seemed quite content.
They were the first ones in the class. The only other was a tall man with greasy black hair sitting at a large desk in the front of the room. He looked up briefly before continuing writing whatever he was writing paying little attention to them.
The three girls got out some parchment and their quills and ink. They were quite sure that this class would involve some sort of note taking.
Just then a large group of Slytherins came walking through the door headed by a bleach blonde boy whom they had seen earlier talking to Harry. He was saying 'Nothing like making the Ravenclaw's look bad by being the first to.' He trailed off as he saw the three girls at the front. He quickly sat at the back clearly trying not to blush.
Temira came bouncing happily into the room. She trotted right up to the large desk and said 'Daddy! Wow first class of the day and I get the crabbiest teacher!' Surprised the man raised his head and smiled before saying 'you obviously haven't had McGonagall yet. She doesn't take kindly to Slytherins.' Temira smiled and sat down beside Katrina.
Temira's father stood up and looked around to make sure everyone had arrived before saying 'Welcome, first years, to your first potions class. I am Proffeseur Snape.' He then went on a long Schpeel about how potions is a "exact art and subtle science."
He stopped suddenly as he saw Camillo's gaze wandering off and her thoughts drifting. 'You!' he said as he pointed to her and her attention snaped back to him 'You, what is your name?' She didn't hesitate before saying 'Camillo. Camillo Black sir.' He looked annoyed as he continued 'Did you hear anything that I just said?' 'Yes I did, sir.' 'Well?' 'You said.' and she rambled off his whole speech word for word. He looked surprised but this did not phase him. He quickly rattled off a few difficult questions for her to answer. And she replied with the correct answer for all of them. Looking rather impressed now he said 'Very good. Five points to Ravenclaw.'
The rest of the class was not nearly as bad as Camillo had first expected. They made a simple potion for curing magic induced Leprosy where Eleanora's perfect potion when Ravenclaw 5 more points and Malfoy's won Slytherin 10.
They walked down to the main hall to grab some lunch which they intended to eat outside on the lawn with. As they made their way to the middle of the grassy field they saw Hermoine and two other boys sitting where they were inteding to. They decided to join them. As they got closer they realized the dark haired boy was Harry Potter.
'Come to ask for my autograph?' Harry said in a rather annoyed voice.
'No! That is a bit big of yourself isn't it?' Eleanora said sharply.
'I didn't mean.it's just that people have been asking for my autograph and I.I'm sorry.' Harry said blushing.
'Who are you?' said the other boy who had brilliant red hair.
'Oh, sorry. How rude of us! I am Katrina Castor, this is Camillo Black and Elanora Gallaway. We met Hermoine on the train. We thought we would join you for lunch if it isn't to much trouble.'
'Not at all.' Said Harry 'This is Ron Weasly by the way.'
They all settled down on the cool grass and engaged themselves in conversation. Hermoine however was being unseasonably quite. Camillo realized she was herself hadn't said much either. But whenever she tried to talk to Hermoine she would just blush and look away. What's wrong with me? She thought.
Camillo needed time to think. The rest of the day seemed to take forever. But finally she managed to sneak away early from dinner. She was making her way up to the common room when Hermoine stepped out from around the corner. Surprised Camillo almost screamed and it seemed that Hermoine almost did the same. When Camillo saw that it was Hermoine something stuck in her throat and she felt her face burning up. But it was dark and Hermoine was bound not to notice. The exchanged hello's before quickly walking past each other. As Hermoine's hand brushed up against Camillo's, Camillo felt her heart leap and a sudden warmth engulf her.
Hurridley, without looking back she rushed to the Ravenclaw common room. Obviously she needed some time to think.
She opened the door to the roof and stepped outside. The air was cool and the sky was painted with little glowing stars. Camillo sat down and looked onto the horizon. She felt herself close her eyes and a weird sensation come over her.
When she opened them she was quite a bit shorter. She jumped and took flight. Her long wings beating effortlessly against the air. She flew to the tallest tower of Hogwarts and perched herself on the roof of it. What better way to think than at the top of the world?
