Chapter 3: First Day Blues
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The sun rose over the hills of Scottland and the country side became wide awake. The sun shone on an old castle type building as it began its climb of the day. The cold looking castle became warm looking as the sun shone on it. A bird flew towards the castle, the castle becoming bigger and bigger as it flew towards it. It spread its wing and sored toward the castle, its eyes fixed on a window. It glided as you could see inside a girl slowly get up out of bed. It got so close that you see that her hair was a mess and then turned so it wouldn't hit the window. Tara got out of her bed and looked around. Everyone was getting up it seemed so she grabbed her brush, toothpaste and toothbrush and headed towards the little wash room that was located near the dormitories. She walked in her pajamas noticing several other years doing it as well.
Tara walked towards the Great Hall walking tall in her uniform. She entered the hall to notice food on the table and people walking in. It was half full at that time but mostly there were other years other than first years. It seemed that first years always seemed to like to miss breakfast first day for they weren't used to getting up at seven thirty, having breakfast at eight and starting class at nine. She walked over to her table and sat down when she felt someone grab her arm and tug it. She looked up and smiled as Jessica hugged her tightly.
"It feels like years since I saw you last! Why the heck did I have to be put into Slytherin while you guys were put in Gryffindor! Well.. I guess its better than getting stuck in Hufflepuff. Would suck to have a brother in slytherin and you in Hufflepuff... or being in there with your brother's best friend." Tara laughed and Jessica sat down next to her. "Let me see your schedual so I can see what we have with each other," Jessica said. Tara handed over her schedual and Jessica began to read it. "Today we have Brooms together second period... Herbology and Potions on tuesday, double potions Wednesday, Herbology Thursday, and nothing Friday! Well I guess thats alright, at least we get to see each other at lot," she explained. Tara nodded. The Gryffindor prefect walked over to Jessica and tapped her shoulder.
"Miss, houses are not suppose to mix during meal time. Breaks between classes and the time after dinner is when you can visit and mix houses but please not at meal times," explained the female prefect. Jessica scrunched up her nose, let out a 'hmph' and stalked off back to her table.
She sat down next to her brother and began to pout.
"Thats not fair, I want to talk with my friends, not be stuck with you," she sneered looking at her brother. Chris laughed and patted her back.
"Don't worry, Slytherin is where you make your real friends. You'll probably pull away from the other two. They are cute though..." he began and Jessica hit him.
"Are you forgetting about Ceres already Chris? You have such a one track mind I think I'll tell her you said that." explained Jessica as she took a bite of toast.
"Hey I can look, just not touch. Thats the rule," he explained eating some of his meal. Jessica rolled her eyes.
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There were several screeches and suddenly a flock of owls entered the Great Hall. Several of the first years looked up and gasped at the sight they saw. Tara watched as several owls swooped down and began to drop packages off for several people. A small note landed infront of her and she began to read it. She smiled as she read the congradulation note from her parents about being in Hogwarts. She put the card away and in her books for safe keeping. Over at the Slytherin table an owl swooped down and Jessica gave out a small scream as it flew over her head and flew right into the side of Chris's head. He bumped to the side and bumped another Slytherin. He rubbed his head as the owl landed on the table in his food with some of his pumpkin juice on it. The owl shook its head, looked around and flew up again. It flew over to the Gryffindor table and ran into one of the students there right in the chest. The subject this time was a male with red hair, a Weasly named Percy. Percy shook his head and grabbed the package from his owl and it flew off.
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Jessica began to finish her meal while she shook her head at her brother. He had been cursing under his breath about how he would beat Percy down later because of his owl flying into his face. Most everyone at the slytherin table laughed at him. She just grinned as she pushed her plate away. She noticed the time then squeaked and grabbed her books. She dashed out of the Great Hall for she wasn't sure where Astronomy was and didn't want to get lost and go into the wrong class the wrong day.
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Sarah groaned softly and sat up in her bed. Her hair was a mess and an ugly gray color. She stretched and yawn. There was a clock in the room and she turned and looked at it. She almost screamed when she saw that it was past eight thirty and that she had fifteen minutes to get dress and make it to her first class. She tried to remember her schedual as best as she could. First period... first period.. Transfiguration! That was it! She quickly got up, dressed, and groomed before she grabbed her books and ran out of the Gryffindor dormitory.
