A/N: So, what was I first thinking? The original chapter had no character development or interaction, and dealt only with the four main characters - the twins, Lee and my OC, Sarah. Dear me. Why did anyone ever read this in the first place? Thank you to everyone who did, I hope re-writing this helps you connect with the characters better. The first chapter is at the bottom, in italics, and I hope that if you chose to read it you understand that I was so much younger.
The train sped on towards Hogwarts as they sat and chatted, finding out how much they had in common. Sarah was delighted that the twins and Lee were going to be in her year, and as the evening drew on, they formed a friendship that would weather many changes and hardships but never break. It was the beginning of something special.
Lee and George looked out the window as the train let out a whistle and started slowing down.
"We're here!" Yelled Lee as the station drew closer. Fred let out a yell as their game of exploding snap exploded in his face, then tried to grab his robe from behind George. There was a slight kerfuffle as everyone tried to organize their things - Sarah's extra candy had ended up on Lee's robe, and Lee's wand had ended up behind Fred's back. They managed to track everything down and find their way onto the platform.
Once there, a very large man was yelling for first years to follow him. A herd of them followed and found themselves being told to get onto the boats in front of them in groups of four. Sarah looked at Fred and saw he was looking at her. She then looked at Lee and George and all of them took the first boat they saw together.
"So, we're definitely going to be in Gryffindor," George said, continuing their conversation from earlier.
"Oh?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah. Our whole family's been in it. Our brothers, our parents, everyone. What about you guys?" Fred answered.
"I hope I'm in Gryffindor too." Lee said.
"I figure I have to be." Sarah watched as the other students started settling themselves into boats. There were a couple of students that looked like friends but had missed getting a boat together and were now trying to convince others to switch out so they could ride together
"What do you mean 'have to be'?" Lee asked, perplexed.
"Well, I'm way too lazy to do all of the work they expect of Ravenclaws, and I'm not mean enough at all to be Slytherin, and as for Hufflepuff? Well, I- Oooo!" Sarah inturrupted herself as the boats began to move. The other three grabbed the side of the craft as it started gliding across the water.
As they moved, it started to rain. Sarah watched, entranced, as the droplets hit the surface of the lake, creating ripples outwards that bounced off each other in different patterns. She slowly dipped her hand in, her mind wandering from the boy's discussion of famous Quidditch teams as her own ripples took over the surrounding area and then were beat back by the rain again. Her influence disappeared in the surface of the lake if she held still enough, and the rain began to drip down her hand and join the water, creating no ripples itself.
Suddenly, a hand shot out and grabbed her wrist, pulling it back to the presumed safety of the craft.
"You can't do that!" George said, though Fred had grabbed her wrist.
"Why?" Sarah asked, cocking her head to the side and looking at him, her reverie broken.
"There's monsters in there!" Lee almost yelled.
Sarah laughed. "Maybe one day I'll go visit them."
Fred and George exchanged a look, then smiled.
"Maybe we'll join you," Fred said, and the twins joined in with the laughter.
Lee shook his head at them as they entered a large cave. Every boat was silent as they made their way to the shore and disembarked. They followed the large man up a flight of stairs were they were passed of to an older woman who introduced herself as Professor McGonagall. She led them through many corridors and stairs, making Sarah and others completely lose their sense of direction, then stopped in front of a set of large double doors.
The professor left them there, telling them that in a moment the sorting would begin.
Sarah stood completely still, her heart starting to beat faster and faster as the minutes seemed to drag on. She knew she had to calm herself, but her breathing was speeding up as well. She glanced over at the twins beside her and noticed how pale they were. They both looked ready to pass out, she mused to herself. Fred looked at her.
"You look ready to pass out," he whispered. People around them were also starting to speak, hushed. Sarah smiled.
"I was about to say the same thing to you," she explained, then covered her mouth as she giggled. George looked over at their conversation and chuckled himself, then looked at another first year, a girl with long blond hair. She gave them a weird look, and soon Sarah, Fred and George were outright laughing. More and more people looked at them oddly, as they were the only ones making noise, and that only made the three laugh harder.
Suddenly, the door creaked open and they stifled their giggled, not looking at each other so that they wouldn't start again. Professor McGonagall had returned and she ushered them into a very large room that Sarah assumed was the great hall. She gaped at the splendor around her - there were so many students sitting at four large tables, and candles and the head table and - oh! She gasped out loud when she looked up and saw the beautiful veiling. The clouds had passed over, and here and there amongst the remaining ones were patches of stars twinkling down. You could see the sky!
