*Ok chapter two. Here goes*
Eyes
Eriador followed the tall thin woman in a dressing gown to a large picture of a very fat woman. Professor McGonagall took this moment to look over the newest addition to her house.
"What is that plank of wood with wheels for?" She asked.
"It's a skateboard Professor." Eriador replied. "You stand on it and it rolls, you can do tricks and stuff, would you like me to show you?"
"No, no its ok. You need a password to enter your common room, at the moment its "Sugar mice" As she said this she rolled her eyes as if she disapproved of the password.
The Portrait giggled and opened.
"You spend far to much time with the Headmaster." Professor McGonagall muttered to the portrait as she stepped inside. She glanced back and looked disapprovingly at Eriador's hair.
As she entered the common room it fell silent as heads turned to stare at the pretty girl with purple hair standing in the entrance of their common room.
"Gryfindor house, this is Eriador Minorita, she will be joining the fifth year. I wish you to be polite to her and make her feel welcome." Professor McGonagall said then turning to Eriador she said. "Welcome to Hogwarts" And left.
Once again Eriador did not meet anyone's eyes as she walked through the silent common room, she glanced up once and noted a sign that pointed to the girls dormitories and headed towards it. She was intercepted by a girl who looked about the same age as herself she thought.
"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger. I'll be in the same dormitory as you, would you like some help?" She said smiling at Eriador.
Eriador smiled back, "Some help would be great, I have no idea what is going on." Hermione laughed, "Follow me."
Eriador followed Hermione up the stairs to a door on the right, she heard the talk below resume.
"I should think that this bed will be yours, it was here at the start of term, but obviously you weren't here so you couldn't use it. If you don't mind me asking, why weren't you here?" Hermione asked.
Eriador smiled. "It took me a little longer to get here than I expected. You see I couldn't come on the train because I had to come on Shadow and because its such a long way we had to take it slow."
"Umm, who's Shadow?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, you don't know? I thought it would be all round the school by now. He's my horse, well unicorn. Some people saw me riding him up to the main entrance so I thought people would know." Eriador said casually.
"No I didn't know. Wow a unicorn! Do you think I could see him at some point?"
"Yeah sure, you could ride him if you like."
" Its alright, I think I'll pass on that offer, I'm not amazing keen on horses." Hermione said. "I still want to see him of course" She said quickly.
Eriador laughed. "Don't worry about it."
Eriador began unpacking her trunk as Hermione explained the school day and the rules they had to abide to.
Eriador took out her school robes and scowled at them.
"God I hate wearing these things" she said.
"Oh they're not too bad once you get used to them" Hermione said. "Are you from a muggle family or something then?"
"No, pure blood all the way." Eriador said with distaste. "Stupid really, I couldn't really care about my heritage, my best friends are all muggles anyway."
Seeing Hermione's confused look she continued to explain.
"I live with a foster Wizarding family, the Minorita's. They're alright I suppose, but they keep reminding me of how I'm a pure blood witch and I should uphold my family name and act like a proper witch, blah blah blah." Eriador rolled her eyes. "Its pathetic, this pure blood stuff, being pure blood doesn't make you a better person." She said quietly.
Hermione looked at Eriador curiously, wondering whether she was speaking from experience.
"Anyway" Eriador continued. "I rebelled against my witch roots" She grinned. "And all my friends at home are muggles, I hate wearing wizard robes and refused to wear them on several occasions, it really annoyed my foster parents. So I wear muggle clothes all the time, except now that I'm here." She scowled again.
"Well you don't have to wear you're robes all the time." Hermione said, "only whilst we have lessons, at the weekends and holidays we don't have to. Oh and in the evening after dinner."
"I suppose I will live" Eriador sighed. She had finished unpacking and was now looking around the room.
"No stereo. No plug sockets." She muttered.
"You can't use electrical things inside Hogwarts." Hermione said. "Most wizards don't know a thing about electricity. It doesn't work around all the magic here." With a cunning grin on her face Eriador drew out the small electrical device she had been listening to.
"This, is a Mini-disk player." She said. "It is electric and therefore will not work inside Hogwarts. Correct?" She asked Hermione.
"Yes." Hermione said slowly.
Eriador pressed a small button on the Mini-disk player and gave a headphone to Hermione. The shocked look on her face showed she was not expecting to be able to hear music.
"How?" She asked, amazed. Eriador shrugged "I conjured a shield around it so it does not detect the magic, so it is not affected by it." She coiled the headphones back up and placed the player in her drawer.
Standing up she said.
"Well I think its time I braved the common room don't you think?"
"Definitely" Hermione said, for the first time since meeting her, Hermione looked directly in to Eriador's eyes. She issued a small gasp.
"Your eyes are.."
"Black? Yes I had noticed." Eriador said sarcastically.
"Oh I'm sorry" Hermione said at once. "It was just a bit of a shock, I bet you get that all the time?"
Eriador sighed. "Yes, I do. But I'm sure I can forgive you, just this time" Eriador said in mock seriousness. She gave Hermione a wink. "Unless of course, you're going to run away screaming that I'm the devil incarnate and I'm here to take your souls?"
"Well" Said Hermione in the same mock serious voice. "I was thinking about that" Both girls laughed and began to walk down the stairs to the common room.