Her shoes clicked as she ran through the corridors, pushing a couple students here and there. She made it to Transfiguration and raced in. Everyone in the classroom looked at her. Professor McGonagal looked at Sarah.
"Miss Winchester what are you doing here?" she asked, lowering her wand.
"I'm here for class." Sarah responded. McGonagal smiled and shook her head.
"Dear you do not have me until last period this after noon. Right now you have Charms. Please, don't mess up your schedual a lot or you will get quite a few detentions and points taken from Gryffindor. Yet since its your first day you can slide." explained the professor. Sarah's face didn't become red with embarassment yet her hair turned bright red.
"Oh! Well I'll see you later! By um.. people!" she said and turned and skipped out of the room.
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Sarah walked into Charms breathing hard. Professor Flitwick looked at her.
"Miss Winchester why are you late?" he asked.
"I... went to the wrong class sir." Sarah said, her hair once again turning red. Flitwick motioned for her to take a seat and she walked toward the empty seat next to Tara and took out her book. Tara gave a little giggle and Sarah looked at her and began to giggle as well. Flitwick tapped his wand and the two hushed.
"Five points from Gryffindor," he said. The two girls snickered softly to each other and began to take notes.
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Tara and Sarah made their way to History class and filed in. They once again had a class with Ravenclaw but shrugged. It didn't bother them at all, they found Ravenclaws pretty cool. They were surprised to see that their teacher was a ghost and listened as he recited the rules of the class before he got into the class and notes. They both found the class a bore and were forced to stay awake. They were happy once class was over and dashed out of the class to go to lunch.
Most of the students were in there for lunch, some where missing because they already had assignments they wanted to work on. Some just skipped lunch and roamed around outside on the grounds or ate outside until it was time for their second part of the day to start. Tara and Sarah entered the Great Hall and found their seats. Percy sat across from them a little startled. They looked at him.
"Whats up Percy?" asked Sarah, stuffing a roll into her mouth.
"I'm watching my back," he replied.
"Why?" asked Tara, a little curious.
"I heard that Christopher Weaver was going to find me late and beat me up because my owl ran into him. Its not my fault, its the stupid owls, he's old and losing his corrdination," explained Percy as he ate a sandwich. Sarah fell into fits of giggle and Tara shook her head. Percy let out a small squeak as he saw Chris make his way over to their table.
"I gotta go..." he said and dashed out of the Great Hall quickly. Sarah fell into another fit out giggles, even louder than before and Tara laughed as well. Tara stopped as she watched Chris follow Percy.
"Hope Percy will be alright..." said Tara a little worried.
"Don't worry, Percy will be fine. He'll probably hide in the library, Chris hates the library," explained Oliver as she sat next to them. They shrugged some and went back to their lunch.
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Brooms soon came around at one that afternoon. It had gotten slightly hotter than it had been the day before and the kids all made their way to the feild for practice. There were brooms in two lines with a gap between the two rows and enough between each broom for a person to stand. The Gryffindors made their way onto the feild and Slytherins came from the other way. Tara and Sarah ran to Jessica and tackled her. Tara got up and Sarah was still on Jessica as she propped herself up on her hands.
"Ack! Get off, that doesn't look right!" she exclaimed but laughed. Sarah got off of her and bounced.
"Brooms brooms broom! I love brooms, we get to fly in the air right... that will be so fun!" exclaimed Sarah. Some of the Slytherins snickered and pointed to the trio. Jessica coughed a bit and Sarah settled down. They all went and stood by the brooms. Madam Hooch made her way to the ground.
"Good morning class," she called.
"Good morning Madam Hooch." replied the class.
"Welcome to your first flying lessons. This is the class where you will learn how to control your broom, how to fly and train you. Some of you will continue next year to play quidditch for your houses and this class is a serious class for you if you do not know how to fly your brooms. Most purebloods or half bloods who live with their magical parents might already know how to fly while the muggles will not know how to fly. Please do not make fun of anyone who can not fly good or takes a while to learn. Not everyone is cut out for flying a broom," explained Madam Hooch. "Now put your right hand over your broom and say 'up' and firmly grasp your broom stick."
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The calls of ups began and most of the brooms stayed on the ground. Another call of ups, and Oliver's broom went to his hand and he gripped it firmly. He smiled. Soon everyone had their broom, all but Sarah. She kept calling up first seriously, then quietly, then whiny, then seriously again. Oliver was standing infront of her with his broom and shook his head.
