The sun shone through the windows of the girls' dorm. Lily stirred from her peaceful dreams and sat up. She could hear quiet laughter from one end of the room; she pulled the curtains open and smiled at the sight.
Ginny was sitting on the floor in front of Amanda. They was singing some wizard song Lily sat there listening to their voices
"If you've got a nasty critter in your house
That you want to get rid of right away
Don't fret about it
Just send a message to
Alfred's Magical Pest Control"
The pair laughed and Lily heard Ginny whisper something about that being her favourite advert. She watched as Amanda waved her wand around behind Ginny's head her long Auburn hair twirled into tight knots that replaced the need for bobbles. Her hair fell into five long ponytails that Lily felt just suited the other girl.
She moved from her bed and smiled as the other two noticed her for the first time. They looked a little startled that she was awake which caused her to frown, maybe the two didn't want her to be there, but pretty soon the two were on their feet looking at Lily's alarm clock.
She heard Amanda mutter a word that a young girl from her background should never utter. Lily waved them off as she headed to the shower room determine to wash her long hair clean.
"Gin can you believe it, its six thirty where'd the time go."
"No idea Mand, maybe we should have gone to bed."
The two shook their heads as they headed into the bathroom after Lily. They could hear the water running and Lily singing to herself
"You ain't nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time
You aint nothing but a hound dog, crying all the time
Well you ain't ever caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine…"
The other two smiled as Ginny looked at herself in the mirror, Amanda placed the toilet seat down and sat on it, waiting for the sound of water to stop.
Lily turned the taps off and went to pull the shower curtain back when she found an arm reaching in handing her the towel. Before she could react she heard water running in the sink and Amanda telling Ginny to move over.
Lily stepped out and laughed at the sight of the two girls fighting over the sink. Amanda had a flannel placed under the warm water that she rubbed against her face and Ginny had her toothbrush under the cold-water tap.
Lily held the towel to her body as Ginny moved away, Amanda soon followed and pulled slightly on Lily's towel using a corner to wipe her face. The pair laughed as they ran back into the dorm room.
Lily just shook her head as she finished drying and stepped into her long dressing gown. On entering the dorm room she found the two girls throwing spells at their uniform.
"What are you doing?"
"Making the shirts fitted, what does it look like?"
"And don't forget shortening the skirts Gin."
"Don't worry we won't touch anyone else's."
Lily smiled as she went over to Branwen's bed shaking the girl awake
"Bran its seven, come on get in the shower."
A grunt was the response and soon the brunette was climbing out of her bed and heading towards the shower room. Lily shook Alice awake and the four remaining in the dorm room put their uniform on.
The group all headed down to the common room while waiting for Branwen to dress, it was in this room that they found out some of the worse news a young girl could hear. They found out that there had been a death, a death of a person close to one of their group, the death of a mother.