Camillo, Eleanora, and Katrina followed the prefects up what seemed like an endless amount of staircases. They walked silently while they tried to take in their surroundings. 'Careful of the staircases they like to move. Guess they don't like being in the same place for to long.' One of the prefects told them. Camillo cast a worried look in Eleanora's direction, which she quickly reciprocated.
'Will it ever end!?' Katrina was complaining. A female prefect with cherry blonde hair turned around and looked at Katrina 'The Ravenclaw dormitory is the most...strenuous to get to. But I am sure when you see it you will be pleased.' Katrina just smiled and trudged on.
After what seemed like miles of stairs and corridors they stopped in front of a large statue. The plaque at the bottom read "Napoleon Bonaparte. Did you really think he could take over Europe without magic?!"
As Camillo read it she laughed softly. She was educated in muggle social studies for she felt an odd interest in it. She had always assumed Napoleon had something aiding him. The students around Camillo however looked baffled. One of the prefects explained.
"This statue is of a famous muggle in their history. Few people pay any attention to this statue, or any other one for that matter. Hence this is the perfect place for the entrance of a dormitory." The prefect then turned to the statue and said, "Sour bats." This was obviously the password because the statue suddenly split in half to reveal a staircase. The odd thing was that there was no stairs above the statues head but when you stepped into the statue and looked up the stairs went on for quite a bit longer.
Looking around she noticed that many of her fellow Ravenclawers shared her surprise. Nonetheless they followed the prefects up the stairs (single file for that was all there was room for) and into the common room.
Camillo looked around in astonishment. The room was very large with four doors on each of the four walls. One was directly behind them, which lead down the stairs they had just come up. The prefects explained that the two on the left and right lead to the girls and boys dormitories. When Camillo asked where the last door lead the cherry blonde prefect told her that it lead to the roof.
Intrigued Camillo stepped towards the door but the prefect stood in her way. 'Not tonight. You are tired and one should only see the world from the view of the roof when one can know the full extent of it's beauty.' Camillo understood and went over to talk to Katrina and Eleanora.
The common room was quite beautiful in its self. The walls were draped with blue and bronze silk fabric and there was a large fireplace on the eastern wall. Couches of soft blue velvet were placed in front of the fireplace. Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora sat on one of these couches.
They talked of the ceremony and the upcoming school year that lay before them. Eleanora and Camillo talked excitedly about the new muggle movie coming out in December called Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King when suddenly Camillo was struck by a rather depressing thought. She had not seen Caspian for hours! She quickly told her friends that she would be right back. She went through the door on the left which lead to the girl's dormitory and on the second bed to the right lay all her belongings, including Caspian in a large metal box. She opened the cage and put her hand in. He crawled up her arm and came to rest on her shoulder looking much more pleased with his current location he began to doze off.
Camillo brought Caspian out to meet her friends. When Katrina and Eleanora saw Caspian they were suddenly struck with the same rembrance that Camillo had earlier. They rushed to their room and emerged with pets of their own. Eleanora had a black cat with a white patch of fur in the shape of a diamond on its forehead. Eleanora said its name was Diamond Flame. Katrina had a little green tree frog whom she called Waffles.
For the rest of the night Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora stayed up talking about various things thou Camillo found it hard to concentrate as her thought's kept straying towards the girl she had talked to earlier on the train.
As Camillo sat on the blue couch in front of the fireplace looking at her timetable the next morning she said, "Well it doesn't look so bad. Our first class is potions with the Slytherins. We'll see Temira there to. Hmmm I wonder if she is related to the potions teacher? His name is also Snape.' Eleanora shrugged. 'Could be. I just hope he's not to mean.'
They made their way down to the breakfast hall to have a quick breakfast (and maybe a second breakfast if there was time) before going to their first class ever in Hogwarts.
All of the other first years also looked apprehensive about class as well. They ate quietly and quickly for they did not want to be late on their first day. Camillo agreed and ate her second helping of waffles (no not the frog) quite about more quickly.
As Camillo, Katrina, and Eleanora stepped into the classroom and sat in the front row they felt a chill of cold air. They were in the dungeon, this seemed to bother Katrina a little but Eleanora and Camillo seemed quite content.