"Maybe you just don't have the touch," he said. Sarah glared at him.
"Up!" she said firmly. The broom wiggled and moved quickly. Yet it didn't move up it moved diagonal. The front of the broom flew forward and hit Oliver in the stomach. He doubled over and dropped his broom He fell over and groaned. "Yay it worked! I just gotta be mad at someone and up it goes!" exclaimed Sarah as she smiled brightly. Tara gasped and Jessica began to giggle at the hurt Oliver. He slowly got up.
"That was evil. First you try to drown me, now you try to run a broom through me. Whats next, knives?" he asked.
"Oooh.. knives, never thought of that one." Sarah said thoughtfully. Tara whispered to Oliver.
"Watch your back at dinner."
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It was now time to hover in the air. Madam Hooch explained how they should hover then come straight back down. They all mounted their brooms and began to hover. Jessica had a huge smile on her face as she said, "Yay! I did it, look at me!" Tara then began to hover and held onto her broom somewhat scared. She never had been in the air other than an air plane. Sarah began to hover and her feet were an inch off the ground. She wiggled and she soon fell to her side and off the broom. Several people tried to hold a giggle as Sarah stood up. Oliver began to actually laugh.
"Sarah how can you fall off your broom, your feet were an inch off the ground!" he exclaimed. Jessica had walked over to him and glared at him.
"Its not my fault I don't have good corrdination. I know I'm not going to be on the quidditch team. Good thing, I dont want to watch big balls flying at me," she muttered. Jessica couldn't help but giggle at her comment. Sarah was confused and began to giggle as well. Oliver and Tara just kind of watched them and Oliver began to laugh. Tara was soon left in the dark.
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Tara and Sarah walked into Transfiguration and took seat near the front. Percy sat next to Tara and put his forehead on his hands. The two girls looked at him and Tara poked him in the side. He jerked to the side and looked up at them. His right eye had a faint purple circle around it and his lip looked like it had been bleeding.
"Chris get you?" asked Tara. Percy nodded and put his forehead back onto his hands. The class became quiet and they waited for their teacher to come. Sarah scratched behind her head.
"I wonder where she is..." she asked. The cat on the desk blinked and jumped foreward and turned into Professor McGonagall. She looked down at Sarah and gave a faint smile.
"I'm glad to see you in the right hour Miss Winchester." McGonagall said. Sarah laughed a bit and scratched the back of her head again. McGonagall turned around and began class.
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After class they all parted until it was time for dinner at 6. They had about an hour to an hour and a half hang time before it was time. Tara, Jessica, and Sarah all met outside on the grounds and sat on the edge of a water fountain. They were talking about their day merrily when Oliver showed up and joined into their conversation. Greg and Josh walked toward them, their ties untied and hanging around their neck freely. Sarah looked at Greg and shook her head.
"Why the heck he dyed his hair black this summer is beyond me. It's looking nasty that its wearing out and you can see his blonde roots. Hmm.. I wonder if I'm a blonde..." said Sarah, twirling her pink hair around her finger. The group laughed as the two guys met with them.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Greg, crossing his arms.
"Better not be about me I hate people talking about me." Josh said, a frown on his face. The girls shook their heads and just giggled.
"Hey guys!" shouted a voice. They all looked up and noticed Chris with his arm around a pretty Ravenclaw. Her hair was black and short and her eyes sparkled. Chris walked up to them and nodded at them.
"Hey guys. Guys this is Ceres. Ceres you already know Greg and Josh but this is Jessica my sister, Sarah Winchester, Tara Ephoria and Oliver Wood." Chris introduced. Ceres smiled and nodded her head.
"Hey guys," she replied. The others replied with a hello and the couple walked away, Ceres bidding a farewell. The group went back to chatting before dinner.
Dinner went by smoothly with no weird screams or surprises or beatings and they all split up to do what they wanted until curfew and bed. The three girls met in the library to work on homework before bed time, snickering at some of the cute guys. A half an hour before curfew they went their seperate ways so they wouldn't get in trouble for being out past their curfew. Sarah and Tara seemed to crawl up to their beds around nine that night after spending time in the common room with the others. They fell onto their beds and soon dozed off to sleep.
