"First year students, please come this way," a mousy looking man called out, "Allow me to introduce me-self. The name is Peter, Peter Pettigrew, and I am the caretaker of Durmstrang. Let me tell you a bit about Durmstrang. We are located in Southern Europe, very very close to Asia, hence do not be surprise to see many Asian students in our midst. We also have a lot of students from Europe as well as various other parts of the world. Our headmaster is Lucius Malfoy. He is a powerful man and has a lot of influence in the ministry. Durmstrang is the top wizarding school, because we only pick the best students. Like Hogwarts and Beauxbaton, our school premise is within the castle. Over to your right is the Quidditch pitch where some of you may be playing your way to glory. Our school places very high emphasis on the game, so your only way to fame and glory is to play quidditch. Our quidditch teams are different from the houses, hence team players may come from different houses. At this point, I should let you know that we have a total of 4 houses, which you will be sorted into shortly. Pegasus, Centaur, Minotaur and Unicorn. Well, here we are, the great hall, in you go" Peter Pettigrew said before hurrying the students in.
(Ginny will still be known as Ginny to me and readers, but she'd be Xavier when the other guys call her, that ok?)
Ginny entered the great hall and mused at the wall paintings which featured quidditch players zooming from one frame to another. Then, switching her focus to the four huge round tables, she noticed that each table held only about 20 students. Doing her maths, she realized that there would only be about 5 first year students in each house.
"To the new students, welcome to Durmstrang, and to the old students, welcome back. I see that the first year students have realized the small school population. As Peter has already told you, Durmstrang only takes in the best. Each year, we take only about 20 students, hence you must have been the cream of the crop to be able to enter our school, and I hope you maintain your standards. We shall first proceed with the sorting" Lucius Malfoy's voice boomed across the hall.
Ginny watched as Peter emerge from the side door, with a huge phoenix.
"This is the fire phoenix, when I call your names, you will proceed to the front and allow the phoenix to appraise you. Then you will follow the phoenix to your house tables" Peter announced, "Abar, Stephen"
"Hey, hey, what's your name? I'm Thanos, Thanos Raven, you can call me Than" a boy beside Ginny called out to her.
"Oh, hi, my name is..Gi...Xavier, Xavier Weasley" Ginny mentally kicked herself for nearly letting slip her name.
"I came here because I really wished to be in the same quidditch team as Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter, they're the miracle of quidditch, and Durmstrang" Thanos whispered.
"Really? Me too. I really liked the way the played. We could be great friends Than" Ginny whispered back.
"Raven, Thanos"
"Oh, that's me. See ya later Xav, hope that we'd end up in the same house" Thanos gave Ginny a wave before running up to the phoenix. Then she watched Thanos being led to the Pegasus table where she caught a glimpse of her idol, Draco and his best friend Harry.
"Weasley, Xavier"
"That's me, please let me be in the same house as Thanos, which means Draco" Ginny muttered to herself before walking up to the phoenix.
"Hmm, you've got a great mind my dear. I should put you in Centaur" Ginny heard the phoenix speak to her.
"No, please, not Centaur, I want to be in Pegasus. Please, let me be in Pegasus" Ginny muttered, attempting to reply the voice of the phoenix.
"Why? You could be great in Centaur" said the Phoenix
"What ever it is, just put me in Pegasus" Ginny muttered again.
"Alright then, come along" said the Phoenix.
Ginny followed the Phoenix and sat right next to Thanos in Pegasus. Then she gave a smile.
"Pegasus, this way please. This is the only route to the Pegasus dormitories. In Durmstrang, we usually have 2 students to a room due to the small population. Each first year student will be sharing a room with a second year student. These are the keys to your rooms, your belongings have been brought up to your rooms and I suppose your roommates are already there" the prefect leading the first years said.
Ginny took her key from the prefect and realized that she was being assigned to room 13.
"What a bad number" Ginny thought as she made her way up to her room.
Turning the key, the door to room 13 creaked open. Ginny peeped in wearily and finally decided to tiptoe into the room as quietly as possible.
"Excuse me, I'm Xavier Weasley, I..." Ginny started but was interrupted by a voice.
"You talk too much" said the voice.
Turning around, she saw a blonde writing at his desk. As he lifted his head to look into her eyes, Ginny let out a gasp, "Draco Malfoy"
"Look kid, I have a few rules that apply starting from now" the blonde spoke as Ginny continued to gape at him.
"Firstly, no noise. I hate noisy, pesky little imps. Next, don't ask questions, unless it's schoolwork. I hate to rake my brains for answers not related to schoolwork. Thirdly, no autographs and no friendly visits allowed. People bother me. No eating in the room. Knock before you enter. Don't hog the toilet for more than 15 minutes, unless I'm not around. I sleep before 11, don't disturb me" The blonde continued as he glared at Ginny.
Ginny on the other hand just kept staring at him.
"Lastly, no staring or gaping at me. I don't swing that way" Draco finished off his last sentence and returned to his books.
Ginny nodded weakly and ran towards her trunk. Taking a better look at the room, she realized that it was fairly huge and there was ample space for her to run around. The beds looked extremely comfortable and the cupboards were huge enough to store her books. Taking out her sweatshirt and track pants, she rushed into the toilet and before long was enjoying a warm shower.
Emerging from the toilet in her fresh clothes at exactly the 15th minute, Ginny proceeded to pack her bag for the next day's lessons. She was flipping through her books happily when she suddenly heard Draco clear his throat. Turning to face the clock, she realized it was already 11 in the night.
Nodding her head knowingly, Ginny threw the last of her books into her bag and crawled into her bed which was opposite from Draco's.
"G'night Dra...I mean Malfoy" Ginny said and all she got was a grunt.