"O.k" I muttered to myself as I dug through my stuff .
"I have all my books…..my wand ….ugghh, and this hideous…..thing ." I said referring to what was supposed to be my dress robe.
It reminded me of, well , a piece of moldy cheese. It was this disgusting yellow orange-ish color and it had spots of mildew on it . It was ugly .
But that's ok . I thought . I'm not the only orphan there ,and I can't afford much better .
I stuffed the thing out of site, just in time before one my room mates , Jessica, walked in . Not that she's much better off than me , but I do have my pride !
She ran up to me and put her hands on my shoulders .
"Oh Zipphora ! Isn't this just like SO exciting !" She gushed " In like only a few more minutes , we'll like be on the train to Hogwarts ! There are like so many older guys there , I am just going to like die !"
That girl gets on my nerves so bad , but I managed a very tight smile and replied .
" Yah. It's pretty exciting I guess "I turned back to my trunk and started to repack my books
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This girls pretty dumb , I thought , But maybe she can take the hint and leave !
"Oh my gosh ! PRETTY exciting ? This is like MEGA exciting ! Think of all the older cute guys ? I'm sure they're MUCH better than the guys here ! "
She paused thoughtfully "Except for Joe ! He is like the CUTEST guy on the planet ! But I guess you never know till you've like seen them all , huh? "
"Whatever, Jessica " I said between clenched teeth
Is that all she thinks about ? Guys, guys guys ?! There is more to life than just cute guys . I thought .
This was really starting to make me mad , and I started slamming things around
Crimminy ! She really is the most air -headed git I have ever met in my life I continued
She was going on about how dreamy Joe's eyes are , and then said something about being the nicest guy she's ever known .
HAH ! That's a load of bloody garbage ! I almost laughed out loud at that comment ,and slammed my trunk closed .
Joe Price , is the most egotistical fool that I have ever met . And I have half a mind to tell her that to, if she doesn't either shut-up or go away soon ! I seethed .
"Anyway , I like better get my trunk downstairs . We're leaving in about ten minutes . "
Thank God , she was finally leaving ! " See you on the train ! " She called as she backed out the door with her trunk .
I sighed , good riddance ! I thought . I don't want you to think that I am a mean person , but I honestly cannot stand her .
Or Joe either . He thinks that girls live just to worship at his feet .
In fact , just last week there was this rumor that HE started that I liked him .
Which , of course, was totally not true ! I liked him when I first came here a few months ago , but that was only because he makes a good first impression .He's really not a nice guy at all .
" O well, how hard can it be to avoid him in a huge school like Hogwarts ? "
I glanced at the clock .
"Criminiy !I only have five minutes to get to the car ! "
I made one more quick check of my stuff.
"Ready to go Cranberries ?" I asked my owl . She opened one of her eyes at me sleeply at the sound of her name , but after finding that nothing was going on , closed them again and fell asleep
Well, here we go. I won't be sorry to leave this place. That's for sure I thought as I gazed around at my room .
"ZIPPORAH ! Get down here NOW if you don't want to miss your train ! " The evil witch of an orphanage owner (Mrs. S we all call her ) screamed up the steps .
"I'm coming ! " I yelled back .
That is I thought If this trunk doesn't run over me from behind while I'm trying to drag it down these steps
This thing was heavier than I thought
So I started down the steps , my trunk thumping after me .
It started to gain speed on me and I couldn't control it
"Great !" I said " I knew this was going to happen !" .
I was forced to let go of it and run , as fast as I could down the steps , with it bumping about a step behind me all the way.
By now , poor Cranberries , who was strapped to the top was skawking and flying about her cage . Of course ,who could blame her . You be skwaking and flapping around also if you were strapped to the top of an out of control trunk that was gaining speed by the second as it was thumping down a set of stairs.
I made it out of the way just in the nick of time , stepping into a hallway directly off to the side .
All I saw was the trunk go sliding by .
I stepped out of the hall and watched it slide into the " parlor" which was the room that Mrs. S received guests in , it was also the only room with a fireplace.
My trunk didn't lose any speed as it continued to slide ,and It was headed straight for Mrs. S who had her back turned and was bent over picking something off of the floor .
I watched helplessly ( even though I doubt that if I could have ,I wouldn't have done anything to stop it ) as the trunk slid right into Mrs. S from behind .
It was really funny ! She somersaulted forwards with an indignant squeak and ended up sprawled on the floor in a heap .
I fell to the ground I was laughing so hard!
"ZIPPHORA CASSANDRA BROOKS !!" She screamed ( she seemed to only have two volume levels . yelling and screaming ) " THIS IS THE LAST TIME ! I HAVE HAD IT WITH YOU ! "
She struggled up and turned towards me . Her eyes were bulging and much to my amusement , she had turned a very…lovely shade of mottled purple.
Suddenly her voice turned dangerously low .
Wow I thought A whole new volume level ! This thought sent me over the edge for some reason and I started laughing again . I gained control of myself in a few seconds .
"If….you….ever….do…anything…like….that….to…me….again…..I….will…..kick…you….out…..on…you….sorry……bum…..and….leave…….you….to……starve….." She whispred .
I tried my hardest to look chastised , but when I saw the look on her face I just burst out laughing all over again.
"NOW GET OUT OF HERE !!! " She screamed (once more back to her usual self)
She stomped out of the room and slammed the door behind her so hard that a chunk of plaster fell from the ceiling .
I was still laughing so hard that tears were running down my cheeks.
"Whoo…. That was just what I needed to start my day … that had to have been the funniest thing I have ever seen ! " I said .
I glanced at the clock once again and realizing I was late , grabbed my trunks and ran outside to the waiting car.