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The sun rose over the hills of Scottland and the country side became wide awake. The sun shone on an old castle type building as it began its climb of the day. The cold looking castle became warm looking as the sun shone on it. A bird flew towards the castle, the castle becoming bigger and bigger as it flew towards it. It spread its wing and sored toward the castle, its eyes fixed on a window. It glided as you could see inside a girl slowly get up out of bed. It got so close that you see that her hair was a mess and then turned so it wouldn't hit the window. Tara got out of her bed and looked around. Everyone was getting up it seemed so she grabbed her brush, toothpaste and toothbrush and headed towards the little wash room that was located near the dormitories. She walked in her pajamas noticing several other years doing it as well.
Tara walked towards the Great Hall walking tall in her uniform. She entered the hall to notice food on the table and people walking in. It was half full at that time but mostly there were other years other than first years. It seemed that first years always seemed to like to miss breakfast first day for they weren't used to getting up at seven thirty, having breakfast at eight and starting class at nine. She walked over to her table and sat down when she felt someone grab her arm and tug it. She looked up and smiled as Jessica hugged her tightly.
"It feels like years since I saw you last! Why the heck did I have to be put into Slytherin while you guys were put in Gryffindor! Well.. I guess its better than getting stuck in Hufflepuff. Would suck to have a brother in slytherin and you in Hufflepuff... or being in there with your brother's best friend." Tara laughed and Jessica sat down next to her. "Let me see your schedual so I can see what we have with each other," Jessica said. Tara handed over her schedual and Jessica began to read it. "Today we have Brooms together second period... Herbology and Potions on tuesday, double potions Wednesday, Herbology Thursday, and nothing Friday! Well I guess thats alright, at least we get to see each other at lot," she explained. Tara nodded. The Gryffindor prefect walked over to Jessica and tapped her shoulder.
"Miss, houses are not suppose to mix during meal time. Breaks between classes and the time after dinner is when you can visit and mix houses but please not at meal times," explained the female prefect. Jessica scrunched up her nose, let out a 'hmph' and stalked off back to her table.
She sat down next to her brother and began to pout.
"Thats not fair, I want to talk with my friends, not be stuck with you," she sneered looking at her brother. Chris laughed and patted her back.
"Don't worry, Slytherin is where you make your real friends. You'll probably pull away from the other two. They are cute though..." he began and Jessica hit him.
"Are you forgetting about Ceres already Chris? You have such a one track mind I think I'll tell her you said that." explained Jessica as she took a bite of toast.
"Hey I can look, just not touch. Thats the rule," he explained eating some of his meal. Jessica rolled her eyes.
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There were several screeches and suddenly a flock of owls entered the Great Hall. Several of the first years looked up and gasped at the sight they saw. Tara watched as several owls swooped down and began to drop packages off for several people. A small note landed infront of her and she began to read it. She smiled as she read the congradulation note from her parents about being in Hogwarts. She put the card away and in her books for safe keeping. Over at the Slytherin table an owl swooped down and Jessica gave out a small scream as it flew over her head and flew right into the side of Chris's head. He bumped to the side and bumped another Slytherin. He rubbed his head as the owl landed on the table in his food with some of his pumpkin juice on it. The owl shook its head, looked around and flew up again. It flew over to the Gryffindor table and ran into one of the students there right in the chest. The subject this time was a male with red hair, a Weasly named Percy. Percy shook his head and grabbed the package from his owl and it flew off.
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Jessica began to finish her meal while she shook her head at her brother. He had been cursing under his breath about how he would beat Percy down later because of his owl flying into his face. Most everyone at the slytherin table laughed at him. She just grinned as she pushed her plate away. She noticed the time then squeaked and grabbed her books. She dashed out of the Great Hall for she wasn't sure where Astronomy was and didn't want to get lost and go into the wrong class the wrong day.
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Sarah groaned softly and sat up in her bed. Her hair was a mess and an ugly gray color. She stretched and yawn. There was a clock in the room and she turned and looked at it. She almost screamed when she saw that it was past eight thirty and that she had fifteen minutes to get dress and make it to her first class. She tried to remember her schedual as best as she could. First period... first period.. Transfiguration! That was it! She quickly got up, dressed, and groomed before she grabbed her books and ran out of the Gryffindor dormitory.