Sarah was so wrapped up in the beautiful night that she didn't notice when the person in front of her stopped, and she walked right into them. It was a girl with long black hair, and Sarah smiled and mouthed 'sorry'. The girl smiled back and they both looked to the front of the hall where McGonagall stood. Beside her, there was a ratty old hat sitting on a stool.
Sarah looked around, confused. She had no idea what was supposed to happen next, and then the professor was calling a name and a boy with brown hair and brown, almost black eyes started forwards, almost tripping. He was nervous, as everyone else was, and he sat down on the stool. The teacher placed the hat on his head, and the room was silent. Sarah was starting to really get nervous about what was going to happen when the brim of the hat opened wide and it shouted out 'Ravenclaw!'
"So the hat... sorts people into different houses?" Sarah guessed in a quiet whisper. Someone shushed her and she fell silent, trying to figure out how the hat made its decision. She was certain, for the next five students, that is was something physical, and then someone who looked to Sarah like a Slytherin was sorted into Hufflepuff. Sarah was silent and confused until she was surprised by her own name.
"Heath, Sarah," McGonagall called and Sarah sat down gingerly on the stool. She waited, holding her breath, until the hat was placed on her head. She was frightened into breathing when there was a voice speaking inside her head.
'Well well... what do we have here? A Ravenclaw, perhaps...' the hat whispered into her head.
"No!" She thought back. "I can't be in Ravenclaw, if I am I'll be-"
'Well well, no need to panic. We can also put you in...' Suddenly the hat brim opened up and yelled out "Gryffindor!"
Sarah stood and finally looked at the tables around her. She didn't notice when McGonagall took the hat from her head, but she did notice one table yelling loudly and cheering for her. She glanced at the other tables and saw some people whispering and looking her way. She blushed and tucked her head down, sitting on a bench to a warm welcome by fellow students. She looked up briefly when the professor called the next person (Johnson, Angelina, the girl with the long black hair Sarah had walked into earlier) and she was sorted into Gryffindor as well. When Jordan, Lee, was called next, Sarah paid attention and cheered with everyone else as he was sorted into Gryffindor. Then the run of Grffindors seemed to stop as people were sorted into different houses. Finally, only the twins were left at the front of the room to be called.
"Weasley, Fred," McGonagall called. The hat barely touched his head when it yelled out "Gryffindor!"
"Weasley, George," McGonagall called. People started talking as George walked up. Sarah assumed they didn't have a lot of identical twins come through Hogwarts.
The hat was still in her hand, just touching George's head when the brim opened wide again and shouted out "Gryffindor!"
He smiled and sat down at the table next to his twin and they high fived eachother as the older gentleman at the middle of the table called for silence. Sarah smiled - Dumbledore, the head master, looked exactly like his Chocolate Frog card. He stood up and said a couple of words, then suddenly food appeared on all the tables.
Sarah grabbed the mashed potatoes beside her and started loading them on her plate, then the roast beef and yorkshire pudding. She ate with a gusto, finishing her first plate and then second, then starting on her third before the boys around her had a chance to finish grabbing seconds.
"Woah, Sarah," George piped up "You eat a lot."
Sarah smiled at him, not noticing the older girls at her table giving her odd looks. They were still on their first plates.
"Well, I'm a growing girl," Sarah replied and smiled before finally putting her fork down. She looked at the food, trying to decide which she wanted more of when it disappeared. She was disappointed for only a moment - the table was quickly covered with deserts - everything she could think of.
They ate in relative silence, then listened to Dumbledore's speech after everyone had eaten their fill. Sarah walked with the rest of the first years to the Gryffindor common room, chatting excitedly with Fred, George and Lee on their way.
"Charlie says that the suits of armour sing carols at Christmas," George said excitedly as they passed three suits of armour.
"Who's Charlie?" Lee asked.
"One of our older brothers." George replied.
"There's Charlie and Bill," Fred said.
"And Percy." George made a face.
"Ron and Ginny are younger," Fred said.
"Neither are in school yet, but Gin's the only girl-"
"So mum spoils her."
Sarah laughed, as did Lee and the twins.
"Are any of them still here?" Sarah asked. She looked around as the prefect let them into the common room, distracted by the roaring fires and the couches and tables and then there were staircases leading up...
The prefect told them which stairs were which dormitories and Sarah ran off, going to claim her bed. The other girls were making their way up the stairs as she was coming down.