They were the first ones in the class. The only other was a tall man with greasy black hair sitting at a large desk in the front of the room. He looked up briefly before continuing writing whatever he was writing paying little attention to them.
The three girls got out some parchment and their quills and ink. They were quite sure that this class would involve some sort of note taking.
Just then a large group of Slytherins came walking through the door headed by a bleach blonde boy whom they had seen earlier talking to Harry. He was saying 'Nothing like making the Ravenclaw's look bad by being the first to.' He trailed off as he saw the three girls at the front. He quickly sat at the back clearly trying not to blush.
Temira came bouncing happily into the room. She trotted right up to the large desk and said 'Daddy! Wow first class of the day and I get the crabbiest teacher!' Surprised the man raised his head and smiled before saying 'you obviously haven't had McGonagall yet. She doesn't take kindly to Slytherins.' Temira smiled and sat down beside Katrina.
Temira's father stood up and looked around to make sure everyone had arrived before saying 'Welcome, first years, to your first potions class. I am Proffeseur Snape.' He then went on a long Schpeel about how potions is a "exact art and subtle science."
He stopped suddenly as he saw Camillo's gaze wandering off and her thoughts drifting. 'You!' he said as he pointed to her and her attention snaped back to him 'You, what is your name?' She didn't hesitate before saying 'Camillo. Camillo Black sir.' He looked annoyed as he continued 'Did you hear anything that I just said?' 'Yes I did, sir.' 'Well?' 'You said.' and she rambled off his whole speech word for word. He looked surprised but this did not phase him. He quickly rattled off a few difficult questions for her to answer. And she replied with the correct answer for all of them. Looking rather impressed now he said 'Very good. Five points to Ravenclaw.'
The rest of the class was not nearly as bad as Camillo had first expected. They made a simple potion for curing magic induced Leprosy where Eleanora's perfect potion when Ravenclaw 5 more points and Malfoy's won Slytherin 10.
They walked down to the main hall to grab some lunch which they intended to eat outside on the lawn with. As they made their way to the middle of the grassy field they saw Hermoine and two other boys sitting where they were inteding to. They decided to join them. As they got closer they realized the dark haired boy was Harry Potter.
'Come to ask for my autograph?' Harry said in a rather annoyed voice.
'No! That is a bit big of yourself isn't it?' Eleanora said sharply.
'I didn't mean.it's just that people have been asking for my autograph and I.I'm sorry.' Harry said blushing.
'Who are you?' said the other boy who had brilliant red hair.
'Oh, sorry. How rude of us! I am Katrina Castor, this is Camillo Black and Elanora Gallaway. We met Hermoine on the train. We thought we would join you for lunch if it isn't to much trouble.'
'Not at all.' Said Harry 'This is Ron Weasly by the way.'
They all settled down on the cool grass and engaged themselves in conversation. Hermoine however was being unseasonably quite. Camillo realized she was herself hadn't said much either. But whenever she tried to talk to Hermoine she would just blush and look away. What's wrong with me? She thought.
Camillo needed time to think. The rest of the day seemed to take forever. But finally she managed to sneak away early from dinner. She was making her way up to the common room when Hermoine stepped out from around the corner. Surprised Camillo almost screamed and it seemed that Hermoine almost did the same. When Camillo saw that it was Hermoine something stuck in her throat and she felt her face burning up. But it was dark and Hermoine was bound not to notice. The exchanged hello's before quickly walking past each other. As Hermoine's hand brushed up against Camillo's, Camillo felt her heart leap and a sudden warmth engulf her.
Hurridley, without looking back she rushed to the Ravenclaw common room. Obviously she needed some time to think.
She opened the door to the roof and stepped outside. The air was cool and the sky was painted with little glowing stars. Camillo sat down and looked onto the horizon. She felt herself close her eyes and a weird sensation come over her.
When she opened them she was quite a bit shorter. She jumped and took flight. Her long wings beating effortlessly against the air. She flew to the tallest tower of Hogwarts and perched herself on the roof of it. What better way to think than at the top of the world?