Her shoes clicked as she ran through the corridors, pushing a couple students here and there. She made it to Transfiguration and raced in. Everyone in the classroom looked at her. Professor McGonagal looked at Sarah.
"Miss Winchester what are you doing here?" she asked, lowering her wand.
"I'm here for class." Sarah responded. McGonagal smiled and shook her head.
"Dear you do not have me until last period this after noon. Right now you have Charms. Please, don't mess up your schedual a lot or you will get quite a few detentions and points taken from Gryffindor. Yet since its your first day you can slide." explained the professor. Sarah's face didn't become red with embarassment yet her hair turned bright red.
"Oh! Well I'll see you later! By um.. people!" she said and turned and skipped out of the room.
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Sarah walked into Charms breathing hard. Professor Flitwick looked at her.
"Miss Winchester why are you late?" he asked.
"I... went to the wrong class sir." Sarah said, her hair once again turning red. Flitwick motioned for her to take a seat and she walked toward the empty seat next to Tara and took out her book. Tara gave a little giggle and Sarah looked at her and began to giggle as well. Flitwick tapped his wand and the two hushed.
"Five points from Gryffindor," he said. The two girls snickered softly to each other and began to take notes.
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Tara and Sarah made their way to History class and filed in. They once again had a class with Ravenclaw but shrugged. It didn't bother them at all, they found Ravenclaws pretty cool. They were surprised to see that their teacher was a ghost and listened as he recited the rules of the class before he got into the class and notes. They both found the class a bore and were forced to stay awake. They were happy once class was over and dashed out of the class to go to lunch.
Most of the students were in there for lunch, some where missing because they already had assignments they wanted to work on. Some just skipped lunch and roamed around outside on the grounds or ate outside until it was time for their second part of the day to start. Tara and Sarah entered the Great Hall and found their seats. Percy sat across from them a little startled. They looked at him.
"Whats up Percy?" asked Sarah, stuffing a roll into her mouth.
"I'm watching my back," he replied.
"Why?" asked Tara, a little curious.
"I heard that Christopher Weaver was going to find me late and beat me up because my owl ran into him. Its not my fault, its the stupid owls, he's old and losing his corrdination," explained Percy as he ate a sandwich. Sarah fell into fits of giggle and Tara shook her head. Percy let out a small squeak as he saw Chris make his way over to their table.
"I gotta go..." he said and dashed out of the Great Hall quickly. Sarah fell into another fit out giggles, even louder than before and Tara laughed as well. Tara stopped as she watched Chris follow Percy.
"Hope Percy will be alright..." said Tara a little worried.
"Don't worry, Percy will be fine. He'll probably hide in the library, Chris hates the library," explained Oliver as she sat next to them. They shrugged some and went back to their lunch.
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Brooms soon came around at one that afternoon. It had gotten slightly hotter than it had been the day before and the kids all made their way to the feild for practice. There were brooms in two lines with a gap between the two rows and enough between each broom for a person to stand. The Gryffindors made their way onto the feild and Slytherins came from the other way. Tara and Sarah ran to Jessica and tackled her. Tara got up and Sarah was still on Jessica as she propped herself up on her hands.
"Ack! Get off, that doesn't look right!" she exclaimed but laughed. Sarah got off of her and bounced.
"Brooms brooms broom! I love brooms, we get to fly in the air right... that will be so fun!" exclaimed Sarah. Some of the Slytherins snickered and pointed to the trio. Jessica coughed a bit and Sarah settled down. They all went and stood by the brooms. Madam Hooch made her way to the ground.
"Good morning class," she called.
"Good morning Madam Hooch." replied the class.
"Welcome to your first flying lessons. This is the class where you will learn how to control your broom, how to fly and train you. Some of you will continue next year to play quidditch for your houses and this class is a serious class for you if you do not know how to fly your brooms. Most purebloods or half bloods who live with their magical parents might already know how to fly while the muggles will not know how to fly. Please do not make fun of anyone who can not fly good or takes a while to learn. Not everyone is cut out for flying a broom," explained Madam Hooch. "Now put your right hand over your broom and say 'up' and firmly grasp your broom stick."
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The calls of ups began and most of the brooms stayed on the ground. Another call of ups, and Oliver's broom went to his hand and he gripped it firmly. He smiled. Soon everyone had their broom, all but Sarah. She kept calling up first seriously, then quietly, then whiny, then seriously again. Oliver was standing infront of her with his broom and shook his head.