"Oh, I just put my robe on the bed I wanted," Sarah said in passing to Angelina.
"No problem," Angelina replied as the girls continued upwards.
"So, you were saying?" Sarah asked as the boys started coming down their stairs, having claimed their own beds.
"Yeah, well, Percy's right over there." George pointed out. Sarah looked over to see a very stuck-up boy who looked a few years older than herself. He had the same fiery red hair as the twins, and looked scathingly at the people around himself, trying to hush them.
"So," Fred said as they found a couch and all sat down. "Why, do you think, the girls' and boys' dormitories are so separate?"
"Why, I have no idea," Sarah said and they all laughed. Percy chose that moment to lean over the side of the couch and look at them with suspicion.
"What are you four up to?" He asked, looking them all in the face and trying to see what they were laughing about.
"We-ell, we could -" George started.
"-tell you, but then-" Fred continued.
"We'd have to kill you." Sarah finished. They stayed serious for a beat, then all four of them burst into laughter. Lee actually fell off of his seat, and Percy walked away disgruntled.
"And with that bit of mischief managed, I think it is bed time." Sarah said and stood up. "Don't want to be late getting our time tables, right?" She asked, then yawned. She disappeared to her dormitory, where the other girls were chatting.
"Good night, guys," She said, crawling into bed. As much as she would have loved to get to know them better, she was dead tired. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow.
When Sarah woke up the next morning, she raced down into the dormitory to watch the sun rise in the red and gold room. She was enchanted by the dance of sun on the walls, watching the portraits sleep. It was when she watched a bird soar past the window that she realised she was still in her pyjamas. She caught sight of her reflection in the glass of the window and ran, getting back to her dormitory only slightly out of breath. She was changed in a moment, skipping her way across the dormitory and out into the hall. She did, in fact, get lost on her way to the Great Hall. She was therefore not the first there.
"Hey guys..." She said a little sheepishly as she sat down across from the boys.
"Hey. D'you sleep in?" George asked with a mouth full of food as Sarah reached for the bacon and toast.
"Uhh... not really, I got lost." Sarah admitted with a small smile. She managed two plates of breakfast before McGonagall, who told them she was their head of house, and handed them their schedules. Once she was gone, they leaned forwards and compared.
"Do all of the first years have the same schedule?" Lee asked.
"I think each house does... see how we have Potions with Ravenclaws this morning?" Sarah said.
"Oh! We don't start for another hour..." George said.
"...What should we do?" Fred asked, leaning across the table.
"I have and idea..." Sarah said conspiratorially, leaning into Fred.
"Oh?" He asked.
"We should..." She trailed off, pausing dramatically and all three boys leaned forwards.
"...Go swimming!" She finished, and sat back happily. She popped the last of a pancake into her mouth and stood up.
"I'm going to go grab my things and then head down to the lake, who's with me?" She asked.
"But... the monsters!" Lee said, then shook his head. "I'm out."
"Yeah..." George looked over at Fred and smiled. "You go. I'm staying inside."
"Meet you in Potions." Fred said, as he and Sarah stood up. They found their way to the common room quicker in a pair than Sarah would have alone, grabbed their school things, and made their way down to the lake.
"We only have ten minutes or so..." Fred said, trailing off when he looked over at Sarah. She was already in the water - she socks, shoes, and robe sitting in a pile on the shore.
"Are you coming in?" Sarah yelled back as she waded in deeper and deeper. She was up to her knees, the hem of her skirt just above the water. She slipped on a slimy rock and laughed as water seeped up the side of her skirt.
"I'm in, I'm in!" Fred called, holding his rolled pant leg, stopping it from falling into the water. "Gah-! This water is freezing!" He gasped, and raced back to shore.
Sarah laughed, then made her way back to her things. They stood on the shore as their feet dried, then put their socks, shoes, and robes back on.
"What time is it?" Fred asked as he tied his last shoelace.
"Uhmm... I think we're late..." Sarah said, seeing there were no students as they entered the castle again.
"We should run." Fred said. He grabbed Sarah's hand and they raced for the dungeon, getting only slightly lost.
"Here!" Sarah announced loudly as they finally found the right door. She was about to knock on the door when it swung open of it's own accord, a large, greasy man standing behind it.
"Where have you two been?" He asked, sneering at them.
"Well you see, there was this GIANT monster and it-" Sarah started.
"Stole our socks and shoes! We couldn't get them-" Fred joined in.
