Chapter Three
The sun began to rise in the early morning; it's rays shining into the Slytherin girl's dorm. As a ray hit Ling Yu on the face, she stirred for a moment and then stumbled out of bed sleepily, rubbing her eyes. Once she was more awake, she glanced around the room at the other sleeping girls. Pansy was sleeping in the middle of her bed; the blankets as well as her hair all jumbled up in a mess. Millicent Bulstrode's body seemed to take up almost the entire bed, and her snoring was quite loud, which suprisingly didn't wake up the other girls in the dorm.
Not wanting to wake up her fellow room mates, Ling Yu tiptoed as quietly as she could over to her trunk. The trunk was made of fine wood, most likely mahogany or something of that sort. Her initials were carved onto the sides of it, so no one would be able to steal it if it ever got misplaced. Luckily for her it didn't happen often. The lid of the trunk opened with a click, seeming to be loud enough to wake the other girls, yet they didn't stir.
Ling Yu's belongings were placed so precisely in her trunk that you could find exactly where everything went in an instant. Being neat was one of the things Ling Yu liked to pride herself in, and her family liked it that way. Numerous things were inside her trunk: uniforms for school, other clothes for the weekends and special occasions, scrolls of parchment, quill pens, different size spell books written in English as well as Chinese, makeup, hair ornaments, and a few personal possessions.
Knowing where everything in her trunk was she grabbed a uniform, a pair of socks, her shoes and a fine-toothed jade comb and closed her trunk. Holding her articles of clothing she made her way to the washroom to get dressed for her first day of school. It didn't take Ling Yu long at all to change, because about five minutes later she walked out of the washroom wearing the Hogwarts school uniform and robes. The Slytherin crest was visible on the left side of her robes, indicating obviously what house and possibly gave away a few clues as to what her personality was like.
After exiting the washroom Ling Yu re-entered the girl's dorm, placing her pajamas and her comb back into her trunk. Fully dressed in her new attire, Ling Yu walked over to the full-length mirror to make sure she looked presentable for her first day. Ling Yu stared into the mirror with an emotionless expression; her reflection staring back in the same fashion.
Seeing that the other girls were still asleep caused a mischievious smirk to spread across Ling Yu's face. She silently slinked over to Pansy's bed and grabbed the matress, pulling it up into the air high enough so that Pansy fell onto the ground. She then dropped the matress and gazed down at Pansy, laughing quietly. "Rise and shine, beautiful. You don't want to be late for school, do you?" she asked, walking out of the dorm with her correct books and school supplies. Pansy cursed under her breath and got up from the ground slowly, sneering at Ling Yu as she left the room. "Don't worry, Chang, I'll make your days Hogwarts a living hell." she whispered to herself, waking up the other girls a few minutes after the incident had occured.
The halls of Hogwarts were crowed like normal. Students were busy strolling down the long corridors, carrying on friendly conversations as they made their way to class. Others didn't talk at all, dreading the fact that they would have to put up with their least favorite teacher. A few of the kids just blended in with the crowds, seeming to go unnoticed while making their way to the first class of the day. Ling Yu was one of these people, not wanting to cause any unwanted attention to herself as she descended up the moveable staircases to the seventh floor where her first class, Transfiguration, was located.
Finally Ling Yu had reached the seventh floor after weaving through students that were slowly making their way up in the same direction. If there was one thing that bothered Ling Yu the most, it was being late for classes, or anything else for that matter. Opening the door she walked into the room, looking around to see if anyone she knew was already there. A few students from Gryffindor were already in their seats, along with Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
Ling Yu smiled at the fact that someone she knew was already there. As she began to make her way over Draco's table a young girl with bushy brown hair stopped infront of her, smiling warmly. "Hello! It's nice to meet you!" she said happily. "Hi.." Ling Yu mumbled quietly, glancing over at Draco. "My name's Hermione Granger! I'm from Gryffindor! I just wanted to introduce myself," she said quickly. "You must be Ling Yu, is that correct?" "You talk to much." Ling Yu said, maneuvering her way around Hermione.
"Well, that was rude!" Hermione gasped, crossing her arms. "She didn't want to be introduced to a mudblood like you, Granger." Draco sneered. "Shove off, Malfoy!" Ron retorted as Hermione made her way back over to the table where Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley sat. Just as Hermione had sat down Professor McGonagall strolled into the classroom. "Take your seats everyone, take your seats!" McGonagall ordered. Right after she had entered the room she immediately began lecturing the class on transfiguration.
"Now we are going to transform chairs int--.." McGonagall tried to explain, but was cut off by someone entering the classroom. Pansy Parkinson and the other Slytherin girls sauntered into the room twenty minutes late, smiling smugly as if they didn't even care. McGonagall frowned and turned to look straight at them. "Ms. Parkinson, please tell me why you and the other Slytherin girls are late." she commanded, waiting patiently for an answer. "Oh, no reason, Professor." Pansy said casually. "We were just looking at this newspaper article we found in our dorm room." she replied, holding up the newspaper that Ling Yu kept hidden in her trunk. Even though originally the paper was written in Chinese characters, it was plainly visible that Pansy and her friends had put a spell on it to translate the article into English. She turned to Ling Yu and smiled evilly before looking back at McGonagall. "It's very interesting, Professor. It explains everything about Ling Yu and her reason for being here. Do you want me to read it out loud?" she asked. Ling Yu's eyes widened upon seeing the paper, remembering everything that happened before she had even gotten on the train to leave for Hogwarts.
Well there you have it everyone! Chapter Three! Please tell me what you think! I really hope you enjoyed it!