"Maybe you just don't have the touch," he said. Sarah glared at him.
"Up!" she said firmly. The broom wiggled and moved quickly. Yet it didn't move up it moved diagonal. The front of the broom flew forward and hit Oliver in the stomach. He doubled over and dropped his broom He fell over and groaned. "Yay it worked! I just gotta be mad at someone and up it goes!" exclaimed Sarah as she smiled brightly. Tara gasped and Jessica began to giggle at the hurt Oliver. He slowly got up.
"That was evil. First you try to drown me, now you try to run a broom through me. Whats next, knives?" he asked.
"Oooh.. knives, never thought of that one." Sarah said thoughtfully. Tara whispered to Oliver.
"Watch your back at dinner."
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It was now time to hover in the air. Madam Hooch explained how they should hover then come straight back down. They all mounted their brooms and began to hover. Jessica had a huge smile on her face as she said, "Yay! I did it, look at me!" Tara then began to hover and held onto her broom somewhat scared. She never had been in the air other than an air plane. Sarah began to hover and her feet were an inch off the ground. She wiggled and she soon fell to her side and off the broom. Several people tried to hold a giggle as Sarah stood up. Oliver began to actually laugh.
"Sarah how can you fall off your broom, your feet were an inch off the ground!" he exclaimed. Jessica had walked over to him and glared at him.
"Its not my fault I don't have good corrdination. I know I'm not going to be on the quidditch team. Good thing, I dont want to watch big balls flying at me," she muttered. Jessica couldn't help but giggle at her comment. Sarah was confused and began to giggle as well. Oliver and Tara just kind of watched them and Oliver began to laugh. Tara was soon left in the dark.
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Tara and Sarah walked into Transfiguration and took seat near the front. Percy sat next to Tara and put his forehead on his hands. The two girls looked at him and Tara poked him in the side. He jerked to the side and looked up at them. His right eye had a faint purple circle around it and his lip looked like it had been bleeding.
"Chris get you?" asked Tara. Percy nodded and put his forehead back onto his hands. The class became quiet and they waited for their teacher to come. Sarah scratched behind her head.
"I wonder where she is..." she asked. The cat on the desk blinked and jumped foreward and turned into Professor McGonagall. She looked down at Sarah and gave a faint smile.
"I'm glad to see you in the right hour Miss Winchester." McGonagall said. Sarah laughed a bit and scratched the back of her head again. McGonagall turned around and began class.
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After class they all parted until it was time for dinner at 6. They had about an hour to an hour and a half hang time before it was time. Tara, Jessica, and Sarah all met outside on the grounds and sat on the edge of a water fountain. They were talking about their day merrily when Oliver showed up and joined into their conversation. Greg and Josh walked toward them, their ties untied and hanging around their neck freely. Sarah looked at Greg and shook her head.
"Why the heck he dyed his hair black this summer is beyond me. It's looking nasty that its wearing out and you can see his blonde roots. Hmm.. I wonder if I'm a blonde..." said Sarah, twirling her pink hair around her finger. The group laughed as the two guys met with them.
"What are you laughing at?" asked Greg, crossing his arms.
"Better not be about me I hate people talking about me." Josh said, a frown on his face. The girls shook their heads and just giggled.
"Hey guys!" shouted a voice. They all looked up and noticed Chris with his arm around a pretty Ravenclaw. Her hair was black and short and her eyes sparkled. Chris walked up to them and nodded at them.
"Hey guys. Guys this is Ceres. Ceres you already know Greg and Josh but this is Jessica my sister, Sarah Winchester, Tara Ephoria and Oliver Wood." Chris introduced. Ceres smiled and nodded her head.
"Hey guys," she replied. The others replied with a hello and the couple walked away, Ceres bidding a farewell. The group went back to chatting before dinner.
Dinner went by smoothly with no weird screams or surprises or beatings and they all split up to do what they wanted until curfew and bed. The three girls met in the library to work on homework before bed time, snickering at some of the cute guys. A half an hour before curfew they went their seperate ways so they wouldn't get in trouble for being out past their curfew. Sarah and Tara seemed to crawl up to their beds around nine that night after spending time in the common room with the others. They fell onto their beds and soon dozed off to sleep.