"Back, so we had to fight it with our very limited magic,"
"See here, where it slobbered on Sarah?" Fred said, pointing to the spot where the lake water had crept up her skirt.
"Yeah! It almost had me, but Fred saved me."
"So here we are, a little late..."
"...but alive."
Sarah and Fred looked at the teacher with their breath held, wondering what his reaction would be.
"Ten points each from Gryffindor for your tardiness, and twenty points for that ridiculous tale. If you are late again it will be fifty points each and a detention. Take your seats."
He turned and stalked back to the front of the classroom. Sarah and Fred had no problem seeing that Lee and George had saved them seats near the back.
They stayed on their best behaviour for the rest of the week, attending classes on time and trying to keep their shenanigans to a minimum. They were successful in staying mostly out of trouble, only loosing twenty more points for their house as the days progressed. They were in the common room on Sunday night when they noticed that there was a new notice on the board of announcements. They were wondering what it was when Lee came and told them in an excited voice that their previously free period before potions was now going to be flying lessons.
Sarah had a hard time sleeping that night, her mind kept wondering to the next morning, wondering how she would do with the brooms. When she woke up, she looked around the room and saw her own bags echoed on the other girls. It looked like no one had slept, and Angelina gave her a shy smile.
"You nervous too?" She asked.
"Yeah. It's kind of the biggest deal, right?" Sarah replied.
"Yeah, I wanna play Quidditch after school..." Angelina confessed. She blushed and Sarah smiled back at her.
"Cool." She finished getting dressed and made her way to the field where the lesson would take place. She was nervous enough that she knew food would have been a bad idea.
She was the first one there, but everyone else was there well before the teacher. She introduced herself as Professor Hooch, and started the lesson right on time. There were no great mistakes - almost everyone's broom came to their hand when they called, and those who didn't had it within a couple of tries. They mounted and hovered, and had even moved onto breaking and flying in a low circle before the end of the class. Hooch thanked them for their work and Sarah, Fred, George and Lee were the first people to raise their hands and offer to take the brooms back, much to the grumbling of the other students.
They gathered up the brooms as everyone left and Sarah tried to keep the smile off of her face. They were subject to more than a few glares as everyone left.
Once they had all of the brooms, they marched carefully over to the shed, trying not to drop any. Lee reached the shed first, and leaned his brooms against the side as he opened the door. It was just in time for George and Fred to put their brooms straight in, and then Sarah put hers in. They started handing Lee his from the side, and then George paused, a broom in his hands.
"Hey... race you around the shed." He said, looking at Sarah. She snatched the broom back from Lee's hand, it was the last one to go back.
"You're on!" Sarah shouted, jumping onto her broom.
"I'll call!" Fred yelled, abandoning his job of holding the door. It shut on Lee, who opened it with a broom in his hand.
"I'll race the winner!" He called.
Sarah and George hovered in front of Fred, who held out his arms.
"On your mark..."
"No cheating! I'm watching," Le said, laughing.
"Get set..."
"Stop!" Someone else cried.
Sarah fell off her broom in surprise at the voice, and George and Fred laughed at her. Fred also reached forward and helped Sarah back up, George grabbed the broom before it could fly away.
They all paused and looked at the old man, he was grumpy and hunched over with a cat at his heels.
"Well, well... what do we have here?" He asked, cracking his knuckles.
Sarah turned white, as did the boys. Fred and George's freckles stood out in stark contrast, and Lee looked like he was going to faint.
They found out quickly that the grumpy old man was called Mr. Filch. The caretaker. And he had the ability to give them detention. Which he did.
They raced away as soon as they could manage and slid into their potions classroom right before Professor Snape.
They were quiet until they were released for lunch, and Sarah was the first of her group of friends to pack up her things and make it to the Great Hall.
"Man, where do you put all that food?" Fred teased as they sat down around her.
"I told you when we first met - I'm a growing girl," Sarah replied, and they all laughed.
"Hey, before History of Magic this afternoon, I wanted to go to the library and check out some awesome spells. Some of the Slytherins in Transfiguration need to be taken down a peg.."
"Yeah, they're getting so annoying." Sarah chimed in. "I'll come."
"Me too," Fred said hastily, standing up and starting to gather his things.
"Don't leave me behind," George laughed, gathering his things as well. Sarah noticed the look he gave Fred's head as they left the Great Hall. It was odd... but she wasn't sure what he meant by it.