* There you go. Hope you like it R&R. I'm going away till Friday, might get one more chapter up before I go, maybe not. I know I'm new but don't forget me*
Eyes
Eriador followed the tall thin woman in a dressing gown to a large picture of a very fat woman. Professor McGonagall took this moment to look over the newest addition to her house.
"What is that plank of wood with wheels for?" She asked.
"It's a skateboard Professor." Eriador replied. "You stand on it and it rolls, you can do tricks and stuff, would you like me to show you?"
"No, no its ok. You need a password to enter your common room, at the moment its "Sugar mice" As she said this she rolled her eyes as if she disapproved of the password.
The Portrait giggled and opened.
"You spend far to much time with the Headmaster." Professor McGonagall muttered to the portrait as she stepped inside. She glanced back and looked disapprovingly at Eriador's hair.
As she entered the common room it fell silent as heads turned to stare at the pretty girl with purple hair standing in the entrance of their common room.
"Gryfindor house, this is Eriador Minorita, she will be joining the fifth year. I wish you to be polite to her and make her feel welcome." Professor McGonagall said then turning to Eriador she said. "Welcome to Hogwarts" And left.
Once again Eriador did not meet anyone's eyes as she walked through the silent common room, she glanced up once and noted a sign that pointed to the girls dormitories and headed towards it. She was intercepted by a girl who looked about the same age as herself she thought.
"Hello, I'm Hermione Granger. I'll be in the same dormitory as you, would you like some help?" She said smiling at Eriador.
Eriador smiled back, "Some help would be great, I have no idea what is going on." Hermione laughed, "Follow me."
Eriador followed Hermione up the stairs to a door on the right, she heard the talk below resume.
"I should think that this bed will be yours, it was here at the start of term, but obviously you weren't here so you couldn't use it. If you don't mind me asking, why weren't you here?" Hermione asked.
Eriador smiled. "It took me a little longer to get here than I expected. You see I couldn't come on the train because I had to come on Shadow and because its such a long way we had to take it slow."
"Umm, who's Shadow?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, you don't know? I thought it would be all round the school by now. He's my horse, well unicorn. Some people saw me riding him up to the main entrance so I thought people would know." Eriador said casually.
"No I didn't know. Wow a unicorn! Do you think I could see him at some point?"
"Yeah sure, you could ride him if you like."
" Its alright, I think I'll pass on that offer, I'm not amazing keen on horses." Hermione said. "I still want to see him of course" She said quickly.
Eriador laughed. "Don't worry about it."
Eriador began unpacking her trunk as Hermione explained the school day and the rules they had to abide to.
Eriador took out her school robes and scowled at them.
"God I hate wearing these things" she said.
"Oh they're not too bad once you get used to them" Hermione said. "Are you from a muggle family or something then?"
"No, pure blood all the way." Eriador said with distaste. "Stupid really, I couldn't really care about my heritage, my best friends are all muggles anyway."
Seeing Hermione's confused look she continued to explain.
"I live with a foster Wizarding family, the Minorita's. They're alright I suppose, but they keep reminding me of how I'm a pure blood witch and I should uphold my family name and act like a proper witch, blah blah blah." Eriador rolled her eyes. "Its pathetic, this pure blood stuff, being pure blood doesn't make you a better person." She said quietly.
Hermione looked at Eriador curiously, wondering whether she was speaking from experience.
"Anyway" Eriador continued. "I rebelled against my witch roots" She grinned. "And all my friends at home are muggles, I hate wearing wizard robes and refused to wear them on several occasions, it really annoyed my foster parents. So I wear muggle clothes all the time, except now that I'm here." She scowled again.
"Well you don't have to wear you're robes all the time." Hermione said, "only whilst we have lessons, at the weekends and holidays we don't have to. Oh and in the evening after dinner."
"I suppose I will live" Eriador sighed. She had finished unpacking and was now looking around the room.
"No stereo. No plug sockets." She muttered.
"You can't use electrical things inside Hogwarts." Hermione said. "Most wizards don't know a thing about electricity. It doesn't work around all the magic here." With a cunning grin on her face Eriador drew out the small electrical device she had been listening to.
"This, is a Mini-disk player." She said. "It is electric and therefore will not work inside Hogwarts. Correct?" She asked Hermione.
"Yes." Hermione said slowly.
Eriador pressed a small button on the Mini-disk player and gave a headphone to Hermione. The shocked look on her face showed she was not expecting to be able to hear music.
"How?" She asked, amazed. Eriador shrugged "I conjured a shield around it so it does not detect the magic, so it is not affected by it." She coiled the headphones back up and placed the player in her drawer.
Standing up she said.
"Well I think its time I braved the common room don't you think?"
"Definitely" Hermione said, for the first time since meeting her, Hermione looked directly in to Eriador's eyes. She issued a small gasp.
"Your eyes are.."
"Black? Yes I had noticed." Eriador said sarcastically.
"Oh I'm sorry" Hermione said at once. "It was just a bit of a shock, I bet you get that all the time?"
Eriador sighed. "Yes, I do. But I'm sure I can forgive you, just this time" Eriador said in mock seriousness. She gave Hermione a wink. "Unless of course, you're going to run away screaming that I'm the devil incarnate and I'm here to take your souls?"
"Well" Said Hermione in the same mock serious voice. "I was thinking about that" Both girls laughed and began to walk down the stairs to the common room.
* There you go. Hope you like it R&R. I'm going away till Friday, might get one more chapter up before I go, maybe not. I know I'm new but don't forget me*