Okay… it's my understanding from the books that the beds in dorms are near each other, otherwise they wouldn't be able to see each other, right? The movie confused me on this, so… I'm just gonna say "nearby" ^^
Oh, and if anyone could PLEASE explain to me how THE HELL these timetables work out… I will give you honorable mention and even make you an OC. I don't understand them at all, because at my Canadian high school we have 4 periods of the same classes every day. X.x; And um… I'm afraid if someone doesn't help me out then there'll probably be a significant delay in the posting of the next chapter because I'll be using up all my time trying to figure out how the timetables work so… if you can, please email me (oriko_oreo@hotmail.com) and help me out ^^;
I'm actually kinda surprised so many people share my favorite pairings ^^; 1x2 is my very fav, followed closely (depending on what anime/rpg I'm focused on) by either DMxHP or SeiferxSquall. I like 3x4… but not so much that I'll go out of my way to read fics dedicated to them, ya'know?
Anyway, enough of my blather!! Nobody cares about that, you want the story!!
Fine, be that way P
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McGonagall had approached them soon after Wufei had demolished Ron in their fifth game of chess and Ron had made Wufei promise for a rematch. The redhead didn't plan on giving up until he won, apparently. It appeared they were up past curfew and, looking around, Duo realized that all of the younger students had gone off to bed. He, Quatre and Harry had given in to the temptation and went to sit and watch the game.
It was, McGonagall had informed them in the middle of her angry tirade, almost midnight, and all fifth, sixth and seventh years were to be in their beds hours earlier.
"Professor," Ron had argued. "Can't we play one more? I'm sure I'll beat him!" Wufei merely snorted in response.
"Mr. Weasley, do shut up and go to sleep."
Ron's eyes had widened and he'd chirped out a "Yes ma'am" before hastily tidying the chess pieces and putting them away. The students who had stuck around to watch followed suit and quickly returned to their dorms, save the five pilots who waited to see what McGonagall wanted from them. The look she'd given Quatre had been enough for the blond to believe it best to stay behind, and the others naturally stayed with him.
"I'm pleased you all stayed behind," the Professor said once the other students had cleared out. "I have your timetables for you." She gave a pile of papers to Trowa, who was nearest to her. "You are expected at breakfast early tomorrow morning and to report to your classes on time. Although you are not all in the same classes, you do have many together and those in which you are apart involve other Gryffindors for you to acquaint yourselves with. That will be all. Please return to your dorm rooms."
Unlike their fellow Gryffindors, the pilots were in no hurry to return to their room.
"Why should I rush just to make her happy?" Duo had said later on as they'd been getting ready for bed. "I mean, she's got all those other kids jumping around to do whatever she says, there's no reason for me to."
"Duo, stop whining. Apparently there are some rules they neglected to inform us of," Wufei grunted. Duo scoffed in response.
"They've got these kids trained fer sure. Like, did you see that Ron kid jump when she looked at him?"
"Maybe they're under a spell?" Quatre suggested, already under the covers of his own bed.
Heero shook his head, apparently taking this suggestion seriously. "There would be more signs of a spell. The Hermione girl seems to be very … knowledgeable, don't you think?"
Duo turned to him, arching an eyebrow. "You think she can help us get back?"
Heero shook his head. "No. But I think she can be of some use. We don't know anything about the rules of this… realm. We need to learn. We're wandering around in the dark here and it has to stop before we end up in danger."
"According to Harry, everyone here's in danger," Quatre said sadly, picking at the comforter settled under his chin.
"That's another thing," Heero continued. "Danger? We aren't equipped to deal with anything here. This realm uses MAGIC for one thing. How do we fight against magic?"
"We learn some magic," Trowa spoke up, drawing their attention to him. "There's a use for Hermione. She's the smartest. She knows the most spells. Learn from her."
"We can't all bombard her," Quatre interjected. "They'll get awfully suspicious if we all take a sudden interest in magic and only try learning from Hermione."
"We'll branch out, then," Duo reasoned. "We'll each find one or two students, "befriend" them and get them to teach us magic tricks. Can't be too hard. It's a big school."
"Trowa, can I see those timetables?" Quatre asked, looking at the brunette. Trowa nodded, standing up, shuffling through the parchments and handing one to Quatre. He paused, shuffled some more and gave one to Heero, then Duo, and lastly to Wufei before sitting back down.
"What've you got first, guys? At nine o'clock? Anybody got… Charms?" Duo asked.
"I do, Duo," Wufei spoke up, staring at his timetable. Trowa and Quatre did also. Heero, however, had something called 'Arithmancy'.
"I think it's some kind of math course," Heero muttered, frowning at the brief description.
All five boys had a class called Divination after their first period the next day, and it was followed by lunch and a class called Potions. For most of them last period was free, although Duo and Heero were going to be in a Transfiguration class. And that was just the next day, and the boys got immensely confused when they considered the rest of the week.
"But uh, okay, so tomorrow is all that stuff… and then the next day we have… …that stuff…" Duo muttered, trying in vain to understand the pattern.
"Um, I think we're all just tired," Quatre said laughingly. "Tomorrow we'll wake up and all this will make sense. So, good night guys."
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The next morning came quickly, and, like the previous day, the boys were up in plenty of time. They assembled in the Common Room and watched the others stumble in. Ron blinked at them blearily.
"How in the hell… How long've you lot been down here?"
"Um… about twenty minutes," Quatre answered, looking to the others who nodded in agreement. Any watches they'd been wearing had conveniently disappeared along with their clothing. Quatre, who was used to glancing at his watch out of habit, was very bitter about that lack.
"Why in the hell d'ya gotta look so awake for?" A sandy haired boy groaned, rubbing his eyes fiercely in an attempt to wake himself up.
"That's Seamus," came Harry's voice from behind them. He, out of the lot of them, looked most awake. "And this is Dean and Neville," he spoke while gesturing to the two boys standing behind him. One was dark-skinned while the other was hefty in weight. "Shall we then?"
"Food sounds good." Duo sprang from his seat next to Trowa and moved forward quickly. "Lead on, Harry. I'm starving!" He grinned jovially and a couple of the sleepy boys chuckled.
"Look, Ron. A man after your own heart," Dean drawled, smirking at Ron.
"Well let's hope he isn't THAT bad," a voice rose from behind them. Hermione stepped between Neville and Dean and smiled at the boys. "Good morning. Are we going then, Harry?"
"Yeah, sure," Harry replied, moving towards the exit of the Common Room with Duo hot on his heels and Heero following close behind. The others that had been in the Common Room followed them into the corridor, and the three boys lead the way towards the Great Hall.
Although, in reality, Harry was leading, Duo was babbling and Heero was desperately trying to commit the path to memory but getting them to admit it was an entirely different matter.
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Alrighty… chapter 11. Lookit me motor. This one lacked much in the development, although we saw a bit of the boys doing their planning thing… so hey, that's good for the "why aren't they doing anything?" factor, ne? ^^;;
Also… please reread the comments at the beginning of the chapter and help me out! Pleaseplease ^^;;