Original Chapter
When they finally arrived at the School, Sarah was glad of her friends. She went with them to stand on the platform, and when a large man called to all the first years, she went with them. Fred sat beside her in the boat as they floated along the lake to the school. There was a slight drizzle, but she didn't mind.
"This lake would be so cool to swim in!" Sarah exclaimed and dipped her hand in the water.
"There's all kinds of monsters down there!" Fred said and grabbed her hand as if to save it form whatever lurked in the deep.
"That's alright. I'm not afraid. Maybe one day I'll go see all of the monsters." She said and flicked some water at him.
"You go right ahead and do that. I might have to join you, though."
"You have a taste for adventure?"
"Indeed."
When the boat reached the far shore they were led to a room to await their entrance into the Great Hall. Fred tried to scare Sarah with tales of different tasks they had to complete, and George joined in.
"I don't believe either of you." Sarah replied and pretended to ignore them. Just then the ghosts appeared. Most of the other children screamed but Sarah coughed and then started laughing. George gave her a weird look, but just then a teacher appeared and ushered them in.
"Now, when I call your name, please come and sit on this stool so that you may be sorted. Once you are sorted, please sit at the appropriate tables." The teacher called out and started reading their names off of a scroll. Sarah's name was towards the beginning, so when she was called she went and sat down. She tried to show courage, but inside she was shaking.
'Ahh, another first year. What house shall you go in?' a voice whispered in her head. 'Ravenclaw? You have the intelligence, the qualities that they admire... but no, I see something else for you. Not Hufflepuff... I think perhaps...'
"Gryffindor!" The hat called out.
Sarah gratefully went to sit down on the Gryffindor bench and waited for the Weasley brothers and Lee Jordan to be sorted. She had to wait until nearly the end of the list before they were sorted into Gryffindor. They quickly came and sat beside her, however.
"That wasn't too hard." Fred said as Dumbledore gave a speech and then the food appeared. Sarah piled her plate high with food and dug in, eager to consume it. She had a healthy appetite and it took her a while to notice the looks she was getting.
"Are you going to eat all that?" George asked, unbelieving.
"Of course. Why else would I take so much?" Sarah replied and dug in. She was on her second serving while the rest of the girls in the nearest vicinity were still eating less than half of what she had. They looked at her and giggled amongst themselves, but Sarah really didn't mind. She had always had a healthy appetite, and a very high metabolism too. She got to her third serving just as the twins were pilling up their second. It was wonderful food and she hardly had time to finish before it disappeared and they were supposed to get into groups to go to their common rooms. She walked with Fred, George and Lee and the others for a bit until they ended up at a portrait.
"Splendificus." The older person at the front said and the portrait swung open to reveal a lovely room. Sarah stepped in and immediately gasped at how pretty it was, with roaring fires and a beautiful colour scheme of red and gold. She clapped her hands together and ran forwards. When she was at about the middle of the room, she looked up and twirled around in a circle, just happy to be there. She raced up to the girls' dormitory and claimed a bed before racing back down to jump at Fred and hug him.
"What's this for?" Fred asked, more than a bit befuddled.
"I'm just really happy!" Sarah said and released him before skipping around the room and inspecting every nook and cranny. Her search was accompanied by little exclamations of things like 'hey, there's a hidden cupboard over here!' and 'Ooo! I never would have guessed that this was there!' When she finally completed her search she sat down on a couch and looked into the fire, calming down and bit and letting everything sink in. Fred and George came and sat beside her.
"So, it seems as if the guys and girls are in separate dormitories. I wonder why?" She said and gave them a wink.
"I know what you mean." George replied, playing right along.
"What are you three up too?" Percy (George and Fred's older brother who Sarah had been introduced to earlier) asked as he waltzed by.
"Oh, well, that's top secret information." George said.
"And if we told you-" Fred added in.
"-We'd have to kill you." Sarah finished off and the three burst out laughing.
Percy muttered something and stalked off, leaving them to congratulate each other on an excellent delivery.
"Well, I'm kinda getting tired... I think I'll head off to bed." Sarah said and waved goodnight before heading back up to the girls' dormitory.
The next morning she was the first one up. She raced down to the main level before she realised she was still in her pyjamas and raced back up to change, brushing her chin-length hair quickly and then straightening her tie before racing back down and tripping over an area rug. She got up and fixed her skirt just as she heard laughing behind her. Turning, she saw Fred and George coming down the steps to join her in the common room.
"I was thinking of getting an early breakfast then heading down to the lake for a few minutes. You guys wanna come?"
