First Day's Query
MaryJo yawned, "I'm tired!" she said, throwing herself down on the bed closest to the bathroom door.
"Excuse me, I called that bed." stated the girl who was called Kimberly Hamilton.
Mary made a face at her and grabbed her stuff, "Well excuse me," she retorted, transferring to the bed farthest away, next to Marlene, "It sounds like somebody forgot to take their happy pill this morning." she mumbled to Marlene.
Behind them Kim disappeared behind her bed hangings with a 'hm'.
"I heard she wanted to come by Floo Powder, because she claims public transportation makes her break out, and her dad made her ride the Express." Marlene piped in.
"Really? Wow, she - "
"You know, it's not polite to talk about people, let alone when they're in the room." the girl on the other side of MaryJo, who until then seemed mute, stated.
MaryJo and Marlene looked at each other, then back at her.
"Who're you?" MaryJo asked.
"I'm Lily Evans, and you're MaryJo Burd." she replied.
"Yeah." MaryJo said, then turned around and grabbed her pajamas after making a face at Marlene.
After everyone was asleep (Daisy stayed up an extra hour after lights out and read, barely making any sound.) There was a 'pst' on MaryJo's right. She sat up and stuck her head out of the curtains. "What!" she whispered.
"I don't know about Kim or Daisy, but just give Lily a chance, she's a real nice girl. . . and she's smart."
"You know her?
"My mom's friends with her mom. . . She's okay, really, just has strong morals."
"Mh." Mary mumbled, laying back in bed, "I can see that."
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"Good morning students." Professor McGonagall greeted them more or less, as they entered her room for their first class.
She walked to the front of the room, "Today, we're going to learn the basics of Transfiguration. On the board are the notes for today, write them down neatly."
Most of the period was taken up with note-taking and reading from a book. McGonagall did show them some transfiguration towards the end, and also what's expected of them to learn by the end of the year.
The next class was charms, where they pretty much had the same routine except different classmates Slytherins. So most of the time the students were distracted by either group of boys throwing things at eachother, and Slytherin girls tossing supercilious glances at the Gryffindors.
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"Ah, finally, lunch!" exclaimed Marlene as they sat down to eat extravagant food, yet again.
"Yeah, finally. I didn't think classes could be so - "
"Boring." Kimberly yawned, finishing MaryJo's thoughts as she sat down at the table.
"Well. . ." MaryJo mumbled.
"I know what you meant." Marlene whispered.
As they ate, 3 boys of their year arrived in the Great Hall and sat at the opposite end of the table. MaryJo recognized Sirius and James, but the other boy was a mystery.
"Who do you think that brown-haired boy is that's sitting with James and Sirius?" enquired Marlene interestedly.
"I'm not sure, but he wasn't here to get sorted - "
"I heard he's really poor and couldn't afford to get a train to the Hogwarts Express and missed it. So they had to send it back and he rode here all by himself." interjected Kimberly.
MaryJo looked from Kim to Marlene then to the brown-haired boy, who happened to glance in her direction at the same time. When they made eye contact Mary smiled at him and he smiled back. She noticed that he looked kind of worn and pale, almost as though he'd been up all night.
"We'd better go guys," warned Lily, when until that moment MaryJo hadn't noticed, "we have our first Flying Lessons!"
As they all got up to leave the boys did the same, and they all walked out on the field together.
"Good afternoon students."
"Good afternoon Madam Hooch." All the first years said in unison.
"Today we're going to learn the basics of flying, now, stick your right hand over your broom and say 'up'"
So as directed everyone did what she said. Only a few got theirs up in the first few tries, that was including James, Sirius, and Marlene; MaryJo had a harder time with her flimsy broom.
When everyone finally had their broom, Madam Hooch continued, "Now once you've got hold of your broom I want you to mount it, and grip it tight, you don't want to slide off the end. Now when I blow the whistle you're going to kick off the ground hard, keep your broom steady, hover for a moment, then lean forward slightly and touch back down. On my whistle, three, two, - "
When her whistle blew all the students kicked off and were hovering. On boy, by the name of Peter, had lost his balance while hoovering and fell off his broom. The brown-haired boy went to help him, and as he turned around to go back to his broom he saw MaryJo and smiled, then proceeded to his broom.
"Who is that boy?"
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Their next class was Herbology, in which Gryffindor had with Ravenclaw.
"Just back from your flying lessons students? Nice day for it too. Line up there, then. Today I'll be talking to you about the importance of safety rules n the Greenhouses. . .
The whole period was filled with rules as to why certain measures should be taken and the different things that could be done.
As they headed back to the castle for dinner they finally acquainted with the boys.
"Hey you, you're the girl with the cousin who plays for one of the famous Quidditch teams right?" James yelled to Marlene, who turned around and called back.
"Yeah, something like that, why do you ask?"
"Oh, I'm just interested in quidditch is all." he said, as he reached where they had stopped - Kimberly, Daisy, and Lily had kept walking. The other boy, Keane Alcott, had walked on too, but Peter and that brown-haired boy were waiting with James and Sirius.
As Marlene and James talked about quidditch they started walking up to the castle again.
"So you have other family here, I hear, Sirius?" MaryJo asked Sirius casually.
Sirius made a grimace and responded, "I'd rather not talk about family at the present." Then he walked next to James and engaged in the conversation they were having.
MaryJo looked over at the mysterious boy, and they smiled at each other.
They had reached the Great Hall within minutes of then, and had the most enjoyable meal yet, after a long first day of classes.
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"How was your first day?" Marlene asked, as they sat up in the common room after dinner.
"Tiring," MaryJo responded, "and yours?"
"Exhausting. So much, in fact, that I'm off to bed." She got up. "You coming up?"
"Maybe in a little while."
Marlene went off to bed, then, and in the next hour almost everyone was in bed.
The only ones left were a few 5th years and a 6th year.
MaryJo went up to the room and got parchment. She then went back down, as a few more students went up.
She sat down at the table and began to write Jack a letter telling him about her day. Only then did she realize just how much she missed him.
As she finished probably the longest letter she had ever written, she looked up and saw that she was alone.
"Wow, I must've been sitting here a long time. I wonder what hour it is. . ." she mumbled to herself.
As she folded up her letter and got up, a depressed-sounding voice was heard from the couch by the fire. "It's one in the morning."
Slightly perturbed by his voice, she didn't recognize it. She walked over to the couch.
When she saw who it was she smiled in spite of herself.
She sat down next to him and they both stared into the fire.
"I'm Remus, nice to meet you." the brown-haired boy stated after about ten minutes, finally answering MaryJo's query as to who he was.