"Ugh, I think I'll pass." George said and sat down.
"I'll come." Fred said. He and Sarah found their way to the great hall and had something to eat before the rest of the students got there. They then went outside towards the lake.
It was a warm day, and Sarah found herself taking off her robe and draping it on her arm. They wandered right up to the edge before they both stopped.
"I dare you to go in." Fred said, half joking.
"Okay, hold this." Sarah replied. She handed him her robe, then her shoes and socks as she took them off before wading into the water. She got to her ankles and then stopped. "Well, aren't you coming in? The water's fine."
Fred shrugged and rolled up his pants and took off his socks and shoes so that he could come in.
"It's bloody cold!" He said and stopped when it reached his calf. Sarah waded in farther until she was up to her knees.
"I think it's beautiful." She walked around for a little while until they saw the morning post come in.
"Oh no!" Sarah cried and raced towards the school, grabbing her robe, shoes, and socks on the way, not noticing that she had gotten her skirt a bit wet. "I forgot to send my parents an owl last night! They'll be furious!" She ran right in and up to the owlry. Fred was hard-pressed to keep up.
"How do you know where everything is?" He asked as he panted and Sarah scribbled a quick note to her parents.
"Woman's intuition, I guess. Aw man, I think we're late for our first class... Potions, I think it was. With Professor Snape, right?" She asked even as they raced to get their books then down to the dungeons.
"Yeah. I heard he's a real harda-" Fred stopped just outside of the room and Sarah knocked politely on the closed door. It swung open to reveal a very greasy looking teacher.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Very sorry sir, but we were late because there was-" Sarah began.
"A monster that stole our socks and shoes and then we couldn't get them back-" Fred added in.
"And so we had to fight it with out using magic, of course-"
"And then it slobbered on Sarah, see the wetness?"
"Yup, and it almost ate me! But Fred saved me-"
"And so here we are. A bit late,"
"But alive."
Snape just looked at them. He opened the door wider and they took the hint to enter the classroom and sat down at the back. They took out their books and began writing down the note. It was hard work, as Professor Snape moved very quickly along with the material and Sarah had little time to spare. When they were done that class, it was time for their flying lesson. Sarah skipped ahead of the class out to the field where they were going to learn. She sang a little ditty, too. They reached the brooms, and she was ahead of everyone by quite a bit. She went around and looked at all of the Brooms critically before stopping in front of the one she felt was the best. George, Fred and Lee all took brooms close to her.
The flying teacher gave them instructions and Sarah followed them with little difficulty. Her broom went to her hand when she called it, and she kicked off with no problem. By the time the teacher had helped the students that needed it, it was time for them to go. Sarah volunteered to put the brooms away and the teacher allowed her and Fred, Lee, and George to do it. They put them back, but Sarah kept one out.
"Watch this." She said. She mounted it sidesaddle and allowed herself to float a few metres off of the ground.
"That's nothing." Lee said and grabbed one and mounted up, floating a few feet higher than Sarah.
"Oh, you think that's high?" Sarah asked and flew up at least ten feet before looking down at the boys. "Ha! My awesome side-saddle-ness is so better than what you could do!"
"I beg to differ!" Lee said and rose to the challenge. Soon, they were racing around the shed where the brooms were kept and playing tag. It wasn't long until the Weasley twins joined them and it became more of a 'girls against boys' game of tag. Sarah was winning until she had to stop to avoid hitting a very grouchy looking old man. She lowered herself and got off the broom, silently putting it away, the rest of the group following suit.
It turned out that the grumpy old man's name was Mr. Filch. And he had the power to give them detentions. Which he did. Through out their groaning and whining, he gave them each a detention and sent them on their way to lunch.
"Man, I wonder what we'll do for detention." Lee said as they went into the great hall and had some lunch.
"I heard that they send you into the forbidden forest!" Sarah said excitedly and piled up her plate.
"But it's forbidden!" Lee replied.
"Hey Sarah, can I ask you something?" Fred asked.
"Sure."
"Where do you put all that food?" He asked and looked at her slim frame. She smiled.
"Well, my stomach is actually more of a pit stop for food, and then it travels down into my hallow leg, which has a black hole which leads to a third world country where I feed millions of starving people."
"Really?"
"No."
They laughed and realised that they all had a free period next.
"You guys wanna come with me to the library and get some awesome spells to use?" Sarah asked the group before they disbanded.
"Sure!" Lee said for the group and they started on their way.
